Living Healthful One Day At A Time: Eat Raw Foods 02

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Eating raw foods is an excellent way of maintaing a healthful diet. They are better for the body than are cooked foods as, eating uncooked, unprocessed foods means that you are eating foods in their native form that have not lost any of their nutritional benefits. Although this can be a pricey venture, there has been many a day that my body has thanked me for avoiding refined and cooked foods--I even use unrefined oils (coconut and flax) in my diet--and it's absolutely amazing what it does for my hair, skin, weight maintenance, and overall health!

And truthfully, there are some really yummy recipes, pre-prepared, and made to order raw foods in today's modern society, by knowledgable, health conscious people--I urge you to give a try.

FOODS

"Kickin' It Kale Salad!"

http://www.atasteoflifellc.com/

"Rawk N Roll Cuisine", Raw Foods That Rock"

http://www.rawknrollcuisine.com/

"Rawfully Tempting: Bagels in The Raw"

http://www.rawfullytempting.com/2010/10/bagels-in-raw.html

"GT's Raw Organic Kombucha"

http://www.synergydrinks.com/kombucha.html

DESSERTS

"Chocolate Coconut Haystacks"  

http://www.euphorialovesrawvolution.com/

"Kosmic Kreations Donut" 

http://rawkosmickreations.com/

 "Cru's Organic Raw Food Chocolate Truffle Cake"

http://bit.ly/ya75y

RESTAURANTS

Orange County, CA
• 118 Degrees Raw Food Cuisine – 2981 Bristol, Suite B5 – Cost Mesa – California - (714) 754-0718

• http://118degrees.com/users/awp.php?ln=113744&p=intro

• Native Foods, Inc. -- 2937 Bristol St # E100, Costa Mesa, CA - (714) 751-2151

• http://www.nativefoods.com/
• • Au Lac Pure Vegetarian – 16563 Brookhurst Street, Fountain Valley, CA-(714) 418-0658

• http://www.aulac.com/
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Los Angeles, CA

• Planet Raw -- 609 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90401-(310) 587-1552

http://www.planetraw.com/

• Cru -- 1521 Griffith Park Blvd., Los Angeles, CA-(323) 667-1551

http://crusilverlake.com/

• Real Raw Live -- 5913 W. Franklin Ave., Hollywood, CA-(323) 461-4545

http://www.realrawlive.com/#cid=glbc

• Leaf Organics Raw -- 11938 West Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA-(310) 390-6005

http://www.leafcuisine.com/

• Elf Cafe -- 2135 West Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA-(213) 484-6829

http://elfcafe.com/

New York City, NY

• One Lucky Duck: Pure Food And Wine -- 201 Park Avenue South, New York, NY-(212) 253-9119

http://www.oneluckyduck.com/purefoodandwine/

• Quintessence -- 263 E. 10th Street, New York, NY-(646) 654-1823

http://www.raw-q.com/

Oh yah--stay tuned for more!

Living Healthful One Day At A Time: Eat Raw Foods 01

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Living Healthful One Day at A Time: How to Brew Kombucha Part 1

Join Vanessa Williams and get the how to's on brewing your own Kombucha--yummm!

Welcome to Hollywood!

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Want to become an actor?

Move to Hollywood! You won't get the opportunities nor immediate acceptance as an actor anyplace else in the world. Research online for monologues and scripts to become familiar with and be able to recite at an audition. Monologues: 1 for comedy, and 1 for drama: http://www.actorpoint.com/monologue.html

Get used to watching television and films differently--look for the actors' body language, emotional reach, eye contact and expressions, and mouth movement. Let the best of them guide you--know who the best of them are! Charlie Sheen is television's highest paid actor. Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Matt Daemon, Angelina Jolie, Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep, Will Smith, Kate Winslet, Tom Hanks, etc.--these are all A+ actors in the Hollywood film set!

And Will Smith says it best here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkziAM_ZyDM. Very impacting and motivating, this man, this video truly keeps me inspired--a powerful how to on getting out of your own way and becoming a success.

Let me know if you have any specific questions, and if there is anything else I can think of I will post an update. The one biggest thing is that you CLAIM IT NOW--you ARE an actor, beginning or otherwise, so get comfortable with telling this to people. :)

The Next Great Filmmaker!

