Stay tuned to meet a woman
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who's just too
fresh for her own good.
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My name is Yvonne Lewis
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and you're
watching Urban Report.
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Hello and
welcome to Urban Report.
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My guest today is Evita Tezeno
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Vegan Chef,
Author, and Co-host of
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Dare To Dream's
Program, A Taste of Paradise.
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We were at the 60th
Annual General Conference
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in San Antonio, Texas,
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look at what God's
been up to... in her life.
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You know, one of the
things that's so great about
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being at the General Conference
is that you run into people
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and you see people
that you want to talk to,
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that you want to
interview and they are here
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and I have with me right
now, my friend and the host of
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A Taste of Paradise,
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one of the Co-hosts
of the Taste of Paradise,
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Evita Tezano.
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Evita, my girl, so
good to have you here.
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It is awesome to be here.
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What do you think of
this General Conference?
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This is my first
General Conference.
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Okay...
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I'm so excited to see all
the different nationalities
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and go to the
meetings and the preaching...
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it's just fabulous.
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It is, it's so, you know, to
me, it's like a taste of heaven
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in that...
everybody is represented here
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you know, all the nationalities
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I mean, it's just
like, it's a taste of heaven
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except some of the
issues that we've been having
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but that's a whole
other conversation,
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but to me... it's like...
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heaven's going to
be this amazing reunion
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where we will sit,
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or stand on the Sea of Glass
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we'll be able to eat
from the Tree of Life
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and we'll be able to
do what? Live life fresh!
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That is your slogan.
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That is my slogan.
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How did you come up with that?
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You know, I was
sitting with a friend,
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we were just talking about
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just... eating fresh
and stuff and I said,
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"You know, we need
to live life fresh"
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and she said, "Oh
my goodness, that's it"
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and quickly I went on
GoDaddy and registered the name
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and the rest is history, Amen.
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and everybody sees me and
they say "Live life fresh. "
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That is your slogan
on the Taste of Paradise.
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Yes, that is my slogan.
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On the Taste of Paradise,
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you are the Host that
deals with the raw food,
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raw food preparation Yes.
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and the Program is structured
in an interesting way.
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The first part is
you, raw foods, right,
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and then the second part
is "cooked food preparation"
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and that kind of thing, so
it's really a nice balance.
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It is... it is...
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What do you enjoy
about a Taste of Paradise
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about the whole program itself?
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Well, I love 3ABN and
coming to Dare to Dream
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that's the first
part, it's amazing,
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it's an amazing ministry,
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but getting a chance to really
share my gift with everyone
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that is an amazing opportunity
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and that's what I
really, really love
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that you have
given me a platform
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to be able to share my gift
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because I love
cooking, I love preparing food
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and before I did raw...
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I cooked vegan... I
started in my home years ago,
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just showing people
simple vegan dishes.
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And let's talk about that,
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let's talk a little
bit about your journey
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with food preparation.
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What made you decide
that you wanted to do
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food preparation, that
you wanted to be a chef
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period, not just raw
but just work with food?
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Well, believe it or not,
I believe that it chose me
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because I was at a church
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and this couple had just
come back from Uchee Pines
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and they talked about
their... how they loved it
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and the experience
they had and I was curious
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and so, I sat down with them,
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and the rest is
history after that.
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I went to Uchee Pines and
I studied for a little bit
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and I worked at
Country Life Restaurant
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and I just loved it,
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and then they gave
me the marching orders
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they said, "Now, you have to go
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and teach other
people this message"
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and I never stopped, and
that's been almost 30 years.
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Cool, you're kidding!
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you know what's
interesting to me Evita is...
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when we're walking
in our divine destiny,
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it is the most...
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it's such an
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exhilarating experience,
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it's the most gratifying
experience to know that,
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"This is where
God has placed me,
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this is my
assignment on this planet
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and that's where you are.
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You developed
that passion for it
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because that was
God's purpose for you.
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It is... it was...
it is... Yes, yes...
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I can't see myself
doing another thing
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because I live to help
people live a life... freshly...
