Real N Raw

Hi Lovelies, have just come from the kitchen and want to share my easy peasy goodness gracious great balls recipe with you all.  These balls are so easy to make in 5 minutes and are a guaranteed success with children.  My girls sometimes find it hard at school with all the other children and their packaged chippies and the likes but when they took goodness gracious great balls the other children were hounding them to try and once they did they were amazed at how good they tasted.  Going by most children’s lunch boxes these days I was not suprised they liked them, it is probably the only real food they get!

Here goes, enjoy.

1 cup of cashews

1/2 cups pistachios (purchased raw from indian spice shop)

1/2 cup sunflower seeds

1 cup oats

1/2 t cinnamon and pinch of salt

1 1/2 cups of chopped dates

agave or runny honey to form stickier balls.

Put the nuts in a food process until they are quite ground.  Add in oats, cinnamon and salt and pulse for another 30 secs or so.  Add chopped dates and continue until the mixture starts to get sticky, if it doesnt get sticky slowly drizzle in agave or honey until you have desired consistency to be able to form balls with your hands.  Make sure not to over process nuts as the mixture can become too oily.  Have fun in the process, making balls like this to the perfect consistency is a matter of practice.  If you find the mixture isnt able to form balls.  I have used this recipe also as a mueslie, just make almond milk, poor over and enjoy.

PS.  I love the name here I came up with, if you are bored in your life and want some random craziness, start making yourself laugh by coming up with different names for the food you are eating.  Life has become far to stuffy, so many rules and the like and way to much boringness everywhere.  Be bold, be brave, be random, make yourself laugh today by stepping outside your comfort zone and doing something different.

Bless!

Dana x

A lot of people have been asking how much should I eat, when should I begin, how long should I fast and many other questions surrounding healing and in specific knowing what to do.  The core issue here is the lack of trust we have in our own healing ability and in knowing what is right for ourselves.  Through our education system and conditioning in general we have grown into the habit of not trusting our own intuition.  Our thoughts are our guide to knowing what is right for our own personal journey.  Yet we lack distinct trust in those thoughts.  For some reason we think we are wrong about knowing what to do in our own lives.  Sure it is great to hear opinions and seek expert advise in fields to enhance our understanding, but no one and I mean no one can understand you better than you.  Pealing off layers of conditions is hard work at times and we need to be ready to be able to cope with the changes that occur when we do so.  It is my rule number one, I know what is best for me given my circumstances at the time.

So when embarking upon a fast whether it be eating watermelon for 7 days or juicing or green smoothies, you will learn to understand that your body knows what it is doing and you will continue to grow the strength of understanding to listen to your own intuitive guidance.

Matthew’s journey of watermelon fasting was a huge insight.  He ate when he felt hungry and on some days he was just drinking water alone.  There is no prescription here.  Each individual has there own uniqueness.  Put aside the fear and leap into self healing knowing that you trust in your own process of understanding.  There were times with Matthew that I wanted to take him to hospital, he was so sick.  Days where I wondered if he was going to make it through.  But he helped me to realise that hospital for him was not an option.  All they would want to do would be tell him he was crazy, drive fear into his spirit and completely take away his strength and control of  his own life.  Don’t get me wrong, there are some great medical Dr’s out there, who help people in accidents and the like, but there is a huge myth being created surrounding disease that they believe to be a mystery, when clearly it is not.

I myself have been told many a time by unhealthy, overweight, sick looking people that eating raw food is crazy.  I find it ironic that I look and feel far better than them and yet they feel through their own arrogance that it is ok to tell me I am stupid, crazy or a freak.  So when someone else is projecting their fears and thoughts onto you, have the courage to listen to your own guidance and respond how you choose.

Bless

Dana x

Real N’ Raw showcases a solution that offers everyone a chance to live a pain and disease free life.  So many of us still think that health is unaffordable, that organic fruit and vegetables and things that are marketed like health supplements are so expensive that it can really stop someone from thinking that health is not obtainable because of budget.  For centuries we have been indoctrinated with poverty, especially as the world population grows and the wealth/poverty gap grows bigger.  But ask yourself what is able to bridge that gap, what is it that is able to give that feeling of abundance, excellence and that feeling that comes through living our dreams.  So I want people to understand that no matter where you are on the financial ladder, health is obtainable for you.  Once you make your mind up and decide that change is going to happen in your life no matter what, then the solutions can appear.  It is when we say that oh no it is too expensive or I can’t afford to buy fruits that the mental poverty trap keeps us in our misery.  Me and my girls constantly not because we have too but because it is really a fun thing to do scour the neighbourhodd for locally grown back yard fruit.  We have a great time, jumping fences, loading up jumpers and pockets with fruit and not to mention the taste of the stuff.  Delectable.  Talk to your neighbors, share back yard fruit, it is a great way to get to know everyone.

