Participants: Yvonne Lewis (Host), Brenda Kemp, Evita Tezeno, Nyse Collins
Series Code: UBR
Program Code: UBR000003
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00:21 Hello, welcome to Urban Report. Today, I am going to interview
00:25 the host of one of Dare to Dream's new programs 00:28 "A Taste of Paradise" As you may know, the first half 00:32 of the program is hosted by Evita Tezeno and Brenda Kamp 00:35 and they talk about raw food preparation and the benefits of 00:40 raw foods. The host for the second half is Nyse Collins. 00:45 So join me now as I sit with Evita and Brenda on the 00:50 set of "A Taste of Paradise. " Believe it or not, it was Brenda 00:55 wow... yes, Brenda came to me and she said, "Evita, I want to 00:59 start eating more raw"... we were neighbors 01:01 and I said, "Well, Brenda I have never ever done raw food before 01:04 I've been a vegan for 20 plus years, and I have always done 01:08 cooked. " So she said, "Oh, you can do it... help me. So we got 01:13 together and we started looking at videos and DVDs and... 01:19 here we are... Yvonne: The rest is history. 01:22 Evita: The rest is history. Yvonne: Brenda what made you 01:24 decide that you wanted to go raw?... 01:25 Brenda: Well, like Evita, I've been vegan too but I've 01:28 been vegan about 35 years... Yvonne: you don't even look 01:31 that old... Brenda: I owe it all to raw 01:35 eating... so I had a bit of a health challenge and the 01:40 Naturopath told me that it would be to my benefit to eat raw 01:43 and so that began my journey... Yvonne: Wow, and again the rest 01:48 is history because you have become real experts in this area 01:52 and one of the things that I find that is so important is 01:56 there is no sacrifice of taste for health because there are so 02:00 many people that say... oh it doesn't taste good... 02:02 I don't want to eat that... it's healthy if you say it's 02:05 healthy... they kind of equate that with not tasting good. 02:09 But your food is amazing... It tastes great... it looks good 02:13 it's just wonderful... When you became vegan, did you 02:18 notice any difference in the way you felt? in clarity of... 02:24 in mental clarity, did you notice any difference 02:26 in your physical health after becoming vegan?... 02:29 Well, I was born and raised vegan... so the years that I 02:34 was not vegan.. um. I definitely felt a difference in the way I 02:38 was feeling... Yvonne: So you went away... 02:40 Brenda: I went away for a bit and then came back 02:42 so that was my story... Evita: And I wasn't, I wasn't 02:47 vegan at all... I was a meat eater and I became vegan 02:52 20 plus years ago and I definitely learned... 02:55 the... it was just amazing! I had eczema, I had all 03:00 different types of ailments, I would break out... 03:02 in different skin eruptions, and I didn't know what it was... 03:06 and when I changed my diet, it was amazing! 03:09 You know, one of the things that I realize is that many people 03:14 have a disconnect when it comes to what they eat and how they 03:18 feel. Or what they eat and their health status. You cannot 03:22 really be truly healthy if you are not eating properly. 03:26 You might not have signs of disease but you are a 03:31 disease-in-the-making if you are not eating properly so 03:35 one of the things we wanted to do at "Dare to Dream" is to 03:38 introduce different ways of eating that are healthy and 03:42 tasty and that's what you all have and I love that. 03:46 Now if a woman, let's say a woman has... she's got kids and 03:50 and is on a fixed income, isn't it expensive to eat 03:53 healthy?... No, it's not expensive at all... 03:56 Today we have so many different avenues that people can eat 04:02 healthy on a budget. We have community gardens, 04:05 we have Co-ops and we have Farmers' markets and all of the 04:11 vegetables are very low cost. That's awesome. 