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Interested in becoming a writer for the big screen? Below are some recommended readings with industry standards to help you along:

Spike Lee's Gotta Have It...Inside Guerilla Filmmaking

http://www.amazon.com/Spike-Lees-Gotta-Have-P/dp/0671644173/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1287887230&sr=8-1

Story by Robert McKee

http://www.amazon.com/Story-Substance-Structure-Principles-Screenwriting/dp/0060391685/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1287887283&sr=1-1

Formatting Your Screenplay by Rick Reichman

http://www.amazon.com/Formatting-Your-Screenplay-Rick-Reichman/dp/0979489318/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1287887445&sr=1-1

Save The Cat! by Blake Snyder

http://www.amazon.com/Save-the-Cat-ebook/dp/B00340ESIS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1288364618&sr=8-2

Happy reading!

"Life Without A Fork," Documentary Feature Film: Random...

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Chronic recurring idiopathic angioedema--the toll it has taken on my life:

Random...

• I have a celebrity friend flying in from New York who invited me to a business meeting at the Cheesecake Factory--he just texted me to apologize for inviting me to the Cheesecake Factory
• I have eaten only tofu and corn for nearly six months--it's what I know to be safe
• I eat one meal a day--dinner
• I am always hungry
• The nausea is all day everyday and one of the worst feelings like ever
• The headaches started coming about two months ago--they are overbearing and I can't even sleep through them
• Everything is so heavy to me, my Blackberry feels like it has the weight of a laptop and my laptop feels as weighty as a 43" television
• I am always swollen--lips, legs, hands, feet, belly
• I wake up with huge lips and lots of swelling everyday
• I may have to use my walker on the same day that I am able to go bike riding
• I have a walker
• I am always sleepy
• I am always tired
• I am so tired of being and feeling sick everyday that I don't really want to talk about it anymore--I suffer in quiet and work toward achieving my goals
• My goal is to complete the documentary feature film, "Life Without A Fork," by March 2012 and find a way to survive IA

"Life Without A Fork," Documentary Feature Film Presents: Flash Mob For IA!

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"Life Without A Fork," Documentary Feature Film Presents: Flash Mob For IA!

Time	Friday, November 11 · 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Location	Everywhere: USA And Abroad -- Time Is Scheduled for PST
Created By	Vanessa Williams
For	Chronic Recurring Idiopathic Angioedema
More Info	Specifics given throughout the weeks as we get closer to date. Pass this on to friends, family, colleagues, absolutely everyone. Be there and show support as we work to find cause and cure for idiopathic angioedema! -------------------------------------------------- This is the first annual flash mob (I plan to do annually) to acknowledge idiopathic angioedema--and for me, a modern day take of, "walk for the cure!" It's not very time consuming and people will be asked to meet at several specific places across the globe, at a certain time--as stated in the event, and perform a particular action. Should be lots of fun and help to get us sufferers officially on the map to find cause and cure. People will film and we will publicize the footage! I'm totally psyched about it. RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=231030973613273

"Life Without A Fork," Documentary Feature Film 02

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Synopsis

Diana, Princess of Wales’ many struggles with depression led to her recurring eating disorder, bulimia nervosa.

Manuel Uribe Garza, the world's fattest man, weighs 1,235 pounds, his morbid obesity largely attributing to challenges he faces like inability to move and walk.

Kurt Cobain, an American musician, best known for his roles as lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the rock band Nirvana, struggled with severe despondency, persistent bronchitis, and acute physical pain due to an undiagnosed long-standing stomach affliction—many doctors guessing that it was either a result of some form of childhood disease or stress related, with none being able to pinpoint the specific cause by the time of his death.

Whether dis-ease of the mind causes disease in the body, or the reverse, the public’s fascination with medical mysteries is at an all-time high as they continue to give audience to such televised docu-dramas as Discovery Health, Diagnosis Unknown, and Mystery Diagnosis.