Anyway back on to supplements such as vitamins and minerals.  I just want people to know that even though there are a lot of good extra additions to a healthy raw diet out out there, don’t think because you can’t afford them that you can’t reach optimum health for you.  Matty’s best healing was done eating watermelon and lemons alone for weeks on end.  Yes just watermelon and lemons, in fact that is what saved him from an early grave.  Sometimes he would only be spending $15 a week on food and that was when he was able to put in the hard yard to make Real N’ Raw possible.  He had so much energy that he was sleeping less, working out more and able to balance his new found health freedom.  So no we are not trying to put the supplements industry out of business but what we are offering is a solution that is obtainable on any budget.

Please remember that it takes time to heal after years of eating a processed and enzyme deficient diet we are finding that people want overnight miracles.  Even though when Matty went raw the initial boost of energy and pain relief was a highlight, it was just the beginning of a roller coaster ride towards health.  It is not all easy and there are some huge detox periods that people are mistaking for allergies and thinking that raw food is not for everyone.  Once you understand how the body works and heals itself you too can understand that the process takes time.  It is not a magic pill but more an ongoing choice to be healthy and is certainly worth the ride.  Who on earth wants to live in pain and disease, no not much fun at all.  We had our share of that and think that once you know the solution the long and short term benefits are well worth the self discipline to obtain.  You will be amazed at how the most annoying little things mental, emotional and physical can just disappear after a period on raw foods.

Gosh, how many people do you know have a health related issue.  Obesity, diabetes, aging (yes health related), Alzheimer’s, asthma, eczema, cancer, aids, leukemia, heart disease, blood pressure, mental illness, depression, aches, pains, anger problems, acne, period complaints oh the list goes on.  Yet a very small and I mean TINY portion of the people would want to associate this to the diet we are consuming.  Real N’ Raw has a great quote in it and that is “It is easier to change a man’s religion than it is to change his diet”.  Now well ain’t that the truth.  I think to start with we should look at the facts.  Don’t go changing anything just yet, put your ego aside, get out of your and everyone elses way and look at the facts.  Find the people who get results outside of pills, medication and the current mainstream health solutions.  People with any disease are starting to turn to alternatives such as naturopaths, osteopaths etc but out right refusal to look at the fundamental, because that would mean having to change what you eat.  It is ironic, I eat and comfort the disease I have with the very thing that has caused the disease in the first place.  Think about it, if you are sick to any degree, including aches and pains and you are eating and type of meat including fish, dairy, bread or any type of processed food then there you have your answer staring you in the face.  Well I may not be a medical dr but I hold a science degree and I know how to research, I also knew how to motivate my dying partner into changing his ways.

So if you are suffering from any form of disease, there is hope.  Turn to someone who understands raw foods and fasting, give me or Matty a call +64 9 5213039 and we will be happy to open ourselves to you.  We have lived through hideous disease, pain and suffering and we are only 35, luckily we now have our lives and sanity back, onwards and upwards!  Make friends with us on facebook also dana@animators-ink.co.nz or matt@animators-ink.co.nz  we are more than willing to help you on your journey.  Why?  Because we got the results we were after, we travelled far and wide to find people who had healed themselves of cancer and even people who had healed a severed spinal chord and is now walking again.  If anyone tells you there is no hope for your condition, tell them to have a nice day and never phone them back.  Turn your back and have the courage to find those who give you hope.

Matty’s biggest hurdle was letting go of disease, after so long living with it, it becomes your identity.  When you start to heal it is almost like you are so wide awake for the first time it can be quite a emotional ride.  But well worth the effort.  There is no food that tastes as good as being healthy feels.  Nor any drug recreational or medical that will provide the high that fasting and raw food provides.

Changing our diet has played a huge part in our physical health, but what about the emotional aspect of ourselves.  I have found personally on my journey of health and wellness that as I changed my diet to eating raw foods that all the stored emotions from my childhood have now slowly come to the surface.  You know the ones you don’t even know you have but your current behaviours that are expressed through relationships, kind of like software to the computer are seeming quite dysfunctional and you all of a sudden see how you are sabotaging your own life!  We have our own personal emotional programming that I have found I am now able to deal with as I am eating loving raw foods that enable the strength to be able to deal with the emotional pain.  It can be quite a journey releasing those and I absolutely recommend reachign out for help.  Don’t hold it in, it is ok to find an outlet for dealing with past traumas.  No matter how little or big.  With our youth suicide rate here in NZ way out of control I think the huge impact all the chemicals in our foods and drinks and drugs both pharmaceutical and recreational play a huge effect on our youth suicide rate.  How on earth can a blue drink or one filled with caffeine and aspartame do any good for anyones chemical make up.  Our amazing brains are being poisoned and IMO causing a huge amount of unrecognised depression in our society.  So for all the youth out there who are feeling frustrated, anguished, unheard don’t be scared to speak your truth.  Consider what you are eating and the role that has on our physical well being but also our emotional/mental self.

