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Phoebe's story...
The farm is going well thankyou... lots of work still to be done but my mum and I started planning our herb garden last weekend so now we just have to figure out were our veggie patch is going :) I should probably fill you in with my progress with my degestive system (sounds exciting I know haha) but I have actually stopped eating meat and I have found that all my bloating and pain has reduced dramatically since doing it :). I had stopped eating red meat a long time beforehand but was still mainly eating chicken with a bit of fish but I decided to go a couple of days without any meat and when I ate chicken again I was in agony... I just think my stomach finds meat really hard to digest! So that has been positive :) |
My horses are getting so much natural treatments for so many ailments at the moment that I could write a book about it! haha. I have attached a photo of my horse, his name is Buddy and I just love comparing before and after his 'earth diet' transition! I have always had issues with him during the winter months cos his coat just goes really light and icky looking but this winter in the second photo same time of year and he is just glowing and dark and shiny and he looks wonderful (I think so anyway haha), so it really is proof of what you put in your mouth shows on the outside! Love Phoebe
JENA'S story...
Hi Liana, I've read alot of your blogs and have been implementing so much of what I've learnt from TED.
It seems every few months I go off the 'bandwagon' and lose motivation and start to binge eat again. I don't have a weight issue but I'm more concerned why I keep doing this. I read in your earlier blogs that you kept repeating this vicious cycle of binge eating until you started TED.
Is there a blog where you talk about what changed your habits forever...what made you snap out of the binge cycle? I know what to do - and 80% of the time I do eat really well but then I always think I should 'treat' myself and as soon as I have 1 piece of bad chocolate (not your lovely chocolate balls but store bought) it catapultes me into wanting HEAPS of junk food. Then the guilt consumes me and I feel awful/fat/weak etc etc
I believe it's all mental and was just wondering if you have any tips to help as I know its what you use to struggle with. Really love what your doing - your blog is so insightful and it gives me new ideas/motivation every time I read it. Keep up the great work.
Jena x
Liana's response:
HI JENA! First of all and it might sound weird...or not..i feel like a COMMON thing that humans do is put ourselves into a position of we feel really good and then we feel really bad... it's like a yin yang, balance of light and dark kind of thing. So with a 'vicious cycle' or addiction it takes time until it exists no longer... the most important thing for you to know is that YOU WILL BE FREE from it and can... We usually keep ourselves in a cycle like this as self sabotage because we are afraid to go within and feel what it is that we need to feel. so we cover it up with something else.
I did exactly the same thing as you... i would eat one candy or one chocolate and then BANG would feel so guilty and end up eating it all!
I don't have a blog on that when i snapped completely out of it...it is an ongoing process...i felt myself last night wanting to reach for something un earth diet to deal with my emotions and then realized waiittttt that will make me feel worse and then did some work on the computer which i love to distract me in a way! it is absolutely a choice though as no one is forcing us to do it. Thats why I went on TED for 365 days because i was so scared to keep eating one piece of chocolate and then be put back into the cycle. And i was looking forward to a life free from it!!! Imagine if we lived a life where we could constantly be choosing things that keep us feeling so good and out of a vicious cycle? we can... it takes work... you are on a good path because you are already asking this question. It can also be a physical addiction to having something frequently like sugar which is like a drug, and also a mental thing, if we don't know how to resonate with FEELING GOOD and being at high energy frequency we will do something to lower our vibration which is usually through food, alcohol, drugs, vicious cycles etc!
I guess if any advice... next time you feel that urge to binge... don't do it, absolutely do not do it, you will probably experience so much anger and sadness and just feel it, i write it out on paper and then rip it up after but when I do that sooo much anger and sadness comes out and then after its like a relief its all out... what are your beliefs??? universe? God? source? will help to know... because knowing there is that energy you can tap into that is abundant with love and consciousness is reassuring especially when there are no humans around to offer that unconditional love.
One thing is for sure is that binge eating, addictions and vicious cycles come from FEAR and not from LOVE. And it creates more fear in our body. When we are SO IN LOVE with ourselves and feeling good it is impossible to reach for something that makes us feel bad... until we need that lower vibration experience again to remind us why NOT to do it again!!! Thank you for the kind words Jena, its emails like yours that REALLY TRULY keep me going :)
Hope this conversation helps somehow lol alot just came out!!! :)))
Thank you again Jena, Lots of love, Liana :)
Jena wrote back: "I was able to turn myself around and 'snap' out of my slump on my own but your advice is something new to me. I've never thought of bingeing coming from a fearful place. very insightful! I know its an issue that most of my girlfriends struggle with. Instead of 'quick fixes' I've tried to take on the philosophy of the earth diet and eat only good foods that are provided by the earth. its the first 'lifestyle' that feels right for me. I know I can eat like this the rest of my life - and look forward to it! I'd say I use to have a sugar addiction hands down but now its not the sugar I run to but rather junk food as a reaction because of an emotional state. Or sometimes just say 'well I'm not fat so why can't I eat this donut - stuff it I'm going to eat it!' and this would be true if the negative/hurtful emotions weren't attached in the aftermath. All I know is that I can eat as much as I want - when I want - of foods from the earth and my weight never fluctuates and my belly never bloates. I always have energy & feel quite peaceful when I eat this way. Reading your blogs & learning so much about how to take care of my health has given me a new lease on life...so thank you for all your hard work! because without your countless hours writing those blogs I don't doubt I'd still be on the junk food addicts vicious rollercoaster :)"
Hi Liana, I've read alot of your blogs and have been implementing so much of what I've learnt from TED.
It seems every few months I go off the 'bandwagon' and lose motivation and start to binge eat again. I don't have a weight issue but I'm more concerned why I keep doing this. I read in your earlier blogs that you kept repeating this vicious cycle of binge eating until you started TED.
Is there a blog where you talk about what changed your habits forever...what made you snap out of the binge cycle? I know what to do - and 80% of the time I do eat really well but then I always think I should 'treat' myself and as soon as I have 1 piece of bad chocolate (not your lovely chocolate balls but store bought) it catapultes me into wanting HEAPS of junk food. Then the guilt consumes me and I feel awful/fat/weak etc etc
I believe it's all mental and was just wondering if you have any tips to help as I know its what you use to struggle with. Really love what your doing - your blog is so insightful and it gives me new ideas/motivation every time I read it. Keep up the great work.
Jena x
Liana's response:
HI JENA! First of all and it might sound weird...or not..i feel like a COMMON thing that humans do is put ourselves into a position of we feel really good and then we feel really bad... it's like a yin yang, balance of light and dark kind of thing. So with a 'vicious cycle' or addiction it takes time until it exists no longer... the most important thing for you to know is that YOU WILL BE FREE from it and can... We usually keep ourselves in a cycle like this as self sabotage because we are afraid to go within and feel what it is that we need to feel. so we cover it up with something else.
