Participants: Curtis & Paula Eakins
Series Code: AL
Program Code: AL00176A
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00:01 You, if you were gonna miss a program
00:04 this is the one you do not want to miss 00:06 because this program is dedicated to all those 00:09 individuals who have called us to say it 00:11 I want to know how to make 00:12 transition into vegetarianism. 00:15 So I want you to stay by. 00:47 Hi, I'm Paula Eakins, the co-director director 00:53 of Abundant Living and Health Seminars, 00:57 he's right and this is Curtis Eakins 00:59 my husband and I'm also the co-director, 01:02 co-director, co-director, co-director, 01:04 but I was president, you are a vice-president, 01:05 but now you've moved up to co-director, 01:08 all my friends, now we're equal. 01:09 All my friends would be glad 01:11 when they find out that I'm now co-director, 01:13 alright, you know what I'm saying, 01:14 equal part, equal partners. 01:16 Now this program, 01:17 okay is so important this sure honey 01:20 because we get so many phone calls 01:23 from individuals and they will say things 01:24 and not only phone calls we get emails as well 01:26 and also letters, people are saying 01:29 you know I want to know how to make 01:30 the transition to vegetarianism you know 01:32 I've been trying to figure it out I don't have 01:34 enough recipes I don't know what to mix 01:36 and match and I'm not sure what's going on 01:38 and it's amazing the numbers are getting 01:41 larger and larger, as a matter of fact 01:43 Curtis you have a little article there 01:45 that we got when we were getting back 01:47 on our plane trip. 01:48 Yeah, this is from the U.S. today news paper, 01:52 growing vegetarian roots, 01:53 it has hit approximately 3.2% of U.S. adults, 01:58 which is over 7 million people 02:01 say that they are vegetarians, 02:03 how long have they follow a diet free 02:06 of meat, fish, and fowl and 51% or 57% 02:11 actually say it more than 10 years, 02:14 again you have 6 to 10 years is 18% 02:17 and going on and on. But again now, 02:18 there is a growing concern not a growing concern 02:21 but a growing trend of more people 02:23 here in United States who are actually 02:25 going vegetarian, over 7 million 02:29 and still counting and still counting. 02:31 And that's what we're here today 02:32 because we do get a lot of emails, 02:34 a lot of phone calls. People want to make 02:35 that transition and they want to ask us 02:38 or they ask us where do I start, 02:40 how can I begin? Yes and so with that 02:43 in mind let's begin first with God's word. 02:47 So we have the word of God in a kitchen 02:50 and so we're going to lay the foundation 02:52 when God created mankind, 02:55 first he created their bodies, 02:58 then after that he gave them the diet for them 03:01 to eat and it's recorded in the 03:04 first book of the Bible and the first 03:06 chapter of the Bible, 03:08 here it is, Genesis 1 and verse 29 and God said, 03:12 behold I have given you every herb bearing 03:16 seed which is upon the face of all the earth 03:20 and every tree into which is the fruit 03:24 of the tree you do seed to you it shall be 03:28 for meat or for food. 03:30 So thereby this is God's diet for mankind 03:34 before sin, therefore diet for mankind 03:38 is fruit from the tree. 03:40 Now the fruit also includes the nuts as well. 03:45 The, what a tree produces 03:46 so the fruit from the tree now after sin, 03:49 God added something to that diet, 03:52 we go over to Genesis chapter 3 03:55 and verse 18 and the Bible says 03:58 thou shall eat the herb of the field. 04:02 So now we have before sin after sin, 04:05 a plant based diet, therefore God's 04:09 word lays the foundation for 04:12 mankind's diet in the Bible. 04:14 Well you know I've often said this before 04:16 and it stands repeating 04:18 and that is if the diet that God 04:22 has already directed us or asked us to 04:24 participate in if it was not important 04:27 he would not have put it 04:28 in the first book of the Bible, 04:31 in the first chapter. 04:32 You know I always think about 04:34 Curtis people say you know if you buy 04:35 a brand new car then you not going 04:37 to do anything more than read that 04:38 manual and put into the car exactly 04:41 what is written in the manual otherwise, 04:43 otherwise you may compromise 04:45 the operation of the automobile, absolutely, 04:47 absolutely. So, this is our manual for 04:50 our body that's the manual, 04:51 that's the manual and God knows 04:53 what he is doing and then on top 04:54 of that he put out a bounty of fruits 04:57 and vegetables and grains and cereals 04:59 of all things that we need to keep 05:01 our bodies healthy. Yes he did, yes he did. 05:04 And beautiful they are. Yes, 05:05 and I'm just thinking about this too honey 05:06 in the new kingdom, kingdom made 05:08 new we would still eat these foods 05:11 or in Revelation now, the first book of 05:13 the Bible tells us a diet for mankind. 