Sometimes it is hard to find someone to help, just know and understand that you have to ask and upon asking someone or something will always appear for you.  You are special, the universe does care.  I have found at times that it maybe you just need to sit on a beach or in a forest and just let it go.  But there are many alternative practices surfacing again, perhaps a massage, naturapoth, homeopath or even a dam good colonic can help.  Start to listen to your guidance of intution and trust that you know what is right for you.

Have a blessed day

Love

Dana

PS.  The word emotion = energy of motion and all we have because we can move and interact!

I think it is high time that something is done about all the lies being fed to our youth.  Just today I sat at assembly and listened to the principal tell the children that the sun is bad for you and causes dangerous diseases later on in life and if they want to play at lunchtime then they have to wear a hat if going in the sun.  Now when children are inside all day and only have 45 minutes of sun exposure I think this really important to teach them about how important time in the sun is.  Our children are intelligent genius’s who with the right information can make their own informed decisions, they should not be driven by fear into listening to someone else’s scandal.  I will be approaching him with swards of information on how important it is for our children to be in the sun and teach them about healthy eating of fruits, vegetables, leaves and nuts.  You see if you eat enough green leaves and fruit in your diet you do not get burnt in the sun and you actually feel when you have had enough sun and can make your own rational decision about it.  It is all the toxic dead lifeless foods and drinks that we are consuming that is causing our skin to burn in the sun.  I have met numerous fair skinned people who after changing their diets to raw living foods can now go in the sun and not burn, myself  and children included.  It is amazing how people are told something and automatically beleive it without doing any research of their own.  Hmmmm makes me even more concerned about the other “stuff” our children are taught in our schools.

So we are seeing such an increased rate of diabetes, asthma, eczema, cancer of all kinds, autism, adhd and the list goes on in our children.  I want to encourage parents into understanding that these are ALL diet related diseases.  If your medical professional is only willing to prescribe you medication and not get to the root of the problem then I would fire them and find a new one that will support you on your journey to health.  The more a dr prescribes the more they earn and also they play a huge game of ego power over people.  An authoritative stance like they are the only ones who know anything about disease and that most other people despite curing themselves of cancer, despite curing diabetes etc want nothing to do with understanding how that is done.  Cut burn and poison are the medical industries approach to dealing with disease.  YOu may think it is a pretty loud statement to say that diseases such as cancer are curable but when you see it with your own eyes adn then do nothing about it, well I couldn’t live with that.

Get empowered, get strong, get stubborn and make the change.  Open your mind to a new world.

Bless

Dana

So happy to hear that Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey are speaking out about the truth on vaccines.  As the press goes wild here in Aotearoa New Zealand pumping the media full of biased, one sided opinion on the likes of whooping cough and all other vaccines, we have some really kind hearted, truthful people now standing up willing to risk their careers for something they believe in.  Jenny has written a book on healing autism Louder Than Words: A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism and is a well recommended read especially if you have vaccinated your children and are looking for answers.  Please also review the Natural News article on Jenny and Jim for more information http://www.naturalnews.com/028109_Andrew_Wakefield_Jenny_McCarthy.html

I often think of those parents who choose to vaccinate their children and wonder if they have done any research beyond what is told and supported by the Ministry of Health.  America has gone from 10 childhood vaccines to 35 in the last decade and the increase in autism amongst our children has escalated.  Yet the people handing out the vaccines generally are safe from public scrutiny.  Fear exposed through media and paid for by the tax payer and also the trust that people have built up with Doctors alongside a ridicule towards those who choose not to vaccinate labeling such those with derogatory comments all play a part.  Most people don’t even know that the more a doctor prescribes or vaccinates the more money they earn.  Surely our Doctors should not be pushed into accepting money in this regards and should earn a good income without having the incentive to earn more through prescribing more.

Here is a great link to some fabulous work being done by a very well respected Doctor Andrew Wakefield on neurotoxicology and vaccines in primates http://fourteenstudies.org/pdf/primates_hep_b.pdf As a mother myself to two beautiful young daughters who remain vaccine free I feel it important to show others that children can stay healthy without the need to vaccinate.  They have been exposed to many childhood diseases including chicken pox, measles, whooping cough and rubella and have never had a symptom of any of them.  In fact they haven’t had a cold or flu either.  Educate and have the strength to make your own decisions surrounding vaccination, I know it wasnt easy for me with pressure from others telling me I was crazy for not vaccinating.  However most find once they do their own research that they choose not to vaccinate either.

Bless

Dana

Matty at age 12 turning his back on the Doctors death sentence.

