2004                                       2009

Dr. Donato is a physical therapist and chiropractor with a strong emphasis in natural health practice.  He has been a raw fooder since 2004.  He started teaching the Dolphin's Healthy Boot Camp January 2006.  He teaches the 11-week intensive natural health, raw food nutrition and lifestyle course 3 times a year.   

Dr. Donato initially went on the raw vegan lifestyle by following the Hallelujah Diet in September 2004.  Prior to following the Hallelujah Diet, he was suffering from bouts of vertigo on and off for two years.  Taking medications did nothing to cure the vertigo.  Within 4 months on the Hallelujah Diet, the symptoms of vertigo completely disappeared.  He started hiking and running because of the vibrant energy and improved health.  He has hiked Mt. Whitney (14,497 ft) every year since the fall of 2004.  He also ran the Rock-N-Roll Half Marathon in San Jose, CA in 2006.  Then in the fall of 2007 and 2008 he ran the Portland Marathon in Portland, OR.  As a tribute and testament to superior health, he plans to either hike Mt. Whitney or run a marathon every year.

Dr. Donato teaches Dolphin's Natural Health and Raw Food Lifestyle Program in Dolphin's Healthy Boot Camp, a totally structured 85-100 percent raw vegan vegetarian lifestyle.  Following a totally raw vegan vegetarian diet since July 2007 has given him new insights into natural cures for chronic degenerative diseases, sports performance and maximal vibrant health.  Studying the field of natural health and combining them with the raw food lifestyle and clinical studies, he continues to update Dolphin's Healthy Boot Camp with the most current information and application to natural healthy living.

                  2006                                      2009

Dr. Peter Cho, MD is a California licensed medical doctor, board certified in Family Practice.  He is a Hallelujah Acres trained Health Minister and a "raw food doctor".  He started teaching the Get Healthy! Stay Balanced courses in Ukiah, CA in the spring of 2007.  Dr. Cho earned his medical degree (M.D.) from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 1992.  He completed his Family Practice residency in 1995 with emphasis on Obstetrics and Gynecology at Florida Hospital in Orlando, Florida.  He was a staff physician from 1995-1999 at the California Medical Foundation/Adventist Health in Ukiah, California.  He has been in solo practice from 1999 to present at Mendocino Family Care in Ukiah, California.  He is also an active staff physician at the Ukiah Valley Medical Center.  Dr. Cho is a member of the American Academy of Family Practice since 1995.  He continues his active solo medical practice in Ukiah, California.

Dr. Cho is a guest faculty for Dolphin.  As a licensed medical doctor, he will be answering questions pertaining to medicine during the Q & A section of the Dolphin's Healthy Boot Camp.

Dr. Cho was introduced to the Hallelujah Diet & Lifestyle in 2006.  In the summer of 2007 he and his family climbed Mt. Whitney as a testament of vibrant health and energy as a result of following the raw food lifestyle.  As a result of personally experiencing health improvements such as mental clarity, weight loss, and increased energy, Dr. Cho began to introduce nutritional medicine as an option to his patients for clinical management of chronic degenerative diseases with remarkable outcomes.  He has compiled case studies that he presents in his seminars.  He is also actively teaching in his community the raw food lifestyle, and hosts a monthly potluck support group.

His professional interests include photography, computers/technology and networking, ichthyology, travel and mountain climbing, fitness and badminton.

Dr. Douglas Graham, a lifetime athlete and raw fooder since 1978, is an advisor to world-class athletes and trainers from around the globe. He has worked professionally with top performers from almost every sport and every field of entertainment, including such notables as tennis legend Martina Navratilova, NBA pro basketball player Ronnie Grandison, track Olympic sprinter Doug Dickinson, Chicken Soup for the Soul coauthor Mark Victor Hansen, and actress Demi Moore.

As a former owner of a fasting retreat in the Florida Keys for ten years, Dr. Graham personally supervised thousands of fasts. He was in private practice as a chiropractor for twenty years, before retiring to focus on his writing and speaking.

Dr. Graham is the author of many books on health and raw food including The 80/10/10 Diet, The High Energy Diet Recipe Guide, Nutrition and Athletic Performance, Grain Damage, and the forthcoming book, Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries. He has shared his strategies for success with audiences at more than 4,000 presentations worldwide. Recognized as one of the fathers of the modern raw movement, Dr. Graham is the only lecturer to have attended and given keynote presentations at all of the major raw events in the world for each of the last eight years.

Dr. Graham is a guest instructor for Dolphin's Healthy Boot Camp for 2010.

Sergei Boutenko is the instructor of the Wild Edibles section of the Dolphin's Healthy Boot Camp.  He is a communications graduate of Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon.  He is co-author of Fresh and Eating without Heating.  Sergei is a raw food expert and is an internationally-renowned instructor in wild plant edibles.  He is a world adventurer and avid hiker.  He, along with the Boutenko family, has hiked the entire Pacific Crest Trail from the Mexican border to the Canadian border in 6 months living on wild edibles.  Sergei has also climbed Mt. Shasta (14,161 ft). 

                       Wild Edibles Field Trip 2008

Bonnie Patterson is a physical therapist and also an experienced organic gardener.  She has a gift in cultivating health to the soil and growing abundant produce in her backyard garden.  She brings to us the necessary knowledge and information to be successful in growing our own organic produce to support the raw vegan lifestyle.  Bonnie is a boot camp graduate and a Dolpin guest faculty.  She is teaching the Organic Gardening section of Dolphin's Healthy Boot Camp.

Here's what Bonnie has to say about her background: 

"My career is physical therapy but gardening is my therapy.  My first gardening experience was when I was about 8 or 9 years old and my folks allowed me to plant a row of carrots in their garden.  I still remember the wonderful sweet taste of those freshly harvested carrots and I was hooked on gardening.

My gardening experience blossomed at our little horse ranch in California with its nice long growing season and plenty of manure to enrich the soil next to our wet weather creek.  Those earlier years I planted only in the spring but now I am expanding into fall and winter gardening.  I am not a formally trained master gardener but I do study and read as much as I can about organic techniques.

I've been eating a high raw diet since 2008 and am thrilled that you are also going with me on the road to better health and wellness.

I am looking forward to meeting you.  Welcome to our garden!"

Amy Donato is a 1989 graduate of Loma Linda University, CA with a B.S. Degree in Physical Therapy.  She is also a graduate of Andrews University, MI with an A.S. Degree in Business Administration.  She is Dolphin's Raw Food Prep Instructor and coordinates the Dolphin's Healthy Boot Camp food demonstration and sampling.

Josephine Lee or "Joz" is a certified Raw Food Chef.  She is a Get Healthy Boot Camp graduate and hostess of the monthly Raw Food Potluck in Medford, Oregon.  She currently teaches raw food prep classes from her home.  She is an occasional guest instructor in raw food preps for the Dolphin's Healthy Boot Camp.  Joz is well-known in the raw food community.  A very good friend of Victoria Boutenko, Joz is famous for her Lemon Poppy Seed Cake, which was featured in the magazine, Purely Delicious.  For more information about Joz raw food prep classes send your email request to wyjozu2@aol.com.

Demonstrating a raw food prep at Dolphin Health & Education