The Movement to Reverse Diabetes Naturally Begins

Have you noticed the word “change” in the news lately? With the inauguration of Barack Obama only 1 day away it is all that you hear about on the news. It has been the central theme of Barack Obama’s campaign. And love him or hate him one thing is clear, people are looking for change.

There is one important message that I have gotten from Barack Obama, one thing that I have heard him say numerous times. The change that many of us are looking for isn’t up to one person. While we all hope that Barack Obama will better the United States and the world (regardless of your political views) we also know that he alone is not going to magically make things better. It’s up to each and every one of us to make a difference.

And if you’re like me Health is an area that you know needs to change, not only in the United States but in the entire world. The food most people are eating is simply making them sick! We have more heart disease, more cancer, more diabetes and more chronic illness than EVER before.

So today, January 19th, 2009, we are announcing the launch of “The Movement to Reverse Diabetes Naturally” and we ask that you join us in helping to reverse the trend of skyrocketing diabetes rates. You can take a look at our new RDN Movement site here:

www.RDNmovement.com

On this site we have integrated an amazing social network for diabetics and non-diabetics to communicate, share information and organize to help make a difference. We all know that the diabetes associations, funded by the drug companies, aren’t going to help us in getting out this important information that diabetes can be reversed.

We’re also going to be running a powerful, world wide event on April 25th, 2009. I’ll let you read the details of this event here:

http://www.rdnmovement.com/?page_id=143

We’re going to be organizing resources from around the world to help diabetics and non-diabetics that are looking to make change. We’ll be listing resources such as where to get raw foods, what health events are taking place and where to find health retreat centers in your area like the Tree of Life featured in the film “Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days.” We’ll also have articles written by many of the top health experts in the world.

So go ahead, check it out and please make sure to join The Movement to Reverse Diabetes Naturally. With your help we can change the health of the world one person at a time.

To your health,

Alex Ortner - Founder of The Movement to Reverse Diabetes Naturally

P.S. - This new site is set up as a blog so please let us know what you think by clicking on the link below:

http://www.rdnmovement.com/?p=4

Therapeutic Enzymes, by Matt Monarch

As precious as powdered gold, enzymes are extremely valuable for the Raw Foodist. Simply said, they prolong life! Although best known for their power as a digestive aid, their hidden potential far surpasses that function. Let me explain.

There are two types of enzymes produced by and in our body:
(1) Digestive enzymes - to digest food
(2) Metabolic enzymes - which we depend on for life

Metabolism is the total of all chemical changes that take place in a cell or an organism to produce energy and basic materials needed for important life processes. Metabolic enzymes, perfectly named, are involved in every process of the human body. In fact, even digestive enzymes start as metabolic enzymes. Besides our day-to-day life processes of build up and breakdown, these little powerhouses are catalysts that take an active role in repairing any damage done to our body through injury, stress, poor eating or lifestyle habits, environmental contaminants, and the passage of time.

Unfortunately, we don’t have an unlimited supply of metabolic enzymes. We are born with a certain reserve of these petite miracles, and when we run out, our life ends. Our body does, to some extent, replenish metabolic enzymes, but the numbers used versus the numbers added still makes them something to cherish.

When you take any type of enzyme, you are conserving your storehouse of metabolic enzymes. Enzymes taken with food, for example, save the metabolic enzymes that would have needed to convert into digestive enzymes. Although raw food retains its natural enzymes, it is good to remember that within an hour of picking, a great percentage of the enzymes are lost. Its a sad affair to know that when we buy produce from the health food store, it has voyaged by truck (god knows how many miles), and has likely been sitting on the shelf for days. Therefore, it is a life-prolonging practice to take digestive enzymes with meals.

Enzymes taken on an empty stomach serve an incredibly different function than digestion. These enzymes are immediately directed to the metabolic processes of our bodies. There are experiments that involve coupling radioactive particles with ingested enzymes, allowing scientists to track the path of enzymes. Results prove that enzymes taken on an empty stomach do indeed assist the metabolic functions of our body, including the miraculous repair of any damage sustained by the body. Translation: More Life - we age slower and have more energy!

Our bodies are designed in such a way that we do not have to consciously play a part in the trillions of actions taking place in
the body. However, oftentimes, we miss out on the effect our actions have, good or bad. If you take enzymes today, you may not notice any phenomenal immediate change. In the long run, you will appreciate your enzyme-rich prolonged life. You could live a long and healthy life without ever taking enzymes. Yet, what could your life be like with them? I feel it is foolish to not use this powdered gold every day for the rest of our lives.