I did exactly the same thing as you... i would eat one candy or one chocolate and then BANG would feel so guilty and end up eating it all!
I don't have a blog on that when i snapped completely out of it...it is an ongoing process...i felt myself last night wanting to reach for something un earth diet to deal with my emotions and then realized waiittttt that will make me feel worse and then did some work on the computer which i love to distract me in a way! it is absolutely a choice though as no one is forcing us to do it. Thats why I went on TED for 365 days because i was so scared to keep eating one piece of chocolate and then be put back into the cycle. And i was looking forward to a life free from it!!! Imagine if we lived a life where we could constantly be choosing things that keep us feeling so good and out of a vicious cycle? we can... it takes work... you are on a good path because you are already asking this question. It can also be a physical addiction to having something frequently like sugar which is like a drug, and also a mental thing, if we don't know how to resonate with FEELING GOOD and being at high energy frequency we will do something to lower our vibration which is usually through food, alcohol, drugs, vicious cycles etc!
I guess if any advice... next time you feel that urge to binge... don't do it, absolutely do not do it, you will probably experience so much anger and sadness and just feel it, i write it out on paper and then rip it up after but when I do that sooo much anger and sadness comes out and then after its like a relief its all out... what are your beliefs??? universe? God? source? will help to know... because knowing there is that energy you can tap into that is abundant with love and consciousness is reassuring especially when there are no humans around to offer that unconditional love.
One thing is for sure is that binge eating, addictions and vicious cycles come from FEAR and not from LOVE. And it creates more fear in our body. When we are SO IN LOVE with ourselves and feeling good it is impossible to reach for something that makes us feel bad... until we need that lower vibration experience again to remind us why NOT to do it again!!! Thank you for the kind words Jena, its emails like yours that REALLY TRULY keep me going :)
Hope this conversation helps somehow lol alot just came out!!! :)))
Thank you again Jena, Lots of love, Liana :)
Jena wrote back: "I was able to turn myself around and 'snap' out of my slump on my own but your advice is something new to me. I've never thought of bingeing coming from a fearful place. very insightful! I know its an issue that most of my girlfriends struggle with. Instead of 'quick fixes' I've tried to take on the philosophy of the earth diet and eat only good foods that are provided by the earth. its the first 'lifestyle' that feels right for me. I know I can eat like this the rest of my life - and look forward to it! I'd say I use to have a sugar addiction hands down but now its not the sugar I run to but rather junk food as a reaction because of an emotional state. Or sometimes just say 'well I'm not fat so why can't I eat this donut - stuff it I'm going to eat it!' and this would be true if the negative/hurtful emotions weren't attached in the aftermath. All I know is that I can eat as much as I want - when I want - of foods from the earth and my weight never fluctuates and my belly never bloates. I always have energy & feel quite peaceful when I eat this way. Reading your blogs & learning so much about how to take care of my health has given me a new lease on life...so thank you for all your hard work! because without your countless hours writing those blogs I don't doubt I'd still be on the junk food addicts vicious rollercoaster :)"
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'NATURALLY AWESOME' Wrote...
Ahh, where to begin? For a long time, I've struggled to find a dietary alternative to the consumerism trend of fast "food", processed products, and chemical laden junk. I have health issues of my own that are exacerbated by these things, and at least one of my children is sensitive to them as well. In my quest to find foods that were both conducive to our health, and congruous with my personal belief system, we stumbled many times. We tried to eliminate red dye and refined sugar. We tried gluten free and casein free. We were long advocates of soy, yet the rise of GMOs and other such issues filled me with guilt towards the end and that too was abandoned. The closest we ever came to something that worked for us, physically and ethically, was a slightly modified Paleolithic diet. It worked for us, but still didn't feel quite right. Night after night of research, book after book of information. It got to where my head hurt just thinking about it. There were bits and pieces of each method that appealed to me. There were bits and pieces of each method that just made no sense at all. I struggled to find something that blended the best of all of them, discarding the rest. With no formal training in nutrition, I was at a complete loss. I knew what I wanted, and I knew what I didn't want. I just didn't know how to merge it into a complete dietary lifestyle. Until one day, I came across the EARTH DIET. When I first found it, it was simply a stub on wikipedia. That was all it took. It was simple, basic, easy to follow, all-encompassing... AND it allowed for personal adaptation. We could work it into our lifestyle as we saw fit. It was, essentially, exactly what I'd been hunting for. I was instantly drawn to it. Further research, more reading. It all made sense to me now. Everything was exactly as I thought a diet should be. It was fun, filled with variety, allowed for personal preference, cost effective, covered all the basic human dietary needs, and it shared my pro-natural/anti-processed views. This was it! What I had been hunting for all along. The Earth Diet is relatively simple in principle. The principle claims of the Earth Diet are:
And to that end, it met all of my requirements. It eliminated processed/artificial crap, incorporated fresh foods, promoted ethically responsible purchases and catered to more than just the physical well-being that most diets concerned themselves with. It was, for us at least, absolutely perfect. And so it began. Recipes were collected, meal plans devised. I have to admit, it was a lot of fun and the options were plentiful. Incorporating some of our favourite dietary practices (smoothies for breakfast, bento box lunches, fun fruit-based desserts and veggie-based snacks) became easier to do than with any previous diet, and the simple/natural approach felt fulfilling spiritually as well. As time wears on, I will share pics and recipes, meal plans and more. I'll also touch base on supplements that we take and how we administer them (I won't lie, fish oil tastes nasty). Ultimately though, perhaps the best part of this diet is that there are no real "rules" beyond the basic principles. You eat what you like, you avoid what you don't. You do what works for you. You own it, you make it yours, you design it around YOUR particular needs/wants/desires. How awesome is that? http://naturallyawesome.thoughts.com/posts/the-earth-diet 
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Jade's story...
The Earth Diet BOOK is LIFE CHANGING in so many ways! "I've been visiting the Earth diet website heaps lately. I just want to say thank you so much for changing my life, now that i'm so much healthier and lighter than I was before, I've started to see what I was missing out on in life! Liana Werner-Gray you are the most amazing inspiration ever!" Gretchen Delzeith Made the chicken wraps from TED BOOK for dinner tonight and they were fantastic ! Derek Hall I'm doing the 7 day juice cleanse from TED BOOK with these drinks right now. Nothing but the drinks, water and a few vitamin supplements for 7 days. :) Randy Frazee Got my TED BOOK today and I'm pretty excited about it! I was happy to receive my copy ...well worth the wait! I'm not one bit disappointed. Tina Iovine Love Love Love the book!!! Got it yesterday and haven't put it down yet!! Going shopping and then in kitchen!! I will let you know my favorites!! So happy!! thank you!! 
