Real N Raw

Great way to start the day or maybe even a midday snack, my daughter will even ask for this for dinner.  I generally always have fresh home made almond milk in my fridge so when I am in one of those, “I’ll eat anything” modes I can eat something healthy like muesli with almond milk.  Sustaining, great bowel cleaner, tastes great and is satisfying if you feel like something bulky.  To make this no bake muesli you can prepare in advance and store in an airtight container.  You can even do a mono fast on the stuff.  Try 7 days eating as much of this as you like interlaced with in season fruit.  You will feel great and your bowel will love you for it.

4 cups of rolled oats

2 cup of nuts of your choice

1 cup of dried fruit  eg raisins, apricots, sultanas, dates (chopped)

4 T flax seeds (intestinal broom)

1/2 cup coconut flakes

Put all ingredients in blender and pulse until you have your desired texture either fine of chunky.  Store in airtight container and use at will  I chop up bananas and drizzle with honey and then cover in almond or brazil nut milk.  Enjoy a delicious home made muelsi that doesn’t cause bloating.

Bless

Dana

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.

By DLS

Meet the director Matthew Wilson on his journey to ital health.  Eating from the Rastaraunt of life.  Matty’s s personal journey and the stories of many others too are heard in the film and hope to inspire you into the journey of self health.  Matty is now happy and healthy and getting on with this life, pain free and looking forward to a bright future.  Cancer smancer!

We thank everyone who helped us through this little miracle.  I now have a loving, happy, kind, adorable fiance and we will live happily ever after.  So to all those who deny the rights of others to live a natural lifestyle we wish you love, cause obviously somewhere there you are lacking in your ego mind to find the humility to seek beyond all that you have ever known.  Jump into the unknown, life is such an extraordinary journey don’t waste it on doing things that you will regret, rather build a legacy that is one proud of remembering for generations to come.

By Dana Louise Stewart

Matthew “The Kid” Wilson

I lived with someone who was so terribly ill for many years.  We lived through each day with some hope that one day it would be OK.  That one day, there would be no more pain, suffering and all the emotional and physical burden that goes with that.  That person was the Director of Real N’ Raw.

Real N’ Raw is our story.  Real N’ Raw saved Matthew Wilson’s life.  Real N’ Raw saved my life.  Real N’ Raw if you choose to watch it can give you the information that can empower you to live your life to the fullest too.

I had no idea when I met him, that he was so sick.  Honestly I do not think most people realise how sick they actually are until it stares them in the face.  But Matthew did, he knew that if he did not change he would be dead soon.  It was the most frustrating thing I have ever come across.  Someone with an answer who struggled to get out of his own way and turn their life around.

I have my own opinion about why that is and it happens to be that these bodies are so resilient and continually finding homeostasis that how toxic and poisonous they really are is not seen as the body is built to strive to stay alive.  But Matthew knew.  I knew.  We all knew that the answer lied in actually having the motivation to do it.

I have listened and watch by as people die, waiting for miracles to happen to them as they wish cancer or whatever other disease it is they have away.  While the answer is staring us right in the face.  It is the strength and courage to stand up in face of what we have always been told and walk in the opposite direction.  The journey to do this is the most empowering you can do.  The journey that overrides culture, heritage, mums, dads and everything you have ever known.

I say why walk a path you know when the excitiment of jumping in the deep end and finding you can swim is the most exhilirating of them all.

Life has begun abound for us again.  Just as many systems are collapsing and the governments have decided to continue to tax us silly while supporting the industries that are like bullets to a gun.  Changing your diet to raw and having the strength to stand up and make a change in your own world defies everything I have ever known.

By Dana Louise Stewart

Well I had the opportunity to attend a “Climate Change” seminar last night at Auckland University.  To some it up in one word it would have to be “DEPRESSING”.  However it reminded me of why I set up Fruit For Our Children.  I cant stand people who sit and talk about a problem and don’t do anything about it.  Actions speak louder than words.

So FFOC is a charitable trust committed to planting 17 million not for profit fruit trees in New Zealand.  Please visit the website and help support by purchasing Real N’ Raw, it is a great movie and has a fantastic soundtrack and is a showcase of solutions from people who are very real and share some great wisdom to inspire you into healthy living.  Disease is NOT a mystery.