Life Without A Fork is an 110-minute runtime documentary film that follows the real-life accounts of Vanessa Williams and co-stars, Brian Holden, Shelline Ross, Heather Campbell, Jacqueline Griffin, and Spencer Slama as they live with the rare non-hereditary form of the condition known as chronic angioedema, an orphan's disease that has been given very little analysis and research, and is idiopathic in that physicians do not know what causes it. This life-threatening condition is triggered by medications, dyes, environmental components, foods, trauma, and other elements that act as allergens, releasing histamine into the blood stream, and oft times causing anaphylactic shock. In addition to an extremely stripped down diet—usually mimicking anorexia—and other necessary avoidances, the major treatment to date is large quantities of antihistamines on a daily basis and, when exacerbated, epinephrine injections and steroids--although these drugs prove to be ineffective for HAE suffers, as well as the rarer, Bradykinin forms of angioedema.

From the humorous to the emotional and from the practical to the educational, Life Without A Fork’s segments range from how to’s on maintaining a healthful lifestyle, history and timelines, food limitations, excessive weight loss and its physical impact, relevant support groups, and medical practitioners. There are testimonials from fellow sufferers, family, and friends and endorsements from such featured celebrities as Dolph Lundgren—star of the $350,000,000 grossing film, Rocky IV, Quinton Aaron—star of Oscar award winning movie, The Blind Side, Doug E. Fresh—a renowned founder of hip-hop and the infamous human beat box, Amin Joseph, star of The Expendables, Chef and Food Network All Star, Debbie Lee, and more.

There are many people who have fallen prey to this condition and whose lives may be saved by making this infirmity as publicized and important as the more reputed diseases of Parkinson’s, fibromyalgia, diabetes, cardiovascular, and cancer.

Dean Cain

Will Smith

Emma Bell, Final Destination 5

Amin Joseph, "The Expendables"

Quinton Aaron, "The Blind Side"

Niecy Nash

"Life Without A Fork," Documentary Feature Film 01

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Making history as I work to find cause and cure for idiopathic angioedema, I have been filming and editing for almost two years. This has been a journey for me, particularly because I am ill--suffering with the condition--and have, until recently, been pretty much a one woman show. I have been all consumed with the project, getting some really heavy hitting, A+ celebrities on board, reaching out to fellow sufferers worldwide, and working night and day to ensure that this is a qualitative project.


I have limited my friends to almost none and pretty much have no social life. My teenage daughter recently asked why I'm still taking my birth control pills and I told her it's because I don't want to get pregnant--she laughed at me and said I'd need to actually have sex for that to happen. My avoidance of a social life has lots to do with my maturing and deciding that I only want people of the highest caliber, people who truly bring value added, in my world. I also, as a result of getting so depressed from having to learn to cope and live with chronic, non-hereditary (there's lots of attention around the hereditary form but absolutely none for us non-hereditary sufferers), angioedema, have decided that people who want to bring lots of their own stressors and self-centeredness into my life have no place with me! I'm absolutely, completely done with all of that nonsense and this feels so very liberating.


Becoming disabled has also been liberating, albeit a very long and challenging journey. I'm having to deal with so many issues of hunger and even starvation, accepting isolation, and being under the influence of tons of drugs--primarily antihistamines. In addition, I live in southern California and that, in itself, can lead to isolation. But it, along with the life threatening condition of angioedema, has made me fearless! When it comes to living, I'm totally all about, "brang it!"


So I work on the documentary--tentative release date: March 2012! I often tell people, the life I save may be my own (although I mostly used to say that line to my few former boyfriends in my insistence upon using condoms--lol). Alas, on all accounts, I'm still here!!!

Justin Bieber's, "Never Say Never," Director's Cut Screening

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This director's cut screening was only shown in six theatres across the nation and was absolutely exceptional--from treatment of the people hosting the screening to all the free gifts included! The so very young crowd went crazy in the theatre, as if it were actually a live concert--lol. I particularly loved when Justin's mom asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up and he said, "a crossing guard." Way cute and funny. There were also the scenes when his producers and himself gave back--free tickets to concert goers, picking a special girl at each concert to go on stage and have Justin serenade and give flowers to her, and the scene where he stopped to give the violin player a tip and words of encouragement.

Justin seemed so approachable in this movie, and his childish antics (soap fights, supersoaker fights, and food pranks were the absolute best.

My 12-year came out at the top of the list for fans and asked this morning when we could go see it again--she says she's in love... :^)