Jean Weiss got her book in the mail! The first thing she made was RAW COOKIE DOUGH BALLS! "Got my EPIC book in the mail today ;-) ... hehehe Had to christen it w making pg 91 "RAW Cookie Dough Balls" and haddddddddd 2 try em even if I'm juicing ... DYNAMITE. My 5-degree Naturopath Dr (MD/Oncologist/Chiropractor/Sports medicine) will approve LOL. He loves oatmeal so will make these for him Wed when I take my niece back for her bloodwork results !!! Maybe he'll recommend eating all 12 in one sitting! Well I'll admit my dog had one and then me and then...I like em even better plain w no cacao but OH MY GOSH my brain and taste buds were humming your praise ;-)
Really soooooooooo delish and guilt free." Dishes For Life LOVES The Earth Diet! Let's turn America's health around! Veronika Krželj Received my ebook!!! Thank you so much!!! Love, Veronika ♥ Michelle Buchanan Received my ebook. Its fabulous thanks for sharing ♥♥ Angela Bettess Just made nut berry smoothie from the The Earth Diet! Very, very yummy!!! :) 
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Chizelle's story...
Chizelle just finished 365 days of doing The Earth Diet! She started with her daughter Candice August 2nd 2011. They kept a DAILY ONLINE BLOG here: www.chizelle.com Day 1 - "As would be expected the first day was easy (aren’t first days always?). Even though today was easy I’m still wondering how Liana did this for 365 days. A whole year seems like a long time to not eat a Picnic or a Mars Bar. So today was the first day of our challenge: 365 Days sugar free, preservative free, MSG free, chemical free, GMO free, flavourings free, hormone free, artificial anything free." CANDICE blogged one day that "Celebrations were getting my 4 yr old sister to eat home-made ice cream consisting of lemon juice, agave and avocado which she hates and being told it was the best ever!" CHIZELLE SAID: "There is something far more satisfying about being completely in control and aware of what goes into your body." Here is what Chizelle and Candiice Learned, Experienced and Enjoyed: + New recipes (many which they share on their blogs) + Drinking less coffee + Appreciating food more + Being conscious of food choices + Sustaining high energy to live life! + Juices and Smoothies for cellular nutrition |
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Andrew's story...
Andrew Roth is a born and raised New Yorker who works in FILM. He started implementing The Earth Diet lifestyle into his life in 2010. He is 40 years old and lives in a YOUNG body and says sometimes has "too much energy!"
Here is what Andrew noticed about his life changing with TED: + Alleviates his lactose intolerance + Excretion and breath smell better + Mood is lighter and less stressed + Much more energy and focus for working on set + Replaced pharmaceutical drugs with natural remedies like garlic for headaches and ginger for colds + He enjoys replacements for dairy and cheese like TED Raw Pizzas, Nut Milks, Raw Ice Cream Raw Lasagana and Raw Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups! (recipes here) + He soaks in EPSOM SALTS for relaxing his muscles! + He is 40 years old and lives in a YOUNG body that feels good + He is able to maintain his weight and physique with little effort + Muscle building and maintaining is easier + He drinks Rockin Wellness DAILY and has an ABUNDANCE of energy + His overall quality of life has improved! 
Andrew on set. Visit his IMDB.
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Chris Lojac healed himself of testicular cancer in less than 2 years with JUICING DAILY, coffee enemas and a PLANT BASED DIET The Earth Diet style! THIS SHOWS WHAT IS POSSIBLE Liana Werner-Gray speaks with Chris in New York July 2012. BEFORE: CANCER. At least a burger a day, a steak a week,
hotdogs as snacks, chicken cutlets and chicken nuggets, at least a glass of milk a day, and lots of different cheeses. 
AFTER: Free of cancer. HEALTHY. Enjoying all the
earth provides naturally! eating foods that are ALIVE, juicing daily, fresh fruits and vegetables. 
Liana Werner-Gray with Chris Lojac at Organic Corner NY July 2012.
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Chris's story...
The date November 4, 2010 will forever be burnt into my memory. On that day I was diagnosed with testicular cancer at the age of 25. It came as a crushing blow. I had suspected it for several months at the time but was in denial. How could it possibly happen to me? I had been what I thought was healthy, weightlifting nearly every day and eating what I was told was the "proper diet". The way the cancer had manifested into detection was because I had sustained an injury causing swelling in the testicle. I was put on anti-inflammatory medicine but the swelling never fully reduced. Several checkups and tests later I was diagnosed with testicular cancer. The next day I was in the operating room and the tumor was removed. After the surgery they began watching the tumor markers in my blood. About a month and a half later my doctor told me that the tumor markers weren’t going down nearly fast enough and that “It was no longer a matter of if I needed chemo therapy, it was a matter of how much.” Another moment I won’t forget. They went on to tell me of all the side effects associated with the chemo therapy. The ones standing out in my mind are possible nerve damage in my fingers, a much higher chance of getting another kind of cancer that I never had before, and a high chance of going sterile. My choices were three one week sessions each one month apart, or four one week sessions each one month apart. In other words, do I want to be poisoned fast and possibly have stronger adverse side effects, or poisoned slower in hopes of reducing the damages of chemo therapy. Given those options I told them no, absolutely not. I would take my chances and believe in my body’s, and my own, will to live. Not knowing what to do and being severely depressed about the whole situation, I was prepared to do nothing. Until one day, my father and I were looking for a documentary to watch on Netflix and we stumbled upon one called Food Matters. I thought to myself “Yes, food does matter.” In that documentary we were introduced to something called the Gerson Therapy, developed by Dr. Max Gerson and continued today by his daughter Charlotte Gerson. Max Gerson had been healing people of cancer, and other diseases, since the 1940’s and there have been countless cases since then of people being healed and completely cured who were much worse than I. Not a survival rate of five years and deemed “cured” even if they died in five years and one day. These people were not clinging to life, they were living life. That was something I could not ignore. I dove into the Gerson Therapy and suddenly realized how big of a life change it was going to be. It consists of no meat whatsoever, no dairy, no sugar, no processed foods, all organic fruits and vegetables. It requires juicing every day, many times a day, eating hearty salads with flax seed oil and apple cider vinegar, two baked potatoes a day, and taking coffee enemas among other guidelines. It’s a tough transition, but when faced with the decision do you want to live happy and healthy, or wither slowly and die, the answer becomes clear. The whole process had opened my eyes to just how sick I had become on the typical American diet. How basically everything I had been taught about nutrition and the proper, essential