Chef Salomon “Flavor” Montezinos is committed to advancing both the “Raw Foods” and “Alkaline Diet” movements. For free videos and articles, as well as information on Chef Sal’s book, “Discovering Raw Alkaline Cuisine: One Chef’s Journey,” please go to EvolveWithFlavor.com.

1. How Chef Sal Energizes with Alkaline
Water
The sight is strange - a 73 year-old man with tan skin, ripped muscles, and
black hair. Though he has lived in America for over forty years, he still has
a distinctly European voice. He grew up in Amsterdam during the tragedies
of World War II, losing his parents at the young age of two. Exiled to a farm,
he fell in love with the fresh fruits, vegetables, and well water. Ever since,
he has not been interested in just “health food,” but the highest quality
nutrition available. Chef Salomon Montezinos is convinced he has found it.
The recipes he prepares are not only “raw,” but also “alkaline.” In fact, he
pioneered the combination. The latter movement has been more influential
- offering him optimally-nutritious food and the highest-quality water. It has
allowed him to perform up to four hours of the following exercises - weight-
lifting, biking, running, performing yoga, and ... here is where it gets
interesting ... swimming. Not only can he swim a mile-plus in the pool, often
after other exercises, but he does so only in alkalized water. He does not
bathe in unfiltered tap water either, which he also alkalizes with a filter.
Chef Sal implores that if he cannot drink it, he will not put his body in it.
Gone are his days as a young boy playing in a dirty farm lake.
Indeed, alkaline water is found throughout Chef Sal’s house. After exiting
the pool, he often re-energizes with alkaline water from the custom-
installed machine in his fridge. He appreciates too well the extra kick of
energy it gives.
As strange a sight a 73-year old man swimming for an hour is, 12+ hours of
professional work is even stranger. Yet, that is precisely what he did when
working on his “Raw Alkaline” recipes. He credits his alkaline water system
for keeping his body energized and his passion piqued; after all, the body is
60 percent water and the brain contains 70.
Overall, Chef Sal’s life is pretty abnormal. Yet, this is the new paradigm of
health today - passion, productivity, physical fitness, and a body to enjoy
life well past the age of seventy. It is a lifestyle that profoundly rejects the
status quo of acidic foods, contaminated water, and more than we have
space to name.

2. Chef Sal is proof that the “alkaline” lifestyle, and especially alkaline water,
is not the latest marketing gimmick. Market growth is explosive in this
industry because people are achieving results. As more people let go of
conventional health paradigms, stubborn as they are, alkaline water
systems will continue to grow in popularity.
Chef Salomon “Flavor” Montezinos is committed to advancing both the
“Raw Foods” and “Alkaline Diet” movements. For free videos and articles,
as well as information on Chef Sal’s book, “Discovering Raw Alkaline
Cuisine: One Chef’s Journey,” please go to EvolveWithFlavor.com.