04:16 What about the equipment, you know, I noticed that you use 04:19 processors and things like that. Are there places that 04:22 people can get food processors more cheaply that you know of? 04:28 Um... I was thinking maybe that even they can go to the library 04:32 and check out e-Bay or something like that... and maybe get it 04:36 that way but if you know some other way.. You can, yeah on 04:39 e- Bay they have some equipment cheaper and one thing that I've 04:45 told people at my church... well let's go in together let's share 04:51 and that's how we can work together to get healthy 04:54 So maybe a group gets together and buys a Vitamix or buys a 04:58 food processor and that builds camaraderie and they do it 05:03 together just like Brenda and I did this together and that's 05:07 where we are now and that was three years ago. 05:10 That is awesome. So not only, this is really good, so people 05:14 let's say a group of women that live in a building, you know, 05:18 let's say they live in an apartment building in the 05:20 inner city and they want to eat more healthily, they can kind of 05:25 rotate the equipment or they can, you know, 05:28 one can prepare the meals and somebody can purchase the food 05:33 and then they can do it that way That's a great idea because we 05:37 want people to know that it's available to them... 05:41 healthy eating is available to them at a lower cost... 05:46 so that's really good. Brenda with your children, 05:48 now I noticed, you know, you had the smoothie with the spinach 05:54 in it and the banana and the peaches. What do you do to get 05:59 your children to eat better? Well, they like the colors of 06:04 the smoothie, they think it's so cool, so hiding those green 06:08 ingredients into the smoothie is a quick way to get them to 06:11 eat, you know, healthier so I hope they are not listening 06:15 because I am giving away my secrets, but that's what you 06:19 have to do, you know, kind of make it fun for them and 06:21 you know, that will get them to eat it... 06:23 Yvonne: Do they help you prepare them as well?... 06:25 Brenda: Yes, they love to help. Yvonne: One of the things 06:27 that we can do, you know, Dare to Dream is really 06:30 pro-family, as you know, and we like the idea of creating 06:36 memories, like, when you work with your kids and children, 06:39 they are helping you to make smoothies or helping to prepare 06:42 healthier meals, it creates memories, and that's one of 06:46 the things that we think is important to do. 06:48 What are some of the testimonies that you have.. people that have 06:54 come to your classes? I know that you do classes and 06:58 seminars and you are available to come to churches and teach 07:02 raw food preparation, what are some of the effects that your 07:07 seminars have had on people... when they've come? 07:11 Well, the Kale salad that we prepared in one of the previous 07:15 segments, that has gone around the world. Yes, people have 07:19 shared it all around the world and I went to a- Houston church 07:24 has said, "You know we got that Kale recipe from somebody from 07:28 your church... and I was amazed! I said, "Really?" so, and a lot 07:33 of the people... we are like the go-to people for help... 07:38 I am the Health Ministries leader but still all of us that 07:42 Brenda and my friend Leslie, we are like the go-to people... 07:46 people come and ask us, "What do we need to do about this?" and 07:50 "Do you have a recipe for this?" and it's great because we are 07:53 changing lives. Yvonne:Oh that's such a blessing 07:56 Have you noticed people losing weight or their numbers changing 08:02 Evita: Several... Yvonne: with their lab tests 08:03 and things like that? Evita and Brenda: Oh yes, 08:04 cholesterol levels going down, people losing dress sizes, 08:08 Yvonne: That's awesome and see that's what we need to 08:12 understand that when you eat healthy and the body is getting 08:16 fed, then... the body doesn't get fed with junk food... 08:20 so you are going to stay hungry, you are not going to be 08:24 satisfied because you are eating a bunch of junk, but when you 08:27 are getting juices, and all those concentrated nutrients, 08:31 in juicing and in raw food, where you have the enzymes and 08:35 all of those nutrients, I mean, it's just an amazing thing. 08:39 Brenda: You tend to eat less... Yvonne: You do... you tend to 08:43 eat less because the body is saying, "Oh, now, you are giving 08:46 me what I need to function properly. It's like a car, 08:49 you know, if you put the right fuel in, the car works 08:51 properly... Evita: And Yvonne, you really 08:54 get full, really, really fed, on a very... because it is 08:58 nutrient dense... so you are eating a little but it's 09:01 power-packed with nutrients and so, your body is saying, 09:06 Oh, I don't need anymore because I am full... 09:07 Yvonne: hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, that's a wonderful thing. 