foods was either flat out wrong or grossly misleading. Starting off on the Gerson Therapy, which is extreme because it heals people who are seriously ill and dying, and branching out into other similar dietary paths has shown me how to truly eat for health. My diet before I developed cancer had consisted of mostly meat, beef and chicken, followed by a lot of dairy, milk and cheese, and sugar with other processed foods to fill in the gaps. Fruits and vegetables were nowhere to be found. Since I was weightlifting so much I wanted to flood my body with as much protein and possible, and I was always taught animal protein is the only way to become stronger. I’d have at least a burger a day, a steak a week, hotdogs as snacks, chicken cutlets and chicken nuggets whenever I could, at least a glass of milk a day, and lots of different cheeses. All of which contribute to the growth of cancer. Knowing what I know now there is no doubt that I was a prime candidate to develop cancer, it was inevitable. Everything I thought I was doing to stay healthy and strong was leading me to a path of sickness. I had everything reversed. Your body doesn’t need animal protein; it doesn’t need meat, milk, or cheese. If you eat the proper fruits and vegetables, nuts and berries, juice every day, you will become healthy and you will become stronger. I still weight lift nearly every day and recover from my workouts faster than I ever had before. I’m also happy to say that on a raw plant based diet I was able to completely rid myself of cancer and have taken blood tests to confirm that fact. Taking your diet from what’s grown in the EARTH, eating what nature had intended us to eat, removing processed foods and unnatural dead food is the only way to be truly healthy. After I made the transition into a healthy state of mind, and a healthy way of eating, I couldn’t think of ever going back to the way I was before. I feel happier, healthier, I have much more energy, and even my skin looks and feels better. The food I eat now is alive, fresh organic fruits and vegetables, it gives me life and will give life to anyone who dares to take a chance and eat the food that our earth provides for us all. |
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CHRIS WARK'S story... Chris Wark beat terminal bowel cancer completely natural and chemo free in 12 months with PROPER NOURISHMENT and NUTRITION through "Earth Based Foods". www.chrisbeatcancer.com |
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Cate's story...
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MAY 5TH 2012 Cate wrote... Hi Liana & friends, I'm hoping you can help me with this, the doctors say there is nothing they can do :-( Six weeks ago I developed a skin condition under my arm. I tired treating it with tea tree oil, keeping it clean with coconut oil but it wasn't going away. It actually spread and I have patches all over my torso. Doctors say it is pityriasis rosea and there is no cure. I guess nobody even really knows what causes it but they think it's a virus and it may not go away for another six weeks or even six months. It's turning into summer here now and I'm all covered up so nobody will see. Please I am open to any ideas you have!! Love, Cate Liana wrote back: Cate!!!!!!So great to hear from you!!! Ok firstly EVERYTHING IS CURABLE... doctors are limited these days to what they know and can treat because what they are learning is so old school and buy the book; to sell medicines. so thats good news for you!!! Have you heard of Dr Coldwell? He is the LEADING doctor in the world for curing people naturally with dis-ease and cancer and i am great friends with him :) I spoke to him yesterday about you... He said take VITAMIN C, ZINC and H202. You can get zinc capsules from chemist/drug store... quite powerful... and with the vitamin c if you can get high doses through a drip, some alternative places do this and takes like 2 hours. Also ONLY eat from the earth completely and fully to make sure your body is getting loaded with nutrients and NOURISHMENT! We will so get rid of this Cate FOREVER!!!!!! Love Liana June 19th 2012 Cate wrote... My skin is completely clear now – at its worst, both armpits and my entire abdomen were covered in lesions. This seemed so hopeless and I was really struggling with despair more than any physical symptoms. I cleaned the entire affected area twice a day with hydrogen peroxide and then put a thin layer of zinc on over it. I was also taking zinc supplements. There’s no oranges grown here in Minnesota so a colleague in California picked 2 dozen oranges from his person grove and sent them via overnight parcel to me. So I ate 3 oranges a day for fresh Vitamin C (I avoid supplements if I can). It was completely gone by 16 May so 8 days total. And doctors told me it was not possible and then that it would be 12 weeks to 6 months! This really means the world to me. I go every summer to this waterfall and the thought of not being able to get in the water until September or October was devastating. The doctors had me convinced that I’d be covered up in turtlenecks all summer to hide this horrible condition. Thank you again Liana!! You and Dr Coldwell are the reason I will be spending my summer outside with my daughter loving life instead of hiding! Love, Cate |
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Donna's story...
I thought it would be beneficial to share where I used to be before I began my 30 Day juicing journey. I remember how important it is to remember where I came from to then know where I am going. In December 2011, I spent the holiday in Puerto Rico, with a dear friend of mine. I was thrilled at the thought of ringing in the year 2012 with her and her family but the one thing I could not shake was that I was in a beautiful paradise but I was unhappy and unhealthy! I thought to myself "You could start fresh this year" but I knew if I was going to be happy and make a change I had to put my health as a priority. Leading up to the New Year celebration I literally had a breakdown. I couldn't pinpoint the reason at the time but I was terribly unhappy with myself.... something HAD to be done. Steven Robalino, who had always been a good friend to me, never shoved the idea of juicing down my throat but I actually had to make that extra step closer to him in order to see my solution was in juicing. I learned that, with a little help from my friend ;) I am able to achieve exactly the kind of success that would change this year into the best one YET! I am proud of myself and my achievements but also and so proud to have Steven as my friend, supporter, mentor, and health "guru" =) I am who I am supposed to be today... and it doesn't stop here. My life is forever changed and I can ONLY improve from here on out.... Thanks for everything Steve!! (The Before photo is from January 2012 in Rincon, Puerto Rico and mind you I have no bathing suit shot from the trip and the After shot was in my room just last week April 4,2012) Total weight lost so far 40 lbs =) Next Goal = SPARTAN RACE BABY!!! (Join us next year 2013!!!) Connect with Donna: http://www.facebook.com/donna.dee2 Juicing 101: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Juicing101/ 
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Donna June 2012 at Spartan Race!
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In 3 months...
Competing...
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Ashleigh's story...