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yeah, to be free
from encumberment,
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it's not only food
but also negative thoughts
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and it's a whole
life of freshness.
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Wow! Yes.
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So, tell us about some of the
people that you've dealt with
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that you've helped with food,
that have had medical challenges
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and, of course,
we're not saying that
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if you have a medical challenge
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that this will
necessarily work for you,
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although, it's worth trying
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but what are
some of the conditions
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that you've helped
people with just with food?
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Cancer has been one
of them, I had a patient
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well, a client that
had lymph nodes, Cancer,
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and I went and cooked for her
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and she is living
Cancer free right now.
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I prepared
meals, I juiced for her,
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put her on a program and
she's living healthy now.
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Praise God. Praise God.
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I've helped people lose weight,
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I've just had some people
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that just
wanted... they were lethargic
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and they felt like they
were just tired all the time,
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and I put them
on a Ten-day Program
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and they continued
with it and they're happy
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and they are feeling wonderful.
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And this is one of the
services that you offer?
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Yes I do, yes I do.
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Like... kind of
Nutritional Consulting?
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Yes, yes, I'm not a
Certified Nutritionist,
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but I have studied the
principles of nutrition,
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and I just give
them the plant-based diet
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and I do add...
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maybe a little Cook
in there if they need it,
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but I usually just give
them a raw, plant-based diet
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for, maybe ten days,
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if they can't handle
ten days, maybe seven days.
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That's awesome, so what
are some of the advantages
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of a plant-based diet,
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why would someone want
to do a plant-based diet?
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That's the 3ABN Fly,
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when people see
us waving like that
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we're not saying, "Hi"
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it's the 3ABN
Fly buzzing around,
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so, why would someone
want to do a plant-based diet
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over just the
standard American diet?
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Well, it's no processed foods,
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compared to the American
diet which is processed food,
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it gives you energy,
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it keeps your mind clear so the
Holy Spirit can speak to you.
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Hmmm... so there's
even a spiritual connection
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with what we eat...
Oh, most definitely,
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exactly, exactly.
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The saying that "you
are what you eat... "
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it is true, because,
you are what you digest
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or you absorb,
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and you're a product
of the things you eat,
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and that's why
we should eat good
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so that we can
have healthy bodies
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so the Holy Spirit
can dwell and live with us
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Hmmm... yeah...
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and if we don't take care
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of this body, where
are we going to live?
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Well, that's true
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or will we even live?
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Or will we even
live, right, right,
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exactly, exactly.
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So, what are some of
the foods that you give
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to, say a person who has Cancer
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or a person who has Hypertension
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and... or a
person who has Diabetes?
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Greens, Greens, Greens, Greens.
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Greens are the food
that God has given us
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if you notice, if
you look out in nature,
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what do you see? You see green,
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you see green
grass, you see green trees,
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I feel that He put
that as a reminder to us
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that we should
have green in our diets
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that's that
Fly... The 3ABN Fly...
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yeah, so I tell them that
most of their diet should be
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Greens, almost a
pound of Greens a day,
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Hmmm... Yeah...
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Now when you say Greens
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you know for some people,
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they're going to put
the Ham Hock in there
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in those Turnip
Greens and Mustard Greens
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what kind of Greens
are you talking about?
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Kale... Kale... okay...
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Collard Greens,
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but you can juice
those Collard Greens
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and you can even
eat Collard Greens raw
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because for my show I
did a Collard Green Wrap,
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I did a marinated
Collard Green salad,
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so, you can eat Greens raw,
you just have to cut them up
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slice them
thinly, and marinate them,
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and you could eat them
raw and they're palatable,
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they're delicious,
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now, Mustard
Greens you can't eat raw
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because they're a bitter Green,
but there are so many others,
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there's Swiss Chard,
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and you can even
eat Bok Choy raw.
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You just have to
marinate it, yeah.
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See, a lot of people
might not even be familiar with
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Bok Choy or Chard
and one of the things
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we need to
share with our Viewers
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is that, go to...
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even if it's a store
outside of your neighborhood
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because we have
"food deserts" in the city.