09:10 When you first started with, um, the healthy path, had you been 09:16 on a very unhealthy path prior to that?... 09:20 Evita: I was... Yvonne: What switched you over? 09:22 Evita: Well, I became an Adventist... yeah, that's what, 09:27 that's what changed my life... I was Catholic and I was 09:32 introduced to the health message I was introduced to Adventism, 09:36 and it basically changed my life A couple was at the Church 09:40 and they had just come back from Uchee Pines and they said, 09:43 - I heard them- and I knew that I was sick all the time 09:46 and I said, "Can you teach me? Can you show me?" and that's 09:51 when I became vegan... Yvonne: My!... 09:53 Evita: Yeah, they came and brought me to their home 09:55 and they taught me how to cook and then, I went to Uchee Pines 09:58 myself... Yvonne: Oh.. and then you got 10:00 trained, got some training there Evita: Yeah, so I went there 10:03 for a short program and I worked at Country Life and I worked 10:07 around on the campus and I learned so much and they told 10:11 me, "Now, it's your turn... go forth and teach people... 10:14 and from then on, since 1988, I've been teaching... 10:18 I held my first class in my home Yvonne: Did you? See it's a 10:23 calling... don't you feel like it's a calling, I mean, you know 10:27 watching you and knowing you, as I do, I know that you are 10:32 walking in your calling... What about you Brenda, how did 10:35 you... you just kind of... I know you were raised vegan, 10:38 and sounds like you went away for a bit and then you came back 10:41 Brenda: Well it took one film showing, I watched how 10:45 meat was processed and what happens to the animals and that 10:50 just changed me back, quickly... that is all it took... 10:54 It's funny how, you know, whether it's through people, 10:59 you know, like with you Evita, you met some people, who, 11:03 had been to Uchee Pines, or whether it's through media, 11:07 you know, the message is powerful! and this message 11:12 changes lives... the messages of Jesus Christ and 11:16 the health message- it changes lives! 11:19 it makes such a difference I know when I was practicing 11:22 Naturopathic medicine, I could see when people would change 11:26 their diets, it would make a profound difference... 11:31 and a lot of times, again, they just don't realize that 11:35 the environment, the internal environment that is friendly 11:40 toward disease, that's conducive to disease, that internal 11:44 environment, has to be changed and nutrition is a very good way 11:48 to impact that internal environment and so, you know, 11:52 we have to have the juices and all those things that you guys 11:56 do.. tell me how is it going at the church with what you're 12:01 doing with the health and temperance. Are people being 12:03 impacted in the community? Evita: Yes, yes.. 12:07 Brenda: We've had a church request us to teach them how 12:11 to be healthy, so that was pretty profound for us. 12:15 Yvonne: I saw in one of the talk programs, a sample of what 12:21 is served at potlucks, Church potlucks.. It's horrific. 12:27 It's horrific. So, maybe that's one of the things that you all 12:31 can do... Evita: But that's a church that 12:33 rents from our church and they requested for us to come. 12:37 Yeah, they rented the church on Sunday and we did a health 12:42 seminar at their church on Sunday and now they said, 12:46 "Oh, one day we are just going to do a salad day.. and the next 12:49 time we get together and have a potluck, we are going to do 12:53 just, no meat at all, and they want us to come do a 12:57 maybe eight-or-ten part seminar, at their church, at their 13:00 Services... Yvonne: You know what! 13:02 I just thought about this.. what about the 7-day raw challenge 13:06 Brenda: That's our next project Evita: Yes, yes, yes... 13:08 Yvonne: Okay, let's do that, let's offer it here... 13:10 right here on Urban Report... Evita: Okay... okay.. 13:12 Yvonne: Tell us about it... what's involved... 