Hello, welcome to Urban Report.
Today, I am going to interview
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the host of one of
Dare to Dream's new programs
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"A Taste of Paradise" As
you may know, the first half
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of the program is hosted by
Evita Tezeno and Brenda Kamp
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and they talk about raw food
preparation and the benefits of
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raw foods. The host for the
second half is Nyse Collins.
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So join me now as I sit
with Evita and Brenda on the
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set of "A Taste of Paradise. "
Believe it or not, it was Brenda
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wow... yes, Brenda came to me
and she said, "Evita, I want to
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start eating more
raw"... we were neighbors
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and I said, "Well, Brenda I have
never ever done raw food before
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I've been a vegan for 20 plus
years, and I have always done
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cooked. " So she said, "Oh, you
can do it... help me. So we got
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together and we started looking
at videos and DVDs and...
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here we are...
Yvonne: The rest is history.
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Evita: The rest is history.
Yvonne: Brenda what made you
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decide that you
wanted to go raw?...
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Brenda: Well, like Evita,
I've been vegan too but I've
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been vegan about 35 years...
Yvonne: you don't even look
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that old...
Brenda: I owe it all to raw
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eating... so I had a bit
of a health challenge and the
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Naturopath told me that it would
be to my benefit to eat raw
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and so that began my journey...
Yvonne: Wow, and again the rest
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is history because you have
become real experts in this area
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and one of the things that
I find that is so important is
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there is no sacrifice of taste
for health because there are so
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many people that say...
oh it doesn't taste good...
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I don't want to eat that...
it's healthy if you say it's
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healthy... they kind of equate
that with not tasting good.
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But your food is amazing...
It tastes great... it looks good
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it's just wonderful...
When you became vegan, did you
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notice any difference in the
way you felt? in clarity of...
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in mental clarity, did
you notice any difference
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in your physical health
after becoming vegan?...
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Well, I was born and raised
vegan... so the years that I
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was not vegan.. um. I definitely
felt a difference in the way I
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was feeling...
Yvonne: So you went away...
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Brenda: I went away for
a bit and then came back
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so that was my story...
Evita: And I wasn't, I wasn't
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vegan at all... I was a
meat eater and I became vegan
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20 plus years ago and
I definitely learned...
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the... it was just
amazing! I had eczema, I had all
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different types of
ailments, I would break out...
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in different skin eruptions,
and I didn't know what it was...
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and when I changed
my diet, it was amazing!
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You know, one of the things that
I realize is that many people
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have a disconnect when it comes
to what they eat and how they
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feel. Or what they eat and
their health status. You cannot
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really be truly healthy if
you are not eating properly.
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You might not have
signs of disease but you are a
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disease-in-the-making if
you are not eating properly so
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one of the things we wanted
to do at "Dare to Dream" is to
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introduce different ways
of eating that are healthy and
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tasty and that's what
you all have and I love that.
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Now if a woman, let's say a
woman has... she's got kids and
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and is on a fixed income,
isn't it expensive to eat
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healthy?... No, it's
not expensive at all...
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Today we have so many different
avenues that people can eat
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healthy on a budget.
We have community gardens,
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we have Co-ops and we have
Farmers' markets and all of the
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vegetables are very
low cost. That's awesome.
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What about the equipment,
you know, I noticed that you use
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processors and things like
that. Are there places that
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people can get food processors
more cheaply that you know of?
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Um... I was thinking maybe that
even they can go to the library
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and check out e-Bay or something
like that... and maybe get it
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that way but if you know some
other way.. You can, yeah on
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e- Bay they have some equipment
cheaper and one thing that I've
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told people at my church... well
let's go in together let's share
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and that's how we can
work together to get healthy
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So maybe a group gets together
and buys a Vitamix or buys a
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food processor and that builds
camaraderie and they do it
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together just like Brenda and
I did this together and that's
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where we are now and
that was three years ago.
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That is awesome. So not only,
this is really good, so people
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let's say a group of women that
live in a building, you know,
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let's say they live in
an apartment building in the
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inner city and they want to eat
more healthily, they can kind of
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rotate the equipment
or they can, you know,
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one can prepare the meals and
somebody can purchase the food
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and then they can do it that way
That's a great idea because we
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want people to know that
it's available to them...
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healthy eating is available
to them at a lower cost...
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so that's really good.
Brenda with your children,
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now I noticed, you know, you had
the smoothie with the spinach
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in it and the banana and the
peaches. What do you do to get
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your children to eat better?
