My guest today has quickly become a dear friend. Her warmth, compassion, and desire to inspire the masses to live a healthy, vibrant, and fully raw lifestyle is one of a kind.
Fully Raw Kristina (Kristina Carillo Bucaram) is a pioneer in the local, organic food co-operative movement. The founder of the largest raw, organic produce co-operative in the U.S., she has been 100% raw for over 11 years. An exemplification of all that she wishes to create, she is a leading visionary in the raw movement, especially in Houston, TX.
She attended both Vanderbilt University and Rice University, and she graduated from Rice University on the top 5% of her class in 2009 with a triple major in Kinesiology specializing in Health Science, Raw Foods, and Fasting. She has also studied, interned and worked some prominant names in the raw food industry including John Rose and Dr. Doug Graham.
Kristina’s inspiration for being FullyRaw came after she was able to rid herself of Hyperglycemia at the age of 18 eating nothing but a low fat raw vegan diet consisting solely of fresh fruits and vegetables with few nuts and seeds.
At the age of 20 before she graduated college, she started the non-profit organization called Rawfully Organic. This organic produce co-operative in Houston, Texas grew from 12 people in her living room to thousands of families in the greater Houston city limits. Rawfully Organic feeds hundreds of families each week and focuses on the benefits of eating diets high in raw fruits and vegetables while making organic affordable for all. The co-operative stays true to its mission to support families in the Texas community to supply an abundance of organic produce to help them achieve their raw, vegetarian, or vegan lifestyle.
Besides being the chief goddess co-operator of Rawfully Organic, Kristina has made a living coaching and inspiring thousands of others to be FullyRaw for the past few years. She is the author of The Fully Raw Diet and also the creator of her latest company called FullyRaw Juice, LLC. She also enjoys frequently speaking and lecturing to the Texas community. She even offers raw classes where she prepares food for her audiences! Kristina’s mission is to simply REACH PEOPLE with the message of RAW.
We get into her story of transformation, what fully raw is, her new book, The Fully Raw Diet and so much more.
We dive into topics like
- Kristina’s story of transformation
- Being Fully Raw for almost 12 years
- Going from being in and out of the hospital at 87 lbs to turning everything around with raw food
(Kristina’s before and after photos)
- Understanding the difference between refined sugar and fruit sugar
- The problem and challenge with self-diagnosing
- The birth of the Rawfully Organic Co-Op, a 52,000 member co-op, the largest in the country
- The natural evolution of each of Kristina’s 4 businesses
- Moving forward even when things are scary or uncertain
- The most popular question Kristina got on her book tour
- What else happens emotionally, mentally, and physically when you start to shift your diet
- What Kristina went through around family and traditions
Click to Tweet Kristina’s quote
“Only people who don’t have solutions are dead people, and you’re not dead. So find a solution.“
Connect with Kristina on social media
YouTube | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Website
Resources
- Rawfully Organic Co-Op
- Pick up The Fully Raw Diet: 21 Days to Better Health, with Meal and Exercise Plans, Tips, and 75 Recipes on Amazon
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