05:15 Yes, the last book of the Bible in 05:17 Revelation tells us what would be eating 05:19 in the new Jerusalem. The fruit of the tree, 05:23 yes, 12 manner of fruits every month, 05:27 so again we're going back to the fruit, 05:28 the plant kingdom and we see nothing 05:31 compared from what your saying. 05:33 Eyes have not seen or ears have heard, 05:34 I'm just thinking about the fact of the coloring 05:37 and the color that God put in the food 05:38 to draw us to it, right. Now when making that 05:41 transition, yes there are things that people 05:43 say to us and that is you know, I'm not quite 05:45 sure, we know for the very first time 05:47 the Food and Drug Administration, 05:49 the American Dietetic Association, put out that 05:51 pyramid chart that talked about for the 05:53 first time more fruits and more vegetables 05:55 and more whole grains and then for 05:58 the same pyramid chart Curtis, they came back 06:00 and say more exercise that's true and 06:03 you know that's the first time they did that, 06:04 the first time the first time right 06:06 first time ever you know, it's almost like 06:07 you know somebody reading the Bible, 06:09 you know, getting closer and closer, very, very 06:10 very, very excited about that and so the 06:13 Pyramid chart you know once again it was 06:15 stating that we should have 2 to 4 servings 06:16 each day of the fruit kingdom, 3 to 5 servings 06:19 each day of the vegetable kingdom, 06:21 4 to 6 servings each day of the grain 06:24 and cereal kingdom and I know that you're 06:27 thinking I know you're saying to yourself 06:28 okay, 4 to 6 servings of that grain and 06:31 cereal kingdom, should mean that much 06:32 6 slices of bread, 11 slices of bread or what? 06:34 6 slices of bread and you exactly, 06:36 that's your serving. 06:37 Now remember you don't have to try 06:39 to figure out anything for yourself 06:40 I know people would be trying to calculate 06:42 and figure out how much they have had, 06:43 God has built in it's own calculator in the 06:45 system so if you say that, that pie 06:48 or that cookie or that bread is only 06:51 so and so amount of calories, 06:53 the body tells you not so, not so. 06:56 Now another reason for a transition is because 06:59 of the major killer diseases right, major killer diseases 07:02 that are going on right now 07:03 people want to make the transition 07:04 and they have actually seen a change, 07:06 you know. Yeah, and a lot of people who do 07:09 contact us, email us they say that now that 07:11 my husband has had a heart attack 07:14 or my wife has been diagnosed with cancer, 07:17 we're now going to make a change. 07:19 And sometimes God allows these things to 07:22 happen, so that it was inspire us to 07:25 lead a more healthy lifestyle, and move more 07:27 into a plant based diet. So, of course 07:30 First Corinthians there I think in Paul says 07:33 into the Corinthians that our bodies 07:36 is to temple First Corinthians 6:19, 20, 07:38 it came to me just now. That our bodies 07:41 is the Temple of the Holy Ghost, 07:44 we are not our own, we are brought 07:47 with the price of Jesus shed blood, 07:49 therefore we should be mindful of what goes 07:52 into our mouth and how we treat our 07:54 bodies and this is the food that God 07:56 prepared for this machine that he has 07:59 created and made. And of course speaking of that 08:02 transition Curtis, when we talk about the body 08:04 and the mind, the body being the temple where 08:05 the Holy Spirit dwells then we're also thinking 08:07 about you know you can't just eat anything, 08:09 it's very good we got the labels out there and now 08:12 you want to read those labels and see 08:14 what's the amount of calories, 08:15 what's the amount of fat what is the 08:17 sodium and the carbohydrate or the 08:19 starches in the foods that were actually eating 08:20 but I'm going to tell you something when it really 08:22 comes to the foods that God has prepared 08:24 for us there is no label for calories 08:26 or something because it's already there, 08:28 what you see a lot of your foods is manufactured 08:30 has all that written on it and more and more 08:32 we're having to move that way as well, 08:34 so major killer diseases are equipment 08:36 people ask me about equipment is really funny. 