Well, they like the colors of
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the smoothie, they think it's
so cool, so hiding those green
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ingredients into the smoothie
is a quick way to get them to
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eat, you know, healthier so
I hope they are not listening
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because I am giving away my
secrets, but that's what you
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have to do, you know, kind
of make it fun for them and
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you know, that will
get them to eat it...
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Yvonne: Do they help
you prepare them as well?...
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Brenda: Yes, they love to
help. Yvonne: One of the things
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that we can do, you
know, Dare to Dream is really
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pro-family, as you know,
and we like the idea of creating
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memories, like, when you work
with your kids and children,
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they are helping you to make
smoothies or helping to prepare
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healthier meals, it creates
memories, and that's one of
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the things that we
think is important to do.
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What are some of the testimonies
that you have.. people that have
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come to your classes? I
know that you do classes and
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seminars and you are available
to come to churches and teach
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raw food preparation, what are
some of the effects that your
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seminars have had on
people... when they've come?
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Well, the Kale salad that we
prepared in one of the previous
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segments, that has gone around
the world. Yes, people have
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shared it all around the world
and I went to a- Houston church
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has said, "You know we got that
Kale recipe from somebody from
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your church... and I was amazed!
I said, "Really?" so, and a lot
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of the people... we are like
the go-to people for help...
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I am the Health Ministries
leader but still all of us that
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Brenda and my friend Leslie,
we are like the go-to people...
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people come and ask us, "What do
we need to do about this?" and
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"Do you have a recipe for this?"
and it's great because we are
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changing lives.
Yvonne:Oh that's such a blessing
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Have you noticed people losing
weight or their numbers changing
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Evita: Several...
Yvonne: with their lab tests
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and things like that?
Evita and Brenda: Oh yes,
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cholesterol levels going
down, people losing dress sizes,
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Yvonne: That's awesome
and see that's what we need to
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understand that when you eat
healthy and the body is getting
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fed, then... the body doesn't
get fed with junk food...
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so you are going to stay
hungry, you are not going to be
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satisfied because you are eating
a bunch of junk, but when you
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are getting juices, and all
those concentrated nutrients,
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in juicing and in raw food,
where you have the enzymes and
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all of those nutrients, I mean,
it's just an amazing thing.
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Brenda: You tend to eat less...
Yvonne: You do... you tend to
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eat less because the body is
saying, "Oh, now, you are giving
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me what I need to function
properly. It's like a car,
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you know, if you put the
right fuel in, the car works
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properly... Evita:
And Yvonne, you really
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get full, really, really
fed, on a very... because it is
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nutrient dense... so you
are eating a little but it's
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power-packed with nutrients
and so, your body is saying,
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Oh, I don't need
anymore because I am full...
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Yvonne: hmmm, hmmm, hmmm,
hmmm, that's a wonderful thing.
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When you first started with, um,
the healthy path, had you been
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on a very unhealthy
path prior to that?...
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Evita: I was...
Yvonne: What switched you over?
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Evita: Well, I became an
Adventist... yeah, that's what,
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that's what changed my
life... I was Catholic and I was
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introduced to the health message
I was introduced to Adventism,
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and it basically changed my
life A couple was at the Church
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and they had just come back
from Uchee Pines and they said,
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- I heard them- and I knew
that I was sick all the time
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and I said, "Can you teach
me? Can you show me?" and that's
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when I became
vegan... Yvonne: My!...
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Evita: Yeah, they came
and brought me to their home
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and they taught me how to cook
and then, I went to Uchee Pines
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myself... Yvonne:
Oh.. and then you got
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trained, got some training there
Evita: Yeah, so I went there
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for a short program and I worked
at Country Life and I worked
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around on the campus and I
learned so much and they told
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me, "Now, it's your turn...
go forth and teach people...
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and from then on, since
1988, I've been teaching...
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I held my first class in my
home Yvonne: Did you? See it's a
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calling... don't you feel like
it's a calling, I mean, you know
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watching you and knowing you,
as I do, I know that you are
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walking in your calling...
What about you Brenda, how did
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you... you just kind of...
I know you were raised vegan,
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and sounds like you went away
for a bit and then you came back
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Brenda: Well it took one
film showing, I watched how
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meat was processed and what
happens to the animals and that
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just changed me back, quickly...
that is all it took...