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Yes, we have "food deserts"
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and they don't have
those types of Produce
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in some stores,
but go and explore,
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go to the different food stores
in different neighborhoods,
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and stay in the
Produce Section Yes...
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that's where here all
the goodies are, isn't it?
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It's in the Produce Section.
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Yeah, the outer
perimeters of the store,
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have the best things and then
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as you get further
and further into the store
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you get all the
processed food and stuff
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stuff that can sit on the shelf
for three years and be fine.
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But I tell them that all
the goodies are in the Produce
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I mean... they have...
and look at all the colors
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Yes... yeah...
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God wants us to eat the rainbow
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and there are so
many different colors
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there are reds and
orange and yellows and blues
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and everything,
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and you eat all
those different colors
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and each one had
different nutrients in them
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so that's what
God wants us to do.
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You know, that's another thing,
look at God and how good He is
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He's given us what we
need in the plant-based diet.
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He has. All of these colors
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have different
effects on the diet
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and so, if we have like...
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the reds...
they're good for the blood,
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and the greens are
also good for the blood,
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you know, with the chlorophyll,
so, all of these things are...
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yellow might be good for bowel,
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so all of these things
really play into our nutrition
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and God has given it to us
and He's given you this passion
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for raw foods and
how to prepare them
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I know, for a fact
that, on a Taste of Paradise,
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our crew is
excited when you guys come
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because, we know we're
going to get some good food
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you look us up... you
made this Eggplant Bacon
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and I'll tell you
what! it is so delicious,
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I've made it at home, I
got the dehydrated... finally
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and it's so great,
you can lose weight,
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you have snacks,
I mean, really...
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it's so good! I
haven't done the crackers yet
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Okay. but you have great recipes
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speaking of recipes,
let's talk about this new book
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I have a "Living
Life Fresh" cookbook.
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Yeah... that's
awesome, tell us about it
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what inspired you to
write it first of all?
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Well, everybody has been
asking me about a cookbook
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and they said,
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"We watch you on the
Program but you go so fast
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and we can't write them down"
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and so many people...
they don't have a computer
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so they can get
from the Resource Button
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on Dare to Dream's Network,
so, I came up with a cookbook
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Awesome.
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with a few recipes...
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it doesn't have
all of the recipes,
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it has about... maybe
55... but it's a start,
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Oh! these are the simpler ones
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Oh, the simpler ones.
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yes, I have two
that are kind of intense
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I have pizza that I
made that everybody loved
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and then I have the lasagna
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but everything else
is very, very simple
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Do you have
Eggplant Bacon in that?
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No, I don't... You don't?
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I don't have the Eggplant Bacon
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I tried not to put a
lot of dehydrated things,
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because a lot of people
don't have dehydrated things
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True, true. so
if you have a knife,
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a blender, maybe
a food processor,
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some bowls and your hands,
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you can prepare the
recipes. Good, good.
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So I want to make it
a simple as possible.
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What kinds of
food... like you have entrees
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and breakfast and
things, how is it set up?
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It's set up with
smoothies, and breakfast items,
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Oh, you know what? Yes.
00:13:46.72\00:13:49.02
Our Viewers need to
know that with smoothies,
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you can get a
lot into a smoothie
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even if your children
do not like veggies...
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You can put it in that
blender and blend it up.
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Mom's secret...
it's mom's secret...
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It is... it is. You
can put spinach in it
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they don't even
know spinach is in there
00:14:05.97\00:14:08.04
No, they won't. You
can put spinach in there,
00:14:08.08\00:14:10.31
all kinds of veggies,
00:14:10.35\00:14:11.75
and you're not supposed to mix
00:14:11.81\00:14:13.38
fruits and
vegetables, but people do it,
00:14:13.42\00:14:14.98
and the flavor is great,
00:14:15.05\00:14:18.55
the kids don't
realize what they're getting
00:14:18.59\00:14:20.92
but they're getting nutrition
that is instantly absorbed
00:14:20.96\00:14:24.43
right... because it's liquid.
00:14:24.46\00:14:27.03
Exactly, it's liquid and it goes
straight to your bloodstream.
