My Story
May 29, 2008
For a long time, I didn't feel well and prayed to God to help me. God has put several people in my life to help save my life. Here is my story of how I woke up - No more mental and physical ailments (stress, depression, feelings of the blaaahhh, dark clouds, muscle and joint stiffness, headache)
I came to a Psychologist named Michael Madden because I was suffering from “Dark clouds” hanging over my head in which I could not focus or think straight. I also had feelings of “Blaah” in which I could not wake up and motivate myself. I had trouble sleeping and enjoying time with my family and kids.
The latest bout of internal suffering was caused by stress from work one year ago when I had a new boss. Although I knew that the work was not the problem and I ignore anything she did. I had difficulty controlling my emotions inside even as I controlled my reaction as best as I could. For example, my brain would constantly say think good and it would be good or the glass was half full and not half empty, but I just couldn’t feel it even when I know I’ve been blessed with a wonderful wife and 3 wonderful children.
What I also knew is it really wasn’t about the job. This depression I was feeling goes back long time ago. I recalled the same feeling 5, 10, 15, and even 20 and 25 years ago. I didn’t know what it was, but it keeps coming back over and over again.
Basically, I was dead inside. I would come home from work exhausted. I didn’t feel like doing anything. I was constantly tired. My body aches with joint stiffness. I couldn’t sleep well. My legs were sore and my wife would have to squeeze them hard to get the tension out and the blood flowing again.
“What was wrong with me?” I keep asking myself? I don’t smoke, I don’t drink that much. I don’t create new problems like having an affair or gamble. I exercise by playing basketball daily. I pray daily. I volunteered my time with the community. I hang out with my kids. I try to eat healthy (or I thought I did).
The psychiatrist wanted to put me on anti-depressant. I went on it for 3 months and nothing seems to come about. I still didn’t feel great. It seems to just put me in a “zombie-like” state. Then I went off it for about 5 months. The situation got so bad that all these problems I described above just continued. I couldn’t say it got worse because it was bad to begin with.
The psychiatrist then asked if I wanted to go back to the drug and I declined saying I wanted to talk to the psychologist and go off the sugar for a bit. During that time I also went to see a total health person (acupunture, nutrient, etc.) person named David Gaynes from Santa Barbara Total Health. He started giving me some natural food supplement, kept track of my diet and educate me on food. I think what prompted me to do this a visit a few years back. I was crashing from exhaustion after playing basketball and eating lunch. David pointed out that I was eating a high carbohydrate diet and drinking soda to keep up and that was causing me to crash. He urged me to eat salad and avoid sugar and starch. Sure enough after following his instruction, I felt better.
The psychologist Michael Madden asked why I didn’t want to go on the drug and I told him that I was trying to get to the root of the problem and eat better by getting off the sugar. Michael then handed me a book called “The Mood Cure” by Julia Ross and asked if I would read it. A few days later, I probably had one of the worst days ever. My emotions inside me were so out of control. I couldn’t think straight. I was impatient, exhausted, and cranky. I told God that I couldn’t handle this anymore.
For some reason at that point, I started reading “The Mood Cure” and all of a sudden, the answer I asked God for was staring right before my eyes of what was wrong. The book had some questionnaires and I answer just about every question that pretty much described my feelings of “Dark Clouds” and “Blaaahh”. The book so eloquently explained that our diet of white bread, vegetable oil, soy, caffeine, sugar, and soy are bad mood food and block the nutrients that our brain needs. Basically your brain becomes malnourished with nutrients and is starved. The book recommended some amino acids and to stop the sugar, caffeine, bread, etc. and to eat vegetables and fruit which would give me the proper nutrient.
I went to the store that night and brought two bottles of amino acid and took them. Within minutes, my head started to clear. Within an hour, my head was so clear and I didn’t feel the Blaaah. I was shocked. I went to see David Gaynes the next day again and said “NOW I know what you were trying to tell me about how to eat.” He gave me another book called “Going Back to the Basics of Human Health” by Mary Frost which explain the food supply and synthetic vitamins we are taking and how it is killing us. That book also hit me like a brick. Everything I was eating was wrong. My diet was wrong. The vitamin over the counter was wrong. The food advertised as healthy was wrong. I basically was killing myself like so many other people in
For the next 3 weeks, I consistently continue to feel great! No ‘Dark Clouds” or feelings of “Blaahh” I’ve been eating nothing but vegetable, fruit, organic food. Instead of being drawn or lured to “Dr Pepper” soda or bread, pizza, or sugar food, I don’t want it knowing how it was all killing me. I don’t have a craving and happily am munching down vegetable, fruit. I’m using organic whole butter and whole raw milk. I threw out 2 trash can of food from the house ranging from all the cereal, bread, crackers, mac & cheese, sugar food, etc. and replaced them with organic food. I’m eating lots of protein – egg, cheese, meat, fish, and chicken. I’m also using a whole natural vegetable power from David gave me from Standard Process.
I now feel so happy to be alive. My leg pain for the last 10 years is gone! My body no longer feels tired or wake up with stiff joint pains. My mind is clear. I come home from work with lots of energy. I am no longer impatient with everything. Heck my work is the same – my boss and staffs are mean as ever, but I feel sorry for them for their insecurity and don’t let it bother me. They continue to lie, gossip, and try to make me look bad, but I know what they do only reflect on themselves. I don’t let it bother me and or fight with them and stoop to their level.
It was a miracle and every day I thank God that I am alive. I now understand the world around me and the food that I was eating or conditioned to believe was healthy was a big lie and was killing me. I know why so many people like me are so depressed or have some kind of ailment.
There were many people who have helped me and saved my life. I don’t believe in coincidence and that God has ordain everything to happen for a reason. God has put Michael Madden and David Gaynes in the position to help save my life by giving me the book “The Mood Cure” and “Going Back to the Basics of Human Health”. David has continue to help me readjust my body chemical balance with the aid of food supplement (amino acid) until I eat the right food and restore the balance. He says it can take 9 months).
I now see and know that so many people are suffering from mental and physical pain. I see what they eat and drink (pizza, soda, coffee, sugar, processed and fry food, McDonald). After a period of time, they will become sick mentally or physically but will not understand why.
I would suggest to these people to read “Going Back to the Basics of Human Health” by Mary Frost and “The Mood Cure” by Julia Ross. I would also make an appointment with David Gaynes at Santa Barbara Total Health (http://www.sbtotalhealth.com) and to give him time and the benefit of doubt to help you restore your body and brain all the proper nutrient you need to bring it back to a natural state. You can rely on the book, but it’s best to have a natural nutrient specialist to help guide you. Then I think once your false mood are gone, a psychologist like Michael Madden would be in an excellent position to be able to help you walk through any psychological problems.
Act now as life is short. We need to enjoy it and make the most out of it. I suffered for so long and didn’t know it. I believe that many of you can reverse many of your suffering by educating yourself on the food you eat and what you put in your body.
June 1, 2009
After throwing away 2 trash cans of food, Riva was looking for the Rice and Krispy. Shira ran up to Riva with an apple and orange in each of her hands.
I had stocked up the kitchen cabinet and countertop with fruit, nuts, etc.
Only good food in the house now. The kids at first kept looking around the fridge and cabinet for something good to eat often zoom in on the crackers, cookies, popsicles, etc. After a few days, they are now eating it as there isn't any more crap food in the house.
January 17, 2009
It's been 9 months and what a incredible journey! I've been reading like 1-2 hours every night, mostly on www.naturalnews.com, www.mercola.com and www.wellnessresources.com. You'll find many articles from these websites posted on this blogger of what I've been learning and many great links on the side of my blogger at www.sborganic.blogspot.com.
I pretty much went off the Amino acid after 3 months and the food supplement just recently except for a daily Omega 3 pill. I see David every 2 months and he has been wonderful in counseling and guiding me to tons of questions I had in living a total healthy lifestyle.
Every day, I feel like I have been surpassing my previous limitation and boundaries. I feel the best mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. In the beginning, I had 2 colds in the summer time which I believe was a response to all the toxic being poured out of my body, but since then, no cold or illness and been watching everyone around me get sick. I haven't taken a aspirin or any drugs. I'm playing basketball daily and quickly recovering with no leg pain.
My cholesterol has plummeted from always being high (about 240) for as long as I can remember to 160!!!! And I eat and drink raw milk, cheese, olive oil, coconut oil, organic eggs, etc. - all which is supposed to be bad for you and your cholesterol. Now I know that the whole cholesterol issue is one big con.
I lost 20 pounds even though I eat more (of the good food)!!!
My wife and kids have also made many adjustments to what we eat. We have little junk food in the house and if so they are more healthier ones (Zevia soda, air popper pop corn, freezed dried blueberries, fruit) . They are active, alive, fun, happy and healthy. Most importantly I'm enjoying every moment with them! I love the little things they do like my boy
Please don't delay in taking actions such seeing David Gaynes or ask me any questions. Life is short and we should make every moment count!
May 29, 2009
It’s been one year. I feel the best in my life. I took my blogger apart and put together all the information I learned in the last year for my kids, family and friends. I have to live each day of my life as if it were my last. The whole world is insane and I hope this document will help guide them away from a toxic world and guide them toward a happy, healthy and long life.
I like to also say that many people are different. My transformation was sudden and results were fast although it took me a year to figure things out and change my diet and lifestyle completely. I told other people what happened and they made changes, but their transformation was slower and more gradual. It really depends a lot on the condition you are in (body chemistry and metabolism) and how much you know. I spent long hours reading on the web and library. At times, the more I read, I felt overwhelmed. But I found a great resource and friend in David who has patiently been there all along educating me and gradually I started to sort out the truth.
Highly Recommended Websites You Must Visit
Individual Websites
3, Wellness Resources – Bryon Richards
Other web site:
Power for Healthy Living – Al Sears
The Alternative Doctor Website – Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby
Organization Website
1. Environmental Working Group
Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation
Expert Section Websites
All about uncovering the truth about
All about Thyroid and Iodine Deficiency - Dr. Brownstein
Vitamin D Revolution - Soram Khalsa
Movies You Must See
The World According To Monsanto
July /2008 - The whole family watched 'Super Size Me' about a man who ate nothing but McDonalds in 30 days. Riva and Judah said "I'm scared" and I said you should be.
Riva told mom later on "I think I'm getting it."
Later that summer, we were traveling in
I smiled and said 'No Problem' and we drove around some more and found a gas station.
It's been 8 months and we don't go to any more fast food restaurants. No McDonalds, Jack in the Box, Taco
Books You Must Read
Going Back to the Basics of Human Health - M. A. Frost
Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats - Sally Fallon
Natural Medicine, Optimal Wellness: The Patient's Guide to Health and Healing - Jonathan V. Wright
The Body Ecology Diet- Donna Gates
Silent Spring - Rachel Carson
Empty Harvest - Bernard Jensen
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration - Weston A. Price
Pottenger's Cats: A Study in Nutrition - Francis Marion Pottenger
The Mood Cure: The 4-Step Program to Take Charge of Your Emotions--Today - Julia Ross
Treatments for Common Health Conditions- Alan R. Gaby
Prescription for Natural Cures- James Balch
The Blood Type Diet – Peter D'Adamo
Your Body's Many Cries for Water - F. Batmanghelidj
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals - Michael Pollan
Weston Price Dietary Guidelines
1. Eat whole, natural foods.
2. Eat only foods that will spoil, but eat them before they do.
3. Eat naturally-raised meat including fish, seafood, poultry, beef, lamb, game, organ meats and eggs.
4. Eat whole, naturally-produced milk products from pasture-fed cows, preferably raw and/or fermented, such as whole yogurt, cultured butter, whole cheeses and fresh and sour cream.
5. Use only traditional fats and oils including butter and other animal fats, extra virgin olive oil, expeller expressed sesame and flax oil and the tropical oils—coconut and palm.
6. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables, preferably organic, in salads and soups, or lightly steamed.
7. Use whole grains and nuts that have been prepared by soaking, sprouting or sour leavening to neutralize phytic acid and other anti-nutrients.8. Include enzyme-enhanced lacto-fermented vegetables, fruits, beverages and condiments in your diet on a regular basis.
9. Prepare homemade meat stocks from the bones of chicken, beef, lamb or fish and use liberally in soups and sauces.
10. Use herb teas and coffee substitutes in moderation.
11. Use filtered water for cooking and drinking.
12. Use unrefined Celtic seasalt and a variety of herbs and spices for food interest and appetite stimulation.
13. Make your own salad dressing using raw vinegar, extra virgin olive oil and expeller expressed flax oil.
14. Use natural sweeteners in moderation, such as raw honey, maple syrup, dehydrated cane sugar juice and stevia powder.
15. Use only unpasteurized wine or beer in strict moderation with meals.
16. Cook only in stainless steel, cast iron, glass or good quality enamel.
17. Use only natural supplements.
18. Get plenty of sleep, exercise and natural light.
19. Think positive thoughts and minimize stress.
20. Practice forgiveness.
Dietary Dangers
1. Don't eat commercially processed foods such as cookies, cakes, crackers, TV dinners, soft drinks, packaged sauce mixes, etc.
2. Avoid all refined sweeteners such as sugar, dextrose, glucose and high fructose corn syrup.
3. Avoid white flour, white flour products and white rice.
4. Avoid all hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats and oils.
5. Avoid all vegetable oils made from soy, corn, safflower, canola or cottonseed.
6. Do not use polyunsaturated oils for cooking, sauteing or baking.
7. Avoid fried foods.
8. Do not practice strict vegetarianism (veganism); animal products provide vital nutrients not found in plant foods.
9. Avoid products containing protein powders.
10. Avoid pasteurized milk; do not consume lowfat milk, skim milk, powdered milk or imitation milk products.
11. Avoid battery-produced eggs and factory-farmed meats.
12. Avoid highly processed luncheon meats and sausage containing MSG and other additives.
13. Avoid rancid and improperly prepared seeds, nuts and grains found in granolas, quick rise breads and extruded breakfast cereals, as they block mineral absorption and cause intestinal distress.
14. Avoid canned, sprayed, waxed, bioengineered or irradiated fruits and vegetables.
15. Avoid artificial food additives, especially MSG, hydrolyzed vegetable protein and aspartame, which are neurotoxins. Most soups, sauce and broth mixes and commercial condiments contain MSG, even if not so labeled.
16. Avoid caffeine-containing beverages such as coffee, tea and soft drinks. Avoid chocolate.
17. Avoid aluminum-containing foods such as commercial salt, baking powder and antacids. Do not use aluminum cookware or aluminum-containing deodorants.
18. Do not drink fluoridated water.
19. Avoid synthetic vitamins and foods containing them.
20. Do not drink distilled liquors.
21. Do not use a microwave oven.
Rules to Eat By
I believe that is the essence of what Michael Pollan writes of in his New York Times article that begins, “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. A helpful blog posting on inspired protagonist has paraphrased Pollan’s rules below:
1. Don’t eat anything your great-great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.
2. Avoid food products that come bearing health claims. They’re apt to be heavily processed, and the claims are often dubious at best.
3. Never eat food products containing ingredients that are unfamiliar, unpronounceable, or more than five in number. Or that contain high-fructose corn syrup. These are all signs that the food has been heavily processed.
4. Do as little of your shopping at the supermarket as possible. Farmers Markets are much better food sources.
5. Pay more, eat less. It’s a lot healthier to eat less high quality (i.e. expensive) food than it is to eat a larger quantity of poor quality food. It’s like beer. Better to drink one really great craft-brewed ale than a whole six pack of swill that costs less than that single bottle.
6. Eat mostly plants, especially leaves.
7. Eat more like the French. Or the Japanese. Or the Italians. Or the Greeks. People who eat by the rules of a traditional food culture are generally healthier. Any traditional diet will do: if it weren’t healthy, the people who follow it wouldn’t still be around.
8. Cook. And if you can, plant a garden. To take part in the intricate and endlessly interesting processes of providing for our sustenance is the surest way to escape the culture of fast food and the values implicit in it.
9. Eat like an omnivore. Try to add new species, not just new foods, to your diet. The greater the diversity of species you eat, the more likely you are to cover all your nutritional bases.
Loving Foods That Love you Back
From http://www.naturalnews.com/023877.html
Ever really taken a slow walk through a supermarket? You can't escape the harsh reality that we are surrounded and bombarded by choices. It's at the point of being overwhelming in my opinion. Choices are good, but do we really need over a 150 brands of breakfast cereals? Apparently the answer is yes, if you care to inquire, the Food and Beverage industries who according to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in 2006 spent over $1.6 billion in advertising to market their products to children. That has almost doubled in less than two years.
It's very clear that with so many choices and the powerful advertising that influences us to buy, it can be difficult to make the right choice. Unfortunately, that leaves us drowning in a never ending sea of indecisions. So what do we do with all these choices? At times the answer can be fairly simple. I've found 'simplicity comes best', from the mind of a child. During a recent conversation about what foods are good for you and what foods are not, my youngest daughter laughed and said "But I love that food." My oldest daughter replied, "Yeah but does it love you back?" That one reply was simple but contained a wealth of wisdom.
Loving foods that love you back, a concept that is very broad in its scope, but very powerful when it comes to teaching ourselves and children proper nutrition. As humans we thrive and grow based on the relationships we choose. To cultivate healthy relationships, we take the time to learn as much about our potential partner before committing. Why? Simply, because we all share a common desire -- to be fulfilled. Whether cultivating a business or personal relationship, we want it to be complete in order to function at our best capacity. How is it that utilizing this same philosophy with the food we eat has slipped from our consciousness? Is it that difficult to embrace the fact that we should nurture a relationship with the foods we consume? In other words, the foods we love should reciprocate by truly supplying the proper nutrition to our body. This will only happen, if and only if we improve our knowledge and make the best choices.So ask yourself, does the food you eat truly love you back? Sounds silly perhaps until you think about the times you've had heartburn, stomach aches or worse -- an allergy reaction. Here are 5 helpful tips to consider and foods that I know for certain love us and those that don't.
Simple Tips to Remember:
1. Read the ingredients of the food you buy and research what they are.
2. Know your vitamins and minerals and what foods have them and those that don't. (Yes, there are some foods that have no nutrient content.)
3. Don't be taken in by every discount and coupon special. Saving money may not be saving your life.
4. Eliminate or Reduce microwaving your foods. Those rays destroy nearly 98% of its vitamins, in reality killing your food. Now that's not love.
5. Eat live foods such as fruits and vegetables as much as possible. It's been proven that you acquire more nutrients from live foods than dead ones.
Foods and Drinks That Truly Love You
1. Water is at the top of the list. Not only does water act as the ultimate cleansing agent but it also is effective in treating many of our aliments such as arthritis and asthma. Take a look at this article for more information (http://www.naturalnews.com/003202.html) .
2. Spinach is one of my favorites and a slightly underrated vegetable. One bowl of spinach contains as much calcium as a carton of milk!
3. Grapefruit can be sour but packs a punch when it comes to supplying a day's worth of vitamin C. Eat half of one and you are good for the entire day.
4. For those who are not allergic, a healthy diet of Fish (salmon or tuna) will provide much needed Omega 3 fatty acids to help maintain proper weight and gain less. It's also good in preventing depression.
5. Carrot Juice is known for keeping us seeing well into our twilight years. It's also a super blood cleansing agent and prevents known cancers. Now if that's not love, I don't know what is.
Foods That Have Give No Love
1. White Sugar of the refined processed variety has no love and has no nutrient value whatsoever. The body uses energy to digest and absorb the sugar and gets nothing in return but exhaustion.
2. Coffee is clearly a beverage of ups and downs which often leaves you spiraling downward when it's all said and done. The culprit is caffeine which causes lack of focus. Do you need a drink that does that?
3. Processed Foods, which covers a wide range from fast foods to most canned foods, are overloaded with nutrient-empty sugar, water, fat, flour, starch, artificial colorings and flavors. Avoid these at all costs.
4. Foods that have Yeast Extract as an ingredient are those to take out of the shopping cart. Yeast Extract is used to enhance flavor but has the similar effects of MSG (monosodium glutamate), which are headaches and reproductive disorders.
5. Doughnuts contain hydrogenated oils, white flour, sugar, and acrylamides. Essentially, they're one of the worst cancer foods you can possibly eat. Reader's Digest calls doughnuts "disastrous" as a breakfast food, and many experts agree it's probably one of the worst ways to start the day. Extracted from the article The Top Five Cancer Causing Foods
Follow the Leptin Diet Rules
In summary, one key take home message about the science of leptin is that it is just as important when you eat as what you eat.
Two great articles are located here:
What is Leptin? By Bryon Richards at www.wellnessresources.com
This Hormone Makes Counting Calories Irrelevant By Ron Rosedale at www.mercola.com
The simple five rules of the The Leptin Diet are:
Rule 1: Never eat after dinner (Finish eating dinner at least three hours before bed)
Rule 2: Eat three meals a day (Allow 5-6 hours between meals)
Rule 3: Do not eat large meals.
Rule 4: Eat a breakfast containing protein.
Rule 5: Reduce the amount of carbohydrates eaten.
The Five Rules of The Leptin Diet
I have spent more than twenty years on the front lines of clinical nutrition helping thousands of people solve very difficult health problems – naturally. In all these years I have never encountered more powerful principles of health than those relating to leptin.
Leptin is the king of hormones, the commander and chief of virtually everything that takes place in your body. Understanding how leptin works and applying that information to your day to day life can totally change your health. This is especially true regarding issues of weight management, thyroid function, stress, mental capability, inflammation, immunity, reproduction, and cardiovascular health.
Leptin is actually a hormone – meaning that once it is released it will travel to another area of your body to make things happen – similar to the idea of placing a phone call to someone you wish to speak with and asking them to do something. In the case of leptin it is actually made in your white adipose tissue or stored fat. This finding alone has revolutionized the entire field of endocrinology – as previously stored fat was just thought to be a warehouse for extra calories. Our new understanding means that your stored fat is actually a metabolic organ, much like your thyroid gland or adrenal glands.
Once leptin is released from your fat it enters your blood and travels up to your brain, delivering a message as to how much fuel you have on hand. When your brain answers the leptin phone call and listens to the message, it tells you how fast you can run your metabolism based on how much gas is in your gas tank. In a sense the leptin phone call to your brain is like a gas gauge in your car. You have no way to see how much gas is in your tank – you rely on the gauge, before you pull over and fill ’er up. Likewise, your subconscious brain has no way to see how much stored fat you have on hand, it relies on the leptin gauge to determine your state of overall nutrition and fuel reserves.
If the leptin gauge is reading low it means eat more. When you’ve eaten enough, leptin levels rise, and the leptin gauge in your subconscious brain now says your tank is full – resulting in a full signal. One of the most basic leptin problems encountered by any person who is overweight is that their leptin gauge is sticky, or in more advanced cases broken. This means that you will have a subconscious drive to eat more food than you really need, in order to feel satisfied.
Once you do get a leptin-related full signal then permission is given for your body’s metabolism to get in gear and go. Leptin acts like a traffic cop in your brain – when levels are adequate the speed limit is raised and your metabolism can run faster. When leptin levels are too low your brain thinks there is a famine and your metabolic rate is set to hibernation mode so that you don’t perish from malnutrition. Your subconscious brain has no idea that there is food on every corner.
Since leptin is controlling the rate your body makes energy, and since energy is needed by everything in your body to do anything, leptin issues are core to survival and your health. This is why leptin is so powerful, and why I call it the king of hormones.
Now most people will eat until they get a full signal, and many people who are overweight ignore their internal full signal and eat compulsively until all food in sight is gone. This means they are responding to environmental cues – something I call the SEE FOOD diet, meaning any food that is seen will be eaten. Unfortunately, this type of adverse eating behavior actually causes the leptin gas gauge to become sticky which means you will feel compelled to eat more food than you truly need just to get a full signal. This exact problem is tormenting millions of Americans – there is little wonder why we have an obesity epidemic on our hands.
What I have described to you this far are some of the very basic concepts of how leptin works. As it turns out leptin also plays a major role in regulating the function of your brain, the function of your immune system, and the coordinated efforts of all other hormones in your body – including thyroid function, adrenal function and stress, and reproductive function.
Even though there are now over 15,000 studies relating to leptin in the scientific literature, many of you may have never heard of leptin before. The reason for this is rather simple, most of the research on leptin has been done to make leptin drugs for weight loss and such drugs simply don’t work. And as you can guess from such a large number of studies it is not for a lack of research effort.
The discovery of leptin is an interesting story itself. Back in 1994 scientists at
This is because only a handful of people are like the mice who are unable to make leptin at all. 99.9 % of the overweight population make way too much leptin from their extra pounds of fat. All this extra leptin actually clogs leptin function, sort of like a traffic jam, and induces a problem called leptin resistance – which means that even though there is far too much leptin it isn’t getting into your brain correctly and thus your brain is behaving just like the mice that don’t make any leptin at all. You always know you have a problem with leptin resistance because you will tend to be obsessive about food, thinking about your next meal too often, eating foods you know you shouldn’t, and feeling like it is a constant battle of your will just to do the right things to be healthy – that is if you are even trying. If you live to eat, you have a leptin problem. If you eat to live, you are likely in much better control of leptin.
At any rate, you obviously can’t give a leptin drug to someone who already has too much leptin – a problem that continues to baffle those who are looking for the next pharmaceutical blockbuster weight loss drug. No, I’m sorry to say that the only way to get a handle on this problem is to learn the ins and outs of leptin and how to eat to be in harmony with the hormone. It’s unfortunate, but our bodies came without an owner’s manual – and most of your trial and error regarding dieting is error. Well its time for you to learn how to be in charge, there is a right way to live and eat in harmony with leptin.
Welcome to a new world. May you never again be the same.
Follow Mercola's Nutrition Plan
I would recommend this to the place to start for everything - Just click on 'next' until you get to the end: Achieve Independent Health With Your Optimized Nutrition Plan: Getting Started
Are You Becoming a Boiled Frog?
By Lloyd Fielder
There used to be an experiment in high school, where they would drop a frog into a pot of extremely hot water to test the frog’s nervous system, and see if the frog was smart enough to jump out. It always did.
Then they would drop the same frog into a pot of room temperature water where it inevitably just stayed and swam, unaware and seemingly unaffected by its surroundings.
Lastly, they placed a burner under the pot and turned it on, slowly increasing the temperature one degree per minute. The frog continued to just swim around without noticing what was happening. The water became hotter and hotter ... and the frog eventually died.
Despite the fact that the frog literally was being boiled, it never once tried to escape from certain death. It never even noticed the precarious situation it was in.
This cruel experiment is no longer done. However, it can provide you with excellent information about how you can assess your own health. Because the temperature change was slow, the frog didn’t notice the pain or discomfort of being boiled. The frog died slowly, and never once knew of the urgent need to escape certain death.
Unfortunately, There is a Strong Chance You are Like Those Frogs
Every day we are subjected to stress in the forms of unnatural pollution and toxins, unhealthy diets, emotional and mental pressures of work, family issues, paying the bills ... as well as not getting nearly enough exercise, sunlight, or laughter.