13:14 Evita: So this is what we are going to do... we are going 13:17 to have a class and we are going to tell the people that this is 13:23 going to be a seven-day raw challenge. We are going to do 13:25 menu planning and we are going to have recipes and we are going 13:29 to have a conference call and we are going to guide them... yes 13:33 Yvonne: Where is this going to happen, because I want to get it 13:35 on Dare to Dream. Where is this going to happen?... 13:38 Brenda: You have back to come to Dallas, Texas, for that... 13:40 Yvonne: I know, my home, but actually, we could offer 13:45 the seven-day challenge to our Dare to Dream viewers because 13:49 this would be the seven-day raw challenge-I think 13:52 that would just be an incredible thing to offer... 13:55 Evita: Brenda and I did a sixty-day raw challenge and 13:58 oh my goodness, my our skin glowed, we felt wonderful... 14:02 I lost 20 pounds. It was fantastic. It was amazing. 14:07 Yvonne: So, OK, so give me a typical kind of menu for the day 14:11 for in the seven-day... what would you do first... 14:14 If a viewer tuned in right now and said, "I want to do that. " 14:18 How would they do it? What would they do? 14:20 Brenda: Start out the breakfast with one of those delicious 14:24 smoothies that we made... and for lunch-um-one of those salads 14:28 with the wonderful dressing that we prepared... 14:30 and what can we do for dinner? Believe it or not, we could have 14:34 pie for dinner if you want... Yes, because it is not refined. 14:39 No sugar, so they can have a... they can have a nice fruit salad 14:43 or something, you know, something light like that... 14:46 Yvonne: You know that mock tuna that you made... Evita: Yes that 14:49 would be good... hmmmm... hmmmmmmmm... 14:51 Yvonne: I could, and today, with the cauliflower, when you 14:54 taped that segment, it's just incredible... 14:57 our viewers, if they would just try it, I know it's different... 15:01 you know.. it's something that's unfamiliar, but unfamiliar 15:05 isn't bad... let's stretch our horizons a little bit, 15:09 let's try something new... Evita: and that's what happened 15:13 at the Church... when we had held our first class, it was 15:16 very small, we did it in someone's home... and when the 15:19 Church found out... they said, "Why couldn't we come, we heard 15:22 that the food was so good... we want it for the Church... 15:25 It's incredible... Yvonne: Wow! you know, 15:31 you should just try.. raw foods. It's really, really, really good 15:36 very different... really good for you.. A Taste of Paradise 15:41 has a nice balance between raw food preparation and 15:44 cooked foods... Nyse Collins supplies the 15:47 male touch to our program... Take a look... 15:50 Well, that's a good one... I am just Nyse, uh, as simple 15:55 as that... Yvonne: you are a nice guy... 15:58 Nyse: Yeah, I try to be Don't ever do it to your kids 16:01 though because they'll be teased... Nice to be nice... 16:02 and all that stuff and you know, I just studied at one of our 16:07 local universities-Southwestern Adventist University... 16:11 it wasn't my original direction, my whole thing was 16:13 save the earth and save the animals and don't kill anybody 16:16 and save the forest, but then the Lord quickly showed me, 16:19 "That's important, but I have something else for you... um, 16:23 it is better to save and help people instead," and so as a 16:27 result, I adjusted things in university, studied a little bit 16:31 in Religion and went over and did a little quick Nursing class 16:35 or two, and also Biology... to learn because if we want to 16:38 work the same way Jesus did, He had a knowledge of the Bible, 16:41 and also of nature and health and stuff like that... 16:44 and so, it has just been a blessing ever since. 16:47 I told the Lord, "Lord, I don't want to work for anybody else. " 16:48 and so from Day 1, He says, "Well, if you do it my way, 16:51 then, you can work for me" and so we just try to follow 16:54 His principles and it has just been a blast ever since... 16:56 Yvonne: Oh that's incredible, you know, I guess you noticed, 16:59 I am sitting here near the chicken substitute, Oh... 17:04 Nyse: The ticken... Yvonne: the ticken.. the ticken. 17:08 Yvonne: the food is so, so tasty... tell us about your 17:11 vision for your ministry... Nyse: Well, our company... 