Back home, he explored traditional Western medicine. On his travels, he met spiritual gurus, seasoned surfers, ayurvedic doctors and street vendors selling herbs. He travelled far and wide, from India to Indonesia and Central America, to learn about health and to source the best materials for his juices and smoothies. Rafati’s bestselling memoir, ‘I Forgot to Die’Įspecially in demand was his concoction, ‘Wolverine’-a rejuvenating smoothie comprising banana, almond butter, dates, maca, cacao nibs, coconut manna, bee pollen, royal jelly and almond milk-which is now the signature smoothie of SUNLIFE Organics, the USD10-mn a year juicing company of which, Rafati is CEO today.Īnd so began his quest to find and consume the best nature had to offer. Employing over 200, SUNLIFE looks forward to adding international franchises in the near future. The company offers 50 items on its menu, with its organic fruit and vegetable smoothies, superfood smoothies, juices, fruit and nut bowls, and green powders being the most sought after products. They soon became a hit at the rehab, with people asking for more. Impressed with the surge of energy he received from superfood smoothies, which he attributes as “paramount and intrinsic to the success” of his recovery, Rafati began experimenting with dozens of recipes and started making smoothies for fellow addicts in recovery at the Riviera Recovery sober living recovery centre in Malibu. And you can change in such a profound way that within a short period of time you won’t even recognise yourself anymore” Whatever it is you are suffering from, you can change. It was around this time that a friend, concerned about his frail physical state, introduced him to superfoods by offering him a superfood smoothie. Emaciated and ravaged by years of drug abuse, Rafati set forth on an arduous journey towards sobriety. He fought hard to kick the habit several times over the next few years and finally embraced abstinence in 2003 at the age of 33, after his 9 thoverdose. In 2001, he almost died after overdosing at a house party in Malibu, but the incident didn’t prove to be a curtain call for Rafati, on life’s stage. There, he ended up selling luxury cars to glitzy clients but his newfound stability was fleeting as he soon found himself in the grips of heroin addiction. “I felt awful, like a rotting corpse, it took months and months of misery and pain,” says Khalil Rafati, recalling his days as a panhandling heroin addict on Los Angeles’ infamous Skid Row, before his discovery of organic superfoods and an ascent away from addiction, towards millionairehood.īorn in Ohio, USA, as a high school dropout who could not spell or type, Rafati took flight from his hometown to LA to flee from years of sexual abuse. Note: To access the contact details of all Indian organic suppliers and organic shops in India, buy Organic Directory
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