This is my story... My starting weight in 2009 was 41kgs (90lbs). How did I get this small? I was very depressed and sad with my life. I became sick and ill when I was with my ex boyfriend whom I cared for but was very hard and exhausting and all I did was worry about him and forgot about myself. I stopped eating....everything, and one day i looked in the mirror and saw a very scared, tired girl looking back at me. I later left him and started to get my life back. I had many people tell me "You need to eat" or "God your skinny" which made me very self conscious because I actually couldn't really see the full effect it had on me. I then began eating whatever I could to get back to my more normal 55kgs. I ate so much that I couldn't see how big I was getting. I ended up getting to 60kgs, you may say that's nothing but for me it felt huge as I have never been that big before and being a small framed girl it was hard accept, how could I go from being a size 4 to a size almost 10? I started my journey by getting everything in my life right. I got a great job, I got back in contact with old friends and I decided I needed to do something about the weight I had put on so I joined a gym. The next thing I did absolutely changed me and i am so grateful that I actually took the steps. step 1) Buy new workout shoes step 2) Buy new workout clothes step 3) Start researching healthy clean foods and meals I started getting personal training and really started getting into the gym. I was training about 6 times a week and 2 times with a trainer. I started to tone up and loose a bit of fat and a few months later I was approached by a girl at the gym who had done sports model comps before and she said I had the body for it. I doubted myself instantly and thought there's no way I could do that especially after my ex and having no confidence, BUT I jumped on the net and started my research once again. I looked up what body builders/sports models ate and how they trained and It was easy, eat clean, solid healthy foods from the earth. No processed foods or artificial sugars. Weeks later I decided I'm going to go ahead with this and give it a go and started my pre-comp diet of protein and veggies. Everything I ate in that time made a world of difference, My skin to my hair to everything. Every meal I hate had protein so for example: Meal 1: Oats with protein powder Meal 2: Egg whites with honey Meal 3: Protein shake, apple and almonds Meal 4: Meat protein either chicken or fish with green veggies Meal 5: Protein shake, apple and almonds Meal 6: Meat protein either chicken or fish with green veggies BUT this is very strict and would not recommend doing this for long periods of time. We NEED carbohydrates to sustain a healthy balanced diet so please do not go off this for a long term fix. Now my food consists of healthy wraps, salads, stir fry's and anything CLEAN. I try to avoid processed foods and foods that are full with sugar but a little bit every now and then doesn't hurt, especially if it is raw (then it doesn't have processed sugar) !! My habits before I started clean eating were TERRIBLE. I would literally have a packet of chips, chocolate, ice cream and lollies everyday. My meals weren't too bad but it was the sugar cravings that got me. My body was so used to eating sugar and fatty foods that the more I ate the more I craved. It takes a while to break a habit and that's why it was, I need to end the cycle and going to the gym and seeing other fit people gave me that motivation and honestly when I got home from the gym the last thing I wanted was a candy bar or something that would ruin my workout. Everyone is different though and if you really want to loose weight the best advice I can give you and do something that will MAKE you go to the gym or MAKE you want to exercise. Whether it be joining a netball team to water aerobics or a yoga class. Anything is better then sitting on you bum bum. Do no be intimidated by people at the gym and girls DO NOT be scared of weights, learn to love them and get a trainer if you want to learn the right technique and sets/reps needed to build muscle and burn body fat. The term i use is TONE, toning up does no mean you will look like a man, it means you look healthy! I have sooooo much energy since I started eating right, whereas before I would always need a sleep in the daytime. I thought this was due me having low iron because I do not eat red meat but it wasn't. My diet effected me in more ways then I could sit here and type about. My skin, my moods, my energy, my concentration, EVERYTHING gets affected when we do not feed our body the right foods. Our bodies were not made to process artificial ingredients so it makes us tired because were working overtime to break those nasties down. My fav recipe is of course my chicken salad. Using only: Lettuce Carrot Red onion Cucumber Spinach Tomato mixing in some chicken slices which i cooked in the oven in foil for about 20 mins little bit of olive oil and a sprinkle of crushed almonds I know it sounds boring but its fresh, healthy and i love it. (TED Chicken recipes here!) I competed in my first fitness comp 2 weeks ago and I feel amazing, it has give me back my zest for life and I love training. I love food and eating so much that I am now studying an Advanced Diploma of Nutritional Medicine.This journey took me about 9 months, but the real changes came when I was doing my intense dieting for 12 weeks. The best part about my transformation is that I now have so much information and can tell other people first hand how the process was and how great I feel. I will never go back to the way I was. Its an addiction now and I love being healthy. Becoming aware of what we eat is so important and you don't need a fad diet or crazy calorie counting to tell you how to eat, its simple......if it comes from the earth......its amazing and THE EARTH DIET is a perfect example of how to change your LIFESTYLE! There is no greater feelings then the feeling of being alive and well because we take care of our selves. Your number one so make a change and feed you body the fuel it needs to sustain a long and healthy life. I hope I have given you some insight into my journey, and if anything I hope a little motivation as well. No matter how big you are or how unmotivated EVERYONE can make the change for a healthy life....you just have to want it, no one can help you but YOU!! What next for me?......just wait and see :) <3 Love always Ashleigh W xx www.facebook.com/ashywilson88 |
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Nine questions with Marilynn Pridham
1. Why did you want to change? I was always athletic and energetic growing up but as I got older I went through a period of lethargy and depression; I felt bloated often, mentally exhausted and just not myself. I could tell something was off so I became proactive about my health and nutrition, planning for the future. A nutritionist explained the body's pH balance to me and started me on a plan, I saw changes within the week; there was even a fluid buildup in my wrist that disappeared almost instantly. I began an exercise routine and watched my body begin to transform. 2. How long did it take/have you been on this path for? I began making positive changes around 5 years ago but only started prioritizing muscle building 2 years ago. I stay in similar shape year round. 3. Best part of the transformation? My attitude! I feel amazing, my outlook on life is incredible and I've never been happier! I believe anything is possible and see every moment as an opportunity and a miracle. Since the change so many positive things have come into my life. 4. What do you mostly eat and do now? oatmeal, eggs, nuts, almond milk, avocado, berries, apples, greek yoghurt, spinach, asparagus, broccoli, chicken, salmon, natural pb, celery. I eat 5-6 meals a day and workout 5-6 days a week 5. The hardest part? It took awhile but your tastes change and you start to crave the good foods not the bad. It's harder to prepare healthy meals than to take a shortcut and grab something quick with little to no nutrition. It takes determination and a lot of people don't understand why you're doing it, outside attitudes can be hard to deal with but everyone seems to understand now and its become easier. 