I personally take enzymes on an empty stomach 2-3 times a day. Dr. Fred Biscis Therapeutic Enzymes, are available here. They are the most powerful and effective enzyme blend on the market. Although, not as powerful, if you are interested in a bottled “over the counter” product, Vitalzym and Wobenzym could be an alternative.

In addition to a better diet, Colon Hydrotherapy, and vegetable juicing, Dr. Fred Bisci’s Therapeutic Enzymes are used as part of the healing code to help heal people from all the degenerative diseases across the board. These extraordinary therapeutic enzymes are such a powerhouse, they have the potential to dissolve cancerous tumors when consistently taken on an empty stomach. Remember, they go into the metabolic processes that actually helps repair damage done to the body. I have personally witnessed the miraculous reversal of many extreme degenerative health conditions when they were used on a continual basis, as an adjunct to an improved diet.

DISCLAIMER: The above information is for education only and is not meant to diagnose, prescribe, or treat illness. It is valuable to seek the advice of an alternative health care professional before making any changes.

Raw for Thirty Team Leads the Way

In March of 2005 Mark Perlmutter (second in from left in picture below) had an eye opening experience at the Tree of Life in Patagonia, Arizona. It was at this time that he truly experienced first hand the magic of eating raw and living foods and had the inspiration to create the movie “Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days.”

Three years later, now in December of 2008, countless people are benefiting from this film. People around the world are realizing that they can reverse their diabetes through good nutrition, something that has been known for years but never fully grasped by many.

The making of the film was not an overnight experience however. It took countless hours, numerous generous investors, a hard working team and a lot of luck! Below is a picture of the Raw for Thirty filming and editing team:

The making of this film is just the beginning. Getting it out to the masses is the true challenge. There are millions of diabetics around the world who still do not realize the effect their diet is having on their health.

Getting it out means overcoming the false information that diabetics have to be on medication forever. It means pushing past the drug companies that are holding back this information. It means creating an entire shift on how the world looks at food.

It may be a large task but at least it has begun…and hopefully with your help it will continue to grow.

Holiday Story About a 10 Year Old Boy that Watched “Simply Raw”

“Why Some Diabetics Are Afraid of Raw Food” The following was written by Ian Blair Hamilton from Australia on his blog. If you like the story make sure to send him an email at ian@ionlife.info. If you’re in Australia you can also buy copies of the film “Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days” from him directly! Monday, Dec. 1st, 2008: Last night was a great night for us. We hired the local theatre and screened “Simply Raw: 30 Days to Reverse Diabetes” This video just blew us away when we saw it, so much so that after watching it at home we immediately decided to share it by hiring the local theatre. It’s one of those rare videos that has you jumping for joy. We printed brochures, we advertised, we talked about it on our blog, and after all of that the 110 seat theatre held just 42 souls. And please don’t mention breaking even! And yet, for us, it was a roaring success, due to a large degree to one little boy. Now you’d think that a movie about curing diabetes naturally would bring diabetics, wouldn’t you? Me too. But it actually seemed to bring raw foodies, and general natural health people – at least that’s the feedback we got from people as they filed into the theatre. It was only after the show, as people gathered in the foyer, that we discovered young Matt. All of ten years old, he’d come with his parents, and his Dad approached me first. “Are you hoping to run a 30-Day retreat?” “Yes, we are.” I answered. “Are you interested?” “Not me,” said Dad, “Him! Do you have age restrictions?” I looked at this beautiful kid. He was looking back at me with open, hopeful eyes. “Are you a diabetic too?” I asked. “Yep” he said, his eyes never leaving mine. “And would you want to go 30 days on raw food like the film?” I asked. “Yep.” He answered. No question about it. He knew what he’s seen. Of course, we have no ‘policy’ about age. Hey, we haven’t even arranged the retreat yet. But I’d love to see young Matt there. He’s Type A diabetic; the one the experts say is capable of producing insulin. Yet we’d just witnessed a young man on the video who got completely off his injections and medications, who stopped peeing at all hours, whose sight stopped deteriorating, and who had, as a result of his 30-day experience, decided on a change of lifestyle to naturopath specialising in raw foods so he could ‘spread the love’. (And only after the retreat did he learn that he was a misdiagnosed Type 1 ‘incurable’). I saw an old, overweight lady completely off insulin return home and begin a local awareness program targeting doctors and health care centres. I saw a elderly Italian American man change before my eyes into someone with light in his eyes and purpose in his life.. all because the proof was incontrovertible. The retreat worked. So even though there was only one young diabetic we know of attending, it was still such a great night that I awoke this morning still buzzing - because I knew we had something that can change lives right here in the palm of our hands. So.. there WILL be a 30 day retreat in the new year. There WILL be a chance to attend. It WILL change lives, attitudes and futures. I also will have copies of the DVD so you can experience the Video yourselves and pass the message on to your friends. My lesson of the night came from watching a 26-year old man on the video. He was being asked why he didn’t want to make the final jump to no insulin at all. His answer: “Because all my life, every doctor I ever went to told me I’d be on insulin for the rest of my life.” That explained to me why we had so few diabetics responding to our advertising and brochures. They believe that investigating a cure for diabetes, when their doctor has told them it is hopeless, will only bring on new pain and disappointment. So rather than investigate and come along, they stayed home with their insulin. This morning I talked to Peter, my own doctor. He agreed. People don’t believe they can be healed, and he added that research into anti-diabetes drugs is taking on more and more complex drug research avenues. Just like cancer, just like heart disease, just like just what is happening for about every ‘incurable’ ailment. And yet think about it! Raw food diets heal diabetes! So if you have a friend with Diabetes type one or two, please tell them to check out my site. If they just sign on to my newsletter I’ll make sure they have access to news as it happens about the video and the 30 day retreat. Why? Because I love the feeling of getting up in the morning knowing I changed the world in my small way yesterday! For you Aussies.. please let me know if you’d like a local screening and we’ll see what we can do in the new year. You can email me at ian@ionlife.info

