Never had acne during high school, modeled in Japan, high school beauty queen in the South. Then adult acne hit at 26. She helped me cure it as no book has. Great insights into other health studies.

Vegetarianism to me was a starvation diet. I was a big meat eater, and in the past year - just big. Now I've become a moderate vegan - vegan all week, occasional treats on weekends. Hence, this list.

Kind of a freaky family until you can identify with your own health crises: cancer, miscarriage, stroke - oh my! Nothing like facing down death to change eating habits. Nothing else quite motivates.

This is a cookbook with so many recipes, each from different raw foodie chefs. Makes the transition much more interesting, doable, and even somewhat fun. Kudos.

I read this book last year, knew Kat was absolutely right, but took this long to connect all the moving parts of holistic health and its attendant beauty. She's inspiring and enlightening.

Another Italian-American woman, Christina Pirello knows about our love affair with food, family, and love itself. Food is womanliness, true affection, cooking talent. Tough to leave for 100% raw food.

At 31, I went to my plastic surgeon and said "fix my eyes, they look old." He sent me away because there was nothing to fix. My 'old' eyes reflected personal dissatisfaction and general neglect.

A gorgeous book with detailed information and compelling recipes, considerations, insights. Maybe this vegan thing isn't an austere life.

I read this book in college and really got into food combining. Stayed fit and fab for a decade. Then worked at an Internet start-up, got burned out, and asked my plastic surgeon to fix my 'old' eyes.

A clean liver promotes fertility as nothing else can, and keeps you slim to boot. Go to www.ovusoft.com for companion software to prevent and plan for pregnancy. Brilliant stuff, a Godsend.

There's no reading Matt Furey's material and not tie it into Chinese health with fitness. And there's no study of study of health without many references to China and what's Chinese.

I am an apolitical moderate vegan. I do this strictly for health. This guy is more much more in line with my way of thinking (than the likes of terrorist organizations PETA and EarthFirst).