It IS an extreme form of veganism, as I am experiencing from participating in the YabbaFast. I am not 100% Raw typically myself, but I HAVE experienced the health benefits from being so, in the tropical environment of Jamaica. Maintaining it in the cold climate in which I live has proved challenging, as I stated in the YabbaFast post. There IS some good info. that has been disseminated here, and I definitely have incorporated it in2 my Lifestyle. I am hoping 2 B maybe 50% Raw during the cold mos. after the YabbaFast, and continue 80% during the warm mos. If it's not your thing though, so be it. R U vegetarian @ all?