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It's funny how, you know,
whether it's through people,
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you know, like with you
Evita, you met some people, who,
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had been to Uchee Pines,
or whether it's through media,
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you know, the message is
powerful! and this message
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changes lives... the
messages of Jesus Christ and
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the health
message- it changes lives!
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it makes such a difference
I know when I was practicing
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Naturopathic medicine, I could
see when people would change
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their diets, it would
make a profound difference...
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and a lot of times, again,
they just don't realize that
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the environment, the internal
environment that is friendly
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toward disease, that's conducive
to disease, that internal
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environment, has to be changed
and nutrition is a very good way
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to impact that internal
environment and so, you know,
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we have to have the juices and
all those things that you guys
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do.. tell me how is it going
at the church with what you're
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doing with the health and
temperance. Are people being
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impacted in the
community? Evita: Yes, yes..
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Brenda: We've had a church
request us to teach them how
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to be healthy, so that
was pretty profound for us.
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Yvonne: I saw in one of the
talk programs, a sample of what
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is served at potlucks,
Church potlucks.. It's horrific.
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It's horrific. So, maybe that's
one of the things that you all
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can do... Evita:
But that's a church that
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rents from our church and
they requested for us to come.
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Yeah, they rented the church
on Sunday and we did a health
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seminar at their church
on Sunday and now they said,
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"Oh, one day we are just going
to do a salad day.. and the next
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time we get together and have
a potluck, we are going to do
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just, no meat at all,
and they want us to come do a
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maybe eight-or-ten part seminar,
at their church, at their
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Services...
Yvonne: You know what!
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I just thought about this.. what
about the 7-day raw challenge
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Brenda: That's our next
project Evita: Yes, yes, yes...
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Yvonne: Okay, let's do
that, let's offer it here...
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right here on Urban
Report... Evita: Okay... okay..
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Yvonne: Tell us about
it... what's involved...
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Evita: So this is what we
are going to do... we are going
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to have a class and we are going
to tell the people that this is
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going to be a seven-day raw
challenge. We are going to do
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menu planning and we are going
to have recipes and we are going
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to have a conference call and we
are going to guide them... yes
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Yvonne: Where is this going to
happen, because I want to get it
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on Dare to Dream. Where
is this going to happen?...
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Brenda: You have back to come
to Dallas, Texas, for that...
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Yvonne: I know, my home,
but actually, we could offer
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the seven-day challenge to our
Dare to Dream viewers because
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this would be the
seven-day raw challenge-I think
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that would just be an
incredible thing to offer...
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Evita: Brenda and I did a
sixty-day raw challenge and
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oh my goodness, my our skin
glowed, we felt wonderful...
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I lost 20 pounds. It was
fantastic. It was amazing.
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Yvonne: So, OK, so give me a
typical kind of menu for the day
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for in the seven-day...
what would you do first...
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If a viewer tuned in right now
and said, "I want to do that. "
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How would they do
it? What would they do?
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Brenda: Start out the breakfast
with one of those delicious
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smoothies that we made... and
for lunch-um-one of those salads
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with the wonderful
dressing that we prepared...
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and what can we do for dinner?
Believe it or not, we could have
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pie for dinner if you want...
Yes, because it is not refined.
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No sugar, so they can have a...
they can have a nice fruit salad
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or something, you know,
something light like that...
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Yvonne: You know that mock tuna
that you made... Evita: Yes that
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would be good...
hmmmm... hmmmmmmmm...
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Yvonne: I could, and today,
with the cauliflower, when you
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taped that segment,
it's just incredible...
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our viewers, if they would just
try it, I know it's different...
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you know.. it's something that's
unfamiliar, but unfamiliar
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isn't bad... let's stretch
our horizons a little bit,
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let's try something new...
Evita: and that's what happened
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at the Church... when we
had held our first class, it was
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very small, we did it in
someone's home... and when the
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Church found out... they said,
"Why couldn't we come, we heard
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that the food was so good...
we want it for the Church...
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It's incredible...
Yvonne: Wow! you know,
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you should just try.. raw foods.
It's really, really, really good
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very different... really good
for you.. A Taste of Paradise
00:15:36.43\00:15:41.01
has a nice balance
between raw food preparation and
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cooked foods...
Nyse Collins supplies the
00:15:44.79\00:15:47.71
male touch to our
program... Take a look...
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Well, that's a good one...
I am just Nyse, uh, as simple
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as that... Yvonne:
you are a nice guy...