So the climate change seminar went on about how things like Copenhagen will make a difference.  Well I say the thing that will make a difference is supporting charities like FFOC so fruit tree orchards can be planted throughout the entire country and world for that matter so that no matter what happens we have access to nourishing fruit.  Planting fruit trees helps in so many aspects to current problems that we face including soil erosion, starvation, malnutrition, disease, obesity, heart problems, cancer, arthritis, builds communities, gives people something to do and the list goes on!  I propose that instead of spending money on Copenhagen, how about everyone buy fruit trees with the cash and plant them instead.  That way we might see some change and not just bums on seats.

I think the problems we are facing are easily rectified, only we have become so complicated in our thinking that we cant see straight.  Changing our diet and the way we farm are two huge ways that will have immediate impact for life on earth.  Most people know that when you change your diet to raw, that so many beautiful things start to happen.

So check out Fruit For Our Children website and purchase one of the songs from the Real N’ Raw soundtrack or all of them!  Make it a blessed day.

Real Food!

What is raw food?

Raw food is food which has never been heated nor treated with chemicals so it retains the enzymes and nutrients of its natural state. As soon as a food is cooked or has added chemicals, the vitamins, nutrients, enzymes, and other healthy compounds start to change or become destroyed and the food no longer has the life and health-giving properties it should.

What benefits come from eating a raw food diet?

There are so many benefits, we can’t even list them all. But for starters: people feel more energetic, more awake and healthier on raw. Most people lose excess weight, look and feel younger and more vibrant. Digestive problems like ulcers and acid reflux decrease and disappear. Skin conditions like acne tend to clear up. Body odor decreases. People get far fewer illnesses. People with diseases see relief and many eventually heal when their bodies are not burdened with toxins or an overload of work and can clean out and repair themselves.

What do raw foodists eat?

In a nutshell, raw foodists eat: fresh, raw fruits and vegetables as well as seeds, nuts and some soaked or sprouted grains. There are unlimited recipes and dishes which are made from these ingredients, including: pates, loafs, “noodles”, cakes, cookies, crackers, soups, salads and marinades. Raw Foodists do not have to eat only salads!

Does a raw diet include raw meat?

Not usually. Some raw foodists in a transition period will choose to eat things like mahi tuna or steak tartar, but after awhile they usually stop. It isn’t necessary, you won’t gain any thing by eating it. Raw meat is still hard for the body to process, so it can’t assimilate the nutrients in meat as well as from vegetables, fruits and soaked nuts and sprouted seeds. Raw meat often contains parasites which also reduce the amount of nutrition available. Many raw foodists are also against eating meat for humane and ecological reasons.

What about protein, how do I get enough of it?

This is the #1 question people have when they are considering a raw food diet. People think that protein comes only from meat, dairy or at least soy, and that without eating at least some of those foods, they won’t get enough.. As a matter of fact every living cell contains protein: every plant cell has protein as a basic constituent in its cytoplasm. Vegetables contain protein! Seeds and nuts obviously contain proteins. Seaweeds and algae are very rich sources also. Factually, your body doesn’t use whole proteins – it must break these down into amino acids. Plant proteins generally break down for assimilation more quickly than animal proteins and are often found already in the form of amino acids.

The horse, cow, deer, elephant, and gorilla are naturally vegetarians -where does all their muscle and body mass come from? Grass, leafy greens, and in the case of the gorilla, fruit! The meat and dairy industries have spent millions on advertising to convince people the only way to get protein is from meat and dairy products, and they have been very successful. In fact, the protein in meat is coagulated and in a form that the body cannot assimilate easily, and cannot use effectively. The consumption of meat and dairy (and the fat within it) has been linked to all kinds of fatal illnesses, including heart failure..

The fact is, your body needs 22 amino acids in order to build protein molecules and muscles. Of these 22 amino acids, there are 8 which the body cannot make and must get from outside sources. All 8 are available in raw plant foods. And in raw plant foods they are in a form which is easily assimilated and used by the body. All the protein your body needs can be gotten from raw nuts, seeds, vegetables and fruits.

If you are still worried about protein, we recommend you get started on a raw food diet, but eat very small amounts of meat (3 to 5 oz) only a few times a week. And try to get the cleanest, organic meat, with no hormones, that you can. After some time of doing this people generally find that they no longer feel they need the meat, and end up not eating it anymore. In this way you can find out for yourself that you are getting the protein you need.