Slowly throughout your lifetime, your nervous system has become so accustomed to your unnatural and unhealthy choices that you don’t even realize they are killing you, one degree at a time. By the time you finally realize that something is wrong, the downward spiral has sometimes gone on for decades.
Only the lucky ones get symptoms in the early stage, and many individuals will either ignore the symptoms, or mask them with drugs. Did you know the first sign of heart disease, more than 50 percent of the time, is a heart attack? And that fifty percent of heart attack victims die instantly?
Are You Willing To Play with Those Kinds of Odds?
Heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, arthritis and even tooth decay are all processes that occur over time due to unhealthy lifestyles.
If there was a way to assess where you are currently, and where you are headed, wouldn’t you want to find out if you are “being boiled” before it is too late?
We are like those boiling frogs, sitting in a pot of water that is slowly killing us and we never do anything to stop it. What’s worse is that someone else committed the frogs to their untimely demise, but sadly we continue to do this to ourselves with poor lifestyle choices, day after day after day.
Fortunately, your body has an amazing capacity for self healing. You can in fact turn things around, and start a positive healthy spiral upwards, even in the face of deadly disease.
It is quite clear that the conventional medical model will not help you get out of this dilemma, so I would strongly encourage you to locate a clinician who can help guide and coach you with the principles Dr. Mercola has been teaching on his site.
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We are a local Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farm, a way for the fresh food lovers in
Our spring baskets will include heads of leaf lettuce, mixed salad greens, spinach, beets, radishes, carrots, broccoli, kale, fresh herbs, tomatoes and other seasonally available fruits & vegetables.
Produce baskets are available for pick up at our farm in
For more information call us at: (805) 680-1218
or email at lbconstable@hotmail.com
Understand Organic Food Rules
Organic Foods Provide More than Health Benefits
The study looked at organic apples, pear, potatoes, wheat, and sweet corn and compared the levels of certain nutrients in relation to the commercially available counterparts produced via modern farming practices. The study lists the macronutrient chromium as being found at levels 78% higher in organic foods. The study also showed that Calcium is found at a level 63% higher in organic foods and Magnesium is found at a level 138% higher in organic foods. Other studies have shown that the use of pesticides can also alter the levels of certain vitamins including B vitamins, vitamin C, and beta-carotene in fruits and vegetables.
"USDA Organic" Label Finally Here
US Government Finally Establishes Federal Organic Standards
Just because a food is organic that does not mean it is good for you.I have seen many people in Whole Food Stores purchasing lots of the high grain and sugar organic junk foods they have.
The regulations divide organic labeling into four labeling categories:
1. 100 Percent Organic - Products must contain only organic ingredients
2. Organic - Products must be at least 95 percent organic by weight
3. Made with Organic Ingredients - Processed products that contain at least 70 percent organic ingredients
4. In addition, processed products with less than 70 percent organic ingredients may list those ingredients on the information panel as being organic but may not carry the term "organic" anywhere on the front of the package.
A "USDA" organic seal may appear on products in the first two categories (and in their advertisements), but not on the others.
12 Foods You Don't Have to Buy Organic
Of the 43 different fruit and vegetable categories in the Guide to Pesticides, the following twelve foods had the lowest pesticide load when conventionally grown. Consequently, they are the safest conventionally grown crops to consume:
Broccoli, Eggplant, Cabbage, Banana, Kiwi, Asparagus, Sweet peas (frozen), Mango, Pineapple, Sweet corn (frozen), Avocado, Onion
Of the 43 different fruit and vegetable categories tested, these 12 fruits and vegetables had the highest pesticide load, making them the most important to buy or grow organic:
Peaches, Apples, Sweet bell peppers, Celery, Nectarines, Strawberries, Cherries , Lettuce, Grapes (imported),Pears, Spinach, Potatoes
From: Food you don't have to buy organic
Don't eat Genetic Modified Food (GMO)
Anyone who believes Monsanto’s proclamations of saving the world from environmental catastrophe and hunger is clearly not paying attention to some very blatant signs that this is not true.
It’s unfortunate that the
While you may have heard about the most common GMO food sources, such as corn, many people are clueless about JUST HOW MUCH of your produce is now available in GMO varieties. And, perhaps even worse, just how many deliberate GMO field trials are actually going on, all across the world. Although the
For example:
4011: A conventionally grown product carries a 4-digit PLU code
94011: An organic product carries a 5-digit code, starting with the number 9
84011: A genetically engineered (GE or GMO) product has a 5-digit code
Common GMO Myths
From: Sowing Seeds of Starvation: Monsanto Hype in Growing Food Crisis
As The GM-Free Ireland Network points out, there are numerous GM biotechnology propaganda myths in circulation, and none of them are true. If you’ve been paying attention to the news about genetically modified plants, you’ve probably heard some of them already. (For the full list, please see this pdf.)
Myth #1: Genetic engineering is a continuation of traditional breeding methods
In fact, most GM crops are modified with the introduction of DNA from other species entirely. This never occurs in nature, or with traditional breeding methods.
Myth #2: Opponents of GM food are anti-science
Leading opponents of GM foods include the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Independent Science Panel, the U.S. Center for Food Safety, and numerous agronomic, environmental, and health scientists.
Myth #3: GM crops have higher yields
GM crop seeds currently on the market do not increase yields, and are not designed to. In fact, GM crops typically render lower yields.
For example, GM soya has decreased yields by up to 20 percent compared with non-GM soya. And up to 100 percent failures of Bt cotton have been recorded in
Additionally, recent studies by scientists from the USDA and the
Myth #4: Americans have been eating GM foods for 15 years without any health problems
This one is perhaps most deceptive as GM foods are not labeled in the
However, according to Jeffrey Smith, author of Seeds of Deception, what we do know is that between 1994 and 2001 – at the same time as GMO’s flooded the market – food related illnesses DOUBLED.
His findings show that GMO foods can be:
· Allergenic
· Toxic
· Carcinogenic
· Anti-nutritional
Although the major food giants are carrying on with their claim that GM foods are no different from conventionally grown varieties, the research says otherwise.
For example, GM peas were found to cause lung damage in mice; GM potatoes have been linked to cancer in rats; and bacteria in the human gut has been shown to take up DNA from genetically modified food under certain circumstances.
When viewed as a whole, GM foods are a disaster for the environment, an unviable solution to world hunger, and undoubtedly worse for your health.
Join Neighborhood Garden
Neighborhood Garden Exchanges www.sbfoodnotlawns.org
Share your enthusiasm about gardens, growing food and community. Bring homegrown veggies, fruits, herbs, flowers, seeds, succulent cuttings, compost worms, eggs, chicken manure, baked goods, recipes, garden books and magazines, garden wisdom, garden questions, friendship, etc!
Everyone is welcome to attend any and all exchanges. It is our hope you will be inspired to organize a group in your neighborhood that will not only gather and share but also dig in the soil together.
Sunday, March 15
1:00 - 3:00p PM
Meet the folk who own www.sbveggies.com
Learn more about
Turnpike Neighborhood Exchange
Sunday, March 15
2:00-3:30 PM
4969 La Ramada
We will have free seeds, avocados, citrus and something Irish to eat!
Marine Terrace’s
Sunday, March 15
11:00 AM -1:00 PM
Meet a long time kitchen gardener who dries and stores jars of her home grown beans,
both for eating and future crops. Enjoy a beautiful koi pond and hear about dreams of a chicken coop. Learn about new garden plans for the front yard, which includes a patch of beautiful lawn.Yes, lawn can be beautiful!
Check our web site's schedule page for even more events this month.
Just Because Is it Organic Doesn’t Mean Anything
For those of you still under the assumption that your Horizon organic milk, your Kashi crackers or your Green and Black’s chocolate was being churned out by a small farm or mom-and-pop shop nestled in a pristine valley, brace yourself for disappointment.
Read more: Your Favorite 'Natural' Brands May Not Be What They Seem
Food Labels Can Fool the Smartest People
When Lisa Lillien, the voice behind Hungry-Girl.com, had several samples of food tested in independent labs, the results were not consistent with what was printed on the labels.
According to the report, the FDA “has not kept pace” with their enforcement efforts as the number of food products has increased dramatically in recent years. Amazingly, it’s revealed that the FDA has not done random sampling to test the accuracy of Nutrition Facts labels since the 1990s!
Read more at: Warning: Food Labels Can Fool Even the Smartest People
Don't Shop at Supermarket like Vons, Ralphs, Albertsons
No more Vons, Ralphs, Albertson for me! I'm shopping only at Lassen's Health, Trader Joe's, and IV Health Food Coop.
Is organic more expensive? Maybe in dollar amount 10%. But not really if you consider the cost of medicine, shrink, time lost due to depression, etc.
We also now go to the farmer's market.
Get Sunlight - Vitamin D
My One Hour FREE Vitamin D Lecture to Clear Up All Your Confusion on this Vital Nutrient
Mainstream Media Lies about Vitamin D Deficiency and Parkinson's with Deceptive Headlines
What You Should Know About UVA and UVB Rays - Ultraviolet light from the sun comes in two main wavelengths -- UVA and UVB. It's important for you to understand the difference between them, and your risk factors from each.Consider UVB the 'good guy' -- though of course you can't de-select UVA if you're going to be in the sun. UVB helps your skin produce vitamin D.
UVA is considered the 'bad guy' because it penetrates your skin more deeply and causes more free radical damage. Not only that, but UVA rays are quite constant during all the hours of daylight throughout the entire year.
Vitamin D - A Guide for Furless Mammals
Dietary vitamin D is unique in that it is not actually a vitamin and would be better classified as ‘pro-hormone D’. We can thank Sir Edward Mellanby for the mishap in nomenclature going back to 1919 when the first notion of vitamin D being activated by sunlight was established. In our closest attempt to imitate plant photosynthesis, when sunlight strikes our skin a series of chemical reactions takes place and *vitamin D is converted to a hormone* called cholecalciferol (D3).
Semantics aside, vitamin D is fat soluble so your best food sources are from animal fats; fatty fish (salmon, mackerel), egg yolks, butter, liver, and full fat milk. Now the reason I bring this up is that the quality and quantity of saturated fats has greatly decreased since the low-fat-spandex-aerobics craze of the 80’s (apologies for the mental imagery). Sure, foods are often fortified with vitamin D, but this process of refining and then fortifying creates anything but a whole food product.
Historically the primary evidence of vitamin D deficiency has been rickets and bone development in children. Generally speaking this was treated with either direct sun exposure, or light boxes designed to provide adequate levels of UV light sparking the chemical conversion to D3. I seriously doubt that historical D deficiencies were due to a dietary lack of vitamin D as our ancestors consumed very adequate portions of saturated fats (which we are now learning are not the evil doing artery clogging grease they were once thought to be). Now with the RDA slowly rising it really makes me wonder whether part of the reason is that we have severely cut off our supply of raw materials, namely high quality, organic saturated fats. Of course no matter what, you need 15 minutes of sun exposure per day to activate the dietary vitamin D (get outside when your done reading this!), however I believe that the diet which we were designed allows us far more flexibility and that if we want to talk RDA of vitamin D then we really ought to start by looking at the poor, fear based dietary recommendations which have permeated the Western world for a few decades.
If there is an omnivorous animal eating and living in its optimal habitat out there which suffers from vitamin D deficiency then I stand corrected. Eating whole animal foods (which does not include boneless, skinless, fat free, corn fed, cage bred chicken breast) provides a large amount of precursors which are then converted to D3 with the sunshine. Our obsession with sunscreen is obviously a problem, but we’re not reptiles - we shouldn’t be spending hours laying in the sun to begin with. We have to balance the necessary 15-20 minutes of sunscreen free sunshine a day (more if you have darker skin) and the increased risk of skin cancer (if your going to spend hours in the sun get a fur coat like all the other mammals).
*Do you know how the RDA was established?* The Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) set the AI (adequate intake) levels assuming NO vitamin D was being synthesized in the skin through exposure to sunlight. This was back in 1997 and since then we have seen the RDA climb from 200 IU’s upwards. The new official guidelines from the IOM won’t be released until May 2010 but until then they are recommending 400 IU’s for kids under 10. The chairman himself, Dr. Frank Greer, takes 1000 IU”s of vitamin D a day which is an ideal dose for adults.
What it does for you: Increase energy, Lift mood, Regulate calcium & phosphorous, Increase immunity, Increased bone health, Prevents cancer
It really isn’t very difficult to get vitamin D into your diet if you are allowing yourself consumption of whole animal fats, here are some examples:
* 1 Egg yolk 25 IU’s, 3 oz can of sardines 230 IU’s, Liver, Cod liver oil (make sure the product has not had the natural vitamin D stripped out and a synthetic version put back in), Yes, of course all those fortified foods
It is then very easy to activate the vitamin D with 15 minutes of sun a day: Frisbee, nothing - 15 minute sun bath, walk, jog, stroll, cup of tea outside, tai-qi, qi-gong.
Come on, you don’t really need me to list these - get outside! In an effort to simplify RDA’s, statistics, news, mixed information, and the numbers: Whole foods & some sunshine - Doctors orders.
Definitely read The Healing Power of Sunlight
Get sunlight in the middle of the day! (Avoid morning/afternoon)
Go out and get direct sun in the middle of the day!
By comparison, UVB waves are low in morning and evening and high at midday. So, if you're out early in the morning or late in the day, you get lots of UVA (bad guy) and not much UVB (good guy). Not a good way to produce vitamin D. Plus you increase your risk of cancer if that's your only sun intake, and you fail to protect your skin.
Of course, too much is not good….only need 20 or so minutes a day.
Cloudy Days won't help make Vitamin D
Have you ever gotten a scorching sunburn on a cloudy day? You think you don't need to protect yourself and you wind up being really sorry you didn't. That's the UVA rays at work. They can break through cloud cover and pollution and do some real damage your skin.
Are Clouds Destroying Your Health? How You Can Conquer Sunlight Deficiency in Any Weather!
In Winter, take Cod Liver Oil for Vitamin D or go to Sun Tanning Salon
Compared with tropical areas,
Are Clouds Destroying Your Health? How You Can Conquer Sunlight Deficiency in Any Weather!
Sitting behind a glass window or in the car won't help give you Vitamin D
As you no doubt know, exposure to sunlight causes vitamin D to be produced in your skin. But it is only a portion of the solar spectrum known as UVB that has this effect. Other parts of the solar spectrum can have very different results. Malignant melanoma has been increasing at an exponential rate in indoor workers since before 1940. The reason may be indoor exposure to UVA radiation. Unlike UVB, which is blocked by glass, UVA can pass through windows.
Shocking Update -- Sunshine Can Actually Decrease Your Vitamin D Levels
Be careful which sunscreens to use and when to use it
Four Out of Five Sunscreens May Be Hazardous to Your Health
Check out EWG.org for a list of healthy sunscreens. Soleo is the best I have found so far and it doesn't seem to leave you to pasty looking...also not excessively greasy
Some Recommendation From: Should You Skip the Sunscreen?
Badger SPF 30 Sunscreen For Face & Body
California Baby No Fragrance SPF30+ Sunscreen Lotion
Devita Solar Protective Moisturizer 30 (goes on very light and is great for the face!)
Don't Believe Hype about Melanoma Cancer from Sun!
Is the Sun Really So Dangerous?
For Indoor, Get Natural Full Spectrum Lights Bulb
It was a true Cinderella story when photobiologist Dr. John Nash Ott figured out how to bring the brilliance of natural daylight indoors. He was first faced with this challenge when the Walt Disney Company approached him with a proposition: to record the growth of a pumpkin through time-lapse photography. Animators would use this footage to help them create what would become the legendary transformation of a pumpkin into Cinderella's magical carriage.,,,,read more: Cinderella Story from Dr. Ott
In the 1970s, a scout for the Cincinnati Reds contacted Dr. Ott about baseball caps. Traditionally, the underside of all players’ caps was yellowish green. Dr. Ott suggested that they change the underside of the caps to gray… read more: Cinderella Story from Dr. Ott
Explore the Spectrum with the Founder of Photobiology
More Evidence of the Benefits of Full Spectrum Lighting
Take up Juicing
Why Should I Juice Vegetables Rather Than Eat Them?
Most of us have relatively compromised intestines as a result of less than optimal food choices over many years. This limits your body's ability to absorb all the nutrients from the vegetables. Juicing will help to "pre-digest" them for you so you will receive most of the nutrition rather than having it go straight through you.
Vegetable juicing allows you to eat more vegetables than you would normally. By incorporating the juice into your eating plan you will easily be able to reach the one pound of raw vegetables per 50 pounds of body weight that you should eat every day (unless you’re a Protein type, in which case you may only need about ½ pound per 50 pounds of body weight per day)
If you eat the vegetables like a salad, you will be having far too many salads during the week. This will violate the rotation principle and increase your likelihood of developing an allergy to some of the vegetables
See more here: A good reason not to skip breakfast
Make your own Fruit Smoothies
Many commercially available fruit smoothies contain added sugar - sometimes in the form of seemingly natural ingredients such as grape juice - or other additives, such as ascorbic acid. Smoothies made without these additives contain much lower levels of sugar and acid. It is these ingredients that Carter warned of."While fruit smoothies can be a good way to get people to consume more fruit, the high concentration of sugar and acids means that they can do real damage to the teeth if sipped throughout the day,"
Carter said. "Every time you sip on a fruit smoothie, your teeth are placed under acid attack for up to an hour, so constantly sipping on these drinks can cause the protective enamel to erode, causing pain and sensitivity. It can also lead to decay."Dentists advise people who consume fruit drinks to brush their teeth before drinking them, rather than immediately afterward. The acid content of fruit juices can weaken enamel, and brushing teeth in this weakened state may cause permanent damage.
Don't Drink Fruit Smoothies Made with Added Sugar, Warn Dentists
Get a BlendTec or Vitamix – Best Investment for your Health
Check out what happens to the iphone in the blender: http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=iphone
29,000 rpm blenders are the best investment to your health.
Ten Healthiest Foods for Under $1
Ten Healthiest Foods Under $1
1. Two Cage Free Organic Eggs: $0.84
2. Raw Organic Milk, 8 oz: $0.62
3. Raw Nuts and Seeds:
Sunflower seeds, raw, 1 oz. = $0.82
Mixed raw nuts, 1/2 oz. = $1.00
4. Berries: 1 cup fresh organic blueberries = $0.95
5. Watermelon: One-pound slice = $0.59
6. Coconut Milk: 7 ounces = $0.98
7. Spinach: 5 oz. fresh organic spinach = $0.95
8. Garlic: 2 cloves = $0.05
9. Wild Rice: One serving = $0.99
10. Krill Oil: Two capsules = $0.84
A few notes from the article:
1. Avoid all omega-3 eggs since they are actually less healthful for you. Typically, these hens are fed poor quality omega-3 fat sources that are already oxidized.
2.Nuts are a good substitute protein for meat, for those of you preferring a vegetarian diet, as long as they aren’t eaten in excess. The reason for moderation is that, except for walnuts, almost all nuts are top heavy in omega-6 fats and can upset the omega 6/omega 3 ratio. The average American has an omega 6:3 ratio of 15:1. It should be 1:1. Therefore, any amount of omega-6 fat is not a good thing for most Americans.
3.Garlic’s main active ingredient is allicin, but this agent vanishes about an hour after you cut into it. This is why you must eat garlic fresh! You can’t swallow cloves whole -- they must be crushed first. Taking a garlic pill is a waste of time.
4. Krill Oil -There was a time when I would have placed fish on this list as one of the top ten foods, but unfortunately, today, the dangers of eating fish outweigh the benefits due to the toxic mercury levels they now contain, with very few exceptions. Fortunately, I have discovered a cost effective way for you to receive all of the benefits of fish without the danger of heavy metal contamination.
Super Power Food – Energy Soup
THE KEY TO SELF-HEALING IS - HIGH ENERGY NOURISHMENT! (ENERGY SOUP)
Super Power Food - Bananas
http://rense.com/general85/bananas.htm
Super Power Food - Celery
http://www.naturalnews.com/024596.html
Super Power Food - Guacamole
Health Benefits of Guacamole and the Science of Salsa
Super Power Food - Brocolli, Cauliflower, Brussel sprout
Scientists Show How Certain Vegetables Combat Cancer
Some excerpts from the article : "Breast cancer, the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women, can be protected against by eating cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage and near relatives of cabbage such as broccoli and cauliflower," said first author Olga Azarenko, who is a graduate student at UCSB. "These vegetables contain compounds called isothiocyanates which we believe to be responsible for the cancer-preventive and anti-carcinogenic activities in these vegetables. Broccoli and broccoli sprouts have the highest amount of the isothiocyanates.
As a general rule, the greater the variety and the larger the volume, the better. When it comes to healing carbohydrates, most of the beneficial healing elements of food are in the vegetables, whereas the grains are a major contributing factor to most of our modern culture’s diseases.
The healing, restorative power of vegetables have been researched and known for some time, but remains largely obscured; overshadowed by the massive marketing of pharmaceutical drugs that seek to provide symptomatic relief, however more expensively, oftentimes less effectively, and with a plethora of damaging health consequences as, unlike vegetables, they nearly always fail to address the cause of the problem.
For example, one 2001 study discovered that women who reported consuming at least 2.5 servings of fruit and vegetables daily as adolescents were 46 percent less likely to develop ovarian cancer. I can’t think of any drug that can beat those prevention odds.
While I believe foods, especially vegetables, are a far smarter choice to treat serious health challenges like cancer than using most drugs, all foods may still not be the right choice for you. And even though vegetables are one of the healthiest food categories on the planet, not all vegetables are beneficial for everyone.
This is where a deep appreciation of nutritional typing will assist you in selecting the best vegetables for you.
One of the most serious mistakes is for a protein type to consume many dark green vegetables. This tends to over-alkaline your system and worsens rather than improves your health if you’re a protein type. This is despite the many beneficial phytonutrients that are present. I am very familiar with this mistake as it’s one that I made prior to understanding nutritional typing.
Super Power Food – Raw Chocolate
Improve Your Health and Well-Being with Raw Chocolate
I have the best Hot Chocolate recipe - raw milk, 100% cocoa powder - organic from Lassen, and a few vanilla stevia drops. Warm milk over store and add cocoa power and vanilla drop. Doesn't need to be hot. I love the flavor...not too sweet....Kids like it too. No sugar!
1. What is the difference between “cacao” and “cocoa?”
"Cacao" is the bean that comes from the cacao tree, which is known by the scientific name of "Theobroma cacao". Cacao pods - large football-sized fruits - grow off the trunk and limbs of the cacao tree, and cacao beans are found inside the pods.
The beans are harvested, fermented and dried. They are then cleaned and roasted, after which point the products are often referred to as "cocoa." In other words, "cocoa" is what the bean is called after it has been processed.
In the
2. What is the difference between cacao and cocoa?
/Theobroma cacao /, more commonly know as cacao, refers to the tree that produces cocoa beans.
Chocolate Linguistics: You Say Cocoa, I Say Cacao
Cacao refers to the pod (cacao pods), the beans within (cacao beans), and the pure paste of the bean (cacao paste or cacao "liquor").Cocoa is the powder made from the cacao bean, which is mashed into a paste then pounded to extract the cocoa butter and pulverized into a dry powder.
Get Dark Chocolate – No Milk and Sugar with Chocolate
Hershey's to finally introduce chocolate products made with real cacao
"While it's good to see the Hershey Company finally using real cacao in a line of chocolate products, consumers should be warned to watch out for other ingredients that may be present," explained Mike Adams, a consumer health advocate and author of The Seven Laws of Nutrition. "Eating a chocolate bar containing milk fats and refined sugars may nullify any health benefits provided by cacao," he said.
Eat most of your Food Raw
Eat Your Food Uncooked? Here’s the Really Raw Truth
Excerpt: Interestingly, as a side note, that’s why you don’t want to chew gum that much. When you chew gum, you’re actually sending a false signal to your body to create enzymes when you don’t need them. You’re essentially wasting your enzyme production. This is a challenge because as you age -- especially in a culture that focuses on processed foods -- about one-third of your body’s ability to produce enzymes is lost by the age of 40!
Find Out Which Raw Food Diet is Right for You, Part I
Find Out Which Raw Food Diet is Right for You, Part II
RAW FOOD ~ LIVING FOOD
Raw and Living Foods are foods that contain enzymes. All cooked food is devoid of enzymes. Cooking food changes the molecular structure of the food. In general, the act of heating food destroys enzymes in food. (Enzymes start to degrade in as little as 106 degrees F). Living and raw foods also have enormously higher nutrient values than the foods that have been cooked.
This belief is based on the work of Artturi Virtanen, a biochemist, and on the research of Dr. Edward Howell, an
Professor Karl Eimer, director of the Medical Clinic at the
Anthropologist Peter Lucas of George Washington University in Washington DC, US, was reported in NewScientist magazine on 19/2/2005 as having the theory that man being the only mammal with chronic poor dentition, and the only mammal to significantly process and cook his food, are causally linked. He believes that the adoption of food processing and cooking reduced the size of our jaw through evolutionary processes, but not the size of our teeth. Hence the expanding science of orthodontics. Conversely, the research suggests that a diet of unprocessed and uncooked food is more likely to promote health.
The benefits of going raw-vegan are boundless. Raw foods are easy to digest, and they provide the maximum amount of energy with minimal bodily effort. Studies have shown that living foods have healing powers that can alleviate many illnesses from low energy, allergies, digestive disorders, weak immune system, high cholesterol, candida, to obesity & weight problems (weight normalization), etc.. Research and real life experiences have also shown that a person can prevent a body's healthy cells from turning into malignant cancerous cells by consuming mostly a raw food diet & whole organic foods!
Cooking Food destroys Nutrients
http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000409_broccoli_raw_foods_sulforaphane.html
*Health Ranger comment:* The raw foodists are right! Cooking broccoli (or any other vegetable) destroys 90% or more if its anti-cancer phytochemicals. Only RAW vegetables contain useful medicine. Cooking them destroys their nutritional value, creating DEAD food. And dead food leads to dead people...
Click to read: Cooking Broccoli Destroys 90+ Percent of Anti-Cancer Compound Sulforaphane
From Foodnavigator-usa.com: Consumption of the cooked vegetable led to lower levels of a compound called sulforaphane being measured in the blood and urine, compared to consuming raw broccoli, according to findings published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry....
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Turbo Oven Alternative: A Revolution in Home Cooking
Don't Overcook your food
Are You Sabotaging Your Food by Overheating It During Cooking?
If a food would normally cook at 350° F for 1 hour, it will need 1½ hours to cook at 225° F.
The standard cooking temperature for most foods seems to have become around 350° F. But by cooking something at that temperature, you actually damage the molecular structure of the food.