08:38 Okay, because sometimes on Abundant Living 08:39 they'll see certain things that I have a 08:41 food processor, a blender you know 08:43 and they'll call me and say I want to get that 08:45 food processor, I want that blender or I want 08:46 that juicer that you had on the show. 08:48 And if I don't have that blender, 08:50 that food processor the food will not 08:53 come out exactly the way you did 08:55 and I always say not so, not so, not so, not so. 08:57 You know we can all do it all, you know 08:59 God has given us the ability to be able to do 09:02 this, he can do the same thing for you as well. 09:04 So it's really not in the equipment but it is for 09:05 the love of food and try to make show 09:07 the things taste good. Now let's talk about 09:09 some specific questions that people have 09:11 actually asked us, yes, over the years 09:14 and let's talk about some of those questions, 09:15 let's make some particular suggestions as far as 09:19 moving that diet into a plant based diet 09:21 and making that transition. One of the first 09:23 questions that I get Curtis is that of protein, 09:25 can I get adequate amount of protein 09:27 if I'm on a vegetarian diet 09:30 and the answer to that question is yes. 09:33 As matter of fact, now that you've mentioned that 09:35 if you look in the coming weeks of Abundant Living, 09:37 we're going to do a program entitled protein 09:40 without the Baloney. I like that, 09:43 I like that and hamburger beef, 09:45 I like that, I like that, you like that idea 09:46 so, we will cover that but again there is adequate 09:48 amount of protein in a diet and more 09:50 we'll go into that authoritatively 09:52 in that program protein without 09:54 the Baloney, but that's always a issue 09:56 absolutely, absolutely, as far as protein is concerned 09:58 and so I brought some things out to actually help out 10:00 with that, as a matter of fact the number 10:02 has got the highest amount of protein 10:04 would be in the actual bean kingdom 10:06 alright we got the bean kingdom, I have 10:09 the native beans right here that I have 10:11 in front of me and I'm also in our bounty of all the 10:15 different foods I've gotten my Pinto Beans 10:18 and I've also got my lentils as well. Alright, 10:20 and there are so many beans on the market 10:23 I mean words cannot express and all of these 10:25 come, these beans come with the combination 10:27 of the amount of protein that we need 10:29 as adequate for the body, 10:30 one of the things that for a long time 10:32 that used to say you had to have your beans 10:34 and your rice together in order to get an 10:35 adequate protein at the same time, at the same 10:37 meal and now of course they've come back 10:39 and if said not so, not so, so if you get 10:42 a good breakfast in and you've got your bread 10:45 and things, foods in that breakfast, believe it or not 10:48 when you get to the lunch and you might 10:49 throw the beans in that time or you 10:51 might throw that rice at that time, 10:52 that still matches up. 10:54 So, it doesn't mean that you have to have them both 10:55 at the exact same time, but it is a good thing 10:57 to have them throughout that day. 10:58 So, you can have a legume bean 11:01 at one meal, whole grain at another meal 11:05 and together you have complete 11:07 protein absolutely, absolutely okay. 11:08 Now in another thing to talk about 11:10 and they ask us about going vegetarian 11:13 or vegan or plant based, making that 11:15 transition is about the dairy. Now we did 11:17 a program years ago entitled Not Milk, 11:21 alright but the, what about the dairy and 11:23 what kind of transition can we make 11:25 there right there. Well there is a couple of things 11:26 for that number one is that of course they, 11:28 people have gotten away from the 11:30 whole milk period because of the high amount 11:31 of saturated fat and they moved also 11:34 now into 2 % 1 % and also your soy milks. 11:38 There are individuals who have an allergic 11:39 reaction to soy milk fine, there is almond 11:42 milk on the market, there is rice milk on 11:43 the market and more and more of these 11:45 milks are coming out that we can use to 11:47 satisfy whatever we need and you know it 11:50 used to be a day when it was say 3 glasses of 11:52 milk a day was what we needed to have 11:54 to keep the bones strong alright, 11:56 but we also know here in 11:57 the Unites States of America 11:59 that there are a lot of people who suffer 12:00 from osteoporosis mainly, and we take in 12:03 more dairy than any other country in the world 12:05 and we have the highest rate of 12:07 osteoporosis which you did a whole 12:08 series on that anyway. 12:09 And so once again, it's that protein 12:11 and calcium combination and speaking of 12:13 the calcium now talking about dark 12:15 leafy green vegetables, that's were that 12:17 calcium is housed as well as the soy bean, 12:19 high end calcium amounts as a matter of fact, 12:21 it has been some reports that you read 12:23 it that the calcium in the soy bean itself, 12:26 that's the regular soybean is this high 12:28 as that of regular whole milk, that's true, 12:30 that's true, and then talking about iron, 12:31 getting the iron in, we're talking now about 12:33 raisins and we're talking about the figs 12:36 and all these we call earth foods, therefore 12:39 of the iron that we actually to have 12:41 and I always tell people that if you doing 12:43 a food and you're having a hard time 12:45 simulating the iron to your system if you do 12:48 a dark food like the figs or