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Nyse: Yeah, I try to be
Don't ever do it to your kids
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though because they'll be
teased... Nice to be nice...
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and all that stuff and you know,
I just studied at one of our
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local universities-Southwestern
Adventist University...
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it wasn't my original
direction, my whole thing was
00:16:11.21\00:16:13.58
save the earth and save the
animals and don't kill anybody
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and save the forest, but
then the Lord quickly showed me,
00:16:16.99\00:16:19.53
"That's important, but I have
something else for you... um,
00:16:19.57\00:16:22.96
it is better to save and help
people instead," and so as a
00:16:23.00\00:16:27.01
result, I adjusted things in
university, studied a little bit
00:16:27.04\00:16:31.01
in Religion and went over and
did a little quick Nursing class
00:16:31.05\00:16:35.59
or two, and also Biology...
to learn because if we want to
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work the same way Jesus did,
He had a knowledge of the Bible,
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and also of nature and
health and stuff like that...
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and so, it has just
been a blessing ever since.
00:16:44.52\00:16:47.05
I told the Lord, "Lord, I don't
want to work for anybody else. "
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and so from Day 1, He says,
"Well, if you do it my way,
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then, you can work for me"
and so we just try to follow
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His principles and it has
just been a blast ever since...
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Yvonne: Oh that's incredible,
you know, I guess you noticed,
00:16:56.69\00:16:59.54
I am sitting here near
the chicken substitute, Oh...
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Nyse: The ticken...
Yvonne: the ticken.. the ticken.
00:17:04.44\00:17:08.06
Yvonne: the food is so, so
tasty... tell us about your
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vision for your ministry...
Nyse: Well, our company...
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we transitioned it from Nyse
Life Consultants to Sonari Life
00:17:15.77\00:17:18.83
Sonari is a Latin word for
restore and so our focus is
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Restoration through Education...
We believe God's people will be
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restored to full health,
both spiritually and physically,
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when they are educated...
the days of trying to tell
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people what to eat, what
not to eat, and do this and
00:17:33.01\00:17:35.74
do that are over... people
want to know for themselves, and
00:17:35.78\00:17:38.86
our goal is to empower
them... Jesus never just said,
00:17:38.90\00:17:41.86
"Hey, do this or do that"...
He said, "Check this out"
00:17:41.89\00:17:44.27
you know, if you don't
mind... "here's a little story
00:17:44.31\00:17:46.15
of how it works. "
And they were educated...
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so they made a decision
for themselves and so our goal
00:17:47.89\00:17:50.96
is to encourage people...
the first thing is to encourage
00:17:51.00\00:17:54.03
that's our whole
focus... encourage...
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the days of showing videos and
don't do this and don't do that
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and people leaving the seminar
discouraged... those are over...
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Our goal is to encourage them
because most people know what
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they should be doing in
general and they give them the
00:18:04.94\00:18:07.46
opportunity or platform
resources where they can
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educate themselves and then
that's when restoration will
00:18:10.01\00:18:13.13
take place... and so that's
the goal for Sonari Life and
00:18:13.16\00:18:16.94
Nyse Life Consultants and so
it has been a good ride so far.
00:18:16.98\00:18:20.49
Yvonne: That's amazing because
you now, one of the things that
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I noticed when I was
doing health seminars myself,
00:18:24.04\00:18:27.47
was that people... they want to
change, but it is difficult...
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and they don't want to sacrifice
taste and there are a lot of
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these recipes that are bland
or are just not tasty, and so
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people will say, "Now,
why would I want to eat that?"
00:18:41.22\00:18:43.35
why am I going to leave here,
you know, I might want to change
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my eating habits, but why would
I leave and sacrifice taste"...
00:18:47.46\00:18:51.46
you know just people,
realistically, they want to be
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healthy but they don't
want to sacrifice taste,
00:18:55.68\00:18:57.45
so if there is a toss up
between the two, unless they are
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seriously ill, they might
not want to sacrifice taste.
00:19:01.14\00:19:03.44
Nyse: I mean, the Lord said it
clearly, He wants us to find a
00:19:03.47\00:19:06.83
balance. If the food doesn't
taste good, then that can't be
00:19:06.86\00:19:09.24
true health, you know, you
remember the passage in the
00:19:09.28\00:19:11.82
Psalms that says, "Oh taste
and see that the Lord is good,"
00:19:11.86\00:19:14.35
but the key is, you have
to, you have to trust in Him and
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the only way you can trust
is.. if you give Him a try...