17:15 we transitioned it from Nyse Life Consultants to Sonari Life 17:18 Sonari is a Latin word for restore and so our focus is 17:23 Restoration through Education... We believe God's people will be 17:27 restored to full health, both spiritually and physically, 17:30 when they are educated... the days of trying to tell 17:33 people what to eat, what not to eat, and do this and 17:35 do that are over... people want to know for themselves, and 17:38 our goal is to empower them... Jesus never just said, 17:41 "Hey, do this or do that"... He said, "Check this out" 17:44 you know, if you don't mind... "here's a little story 17:46 of how it works. " And they were educated... 17:47 so they made a decision for themselves and so our goal 17:51 is to encourage people... the first thing is to encourage 17:54 that's our whole focus... encourage... 17:55 the days of showing videos and don't do this and don't do that 17:58 and people leaving the seminar discouraged... those are over... 18:02 Our goal is to encourage them because most people know what 18:04 they should be doing in general and they give them the 18:07 opportunity or platform resources where they can 18:10 educate themselves and then that's when restoration will 18:13 take place... and so that's the goal for Sonari Life and 18:16 Nyse Life Consultants and so it has been a good ride so far. 18:20 Yvonne: That's amazing because you now, one of the things that 18:24 I noticed when I was doing health seminars myself, 18:27 was that people... they want to change, but it is difficult... 18:32 and they don't want to sacrifice taste and there are a lot of 18:36 these recipes that are bland or are just not tasty, and so 18:41 people will say, "Now, why would I want to eat that?" 18:43 why am I going to leave here, you know, I might want to change 18:47 my eating habits, but why would I leave and sacrifice taste"... 18:51 you know just people, realistically, they want to be 18:55 healthy but they don't want to sacrifice taste, 18:57 so if there is a toss up between the two, unless they are 19:01 seriously ill, they might not want to sacrifice taste. 19:03 Nyse: I mean, the Lord said it clearly, He wants us to find a 19:06 balance. If the food doesn't taste good, then that can't be 19:09 true health, you know, you remember the passage in the 19:11 Psalms that says, "Oh taste and see that the Lord is good," 19:14 but the key is, you have to, you have to trust in Him and 19:16 the only way you can trust is.. if you give Him a try... 19:18 so if we just give it a try, and do it the way He instructed, 19:23 and try... Our goal is to give people the opportunity 19:25 in the kitchen... We are not setting any set 19:27 rules for them. We are giving them principles, you go home 19:29 and you do it for yourself... You can probably even do better 19:32 than we can... you know what I mean... 19:33 Yvonne: and I love how you did that because when you were 19:36 talking about the different recipes, you give people 19:39 options and that's very important because people have 19:42 their own cultural things that they like... certain herbs that 19:46 they like, better.. some might like cilantro better, you know- 19:50 so you may use those things, but you are giving them principles 19:55 and that gives people flexibility... 19:58 Nyse: and then, they will be more willing, you know what 19:59 I mean, and so they can kind of decide their own way as long 20:03 as they follow the principles, you know, principles never 20:06 change, society will change, settings will change, 20:09 but the principles... they stay the same regardless, you know 20:11 Thou shalt not lie or be a false witness... that's the 20:14 principle, I don't know what culture would promote that.. 20:16 you know what I mean... and so each culture handles it 20:19 differently, but the principle is still the same... 20:22 So the principle of eating and all of those items and trying to 20:25 follow a schedule and eating on time, and organizing and 20:31 balancing your meals and stuff. Those are the same, no matter 20:33 where we go. We were in China or in India and we just 20:37 came back from South America and the principles worked everywhere 20:40 People said, "Well people outside of this country