What is the Best Diet to Reverse Diabetes?, by Alex Ortner

According to Gabriel Cousens, M.D., a specialist in the area of diabetes, the diet that works the best is a raw, vegan live food diet that is organic, plant-source only, low-glycemic, low-insulin index, high-mineral, low fat (especially animal fat), high-water content, that is individualized to your constitution. This means no meat, no dairy, no bread, no cooked grains, no sugar, no caffeine, no alchol and nothing cooked over 118 degrees.

I know what some of you may be thinking…why can’t I eat some of those things?!

Let’s start off with meat.

According to Diabetes Care 7, “A quarter pound of beef raises insulin levels in diabetics as much as a quarter pound of straight sugar.” Eating meat is simply not as natural for the human body as most people think it is.

It wasn’t until about 10,000 years ago that humans started eating more meat because of a shift to a herding and farming culture. Before that, for perhaps 3.2 million years according to Dr. Cousens, humans had been eating mostly a live plant based diet, a diet that is much more natural for the human body to digest, the basic chimpanzee diet. In fact, between 1840 and 1974, the quantity of meat eaten per person in the US increased by FIVE FOLD!

So why not dairy then?

According to Dr. Cousens, “The problem is that the antibodies to the milk antigens cross-react with the beta cells of the pancreas, creating inflammation and scarring. This consequently blocks or destroys beta cell production of insulin. According to two major studies in Finland and Chile, the rate of juvenile diabetes is 11 to 13 times greater in children who had cow’s milk before 3 months of age.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has recocnized this as well and made a decision in 1994 to strongly encourage families with a diabetic history not to give their children cow’s milk or cow’s milk products for at least 2 years because it significantly increasing the likelihood of developing diabetes.

Japanese children, who have the lowest consumption levels of milk, have 1/36th the rate of Type I diabetes as does Finland, the country with the highest level of milk consumption.

How about fruit?

Dr. Gabriel Cousens recommends “against fruit for three to six months until the fasting blood sugar (FBS) stabalizes at between 70 and 85, and then only have low-glycemic fruit such as berries, cherries, citrus, goji berries, cranberries, and an occasional apple.

So What Can You Eat?

Your diet should consist of raw, vegan live plant based foods. Some people need more protein (plant based of course) and others need a diet higher in complex carbohydrates. Everyone’s bodies are different so it depends on your body. Regardless of your body type you should have a diet that is high in vegatables and phytonutrients. You should make sure that there is a variety of colors in the foods that you are eating as these colors are actually the pigments of the phytonutrients. Phytonutrients are critical because they turn off the diabetes causing genes and turn on the anti-diabetic genes.