6. What was your life like before??? Habits, parts that sucked etc Work, stress, bad eating, bad sleep, alcohol, depression, no goals 7. Your best results? My body has transformed, I'm competing in fitness competitions, I've put on muscle and have more energy. My new attitude and strength has opened up opportunities for me and brought positive people into my life. 8. Say something about The Earth Diet and your idea of living a lifestyle that focuses on earths natural ingredients.... I believe we were meant to live a certain way and given the things we need to survive and since have distorted our reality so much that people are searching for meaning and purpose. I love the simplicity of the Earth Diet, it's the way we were meant to eat and if we could start from scratch we'd find everything has been created for us to give our bodies exactly what they need. The Earth and the human body are both so complex and so magnificent! 9. What is next for you? Next I will be competing in the Ontario Physique Association and studying to write my personal training and nutrition exam. I plan to have a private training facility built to give special attention to women that need to revitalize their tired bodies and boost their self esteem. I can't wait to start helping change lives! To connect with Mariylnn here is her facebook profile: http://www.facebook.com/marilynn.pridham 
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Dan Lacy's story... The main reason I wanted to start a new type of nutritional lifestyle was actually pretty shallow, I wanted to look good to have more confidence when it came to dating. I also always am looking to be the best at what I do, and training to be physically fit has always been a huge part of my life. I had recently found an interest in physique competitions, because when I have a goal to work toward I can concentrate and commit 110% to it. Around the same time my roommate told me we were going to be having a visitor staying in our house for a few weeks, that visitor turned out to be Liana. When I learned of her background I became a lot more interested in how the natural diet works, mainly so I could attempt to have educated conversations. As I did my research I found that most professional bodybuilders advocate some type of organic lifestyle. The research also lead me to see that processed foods really are detrimental to the body and our health. The liver is the main fat burning organ in the body, so if it is using all of its energy to filter chemicals out it has no time to burn off excess fat. So I decided to give The Earth Diet (TED) a try. The journey began early March of 2012 and I am writing this testimony early June 2012. I went from eating candy bars and cereal to kale and sun warrior protein. The foods that filled my refrigerator and cabinets were along the lines of organic fruit, vegetables, fish, chicken, almond butter, sprouted grain bread, green tea, flax seeds, hemp seeds, brazil nuts, almonds, almond milk, cacao powder, wheat bran, TED almond butter cups (recipe here), and plenty of other organic whole foods. I started coming up with my own recipes. With the help of Liana, I made things like cold kale, parsley, cilantro, almond milk soup with fish, sounds odd but was surprisingly tasty. I also concocted things like organic chicken chili with beans, vegetables, fruit, and coffee. Along with many other TED recipes that were thrown my way. While I was changing to this new lifestyle I was also training for the physique competition in early June. I would be in the gym for hours at a time and never feel any less energetic. The only hard part of the new diet was adjusting to not being able to consume my favorite childhood snacks like candy bars and cereal. Although, these craving were easily satisfied by the TED almond butter cups. By the day of my competition I had dropped from 215 pounds to 179 pounds, my bench press went from 335 pounds to 365 pounds, my squat increased from 225 pounds to 275 pounds, and my dead lift increased from 315 pounds to 365 pounds. This just shows I was not even slightly malnourished during my training. I am overly satisfied with the TED lifestyle and will continue to follow it as best I can; I am of course only human. But I expect only to continue to see health and appearance improvements in the future. Hopefully it will keep me alive and complication free well into my elderly years. Connect with Dan on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/daniel.lacy HEALTH STARTS WHEN
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Just want to say that it's great that Liana Werner-Gray is doing this. I'm one of those person always wanted to change my eating habits and saving the earth. Thank you again. Rafael Rodriguez May 21st 2012 Hey Liana, The earth diet helped me transform my life in so many ways! I was overweight and i lost 15 kilos on the earth diet, and my skin and all my school grades have improved HEAPS! I juiced my mum some beet and made her some raw chocolate peanut butter balls on mothers day, she couldn't believe that the chocolate she was eating was actually GOOD for you!I am definitely going to try and watch ALIVE here from Perth! So excited for it and the TED book! Thankyou so much for replying! It really made my day and it's soo nice to get an email back that is sincerely written and not just some computer generated message... :) Jade Jade, May 20TH 2012
Hi Liana, I just wanted to thank you for being such a big inspiration for me, ever since I started reading your blogs I have started to take care of myself and really think about what I eat and exercising. The earth diet has changed my life! Also, being 15 years old, I used to think that I had to be super skinny and starve myself. Reading your blogs about inner being and just being yourself have taken me so far and have really changed my outlook on life! I can't thank you enough! It would be so amazing to meet you, drop into Perth if you ever have some spare time! :) Again, thank you so much for inspiring me and changing my life. :) ps: beet juice is so yummy and addictive! Jade - Perth, Australia Rafael Alvarez April 29th I personally DISSOLVED 11 gallstones with a SUPER STRICT VEGAN DIET, although it took me 4 months, I never had to get operated. I had TWO MAJOR gallbladder attacks until I finally got the nerve to go to a homeopathic/naturopathic doctor who managed my problem with FOOD !!! Lost 40 pounds in the transition, but heyyyyyyyy, I needed to change my lifestyle !!! The good doc said to me: The Gallbladder is like a smoke alarm, if it is ringing, it means that the whole house will burn down if you do not attend to it. and in modern medicine, we just cut the smoke alarm out, instead of tending to the cause of the problem, hahahahaha Lindsay - January 26th 2012
When i first stumbled onto your youtube video's i started watching them and it created a change in me, a catalyst . I have suffered with an eating disorder (bingeing) amongst other emotional issues for a very long time. Watching yourself put me into action! I started eating earth diet style, stared counselling to deal with my issues. The change i feel is amazing, i haven't felt like this since i was a kid!! The way in which you are so honest and caring with the information you put out is what made me feel "safe" enough to change myself. So, that said, what i hope to get from your book (purchase here) is more of the same. Just more information on being a loving, caring person whom eats responsibly in this world for my own health, spirituality and that of the planet. I would love to see lot's of Vegan recipes! I've always cooked all my own meals my whole life and i have to say, i will probably never bake treats again, all the chocolate ball / slice recipe's are so wonderful, they totally rock my socks:) In fact that was my first 'raw' recipe that i made and haven't looked back. I wish my TED book was already in the mail!! Thank you so much for all you do, please keep all of your hard work up. I appreciate it so much and am very grateful for it!! Sincerely with love, Lindsay Wolkowski Amanda - February 5th 2012