A far better temperature for cooking, the maximum temperature to set the oven on, is 225°
She explained that all heating of food killed the natural enzymes in our food, which facilitated digestion in our bodies. Therefore she advocated being a vegetarian and eating raw food. In fact, she said, "I threw out my stove 20 years ago."
But several foods are not meant to be eaten raw. Broccoli and cabbage (and others in the Brassica family) as well as spinach contain erucic acid and oxalic acid (respectively), an antinutrient that blocks absorption of protein and other nutrients. They also are goitrogens -- disrupt thyroid function! Yuck! So always lightly cook these foods, better yet ferment them (sauerkraut), because that's the healthiest way.
Peanuts are another one -- don't buy raw peanut butter! Roasted!
First of all, acrymlamines are formed in trace amounts when most veggies are cooked. It's potatoes in which they are formed in high quantities when cooked to that "golden brown color" we all like so much: Fries, hash browns, chips, etc. Other foods such as raw veggies etc. have enzymes that break them back down or detoxify them.
Nitrosamines are formed in meats cooked at excessively high temps, such as charbroiled (read: Blackened -- actually charred, not merely browned which chefs call "carmelized") or fried to a crisp (bacon), and also in hypoacid GI tracts (Blood Type A) from processed (added nitrites) meats regardless of cooking.
I am still researching whether of not certain foods should be eaten raw or cooked. Some vebetables, I have read, should be slightly cooked, like tomatoes and carrots, to release the lycopene and beta carotene respectively. Does anyone have the definitive anwser on this? If so, I would really appreciate it. Does anyone know whether or nor seeds and nuts should be soaked before eating? I am still so confused about all this.
I agree totally with the fact that High temperatures damage food. Ideally raw food would be superior to cooked food because the food enzymes would not be destroyed and we would live longer and healthier because of it. Check out www.rawfoodadvisor.com. At temperatures above 118 degrees the enzymes are destroyed not to mention the fragmentation of proteins which asault the body and increases our white blood cell count by as much as 300%.
Never Use the Microwave
Update: The power circuit in where the microwave was plugged into keep turning off. The microwave is banished to the garage in which I use it every once in a while to clean the sponges. We hardly used it anyway....and now boil all the water and cook the food in the oven.
http://www.relfe.com/microwave.html
The Hidden Hazards Of Microwave Cooking
Do You Microwave Your Food? You’re Zapping Away Nutrients and Risking Your Health - Articles
Finally Something Good You Can Do With Your Microwave!! - Articles
Mercola Healthy Chef Turbo Oven
The Hidden Hazard of Microwave Cooking
Avoid Microwavable Popcorn and Fake Butter in Movie Theater
Aside from the undesirables they use in the recipe, have a look at the other thing used in the packaging at http://www.ewg.org/node/26667
Oil is awful (except for Olive oil or pressed oil) as it uses benzene and hexane (yes gasoline!) to extract. Read more about from the reports or book from theperfectcrime.com
Just top it with plain organic melted butter (say no to nonfat butter, margarine, I can't believe it's butter, etc.) It's the best thing - see "The Mood Cure" and "Going back to the Basics of Human Health"
Use an Air Popper
We brought a plain air popper - http://www.nextag.com/Presto-Hot-Air-Popcorn-79705826/prices-html
Don't eat irradiated Food
Irradiated Foods Cause Severe Neurological Damage
The Food Irradiation Plot: Why the USDA Wants to Sterilize Fresh ...
Irradiated Foods Cause Severe Neurological Damage
Add Blueberry or Cherry to your Hamburger
Blueberry Hamburger for your health
Marinate your food when you BBQ
Summer Grilling can be dangerous to your health
Use Rosemary to Curb Carcinogens
Marinate steak in red wine or beer for six hours
A sauce made of olive oil, lemon juice and garlic can also lower HCA levels in grilled chicken by as much as 90 percent.
Cook the meat as little as possible. Rare or medium-rare at the absolute most.
Add blueberries or cherries to your burgers, as they can also help prevent the formation of HCAs
Is There Really a Healthy Way to Use Alcohol?
Some excerpts from article:
However, scientists are gathering increasing amounts of evidence to show that the levels of HA’s in cooked meat can be lowered by treating the food beforehand. Marinating steak in red wine or beer for six hours before frying can cut levels of two types of HA by up to 90 percent compared. Beer was also efficient at reducing a third type of HA, cutting levels significantly in just four hours.
Mercola: However, I am not yet convinced that the health benefits outweigh the damage from consuming alcohol so I currently don’t believe or recommend it is wise to regularly consume alcohol for health benefits. Indulging in small amounts intermittently on social occasions probably results in very limited risks though.
Previous research has shown that a red wine marinade has a similar effect on HA levels in fried chicken. A sauce made of olive oil, lemon juice and garlic can also lower HA levels in grilled chicken by as much as 90 percent.
As I said earlier, ideally you should eat your meat raw or very lightly cooked, but for those of you who aren’t ready to give up cooked meat just yet, here are my top guidelines to keep in mind.
1. Limit the amount of grilled foods you eat, and make sure you’re eating plenty of other raw foods in your diet.
2. You can reduce the amount of PAHs when you grill by not cooking fatty meats, and by trimming the fat off before you grill.
3. When grilling, cook your food with indirect heat, such as on a rack rather than directly on the coals. Cooking on a cedar plank is also helpful.
4. Always avoid charring your meat (and don't eat the black or brown parts).
5. Cook meat partially before putting it on the grill, or cook smaller pieces of meat, which take less time to cook, and therefore give HCAs less time to form.
6. You can reduce the amount of AGEs in your food by using an acidic marinade that contains lemon juice or vinegar.
7. Marinating meats before grilling or broiling them can reduce HCAs (according to some experts by 90 percent or more). However, only use natural ingredients for marinades, and keep the coating thin to avoid charring.
8. Flip your burgers often, as this will help cut down on HCAs.
9. Add blueberries or cherries to your burgers, as they can also help prevent the formation of HCAs.
10. Avoid grilling hot dogs, bratwurst and other processed meats, as these seem to be among the worst offenders.
11. Only grill high-quality, organic and grass-fed meats.
12. Cook the meat as little as possible. Rare or medium-rare at the absolute most. You can also quickly sear the meat on both sides, leaving the inside mostly raw. This gives the illusion that you’re eating cooked meat, with many of the benefits of raw.
Use Cast Iron or Stainless Steel pots or pans for Cooking
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Just take a look at this chart of a recent 2009 Heavy Metals Leaching Test performed on common types of cookware you probably use everyday.
| | Aluminum | Cobalt | Chrome | Iron | Nickel | Leaching? |
| Aluminum Tea Kettle | 6.70 | * | * | * | * | Yes |
| Stainless Steel Tea Kettle | * | * | * | 1.27 | * | Yes |
| Speckled Metal Bakeware | 35.40 | 2.67 | .23 | 1.48 | 19.30 | Yes** |
| Seasoned Cast Iron Skillet | * | * | 2.08 | 2,817.00 | * | Yes |
| Non Stick Anodized Aluminum 5.5 qt | 7.10 | * | * | * | * | Yes |
| Anodized Aluminum 1qt | * | * | * | * | 3.28 | Yes |
| Ceramic Non Stick Aluminum Skillet | 1.40 | * | * | .95 | * | Yes |
| Non Stick Glass Bakeware | * | * | * | 4.31 | * | Yes |
Teflon is the most popular cookware in
Well, for starters, teflon-coated aluminum contains perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a synthetic chemical used in production that creates a soap-like slipperiness and non-stick finish.
Once heated, Teflon and other non-stick pans will quickly reach temperatures at which toxic fumes release into the air. And it doesn't take much heat to do this -- the coating begins to break down and release toxins at a temperature of only 446° F.
PFOA has become very controversial because of potential health dangers... and DuPont with its patented Teflon is right in the middle of the controversy.
In May 2006, DuPont received a subpoena from the U.S. Justice Department's Environmental Crimes Section to turn over documents about PFOA safety.
This came just a month after DuPont settled a lawsuit, with a fine of $10.25 million by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) alleging that DuPont hid health data about PFOA for twenty years.
So why is PFOA so dangerous?
In animal studies, PFOA posed health hazards like:
| Serious changes in organs including the brain, prostate, liver, thymus, and kidneys, showing toxicity. |
| Death of several rat pups due to PFOA exposure. |
| Changes in the pituitary in female rats, at all doses. The pituitary controls growth, reproduction, and many metabolic functions. Changes in the size of the pituitary indicate toxicity. |
| PFOA has been associated with tumors in at least four different organs in animal tests, and has been implicated in an increase in prostate cancer in PFOA plant workers. |
Now the various PFOA doses used in these animal experiments weren't necessarily the same exposure levels you might get from Teflon. But they clearly show the potential danger from PFOA.
In a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), PFOA was detected in close to 98% of the population. While PFOA can come from sources other than Teflon, that's startling information.
A study reported in 2007, and conducted by the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, showed alarming evidence newborn infants face exposure to PFOA while in the womb.
The research analysis detected PFOA in 100% of the newborns examined.
While PFOA can come from sources other than this and other studies suggest the potential dangers of Teflon.
Though not necessarily related to PFOA has already been implicated in increased instances of cancer in the pancreas, liver, testicles, and mammary glands, as well as miscarriages, thyroid problems, weakened immune systems, and low organ weights.
So, I'm sure you understand when I say “enough already” with the potential dangers of using Teflon. If you haven't already done it, don't you think it's time to give your Teflon cookware the boot for good?
Although this type of cookware usually goes by the brand name there are many other non-stick brand names that contain this toxic coating, including: Silverstone, Fluron, Supra, Excalibur, Greblon, Xylon, Duracote, Resistal, Autograph and T-Fal, to name just a few. So, watch out for these as well.
Even after you purge your kitchen of you may still be harboring danger -- this time in the form of aluminum or stainless steel.
I would not recommend aluminum pans for cooking if you want to enjoy your golden years. Aluminum is a causal factor suspect in Alzheimer's disease (AD).
In my experience, people dread Alzheimer's disease more than cancer and heart disease, for good reason.
Aluminum is a "reactive" metal, meaning that it reacts with salty or acidic foods to release itself into your food. Dietary sources of aluminum include cookware, containers, foil, and utensils. You can also face exposure to aluminum when Teflon chips off a coated aluminum pan.
Next to the most common cookware alternative is stainless steel, accounting for one-third of
And some cooks prefer the "clad" or "three-ply" varieties that have an aluminum or copper base sandwiched between layers of stainless steel.
Contrary to popular belief, stainless steel may not be an inert metal either. All stainless steel has alloys containing nickel, chromium, molybdenum, carbon, and various other metals.
In a study conducted on heart patients receiving stainless steel stents, restenosis occurred in 50% of patients. Allergies to the nickel and molybdenum in the stainless steel were suspected causal factors.
While this study is clearly not cooking-related, it is certainly possible that cooking with stainless steel, clad or not, may increase the likelihood that metals will leach into your food. This is especially true if the cookware becomes pitted due to extended use or storage of acidic foods. For those with nickel allergies, it could be a particularly concerning problem.
Copper is an alternative that provides even heat distribution. However, I recommend that it never has direct contact with your food.
When you use copper as your cooking surface, it can leach out in excessive amounts. If enough leaching occurs, you could potentially experience digestive discomforts.*
Therefore, most copper pans come lined with other metals, creating the same concerns noted above. And copper pans are also extremely costly.
Once you realize the potential risks of that aluminum and stainless steel are reactive, and that copper may be risky as well, isn't it time you switched to the best non-toxic cookware I've found to date -- Mercola Healthy Cookware?
I've spoken out about Teflon for some time. And by now, you should also understand the potential dangers associated with aluminum, stainless steel, and copper cookware:
| Cookware Material | Potential Hazards |
| Teflon | PFOA induced potential health hazards -- from your immune system to birthing activities |
| Aluminum | Is a reactive metal and suspected casual factor in Alzheimer's disease |
| Stainless steel | Potential likelihood of metal leaching into your food and allergen issues |
| Copper | Due to the possibility of copper caused discomfort, recommended to never have direct contact with your food |
Avoid Plastics
Which Plastic is safe these days?
Here's a breakdown.
#1 PETE or PET (NOT SAFE due to antimony leaching)Polyethylene terephthalate
#2 HDPE (SAFE) High density polyethylene
#3 PVC or V (NOT SAFE due to phthalates)Polyvinyl chloride
#4 LDPE (SAFE) Low density polyethylene
#5 PP (SAFE) Polypropylene
#6 PS (NOT SAFE for hot liquids, alcohol or fatty foods due to styrene)Polystyrene
#7 plastics including polycarbonates that contain bisphenol A (BPA) (NOT SAFE due to BPA)
Polycarbonate
The type of plastic bottle in which water is usually sold is usually a #1, and is only recommended for one time use. Do not refill it.
Unfortunately, those fabulous colourful hard plastic lexan bottles made with polycarbonate plastics and identified by the #7 recycling symbol, may leach BPA.
The tips being given to avoid BPA and other toxic components of plastic are:
A) Don't microwave using plastic
B) Avoid canned food (not all canned food use plastic liners, so inspect and then avoid if they do)
C) Avoid milk containers that have plastic liners inside
D) Use glass instead of plastic whenever possible
E) Don't use Lexan items (Nalgene bottles - Though you can buy safe, soft #4 Nalgene bottles)
F) Avoid using plastic wraps. Some contain bisphenol A, though certain brands, such as Saran, don't.
G) Toss out old, scratched plastic dishes and containers. Don't wash plastic dishes in the dishwasher or using strong detergents, which can speed up wear and tear.
H) NEVER use Styrofoam cups, especially for hot drinks. It is bad enough that people drink coffee but to put it in a Styrofoam cup is extremely unwise. Why would anyone want to expose themselves to these types of dangerous chemicals (bisphenol A and polystyrene)?
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_food_blog/2008/04/are-plastic-bot.html
Nalgene Bottles Pulled From Shelves
Nalgene Water Bottles Appear to be Unsafe
Don't Use a Plastic Cutting Board
http://www.wrightnewsletter.com/etips/ht200809/ht20080915b.html
Dr. Wright: One of the easiest things you can do to increase food safety in your own kitchen is to switch from plastic to wooden cutting boards. This might surprise you, since plastic cutting boards have become the norm these days, and certainly seem like they'd be the more hygienic choice.
But research shows that wooden cutting boards do not sustain the growth of bacteria. The plastic versions, on the other hand, do. In part, this research was stimulated by various health departments mandating the use of plastic cutting boards in commercial establishments. These mandates were based on the assumption that wood--with all its cracks, crevices, and knife cuts--would harbor microorganisms, and that seamless hard plastic -- with only superficial grooving from knives -- could be cleaned more easily and effectively.
But researchers found that microorganisms simply didn't survive on wooden cutting boards that were cleaned after use. And plastic cutting boards, even after similar cleaning, did, in fact, harbor bacteria with regularity.
Eat an apple a day!
Does an Apple a Day Really Keep the Doctor Away?
Apples can add a huge, health-boosting antioxidant punch to anyone's diet.
But not all apples are created equal, the study concludes.
You have to eat the skins to get full the benefit. Though there are some of these powerful compounds in the juicy flesh of the fruit, the bulk of the antioxidants are contained in the skin - as much as 6 times more, in fact.
Eat lots of eggs
The yolk has to be runny – period. Sunny side up, poached, over easy, raw and I’m sure I’ve missed a few.
Raw Eggs for Your Health -- Major Update
Important Update on Eating Raw Eggs
Eggs are the Better Breakfast Choice
What Are the Best Type of Eggs to Get?
Don’t be fooled by the egg industry’s double-speak definitions of what free-range really means. The UDSA defines “free-range” as chickens that have “access to the outside”. This does not specify whether the “outside” is a field for foraging or a cement courtyard and does not define their diets.
It is always best to obtain your eggs from a local farmer whose methods are known. To find free-range pasture farmers, ask your local health food store or refer to www.eatwild.com or www.localharvest.com. Many people are finding it rewarding to raise their own eggs. You can read about this at Mother Earth News.
If you must get your eggs from the grocery store, your best bet is to look for free-range organic.
Avoid all omega-3 eggs since they are actually less healthful for you. Typically, these hens are fed poor quality omega-3 fat sources that are already oxidized.
It is best to eat your eggs raw. Yes, you read that correctly. Raw.
Eggs are often one of the most allergenic foods, but this is because of the changes that take place in the cooking process. Eating eggs raw also helps preserve many of the highly perishable nutrients such as lutein and zeaxanthin, which are powerful agents in preventing macular degeneration.
Raw eggs are not a likely cause of salmonella poisoning - read my 2002 article.
Cholesterol is Good for You
Lots of good information from the following website: Cholesterol and Health
By Mercola: “This is a topic near and dear to my heart, as my cholesterol has been as low as 75 when I was a naive young doctor and felt that your cholesterol could not be too low. While many people worry that their cholesterol is too high, few give a thought to the damage that can result if your cholesterol is too low. When it comes to cholesterol, lower is not always better.”
Source: What Happens When Your Cholesterol Goes Too Low?
By Bernie Rosen, PhD: “We often hear warnings about eating foods that contain cholesterol. We are told eating these foods will lead to cardiovascular disease and heart attacks. From this we often form the conclusion that cholesterol is bad. In fact, we are told there is “good” cholesterol and “bad” cholesterol. Yet, the simple truth is that cholesterol is an essential component of human biochemistry - our body requires it and uses it continuously.
Cholesterol is used to manufacture cell membranes. Cell membranes determine what gets in and out of our cells. Without cholesterol cell membranes will not function correctly. When this occurs we have damaged cells. With damaged cells comes a variety of diseases, particularly cancer.
The greatest concentration of cholesterol is in the brain and nervous system. The nerve cells have cholesterol rich membranes. This allows the electrical currents of the nervous system to signal and travel effectively. Our brain and nervous system will not work properly without sufficient cholesterol.
Cholesterol is the base material for hormones – among these are our sex hormones and our stress handling hormones. These include: pregnenolone, DHEA, progesterone, testosterone, estrogen, and cortisol. Their roles include: stress handling; reproduction; energy production; maintaining stable blood sugar levels; body repair and regeneration; healthy brain function, mood, cognition, and memory; and maintaining overall strength, stamina, and vitality.
Because our body requires cholesterol, it has a system in place to manufacture it. This occurs in the liver. If we did not need cholesterol, our body would not make it. The cholesterol in our blood is being delivered to where it is needed. Cholesterol is delivered to the adrenals, ovaries, testes, and peripheral tissues via low density lipoproteins (LDLs) where it will be used to manufacture hormones. Cholesterol is returned to the liver via high density lipoproteins (HDLs) where it is broken down and made available for later use by the body.
When we have high LDL levels this indicates cholesterol is on the move. So where is all this cholesterol going? Why is it needed? Here are two significant reasons that our body is producing cholesterol. First, cholesterol is found in the damaged areas of arteries, where along with other substances it forms the plaque associated with heart disease. However, cholesterol is the body’s repair substance. Without cholesterol in the blood stream, tears and irritation in the arteries would lead to aneurisms and ruptures. How do these arteries get damaged? A significant amount is due to fluctuations in blood sugar levels along with hormone surges to keep blood sugar levels constant. This damage occurs over time. This is why heart disease and diabetes are considered degenerative diseases – they occur over time.
Second, many of us are in a chronic stress response – we are stressed out. In order to handle stress our body requires cortisol. This is one of the hormones manufactured from cholesterol. For our body to have the cortisol it needs to handle stress, it must make cholesterol, so it can ultimately make cortisol.
What does this tell us? There are two keys to lowering cholesterol – diet and stress reduction. Diet does not necessarily mean eating foods low in cholesterol, it means eating foods in such a way as to keep our blood sugar levels constant. We must look at our complete intake of all dietary factors – carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water. Stress reduction and stress management means learning relaxation techniques to consciously change our patterns and stop the chronic stress response.”
Source: Cholesterol – Why Your Body Needs It
Don't Believe Cholesterol Hype
Mercola’s comment extracted from Tips to Lower Cholesterol Naturally
When I first started practicing in the mid-80s, after finishing my residency program, I was already very interested in preventive medicine and checked cholesterol levels on nearly every patient I saw. A large number of people, I found, had elevated levels of cholesterol. But surprisingly, a fair number of them took their results back to their previous doctors (since I was the new kid on the block, no doubt) who reassured them their levels were normal.
Well, the problem was that the ranges of “normal” were, and still are, very misleading as they are a measure of what’s average -- based on mostly sick people.
It’s important to realize that there’s a big difference between average and healthy cholesterol levels. It’s very similar to what we’re now seeing with vitamin D levels.
Today, however, with respect to cholesterol, the pendulum has shifted the opposite way with ever lower levels of cholesterol being recommended, primarily due to the significant influence of the drug industry.
Profit, Not Health, is the Driving Factor Behind Current Cholesterol Recommendations
The pharmaceutical industry quickly realized what an enormous market they could capture with cholesterol lowering drugs. And they could do this very effectively with a drug that you’d have to take for years on end, and which, for the most part, wasn’t toxic or dangerous enough to kill you quickly.
Cholesterol lowering drugs (statins) now generate profits to the tune of tens of billions of dollars a year.
They were also able to leverage their marketing efforts by selecting experts in the medical community, and appointing them to government panels that make recommendations adopted by nearly the entire medical and health community.
On the last
Before 2004, a 130 LDL cholesterol level was considered healthy. The updated guidelines, however, recommended levels of less than 100, or even less than 70 for patients at very high risk.
In order to achieve these outrageous and dangerously low targets, you typically need to take multiple cholesterol-lowering drugs. So the guidelines instantly increased the market for these dangerous drugs.
Please understand that you have not been told the whole truth about cholesterol. Rather what you’re getting from most conventional health practitioners is little more than cleverly distorted marketing.
Cholesterol is Not the Evil Villain You’ve Been Led to Believe
Cholesterol is essential and crucial for a wide variety of vital functions in your body.
It’s an integral part of your cell membranes, and it’s also the precursor (the raw material) your body uses to make your steroid hormones – one of which is vitamin D. Your skin contains cholesterol, and when UVB rays from the sun hits your skin it converts that form of cholesterol to vitamin D3, which is then transported to your blood. Your body then further converts it into the active form of vitamin D.
But that’s not all. When your cholesterol levels go too low, a host of negative events occur in your body.
The Risks of Low Cholesterol
Cholesterol also essential for optimal brain health. It helps in the formation of your memories and is vital for neurological function. In fact, low cholesterol has been linked to a variety of neurological problems, including memory loss.
Having too little of this beneficial compound also:
Increases your risk of depression
Can increase your risk of suicide
May lead to violent behavior and aggression
Increase your risk of cancer and Parkinson’s disease
What is Too High?
Personally, I believe anything above 330 is likely too high. But another powerful way to determine if you’re at risk from abnormal cholesterol metabolism is to check your ratio of HDL, or “good” cholesterol, and your total cholesterol.
Your HDL percentage is a very potent heart disease risk factor.
Simply divide your HDL level by your cholesterol. That percentage should ideally be above 25 percent. Typically, the higher the better, as there are no known side effects of having too high good cholesterol.
If your ratio falls below 15-20 percent you are at high risk, and below 10 percent, it’s a significant indicator of risk for heart disease.
How to Safely and Effectively Treat High Cholesterol
Fortunately, there are simple, basic strategies that can help you regulate your cholesterol.
First, please realize that simply lowering your dietary cholesterol intake is not an effective primary strategy.
Why? Because 75 percent of your cholesterol is produced by your liver, which is influenced by your insulin levels. Therefore, if you optimize your insulin levels, you will also regulate your cholesterol levels.
One of the most powerful ways you can do that is by exercising, and paying attention to the foods you eat. Foods that increase your insulin levels will also contribute to high cholesterol by making your liver produce more of it.
Here are my primary recommendations for safely lowering and regulating your cholesterol levels:
Get an appropriate amount of exercise.
Reduce, with the plan of eliminating, grains and sugars in your daily diet.
Eat the right foods for your nutritional type.
Eat a good portion of your food raw.
Make sure you’re getting plenty of high-quality, animal-based omega3-fats. I prefer those from krill oil.
Avoid excessive smoking and alcohol.
Address your emotional challenges.
I’ve treated between 20-30,000 patients, and I’ve only found about five people who were unable to respond to the recommendations I’ve given here. In these cases they likely had a condition called familial hypercholesterolemia.
It is extremely rare, affecting about one in 1,000 people who are on cholesterol lowering medication, but for those there may actually be some benefit to taking a statin drug.
Some have asked me about taking red rice extract, and there is some confusion on that issue. Please understand that red rice extract is also a statin drug, with the same exact mechanism of action as other statins, even though it’s available over the counter.
My Neighbor's Cholesterol Challenge Nearly Killed Him
On June 5 my old next door neighbor gave me a call and asked me if we could play tennis. We used to play regularly before I moved two years ago. He used to beat me in straight sets even though he was 70 years old, he was very good in placing the ball.
Well when we played this time it was a bit different in that he was much slower and I could easily hit balls straight past him. This time I won in straight sets. Sure he was two years older and 72 now but that could not possibly account for his decreased playing level.
After our match he explained that he was tired all the time now because his doctors put him on Zocor. Foolishly they never put him on ubiquinol This should be medical malpractice. In his case the statin drug completely devastated my neighbor's health. His energy level and quickness had been radically reduced.
Fortunately he was open to trying the ubiquinol and going on some vitamin D. I am hoping he will beat me in straight sets the next time we play.
What You Must Know if You Chose to Take Cholesterol Medication
If you chose to continue taking statin drugs, then it’s vital that you understand the mechanism of action of these drugs.
They typically work by reducing an enzyme in your liver, which not only reduces the production of cholesterol, but it also reduces the production of coenzyme Q10. When you lower the production of coQ10, you increase your risk of a variety of different health problems.
Premature aging is one primary side effect of having too little coQ10 because this essential vitamin recycles other antioxidants, such as vitamin C and E.
CoQ10 deficiency also accelerates DNA damage. Therefore, it is absolutely vital to supplement with coQ10 if you’re taking a
statin drug. Unfortunately, many doctors fail to inform their patients of this fact.
If you’re over 40, I would highly recommend taking a reduced form of coenzyme Q10 called ubiquinol, because it’s far more effectively absorbed by your body.
Cholesterol is such an important issue, surrounded by so much confusion that I’m offering my Special Report on this topic FREE to all my readers. Simply click this link to download this in-depth report.
High or Low Chlolesterol Doesn’t Mean anything!
If you decide to take cholesterol-lowering drugs instead of addressing the underlying problem, you are not only stopping your body’s natural healing process, you are exposing yourself to drugs that are loaded with side effects -- not the least of which is depleting your body of Coenzyme Q10, which leads to fatigue, muscle weakness, soreness and ultimately heart failure.
Cholesterol is Not the Evil Villain You’ve Been Led to Believe - Cholesterol is essential and crucial for a wide variety of vital functions in your body. It’s an integral part of your cell membranes, and it’s also the precursor (the raw material) your body uses to make your steroid hormones – one of which is vitamin D. Your skin contains cholesterol, and when UVB rays from the sun hits your skin it converts that form of cholesterol to vitamin D3, which is then transported to your blood. Your body then further converts it into the active form of vitamin D.