00:14:27.06\00:14:29.46
Hmmm... hmmm...
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and it's
delicious, it's delicious.
00:14:30.87\00:14:32.20
What kind of
smoothies do you have in there?
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I have the Cocoa Boost Smoothie
00:14:33.60\00:14:34.94
which has
spinach and coconut water
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a little dates in it... so
it could make it a little sweet
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and it has some
walnuts in it for protein
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and also good
brain food as well.
00:14:45.31\00:14:46.82
Good, good, okay so you
have smoothies, what else?
00:14:46.88\00:14:50.52
I have breakfast items.
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Now, see that's a big
deal because people are like,
00:14:51.92\00:14:54.52
"What am I going
to eat for breakfast,
00:14:54.56\00:14:55.89
what do I eat for
breakfast?" so what do you have?
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I have a Chia Seed
Pudding which is amazing
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Chia seed...
Chia seed is amazing!
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That's great
for weight loss too.
00:15:01.93\00:15:03.97
It's great for weight loss,
it fills you up, you're full,
00:15:04.00\00:15:06.17
it also gives you so much energy
00:15:06.20\00:15:09.27
I just love Chia Seed.
Hmmm... I do too, I do too.
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And I soak it in either
coconut milk or almond milk
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and it's so tasty,
00:15:15.54\00:15:17.25
I shared it with a
couple of people in my church
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and they said, "I didn't
know this could taste so good"
00:15:19.61\00:15:21.85
Hmmm...
00:15:21.88\00:15:23.22
it tastes almost
like Tapioca Pudding
00:15:23.25\00:15:25.15
but you eat this for
breakfast. Yes and it thickens.
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It thickens, it
gets kind of gelatinous.
00:15:27.52\00:15:29.86
It does, it does. It's amazing.
00:15:29.92\00:15:31.66
I'm getting so hungry I
haven't eaten lunch yet.
00:15:31.69\00:15:34.73
I'm getting hungry,
you're making me hungry.
00:15:34.76\00:15:37.73
Then we have the Entree Section
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that's where the pizza
and the lasagna recipes are
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and then I have a
Side Section, it's all raw
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and I have my famous
Coconut Kale Enchiladas
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yes, and they're
fabulous, they're just fabulous
00:15:51.61\00:15:55.15
and then I have side dishes
00:15:55.18\00:15:56.75
which is like my
Cauliflower Popcorn.
00:15:56.79\00:15:59.92
You know what? I made that.
00:15:59.95\00:16:01.62
I made the Cauliflower
Popcorn and loved it, oh man,
00:16:01.66\00:16:05.13
it's great because you
can just kind of nosh on it
00:16:05.19\00:16:08.66
so low in calories,
Yes, exactly, exactly...
00:16:08.70\00:16:11.77
but yet, if you want to
chew, you know what I mean,
00:16:11.83\00:16:15.30
it's a chewy thing, Yeah.
00:16:15.34\00:16:17.24
for us foodies...
Of course, of course.
00:16:17.27\00:16:19.91
And I have a
Section of great salads
00:16:19.94\00:16:21.98
my Avocado Kale Salad
which everybody loves,
00:16:22.01\00:16:25.38
it's quick and easy, Fabulous.
00:16:25.41\00:16:26.75
you don't need any...
hardly any utensils to make that
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yeah, and then, last
but not least, I have...
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it's called,
"Sweet On Your Tongue"
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that Section
because it's dessert
00:16:35.72\00:16:37.99
and we all love desserts. We do.
00:16:38.06\00:16:40.30
We all love desserts.
00:16:40.33\00:16:41.66
Now, what kind of
desserts do you have?
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Well, you know I made
that Sweet Potato Cheesecake
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you remember
that one, Oooooooooh!
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that one and I
have a Mango Cheesecake
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Yes, yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy.
00:16:52.31\00:16:55.11
Girl, I think I'm salivating,
00:16:55.14\00:16:56.48
I might need some
tissue or something.
