Talofa! Sister Rasela here to paddle you through another tasty Belly show just in case you missed it the first time round, floatin over the airwaves, across this stunning Shire of ours.

If you’re here because something you heard on the show left a rumble in your Belly, even better!! It’s good to ignite the hunger pangs of wonder. Have you ever stopped to wonder… what am i really eating? Take control of your own life, your own body, your own thoughts, your own FOOD.

I’ve started to notice the otherwise unnoticeable since applying what i learned in Nutrition into my own life. The unmasking, the fog that clears, the clarity that  appears. The balance that grounds me now. I wouldn’t be able to preach what i didn’t truly and wholeheartedly believe if i had not made myself the study and begin to listen to my body, starting to eat more of what is grown on the land around me and living as close to ONE with NATURE as possible while keeping the balance in all of life’s enjoyments.

It’s been great to get to the point of so adamantly believing that the crap that most nutritionally defunct processed food is laiden with, is not only addictive but also hugely mind altering. This causes a rather large majority of people to act and react in ways they may not naturally.  What makes it ok to be the equivalent of ‘spiked’ by the local supermarket?

Stick to the FABULOUS FARMERS MARKETS around the Shire where your food is spiked with nothing but LOVE… what would you rather put into your magnificent body? Help it out, a little or alot. Whatever you can manage at the time. Just try to make it more GOOD that bad.

I reckon the Belly Sisters should bring out some new BELLY BEANS!!

I started the show today with the sounds of Mullum meandering in the rural regalness of the Friday farmers markets.  I strolled around asking the question – If you only had $10 to spend on food all day, what would you buy?

I asked this partly because i’m currently trying to stick to spending no more than $10 a day on food having listened to stories like  “SUPERMARKET SHELVES ARE BARE” following the devastating floods in Queensland recently, I asked myself the question… How much do you really NEED to survive? The answer is actually not that much if you’re not addicted to anything.

It really makes you STOP and think about what you’re going to eat for the day. Start by asking… Am i really hungry? To wait until you are actually hungry and to know that this is your one good meal of the day makes it taste soooo much better. Plus, your mouth waters for a reason… it is the FIRST STAGE of DIGESTION as your body starts preparing to accept food. A meal is truly satisfying if you choose the things your body naturally craves. To know what these things are means to listen to it, not overrule it.

I’d love to discover a way of posting recorded interviews such as this one which is just so refreshing to hear. Mullum market has such a beautiful feel to it as the majority of folk wander, half smiling in the knowledge that we are living a truly blessed life up here in Paradise Shire. Such an abundance of fresh foods served to you by the very hands that prepare, grow, produce and sell the goodies.  The idea wasn’t to find out exactly what foods people chose, but to make people stop and think about how much they are spending or over spending.

Thanks to everyone at the market that participated. It was lovely to meet new people and spread the LOVE across the Shire.

You also missed out on the next interview which was set at the opening of a Raw Food outlet in town almost a year ago now. We were spoiled raw rotten with all the equisite delights and i mingled with an interesting crowd and came across Sharon who i first approached earlier in the night because she had something lovely about. I had asked if she would be interested in telling me her story. She insisted that it was all about her son and that he was the more knowledgeable one and suggested i ask him. He is a beautiful boy glowing with health and gentle in nature but not too keen on speaking his inner feelings into a microphone. It’s confronting to alot of people and i understand that but later in the evening Sharon came back to me and happily informed me that she was now ready to have a chat. We found a bench outside and with passionate spanish guitar acoustics reverberating around us, Sharon shared her story about starting out on a Raw Food diet.

The most endearing thing about this interview is that after 50 odd years of living one way, Sharon is now experimenting in a world that is providing her with so much more energy and balance in her life. It’s great to hear her so excited about the changes she is making and bringing into others lives. Sharon was sure to point out that she is not 100% raw, at which point we agreed that changing one thing at a time and taking it slow is a far easier and more sustainable way of doing things.

I finished this show with some information on Root Canal Treatment and how it affects your health. I shall return at a later date with that information but if you get tired of waiting then check out the book (my bible) HEALING WITH WHOLE FOODS By Paul Pitchford. Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition.

The book that changes my life.

“This book has the feel of a life’s work: it’s packed with information essential for anyone seriously investigating the relationship between food and healing” – Yoga Journal

Healing with Whole Foods brings together authentic traditions of Asian medicine with current Western research on health and nutrition to create the most detailed sourcebook available on planning and preparing an optimal diet. I highly recommend it as did all of my nutrition tutors at college.

Well, that’s my lot for now. I’ll be bcak on Belly on Monday 28th Feb where i will have more tummy rumbling rambles for you to devour.

Be GOOD to your Belly’s and don’t panic – if it’s ORGANIC!!

Sista R