But that’s not all. When your cholesterol levels go too low, a host of negative events occur in your body.
Please read more at: Tips to Lower Cholesterol Naturally
An excellent website all about uncovering the truth about
Yes, in need of it. Cholesterol is a crucial building block in the body as all of our steroid hormones are made from its fatty backbone along with maintaining the integrity of every single cell wall in your body. Your sex hormones are made from a cholesterol foundation – yes you can have too little cholesterol which translates into potentially low levels of your sex hormones, which in turn lowers the obvious (pun more or less intended), along with a slew of hormonal deficiency symptoms. A lack of cholesterol is potentially detrimental to your libido.
Naturopathically speaking, when we see cholesterol go up, the first question is why – and then why again. As I said, the body is making cholesterol in the liver. The liver will up-regulate cholesterol in order to repair cellular damage in the body. Ah-ha! A potential reason for high cholesterol then is that the body is undergoing some injury somewhere. Atherosclerosis for example – You see the fatty plaques which cause clogged arteries are initiated by a micro injury to the blood vessels. The reasons for this are too many to list here, however smoking is perhaps the most common and lack of tissue protective dietary antioxidants another.
Do Not Take Lipitor or Statin Drugs for Cholesterol
Lipitor® Thief of Memory
Common misspellings: Lipator, Liptor, Lipotor, Lipidor, Lipitore.
Other trade / brand names for Atorvastatin: Atorlip, Lipvas, Sortis, Torvacard, Torvast, Totalip, Tulip.
My personal introduction to the incredible world of transient global amnesia (TGA) occurred six weeks after Lipitor was started during my annual astronaut physical at
My cholesterol had been trending upwards for several years. All was well until six weeks later, when my wife found me walking aimlessly about the yard after I returned from my usual walk in the woods. I did not recognize her, and only reluctantly accepted cookies & milk--but refused to go into my now unfamiliar home.
I "awoke" six hours later in the office of the examining Neurologist with a diagnosis of transient global amnesia, cause unknown. An MRI performed several days later was normal. Since Lipitor® was the only new medicine I was taking, the doctor in me suspected a possible side effect of this drug. Despite the arguments of the examining doctors that statin drugs just did not do this, I stopped my Lipitor.
The year passed uneventfully and soon it was time for my next astronaut physical. NASA doctors joined in the chorus I had come to expect from physicians and pharmacists during the preceding year--that statin drugs just did not do this!
At their bidding I reluctantly restarted Lipitor at one-half the previous dose. Six weeks later I again descended into the black pit of amnesia--this time for twelve hours, and with a retrograde loss of memory back to my high school days.
During that terrible interval, when my entire adult life had been eradicated, I had no awareness of my marriage or my four children; my medical school days or my ten adventure-filled years as a USAF flight surgeon; my selection as a NASA scientist-astronaut or my post-retirement decade as a writer of medical fiction.
The names of my books were like the names of my children - gone from my mind as completely as if they had never happened. Fortunately (and typically for this obscure condition), my memory returned spontaneously and again I drove home listening to my wife's amazing tale of how the day's events had unfolded.
Transient global amnesia is the sudden inability to formulate new memory (known as anterograde amnesia), combined with varying degrees of retrograde memory loss--sometimes for decades into the past.
Until recently, the most common triggering events for these abrupt and completely unheralded amnesia cases have been sudden vigorous exercise, sexual intercourse, emotional crises, cold water immersion, trauma (at times quite subtle), and cerebral angiography.
In the past four years a new trigger agent has been added: The use of the stronger statin drugs such as Lipitor, Zocor and Mevacor. TGA is but the tip of the iceberg of the many other forms of statin-associated memory lapses reported from distraught people. Far more common are symptoms of disorientation, confusion and unusual forgetfulness. These lesser forms of memory impairment can be easily missed in many individuals because, to a certain degree, they are the nature of us all.
On 9 November 2001, Dr. Pfreiger of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science announced to the world the identity of the elusive synaptogenic factor responsible for the development of synapses--the highly specialized contact sites between adjacent neurons in the brain.
Not surprisingly, at least to specialists in the field, the synaptogenic factor was shown to be the notorious substance cholesterol! The so-called glial cells of the brain (long suspected of providing certain housekeeping functions) were shown to produce their own supply of cholesterol for the specific purpose of providing nerve cells with this vital synaptic component.
Since the lipoproteins that mediate cholesterol transport (including both LDL and HDL) are too large to pass through the blood-brain barrier, the brain cannot tap into the blood's cholesterol supply. Rather the brain must depend upon its own cholesterol synthesis--which the glial cells provide. The highly lipophilic statin drugs can easily cross the blood/brain barrier and thus directly interfere with glial cell synthesis of cholesterol.
The following are but a small sample of the hundreds of reports I have received from distraught people having experienced the cognitive side effects of Lipitor.
1) I am 64 years old, exercise regularly and just retired this spring from teaching nursing. I experienced 8-10 hours of short-term memory loss last weekend. I had an MRI and echocardiogram, electrolytes, etc (all normal) and the neurologist diagnosed the episode as TGA. My witnesses say that I had about a 30 second memory and some retrograde loss extending back about 3 weeks. I now have my memory back except for about 10 hours on Saturday the 10th. I've been taking Lipitor for over a year and am currently on 10 mg. I believe that I will now stop, having just learned of this possible cause today.
2) How can I obtain more information in regard to Lipitor's cognitive side effects? I noticed that my husband became forgetful while on 10mg. He is now on 20mg and I have noticed increased forgetfulness and I think some confusion and irritability. He is 60 years old and works full time as an educator. I can't convince him that Lipitor may be a problem. I did read a brief article a while ago that mentioned forgetfulness could be related to Lipitor. Any information you have would be greatly appreciated. I am a registered nurse.
3) I just read your web page about Lipitor. My husband has been on Lipitor for a few years now and I am really worried about him. He is a heavy duty equipment mech and has always worked on cars and trucks and equipment. He has been having memory problems and stress/depression for over a year now. When I brought this to his Dr's attention, she put him on Lexapro (not sure of the spelling) and said it was depression that is causing his memory problems. After taking this for almost a year and having his confusion still getting worse he quit taking it.
He is still on the Lipitor. My next search lead me to having his hormones tested as I have found that low hormones including DHEA can cause memory problems also. He just had his blood drawn today for that. I was looking online and found your information on Lipitor. My husband's cholesterol is genetic and cannot be lowered by diet and exercise. How do we find out if it is the Lipitor that is causing his memory problems? He takes things apart and does not remember how they go back together, and when doing a small project around the house, I have to tell him how to do it. He was never like this before and we are really worried about it. He is afraid of loosing his job because it is taking him way too long trying to fix things that he use to be able to do in no time at all.
4) I just happened upon your information as I was again researching TGAs. I live in
5) My father was rushed to the hospital last night after starting Lipitor three weeks ago and has lost about 12 hours of his memory. He is 78 and basically in perfect health. I have read your web site and am wondering if there is any further information.
6) I don't know if it's a coincidence or not, but my doctor just increased my Lipitor dosage from 5 mg a day to 10 mg a week ago. Since then I feel like I have been in a fog, unable to concentrate, and can't recall some words that I wanted to use when speaking. I found your email through a web search on the side effects of Lipitor.
7) I am 58 years old and started taking Lipitor about 9 months ago at a relatively low dose -10mg. Not connecting any of the following to the Lipitor, I began to lose concentration, become forgetful, and in general feel like I was in a fog at times. My coordination seemed off, I stumbled more than usual and when driving the car I found the car tended to drift toward the center lane, which I had never experienced before. I initially assigned these things to stresses and aging or wondering about a brain tumor.
I finally consulted my doctor as I also needed a follow up appointment to see how my cholesterol was doing. In fact my cholesterol did go down markedly, but when I raised the issues with my doctor he said he had encountered a couple of similar situations with other patients on Lipitor. I took his advice to discontinue the Lipitor and after a week I don't notice any change yet. I am still of course wondering if the Lipitor was a contributing or primary cause to these problems, and will be interested to talk to my doctor again in 6 weeks.
8) I have just been reading your online article on Lipitor and TGA Yesterday I apparently became confused while with my husband at home, and spent several hours in a local hospital ER; all tests (blood work and CT scan) showed no abnormality. Stroke and aneurysm were ruled out and the diagnosis of TGA was made. I was discharged home with the expectation that my memory would be back within 24 to 48 hours. I had never heard of TGA until last night (my earliest returning memory was yesterday evening). After a fitful night's sleep, I think that my memory is back.
9) Whilst researching TGA on the internet, hoping for some answers, I came across your article which is of particular interest to me since I have been taking Lipitor for several years - possibly three? It was prescribed by my GP following discovery of a slight occlusion in one of my carotid arteries (less than 15%). Repeat testing a year later showed no occlusion. In your experience it seems that you suffered the TGA quite soon after taking the Lipitor, whilst in mine, it has been several years with no problems.
Coincidence? Or Lipitor? Obviously this is day one following the TGA and I am nervous, trying to come to terms with what happened; I am 'missing' conversations that I apparently had with my daughter in
10) I would like to let you know that since my husband has been taking Lipitor 20mg He has become very nasty at times and lately I have noticed that his memory seems to be failing him and when driving he has completely forgotten where he was going This man has always been a very mild mannered easy to get along with and a totally wonderful person. He is 70 yrs old and is waiting for back surgery, which I was blaming his behavior on. He also has diabetes. I am going to contact our Dr. to see what the risks are if he stops taking this medication.
11.) I have spent a lot of time with Doctors to determine what was wrong with me including a MRI that showed my brain has shrunk since starting Lipitor. I have had every battery of blood work to rule out other diseases. I just had a DNA test for the
I am only 54 years old and used to write software specifications and hold a patent in artificial intelligence.
Duane Graveline MD MPH
Former USAF Flight Surgeon
Former NASA Astronaut
Retired Family Doctor
Lipitor Side Effects
Lipitor Cognitive Side Effect Concerns
Lipitor and Transient Global Amnesia
Lipitor Amnesia and Medwatch
Vegan Lifestyle is Not Healthy
Warning: Potentially Life Threatening Vitamin Deficiency Affects 25% of Adults
Vitamin B12 – Clarifying Some Misinformation
Vitamin B12 deficiency is extremely common in strict vegetarians and vegans. B12 is not readily available in plants, so if you do not eat meat or animal products you are at risk.
Vitamin B12 is found almost exclusively in animal tissues, including foods like beef and beef liver, lamb, snapper, venison, salmon, shrimp, scallops, poultry and eggs.
The body has the capacity to store a few years worth of vitamin B12 (mostly in the liver, which is why P̢t̩ is such a good source of B12 Рbon appetit).
I was talking to a friend of mine about the China Study Diet. After researching intensively on the web site and reading many well known experts that I am familiar with, I agree that it's a dangerous diet and people should read these articles to see why....
The Truth About the China Study
Mercola - China Study Diet is Flawed
Weston Price - Why the China Study is Flawed
Many of the above sites are discussed by Chris Masterjohn shown in his article below called “My Experience with Vegetarianism” culled from his website Cholesterol and Health:
About six years ago, largely under the influence of John Robbin's book, Diet For a New America, I became a vegetarian. Soon after, I went vegan, meaning I abstained from all animal products, including eggs and dairy.
I thought this dietary change would lead me to a paradise of abundant health, but I was sadly mistaken.
It was my understanding that since saturated fat and cholesterol were the cause of heart disease, abstaining from both would grant me a virtual guarantee of a healthy heart into old age. Surely a cholesterol-free diet that was also extremely low in saturated fat would make me the epitome of health.
In addition, I ate a considerable amount of soy. Since the FDA recommended 25 g of soy protein to reduce the risk of heart disease, I was yet more confident that I would maintain life-long, vibrant health.
Yet over the first year that I was vegetarian, my health declined. The problems that I had with anxiety since I was an early teen aggravated to the point where I was afraid to eat the food in my house or drive away in my car.
Even performing aerobic exercise such as running stimulated anxiety. I became socially closed-off, and began having occasional irrational bursts of anger.
In the second year of being vegetarian, I began having several full-blown panic attacks per week that were becoming disabling. I was overall lethargic and apathetic. And then, I went to the dentist and was struck with the final blow.
Fifteen cavities, and two dead teeth needing root canals! How could this be? I had been sure that, since eating animal protein was what caused the body to acidify and leach calcium from bones and teeth, I would be immune to tooth decay. And the phytoestrogens in soy that supposedly help assimilate calcium should have been an extra defense, sealing shut for good the possiblity of a cavity.
Yet there it was. Tooth decay. And not just any tooth decay-- massive tooth decay.
During this time period, I was starting to lose my zeal for vegetarianism. I slowly began to add in wild salmon, free-range eggs, and some milk into my diet. None of these appeared to improve my health a great deal. That is, until I added red meat.
That Christmas I decided to partake of the meat at my family's feast. For the past couple months, I'd been suffering from cravings for red meat, including smelling it when it wasn't even there. So I gorged. I ate lots of red meat, and ate it every day.
Within two weeks, my panic attacks completely stopped. For good.
Yet I still had phobias, and some characteristics of obsessive-compulsive disorder, similar to what I had before becoming vegetarian. But I was soon to discover some nutritional insights that would lead to a revolutionary, anxiety-free life.
At this time, my boss, Wayne Kirley, handed me a pamphlet on the benefits of raw milk. This pamphlet led me to www.RealMilk.com, where I was introduced to the Weston A. Price Foundation , the work of Weston A. Price, and the cookbook Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon.
Weston Price was a dentist-turned-nutritional-anthropologist who traveled the world in the 1930s studying many different isolated, non-modernized populations, whom he often went through great lengths to contact, who were immune to tooth decay. He studied what they ate, how they maintained their soil fertility, and how that corresponded to their tooth decay rates.
Many of the groups he studied had tooth decay rates that were near zero, despite some of them having no form of cleaning teeth. He devised a diet for his patients that emphasized raw milk, bone broths with meats and vegetables, cod liver oil, a centrifuged butter oil, unrefined wheat, and cooked vegetables and fruits, and was actually able to reverse tooth decay in his patients, and provided x-ray pictures to prove it.
All of this is detailed in his epic classic, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration.
Since I had such massive, vegetarianism-induced tooth decay, I felt like I had struck a gold mine. I began putting into practice the nutritional advice of Weston Price and the Weston A. Price Foundation, and used Sally Fallon's Nourishing Traditions to help me put it all in order.
Not only did my tooth decay cease after these changes, but after some time every trace of my anxiety problems disappeared! I felt like a new person, like I was a one-man revolution from the inside out.
The Weston Price paradigm puts a great emphasis on animal products. After becoming familiar with this paradigm, I began to aim at a minimum of egg yolks to eat per day rather than a maximum, now unafraid of the cholesterol. Weston Price extolled the benefits of butter and cream, which became staples in my diet. Bone broths, cod liver oil, and the inclusion of raw animal foods such as milk and even some meat made great improvements in my health.
Now, I am a new person. My tooth decay has stopped, and my anxiety problems are over. Eating foods rich in quality animal products raised with care has given me more energy, vitality, and well-being than I have ever had!
Now I lift weights, and work out with kettlebells, which offer intense and challenging exercise that I can live up to with my rich and supportive diet.
I also have gained an overwhelming desire to research nutrition and biochemistry to learn the truth about how the foods we eat affect our health. I have been gravely misled in the past, and I feel a debt of gratitude to Weston Price, Sally Fallon, the Weston A Price Foundation, and everyone on the front lines, battling against what Michael Miles calls "The War on Good Food."
After reading The Cholesterol Myths (a book of which I have now made a number of criticisms) by Dr. Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD, I have come to realize how unfairly maligned cholesterol has been among mainstream health circles. I learned that cholesterol's connection to heart disease is much more controversial than it is made out to be, and that many of the claims made about cholesterol and saturated fat are dubious and not supported by research.
Thus, it has become my mission to promote the truth about cholesterol, the unsung hero of brain and body. I hope you find this website informative, and compelling, and enjoy its fresh, research-supported perspective. Thanks to Site Build It! I have been able to spread this information to over 20,000 new people per month.
I hope you enjoy the site!
Raw and Unfiltered Honey is the Only Good Honey
http://www.reallyrawhoney.com/healthfacts.php
Garlic is great!
RAW Garlic For Parasites and Viral Infections
Garlic is one food that you should be eating every day. Dr. Klinghardt and I are very impressed with its ability to optimize bowel flora and kill pathogenic organisms.
It is important to note that the garlic MUST be fresh. The active ingredient is destroyed within one hour of smashing the garlic. Garlic pills are virtually worthless and should not be used. When you use the garlic it will be important to compress the garlic with a spoon prior to swallowing it if you are not going to juice it. If you swallow the clove intact you will not convert the allicin to its active ingredient.
One problem, of course, is the smell, but generally a few cloves a day are tolerated by most people. If one develops a socially offensive odor then all you do is slightly decrease the volume of garlic until there is no odor present.
Can Tea Tree Oil Body Wash Prevent MRSA?
Eat garlic – Researchers have found that allicin, the active compound in garlic, is an effective, natural “antibiotic” that can eradicate even antibiotic-resistant bugs like MRSA. An added boon is that the bacteria appear incapable of developing a resistance to the compound.
However, it is important to note that the garlic must be fresh. The active ingredient is destroyed within one hour of smashing the garlic. Garlic pills are virtually worthless and should not be used. Instead, compress the garlic with a spoon prior to swallowing it if you are not going to juice it. If you swallow the clove intact you will not convert the allicin to its active ingredient.
Use Spices!
Top Ten Spices That Defend You Against Aging
This study, published in the current issue of the Journal of Medicinal Foods, found a strong and direct correlation between the phenol content of common herbs and spices and their ability to inhibit glycation and the formation of AGE compounds, making them potent preventers of heart disease and premature aging.
The top 10 most potent herbs and spices are:
Cloves (ground)
Cinnamon (ground)
Jamaican allspice (ground)
Apple pie spice (mixture)
Oregano (ground)
Pumpkin pie spice (mixture)
Marjoram
Sage
Thyme
Gourmet Italian spice
This is not the first time scientists have declared culinary herbs and spices as potent anti-diabetic alternatives.
Cinnamon and cinnamon extracts have previously been shown to effectively lower blood sugar. As a matter of fact, cinnamon was found to increase glucose metabolism 20-fold, in one such study!
Kefir is Great
What's best? Soy milk, cow's milk, raw milk and fermented milk (kefir)
This Refreshing Kefir is Very Yummy Indeed!
A Delightfully, Delectable Way to have Your Kefir and Eat It Too
INGREDIENTS:
1 sliced banana
½ cup fresh, raw, organic kefir
½ to 1 tsp. Pure Gold Honey, or to taste
Discover the Incredible Health-Promoting Benefits of Kefir
Grow Your Own Probiotics, Part 1: Kefir
Grow Your Own Probiotics: Kombucha Tea (Part 2)
http://www.rebuild-from-depression.com/blog/2007/06/making_dairybased_kefir_at_hom.html
I make a lot of kefir to carry me over while our cows are dry in the late winter and have drunk it when it is two months old. It is still good! I'm not sure what the limits are. Do keep it refrigerated. If you don't, it will separate into curds and whey. If that happens, strain the curds in butter muslin for a day or two (in the fridge), and then you have a marvelous cream cheese. I like to roll the cheese into walnut sized balls, roll in dried herbs, then put in a jar with garlic cloves and cover all with organic olive oil. After it has marinated for a bit, then you take out one of the cheese balls and mash it on some good crusty bread, like a ciabatta, and it is heaven!
"how long does this homemade kefir last if refrigerated?"
My reply: Months--but it can become quite acidic as all of the lactose (milk sugar) continues to be used up (rather slowly at refrigerator temps around 38-40 degrees F) by the probiotic bacteria and the good yeasts. Ideally, you should use up the kefir within a month of placing it into the refrigerator.
"is it dangerous to drink afer a time"
My reply: Only if you see mold growing on the surface of the kefir or on the inside surfaces of the jar. It takes a long time for mold to develop, depending on the ambient air temperature of your kitchen and how long your kefir has been sitting at room temperature.
"or does it become cheese?"
My reply: See Dom's kefir-making site for more info. about making cheese from kefir.
"what happens if you don't refrigerate? does it then become toxic?"
My reply: After you start your fermentation, you should allow anywhere from 24 to 48 hours to allow it to ferment at room temperature. If you allow it to ferment for longer than 48 hours, the fermented milk--kefir--becomes very acidic. If you just leave the kefir out of the refrigerator for many days, it will not be very tasty, but it is not "toxic." It really is very HARD to MESS up a batch of kefir. In fact, making kefir is much easier than making homemade yogurt.
See Dom's kefir-making site for all the details. http://users.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefirpage.html
Making kefir is really much easier than that. All you need are real kefir grains put into raw milk and left to ferment overnight. No need to heat the milk up at all, and the good thing about real kefir grains is that they keep on growing and are reusable forever.
"Kefir-making"--the first group that Dom started: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kefir_making/
"Real kefir making"--the second group that Dom started after he started his first ("Kefir-making"): http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Real_Kefir_Making/
This particular group cannot be searched by name from the Yahoo groups home page, so the "Real Kefir Making" group appears to be "hidden," so to speak.
Live and Fermenting Olives And Pickles Are Best
The Incredible Health Benefits to You of Traditionally Fermented Foods
Stay away from jar kind where it is pasteurized.
"If you leave a jar of pickles that is still fermenting at room temperature on the kitchen counter, they will continue to ferment and produce CO2, possibly blowing off the lid or exploding the jar," explains Richard Henschel of Pickle Packers International, which is why, of course, all "shelf-stable" pickles are pasteurized.Some olives, such as most canned California-style black olives, for instance, are not generally fermented, but are simply treated with lye to remove the bitterness, packed in salt and canned. Olive producers can now hold olives in salt-free brines by using an acidic solution of lactic acid, acetic acid, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate, a long way off from the old time natural lactic-acid fermenting method of salt alone.
Some pickles are simply packed in salt, vinegar and pasteurized. Many yogurts are so laden with sugar that they are little more than puddings. Unfortunately, these modern techniques effectively kill off all the lactic acid producing bacteria and short-circuit their important and traditional contribution to intestinal and overall health.
You can still find some healthy traditional varieties. The stronger-flavored, traditional Greek olives you are most likely to find on olive bars are not lye-treated and are still alive with active cultures. So are "overnights," the locally-crocked fresh pickling cukes made in local delis every few days, as well as the pickles, sauekraut and other fermented foods you make yourself at home. Generally, the more tangy and stronger the flavor (not counting any added jalapeño or other hot pepper flavorings), the more likely that the food will still have active and beneficial lactobacteria.
Make Your Own Pickles
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/01/03/fermented-foods-part-two.aspx
http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/nutrition/pickles.htm
Here is something I just learned and really have to pass on to you. Take any pickle from your local supermarket. It is terribly acidifying. Now, take a pickle that you made at home, using Celtic Sea Salt® Brand, organic non-pasteurized apple cider vinegar, fresh organic cucumbers (and onions and garlic and peppers) and fresh organic spices, and you have the exact opposite of an acidifier. You have an alkalizer. Again, this is just one more reason to eat organic whole foods. Here are our Healthy Pickle Recipes.
Sun Pickles
2 Tablespoons Celtic Sea Salt® Brand2 cloves (or fingers) of Garlic 2 Tablespoons Dry Dill Seed -- Although I prefer fresh dill, and I don't measure)1/2 Cup Un-pasteurized Apple Cider Vinegar
Wash and pack cucumbers (cut in any shape or leave whole; poking them with a fork is sometimes helpful) in QUART Wide mouth jars, add above ingredients and fill with water.
Screw on canning lids careful not to let dill get between jar and lid. Set in sun turning upside down every 24 hours for 4 days. The sun will seal the jars. (What if it rains? Give them another day.)
Now, you can spice up this recipe by adding a habanera pepper, or if you can't take that, try a couple of cayenne peppers.
Next, you can make your own pickled peppers by using this same recipe, but leaving out the dill.
We've often made out own hot pepper sauce by pickling cayenne peppers this way, and then just tossing them into the blender with a little of the pickle juice, and adding a bit more Celtic Sea Salt® Brand.
Pickled habanera peppers makes one heck of a sauce. They're hot going in, and hot going out!
Refrigerator Pickles
Three quart jars and a large pot
2 Quarts Water
2 Cups Un-pasteurized Apple Cider Vinegar
1/2 Cup Celtic Sea Salt® Brand
2 Tablespoons Pickling Spice2 Cloves Garlic2 Tablespoons Dry Dill Seed -- Although I prefer fresh dill, and I don't measure)
Mix the ingredients into a large pot and boil.Pack jar with cucumbers sliced long-ways, add lots of dill as you pack the cucumbers.
Add some cut up carrots (if you like), onion, and any fresh vegies you'd like.
Pour brine over cukes, be careful not to crack jar, (I let the brine cool some first). Cover and leave out on the counter for 3 days.
They're ready to eat: store in refrigerator.Note: boiling your jars and tops will help the pickles keep for a long time.
Don't eat pork products
Pigs are scavengers and will eat almost anything, making them susceptible to retroviruses and parasites. These bugs have a high probability of making it into pork food supplies, and no amount of cooking can insure they have been killed.
You should avoid all processed pork products like bacon and sausage.
Minimize Chewing Gum
Eat Your Food Uncooked? Here’s the Really Raw Truth
Excerpt: Interestingly, as a side note, that’s why you don’t want to chew gum that much. When you chew gum, you’re actually sending a false signal to your body to create enzymes when you don’t need them. You’re essentially wasting your enzyme production. This is a challenge because as you age -- especially in a culture that focuses on processed foods -- about one-third of your body’s ability to produce enzymes is lost by the age of 40!
From http://products.mercola.com/digestive-enzymes/?source=nl
Chewing gum interferes with the coordinated digestive tract reflexes that I just described above.
Every time you put a stick of gum in your mouth and start to chomp, your brain thinks you're eating food. So it sends signals to your stomach, pancreas, and other digestive organs to get them ready for the digestive process.
Your pancreas is fooled into manufacturing a batch of the digestive enzymes your brain thinks you'll need.
If you keep this pattern going month after month, your pancreas gets exhausted from the repeated over-production. Then it won't be able to produce the digestive enzymes you need when you actually require them.
Unfortunately, even if you follow these important health habits, your digestive enzymes could still become depleted. You may need some extra help with your digestive process.
Only eat raw Almonds (How do we know if they are raw???)
Latest news on almond pasteurization law....so sad...we'll have to look at buying our almonds oversea as pastuerized almonds can be labeled as 'raw'.... organicpastures.com and livingnutz.com are great source and hope they still be allow to sell raw almond....