00:19:16.85\00:19:18.84
so if we just give it a try,
and do it the way He instructed,
00:19:18.87\00:19:23.61
and try... Our goal is to
give people the opportunity
00:19:23.64\00:19:25.69
in the kitchen... We
are not setting any set
00:19:25.73\00:19:27.46
rules for them. We are giving
them principles, you go home
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and you do it for yourself...
You can probably even do better
00:19:29.99\00:19:32.05
than we can... you
know what I mean...
00:19:32.08\00:19:33.48
Yvonne: and I love how you
did that because when you were
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talking about the different
recipes, you give people
00:19:36.57\00:19:39.64
options and that's very
important because people have
00:19:39.68\00:19:42.68
their own cultural things that
they like... certain herbs that
00:19:42.72\00:19:46.35
they like, better.. some might
like cilantro better, you know-
00:19:46.38\00:19:50.76
so you may use those things, but
you are giving them principles
00:19:50.80\00:19:55.14
and that gives
people flexibility...
00:19:55.18\00:19:58.16
Nyse: and then, they will
be more willing, you know what
00:19:58.20\00:19:59.92
I mean, and so they can kind
of decide their own way as long
00:19:59.95\00:20:03.54
as they follow the principles,
you know, principles never
00:20:03.58\00:20:06.26
change, society will
change, settings will change,
00:20:06.29\00:20:08.98
but the principles... they stay
the same regardless, you know
00:20:09.02\00:20:11.86
Thou shalt not lie or be a
false witness... that's the
00:20:11.90\00:20:14.14
principle, I don't know what
culture would promote that..
00:20:14.17\00:20:16.85
you know what I mean...
and so each culture handles it
00:20:16.88\00:20:19.92
differently, but the
principle is still the same...
00:20:19.95\00:20:22.92
So the principle of eating and
all of those items and trying to
00:20:22.95\00:20:25.61
follow a schedule and eating
on time, and organizing and
00:20:25.65\00:20:31.10
balancing your meals and stuff.
Those are the same, no matter
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where we go. We were in
China or in India and we just
00:20:33.92\00:20:37.59
came back from South America and
the principles worked everywhere
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People said, "Well people
outside of this country can't do
00:20:40.72\00:20:43.74
it. " Well I haven't experienced
that because we've been to
00:20:43.77\00:20:46.40
almost every continent and
people have been able to apply
00:20:46.44\00:20:49.96
it. And so one young lady said,
"I would have never done this
00:20:49.99\00:20:54.41
before but because you gave
me an option, and for me to do
00:20:54.44\00:20:57.59
it at home for myself, she was
able to do it and as a result
00:20:57.63\00:21:00.74
she was thinking, it was
just like, per se, the food,
00:21:00.78\00:21:03.14
but she had a lot of ailments
as well, her blood pressure was
00:21:03.17\00:21:05.77
through the roof,... her
cholesterol was sky high...
00:21:05.81\00:21:07.93
and they even said that she
was a heart attack on a platter,
00:21:07.97\00:21:10.71
just waiting to be served,
and just by applying just those
00:21:10.74\00:21:14.58
simple adjustments and having
fun with it, she was able,
00:21:14.61\00:21:18.41
within no time, within a month
or two, the doctor took off
00:21:18.45\00:21:22.23
all her medication...
and now she's even teaching
00:21:22.27\00:21:24.09
her doctor... you know what
I mean... so it's amazing and
00:21:24.12\00:21:27.41
a lot of people
have embraced it...
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Yvonne: That's a blessing and
for our viewers, many of them
00:21:29.43\00:21:33.65
live in the inner city, you know
they have not, perhaps, known
00:21:33.69\00:21:37.88
of tofu or different
things like that. if they just
00:21:37.91\00:21:41.80
expand their horizons
a little bit and try it,
00:21:41.84\00:21:45.02
this is so tasty, I am telling
you, I am sitting on this side
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of the table. I mean I could sit
on that side but this has been
00:21:48.96\00:21:52.79
so tasty. Tell us how an
inner city mother can make a
00:21:52.83\00:21:58.41
difference for her
children through diet?...
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Nyse: Oh it's actually really
simple but it will take some
00:22:00.84\00:22:04.93
effort... nothing comes without
a little effort... you know...