can't do 20:43 it. " Well I haven't experienced that because we've been to 20:46 almost every continent and people have been able to apply 20:49 it. And so one young lady said, "I would have never done this 20:54 before but because you gave me an option, and for me to do 20:57 it at home for myself, she was able to do it and as a result 21:00 she was thinking, it was just like, per se, the food, 21:03 but she had a lot of ailments as well, her blood pressure was 21:05 through the roof,... her cholesterol was sky high... 21:07 and they even said that she was a heart attack on a platter, 21:10 just waiting to be served, and just by applying just those 21:14 simple adjustments and having fun with it, she was able, 21:18 within no time, within a month or two, the doctor took off 21:22 all her medication... and now she's even teaching 21:24 her doctor... you know what I mean... so it's amazing and 21:27 a lot of people have embraced it... 21:29 Yvonne: That's a blessing and for our viewers, many of them 21:33 live in the inner city, you know they have not, perhaps, known 21:37 of tofu or different things like that. if they just 21:41 expand their horizons a little bit and try it, 21:45 this is so tasty, I am telling you, I am sitting on this side 21:48 of the table. I mean I could sit on that side but this has been 21:52 so tasty. Tell us how an inner city mother can make a 21:58 difference for her children through diet?... 22:00 Nyse: Oh it's actually really simple but it will take some 22:04 effort... nothing comes without a little effort... you know... 22:08 Everybody has to try.. you know, it's not going to be spoon-fed 22:10 to you and even Social Services are not spoon-fed to us. 22:13 We got to go out and apply and do these things, and I 22:16 know, per se, personally because for my mom... there was 22:19 five of us... you know what I mean... She was the only one 22:21 if you know what I am talking about, you know, daddy did his 22:23 thing, he planted the seed, praise the Lord... 22:25 but then he left on. And then the Lord became the 22:27 farmer... in our situation. So it was one mom, five kids 22:30 and she just made a determined effort, you know... 22:32 Of course, she said, "Lord, forgive me for the 22:34 different areas I have been in and stuff like that, 22:37 but I need your help. " She tried and she found 22:39 different ways... that's why I probably use oats a lot... 22:42 I remember my mom, see, oats was the cheapest thing 22:44 to buy, so she would go and buy ten, twenty pounds of oats 22:47 and one day, I got so upset with mom, I'm like, "Mom, I am 22:49 tired of oats," and she's like "All right, well go get 22:52 something else"... But there wasn't anything else, 22:54 you know what I mean, She actually pulled the bowl 22:56 away from me because I pushed it away and said 22:58 "Mom, give me something else to eat. " So she said, 23:00 "No problem," she took the oats and shared it with my 23:02 other brothers and my sister, and I was like, man... 23:04 I went to bed hungry... So I am not trying to call 23:06 Social Services on my mother, but I went to bed hungry 23:09 but it was the best thing that ever happened to me. 23:11 Because I learned to appreciate the simple food. I tell you, 23:14 the next morning, I made baked oats, fried oats, 23:17 frozen oats, you name it... I was the Oat expert.. you know, 23:21 because I didn't want to go to bed hungry again. 23:22 So, it's possible but they just have to look at the different 23:27 options that are there and actually, and I say this quietly 23:31 the person who has a lower budget they have a good 23:34 opportunity to try healthful foods. If you notice poor people 23:38 they only eat the bare minimum.. they eat the potatoes, 23:41 they eat the rice, and they eat the cheapest 23:44 things... the beans and stuff like that.. and whatever fruits 23:47 or veggies they can get. That's actually, one of the best 23:50 diets around town and then you know, those who have means 23:53 and stuff like that, they get the fine delicacies and 23:54 the caviar, and the special cheese and the super meats 23:57 and stuff and they have all the health care in the world, 24:00 but they are still, you know, dying at an early age or 24:04 things like that. So, for a mother in the inner city... 24:07 she has great opportunities, I am sure, Social Services will 24:11 give her a hand but she also can look for means as well 24:14 and bread... you know, we know how to make bread 24:17 from the Bible... All you need is some whole wheat flour, 24:18 it's the cheapest thing some oil, a little bit of salt, 24:21 and yeast and done deal... we used to make bread... 