We get ours at farmer's market who sells two batch - one that is unpasterized and one that is pastuerized.
Judge upholds almond pasteurization law
Earlier articles from naturalnews (type 'almond' in search engine there)
The Killing of California Almonds (comic)
Almond Board of California changes its story following NaturalNews article
Almonds Aid Weight Loss and Lower LDL Cholesterol
Food Scam: Almond Board of California to falsely label pasteurized almonds as "raw"Consumer groups join forces to reverse pasteurization ruling for raw almonds
The Killing of California Almonds (and why dead foods lead to dead people)
Many almond growers, not surprisingly, are hopping mad at the ABC for this "pasteurization tyranny" that will now require almond growers to kill a perfectly good product before they can sell it to consumers. It's almost like being in the flower business and, after growing beautiful orchids for your customers, some stupid state agency comes along and says you have to cook all the flowers before you can sell them because somebody once stuck their nose in a pot of orchids and sniffed up a creepy crawler. Cooked orchids, alas, are not nearly as beautiful as living orchids.
But the ABC will hear none of it. They're determined to kill their almonds, even if it means compromising the integrity of the entire industry due to the planned false labeling that would classify dead almonds as "raw." Starting in September, when consumers pick up a bag of "raw almonds" at a health food store, they have no way of knowing if those almonds are actually raw, or if they're just pretend raw because the ABC voted to have them pasteurized (cooked) and then labeled as raw. Virtually all almonds sold in North America are grown in
Watch out for Breakfast/Protein Drinks
I compared 3 breakfast/protein drink - Standard Process, Biochem and Nestle Carnation (all information listed at the end). This is how I think:
Less ingredient is better Standard Process and Biochem has 5-6 products listed. Carnation has 25 products. What do you think they are putting in your food????
Look for 'All natural' Only Standard Process and Biochem which comes from Lassen Health is all natural. Many of the stuff from Carnation are artificial or processed and thrown in there to say it's got all that vitamins and minerals you need. If I take a piece of iron from the ground and swallow it, does it mean I got the recommended daily intake of iron? Heck no! The key here is does it have enzyme and such that it can naturally be absorbed by the body? Many of these synthetic vitamins are from million year old coal tar. They are like plastic that just go in and out of your body and not being absorbed by it.
Protein is important! Standard Process and BioChem has 15 and 20 gm respectively. Carnation has 5 gm. Mostly filled with sugar and synthetic vitamins. You need protein, not sugar!
Watch out of the sugar!!!! Standard Process has no sugar. It's plain. People may try it and say 'ugh'. Biochem has Stevia which is a natural extract from Stevia plant used by Japanese with no ill effect. I love the taste of Stevia with Lemonade instead of sugar or Aspartame which can do much harm to you. Biochem also has organic evaporated cane juice and natural vanilla flavor which helps to spice up the product so people would like the taste of it. But it's natural and that's good. Now Carnation second ingredient is sugar and has cocoa processed from Alkali, and artificial flavoring. Ugh - artificial food and sugar and processed food? After drinking that, you'll get a quick high and then crashed later when the sugar wears off. Sugar is a drug...it's addicting.
What out for MSG! Standard Process and Biochem doesn't have any. Carnation does. Not exactly labeled MSG since people knows it's bad and will stay away from it. It's now disguised under or could be in tje several ingredient (depending on where it came from) that carnation has such as Carageenan, Natural and Artficial Flavoring All in all, it's very hard to decipher MSG in the product which is why you should get a product with less ingredient as well as natural ingredients.
Availability and Cost: I also used to buy product because of the availability and cost. Now I know better that cost is not the issue when your health is at stake. You want quality food so you can be in good mind and health. You don't want to ruin it by putting processed or 'plastic' food in you. Standard Process and Biochem whey protein powder are expensive and hard to get (through SP rep or Lassen Health). You can get Carnation Instant breakfast drink everywhere - Von's, Ralph, Albertson and cheap. Unfortunately most people shop there and have no idea about the food they serve and what's in it. All they know is if it taste good (sugar) and if it's cheap. I'm not going to ruin my health by getting a cheaper and unhealthy product.
In conclusion, think when you shop. I recommend getting Standard Process product or all natural product from health stores (i.e. Biochem from Lassen health). I'd stay away from Supermarkets (i.e Vons, Ralph, Albertson) as they'll sell anything where the other two won't.
Whey Protein Complete
All Natural!
Manufacturer: Standard Process
Where: Only can get from Standard Process Representative (David Gaynes)
15g protein
8% cholesterol
$60
Whey Protein Concentrate (Milk)
Whey Protein Isolate (milk)
colostrum (bovine)
Inulin (chicory)
soy lecithin
Whey Protein
All Natural!
Where: Lassen Health
Manufacturer: BioChem Sports
20g Protein
0% Cholesterol
$22
Whey protein isolate
Cocoa powder
Organic evaporated cane juice
Stevia
Xanthan gum
natural vanilla flavor
Instant Breakfast Drink
Not Natural!!!!
Manufacturer: Nestle Carnation
Where: Vons, Ralphs, Albertson
5g protein
$?
2% cholesterol
Non fat milk
Sugar
Maltodextrin
Cocoa processed from Alkali
Lactose
Natural and Artficial Flavoring
Carrageenan
Sodium Aluminosilicate
Soy Lecithin
Dicalcium Phospahate
Magnesium Hydrooxide
Sodium Ascorbate (Vitamin C)
Vitamin E Acetate
Vitamin A
PalmitateNiacinamide
Ferric Orthophospahate (IRON)
Zinc OxideCalcuim
Pantothenate (Pantothenic Acid)
Copper Gluconate
Manganese Sulfate
Pridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6)
Thiamin Mononitrate
Phylloquinone (Vitamin K)
BiotinFolic Acid
Which Food Bar to Buy?
Source: The Organic Food Bar" and "Active Greens Bar
You might be saying, "Oh great, not another health food bar. I see all sorts of health food bars at the grocery store or health food store." Sure, there are a lot of them, and most of them, frankly, are garbage. Most of them are loaded with refined sugars, artificial ingredients, additives and fillers. A lot of so-called "nutrition bars" used to be good for you in their original formulation, but they've been dumbed down for the sugar-hungry American population, and are now little more than candy bars. An example of this is the Power Bar, which used to be based on highly nutritious ingredients, but now the more recent formulations contain refined sugars.
Now, the bar I recommend the most is called the "Active Greens Bar." They have different flavors of the Organic Food Bar available, but I like the Active Greens because it combines healthy microalgae, spirulina, wheat grass juice and other wholefood concentrates into a format that's quite tasty
So where can you get this bar? You can ask for it at most health food stores -- you might find it right on the shelf. It's in a bright yellow package with some green printing on the front. You can't miss it; just ask for the Organic Food Bar with the bright yellow packaging. If you can't find it at your local health food store, and they won't order it for you, I'm sure you can buy it online. You may be able to get it at the manufacturer's website, organicfoodbar.com, or certainly you could get it from other online vitamin shops such as vitaminshop.com or vitacost.com. Try some of the different flavors, as well. There's a chocolate version of this bar that gives you the healing benefits of chocolate. We know that chocolate contains a lot of immune-boosting phytochemicals, anti-cancer phytochemicals, and that it has a strong protective effect on the human body. Be sure to check out this line of products and integrate them into your diet. They will cost you a little bit less than $3 a bar, and to me it's one of the best investments you can make for your health.
Again, I'm absolutely amazed that this company can offer these food bars at such a price. To me, it would still be a bargain at twice that price. I would easily pay 5 or 6 dollars to get these healthy foods into my own bar. Compared to other $2 food bars that are just junk, filled with added sugars and cheap ingredients, you're getting healing foods, anti-cancer benefits, heart-protective benefits and wholefood concentrates for just one extra dollar. It's really one of the best values out there in the world of nutrition and health food, and I can't recommend it enough. I just hope that this company stays in business and stays profitable, because the world needs this kind of food. Please do your best to support this company, and make yourself healthy at the same time, by checking out these food bars.
Everywhere I go, I see this in every ingredient....salad dressing, ketchup, and every single fruit juice....
Be careful what kind of food bar you buy. A lot of them have sugar, msg-type chemical, etc.
Two great articles to help you from Mike Adams:
The Organic Food Bar packs a nutritional punch in portable form
Product Reviews of Bear Fruit Bar, FruitFast Bar and Organic Food Bar (transcription)
Nutrition expert informs public about the health claims of energy bars
I've been buying
Organic Bar (Belguim Chocolate Chips)
Protein 12g
Calories: 310
Sugar: 24g
Larabar (Jocalat)
Protein 5g
Calorie: 190
Sugar: 18g
Greens+ Chocolote Energy Bar
Protein 8g
Calories: 250
Sugar: 22g
The ingredients are too long to list. They seem all organic, natural, etc.
Watch out for the following:
-Cheap "energy" bars - sugar!
-The other thing to watch out for are "sugar-free" or even "low carb." Do you know why? Because on many of the so-called sugar-free bars or low-carb bars you are going to find contain artificial synthetic chemical sweeteners? Yes, chemical sweeteners like aspartame or saccharin or the big favorite now, sucralose, which is claimed to be made from sugar but actually contains a chlorine atom.
Be careful what you add to Salad in Restaurant
You may think you're eating healthy...but watch out....
http://www.aolhealth.com/diet/basics/unhealthy-salad
Avoid the Ginger with Sushi
I was feeling good for a month and everything. Then one night I couldn't sleep at all and feeling anxious.
The next day I went to the fridgerator to eat some left over Ginger. I went to read the ingredient and lo and behold - the answer why!
The ingredient listed are:
Ginger, water, vinegar, citric acid, aspartame, potassium sorbate, Monosodium glutamate, red
Avoid Baby Cocktail Carrot
The following is information from a farmer who grows and packages carrots for IGA, METRO, LOBLAWS, etc.
The small cocktail (baby) carrots you buy in small plastic bags are made using the larger crooked or deformed carrots which are put through a machine which cuts and shapes them into cocktail carrots. Most people probably know this already.
What you may not know and should know is the following: once the carrots are cut and shaped into cocktail carrots they are dipped in a solution of water and chlorine in order to preserve them (this is the same chlorine used your pool) since they do not have their skin or natural protective covering, they give them a higher dose of chlorine.
You will notice that once you keep these carrots in your refrigerator for a few days, a white covering will form on the carrots, this is the chlorine which resurfaces. At what cost do we put our health at risk to have esthetically pleasing vegetables which are practically plastic?
We do hope that this information can be passed on to as many people as possible in the hopes of informing them where these carrots come from and how they are processed. Chlorine is a very well known carcinogen.
Water is the Source of Life!
Excellent
http://www.naturalnews.com/Report_water_cure_1.html
"You're not sick; you're thirsty. Don't treat thirst with medication." Dr. F. Batmanghelidj
Drink water before and after food; ideally drink a glass of water half an hour before you eat your meal and half an hour after the meal. You can drink water with meals, and drink water anytime your body feels like it.
It is very important you balance your sodium intake with your water consumption. Take 1/4 teaspoon of salt per quart of water - every 4-5 glasses of water. Be sure to get sea salt. The best is Celtic sea salt or Himalayan sea salt, both of which are readily available at any health food store.
You should always drink water prior to eating, and after eating, to support the digestive process. The stomach depends on water to help digest food, and lack of water makes it harder for nutrients to be broken down and used as energy. The liver, which dictates where all nutrients go, also needs water to help convert stored fat into usable energy. If you are dehydrated, the kidneys turn to the liver for backup, diminishing the liver’s ability to metabolize stored fat. The resulting reduced blood volume will interfere with your body’s ability to remove toxins and supply your cells with adequate nutrients.
Bottled water isn't necessarily any purer than the water you get from your tap -- it's just more expensive.
Before buying filter, check out this article:
Tap Water Toxins: Discover Your 3 Best Solutions, Straight from the Expert...
Understanding Alkalizing and Mineralizing water
Mike Adams Talks About the Benefits of Alkalizing and Mineralizing Water
A couple excerpts: If you were going to take calcium and you want to be able to use it you should take it with some vinegar. Drink some vinegar and take some calcium and then you get it. Think about this. Pregnant women, when they get weird cravings they sometimes make a lot of sense. One night an expectant mother can wake up and just say "I want pickles and ice cream". What is pickles and ice cream? Pickles are acidic. Ice cream is calcium. It has a lot of calcium in it. She's craving calcium and her body is giving her the signal that says eat some calcium and break it down with acids and absorb it and that's why she's craving pickles and ice cream.
Mike: Absolutely. Like magnesium and chocolate. People who have this craving for chocolate, often they just need more magnesium.
How do you actually keep yourself hydrated at a cellular level? The answer to that is, of course, salt. You've got to have salt and I don't mean that processed sodium chloride garbage that people have too much of. I'm talking about full spectrum sea salt and Celtic sea salt. You know the rough stuff, the brown looking stuff. It's not white. It's not processed. It's full spectrum sea salt.
When you get that into your body it allows you to retain the water and makes you healthy, so that you can lubricate your neurons, so that your cells can get rid of toxic byproducts that are water-soluble, so that you can circulate the vitamins and minerals that your cells need in order to live. This water is crucial for that, but you got to have salt to keep in. You know, some people will say "well, I don't want to retain water, because it makes me look fat" and I noticed that, too, like when I go to the ocean and I swim in the ocean for three or four days. I get so much salt in my body that I do kind of puff up a little bit. I think the last time I was there I gained 5 pounds of water weight.
From The Water Cure (www.watercure.com)
The water shop: “The Alkalizer” pure reverse osmosis water filter: www.watershop.com
Multipure water filter: www.multipureusa.com
Check your Water Supply
Tap Water Safety Is Essential To Your Health: Take Advantage of AquaMD's Diagnostic & Laboratory Testing Services To Ensure Your Water Is Safe
http://www.aquamd.com/
Avoid Fluoride in Water, Toothpaste, Tea
Fluoride is definitely something you want to avoid, especially hidden dietary sources. See the web article by Christopher Byson who wrote a great book called ‘The Fluoride Deception”
The Fluoride Deception: How a Nuclear Waste Byproduct Made Its Way Into the Nation’s Drinking Water
The Fluoride Deception (Interview With Christopher Bryson)
Many natural web sites such as Mercola and Natural News has lots of articles about the myth, con and danger of Fluoride:
No More Fluoride Supplements for Young Children
Toothpaste and Other Fluoride Sources Can Damage Preschoolers' Teeth
What Your Dentist Isn’t Telling You About Fluoride
Is Fluoride Really As Safe As You Are Told?
Even Green Tea can contain high Fluoride content- http://articles.mercola.com/2005/feb/9/fluoride_tea.htm
Good Dental Hygiene – Prevent Cavities Naturally
Prevent Cavities Naturally
Fluoride has proven ineffective for preventing tooth decay.
1.Brush and floss a minimum of two times per day. It is especially important to brush after eating sweet foods.
2.Brush with a toothpaste that contains casein, natural mint extract, and Xylitol.
3.Consume large amounts of calcium-rich foods. Stay away from all refined sugars. Drink adequate amounts of water and eliminate fruit juice and sodas.
4.Drink green and black tea. Frequent consumption of green tea or black tea reduces plaque build-up and also suppresses bacteria levels in the mouth. Do not add sweeteners, milk, or cream to the tea.
5.Keep your toothbrush clean. The bacteria that are the main cause of cavities can grow on a toothbrush. A few times a week, disinfect your toothbrush by boiling it in saltwater for about a minute.
Toothbrushes should be replaced every month.
Avoid All Drinks Except Water, Tea, Homemade Juice
Active People Use Only Natural Salt – Celtic Sea
Great Read: A Pillar of Salt
Stay away from table salt !
The Health Ranger Answers Common Questions About Nutritional Supplements (transcript)
The number one thing that people lose through exercise – and this is going to shock you because I know it goes against everything that you have heard out there in the mainstream media – but most people who exercise and try to eat healthy actually have a salt deficiency. Now hear me out on this. When I say a salt deficiency, I mean a natural, unprocessed salt deficiency. Yes, people are getting too much processed salt. That is just sodium. That is in all the processed foods. They get too much of that. I agree!
People are not getting enough full spectrum salt – the unprocessed salt that is enriched naturally with as many as 92 different elements – different minerals and trace minerals. You will find those in products like Celtic sea salt or there is a company called "Royal Himalayan Crystal Salt."
Drink Wine!
Source: The Great American Heart Hoax
Preventing heart disease is in large part a matter of simply encouraging a healthy metabolism: eating the right foods, getting plenty of exercise, and avoiding chronic stress. And you can reverse heart disease the same way. Studies have shown this again and again, including one study published by Harvard-based researchers in the New England Journal of Medicine that concluded that lifestyle changes (diet, exercise,etc.) are capable of reducing cardiovascular disease risk by more than 80 percent—a figure which trumps even statin drugs, known to reduce the relative risk of cardiovascular disease risk by 30 to 35 percent.
One intriguing experiment, reported recently in the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, demonstrated the benefits of antioxidants, specifically resveratrol (found in red wine as well as in purple grapes). One group of subjects was given a simple meal of turkey cutlets. A second group was given 200 mL (about 6.8 fluid ounces) of red wine with the turkey cutlets. And a third group was given turkey cutlets that had been pre-soaked in red wine before cooking, in addition to the 6.8 ounces of wine.
Afterward, the investigators measured post-meal oxidative stress by assessing blood levels of malondialdehyde, a toxic compound involved in oxidative stress. Even though turkey is not high in saturated fat, which is ordinarily associated with heart disease, eating a simple turkey cutlet was sufficient to raise blood levels of malondialdehyde alarmingly. However, researchers found that the group who also drank the red wine reduced their post-meal oxidative stress dramatically in comparison—and the oxidative stress in the group whose meat had also been pre-soaked was reduced to zero. This experiment demonstrated a simple concept: by consuming ordinary foods, such as turkey, our bodies inevitably generate free radicals—unless there are plenty of antioxidants ingested in the same meal.
Drink certain kind of Red Wine (Procyanidins)
The real secret to red wine's health benefits -- and how to be sure you're getting it
The procyanidins of red wine and their anti-aging effect
http://www.emaxhealth.com/74/8441.html
According to a recent study published in the journal Nature, a wine's procyanidin content depends on three specific factors involved in its production, starting with the grapes themselves. If the grapes are too ripe when they're picked and processed, the wine will have a higher sugar content and a lower procyanidin content. Then there's the fermenation process. To reach its full procyanidin potential, a wine should ferment for 3 to 4 weeks. And finally, there's the issue of filtration: The wines with the highest levels of procyanidin haven't undergone much -- if any -- filtering (or "fining" as it's called in the wine-making world).
Unfortunately, almost every modern winemaker in the world breaks every single one of these rules!
Red wines from Southwest France are the ideal wine to choose.
To realize these health benefits one must consume red wine that is less sweet and has a lower alcoholic content. Click here for a list of red wines together with carbohydrate and alcohol nutrient values from the USDA Nutrient Database - http://french-wine.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_benefits_of_drinking_red_wine
Use Apple Cider Vinegar and Honey
http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/terrain/how_to_alkalize.htm
Resarch Really Says About Apple Cider Vinegar
Julius Caesar and George Washington gave it to their troops before battle. Hippocrates gave it to all his patients. In the Pharaohs tombs, they sealed it in large vases to take this into the next world. It helps to oxygenate the cells, improve circulation, balance your pH, normalize thyroid function and metabolism, rid the body of lactic acid and calcium deposits, increase circulation, absorption, and assimilation of vitamins and minerals. A simple mixture of Vinegar & Honey. But the vinegar must be raw, non-pasteurized, apple cider vinegar. All other vinegars are catabolic (acid forming).
Some people like to mix them full strength in the morning and drink it down: a shot of vinegar and a shot of honey together. However, we got this ancient formula and will present it here:
Mix 1 cup of the apple cider vinegar with ½ cup of honey (can use less or more honey, depending on your taste. You will take three tablespoons daily.
One way to drink this is by mixing 3 tablespoons with 2 to 36 oz (the more fluid will not lessen the potency, as long as you drink it all in the same day) of water, juice or tea and sip on it throughout the day.
Take a high quality Omega 3 Pill daily
The fatty acids in the American food supply have steadily changed over the past 100 years, resulting in five-ten times less omega 3 oils in our diets compared to much of our evolution. A new controlled study in healthy people has shown that eating higher levels of omega 3 oils turns down inflammatory gene signals. Read More from Bryon Richards: Omega 3 Oils like DHA are Needed to Maintain Health
Excerpt Below From Natural News: How to Select the Best Omega 3 Fish Oil
1) Most Americans, young and old, are highly deficient in omega-3, and one of the best things you can do for yourself and your children is routinely consume fish oil in warm months and cod liver oil in cool months, as they are high in the best kind of omega-3.
2) You should cut out or reduce the oils and foods high in omega-6 fats, as Americans get far too much of them. This includes corn, sunflower, soy, canola and safflower oil, margarine, vegetable oil and shortening.
3) You should eat healthy meats, as store-bought beef and other common meats can worsen your omega-6 to omega-3 ratio. Bison and ostrich are two great-tasting and very healthy choices, and game animals or beef that is truly grass-fed are other good options.
Trouble figuring out which Omega 3 to buy? Read DHA, Krill Oil & Green-Lipped Mussel – Which is Best?
I'm a big fan of Mike Adams (www.naturalnews.com), Joseph Mercola (www.mercola.com), and Byron Richards (www.wellnessresources.com) and read their websites everyday. They pretty much agree 95% of the time, but 5% of the time, they have sharp disagreements just like I may have with my spouse. Below are the articles were the big guys were duking it out....I believe Bryon Richards knows his stuff and I have to agree with him over Mercola. Mike Adams has some issues (see here - http://magickdragonfly.com/2009/05/01/swine-flu-adams-vs-mercola-fear-mongering-vs-facts-you-decide/) .
The Powerful Role of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Preventing Diseases of Inflammation: The Experts Speak
Best to just take a high quality fish oil pill. Mine is from Standard Process through my licensed practioner David Gaynes at www.sbtotalhealth.com.
Mercola - Scare Tactics Against Krill Oil Proven Inaccurate
WellnewsResource (Bryon Richards) - DHA, Krill Oil & Green-Lipped Mussel – Which is Best?
All you need to know about Supplements
Do not buy from grocery or drug store chain.
Some links to figuring out what to watch for when buying multi-vitamins.
What’s in Your Multiple Vitamin? Detecting Real Quality. Part 1 – Minerals
What’s in Your Multiple Vitamin? Detecting Real Quality. Part 2 – Vitamins
Don't buy another Multi-Vitamin until you see this one
“Whole-Food” vs. “Synthetic” Supplements
.Why Do We Need To Take Supplements?
It happened again the other day…..another new patient coming in with lots of health problems. One of the biggest misconceptions that people have when visiting a Natural Health Practitioner, is that they will only get one or two “medicines”. The other misconception is that they might only need them for a month or two to “get over” whatever serious symptoms they have that brought them to my door.
First of all, generally by the time someone is sitting in front of me, they have allowed their body to get to such a state that they are now having uncomfortable symptoms. Generally, this has taken years to get to this point. It’s important you understand it’s going to take many months, if not years, to get you out of it.
Natural and herbal supplements can restore the body to a place of balance. But it’s probably going to take more than one thing; or even two. Generally, it might take between 5-10 supplements to help restore your health. And if there is a “serious” health issue on the table, it will take much more than that.
But for this article, I want to talk about why we need to take supplements at all. Most people that aren’t in some sort of health crisis, wonder why they need to take a supplement. Here’s a list of the reasons why it is important that everyone take some sort of natural, whole-food supplement:
1. Depleted Soils. Even if you eat a healthy, predominantly plant-based diet with lots of fruit and vegetables, chances are good (unless you’re consuming everything Organic) that the food is coming from soils that have insufficient mineral content. When foods are grown over and over again in the same soils, the mineral content of that soil will become depleted over time. This is yet ANOTHER reason why it is vitally important to consume Organic foods as much as possible. Organic farming practices include “crop rotating” so that soil depletion does not occur.
2. Long Transit Time for Delivery. Have you noticed in the grocery store that more and more produce is coming in from other countries? If you think your favorite Mango or Pineapple (from Hawaii or the Phillippines) was just cut at its peak ripeness and then immediately put into a box, rushed to the airport and then overnighted to your favorite grocery store, you’re mistaken. Sometimes, foods are picked weeks or even MONTHS before we see it on our shelves. So much for obtaining the maximum amount of nutrition!
3. Overcooking Our Foods. We have a habit of cooking our food “to death” in this country. This results in massive loss of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and enzymes. When we cook our food so much, we do not obtain the nutritional value from it. Of course, over time, this will result in lots of different health problems. Cooking does “kill” the food, resulting in lost nutrition. As far as fruits and vegetables are concerned, consuming them in as close to raw (uncooked) state as possible, is always the best way.
4. Not Eating Regular Meals. So many people skip meals. Grabbing a bagel or donut while
slamming down some coffee and rushing to work, does NOT constitute a meal. Making up for it later in the day at an “all-you-can-eat” buffet is not in the best interest of our body! This puts much undue stress on your digestion system and will eventually cause a lot of uncomfortable symptoms.
5. Normal Aging = Digestion Issues. As we age, our body produces less enzymes that are needed to properly digest and assimilate the foods we eat. Eventually, this will result in “stomach” complaints; i.e., reflux, heartburn, upset stomach, chronic constipation, etc.
Taking good-quality, whole-food based natural supplements can go along way towards helping you maintain a better level of health. Particularly if you’ve got some bad habits (like skipping meals and not eating organic), you need them even more! I will talk more about “whole-food based” supplements and “synthetic” supplements in my next article.
Beware of Synthetic Supplements
“Whole Food” vs “Synthetic” Supplements
Eat Natural Food for Vitamins
Avoid Calcium Supplement
If you think you'll prevent Osteroporosis or it can't hurt, wrong. It can!
Everything You Thought You Knew About Calcium Supplementation Could Be Wrong
Practice Food Combing
For Digestive Bliss Eat Foods that Don't Fight
Eat blueberries with Hamburger
Milk Destroys Antioxidant Benefits in Blueberries
Chocolate with milk is no good.
Wheatgrass is best absorbed on an empty stomach.
Excerpt: Blueberries lose their power when eaten with milk.
This study suggests that the best way to gain maximum benefits from blueberries and other fruits eaten for their polyphenol content is to consume them either one hour before protein is consumed, or two hours after.
Researchers at
The pigments that give blueberries their color improve the structure of veins and the vascular system. They enhance the effects of vitamin C and inhibit enzymes from cleaving the collagen matrix. Maintaining a stable collagen matrix is essential for health of bones, tendons, cartilage and connective tissue. The collagen matrix is what keeps skin from wrinkling and sagging.