00:22:04.96\00:22:08.04
Everybody has to try.. you know,
it's not going to be spoon-fed
00:22:08.07\00:22:10.34
to you and even Social Services
are not spoon-fed to us.
00:22:10.38\00:22:13.31
We got to go out and
apply and do these things, and I
00:22:13.34\00:22:16.08
know, per se, personally
because for my mom... there was
00:22:16.11\00:22:19.21
five of us... you know what
I mean... She was the only one
00:22:19.24\00:22:21.51
if you know what I am talking
about, you know, daddy did his
00:22:21.54\00:22:23.26
thing, he planted the
seed, praise the Lord...
00:22:23.29\00:22:25.37
but then he left on.
And then the Lord became the
00:22:25.40\00:22:27.41
farmer... in our situation.
So it was one mom, five kids
00:22:27.44\00:22:30.23
and she just made a
determined effort, you know...
00:22:30.26\00:22:32.50
Of course, she said,
"Lord, forgive me for the
00:22:32.53\00:22:34.70
different areas I have
been in and stuff like that,
00:22:34.74\00:22:37.83
but I need your help.
" She tried and she found
00:22:37.86\00:22:39.93
different ways... that's
why I probably use oats a lot...
00:22:39.96\00:22:42.10
I remember my mom, see,
oats was the cheapest thing
00:22:42.13\00:22:44.13
to buy, so she would go and
buy ten, twenty pounds of oats
00:22:44.16\00:22:47.04
and one day, I got so upset
with mom, I'm like, "Mom, I am
00:22:47.07\00:22:49.93
tired of oats," and she's
like "All right, well go get
00:22:49.97\00:22:52.21
something else"... But
there wasn't anything else,
00:22:52.24\00:22:54.29
you know what I mean,
She actually pulled the bowl
00:22:54.33\00:22:56.34
away from me because I
pushed it away and said
00:22:56.38\00:22:58.17
"Mom, give me something
else to eat. " So she said,
00:22:58.20\00:23:00.40
"No problem," she took
the oats and shared it with my
00:23:00.44\00:23:02.57
other brothers and my
sister, and I was like, man...
00:23:02.60\00:23:04.60
I went to bed hungry...
So I am not trying to call
00:23:04.63\00:23:06.82
Social Services on my
mother, but I went to bed hungry
00:23:06.86\00:23:09.10
but it was the best
thing that ever happened to me.
00:23:09.14\00:23:11.32
Because I learned to appreciate
the simple food. I tell you,
00:23:11.35\00:23:14.82
the next morning, I
made baked oats, fried oats,
00:23:14.86\00:23:17.80
frozen oats, you name it... I
was the Oat expert.. you know,
00:23:17.83\00:23:21.51
because I didn't want
to go to bed hungry again.
00:23:21.55\00:23:22.84
So, it's possible but they just
have to look at the different
00:23:22.88\00:23:27.19
options that are there and
actually, and I say this quietly
00:23:27.22\00:23:31.50
the person who has a
lower budget they have a good
00:23:31.53\00:23:34.53
opportunity to try healthful
foods. If you notice poor people
00:23:34.57\00:23:38.24
they only eat the bare
minimum.. they eat the potatoes,
00:23:38.28\00:23:41.20
they eat the rice,
and they eat the cheapest
00:23:41.43\00:23:44.29
things... the beans and stuff
like that.. and whatever fruits
00:23:44.33\00:23:47.34
or veggies they can get.
That's actually, one of the best
00:23:47.37\00:23:50.14
diets around town and then
you know, those who have means
00:23:50.18\00:23:52.92
and stuff like that, they
get the fine delicacies and
00:23:53.04\00:23:54.77
the caviar, and the special
cheese and the super meats
00:23:54.80\00:23:57.75
and stuff and they have all
the health care in the world,
00:23:57.79\00:24:00.83
but they are still, you
know, dying at an early age or
00:24:00.87\00:24:04.14
things like that. So, for
a mother in the inner city...
00:24:04.18\00:24:07.38
she has great opportunities,
I am sure, Social Services will
00:24:07.41\00:24:11.00
give her a hand but she
also can look for means as well
00:24:11.04\00:24:14.59
and bread... you know,
we know how to make bread
00:24:14.63\00:24:17.04
from the Bible... All you
need is some whole wheat flour,
00:24:17.08\00:24:18.60
it's the cheapest thing
some oil, a little bit of salt,
00:24:18.64\00:24:21.03
and yeast and done
deal... we used to make bread...