24:23 Oh man... I got sick of bread, I am surprised I am not allergic 24:26 to bread by now but it was the best thing and I thank, 24:29 the Lord, for those rough and hard times, which taught me now 24:34 to do the same thing and share it with.. for all classes of 24:37 society... not only the rich, not only the middle class and 24:40 not only the poor... you know, that's where I put the poor, 24:42 right? Yvonne: at the top... Nyse: Amen.. there you go.. so.. 24:45 Yvonne: Yes, absolutely... you know, one of the myths 24:49 is that it costs a lot to eat healthy, well, if you are eating 24:52 a lot of meat- meat is expensive but if you take that out of 24:55 the diet and you are having fruits and vegetables, 24:58 and grains, you really can work on a budget 25:02 and it tastes good again, and also, one thing that 25:05 I noticed that you talked about is about getting the 25:07 children involved... you know, those cookies that you make, 25:11 uh, the Carob Hot Drops, you know, you said, 25:14 "Bring the kids in," family time is so important and that's 25:19 one of the things that you know, the VIP room, 25:21 I just love it. I just think that what you are offering, 25:24 what the Lord has given you to offer is such a blessing 25:28 because we all really, really need it. Now, I know that 25:31 you are an entrepreneur, you are doing so many different 25:34 things, God has blessed you to do so many different things, 25:38 tell us about your latest venture in publishing... 25:42 Okay, well again one of the keys in Sonari, or you know what 25:47 that means restoration, our slogan is... 25:49 Restoration through Education, is to equip the people, okay, 25:52 so it's one thing to do a presentation, "Hey, eat this and 25:55 have a good time... or something like that... but then they need 25:57 resources, you know what I mean. The Lord even promoted it, 26:00 and if you noticed throughout the program, I keep telling 26:03 people, "Write it down, write it down," because you will 26:05 forget, you know, remember the teacher in school, 26:08 She would do, one plus one equals two... 26:09 two plus two equals four, four and four is what? eight 26:12 and eight and eight is sixteen, sixteen and sixteen is 32 26:14 and then she would give you your homework... 26:16 ready for homework? Thirty two and ninety seven, 26:18 how much is that?" But you wouldn't know how 26:20 to answer it until you went back to how she or he taught you 26:25 how to do it and you were able, now, to answer that question. 26:28 Well, the spiritual and health are the same. The Lord says, 26:31 "Write the vision and make it plain, that they may 26:33 run in our faith. Though the vision is only for a while, 26:36 you know, and it goes on, so the key is to write it down. 26:38 So we focus now on DVDs, our resources, materials.. 26:43 we don't like to say books, because it is a resource, 26:47 you know, we are going back, I know, even though 26:48 modern media is changing quite a bit, something about 26:51 the printed page, you know, and so our Company decided 26:54 to focus now on equipping the people with resources, 26:57 through some nutritional kitchen resources. Some people may 27:01 call it a cookbook, but we have tons of those at home... 27:04 you know, this is not a cookbook this is a nutritional kitchen 27:09 resource. Why are you cooking what you are cooking? 27:11 And why are you doing it? you know... 27:13 and so the key is that, they can refer back to it 27:15 because they will forget what we do in the presentation. 