00:16:56.51\00:16:59.81
And I have this
wonderful Strawberry,
00:16:59.85\00:17:01.98
which is on the
cover, it's a Strawberry Pie
00:17:02.02\00:17:04.49
Okay.
00:17:04.52\00:17:05.85
Hmmm... hmmm... and it's
so yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy.
00:17:05.89\00:17:07.99
And all of these
things, they're raw
00:17:08.02\00:17:10.86
so, again, the enzymes
are there They're all there.
00:17:10.89\00:17:14.30
so your body can take
that and use what it needs
00:17:14.33\00:17:17.70
and still... it's palatable
00:17:17.73\00:17:19.47
because one thing
that people don't want
00:17:19.53\00:17:21.54
is to have
something nasty it's like,
00:17:21.60\00:17:23.54
"If it doesn't taste
good, I'm not going to eat it,
00:17:23.61\00:17:26.27
so I'm not going to get the
benefit from it, it is nasty. "
00:17:26.31\00:17:29.14
And that's one
thing people tell me
00:17:29.18\00:17:30.68
they say,
"Evita, you make raw...
00:17:30.71\00:17:32.21
you make 'raw' enjoyable
00:17:32.25\00:17:34.45
because your
food tastes amazing"
00:17:34.48\00:17:37.12
and you see, my grandmother
was an excellent cook
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Was she? She was
an excellent cook
00:17:39.32\00:17:41.42
but I mean, you
know, we grew up from...
00:17:41.46\00:17:43.12
like the Louisiana way
00:17:43.16\00:17:44.49
but when I
decided to eat this way,
00:17:44.53\00:17:47.16
I said, "I want
my food to be tasty
00:17:47.20\00:17:49.80
and I want people to enjoy it"
00:17:49.83\00:17:51.60
and everybody loves my
food, they just love it
00:17:51.63\00:17:55.84
you know, you've experienced it.
00:17:55.87\00:17:58.31
I have... it's delicious
tell us a little bit about
00:17:58.34\00:18:01.51
your grandma and your
family, your upbringing.
00:18:01.54\00:18:03.58
Yeah... well, I was
born in Port Arthur, Texas,
00:18:03.61\00:18:06.48
which is near
Louisiana, it's not too far,
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it's right on the
border of Louisiana and Texas,
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and they had a
garden in the backyard
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I grew up eating
fresh fruits and vegetables
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we had a fig tree, a
pecan tree in the backyard
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yes...
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So you kind of took
it for granted right?
00:18:22.93\00:18:24.40
I took it for granted because
I felt, this is the way I eat
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and I always ate good,
00:18:26.87\00:18:28.94
because my grandmother
always had Greens and Okra
00:18:28.97\00:18:33.64
and fresh fruits and
vegetables, I grew up that way.
00:18:33.68\00:18:38.31
So I didn't eat a
whole lot of processed foods
00:18:38.35\00:18:41.32
until I went to College,
and that's where it happened.
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And what happened?
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I started eating bad,
00:18:45.52\00:18:47.09
you know the pizza the
hot dogs and all that stuff,
00:18:47.16\00:18:50.63
and it really wasn't filling.
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How did that affect you?
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My Eczema... I
had Eczema really bad
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and I had Eczema as a child,
it went away for a little while
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it came back
when I was in College
00:19:00.50\00:19:02.10
because I was eating
all this processed food,
00:19:02.14\00:19:04.67
and it continued a
little bit and then I said,
00:19:04.71\00:19:07.28
"I got to do something"
and then when I became...
00:19:07.34\00:19:10.28
I got introduced to Adventism
and the health message,
00:19:10.31\00:19:13.25
I said... and they said that
00:19:13.28\00:19:15.42
you can really clear
this up by eating healthy,
00:19:15.45\00:19:18.05
I grabbed it, and I
am an Ex-Eczema person
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I don't have it
anymore. Praise the Lord.
00:19:23.22\00:19:25.59
Yeah, it took away...
when I took the dairy out
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it went away.
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It's amazing isn't it that
when... you can be on one path
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and it affects
your body, it affects...
00:19:34.94\00:19:37.67
it causes
inflammation, Yes it does.