00:24:21.07\00:24:23.39
Oh man... I got sick of bread,
I am surprised I am not allergic
00:24:23.43\00:24:26.50
to bread by now but it was
the best thing and I thank,
00:24:26.53\00:24:29.73
the Lord, for those rough and
hard times, which taught me now
00:24:29.77\00:24:34.24
to do the same thing and share
it with.. for all classes of
00:24:34.28\00:24:37.90
society... not only the rich,
not only the middle class and
00:24:37.93\00:24:40.44
not only the poor... you know,
that's where I put the poor,
00:24:40.48\00:24:42.95
right? Yvonne: at the top...
Nyse: Amen.. there you go.. so..
00:24:42.98\00:24:45.02
Yvonne: Yes, absolutely...
you know, one of the myths
00:24:45.06\00:24:49.38
is that it costs a lot to eat
healthy, well, if you are eating
00:24:49.42\00:24:52.51
a lot of meat- meat is expensive
but if you take that out of
00:24:52.54\00:24:55.60
the diet and you are
having fruits and vegetables,
00:24:55.63\00:24:58.01
and grains, you
really can work on a budget
00:24:58.05\00:25:02.15
and it tastes good
again, and also, one thing that
00:25:02.18\00:25:05.75
I noticed that you talked
about is about getting the
00:25:05.79\00:25:07.70
children involved... you know,
those cookies that you make,
00:25:07.73\00:25:11.17
uh, the Carob Hot
Drops, you know, you said,
00:25:11.20\00:25:14.40
"Bring the kids in," family
time is so important and that's
00:25:14.43\00:25:19.70
one of the things that
you know, the VIP room,
00:25:19.74\00:25:21.76
I just love it. I just think
that what you are offering,
00:25:21.79\00:25:24.79
what the Lord has given
you to offer is such a blessing
00:25:24.83\00:25:28.21
because we all really,
really need it. Now, I know that
00:25:28.24\00:25:31.78
you are an entrepreneur,
you are doing so many different
00:25:31.82\00:25:34.94
things, God has blessed you
to do so many different things,
00:25:34.97\00:25:38.05
tell us about your
latest venture in publishing...
00:25:38.09\00:25:42.27
Okay, well again one of the
keys in Sonari, or you know what
00:25:42.31\00:25:47.08
that means
restoration, our slogan is...
00:25:47.11\00:25:49.30
Restoration through Education,
is to equip the people, okay,
00:25:49.34\00:25:52.48
so it's one thing to do a
presentation, "Hey, eat this and
00:25:52.51\00:25:55.59
have a good time... or something
like that... but then they need
00:25:55.62\00:25:57.52
resources, you know what I
mean. The Lord even promoted it,
00:25:57.56\00:26:00.82
and if you noticed throughout
the program, I keep telling
00:26:00.85\00:26:03.05
people, "Write it down,
write it down," because you will
00:26:03.08\00:26:05.88
forget, you know,
remember the teacher in school,
00:26:05.92\00:26:08.17
She would do, one
plus one equals two...
00:26:08.20\00:26:09.95
two plus two equals four,
four and four is what? eight
00:26:09.98\00:26:12.44
and eight and eight is sixteen,
sixteen and sixteen is 32
00:26:12.47\00:26:14.86
and then she would
give you your homework...
00:26:14.90\00:26:16.07
ready for homework?
Thirty two and ninety seven,
00:26:16.10\00:26:18.22
how much is that?"
But you wouldn't know how
00:26:18.25\00:26:20.61
to answer it until you went
back to how she or he taught you
00:26:20.64\00:26:25.09
how to do it and you were able,
now, to answer that question.
00:26:25.12\00:26:27.98
Well, the spiritual and health
are the same. The Lord says,
00:26:28.01\00:26:31.58
"Write the vision and
make it plain, that they may
00:26:31.62\00:26:33.36
run in our faith. Though
the vision is only for a while,
00:26:33.39\00:26:36.07
you know, and it goes on,
so the key is to write it down.
00:26:36.10\00:26:38.74
So we focus now on DVDs,
our resources, materials..