Eating 3 or more servings of fruit per day including blueberries lowers risk of age-related macular degeneration, the primary cause of vision loss in older adults. Blueberries are loaded with eye healthy and vision preserving carotenoids like lutein and zeaxanthin, and flavonoids like rutin, resveratrol and quercitin. And they contain a wealth of minerals needed for vision and overall health, like selenium and zinc.
Both diarrhea and constipation can be relieved with blueberries.
Blueberries are terrific anti-depressants and mood elevators.
Frozen blueberries provide all the antioxidant potential and other nutrients found in fresh ones. If you are looking for frozen berries, check the bag to make sure the berries move around freely and are not stuck together, indicating they have been thawed and refrozen. If you like some juice with your blueberries, frozen is the way to go.
Organic dried blueberries are also a good choice, especially for snacking since the sweetness is accentuated by the drying process. The antioxidant potential of dried blueberries can be as much as four times greater than that of fresh. Organic dried berries will have been dried at temperatures low enough to protect their antioxidant capabilities.
Heat is a destroyer of the antioxidant potential of blueberries, making canned or other processed berries a poor choice. Fresh or frozen blueberries can be pureed and fed to babies. Blueberries in baby food jars will have lost most of their nutritional value.
Milk Products may Destroy Antioxidant Benefits in Fruits, Vegetables and Grains
Excerpt: It may be time to rethink how we combine our foods
Although it is possible that the studies with blueberries and tea are isolated incidents, such a conclusion seems to go against the tenets of nature which are presented in broad statements. This suggests that a more likely conclusion would be that proteins in milk have a great affinity for many polyphenols found in both fruits and vegetables. It implies that if one chooses to eat fruits and vegetables for their health promoting benefits, no dairy product should be involved in the process until the body has had a chance to make full use of the polyphenols presented.
Fresh green salads may lose much of their antioxidant power when cheese is added, as may peaches with cream or yogurt with fresh fruit. Coffee may lose its health benefits when milk or cream are added. The implications of these findings are huge once a person decides to interpret them as meaning that no fruits and vegetables should be eaten near the time milk products are consumed.
We already know that milk chocolate contains very few polyphenols compared to dark chocolate. This may be because polyphenols in chocolate bind with milk protein and become inactive.
From: http://www.wrightnewsletter.com
We all know that certain foods can be categorized as bona fide cancer preventers. But what do you get when those foods are combined?
There are currently 40 studies underway that examine specific food combinations and their preventative health benefits. Early results show that combining foods can offer even greater cancer prevention and overall healthier combinations of nutrients than any one food can offer individually.
How about a filet of salmon on a bed of watercress surrounded by a ring of broccoli florets, and crushed walnuts dusted across the top -- sound like an incredible dinner plate at a fancy restaurant? It's also a cancer killer extraordinaire. You see, each of these foods has a cancer-fighting ingredient. But something magical happens when they are combined into one dish. Together, they are particularly high in two nutrients -- sulphoraphane and selenium. The combination of these two nutrients is 13 times more effective than either one alone.
The sulphoraphane found in broccoli also has a synergistic relationship with lycopene and with another flavonoid, apigenin, which is found in apples, endive, beans, broccoli, celery, cherries, cloves, grapes, leeks, onions, barley, parsley and tomatoes. Eating meals that combine foods of different colors may also impart improved health benefits over eating any one color of food alone.
It's like the new Rubik's cube of food -- the combinations and the beneficial effects could be endless.
This may not seem groundbreaking. After all, even though science has always studied one food at a time, we've never eaten that way. But in the next few years you'll be able to combine foods based on more than just how they taste together. You'll be able to design menus for your family based on evidence of their health-protecting value. Entire cookbooks will be designed around the ultimate diets for preventing cancer, heart disease, autoimmune disease, and the many other health challenges that are prominent today.
Suddenly the future looks very good -- and healthy.
Combining Foods Offers Greater Cancer Protection
For a long time studies have shown how broccoli and tomatoes worked as strong cancer-fighting vegetables, but now research has revealed that they produce even more powerful cancer-fighting benefits when eaten together. In a study involving rats it was discovered that when they consumed broccoli and tomatoes together the growth rate of the tumors was slower than when they ate the vegetables individually
Goodheart's Dietary Rules for Health
1. Eat all kinds of meats, fish, eggs, leafy vegetables, citrus fruits (and carbohydrates only if you must) as the safest way to avoid deficiencies.
2. Do not combine pure fats (butter, cream or bacon) with high starches (potatoes, cereals, breads, cakes or sweets) in any one meal.
3. Do not combine acids (citrus juice, vinegar, buttermilk) with high starches at any one meal.
4. Do not combine high proteins (meats, fish eggs, cheese) with high starches at any one meal.
5. Eat fats freely with proteins and acid solutions.
6. Be sure you get enough of each essential nutritional element as follows:
a. Meat, fish, fowl and eggs: One serving of each, or two servings of one per day with butter or other fat.
b. Milk, buttermilk, or cheese: Two glasses of raw organic milk or buttermilk, or two and one-half ounces of cheese a day (or one glass of milk or buttermilk plus an ounce or more of cheese). c. Raw, low-starch fruits and raw green and yellow vegetables: Two servings a day or one large salad bowl a day.
d. 1 or 2 tablespoonfuls of a plain cod liver oil, or its equivalent in other fish liver oils, or their concentrates in capsules.
But if you use capsules, then be sure to take plenty butter fats and cream; your liver must have fats, if it is going to make bile for you.
e. If you are a carbohydrate eater, supplement with yeast or other equivalent Vitamin B Complex. Other natural fats and oils may also be necessary as the fact remains that natural fats and oils are absolutely necessary in ample quantities for natural, healthy metabolism.
Try to find out what allergy you have
Great Chart showing what to combine and not to combine
Correct Food Combining Chart
Diet & Lifestyle Food Combining
Food Combining - How to heal diseases without drugs, surgery, nor treatment, by correctly combining the foods you eat
Dr. Bass Sequential Eating and Food Combining
Sequential Eating Diet was evolved individually by Dr. Moses Maimonides
Eat the simplest food first and progressively increase the
complexity of the foods that follow, until you eat the most
complex foods at that meal, last.
1.Eat acids and starches at separate meals. Acids neutralize
the alkaline medium required for starch digestion and the
result is fermentation and indigestion. 2. Eat protein foods and carbohydrate foods at separate
meals. Protein foods require an acid medium for digestion.
3. Eat but one kind of protein food at a meal. 4. Eat proteins and acid foods at separate meals. The acids
of acid foods inhibit the secretion of the digestive acids
required for protein digestion. Undigested protein putrefies
in bacterial decomposition and produces some potent poisons.
5. Eat fats and proteins at separate meals. Some foods,
especially nuts, are over 50% fat and require hours for
digestion. 6. Eat sugars (fruits) and proteins at separate meals. 7. Eat sugars (fruits) and starchy foods at separate meals.
Fruits undergo no digestion in the stomach and are held up
if eaten with foods that require digestion in the stomach.
8. Eat melons alone. They combine with almost no other food.
9. Desert the desserts. Eaten on top of meals they lie heavy
on the stomach, requiring no digestion there, and ferment.
Bacteria turn them into alcohols and vinegars and acetic
acids
Once Maimonides Sets the Table, Let’s Eat
Excerpt: Finally came the promised lesson in nutrition according to
Maimonides, some advice about combining foods in a cleansing
way that he said derived from the philosopher’s teachings.
Fruit, Mr. Darwick said, should be eaten alone, or it would
dull the mind.
“Eat it alone or leave it alone,” he said.
Starch and protein should not be combined, for instance,
bread with an egg. Both starch and protein should instead be
eaten with vegetables.
Avocados are neutral. “I love ’em,” he said.
Is Lox and Cream Cheese Kosher?
Excerpt: However, the Talmud warns us not to eat fish with meat, asserting that the combination is unhealthy. This is mentioned in the Code of Jewish Law with the admonition that health concerns are to be treated with even greater gravity than ritual laws.
Learn to Read Ingredients
Food Label Literacy - Identifying Products With Excellent Nutrition
Don't use USDA Food Pyramid
Want to know how to really shop for foods? Download the free Honest Food Guide, the honest reference to foods that has now been downloaded by over 800,000 people. It's a replacement for the USDA's highly corrupt and manipulated Food Guide Pyramid, which is little more than a marketing document for the dairy industry and big food corporations. The Honest Food Guide is an independent, nutritionally-sound reference document that reveals exactly what to eat (and what to avoid) to maximize your health.
Don't be mislead by 'All Natural' labels – anybody can say that!
Factory food manufacturers have figured out that slapping an "all natural" claim onto their processed, chemically-altered food products results in increased sales. Consumers, it seems, are trying to shop for healthier foods, and they're easily fooled by "all natural" claims, even though the vast majority of food products sporting such claims are anything but natural.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not regulate claims of "all natural." They might claim to, but in reality, they don't.....
....In the food industry today, there's no official definition of "all natural." It means whatever the food companies want it to mean. It can mean, for example, that all the chemicals found in the product simply aren't listed on the label. (There's no requirement for food companies to list chemical contaminants found in their foods.) A food labeled "all natural" can contain pesticides, herbicides, toxic heavy metals, trace amounts of PCBs, toxic fluoride, hidden MSG, high-temperature cooking byproducts, synthetic chemical vitamins and dozens of other non-natural substances. This is all perfectly allowed and tolerated by the FDA as well as all virtually every media outlet ....
....And yet today, numerous "all natural" food companies continue to use hidden forms of MSG in their foods, hiding them under innocent-sounding ingredients like yeast extract, autolyzed or hydrolyzed proteins (all of which contain MSG). Even the companies you've grown to trust in the "natural" food business are engaged in the blatant hiding of MSG in their products. Pay special attention to vegetarian food products such as veggie burgers. Read the ingredients on everything you buy and you'll find that the largest "natural" food manufacturers still use hidden MSG.(The newest ingredient to hide MSG under is called torula yeast. Watch for it on labels.)....
....There is little truth left in the food industry.....Consumers are a gullible bunch, and food manufacturers have mastered the art of selling people crap while getting them to believe it's actually good for them. There's really no effort taken by the mainstream food industry to make foods healthy; there's only an effort to make them appear to be healthy. It's all about marketing. The same junk food crap that wasn't labeled with any health claims two years ago is now labeled "all natural" and positioned in the healthy food section of the grocery store. Same ingredients, new spin. It's all about positioning....
Companies like Ewehorn make honest cereals with no garbage ingredients, and there are lots of raw foods companies that produce truly outstanding food products (such as www.RawBakery.com). FoodsAlive (www.FoodsAlive.com) also makes real food, as do dozens of other companies I could mention.
.....But the real secret to being a smart, skeptical consumer is to read the ingredients labels yourself. Analyze the ingredients and ignore the health claims on the front of the package. Health claims are meaningless. Visit our informative article: How to read ingredients labels to learn more....
Don’t be misled by ‘non-toxic’, ‘natural’ and ‘fragrance free’ label
98% of supposedly environmentally friendly products in US supermarkets make false or confusing claims, campaigners say
Rangan singled out "non-toxic", "natural", and "fragrance free" as misleading claims, because the federal government has never set a precise standard for manufacturers to meet. "Personal care products are the Wild West," she said.
Reading the fine print on labels will not necessarily help either. Companies are not required to disclose the use of some substances believed to be dangerous – such as phthalates, which can cause birth defects and hormone abnormalities and are widely used, from baby bottles to cleaners and cosmetics.
The makers of household cleaners are also not required by law to list every chemical in the bottle so long as it is below a certain level. "Almost none of these companies disclose the ingredients in these products," O'Rourke told Congress. "We don't know what is in them. We don't what the plastic is made of."And as Case eventually discovered, even the most seemingly reliable certifications cannot be trusted.
American shoppers misled by greenwash, Congress told
Akalinize your Body
....It now turns out that we have a better shot at long-term health if our body's pH is neutral or slightly alkaline. When we tilt toward greater acidity, which can be measured easily, we have a greater risk of developing osteoporosis, weak muscles, heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease, and a host of other health problems...
Acid-yielding foods deplete minerals...Long term, excess acidity leads to thinner bones and lower muscle mass...
First, fruits and vegetables are rich in potassium salts, a natural buffer.
Second, there has also been a similar reversal in the consumption of naturally occurring bicarbonate (such as potassium bicarbonate) in foods and added chloride (mostly in the form of sodium chloride, or table salt). Bicarbonate is alkaline, where as chloride is acid-yielding. Chloride also constricts blood vessels, and narrows blood vessels reduce circulation, Sebastian says. Because the whole body depends on healthy circulation,
Third, eating large amounts of animal protein (including meat, fowl, and seafood) releases sulfuric acid though the metabolism of sulfur-containing amino acids, also contributing to greater acidity.
Fourth, grains, such as wheat, rye, and corn, have a net acid-yielding effect, regardless of whether they are in the form of white bread, breakfast cereal, pasta or whole grains.
68 to 91 percent -- don't eat the five recommended daily servings of fruits and vegetables.
Very Alkaline-Yielding Foods: Spinach, Raisins, Dates
Note: All fruits and vegetables are alkaline yielding, unless they have been pickled or marinated.
How to Alkalize your Body
Alkalinic Activities – Meditation, Prayer, Peace, Kindness, Love, Lemons, Watermelon
Acidic Activities – Overwork, Anger, Fear, Jealousy, Stress, Artificial Sweeteners
Here is an experiment. Measure the pH of your saliva when you are feeling fine. Then, if you get angry (have a fight with your boss or spouse or for you men, you lose the remote) take your pH then too. And compare!
I did this the other day. I measured my pH at 6.8. That’s a pretty good place to be, between 6.8 and 7.0. However, a few minutes later, my neighbor called with some sort of horse emergency and darned if I could find my keys! The moment I uttered my first fiery word, I saw a pack of pH strips on my desk. I grabbed one and measured my saliva. It was off the chart. I had battery acid in my mouth (nearly).
The pH of our saliva gives us our emotional state. The more alkaline the better our state; and the more acidic, the more emotionally troubled we are. This is a plain and simple fact. If you take care of your body, but ignore your emotions you will not maintain your terrain. Hence, we called this regimen an Holistic Approach. We are focusing now on caring for our entire person, the Holy Trinity, as it were, consisting of the Body, Mind, and Spirit.
Did you know that attending a church service will raise your pH? Praying produces negative electrical charges within our bodies.
How to test your own pH
You can test your own pH simply and inexpensively. All you need are some pH test strips. Tear off two three-inch strips. As you as you awaken, before you drink or eat anything, put some saliva on the test strip. Compare the color to a pH color chart that comes with the test strips.
Next, measure the pH of your second urination of the morning. To do this, urinate on the strip or collect the urine in a plastic or glass (not paper) cup and dip the test strip. Again, compare the color to the pH color chart.
Decker Weiss, N.M.D., of
You can order the test strips from www.alkalineforlife.com or by calling 888.206.7119. One roll, which is good for a few dozen tests, is $13.95.
Apple Cider and Baking Soda
Trying to learn all about water, akalinity, etc. Lots of reading for me to figure out Ted of Thailand.
Best one I can come up with is 2 tbs of ACV, 1/4 tsp of baking soda in 250 ml of water.
Apple Cider Vinegar Cures
http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/acvinegar.html
Baking Soda Cures
http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/baking_soda.html
Baking Soda and Apple Cider Vinegar Questions
http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/acv_baking_soda_cures_questions.html
Balance pH Levels Questions
http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/pH_questions.html
Balance pH Levels
http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/pH.html
Evil All Star List
Partially Hydrogenated Oils (PHO)
Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
Aspartame, Splendid, Sucrolose, Dextrose
High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
MSG is a Poison and Kills Brain Cells
How to Find Hidden MSG on Food Labels
MSG Includes
Hydrolyzed vegetable or plant protein
Autolyzed Yeast
Sodium Caseinate
Calcium Caseinate
Yeast Extract
Gelatin
Carageenan or Vegetable gum
Seasonings
Spices
Flavorings
Natural flavorings
Whey protein or whey protein isolate
Soy protein or soy protein isolate
Chicken, beef, or pork smoke flavorings
Barley malt, malt extract, malt flavoring
Atkins Protein Bar – But lest you think I’m a walking, talking “leading authority” on the subject, I confess to getting fooled myself. See, I was eating 4 to 5 Atkins Protein Bars a week...and soon found myself feeling a distinct lack of pleasure in life. About then, I was reading the book, In Bad Taste, The MSG Symptom Complex, by George Schwartz, M.D. In it, I noticed that my Atkins Bars contained soy protein isolate. MSG in possible camouflage, in other words. That was all it took. When I stopped eating the bars, the “blues” went away, never again to return, I’m thankful to say. So I practiced what I preached and was all the better for it.
Interesting side note: Adding insult to injury, Atkins Bars recently included calcium caseinate, a definite MSG disguise.
New Chemical Alternative to MSG That is Coming Soon - You Won’t Know Whether Senomyx’s Chemicals are in Your Food
While at first glance it may seem like a positive step to create processed foods with less sugar, salt or MSG, keep in mind that this is being done with synthetic chemicals.
Senomyx was able to obtain FDA approval and a “generally recognized as safe” classification from the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association in less than a year and a half, based on a safety study of rats conducted for just 3 months.
That’s right: one three-month long study is apparently enough for major food manufacturers to decide that a never-before-used chemical is safe for you and your family to eat.
And these chemical compounds are NOT required to be listed separately on food labels; they are simply grouped into the general category of "artificial flavors." So if you pick up a processed food that has “no MSG,” “less sugar,” or “reduced sodium” it may very well also contain Senomyx’s chemicals, and you’ll have no way of knowing.
MSG kills brain cells and is also labled as Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, Autolyzed Yeast, Hydrolyzed Plant Protein, Sodium Caseinate, Yeast Extract
Chemical Food Additives includes the following: aspartame autolyzed anything barley malt beef base beef flavoring beef stock bouillon broth of any kind calcium caseinate carrageenan caseinate chicken base chicken broth chicken flavoring chicken stock disodium anything dough conditioner flavoring gelatin gelatinized anything glutamate gaur gum hydrolyzed anything kombu extract l-cysteine malt anything malted anything milk solids monosodium glutamate natural flavor nutrasweet pork base pork flavoring protein concentrate protein extract seasoned salt seasoning smoke flavoring sodium caseinate solids of any kind soup base soy extract soy protein anything soy sauce spice stock textured protein textured vegetable protein umami vegetable gum whey anything yeast extract
Watch Out for MSG in Soy Sausage, Seaweed Salad, Beef Jerky
I read the label for Morningstar Farm Tofu Sausage that I have been eating for 10 years. It has MSG disguised as different ingredient (see www.msgmyth.com).
I then started thinking about the seaweed salad that I always order at Japanese restaurant. I went to the Japanese grocery store and read the label - sure enough it had MSG. They also were selling non-MSG seaweed salad, but it had MSG disguised as another ingredient.
I looked Beef Jerky...MSG type ingredient too. I used to love and eat all this stuff....but no more. My health is too important to me.
Do I miss it? Not really...takes a little time to adjust to not eating it, but when I see that stuff, I just want to run the other direction.
Even Natural Food Company put MSG in Products
Avoid Cedarlane and GardenBurger as they uses yeast extract.
Amy's Kitchen also had yeast extract
Don't go to McDonald's
MSG is why you want to avoid McDonald's like the plague
Surprise Ingredients in Fast Food (This is one article, but I have read tons of article about McDonald and their salads being loaded with unhealthy stuff and lots of calories. Plus pesticides, GMO, and hardly any nutrition in it)
A close reading of a list of classic McDonald's recipes from the '50s through the '70s reveals a disturbing amount of Monosodium Glutamate (MSG), a chemical whose potential health effects have caused considerable controversy.
However, the use of MSG in McDonald's food is not solely a matter of history. MSG is still present in some forms in many modern McDonald's products, including their Grilled Chicken Filet, Sausage Patty, and French Fries.
Many other foods on their menu, especially those that contain "natural flavors" or "hydrolyzed protein" as ingredients, also contain MSG. Most of the MSG is in the form of glutamic acid, the chemical's active component.Studies have indicated that MSG can cause severe allergies and even brain damage. Most baby food companies have voluntarily stopped using MSG in their products.
Watch Out for Stuff in Salad Dressing, Ketchup, Apple Sauce
Ughh.....high fructose corn sryup and vegetable oil and not to mention a bunch of perservatives....threw all that away and replaced it with organic natural ketchup, mustard, apple sauce, etc. No perservatives and such.
We brought Judah Mott apple sauce at a restaurant thinking it was healthy. Reading the label, they added High fructose corn sryup. Horrible manufactured stuff they put in everything to sweeten it and make get like it and get addicted to it.
I worried about our kids getting hooked into many of the food. While we now control the food in the house and picking the restaurant, I need to work hard on educating them about reading the ingredient and what the crap does to you so they can grow up healthy and be happy.
Avoid Partially Hydrogenated Oil (i.e. Vegetable or Canola oil)
Only raw organic butter. It's saturated fat and great. No it does not make you fat, gain weight, get you high chlolesterol. Actually the other stuff does - veg oil. Read "The Mood Cure" and "Going Back to the Basic of Human Health" or read an excerpt from one of theperfectcrime.net report:
Let’s start with partially hydrogenated oil. First we take edible oil, usually soybean, and put it
through a hexane washing process. What’s hexane? It’s a high-vapor pressure component of gasoline that is easily ignited. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, it’s a “hazardous substance” and a “carcinogen.”
Need to know more? A hexane washing process isn’t enough for you to want to avoid this
stuff entirely? Okay then...this “washed” oil is treated with lye and phosphoric acid (yes, they make soap out of lye).
You want all the dirty details? Well, they then heat these oils to 500 degrees Fahrenheit. Which
gives it an eerie similarity to another manufacturing process.
The Fifth Basic Food Group: Plastic Yup...you know...as in plastic bags, plastic bottles, plastic take-home boxes? This is man-made stuff that doesn’t melt at 76 degrees Fahrenheit. Or at the body’s normal 98.6. It probably won’t even begin breaking down until 180 degrees. I did say it was heated to 500 degrees, didn’t I? Question: Is your body capable of generating 180 degrees of heat? No...not unless you’re at highrisk for spontaneous combustion.
Think about it. Ever try cleaning the grease off the outside of a pan you just used to fry
something in? You know how hard that can be. Well, that’s exactly what partially hydrogenated
oil is like in your body. It gums up your cells and makes them sticky inside. Which is too bad because they were meant to be slippery. That “slipperiness” is essential for glucose--and all those nutrients and hormones--to slide in and out easily.
Not any more, though. Now it’s more like someone sprayed your insides with plastic truck bed liner. Not only does it gunk up your cells, it also leads to increased fat storage. And it increases the size of fat cells, too. What a combination. Small wonder some kids and adults today look like
they’ve been inflated. Remember that hard-to-clean grease on the fry pan? Well, it takes from several months to a good year or two to really get this stuff out of your system. And that’s if you’re serious about a body cleanse.
You’re probably thinking...But There Has to Be a Good Side to All This. Well, there is. Pastries are flakier. Breads are moister. Cookies taste fresher. And they can just about last on the shelf that way for years. Now that’s an accomplishment!
Eat Only Butter (No Margarine, Vegetable Oil, etc.)
Only raw organic butter. It's saturated fat and great. No it does not make you fat, gain weight, get you high chlolesterol. Actually the other stuff does - veg oil. Read "The Mood Cure" and "Going Back to the Basic of Human Health" or read an excerpt from one of theperfectcrime.net report:
Let’s start with partially hydrogenated oil. First we take edible oil, usually soybean, and put it
through a hexane washing process. What’s hexane? It’s a high-vapor pressure component of gasoline that is easily ignited. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, it’s a “hazardous substance” and a “carcinogen.”
Need to know more? A hexane washing process isn’t enough for you to want to avoid this
stuff entirely? Okay then...this “washed” oil is treated with lye and phosphoric acid (yes, they make soap out of lye).
You want all the dirty details? Well, they then heat these oils to 500 degrees Fahrenheit. Which
gives it an eerie similarity to another manufacturing process.
The Fifth Basic Food Group: Plastic Yup...you know...as in plastic bags, plastic bottles, plastic take-home boxes? This is man-made stuff that doesn’t melt at 76 degrees Fahrenheit. Or at the body’s normal 98.6. It probably won’t even begin breaking down until 180 degrees. I did say it was heated to 500 degrees, didn’t I? Question: Is your body capable of generating 180 degrees of heat? No...not unless you’re at highrisk for spontaneous combustion.
Think about it. Ever try cleaning the grease off the outside of a pan you just used to fry
something in? You know how hard that can be. Well, that’s exactly what partially hydrogenated
oil is like in your body. It gums up your cells and makes them sticky inside. Which is too bad because they were meant to be slippery. That “slipperiness” is essential for glucose--and all those nutrients and hormones--to slide in and out easily.
Not any more, though. Now it’s more like someone sprayed your insides with plastic truck bed liner. Not only does it gunk up your cells, it also leads to increased fat storage. And it increases the size of fat cells, too. What a combination. Small wonder some kids and adults today look like
they’ve been inflated. Remember that hard-to-clean grease on the fry pan? Well, it takes from several months to a good year or two to really get this stuff out of your system. And that’s if you’re serious about a body cleanse.
You’re probably thinking...But There Has to Be a Good Side to All This. Well, there is. Pastries are flakier. Breads are moister. Cookies taste fresher. And they can just about last on the shelf that way for years. Now that’s an accomplishment!
Contrary to Popular Belief, Coconut Oil is Great
Olive Oil is good for salad and low heat. Coconut oil is best
Make sure it's virgin, unrefined, untreated, organic...
The Truth About Coconut Oil: Why it Got a Bad Rep Actually Good
Coconut: In Support of Good Health in the 21st Century
Coconut Oil: You Want a Food Loaded with Real Health Benefits? You Want Coconut Oil
Nutritional And Health Aspects Of Coconut Oil
Quality Fat, Not Low-Fat, is the Secret to Health and Weight Loss
Not all fats are equal. Trans fats, common in fast food, are the worst. However, the brain is 60 percent fat, and very low levels of cholesterol have been associated with depression, aggression and anti-social behavior. Essential fatty acids, such as omega-3s, are proving valuable in treating depression and other psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, as well as benefiting infant brain development.
Deadly Product - HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup)
Read the label and avoid HFCS at all cost! Best to avoid all sugar, but if you have to, use the herb stevia or raw organic honey
Some Carbs Turn to Fat Fast in Your Body
Fructose is No Answer For a Sweetener
Beware of New Media Brainwashing About High Fructose Corn Syrup
The Plague of High Fructose Corn Syrup in Processed Foods
Stevia is Great
We made lemonade with Stevia - just from plants! It's taste great. No more sugar, aspartame, sacarrin, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia
The FDA actually banned it for a while even though it is natural and been used by Japanese and many other people without any problems for 30 years.