00:19:37.71\00:19:40.34
like sugar for example,
white flour, all of those things
00:19:40.38\00:19:43.28
can cause... too much
meat and dairy products
00:19:43.31\00:19:46.98
they cause
inflammation in the body
00:19:47.02\00:19:49.42
so, you got that path
00:19:49.48\00:19:51.45
then you got the
plant-based diet path
00:19:51.49\00:19:54.12
where... when you eat like that
it removes the inflammation,
00:19:54.16\00:19:58.89
it reduces the inflammation,
it gives you more energy
00:19:58.93\00:20:02.66
so, I mean, you're on...
00:20:02.73\00:20:05.47
you got on the
bad path in College,
00:20:05.50\00:20:07.97
what got you off of that path?
00:20:08.00\00:20:10.87
One... you feel better, Ahh...
00:20:10.91\00:20:13.68
yeah, because I was in my 20s
and I felt tired all the time
00:20:13.71\00:20:17.71
and I said, "I shouldn't be
feeling that way, I'm young"
00:20:17.75\00:20:21.75
but now, I'll tell
my age, I am over 50
00:20:21.78\00:20:26.59
and I feel like I'm in my 20s,
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Oh, that's awesome.
I have so much energy.
00:20:29.02\00:20:31.26
Now, I don't eat a
hundred percent raw
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I eat a high raw diet 80
percent but I feel amazing
00:20:33.53\00:20:38.20
I get up in the
morning with vigor
00:20:38.23\00:20:40.74
Yes. and I just keep going
00:20:40.77\00:20:43.00
I do a lot... I have
a lot of things going on
00:20:43.04\00:20:45.91
and I'm like the
"Ever Ready Bunny"
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I just keep on
going, keep on going
00:20:48.74\00:20:51.48
because I have so much energy
00:20:51.51\00:20:53.38
because I eat so much raw food
00:20:53.42\00:20:55.22
you know, the Chia
Pudding in the morning
00:20:55.25\00:20:58.12
a big salad for lunch
00:20:58.15\00:20:59.95
with all the great
Greens and things like that
00:20:59.99\00:21:02.32
it's amazing
00:21:02.36\00:21:03.73
and I just feel
wonderful, yeah I do.
00:21:03.76\00:21:06.23
That is so good, you know
00:21:06.26\00:21:07.76
you are a great
advertisement for what you do.
00:21:07.80\00:21:12.87
Yeah, you know, so
many people, Yvonne,
00:21:12.90\00:21:14.97
they come to me and say,
00:21:15.00\00:21:16.34
"I want your skin
because your skin is glowing"
00:21:16.37\00:21:20.78
I say, "It's what I
eat, it's what I eat. "
00:21:20.81\00:21:25.21
You know, I said,
"I do have good DNA,
00:21:25.25\00:21:27.45
my mother and my grandmother,
they both had great skin"
00:21:27.48\00:21:30.59
but you keep it that way
00:21:30.62\00:21:32.85
because you can make it go
away if you don't eat correctly.
00:21:32.92\00:21:38.09
That's very true, you can age.
00:21:38.13\00:21:40.20
You can age yourself by
what you put in your body.
00:21:40.23\00:21:43.13
That's right... that's right,
00:21:43.16\00:21:44.53
and you also can
reverse some things too
00:21:44.57\00:21:47.67
because I've seen
people who, again,
00:21:47.70\00:21:50.31
they were looking
really kind of old
00:21:50.34\00:21:53.48
and then they
started eating properly
00:21:53.51\00:21:56.58
and it reverses things.
00:21:56.61\00:21:58.55
It does, food is medicine.
00:21:58.58\00:22:01.72
Food is
medicine. Food is medicine.
00:22:01.75\00:22:04.19
What are you
doing now as far as...
00:22:04.22\00:22:06.42
you've got your book,
00:22:06.45\00:22:07.79
what is your plan
for your ministry?
