Former NBA Basketball Player, Talk Show Host and Vegan John Salley Is Joining “The Movement”

A little over a week ago I announced that we were talking to a celebrity about having him come on board with us to get the message of our film “Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days” out to the public. I thought I’d let you know who he is since he announced it on the green carpet of the “Avatar Home Tree Event” on Earth Day!

So the celebrity who’s going to be joining our team is four time NBA champion, talk show host and vegan John Salley. He’s going to be coming on board as one of the new executive producers of the film. John will be actively working to get the message of the film out when he does TV and radio appearances.

John was recently on the Dr. Oz show, “The Doctors” show, the Rachel Ray show and the Brian McKnight show. He was also the host of “The Best Damn Sports Show” for six years. He’s also been in movies such as “Bad Boys”, “Bad Boys II”, “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and “Mr. 3000″… just to name a few. Needless to say he is going to be an amazing addition to our team working to get this film out.

I met with John when he was in New York City a couple weeks ago and I saw right away that he is an amazing guy with a lot of passion. He really wants to help people get healthy! His own father had diabetes and he watched as a child as he suffered with the disease.

One of the producers of the film, Michael Bedar, gave him a copy of the film about a month ago and as John told me when I met him “It instantly got his attention.” He told me he watched it as soon as he got back to his hotel room that night and that his first reaction was that he loved it and knew he had to be a part of getting it out to the public.

So I’m happy to announce that John will be joining the “Simply Raw” team! I’m posting several videos about John and his TV and movie appearances in case you don’t know him and everything he has done in his amazing career both on and off the court.

If you have any comments for John please feel free to write them below as I’m sure he’d love to read them!

-Alex Ortner

Promotional Clip for P90X with John Salley

(This clip gives some great background on John’s Career)

Bonus Clip from the film “Food, Inc.” with John Salley

Promotional Clip for PETA on Vegetarianism

John Salley on Rachel Ray

John Salley At Star Wars Convention

(I put this up to show you how funny John is!)

John Salley with Congresswoman Kilpatrick Talking About a Vegan Diet in Schools

Special Update & How to Make Raw Vegan Sushi Video

Make sure to check out BOTH videos below

The first video is a special update on this coming week. This Saturday is World Diabetes Day and we have some fun stuff lined up for the coming week…

The second video is an instructional video on how to make my favorite raw food dish…raw vegan sushi!

We’ll be giving away cool FREE stuff on Twitter and Facebook this week so make sure to follow us!

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Wendi and Jim Dee on Transitioning to a Raw Diet

Wendi and Jim Dee are two of the most active members of The Movement to Reverse Diabetes Naturally. They participated in Reversing Diabetes Action Day on April 25th by speaking to people in their local area about Reversing Diabetes with Raw Food (and it was even Wendi’s birthday…that’s how committed she is!)

They’re also two people who have had remarkable results because of their transition to a raw food diet. Just check out these pictures below!

In this interview with Wendi and Jim we discuss:

-Their experience on a raw food diet. How it has changed their lives on a physical, emotional and spiritual level.

-Why being raw is so much healthier than just being vegan (she was vegan in the before picture above!)

-Why they chose to get involved in The Movement and what they did on Reversing Diabetes Action Day.

-How Jim was able to come off all of his medications.

-How you can meet them on their upcoming road tour!

-And much more! :

But before you download or listen to this interview below please check out this short video about Wendi’s remarkable nearly 100 pound weight loss story. It is a short but powerful video about the huge effect that raw food has had on her life:

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Here are the links to listen to or download this interview right now:

Click here to download…

To learn more about Wendi and Jim visit them on the web at

www.PureJeevan.com

www.PureJeevan.com/blog

www.AllRawDirectory.com

A Week Full of Action

We thought we’d give you an idea of how easy it is to get involved in The Movement and Reversing Diabetes Action Day coming up THIS Saturday, April 25th (and all of our fun daily challenges leading up to Saturday). Check out this video to see how just a couple people can make a big difference (And don’t forget to join us for tonight’s Action Call - See Details Below Video):

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This is going to be an AMAZING week! Reversing Diabetes Action Day is this Saturday, April 25th! But we’re not going to wait until Saturday to start taking action. Every day this week we’re going to have a fun call to action, starting off with today, April 20th:

“Organize the Movement Monday“

Join us TONIGHT at 7PM EST on the phone and in our community chat room to discuss our vision and your vision for The Movement, and how to get involved in The Movement this week for Reversing Diabetes Action Day!

CHAT ROOM: To join the conversation in the chat room just click here or click on “RDN Community” above at 7PM EST (Will be online until 10PM). Once in the community area click on the green “Chat” icon on the bottom of your browser.

PHONE: To join the conversation via phone call in using the below information tonight (April 20th) at 7PM EST:

Free Conference Call
Conference Dial-in Number: (605) 475-4810
Access Code: 685364

LET US KNOW YOUR ATTENDING: To ensure that we have enough lines and in case of any last minute changes (change in phone number, etc) please let us know that you’d like to attend tonight’s conversation by entering in your information below:

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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

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.