27:18 Yvonne: So this has not only recipes but the "whys" behind 27:21 the recipes... Nyse: Yes, exactly-menu planning 27:23 and stuff like that... and you know what? 27:25 we titled it, very, very simple, it's actually called, 27:28 "Give them something better" Yvonne: Show it, show it to our 27:32 audience... Nyse: Here it is, very simple, 27:33 Give them Something Better and it talks about the basic 27:36 principles that we find in health you know... 27:40 those who are looking to make a transition from different 27:42 foods and stuff... it says there, in the pen of 27:45 inspiration, says that they should have something better. So 27:48 our goal is just to give it to them... you know... give them 27:50 something better and it's actually America's... I'll share 27:53 with you a little bit, it says America's longest living culture 27:56 shares their family's secret. Do you know which culture 28:00 in America is the longest living culture? 28:02 Yvonne: Hmmmmm would it be the Native American? 28:06 Nyse: All right, Native American is up there... 28:07 Yvonne: Absolutely not, Nyse: but there are other options 28:10 there's never a wrong answer... you know what I mean... 28:13 Yvonne: I know, I know, Native American is not one of those 28:15 Nyse: It's based on the simple principles that the Adventists 28:18 in Loma Linda, you remember the National Geographic study 28:21 and they found there were three groups in the world 28:23 that are very healthy, Okinawa, Sardinians but then 28:26 there were the Seventh-day Adventists who are consistently 28:30 living a good life and stuff like that... and the other 28:33 cultures they are slowly but surely going down... 28:35 They had thousands, may a thousand or two thousand years 28:38 to fine-tune their practices and they are still going down... 28:40 The group, the Seventh-day Adventists had only about 28:44 150 plus or minus years, and they have been increasing 28:48 their age... and so it's based on those principles and then 28:51 it educates people... why they are doing what they are doing... 28:54 how to make your plate look like a rainbow, also menu planning 28:57 and just simple tips that everybody can enjoy... 29:00 Yvonne: That's incredible. Would you hold it up one more 29:03 time so people can see it... Nyse: Give them Something Better 29:06 Don't just give them something.. but give them something better 29:10 and you know, they say, if you want to be successful 29:12 in something, just follow somebody who is already 29:15 successful in it... you know... You want to be a great mechanic, 29:18 you go to the best mechanic in town and just learn from him... 29:21 you want to be a good cook, just learn from the best cook.. 29:23 You want to live forever, you know, by God's grace, 29:26 you just follow the people who have the vision, 29:30 by God's grace to live forever or live healthy lives... 29:32 and so, our goal is to give the people something better, 29:35 and by God's grace, when we do that, all things will be added 29:38 unto us... when we seek Him first, of course... 29:42 "A Taste of Paradise" has such yummy recipes... 29:47 they may be a bit different to some of you but check them 29:51 out... you know... I took one of the recipes and kind of 29:56 adapted it and made this tofu and I had my son who 30:01 loves his meat, I had him try it I begged him to just try it, 30:06 and now, he's asking me to make it for him. So just check it 30:10 out. Just try it for yourself. I think you'll find them to be 30:14 really scrumptious. You know, a lot of times we are afraid, 30:18 to kind of venture out and do something different, 30:21 and we get stuck in that rut where we eat the same things 30:26 everyday and we are not eating salads and we are not eating 30:30 fruits and vegetables, you know, we really need to move toward 30:34 a plant-based diet and that's what "A Taste of Paradise" 30:37 is about. It's about really changing our diets and living 30:42 more healthfully. There are so many wonderful, wonderful, 30:47 new dishes that you can try and eat and taste and just 30:51 be adventurous with fruits and vegetables... you know.. 30:55 try different things, it really, really, really is a good thing 31:00 to be adventurous and step out of your comfort zone. 31:04 Well, that's it today for "Urban Report" 31:09 join us next time, you need to know that, you know, 31:13 we're all about making a difference... 31:15 being a light for you, being a resource for you, 31:21 know that when you join us next time, 31:24 if you don't join us, it wouldn't be the same 31:27 without YOU... God bless... |
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