00:22:07.82\00:22:10.43
I want to take
it to all the world,
00:22:10.49\00:22:13.16
I want to teach
people that there is hope
00:22:13.19\00:22:16.56
there is hope with
food, you could feel better,
00:22:16.60\00:22:21.54
you don't have to
feel tired and sluggish
00:22:21.57\00:22:25.11
you don't have to really be sick
00:22:25.14\00:22:26.57
you can feel
amazing, you can feel fabulous
00:22:26.61\00:22:30.05
so I am going to
different churches
00:22:30.08\00:22:33.72
I have a couple of
speaking engagements lined up
00:22:33.75\00:22:36.25
and I'm going to sell my book
and that's what I'm going to do.
00:22:36.28\00:22:41.99
And can people get your book
online, how can they get it?
00:22:42.02\00:22:45.19
They can contact
me through my website
00:22:45.26\00:22:47.80
Livinglifefresh. com and
they can get my book, yeah.
00:22:47.83\00:22:53.13
That's great, I
definitely want that book
00:22:53.17\00:22:55.40
because I want to make
some of those recipes myself
00:22:55.44\00:22:59.37
and I'm looking
forward to tasting,
00:22:59.41\00:23:02.34
are you doing any...
wait, wait, we're at GC,
00:23:02.38\00:23:04.71
I thought you were doing
demonstrations or something.
00:23:04.75\00:23:10.09
Yes, I am, I am,
I'm doing demonstrations
00:23:10.12\00:23:12.69
we're doing
demonstrations at 11:00 a. m.
00:23:12.72\00:23:15.26
1:00 and 3:00 p. m. everyday
00:23:15.29\00:23:17.36
and I'm with Nyse,
00:23:17.43\00:23:18.89
I'm in with his
booth, SanareLife.
00:23:18.93\00:23:20.93
Oh, that's
awesome, that's awesome.
00:23:20.96\00:23:22.36
Yeah, so we're
partnering on this project.
00:23:22.40\00:23:24.40
That is so great, Yeah.
00:23:24.43\00:23:25.77
so your goal, then, is
to take what you're doing
00:23:25.80\00:23:29.97
take this...
this Living Life Fresh
00:23:30.01\00:23:32.24
and just take it
all around the Country
00:23:32.27\00:23:34.44
so if people want you
to come to their church...
00:23:34.48\00:23:38.91
To Churches, to
Schools, to wherever, you know,
00:23:38.95\00:23:43.28
where there's a group of people
00:23:43.32\00:23:45.09
I want to share
this message with them.
00:23:45.12\00:23:48.36
Yes and I'm partnering also with
a couple of Master Gardeners
00:23:48.39\00:23:52.73
and we're going
to go to Communities
00:23:52.76\00:23:55.03
and raise the
Community Gardens as well
00:23:55.06\00:23:57.23
and then we're going to
take the food from the garden
00:23:57.27\00:23:59.90
and teach them
how to prepare them.
00:23:59.93\00:24:02.24
Wow! let's talk a
little bit about that
00:24:02.27\00:24:04.51
we have about a minute left,
00:24:04.54\00:24:05.97
so, they are going to
be like Urban Gardens?
00:24:06.01\00:24:10.75
Urban Gardens... yes...
00:24:10.78\00:24:12.11
I'm working with a couple of
people that are Master Gardeners
00:24:12.15\00:24:14.68
in Dallas, gardeners in Dallas
00:24:14.72\00:24:16.62
and we're going to
go into Communities
00:24:16.65\00:24:18.79
with just a small plot of
land and just get small gardens
00:24:18.82\00:24:23.43
and then I will teach people
00:24:23.46\00:24:24.93
to take right from the garden
00:24:24.96\00:24:26.49
from the garden to the table.
00:24:26.53\00:24:28.00
Wow! Yes.
00:24:28.03\00:24:29.96
That's amazing. I'm so excited.
00:24:30.00\00:24:33.20
Well Evita, you are a
blessing and what you're doing
00:24:33.23\00:24:36.30
is so necessary
00:24:36.34\00:24:38.97
we need it in our
Communities so badly
00:24:39.01\00:24:41.71
because we are sick. Yes we are.