Hi Liana, My name is Amanda Koppen and I am from Melbourne Victoria. I have just purchased your new book and can not wait to read it, I am very excited. I wrote to you once about detoxing when breastfeeding and you wrote back to me with such love and kindness and I have never forgotton it, so much so that I have blogged your website on my website called www.blankeytime.com.au I am hoping that everyone that visits my site will also visit your's and gain inspiration from your site just as I have done. In saying this if you know someone that has just had a baby or is about to have one I hope blankeytime can help them to. Thank you for taking time in reading my email and I hope your book goes very well for you which I already know it will. Love Amanda Koppen ReverseAge Wellness Consulting
Congratulations to Organic Corner ~ Health Market & Juice Bar Website launch! Home to The Earth Diet meals, Juice & Smoothie Lounge, Organic Teas and Coffee, Fresh Sandwiches and MORE! Tailor a "diet" plan specific to your needs and preferences today! :))) Thuy Chu oh yes, of course your chocolate recipe (balls)....but you have no idea HOW MUCH I eat.....it tastes so rich and I keep eating them....I feel so guilty.....xoxoxo :)) Joshua N Anna Scurry We have been very committed for our April challnege :) All Earth Diet foods, and majority raw. Our workouts have been super strong, powered by living foods and water ;) TopShelf Network, Inc. The Earth Diet is sold at Organic Corner ~ Health Market & Juice Bar ! If you are in Long Island, NY check them out! We love everyone there! ALIVE New York Have you checked out the The Earth Diet ? ATTN: Chocolate lovers there is an entire section dedicated to chocolate ♥ Danielle Asher The class was fantastic. I can't get over how amazing the lasagna tasted. Thank you so much for what you do Liana. What an inspiring story. Nadine Gray I had mouth ulcers & my belly piercing became infected after a big weekend... I used the Colloidal Silver Water for my mouth & Silver repair cream for my belly and both were GONE within 24 hrs! I swear by it :) Hannah McLendon Thank you SO much! Mary Miller Thanks for blogging! I'm glad to be able to read your experiences -- and recipes -- as I move further into going raw. Danielle Asher Thank Liana! I just went to Organic Corner and got some of the Pesto Pasta and a red juice. I ran into Debbie there. thank you so much for all you do. See you in 2012. ReverseAge Wellness Consulting We are working harder to be mostly RAW too! And I'm trying to get into toned bikini shape, & Josh wants to be speedo ready :p (just kidding lol)... We are on this challenge with you!!! Getting sexified through RAW foods and exercise :) Top2Bottom just want to give special thanks to The Earth Diet & European Image Tanning salons for keeping me thin & tan! TopShelf Network, Inc. ♥ Migani Fitness Trainer Your blogs are great! Extraordinary Beings...Inspired Lives Delicious, Colourful, Good for You FOOD! Here's my all time FAVE good for you food page that you know I rant on about all the time The Earth Diet, and a newbie I just found and joined because it looks good, Your Delicious Life. Limber up those taste buds and get healthy!! Enjoy!! :) Sweet and Vicious WE ♥ HER! SO YOU SHOULD DO! Liana Werner-Gray FROM THE The Earth Diet xo Sakura Health Hi Liana! Just popped over from Sakura Health to say hi! Love the website, keep up the great work :) Migani Fitness Trainer So interesting about the benefits of beet - The more colour on our plate the better! Folks, try hot water and a couple of slices of lemon instead of juice tomorrow morning. The benefits are amazing! Paul Nguyen I am relaxed just knowing that this post is here. :) Thanks for posting, Liana, and thank you all for reading and relaxing! It's going to make us all better and more balanced people. Diana Mitchell This is so Cool! I totally will have to share this. Thanks. Veronika Krželj Hey! How are you all doing? I´m doing great! Day 52 on my Earth Diet. Had a few ups and downs, but still doing fine. I was wondering, has anyone ever tried chia? My dad bought it but I still don´t know how to actually eat it. I mean, can I put chia in any meal? Any tips? Thank you! xxx Romany Nia Liana, whenever I go onto your website I can't help but salivate...! Ron Dodd I agree w/ the cancer and any dis-ease or disease taking over being examples of our loss of control. I tend to lean towards we do our best and hope for the best but the reality is that we can not control anything in this plane of existence. Is the essence of you represented by this vessel? More of a random landing of our souls I think. Veronika Krželj Hi! I learned about the Earth Diet through the Kora Organics Blog and I just loved the idea! I´m looking forward to start with it! Namaste, V. Extraordinary Beings...Inspired Lives Thank you for saving all the chocoholics of the Universe...like me :) Mark Buchanan This is great, but some people have allergies to a lot of food, like my wife. I LOVE IT THOUGH! Romany Nia always natural Nigel Arnold going natural is da best Liane Pearson YUMMMMYYYY!! April Elaine Powell Battled and Won!! Necessary surgery..Self care: change food..stress levels..exercise..spiritual practice, creative practice and ATTiTUDE!!!! Romany Nia ah thank you for the information Liana, really appreciate it! I think I will purchase some as I really need to get all the toxins out! chelation is the worst with the bad side effects. c'mon little mitochondria, get rid of your oxidative stress! :) xx Romany Nia I love this! Karen Wood awesome! that's how i found your site Liana, through Chizelle S. SalterSharlette Woodard Well, thank you very much for he enlightenment..., I am all for adapting to better eating habits. I eat organically(basically),but,have yet to try a lot of things;) Veronika Krželj Hi everyone! Well, I started the Earth Diet on January 26th. For almost a month I ate only things provided by the earth and I did really great. But a few things happened, including the anxiety I felt before the final exams, that made me kind of screw this new lifestyle up :( I passed all the exams (I have to give two more this week), ...but on the other hand, I feel I´ve failed. I´ve been talking to my nutritionist (who was amazed when I told her about this idea two months ago) - And now I´m ready to start this all over again. So, as where I live the day is about to end, I´m starting tomorrow and will try to give my best to succeed this time. Thanks for encouraging us with every post! Namaste, V. Erik A. Williams As stated in Liana's blog, hypnosis is one of the most effective, holistic, non-invasive ways to alleviate a number of diseases, afflictions, and neuroses. Though there are many explanations as to what it exactly is or does, but essentially it opens the pathway between the conscious and subconscious mind like building a bridge between two congested intersections or upgrading your cable internet service. I had it done a long time ago before I really knew much about it and plan on having it done further in the near future. ReverseAge Wellness Consulting We love your page, and what you are doing. Looking forward to utilizing your website and blogs for Raw ideas and recipes :-) (we need help witht his lol)Thank you for your incredible knowledge and resources when it comes to Living Foods! ♥ Ndukwe Johnson Me personal love this page carring on !ReverseAge Wellness Consulting Everytime I see your photos on this page it makes my mouth water!! You are an incredibly ceative chef :-) Thank you for all you do Liana! Happy Earth Day ♥ xoxoxo Kristina Li awesome tips ReverseAge Wellness Consulting LOVE this blog ♥ This is really some life-saving information! Tania-René Valdespino Thanks for letting help spread the word! Thuy Chu this made my night! ♥ Stu Todd MasterChef NZ If you loving cooking with organic and unprocessed for check out The Earth Diet for tips and ideas!!! Cohen Daniels Lovin the April challenge Liana. wish i was as healthy as u! Amy Wathen I found out about the Earth Diet through MFT fb page. I love your healthy ideas and recipe's! Sondra Stewart Bare I got the soap today that I won in your contest. I LOVE it!!! Alice Eklund wow liana, u amaze me! cant wait until i see u again!Joe Burnham Thank you-- I will. I love your site. Extraordinary Beings...Inspired Lives Curry with avacado. Yum! You come up with all the good stuff :) Lianda's Natural Sense Great blog by Liana of The Earth Diet about DE-CLUTTERING YOUR MIND! http://www.koraorganics.com/blog/live-in-my-skin/all-things-organic/organic-certification/de-cluttering-the-mind/ Veronika Krželj Hi everyone! I was wondering... Have you ever tried anything natural for black spots? I tried EVERYTHING, but nothing worked. I know almond extract is good for the skin, but does anyone know if it helps in this particular case? Oh, and by the way, it´s day 24 today! Earth Diet is doing great! :) Namaste. |
