Mike Snyder is the president of TheRawDiet.com and an expert on vegetarian and vegan raw foods nutrition. He has been active in the raw foods community for more than ten years. He has studied with Viktoras Kulvinskas, the founder of the modern raw foods movement, and with Gabriel Cousens, one of its best-known proponents. As a health coach, Snyder assists clients worldwide in transitioning to raw foods. He provides keynote addresses and presentations, food prep demonstrations, seminars, and teleseminars across the country. He recently co-authored The Everything(R) Raw Foods Recipe Book. He lives in Portland, OR.