Help Fund Backyard Vegan !!!
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Hello, I'm am Zakea and I will like to raise money to help get my dream of one day owning a vegan restaurant with a garden in the back , kick started. 2014 was a major awakening for me , I wanted to stop eating meat I wanted to become more involved with nature inside and out. I began to self educate myself on how the body is benefited from eliminating the consumption of meat ,I also read a book called (Heal Thyself) by Queen Afua that gave me so much insight about how to eat to heal your body. As I got really familiar on the differences it began to answer all of my questions. Will I feel different? Will I maintain a healthy weight? Will I stop having this digestion problem? Will my skin clear up? Will I start to feel better physically,spiritually,mentally and emotionally? All these questions and lots more. I was curious to know if all the research was telling me these answers and were they accurate. It was hard at first , but July 16 ,2014 I was determined to go cold turkey, and about 2 weeks in I felt the difference inside and out . I felt great , better than ever . I was eating more veggies, smoothies, juices, beans and many others thing I didn't think twice of eating previously I also didn't crave any processed or junk food. I was learning new recipes and having fun cooking and blending them ,it was awesome. A lot of people would bash me about not receiving enough protein, vitamins ect , so I went to the docs and I wasn't lacking anything I was healthy and felt better than ever ..My occupation is Home Health Aid I take care of the elderly and it hurts my heart to have worked with so many people that all are suffering from the same exact illnesses diabetes, bone problems, heart problems, digestive problems, and bad eating habits that many years of damage was done and now there old and taking tons of medicine, I'm no doctor but I believe if we ate better in now then when we get older we won't need no where near as many pills to help us with our daily activities.. I can't tell someone with years even decades of bad habits to change and I don't pressure them , because there older and I don't want to get them upset or feeling bad because most of them know what's going on but is use to routine and sometimes breaking routine can be very stressful . If I can help bring forth healing recipes, for the next generation and any others who's willing to break away from routine with juices , smoothies and soups ect, I would feel like I'm doing exactly what the most high put me here to do I just need a little jump start .I recently had a baby boy (Noah) March 2016 and I didn't eat meat during my pregnancy and stop drinking cows milk , I kept telling myself I'm going full vegan when he's born . Now he's a healthy breastfeed , alert 5 month old and I don't eat meat , drink cows milk and just stopped cheese.. My meals have improved tremendously and When people ask me what's your dream I reply "I want to Change the world,and by changing the world I mean by the way people eat , all those animals don't have to die for us to indulge in a fatty burger , all those baby cows don't have to die so we can take it's mothers milk and make cookies and cakes , what if we lived in a parallel universe? It's not about loosing weight , the weight will shed ,it's about maintaining healthy ph balance, it's about feeling good ,it's about longevity. I want to make people feel better more energized and to get off medication, I don't want to see my mom old and in tons of pain . I want to start a business that benefits my community, we have to change the way we eat and if we don't start now then I'm afraid it'll be to late .. I want a garden in the back of my restaurant I want people to sit outside and eat around the food that I grow and put on there plates and in their cups. I want to heal the world one human being at a time." With your help I can do so ... Thank you for reading... -Zakea "Backyard Vegan"
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Zakea Neider
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Philadelphia, PA