Chelsey Johnston how thick is mine compared to yours! nadine: "put more on!", chelsey: "i don't have any more face to put more onto!" haha p.s my skin feels AMAZING!! x  Melissah - February 28th 2012
Absolutely loving the bentonite clay. I cleanse my skin with Kora Organics but using the clay with it a couple of times a week, I never thought my skin could get any better!!!! I've also been drinking it of a morning with my lemon juice and I have to say I have noticed that it has helped me clean out and not crave junk food at all! I've love seeing all the updates on the web and have asked for the book for my birthday in a couple of weeks. Cant wait til it comes out!!! Love & light, Mel xxx June 2012
Nadine Gray Yarni. I got my arse kicked by the flu on Sunday.. Like a big arse kicking. Its now Tuesday and I am completely better! I had loads of ginger, garlic, lemon, colloidal silver, vitamin C, beetroot, carrot & bentonite clay. NO MEDICINES or DRUGS whatsoever! Ahhhh, amazing :) June 2012 Thuy Chu I'm so back to Ted!!! Need to lose 10lbs I gained during school time :)) May 2012 Marek Zielinski I like your mission. I like sharing and I like when someone shares as well. This is very positive. I like your generosity to share the abundance of health with all. I like you, I like you all. ;~) June 2012
Hey Liana - My name is Ryan. I was your videographer for your lecture (The Health Freedom Expo) on Sunday with Dr. Coldwell & Dr. Robert Scott Bell. I just wanted to say it was great meeting you! Your lecture was very motivational and it's amazing you have come so far for the health cause (as well as your other accomplishments). You have such a great personality and just being able to talk to you, as well as Dr. C and Dr. Bell, made my day! I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors, as I know you are going to do great! Hopefully I will see you next year at the Health Freedom Expo! I am currently browsing TED website and looking at these awesome recipes! I will be sure to share it with others as well. Thanks again and have a great day! - Ryan Shaffer VIDEO FROM HEALTH FREEDOM EXPO... May 2012
Liana, I've been visiting the Earth diet website heaps lately. I just want to say thank you so much for changing my life, now that I'm so much healthier and lighter than I was before, I've started to see what I was missing out on in life! You are the most amazing inspiration ever! Jade :) Jade My friends said the things I made tasted sooo good! (I made some chocolate peanut butter cups and made up my own recipe for a chickpea, cauliflower and pumpkin curry!) It was so yummy! The recipes on your website are amazing! Liana and TED featured in a blog by HCBL... Healthy from the inside out You are what you eat. We have all heard this phrase so many times, chances are you no longer really think about what it really means, dismissing it with all the other catch phrases we hear on a daily basis. The typical American diet is rich in processed packaged foods that are filled with preservatives and artificial colors. They have been all but depleted of nutrition. They are convenient, inexpensive and pleasing to the pallet. The boxes, cans and bags are colorfully and eye-catchingly designed touting words like “natural”, “diet” and “healthy”, but is there any truth in advertising? If we believe the boxes we should all be 100% healthy, in shape and vibrantly ready for life on a daily basis. The truth of what is really happening is that by eating these foods in lieu of fresh produce and healthier alternatives that come from nature, they are also making us, as a nation, overweight, ill, lethargic, depressed and less likely to live a long or healthy life. Are you willing to sacrifice your health and your quality of life for convenience? I’m not. Grocery shopping has gone from a fun family experience where you could meander down the isles with your list, filling up your cart happily, knowing that you were doing something good for yourself and your family. Planning meals, cooking, and eating were a pleasure. That is the way it should be. Unfortunately, with expansion of our farming and food industry, the government becoming much more involved, and greed and profit now playing a more primary factor than consideration for nutrition as well as health and safety, shopping has become a war game - and we as consumers have been placed on the defense. Most of us were not raised eating organic foods. This is new and uncharted territory. We need a map. Labels are confusing – they also have been geared to straight out lie to us. We have been conditioned by the media to believe that the words “diet”, “light”, “natural”, “healthy” and so on mean it is good for you, which could not be further from the truth. So what are you to do? Where is this magical map that makes this easy again? A new book is about to be released – Its called “The Earth Diet” – By Liana Werner-Gray. In 2009, Liana challenged herself to eat only foods naturally provided by the earth for 365 days. She began sharing her experience in a daily blog entitled “The Earth Diet”. Growing interest soon indicated the need for a dedicated website and since then The Earth Diet has provided access for people across the globe to become in alignment with who we truly are through natural alternatives, natural options for diet, health, well-being, remedies, weight loss and more. This lifestyle was quick to be known as a simple way to lose weight while pumping the body with nourishing nutritious whole foods. This amazing book The Earth Diet can be found at The Earth Diet www.theearthdiet.org Another wonderful resource is Chef Be Live. He is a Gourmet Raw Culinary Artist as well as a Raw Food Culinary Educator. His new book is titled “Going Going Gone Raw” and contains 50+ recipes and over 100 health secrets. www.chefbelive.com. Raw food is not only healthy, its delicious. Its a whole unexplored world of new fun flavors to try. Its like being a kid again! Do you have to go raw or vegetarian to be healthy? Of course not. But incorporating into your daily eating habits as much organic fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds and clean non- fluoridated water as you can, it will benefit you tremendously. If you choose to eat meat, buy grass fed organic, free-range antibiotic free eggs. Find RAW milk and raw milk cheese if you choose to eat dairy as the pasteurization process destroys almost all of the nutritional value. If we want to take back our food supply, the only thing big industry cares about or understands is the bottom line. If we stop buying their chemically sprayed, genetically modified, antibiotic and hormone fed produce and meat, only then will they listen and only then will we have an impact. I think Liana said it all with her title… The Earth Diet. If it didn’t come from the earth, your body wasn’t designed to digest it. This is your choice, your body and your life. Take it back. Eat healthy = Live well. It really is that simple. |
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