DISCLAIMER: The above information is for education only and is not meant to diagnose, prescribe, or treat illness. It is valuable to seek the advice of an alternative health care professional before making any changes.

Last Minute Christmas Ideas

(Originally written on December 20th, 2008) Hi Everyone, I wanted to give you some great last minute ideas for the holiday season and tell you a GREAT story about a 10 year old boy who watched “Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days” written by Ian Blair Hamilton in Australia. First off, here are the great holiday gift ideas intermixed with some great YouTube videos to watch!

Gift Idea #1 Green for Life by Victoria Buotenko - 50% Off $7.59 (Expires 12/25/08) Victoria and her family would like to see as many people benefit from green smoothies as possible. For this reason they are offering you their bestselling book Green for Life at a 50% discount from now till December 25th, 2008.In addition, they would like to match every purchase of the Green for Life book one-to-one during this time and donate books to Relay For Life, a charitable organization for cancer survivors. To read more about Relay For Life, please click here —Click Here to Purchase—

Speaking of Green Smoothies. Check out this great video from Karen Knowler “The Raw Food Coach” about how to make a Green Smoothie. Click on the image to the right:

Gift Idea #2 “Try It On Everything” Film $29.95 This film features many of the experts from “The Secret” like Jack Canfield, Bob Proctor, and Joe Vitale. It also has dozens of other amazing experts like Cheryl Richardson, Dawson Church and Bruce Lipton. It is a must see!The film is about EFT, otherwise known as Emotional Freedom Techniques, and documents 10 people going through a four day event using EFT for a variety of emotional and physical issues. This is one of my favorite movies!Click on the image below to see the trailer for yourself! —Click Here to Purchase—

Check out this great raw footage of Bob Proctor from the filming of “Try It On Everything.” He’s talking about energy. Guess what else effects our energy…what we eat! Raw foods have more energy than cooked foods. Click on the image to the right to see it now:

Gift Idea #3 David Wolfe’s “21 Days to Health Program” Digital Only Version $97 Hard Copy Version $147 This program has distinctions and facets that will change your entire philosophy around nutrition, health, and success. I love this program and listen to it regularly in the car!And it is designed in an easy, 21 Day Process that is fun to follow.It includes 2 card decks, an action oriented workbook and 7 Audio CDs. (Plus One Special Bonus CD on “Manifesting with Foods”!)Along with the listening to the CDs and following along in the workbook, each day for 21 days you pull a card from each deck. What’s on the other side will surprise you, get you motivated and many times motivate you and spring you into incredible action.The process is fun, you can do it alone or with friends and most of all puts excitement and joy back into your health.No more guilt, no more fear, and no more shame around what you eat and what you think. This is a great holiday gift and January 1st is the perfect time to start the 21 day program! —Click Here to Purchase—

Gift Idea #4 “Simply Raw” or “Raw for Life” FREE Shipping Anywhere in the World “Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days $29.95 “The Ultimate Encyclopedia of the Raw Food Lifestyle” $29.95 COMBO PACK (Save $10) $49.90 Because it’s the Christmas season I’ve managed to convince Santa to deliver the film for FREE. He said he was very busy but that because the film has helped Mrs. Clause and himself so much this year he said he would do it. He also has asked me to tell as many people as possible to leave out broccoli and hummus this year instead of cookies. :)OK…well that’s not entirely true. The film isn’t being delivered by Santa Clause…but it will be delivered for FREE!I’ve been hearing from a lot of the overseas friends of Simply Raw that because the exchange rates with the dollar have weakened that the film is more expensive now, especially with the shipping. So we’ve decided to put together this special for the holiday season to help you get the film when you live overseas! (It applies to everyone in the US also!)I don’t think I need to tell you about the film as you’ve probably heard about it from us numerous times before! But in case you haven’t you can click here to see the trailer again. —Click Here to Purchase “Simply Raw” only - $29.95— —Click Here to Purchase “Raw for Life” only - $29.95— —Click Here to Purchase the “Combo Pack” - $49.90— ENTER THIS COUPON TO GET FREE SHIPPING: SANTADELIVERY (Valid until Dec 25th, 2008)

Check out this great clip from “The Ultimate Encylopedia of the Raw Food Lifestyle.” The clip features Morgan Spurlock from the film “Super Size Me” and the actor Wood Harrelson. Click on the image to the right to see it now:

Thanks for your support of the film and it’s healing message, Alex Ortner Managing Director Raw for Thirty, LLC 800-416-0922