Xylitol is Great
It is one of the sugar alcohols that does not cause a severe spike in blood sugar levels. It also comes with an added benefit, because it is anti-bacterial -- many studies show that it actually helps prevent dental cavities
Sweeteners vary greatly in how healthy they are. The worst kind of sweeteners you can consume are the artificial, lab-produced types such as aspartame or nutrasweet, which have no resemblance to anything actually found in nature. The best are those consumed as they are found in nature, unrefined and in small quantities, such as small quantities of whole fruits, raw honey or herbs like stevia.
Sugar alcohols lie somewhere between the two poles, and in moderation some of them can be a better choice than highly refined sugar or high fructose corn syrup. They can have side effects, and should be consumed only in moderation. But while they are processed and do contain calories, the better ones are less likely to spike your blood sugar than refined sugar.
Of the various sugar alcohols, xylitol is one of the best. When it is pure, the potential side effects are minimal, and it actually comes with some benefits such as fighting tooth decay. All in all, I would say that xylitol is reasonably safe, and potentially even a mildly beneficial sweetener.
Xylitol is a high-grade sweetener extracted from birch cellulose. Make sure you get non GMO one made from Birch and not corn.
High Fructose Corn Syrup and Smoking Ad Lies
Check these very interesting Gallery of smoking ad and the High Frutcose Corn Syrup recent video ads...
Lane Library - Tobacco Industy Gallery
What Those Funny Old Smoking Ads Really Show
Sweet Lies: How the Food Industry is Brainwashing the Public
Ad for HFCS
Another ad for HFCS
Mainstream Media Lies about Vitamin D Deficiency and Parkinson's with Deceptive Headlines
CNN Health Story Promotes Pizza, Ice Cream, Burgers as "Great for Your Waist"
Expose Healthy Fraud and Deceptions
Do You Know of Any Healthy Fraud and Deceptions That Need to be Exposed?
Deadly Product - Artificial Sugar (i.e. anything that says 'Diet')
New Study of Splenda Reveals Shocking Information About Potential Harmful Effects
A Hundred Health Sapping Neurotoxins are Hidden in Packaged and Restaurant Food
Aspatames includes Splenda, sacchrine, Nutrasweet, sucralose, etc.
Don't Drink Orange Soda
Need a hit of extra pesticides today? Just drink some orange-flavored soft drinks (called "fizzy drinks" in the
Coca-Cola's Orange Drinks Found to Contain 300 Times More Pesticides than Legal Limit in Water
Don't drink soda (Coke, Red Bull, Pepsi, Spite...)
It takes 32 glasses of ALKALINE WATER to neutralize the acid from one 12 oz. COLA!!
Make your own Soda
Make Your Own Green Tea Soda
Now, you don't have to pay high prices in health food stores for this delicious treat. Learn to make it yourself at home, and lose the sugar, high fructose corn syrup and other nasties!
And as any good, true Englishman will tell you, the secret to making the best cup of tea is to have the water absolutely boiling when you pour it on the tea bag.
Healthy Green Tea Soda(Prepare in advance, as it will steep in fridge for about an hour before serving)Serves 4
You'll need:
2 green tea teabags
2 cups (1 pint) boiling water
Pint-sized Pyrex measuring cup or heat-proof jar
1 tsp. raw, organic honey (optional)
2 cups total Natural Sparkling mineral water (½ glass per serving tea)
Preparation:
Place tea bags in Pyrex measuring cup or heat-proof jar.
Pour 2 cups boiling water over teabags.
Add 1 tsp. raw, organic honey if desired, and stir.
Place tea in fridge for about 1 hour to cool.
Once cooled down, remove tea from fridge.
For each serving, pour half a glass of tea into tall ice-tea glass.
Pour half a glass of sparkling mineral water into each tea.
There you go! Let the fizzy magic begin! A very, very tasty, alternative to soda. Enjoy!
Don't eat Carmine – squished bugs!
After a decade of pressure from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), the U.S. FDA will require the food industry to disclose a little known fact -- the red food dye called carmine, among other names, is made from the crushed bodies of the cochineal insect. Starting in two years, food manufacturers will have to disclose cochineal-based food additives on their labels.
See more at Food Makers Will Acknowledge Bug-Based Additives
Only drink RAW milk! Otherwise forget about it!
We only buy from www.organicpastures.com. Milk (except raw and organic) will kill you. It’s not just antibiotic or growth hormone or homogenizatoin….it’s the pasteurization that is the problem.
Why You Don't Want to Drink Pasteurized Milk
This article, close to 70 years old, details some of the major reasons why you and your family will thrive on raw milk rather than pasteurized deadened milk.
More Reasons to Avoid Pasteurized Milk
Large numbers of 50- to 90-year-old article quotes describing some of the major reasons why you and your family will thrive on raw milk rather than pasteurized deadened milk.
Don't Drink Your Milk! … these specialists don't realize that over 50% of these children will improve and have no further ea … It is my strong recommendation that you discontinue your milk products.
Don't Eat Soy (fermented soy is ok)
The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food
Newest Research On Why You Should Avoid Soy
The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food Revealed
Why Soy Can Damage Your Health
Silk, SoyDream, Pacific Natural Foods and Vitasoy all Rebuked in New Soy Scorecard Ratings
The Cornucopia Institute - Soy Report and Scorecard
Soy Protein Used in "Natural" Foods Bathed in Toxic Solvent Hexane
If You Want to Benefit From Soy, Make Sure it is Fermented ! There are some redeeming qualities to soy, however these are found primarily in fermented soy products like tempeh, miso, natto and soybean sprout
If you want to get some health benefits from soy, stick to these four forms and pass on ALL processed soy milks, tofu, soy ‘burgers’, soy ‘ice cream’, soy ‘cheese’, and the myriad of other soy junk foods that are so readily disguised as health foods.
Which types of soy are acceptable? Aren't some types of fermented soy (natto, tempeh, miso) healthy?
I personally eat old-fashioned fermented soy products such as miso, tempeh, natto, shoyu and tamari and believe they can be healthy in the context of a varied diet. Tofu is a precipitated product and less healthy, but I still enjoy it occasionally at vegetarian potlucks. Edamame--the green immature soybeans--contains fewer of the toxins found in the mature beans and so can be eaten occasionally. People who are not allergic or sensitized to soy can consume these whole soy products safely at the levels eaten traditionally in
Soy sprouts, by the way, are not healthy. Short-term germination increases the strength of soy‘s antinutrient fractions. In contrast, long-term sprouting plus fermentation will decrease and nearly eliminate them. Soy sprouts are mentioned in historical accounts as useful, sometime pharmaceuticals, not as a daily food.
Nonfermented soy products contain phytic acid, which has anti-nutritive properties. Phytic acid
binds with certain nutrients, such as iron, to inhibit their absorption. This is a direct, physical effect that takes place in your digestive system. They’ve also been found to contain toxins and disruptive plant estrogens that can damage your thyroid.
Most processed, nonfermented soy products also contain added flavorings, preservatives, sweeteners, emulsifiers and synthetic nutrients – a far cry from what you get after the traditional fermentation process that ancient cultures put their soy through before they would eat it. Soy’s Health Benefits ONLY Apply to Fermented Soy! - Natto, Tempeh, Miso and Soy Sauce.
Don't Eat Bleached or Enriched Flour
Who knew white flour was quite this hazardous to your health? We don't eat bread except on Friday night (Challah). Mostly Ezekiel Spouted Multi-Grain Bread...
The Little-Known Secrets about Bleached Flour...
Why Bleached Flour May Be Worse Than Chlorinated Water
Don't Eat Pretzel
Don’t eat food that raise blood glucose levels - Pretzels cause blood sugar to rise very quickly. Raw carrots, however, do not. High fiber carbohydrates are raise blood glucose levels relatively slowly, and combining them with fat or protein can slow absorption even more. The key is a balanced diet, where all macronutrients -- carbohydrates, fats and proteins -- are given their due.
Don’t Eat Potato Chips
Lawsuit over potato chip ingredient settled
Don’t Eat Wheat Bread
The Rise of Yeast-Free, Wheat-Free Bread
The Rise of Yeast-Free Wheat-Free Bread (Part 2)
"...Allowing bread to rise naturally is a time-consuming process requiring 2-3 days and thus more shelf space. However, we are now learning that the slower curing process offers many health benefits, primarily because naturally leavened bread has an alkalizing versus acidic effect on the digestive system..."
"...Louis Pasteur first isolated yeast in 1856 and soon after many forms of yeast became available. The one that became the most popular was Fleishmann’s Yeast, released in 1869. While most people believe adding yeast is required to get dough to rise, it is only required to get dough to rise quickly. Bakers learned that by using yeast they could make fresh bread every 8 hours instead of every 24 hours. Nearly 100% of them started using yeast. However, one problem is that yeasted bread rises so quickly that the grain it contains is not quite ready to eat. Another is that many people must follow a yeast-free diet due to stomach conditions such as Candida, which is an overgrowth of fungus in the digestive tract that can result from oral antibiotic use...."
"...Over the years, wheat has been cross-bred into hybrid forms to intentionally increase the amount of gluten that is naturally present. This was to give wheat a more pastry-like quality. After a century of cross breeding, even organic whole wheat today bears little resemblance to the wheat our ancestors harvested. Many individuals have developed a severe allergy to wheat called Celiac Disease, which actually causes scar tissue to form in the gut. Thus many have been seeking alternative grains that can still produce delicious bread. Two other options are spelt and millet, which we will explore next...."
Eat Sprouted Grain Bread (Ezekiel)
Food for Life’s breads are healthier because of thelive grain difference! Using freshly sprouted, certified organically grown live grains, our exclusive sprouting process significantly increases valuable nutrients.
More info: http://www.foodforlife.com/
The transition with the kid is moving along another level....yesterday I made Ezekial bread with guacomole and cilanto and tomatoes on top. Riva looks at it and goes "Mmmm...can I have one' and then
At the beginning, they and Jana didn't like the Ezekial bread. So we got wheat bread for them, but whole wheat, organic and no sugar. Eventually Jana came along and then the kids to eating and liking it.
No more wheat or any kind of bread in our house except for maybe sandwich on occasions as the Ezekiel bread is not good with sandwich either unless it's toasted and warm enough. We brought Ezekial hot dog buns, but they were a dud as they were too thick to eat with hot dog. The kids instead smeared butter on it and happily munched on it.
Don't use anti-bacterial or chemical cleaner
Use natural disinfectants – As with antibacterial hand soaps, antibacterial house cleaners are also best avoided. A natural all-purpose cleanser that works great for kitchen counters, cutting boards and bathrooms is 3% hydrogen peroxide and vinegar. Just put each liquid into a separate spray bottle, then spray the surface with one, followed by the other.
Don't use anti-bacterial soap (Use Dr. Bronner instead!)
Antibacterial Products aren't just useless - They can be Killers
Remember to AVOID using antibacterial soaps. These soaps are completely unnecessary and could easily do more harm than good. As a matter of fact, the antibacterial compounds found in most of these soaps are another likely contributing factor to the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Instead buy the best soap by Dr. Bronner - http://www.drbronner.com/
Round One Legal Victory for Organic Consumers and Dr. Bronner's against "Organic Cheater" Personal Care Brands (Avalon, Jason, etc.) and Certifiers (OASIS & Ecocert)
Moisturize Your Skin With Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps
Don't believe everything people say...including your Doctor
Your Doctor won't tell you what you should know
The take-home lesson of this experience is this: Trust works both ways. All it takes is one complaint from a patient or a family member to shut down an alternative provider. Even praise will do you in. If a patient tells another doctor, "Boy, that Sambucol really works. I never catch a cold." I'm in trouble again.
I'm not totally shut down. If a patient ASKS me about some alternative therapy, I will give them an honest and well-informed answer. But if you don't ask, I cannot tell. Another suggestion for a patient is to ask something like, "If you had my illness, what would you personally use to treat yourself." That I can answer honestly, because I'm not telling you to do anything.
Read the whole thing at: An Important Letter About Trust
Mike Adams Excerpt: When I was 30, I was in lousy shape. I was overweight. I was borderline diabetic. I was depressed. I was in chronic pain. I ate at McDonald's and I did not take vitamins.
Life sucked eight years ago for me. I turned that around using the same information I am sharing with you right here on this show. This is what works, folks! You know what they say, if you want to be healthy do what the healthy people do. It makes sense. If you want to be unhealthy, go do what all the unhealthy doctors do.
Many doctors out there are not very healthy. There are many people working at pharmacies who are not very healthy. There are many patients standing in line at the pharmacy that are not very healthy. If you want to have health like those people, go do what they do.
Do you know what they do? They take many pharmaceuticals. They avoid exercise. They eat like garbage. They don't take care of their bodies. If you want those results, go do what they do. It is a very easy recipe.
Don't worry what your friends or family think
Do Your Family Members Not Believe You About Health?
I thought it was interesting though. I've written two New York Times best-selling health books, have a website with a million subscribers and many people are interested in what I have to say about health and the years of research I've done. But my own family has really chosen not to believe what I was suggesting might be helpful to them.
a dozen patients that were already healed of cancer with _Bloodroot_
I would like to tell you my story. My family has never listened to me when it comes to natural health. There is no reason for them to not listen to me because I am healthy and happily married. I take no prescription medications or supplements and get all my nutrients in the foods I eat. I am a very happy carb type.
For years I warned my family to stop eating the aspartame, splenda, nutra sweet, and any other artificial sweeteners out there. Well they never listened to me and in fact *laughed *at me. I did begin to give up after a while, but not completely.
Well I got the scariest text message from my 26 year old sister about 3 months ago. She had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and it had to be removed right away. Talk about getting hit with a ton of bricks. All of those years of warning them, trying to help them, for NOTHING. I had never felt so helpless and hopeless in my life. I was under so much stress, I made myself sick.
I wish I could say this ends happily, but it does not. Yes my sister is still alive, but they still do not listen to me. She is doing Chemotherapy and Radiation when those two treatments do not even work on brain tumors. I have no idea if they still drink diet drinks. I have not been able to visit my parent's house since all of this because if I saw a can of diet anything I would probably have a heart attack.
This might sounds tacky but I really felt like I was carrying out some type of duty by warning them about this stuff. I thought I was being a good family member and fellow human being, but after all this I have a lot of mixed feelings.
The Bible gets it right though.
"For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow."
Some of my relatives just lost a bunch of weight by going to LA Fitness Centers. The center puts them on a supplement to "detoxify" and it has a number of good detoxifying herbs in it, but then tells them to avoid sugar and use nutrasweet or splenda! They are now hooked on Crystal Light and make it for my kids!!! It drives me crazy! They used to make homemade lemonade with real lemons and sugar and now Crystal Light is the substitute! AAAAHHH! I've got to bring lemons and stevia over there so this stops happening. I'm going to school for acupuncture and have known about nutra sweet for a long time, but because their doctors and their "nutritionists" (high priced but mainstream medical educated) tell them it's okay, they forget my advice and I feel like I drone on in the background.
Amethyst. I feel your pain! It took my daughter getting sick on something offered with nutra-sweet (which I didn't know she was being offered) for a friend's grandmother to stop using it all together. She said, "I heard it was bad, but I didn't realize it would make them sick." My daughter was actually vomiting! Because the FDA says it's okay, health "experts" recommend it, etc., then the research they read must be wrong.
I have a close story about health gone backwards from the "expert" opinions. My sister had natural child births, breastfed, did all the things right. But, her husband wanted her to get an RN and support the family. So, she went to school, learned all the medical trash, and voila. She added nutra-sweet to the diet (which became an ever increasing weight issue), then got on anti-depressants, and now not only doesn't do any nursing, but mostly just hangs out day in and day out. They even applied for food stamps! Then she told her pregnant daughter that natural child birth wasn't necessary, the drugs were safe. Breastfeeding was still good, but only necessary to get the colostrum. Her daughter took weeks to recover from an epidural birth, and of course was in too much pain to breastfeed longer than a few weeks. I could have screamed for days! All this pain and uselessness because my sister decided to get some allopathic training - or should I say misinformation. It still makes me want to cry when I think about it.
Her life went from vibrant and productive to wasted. Our family's example became null and void because of her expert "training," reliable information and degree from the allopathic system. Even the example that we are still thriving while she has become zombified d
Some of my relatives just lost a bunch of weight by going to LA Fitness Centers. The center puts them on a supplement to "detoxify" and it has a number of good detoxifying herbs in it, but then tells them to avoid sugar and use nutrasweet or splenda! They are now hooked on Crystal Light and make it for my kids!!! It drives me crazy! They used to make homemade lemonade with real lemons and sugar and now Crystal Light is the substitute! AAAAHHH! I've got to bring lemons and stevia over there so this stops happening. I'm going to school for acupuncture and have known about nutra sweet for a long time, but because their doctors and their "nutritionists" (high priced but mainstream medical educated) tell them it's okay, they forget my advice and I feel like I drone on in the background.
Wow, thanks for the encouragement guys. I really don't have a problem with happiness or anything, I just want a little more respect that's all. But it's all strictly for career reasons, because If people see that I'm fit and healthy, their first impression will be that I make good decisions. It's strategy rather than "Oh love me please! I need to feel loved!"
I read this book "The Way of the Peaceful Warrior" and as the character went through the journey of bettering himself through healthy choices, you could really see how his life improved beyond belief. He even explained how people started coming to him for his advice when they saw how healthy and wise he had become. You notice how people always listen celebrities' suggestions? I'd love to help make other people's lives better by portraying a good example, but also I just want to be as great as I feel I am meant to be.
Don't Listen to Oprah
I haven't been a fan of Oprah for a long time for many reasons. Here is a must read about the Oprah dieting and Bob Greene who along with her and McDonalds just exploits their consumers health while enriching their pockets. Sure many people says she does lots of good and donates lots of money. If I made a billion dollars a year, I'll be happy to donate 100 million dollars and still have 900 million dollars!
For many womens on low carb diet and thyroid problems and thinking they are eating healthy, try to read and understand the following two articles carefully to find out why many things you are doing are just wrong....
The Failure Empire: Bob Greene Rakes It In While Oprah Fails (opinion)
Oprah’s Thyroid Problem Explained
Oprah finally got something right
Finally she’s saying the right thing since the Mad Cow diseases back in 1998 and Newsweek recently indulged in tabloid journalism, featuring Oprah on the cover with the headline: CRAZY TALK, Oprah, Wacky Cures, & You. The specific emphasis of the article was an attack on Suzanne Somers, Oprah, and bioidentical hormones. The Genie is out of the hormone bottle, consumers are confused, the medical profession is in its typical funk, and somewhere out there is the health-improving
Oprah’s “Crazy Talk” – Bioidentical Hormones – Helpful or Harmful? (Part 1)
Oprah’s “Crazy” Talk – Bioidentical Hormones – Helpful or Harmful? (Part 2)
Get off Premarin and Provera!
Doctors Stop Using Premarin and Provera and Breast Cancer Rate Plummets
Doctors Stop Using Premarin and Provera and Breast Cancer Rate Plummets
Don't Be Fooled by Natural and Gentle 'Baby Shampoo'
Carcinogens Found in "Organic" Personal Care Products
Excerpt: Some of the leading organic and natural brands found to contain 1,4-Dioxane include:
JASON Pure Natural & Organics
Giovanni Organic Cosmetics
Kiss My Face
Nature’s Gate Organics
To avoid 1,4-dioxane, OCA recommends reading ingredient labels and avoiding products with indications of ethoxylation, which include: "myreth," "oleth," "laureth," "ceteareth," any other "eth," "PEG," "polyethylene," "polyethylene glycol," "polyoxyethylene," or "oxynol," in ingredient names.
Cancer-Causing Chemicals Now Found in Baby Shampoo ...
Excerpt: Baby products like shampoo and lotion are often advertised as being “pure” and “gentle,” and many parents assume they can trust these claims. But as it turns out so often in the realm of personal care products, there could be virtually anything in that bottle.
This latest study from the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics found that 32 out of 48 baby bath products they tested -- including some from brand names like Johnson & Johnson -- contained formaldehyde or 1,4-dioxane, both of which are probable carcinogens.
And 17 of the baby bath products contained BOTH of the chemicals -- including the top-selling Johnson’s Baby Shampoo and Sesame Street Bubble Bath.
You wouldn’t be able to tell there were cancer-causing chemicals in your baby’s shampoo or lotion just from reading the label, though, as these chemicals are not listed. Rather, they are created during the manufacturing process and shrugged off as being in too minute of quantities to be concerned with.
But other countries do not agree.
Japan and
Avoid:
Paraben, a chemical found in underarm deodorants and other cosmetics that has been shown to mimic the action of the female hormone estrogen, which can drive the growth of human breast tumors.
Phthalates, plasticizing ingredients (present in nearly three-quarters of 72 products tested by the Environmental Working Group), which have been linked to birth defects in the reproductive system of boys and lower sperm-motility in adult men, among other problems.
Musks, used as fragrances, can accumulate in your body, and have been linked to skin irritation, hormone disruption, and cancer in laboratory studies.
Artificial fragrances, which are among the top five known allergens, and can cause asthma and trigger asthma attacks.
Methylisothiazolinone (MIT), a chemical used in shampoo to prevent bacteria from developing, which may have detrimental effects on your nervous system.
Toluene, made from petroleum or coal tar, and found in most synthetic fragrances. Chronic exposure linked to anemia, lowered blood cell count, liver or kidney damage, and may affect a developing fetus.
Mineral Oil, Paraffin, and Petrolatum, these products coat your skin like plastic, clogging pores and creating a build-up of toxins. They also slow cellular development, which can cause you to show earlier signs of aging, and are a suspected cause of cancer and disruption to hormonal activity.
Watch out for Toxic Hair Dye
Even the hair dye from our local health food store is toxic (Naturint). Best thing to do is find a product, go to Environmental Working Group cosmetic database (http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com) and type in the name brand and you’ll find out whether it is toxic or not or find non toxic brands.
These two are non-toxic:
http://www.light-mountain-hair-color.com/
http://www.coastalclassiccreations.com/
The environmental Working Group is an independent organization run by donation and does not collect money from corporations. I highly recommend donating to them.
Here are some articles about hair dye toxicity:
Can Hair Dyes Give You Cancer?
… on personal hair dye use found some studies suggested a possible association with bladder cancer, l … of personalhair dye use. … What Types of Toxins are Found in Hair Dye?
How Dangerous Are Your Cosmetics?
71 percent of the hair dye products evaluated had carcinogenic coal tar as part of their ing …
Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health
Toxic Beauty outlines how the beauty industry undermines your health on a daily basis. Dr. Epstein gives a comprehensive list of products, by gender, age and category that you might assume are safe, lets you know how to locate them -- and how best to avoid the ones that put you at risk for cancer.
Rinse Off and Minimize Exposure in Swimming Pool and Jacuzzi
Your body absorbs more chlorine after one hour in a swimming pool than you would from drinking unfiltered local tap water for a week.
Chlorinated Swimming Pools Jump-Start Asthma
Go Bra-less
Is there a Toxic Secret in Victoria's Secret Bras?
Can Wearing Your Bra Cause Cancer?
In addition to that, the metal wire can also act as an antenna attracting electromagnetic fields, which can also increase your risk of breast cancer.
Bra Wearers May Face Up to 125-Fold Higher Cancer Risk
Simply replacing your metal underwires with plastic ones are your best alternative solution if you don’t want to forego the underwire entirely.
Use Copper or Silver to kill Bacteria
Invest in Copper - What Door Handles actually kills Bacteria
Making door handles, taps and light switches from copper could also help defeat antibiotic-resistant superbugs, according to scientists. Researchers have discovered that copper fittings rapidly kill bugs in hospital wards, succeeding where other infection control measures fail.
Lab tests show that the metal can effectively kill off both the deadly MRSA and C difficile superbugs. It also kills other dangerous germs, including the flu virus and the E coli food poisoning bug. In tests sponsored by the Copper Development Association Inc. (the Latin-American arm of the International Copper Association), a grouping of 100 million MSRA bacterium atrophied and died in a mere 90 minutes when placed on a copper surface at room temperature. The same number of MSRA bacteria on steel and aluminum surfaces actually increased over time.
It is likely that by installing copper faucets, light switches, toilet seats and push plates in germ infested areas, hospitals and nursing homes could quite literally save thousands of lives each year. You could also consider taking the same measures in your own home, especially if you care for someone with chronically poor immune function.
Clean your Home Naturally
To clean with natural products all you need is:
Baking soda
Vinegar
Borax
Hydrogen peroxide
Liquid castile soap
Organic essential oils (optional)
Mixing bowls
Spray bottles
Micro fiber cloths
Vodka (optional)
From Dr. Mercola
Cleaning Your Home Naturally
The cleaner your home is, the unhealthier it may be, because of toxic cleaning products made from petroleum-based chemicals. Many of these commercial cleaning products contain dangerous chemicals that are not listed on the label. A manufacturer can omit any ingredient that is considered a secret formula from its label, and many of these secret ingredients are toxic and carcinogenic. Beware that many cleaning products are now saying they are “Green” or “Eco Friendly,” and are now on the Green bandwagon. This is called
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To clean with natural products all you need is:
Baking soda
Vinegar
Borax
Hydrogen peroxide
Liquid castile soap
Organic essential oils (optional)
Mixing bowls
Spray bottles
Micro fiber cloths
Vodka (optional)
Baking Soda is great to scrub your bath and kitchen. Put it in a glass grated cheese container with a stainless steel top that has holes in it, and just sprinkle the baking soda on the surfaces and scrub. You may add a few drops of your favorite essential oil to this. Lavender and tea tree oil have anti-bacterial qualities. Baking soda mixed with apple cider vinegar is a bubbly combination that has many uses. As a drain cleaner, sprinkle baking soda down the drain then add apple cider vinegar and let it bubble for 15 minutes, then rinse with hot water. This is a safer alternative to dangerous drain cleaners. Baking soda and apple cider make a wonderful spa-like bath for soaking away aches and pains and detoxing. It also cleans the tub and the drain. Baking soda can also be used as a fabric softener in your laundry. To polish silver, instead of using toxic silver polish, fill your kitchen sink with hot water, add a sheet of aluminum foil and baking soda, and let the silver pieces soak until clean. It is an easy and fun way to clean silver.
Vinegar can clean almost anything in your house; you can add liquid castile soap, essential oil (optional), and filtered water, then clean floors, windows, bath, kitchen, etc. Vinegar can also be used as a fabric softener. Never use dryer sheets -- they are toxic too. In the laundry, use vinegar in the wash cycle to prevent fabrics from fading.
Commercial window cleaners contain butyl cellosolve -- a toxic ingredient that is not listed on the labels, so vinegar and water is much safer. Use a micro fabric cloth, not newspaper, which contains toxic dyes.
Borax is a good laundry booster and cleaner (it can even remove mold) -- and is safe and non-toxic.
Hydrogen peroxide is a disinfectant, and is safer to use than chlorine bleach for disinfecting and whitening. Lemon juice is also a natural whitener.
Liquid Castile Soaps can be found in health food stores and are safer than commercial liquid cleaning products.