00:24:41.74\00:24:44.58
And if we don't
change some things,
00:24:44.61\00:24:47.38
we're going to stay
sick because you know,
00:24:47.42\00:24:50.15
you can't get well unless
you do something different
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if you're doing the same
thing that you've always done,
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you're going to stay sick,
like you've always been, right?
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And what's so crazy
is that we have options
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we have options
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and some of
them, we don't embrace.
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That's right. We have it there.
00:25:05.60\00:25:07.67
And all of us
don't have a garden
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but we can go to the Supermarket
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or we can go to Farmers' Market.
00:25:11.54\00:25:13.11
You can even put one in
your apartment can't you?
00:25:13.14\00:25:16.11
You can even take little
pots and you can plant tomatoes
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you can plant Greens
right there on your patio
00:25:21.68\00:25:26.25
and you can sprout, Yes.
00:25:26.29\00:25:28.99
sprout right in
your kitchen Yes.
00:25:29.02\00:25:31.06
you don't have to have a garden.
00:25:31.09\00:25:33.06
That's
tremendous, Evita, thank you,
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I love you, you know
I do. Thank you so much.
00:25:35.96\00:25:38.90
Thank you for being
with us and God bless you
00:25:38.93\00:25:41.67
as you continue to
what? Live Life Fresh!
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Mmmm... Life Life Fresh
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I love that little
slogan and you know,
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we really can
make our diets better
00:25:53.85\00:25:57.19
by adding fresh
fruits and vegetables
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to our diet,
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I know so many people
that don't eat vegetables
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some people in my
family, I won't call any names,
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but they eat a
minimum amount of vegetables
00:26:07.83\00:26:11.30
and the important
thing is to add vegetables
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and fruits to the
diet to give yourself
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living foods, enzymes,
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a lot of people
don't make the connection
00:26:20.58\00:26:22.38
between what we
eat and how we feel
00:26:22.44\00:26:24.85
or what we eat
and our health status
00:26:24.88\00:26:27.25
really, that whole adage about,
00:26:27.28\00:26:29.68
"You are what you
eat" is really true,
00:26:29.72\00:26:31.95
so think about adding
some fresh food into your diet
00:26:31.99\00:26:36.69
and if you live in an area
where, they call it a desert,
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if you live in a "food desert"
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where you can't get
fresh fruits and vegetables,
00:26:43.70\00:26:46.23
go up to the Manager
of the store and say,
00:26:46.27\00:26:49.07
"I need some more fresh
fruits and vegetables here"
00:26:49.10\00:26:51.74
and if you get
enough people that say that,
00:26:51.77\00:26:55.24
they will supply you
with more fresh vegetables.
00:26:55.28\00:26:58.68
Thank you so
much for joining us.
00:26:58.71\00:27:01.18
You know, we could
not do this without you
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and we really need your prayers
and your financial support.
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So many people
have walked up to me
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during the General Conference
Sessions and they said,
00:27:09.89\00:27:13.16
"People have come to our
church wanting to get baptized
00:27:13.19\00:27:16.56
just from
watching Dare to Dream"
00:27:16.63\00:27:18.27
and that for me is the
most heartwarming thing
00:27:18.30\00:27:21.50
because that's why we're here
00:27:21.54\00:27:23.17
and we couldn't
do it without you,
00:27:23.20\00:27:25.17
we couldn't do it
without your support
00:27:25.24\00:27:27.14
so ask the Holy Spirit
what He would have you to do
00:27:27.18\00:27:30.41
and then, please
consider sending us
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a tax deductible love gift.
00:27:33.35\00:27:35.05
You can send it to:
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Dare to Dream, PO Box
220 West Frankfort, IL 62896
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again, that's Dare to Dream
00:27:43.32\00:27:44.96
PO Box 220 West
Frankfort, IL 62896
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or you can call: 618-627-4651
00:27:50.63\00:27:55.67
or just go to the
website: D2DNetwork. tv
00:27:55.70\00:27:59.47
Well, thank you so
much for joining us.
00:27:59.51\00:28:02.24
Join us next time
because you know what?
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It just wouldn't be
the same without you.
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