Karen Knowler vs. Frederic Patenaude

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• rawallison

  I recall Patenaude being vocal about myths in the raw food community- he warns you to have common sense and criticizes some of the ideas that are prevalent in the community. I really appreciate voices like that. On the other hand, there are those who find some of his beliefs hard to take! I also have noticed that he is very much into the business end of raw- making money. Not that he doesn’t have a right to, but once people get into the money-making end of things I tend to become wary of their message- after all, they have to promote what they sell in order to pay their bills! You might want to check him out and decide what you think for yourself. He’s interesting, that’s for sure. I know very little about Karen Knowler or her credentials but she seems to be popular in raw food circles.

  -RawAllison
  http://blog.rawodyssey.com
• IsisDC Raw Newbie

  I think it’s a good idea to read a bit of everyone and find your own personal plan.

  After a while it becomes pretty simple and basic, as you might find your diet is based mostly on green smoothies and juices with a few nuts here and there.

  Becareful before you dumped a lot of money into something, you might find you don’t need to.

  RawAllison- I totally agree with you about those who get too focused on the dollar making. I would like to see being raw is about community health, not greed.

  Peace!
• Young@Heart

  Patenaude is into making money, but I have gotten a lot of free tips from him as well. He is very against “combo-abombo’s”. That’s what he calls the recipes that use a ton of nuts and seeds and attempt to reproduce fake foods. I subscirbe to his newsletter.

  I love Karen Knowler. She too is in business but it’s less in your face than Patenaude and her tips have been very helpful. She has a number of excellent how-to videos on You Tube as well. I subscribe to her newsletter.

  I subscribe to Raw Divas newsletter as well. They, too, are clearly in business, but there’s free info and recipes as well. They promote recipes high in fruits & veggies and generally without nuts & seeds. There’s a great deal of promotions which you just have to ignore.

  If you are just getting started, I would highly recommend Natalia Rose’s books. She has you transition into raw, which I think must be so much better than how I did it – I jumped straight in to 100% raw. It’s a wonder I stuck to it. Warning: she’s really big on colonics and enemas and has a chapter just on the merits of it. I have to say she makes a good case for them, but I have not taken that step yet.
• myrawlife

  I am pretty much of the same opinion as Young@Heart. I too subscribe to Patenaude’s, Knowler’s, and the Diva’s newsletter. Funny, I just finished reading Natalia Rose’s books as well. She definately has a very good approach to transition, with or without the colonics and enemas…

  Most of all, as many has suggested, you need to read as many blogs, and raw information that is out there to make your own decision about the transitioning to raw foods. Good luck!
• Honeygal

  i bought frederic patanaude’s ‘Raw Secrets’ book and he repeatedly pointed to this website ‘www.rawsecretsbook.com’, which does not exist. i did not receive his e-newsletters which he promised either, with the purchase of his books. feel terribly shortchanged.
• Honeygal

  I have bought some books from Frederic and really regretted doing so. Cost a bomb (I live in Asia, so the shipping charges are really high). The book ‘Instant Raw Sensations’ is obscenely overpriced, with many recipes that should never be considered recipes. This one takes the cake ‘Tahin-Gin’ – Spread tahini on 1 leaf of lettuce and eat as sandwich. Another is ‘The Best Ever’ – Blend papayas and mangoes together to make a smoothie. Incidentally, the book is simply ring bound and appears to be black & white xeroxed copy. The lay out seems to be done from MS-Word. Gosh, what a rip-off.