the raisins 12:52 and you do orange juice or orange, 12:55 a whole orange then guess what it helps to 12:57 break that iron count that okay to the point 13:00 once you break it down and break the 13:02 orange down. It's more stimulating to the system, 13:03 but it helps to break it down, get into the system 13:05 Now another question that people asking again 13:07 this is based on what you have asked 13:09 us over the years. Well you know my 13:11 husband he is a meat and potato man 13:14 and I need to have something in place 13:17 of flesh food that you know of course we 13:19 eat with our eyes what can be do with 13:22 that before making that transition, 13:23 not only for my husband maybe for myself 13:25 or my family members as far as meat 13:27 is concerned, making that transition. 13:29 Well, one of the things I like about 13:31 that Curtis is that is also combinations. 13:32 Now we're now talking about if you look 13:34 over here in this corner I have my 13:36 walnuts okay, I like walnuts or your nuts 13:40 group, your nut kingdom is another kingdom that can be 13:42 crushed and milled and made into 13:45 a product that can help to go into something 13:47 like the beans and these two, okay, together 13:49 can be apart to go together to make burgers. 13:52 On top of that I have another product 13:55 over here on the side which is called TVP, 13:57 Textured Vegetable Protein, okay and if you add 14:01 hot water to that it will actually swell up 14:04 and look like ground beef and so we have, 14:06 this is the TVP and also comes in what we call 14:09 TSP Textured Soy Protein. Now as I understand that we 14:13 can get that at most health food stores around yes, 14:16 yes and you just simply add water to that 14:18 they were swell and be just like ground beef, 14:20 so in place of lets say ground beef, yes 14:22 you can use this in place of that, in place of it. 14:24 So it can be like your chilies 14:26 or sloppy Joe's or anything you wanna do, 14:28 spaghetti sauce, anything you want to do 14:30 with ground beef yeah, yeah that's a good 14:31 transition for that and then of course we have 14:33 our tofu which is another product that can be 14:35 made into different things, we've actually 14:36 done a Chicken Cacciatore okay with that, 14:39 with the tofu and we've also used it 14:42 to make Barbecue Tofu there is all different 14:44 brands and types of that in the market 14:46 they have firm or extra firm they have a soft, 14:48 so that's the other option and then some people 14:50 say well I'll make my own tofu or 14:53 you know what about the soy bean 14:54 itself you know and so all these things 14:56 are ways in which to get that added protein in. 14:58 You know I think too honey, 15:00 there are a lot of people that want something 15:01 brown on their plates, yes they're used 15:04 to having their meat, Hamburger, chicken 15:06 whatever so this will we have a good place 15:09 in place of that brown absolutely, 15:11 absolutely, absolutely normally in that place 15:13 good transition. It's all about sight Curtis and 15:14 I've got a surprise for them because 15:17 a little bit later on I'm gonna actually make 15:19 something with the bean kingdom. 15:21 Let's talk about the fruit and vegetables 15:23 group and that fruit and vegetables 15:24 and you can see them right here in front of us 15:25 the fruit and vegetables kingdom. 15:28 There is a statement it's been made that says 15:30 out of book a book called Counsel on 15:32 Diets and Fruits, it says all the fruits, 15:34 all the vitamins and minerals are housed 15:37 in the fruit and vegetable kingdom, 15:39 all that God wants to give us. So you have 15:40 all your vitamin A and your vitamin C and 15:43 all the B kingdom, they're all set up in the 15:45 fruit and vegetable kingdom 15:47 and they're so tantalizing. 15:49 I mean you know when you go to 15:50 the grocery store and you see these colors, 15:52 they just make your mouth water 15:54 it does, do you notice it 15:55 and this should not be a surprise because 15:57 since God created all these foods, 15:59 the fruits, grains, nuts and vegetables, 16:02 then there shouldn't be anything that 16:05 lacking in these food groups absolutely, 16:07 absolutely as he created them well. Absolutely. 16:08 Now I think this maybe take a break and 16:10 then come back in we're gonna a little bit 16:12 of cooking before we leave, we're gonna 16:13 to do little bit of cooking and then what I'll do 16:15 is I'll take my just spices I have down 16:17 here in the very front you know the 16:18 nutritional yeast and I've got sweet basil, 16:21 I've got garlic, granulated garlic and I also have 16:24 the garlic clove and so what we're gonna to do is 16:26 take some, we're gonna take a break 16:27 Curtis and we're gonna come back 16:28 and we're gonna take and make a protein dish 16:31 that I think that we really love and I call it 16:33 vegetarian burgers so stay by. |
Revised 2014-12-17