00:26:38.77\00:26:43.06
we don't like to say
books, because it is a resource,
00:26:43.10\00:26:47.35
you know, we are going
back, I know, even though
00:26:47.39\00:26:48.84
modern media is changing
quite a bit, something about
00:26:48.87\00:26:51.88
the printed page, you
know, and so our Company decided
00:26:51.91\00:26:54.84
to focus now on equipping
the people with resources,
00:26:54.87\00:26:57.73
through some nutritional kitchen
resources. Some people may
00:26:57.77\00:27:01.24
call it a cookbook, but we
have tons of those at home...
00:27:01.28\00:27:04.69
you know, this is not a cookbook
this is a nutritional kitchen
00:27:04.72\00:27:09.09
resource. Why are you
cooking what you are cooking?
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And why are you
doing it? you know...
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and so the key is that,
they can refer back to it
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because they will forget
what we do in the presentation.
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Yvonne: So this has not only
recipes but the "whys" behind
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the recipes... Nyse:
Yes, exactly-menu planning
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and stuff like
that... and you know what?
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we titled it, very, very
simple, it's actually called,
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"Give them something better"
Yvonne: Show it, show it to our
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audience... Nyse:
Here it is, very simple,
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Give them Something Better
and it talks about the basic
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principles that we
find in health you know...
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those who are looking to
make a transition from different
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foods and stuff... it
says there, in the pen of
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inspiration, says that they
should have something better. So
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our goal is just to give it
to them... you know... give them
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something better and it's
actually America's... I'll share
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with you a little bit, it says
America's longest living culture
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shares their family's secret.
Do you know which culture
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in America is the
longest living culture?
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Yvonne: Hmmmmm would
it be the Native American?
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Nyse: All right,
Native American is up there...
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Yvonne: Absolutely not, Nyse:
but there are other options
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there's never a wrong answer...
you know what I mean...
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Yvonne: I know, I know, Native
American is not one of those
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Nyse: It's based on the simple
principles that the Adventists
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in Loma Linda, you remember
the National Geographic study
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and they found there
were three groups in the world
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that are very healthy,
Okinawa, Sardinians but then
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there were the Seventh-day
Adventists who are consistently
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living a good life and
stuff like that... and the other
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cultures they are
slowly but surely going down...
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They had thousands, may a
thousand or two thousand years
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to fine-tune their practices
and they are still going down...
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The group, the Seventh-day
Adventists had only about
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150 plus or minus years,
and they have been increasing
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their age... and so it's based
on those principles and then
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it educates people... why they
are doing what they are doing...
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how to make your plate look like
a rainbow, also menu planning
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and just simple tips
that everybody can enjoy...
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Yvonne: That's incredible.
Would you hold it up one more
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time so people can see it...
Nyse: Give them Something Better
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Don't just give them something..
but give them something better
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and you know, they say,
if you want to be successful
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in something, just
follow somebody who is already
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successful in it... you know...
You want to be a great mechanic,
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you go to the best mechanic in
town and just learn from him...
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you want to be a good cook,
just learn from the best cook..
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You want to live forever,
you know, by God's grace,
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you just follow the
people who have the vision,
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by God's grace to live
forever or live healthy lives...
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and so, our goal is to give
the people something better,
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and by God's grace, when we do
that, all things will be added
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unto us... when we
seek Him first, of course...
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"A Taste of Paradise"
has such yummy recipes...
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they may be a bit different
to some of you but check them
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out... you know... I took
one of the recipes and kind of
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adapted it and made this
tofu and I had my son who
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loves his meat, I had him try
it I begged him to just try it,
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and now, he's asking me to make
it for him. So just check it
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out. Just try it for yourself.
I think you'll find them to be
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really scrumptious. You know,
a lot of times we are afraid,
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to kind of venture out
and do something different,
00:30:18.67\00:30:21.34
and we get stuck in that
rut where we eat the same things
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everyday and we are not eating
salads and we are not eating
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fruits and vegetables, you know,
we really need to move toward
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a plant-based diet and that's
what "A Taste of Paradise"
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is about. It's about really
changing our diets and living
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more healthfully. There are
so many wonderful, wonderful,
00:30:42.62\00:30:47.75
new dishes that you can
try and eat and taste and just
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be adventurous with fruits
and vegetables... you know..
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try different things, it really,
really, really is a good thing
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to be adventurous and
step out of your comfort zone.
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Well, that's it
today for "Urban Report"
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join us next time, you
need to know that, you know,
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we're all about
making a difference...
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being a light for you,
being a resource for you,
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know that when
you join us next time,
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if you don't join us,
it wouldn't be the same
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without YOU... God bless...
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