Breaks my heart every time I hear of another person who got the death sentence handed out so flippantly by a Doctor.  You know you only have 6 months to live your cancer is terminal.  Well the fury wells inside as I reach for my raw crackers covered in home made pesto, topped with raw cashew cheese.  You see we lived with our own death sentence, Matty was given his at aged 12 and I know many many many others who are reading this have had theirs too and also know the truth about cancer.  Cancer is easier to heal than IMO the common cold.  Having cancer means that your body has become a rubbish dump full of crap.  How did that get there?  The food that we are eating is nothing short of crap of course.  Well I hear so many people say, but oh I eat a really good diet.  Well reality is that if you have cancer, then you do not.  I have watched Matty go from being quite possibly the sickest man on earth to being a bright, bubbly, fun loving partner and companion and now living disease and pain free.  He lived in constant pain for 30 years until we changed our diets.  For goodness sake he had anal cancer, that I liken to having to poo fire 15 times a day.  So to anyone reading this who has cancer or any other disease and has become morbidly depressed from what the Doc has told you, it is my suggestion that you tell them to @#$% off.  No one has any right to tell anyone that they are going to die when they have not done the research and REFUSE to open up to the fact that cancer is curable.  Your body knows how to clean itself if you give it the chance.  So the main thing is people dont want to give up their current diet.  I know that it isnt easy to give up eating meat, bread, dairy, sugar, chips and all other processed food, but these things are accumulated together along with all the chemicals in our environment and water supply and I am not even going to go into our emotions and are causing our bodies to become diseased and sick.  Be strong and have the courage, fortitude and will power alongside self love to guide yourself through becoming the healthiest person you know.  BTW cancer is not something wrong with your body, a huge myth in our society is that disease is something wrong with our bodies.  Well our bodies know exactly what they are doing and are designed to stay alive and do everything possible to stay alive.  Cancer is likened IMO to a rubbish bin.  Your put crap in the bin.  Your body does the same thing, storing up all the puss and crap that we have eaten and not being able to eliminate it, stores it.  Then you get the diagnosis from the all powerful men/lady in white and given one of three options, cut, burn, poison.  Never a mention of nutrition, in fact most tell you to eat more dead animals.  So they cut out the rubbish bin and the body goes into shock, what the heck!  And now it has to build more.  As people dont change the very reason they got cancer in the first place, generally two to four years later, oh, low and behold it is back!  But this time, it is everywhere, the body was so shocked at having its cancer bin removed, it now has to make many more, in order to keep itself alive and safe and store the crap that you are still putting in.  So people, your life is yours, do as you will, but do know that there are thousands upon thousands of people who have healed themselves of the big C by changing what we all do 3 times a day.  Have the courage, do your research, find a Doc who will support you but most of all, do it for yourself.

As I am not a qualified medical professional I must say that I probably am not even allowed to write this.  Your life is in your own hands, just know that there are others out there that also know the truth about healing cancer naturally.

Bless

Dana

Thank you to my lovely, inspiring friend Jacinta for kindly sharing this tried, tasted and delicious raw food salad with me.  One of the things that is quite frustrating when making raw food is finding easy recipes that actually taste good.  There are so many on the internet now and sometimes when you read the ingredients it sounds like the most disgusting thing, not exactly an inspiration.  So here goes, I made this again last night and shared it at a family pot luck and it was the yummiest thing there!

Oriental Broccoli

6 dates soaked for 20 minutes

1 teaspoon ginger root

1 T shoyu or tamari

1t toasted sesame oil

1/4 cup olive oil or grapeseed

4 cups chopped broccoli

1/4 cup sesame seeds

Combine all except broccoli and sesame seeds in a blender (preferably vitamix) and puree.  Then pour over broccoli and sesame and toss.  Marinate for at least 20 minutes and enjoy

Just wondering why on earth we talk about scarcity and world food shortages when one seed from a fruit tree contains the potentiality to grow an infinite number of trees and provide fruit for an ever growing world population.  What on earth is going on, why are we being brain washed into thinking that we dont have the capacity to feed ourselves.  When the UN and WHO etc publicize a huge shortage of food on a global scale and we have fruit rotting in our back yard, what is going on.  What can we do as individuals, all empowering individuals who have the capacity to make huge change in this world, why are we not doing so.  Why has each individual not planted at least four fruit trees each, why are we not saving seeds, why why why…

Did you know that you can take one tomato seed, plant that, take all the seeds from the fruit of that plant, plant them the next season, collect all the seeds from that generation, plant them the next generation and with all the seeds you get from that harvest you can feed the world population 10x over….. hmmmm I guess it is our mentality believing in scarcity and falling to the mass publication that we are but only one person and we will never make change.

Visit fruit for our children, plant four fruit trees in your own back yard, start up a community orchard, save seeds, plant plant plant and enjoy the positive change you are making in the world.

Bless

Dana