Raw Foods Vegan Resources are abundant in Austin Texas, surprisingly enough, given the state’s reputation for barbeque, ribs, cowboy fare and pick-up trucks. Yet there is a very strong health conscious presence in Austin, and it’s a great place to be if you’re interested in nourishing your body with delicious, nutritious meals, made primarily with whole, fresh, organic raw and living plant based foods.

The purpose of this site is to bring together the best of what Austin has to offer in the way of creating your own healthy lifestyle. This is the go to place for classes, social events, restaurant reviews, recipes, private consultations and resources that highlight a whole foods, high green diet composed mainly of raw and living plant foods.

Meet the Raw Foods Diet Austin Team

Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo, MS, DC, CCN, DACBN

Dr. Ritamarie has been sharing her passion for raw and living foods for more than 25 years, lovingly catalyzing others to create joy, success and abundance in their lives. As a Doctor of Chiropractic with Certifications in Acupuncture, Nutrition, Herbal Medicine and HeartMath® , she’s also a certified living foods chef, instructor and coach, and has trained and certified hundreds of others in the art of living foods. As a licensed health care provider, Dr. Ritamarie has seen the magical transformations that occur when her patients and students apply the ancient healing wisdom of whole fresh foods and supportive lifestyle practices with a touch of modern scientific research. She offers online courses and long distance coaching and counseling as well as in-person classes and hands-on healing methodology.

Chef Karen Osborne

Karen Osborne, a lifetime active pianist, has been preparing gourmet raw food since being introduced to it in 2001. Karen’s body became her new, finely tuned instrument after experiencing the energy and great health that followed the elimination of gluten, dairy and refined sugar from her diet and adding lots of greens. Karen’s passionate performances now are focused on creating raw food experiences as treats of harmonic sensations, developing flavors like a symphony. From delicate to dynamic, her food is music to the palate. Specializing in tantalizing raw versions of favorites like Tiramisu, she loves to help people with the food part of their transition to a healthy lifestyle that also includes exercise, sun and sleep. Karen is a graduate of Living Light Culinary Arts Institute and sells her creations in the Austin, TX area where she gives private instruction in Raw Food preparation, demonstrates Raw Food Joy regularly for a market in South Austin, manages Dr. Ritamarie’s Co-op and teaches classes. www.karenorawchef.com

Pamela Weems

A special education teacher for many years, Pamela Weems became interested in regaining her health through whole and living foods after she developed thyroid abnormalities and after a close friend of hers developed cancer. Pamela has taken food preparation classes with Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo and through her has obtained certification as Chef and as Instructor in Alissa Cohen’s Living on Live Foods courses. She enjoys making salad dressings, desserts and snacks for family and friends.