Organic essential oils may be used in homemade cleaning products depending on your personal preference and tolerance to these scents. Never use synthetic fragrances or air cleaners.
Commercial fabric refreshers also contain dangerous chemicals, therefore, use vodka in a spray bottle to freshen up chairs and upholstery. The vodka is cheaper, non-toxic and the alcohol evaporates, and is not harmful. The alcohol in hand sanitizers is harmful, however, and should not be used on children since the alcohol absorbs into your body via your skin. Therefore, use only hand sanitizers that are plant based from the health food store, or just good old soap and water.
Making your own natural cleaning products is rewarding and fun, and you can use the natural scents that you prefer while ensuring that your home is safe from dangerous chemicals that are harmful to your, and your family’s, health.
How to Keep Kitchen Clean
http://www.seventhgeneration.com/
Eco-Friendly Spring Cleaning
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2001/04/28/household-chemicals.aspx
http://allnaturalcleaning.blogspot.com/
Some Simple Green Facts Did you know? Within 26 seconds after exposure to chemicals, they can be found in every organ in the body.
Why is this important?In 1989, the EPA determined the toxic chemicals found in common household cleaners, often dispersed in fumes, are three times more likely to cause cancer than are other air pollutants.According to the American Cancer Society, prior to the 20th century, only 1 out of 8,000 people in the United States were stricken with cancer. Since the Industrial Revolution the introduction into our lives of a myriad of chemicals, the incidence of cancer has increased to a startling 1 out of 3 people.Since World War II, we have developed more than 80,000 chemicals for use in cleaners, pesticides, plastics, personal care products, industrial products and other modern day conveniences. We know very little about the effect of these chemicals on a child's developmentThe Clean Water Fund estimates that the average American uses 40 lbs of unsafe household cleaners each year (multiply that by 245 million Americans)Only three percent of the carcinogens (known to cause cancer) are known and registered- Cancer is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to health effects of chronic low-level exposure to neurotoxin poisons.
Germs Right at Home in Dishwashing Sponges http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2001/06/06/germs.aspx
So what is the most germ-ridden room in your house? It's not the bathroom--it's the kitchen. In fact, there could be up to 200 times more fecal bacteria on your kitchen cutting board than on your toilet seat. This is likely because people regularly disinfect their bathroom while kitchen items may be overlooked.
1) Leave your sponge very dry and without any residue of organic material.
2) Clean the sponge after you wash the dishes.
3) And keep it away from the cutting board.
4) Rinse them in a 10% solution of chlorine bleach
The Six Common Household Items With the Most Germshttp://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/12/06/household-items.aspx
1) Kitchen Sponges and Rags
-Disinfect sponges regularly by putting them in the dishwasher.
-Rags should be washed in the washing machine and then dried on high heat.
-You can also sterilize sponges in the microwave. A dry sponge can be sterilized in the microwave in 30 seconds, a wet sponge in one minute.
2) Cutting Boards
-Alternatively, you can put the board in the dishwasher to sanitize it.
-You may want to keep two cutting boards in the kitchen, one for raw animal products and one for fruits and vegetables.
3) Kitchen Surfaces
-Kitchen countertops can still harbor germs even if they look clean. This is especially true if you've "cleaned" them with a dirty sponge or rag.
-Be sure to disinfect all surfaces regularly using hot water and soap or a diluted solution of chlorine bleach and water.
4) Sink Drains
-Use baking soda and an old toothbrush to get rid of stains, grit and grime around drains.
-Disinfect drains regularly as you would any other surface.
5) Doorknobs
-Clean doorknobs and the refrigerator handle regularly with a clean cloth soaked in a diluted solution of chlorine bleach and water.
6) Toothbrushes-It's important to replace your toothbrush every three months -Replace your toothbrush after you've had an infectious illness.
I also urge you to consider getting rid of your existing towels, sponges, rags and other conventional tools you use to clean your home with. Not only are they some of the top sources for illness-causing germs in your home, but also they do a very poor job of cleaning the biological and toxic aspects of dirt in your home.
Use Natural Cleaning solution
Don't use fabric softener - use baking soda Use Vodka! Use Borax!
A summary, to clean with natural products all you need is:
* Baking soda
* Vinegar
* Borax
* Hydrogen peroxide
* Liquid castile soap
* Organic essential oils (optional)
* Mixing bowls
* Spray bottles
* Micro fiber cloths
* Vodka (optional)
Cleaning Your Home Naturally The cleaner your home is, the unhealthier it may be, because of toxic cleaning products made from petroleum-based chemicals. Many of these commercial cleaning products contain dangerous chemicals that are not listed on the label. A manufacturer can omit any ingredient that is considered a secret formula from its label, and many of these secret ingredients are toxic and carcinogenic.
Beware that many cleaning products are now saying they are “Green” or “Eco Friendly,” and are now on the Green bandwagon. This is called
Using homemade natural cleaning products makes “cents,” because it is cheaper, healthier and non-toxic, and it is fun.
Baking Soda is great to scrub your bath and kitchen. Put it in a glass grated cheese container with a stainless steel top that has holes in it, and just sprinkle the baking soda on the surfaces and scrub. You may add a few drops of your favorite essential oil to this.
Lavender and tea tree oil have anti-bacterial qualities. Baking soda mixed with apple cider vinegar is a bubbly combination that has many uses. As a drain cleaner, sprinkle baking soda down the drain then add apple cider vinegar and let it bubble for 15 minutes, then rinse with hot water. This is a safer alternative to dangerous drain cleaners.
Baking soda and apple cider make a wonderful spa-like bath for soaking away aches and pains and detoxing. It also cleans the tub and the drain. Baking soda can also be used as a fabric softener in your laundry. To polish silver, instead of using toxic silver polish, fill your kitchen sink with hot water, add a sheet of aluminum foil and baking soda, and let the silver pieces soak until clean. It is an easy and fun way to clean silver.
Vinegar can clean almost anything in your house; you can add liquid castile soap, essential oil (optional), and filtered water, then clean floors, windows, bath, kitchen, etc. Vinegar can also be used as a fabric softener.
Never use dryer sheets -- they are toxic too. In the laundry, use vinegar in the wash cycle to prevent fabrics from fading. Commercial window cleaners contain butyl cellosolve -- a toxic ingredient that is not listed on the labels, so vinegar and water is much safer. Use a micro fabric cloth, not newspaper, which contains toxic dyes.
Borax is a good laundry booster and cleaner (it can even remove mold) -- and is safe and non-toxic.
Hydrogen peroxide is a disinfectant, and is safer to use than chlorine bleach for disinfecting and whitening.
Lemon juice is also a natural whitener.
Liquid Castile Soaps can be found in health food stores and are safer than commercial liquid cleaning products. Organic essential oils may be used in homemade cleaning products depending on your personal preference and tolerance to these scents.
Never use synthetic fragrances or air cleaners. Commercial fabric refreshers also contain dangerous chemicals, therefore, use vodka in a spray bottle to freshen up chairs and upholstery.
The vodka is cheaper, non-toxic and the alcohol evaporates, and is not harmful. The alcohol in hand sanitizers is harmful, however, and should not be used on children since the alcohol absorbs into your body via your skin.
Therefore, use only hand sanitizers that are plant based from the health food store, or just good old soap and water.
Making your own natural cleaning products is rewarding and fun, and you can use the natural scents that you prefer while ensuring that your home is safe from dangerous chemicals that are harmful to your, and your family’s, health.
Homemade Laundry Detergent: http://healthandhappiness2u.blogspot.com/2009/03/estrogen-dominance-and-homemade-laundry.html
Use Lemon for Everything!
The Top 12 Products You Can Replace With Lemons
1) Digestive Aid - Adding lemon juice to green vegetables like broccoli allows up to 50% more calcium to be absorbed from the vegetable. This is due to the chemistry between the citric acid in the lemon and the minerals contained in the vegetable, which are then more easily extracted during digestion.
2) Antiseptic –Fresh squeezed lemon juice can be immediately applied after a cut is sustained. It will sting momentarily but prevents skin infections while promoting faster healing and killing bacteria.
3) Deodorant – Instead of masking odor with toxic fragrances or clogging the pores with aluminum (that has been implicated with Alzheimer's disease) to reduce perspiration, fresh-squeezed lemon juice used as a substitute actually kills the bacteria that causes odor "i.e. lemon fresh". This provides 6-8 hours of odor protection.
4) After Shave Lotion – No shave is complete without applying lemon juice. A natural astringent, lemon helps tighten pores and helps treat nicks and abrasions.
5) Anti-Inflammatory Agent - Lemon juice helps reduce inflammation and can treat dandruff and dry scalp. Applying a cold lemon wedge to the skin is useful to treat burns.
6) Acne Medication – Lemon juice kills bacteria and balances the skin, so it can be used to treat acute acne and rashes, however chronic acne is generally a sign of a toxic liver, likely caused by poor diet.
7) Household Cleaner – Fresh lemon juice is a substitute for all-purpose household cleaner, especially for cleaning the sink or counter tops. Throw the used lemon rinds in the garbage disposal to make it lemon-fresh. Lemon juice is also an effective laundry stain remover.
8) Scour Pad – A half-lemon can be used to scrub tough-to-clean areas like the stove top. It should be followed with a towel to remove pulp.
9) Sore Throat Treatment – Fresh lemon juice (especially when mixed with honey) is a highly effective treatment for sore throats, providing soothing relief along with antibacterial action and concentrated nutrition.
10) Air Freshener – Simmering lemon rinds on the stovetop will deodorize the kitchen.
11) Soft Drink – One of the healthiest drinks is the easiest to make –- fresh squeezed lemonade is a great substitute for canned and bottled soda and juice. Lemon juice contains vitamin C and citric acid. Agave nectar and stevia are the healthiest sugar substitutes.
12) Condiment – Adding fresh-squeezed lemon juice to food not only adds flavor, but it kills food-borne bacteria. Lemon juice helps reduce the risk of food borne illnesses and has preservative effects. This is especially important when traveling.
Make your own Window Cleaner
http://www.apple-cider-vinegar-benefits.com/cleaning-with-vinegar.html
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/how-to-clean-with-vinegar.html
Q: I can’t seem to clean windows with vinegar without leaving streaks. Any suggestions?
A: Oddly enough, it was the task of cleaning windows thatturned a huge number of well-intentioned, environmentally friendly consumers away from non-toxic cleaning using the simple ingredients that can be found in most kitchen cupboards. Around Earth Day 1990, every newspaper in the country(or so it seemed), offered tips for cleaning in ways that didn’t harm the planet, and the recommendation for windows was almost always to clean them with nothing but vinegar and water. People by the thousands tried this, and many swore off cleaning with homemade products for good because the formula left streaks on their windows. (I wish I had $1 for every time someone has said to me, “Well, I tried non-toxic cleaning and it didn’t work. I used vinegar to clean the windows …”)
The problem was that the commercial window cleaner used before the switch to vinegar left a very fine wax residue. The vinegar alone wasn’t enough to remove it, and the result was streaky windows. If instead, everyone had added a dab of liquid dish soap to the vinegar and water, the wax would easily have been removed and the windows would have been cleaned perfectly!
My favorite recipe is to combine 2 cups of water, 1/4 cup of white distilled vinegar, and up to 1/2 teaspoon of liquid soap or detergent in a spray bottle. That’s all there is to it. (Make sure to label the bottle and keep it out of the reach of children.)
Get Natural Cosmetic – Most cosmetic is Toxic
Went through the cabinets - Beautiful Skin Cucumber & Ginseng Mineral Peel-Off Masque, Miracle Foot Repair, Trader Joes Nourish Spa shampoo, 3-1 condition mousse, Speed Stick Deorant...all of them have toxic chemical (see dirty dozen list below). A few good web sites to help you sort things out:
Choosing Products That Promote Beauty and Well Being
EWG: Teen Girls' Body Burden of Hormone-Altering Cosmetics Chemicals
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Stop buying Burt's Bee
'Some supermarkets featuring organic or health sections carry Burt's Bees products. These are certainly far preferable to those produced by the large corporations, but Burt's Bees has recently been bought out by Clorox Corporation, so its quality may soon be compromised. For now, some of Burt's Bees products are safe, and some contain toxic ingredients such as fragrance, endocrine system disrupting glucose oxidase, and borax (the active ingredient in most ant poisons)'
From OrganicDiva.com, The Diva Dirty Dozen...
Organic Divas don’t put up with toxic personal relationships or toxic personal care products either.
The following is a list of synthetic cosmetic ingredients known or strongly suspected of causing cancer, birth defects or endocrine disruption. When it comes to these chemicals in your cosmetics, Diva don’t do it!
1. Methyl and Propyl and Butyl and Ethyl Paraben. Linked to breast cancer.
Methyl Paraben: Allergies/immunotoxicity, non-reproductive organ system toxicity, irritation (skin, eyes or lungs), biochemical or cellular level changes.
Propyl Paraben: Developmental/reproductive toxicity, endocrine disruption, allergies / immunotoxicity, and non-reproductive organ system toxicity.
Butyl Paraben: Developmental/reproductive toxicity, allergies/immunotoxicity, non-reproductive organ system toxicity, and biochemical or cellular level changes.
Ethyl Paraben: Allergies/immunotoxicity, non-reproductive organ system toxicity.
2. Imidazolindyl Urea. Impurities linked to cancer.
3. Diazolindyl Urea. Allergies/immunotoxicity. Contamination concerns.
4. Petrolatum. Can cause highly allergic reactions. Contamination concerns.
5. Propylene Glycol. Alters skin structure for enhanced skin absorption. A skin irritant that can cause allergic reactions. Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs).
6. PVP/V Copolymer.
7. Sodium Lauryl Sulfate. Non-reproductive organ system toxicity, irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs). Alters skin structure which allows chemicals to penetrate more deeply into skin.
8. Stearalkonium Chloride. Non-reproductive organ system toxicity, neurotoxicity, and irritation (skin, eyes or lungs).
9. Synthetic colors. Developmental/reproductive toxicity, neurotoxicity, and non-reproductive organ system toxicity. For example, synthetic colors may be listed as the following: FD&C Blue 1 Aluminum Lake or D&C Red 27 Lake.
10. Synthetic fragances. Neurotoxicity, allergies/immunotoxicity, and miscellaneous concerns.
11. Phthalates. Developmental/reproductive toxicity, neurotoxicity, hormone disruption, allergies/immunotoxicity, persistence and bioaccumulation, and non-reproductive organ system toxicity. Linked to reproductive birth defects in baby boys. May damage lungs, liver, kidneys.
12. Triethanolamine. May form carcinogenic compounds called nitrosamines in the body after absorbed — among the most potent cancer-causing agents found.
Don't use Deet or Bug Spray
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Use Shea Butter
Four Fantastic Foods for Extraordinary health
The Numerous Topical Benefits of Unrefined Shea Butter
So far, this article has dealt mainly with foods that provide a great deal of health benefits, and this next item will be no different. However, shea butter is not really consumed orally; rather, it is applied to the skin -- this is where most of its health benefits can be observed. The previously mentioned natural foods all contribute to excellent skin care, providing the necessary nutrition to support healthy skin; however, some people need topical solutions to help resolve their skin problems. And for those who need more, there is an all-natural, healthy substitute for the carcinogen-filled commercial creams and lotions: shea butter.
This product should be familiar because shea butter is used as the base in many cosmetics and beauty products. This is because this ‘women’s gold’, as it is sometimes referred to, has a nutritive effect on skin and hair that is unprecedented. Shea butter, or karite butter, has an amazing ability to moisturize hair and skin, leaving it more youthful and healthy. It is packed with vitamins A and E, antioxidants that reduce free-radical damage to the skin. This beauty product, which is native to
Another favorable aspect of shea butter is its outstanding scar removal ability. It is known for improving tone and complexion of the skin, also improving the appearance of stretch marks. In fact, some women use shea butter during pregnancy to combat the formation of stretch marks.Shea butter is sold in different forms. There is ultra-refined, refined and raw shea butter. Ultra-refined has lost most of its nutritive qualities, while refined still has some of its curative properties, but not as much as the raw form of shea butter. The previous two forms of shea butter are the preferred forms for cosmetic companies, but they are not necessarily the healthiest for the skin. The best and most beneficial form to use shea butter is in its unrefined, raw form. The reason being is that the vitamins A and E and other healthful phytonutrients are lost to the refining process, leaving the shea butter with less of its natural curative components.It is semi-difficult to get raw shea butter in stores, but it is readily available online. A great place to get raw shea butter is (http://www.sheabutterhut.com/) . They provide raw shea butter in varying sizes and amounts at a pretty good price.
Another added benefit is (http://www.sheabutterhut.com/) has a commitment to being fair to the African women who work hard to harvest and produce the shea butter, paying them what they deserve.To make sure you have/are getting raw shea butter, here are a few tell-tale characteristics of unrefined shea butter. First, unrefined shea butter should have a white to yellowish coloring. Second, the shea butter should be next to odorless (if it does have an odor, it should be nutty and not really heavy) and it should be completely odorless when it is on the skin. Lastly, it should be hard and then melt on your hand. If the shea butter has a consistency of creams and lotions you buy in the store, then it has been refined.There is one precaution, though rare, those with nut or latex allergies should not use shea butter. If you get some, test some on your skin to see if there are any adverse reactions.In summary, the above are some of the more amazing health foods that can help us in everyday life. It is time that preventative medicine is emphasized so that we can have control over our health and bodies, and with these natural foods, that can be achieved.
Utilize Natural Medicine Cures
The Mood Cure By Julia Ross
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Mother Nature's Medicine Cabinet – Health on the Cheap!
Many people are starting to think outside the pill in an effort to save money, time and energy. There are some incredibly effective nutrients and herbal products that address all sorts of minor issues. But many people are convinced that prescribed medications are better than natural remedies because they are approved by the FDA, forgetting that herbs such as ginseng, ginkgo, ginger, Pau D’ Arco, hawthorn (among hundreds of others) have been used for centuries. Do you realize that prescription drugs are sometimes tested on just a few thousand people for a few years before approval?
Does that mean that herbs are safer than drugs? Not necessarily, herbs are just drugs that come from the earth and many of them work the same way drugs do. You have to be just as careful with Mother Nature’s medicine cabinet as you do your local pharmacy’s. Purity and quality matter a big deal.
With vitamins, I prefer that you buy reputable brands which contain bioavailable and natural forms of a nutrient; don’t bother otherwise because the wrong form could be ineffective or harmful. For example, I prefer methylcobalamin for vitamin B12, not cyanocobalamin because the ‘methyl’ form goes right into the nerves and brain where it could ease painful neuropathies. The natural form of beta carotene is far superior (and safer) than the synthetic version. Here are other economical solutions to persistent problems that could save you between $50 and $200 per month. Consult your health professional to see if these are right for you and follow label dosage directions:
For Depression- Folic acid, vitamin C and chelated magnesium- These substances help you create happy brain neurotransmitters such as serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine. Supplemental forms can be extremely effective in certain individuals who don’t respond well to drugs.
Hypertension- High quality fish oils (or krill oil) could be substituted for the pricey prescription version called “Lovaza.” Fish oils appear to help arthritis, skin problems, autoimmune disorders, constipation, heart disease, cholesterol and diabetes.
Insomnia- GABA, passionflower and melatonin are three ‘sleepers’ that may be helpful but do not use in combination with other sleep aids (OTC or prescribed).
Diabetes- Gymnema sylvestre, fenugreek and chromium can reduce blood sugar. I wouldn’t combine these with your diabetic medication because the interaction could cause serious hypoglycemia. Your doctor should closely monitor your progress.
Cholesterol- Some of the best cholesterol-lowering supplements include aged garlic, niacin, omega 3 fatty acids and L-http://www.abchomeopathy.com/
carnitine. Unlike statins, these supplements do not usually cause side effects like leg cramps, generalized musculoskeletal pain, memory loss or liver damage.
Did you know: A Canadian study found that women who consumed at least five beers per week increased their risk of developing psoriasis.
God’s Pharmacy is Amazing!
It's been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and fish... all before making a human. God made and provided what we'd need before we were born. These foods are best and more powerful when eaten raw. God left us a great clue as to what foods help what part of our body!
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| A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye... and YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes. |
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| A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food. |
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| Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food. |
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| A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function. |
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| Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys. |
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| Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body. |
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| Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (mo dern science has only studied and named about 141 of them). |
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| Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility. |
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| Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries |
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| Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just l ike the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts. |
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| Onions look like the body's cells. Research shows onions clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. Garlic also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body. |
Avoid Motrin (or aspirin, tylenol, ibubufrin...)
But did you know that many OTC drugs contain otherwise BANNED food additives as well? They too can cause serious side effects, even though they’re not the main ingredient.
According to an expose’ by the British Food Commission last year, ALL BUT ONE pediatric OTC medicine out of 41 contained an additive that had been banned. The additives found in these drugs included:
Synthetic azo dyes
Maltitol and sorbitol
Benzoate and sulphite preservatives
Chloroform
Don't take Birth Control Pills
The birth control pill was first introduced to the American public for contraceptive use in 1960. By 2002, 11.6 million
But oral contraceptives can have negative health effects. The Pill’s relationship with blood-clot risk and stroke is well-documented, and that risk increases when a woman is a smoker, particularly a smoker over age 35. In addition, studies in recent years have found that birth control pill use:
• Impairs muscle gains in young women
• Increases the risk of breast cancer in pre-menopausal women
• Increases the risk of cervical cancer
And the Pill may interfere with a protein that keeps testosterone unavailable for women's physiologic needs, thus causing long-term health problems, including sexual dysfunction.
Since 2000, death rates have increased in women between the ages of 35 and 44. All other age groups, meanwhile, have seen a decline. Research on this fact cites the significant increase in the use of birth control pills as a possible contributing factor.
Sources: Live Science May 7, 2009
Dr. Mercola's Comment
Eighty percent of
In my opinion this is a tragedy, as the Pills’ benefit of convenience is largely outweighed by serious health risks. In fact, their long-term use will invariably increase a woman's risk of developing serious chronic illness. Yet they are passed out like expensive candy at most gynecologists’ offices, with little regard to these potential long-term effects.
The most important thing to remember about hormonal birth control methods such as the Pill is that they are synthetic hormones. It isn't healthy for a woman to be exposed to them.
What are You Risking if You Take the Pill?
While many drugs do provide some benefit in certain situations, birth control pills are rarely, if ever, necessary or beneficial. In exchange for the convenience of preventing pregnancy (which you can do naturally just as well, and I’ll explain how below), you are putting yourself at risk of:
• Cancer: Women who take birth control pills increase their risk of cervical and breast cancers, and possibly liver cancer as well.
• Fatal blood clots: All birth control pills increase your risk of blood clots and subsequent stroke. And if your prescription contains the synthetic hormone desogestrel, your risk of fatal blood clots nearly doubles!
• Thinner bones: Women who take birth control pills have lower bone mineral density (BMD) than women who have never used oral contraceptives.
• Impaired muscle gains: A recent study found that oral contraceptive use impairs muscle gains from resistance exercise training in women.
• Long-term sexual dysfunction: The Pill may interfere with a protein that keeps testosterone unavailable, leading to long-term sexual dysfunction including decreased desire and arousal.
• Heart disease: Long-term use of birth control pills may increase plaque artery buildups in your body that may raise your risk of heart disease.
These are the more serious, chronic health risks. On top of these, many women also report awful more immediate side effects including:
• Migraines and nausea
• Weight gain and mood changes
• Irregular bleeding or spotting
• Breast tenderness
• Yeast overgrowth and infection
Despite this long and varied list of risks, many physicians recommend the Pill because studies have shown it may lower your risk of ovarian and uterine cancers and ease the symptoms of PMS. But even a simple side-by-side comparison shows that the risks are clearly greater, particularly since using the Pill is not a necessity by any means to begin with.
In fact, because the risks are so high, and other safer options exist, nearly all patients who visit my Natural Health Center are asked to stop hormonal contraceptives like birth control pills as soon as possible.
If you're using birth control pills for reasons other than birth control, such as to regulate your menstrual cycles or treat irregular bleeding, cysts or endometriosis, you are not treating your underlying dysfunction, simply covering it up with a potentially dangerous drug.
In these situations, it is essential to balance your adrenal glands, as cortisol levels modulate and control the female hormones, especially progesterone. The Pill only treats the symptoms instead of the disease, and causes its own side effects as your body continues to remain in an unhealthy state.
For those of you using the Pill for its original purpose, birth control, rest assured there are natural options for you as well.
Natural Birth Control Options That Really Work
There are two routes to take when using natural birth control, barrier methods and natural family planning methods. Using the latter, many women feel empowered and more in touch with their bodies as they learn to track and notice subtle signs of fertility and ovulation. However, although natural family planning can be very effective, it is not always foolproof, especially when you’re still learning the process.
So if preventing pregnancy is an absolute must for you, you may want to use barrier methods such as the following as well:
• Male condoms: Condoms have a 98 percent effectiveness rate when used correctly. A water-based lubricant will increase the effectiveness; do not use an oil-based lubricant, however, as they break the latex.
• Female condoms: These thin, soft polyurethane pouches fitted inside the vagina before sex are 95 percent effective. Female condoms are less likely to tear than male condoms.
• Diaphragm: Diaphragms, which must be fitted by a doctor, act as a barrier to sperm. When used correctly with spermicidal jellies, they are 92 to 98 percent effective.
• Cervical cap: This heavy rubber cap fits tightly against the cervix and can be left in place for 48 hours. Like the diaphragm, a doctor must fit the cap. Proper fitting enhances the effectiveness above 91 percent.
Many people are familiar with these barrier methods, and less familiar with natural family planning tools. Again, these are methods a woman uses to track when she is ovulating, and then avoids sex during that time (or does so only using a back-up barrier method). Of course, these tools can be used the other way around as well, to help couples who are trying to get pregnant. Some of the most popular methods include:
• Calendar Method: Abstention from sex during the week the woman is ovulating. This technique works best when a woman's menstrual cycle is very regular. The calendar method doesn't work very well for couples who use it by itself (about a 75 percent success rate), but it can be effective when combined with the temperature and mucus methods described below.
• The Temperature Method: This is a way to pinpoint the day of ovulation so that sex can be avoided for a few days before and after. It involves taking your basal body temperature (your temperature upon first waking) each morning with an accurate "basal" thermometer, and noting the rise in temperature that occurs after ovulation.
Illness or lack of sleep can change your body temperature and make this method unreliable by itself, but when it is combined with the mucus method, it can be an accurate way of assessing fertility. The two methods combined can have a success rate as high as 98 percent.
• The Mucus Method: This involves tracking changes in the amount and texture of vaginal discharge, which reflect rising levels of estrogen in your body. For the first few days after your period, there is often no discharge, but there will be a cloudy, tacky mucus as estrogen starts to rise. When the discharge starts to increase in volume and becomes clear and stringy, ovulation is near. A return to the tacky, cloudy mucus or no discharge means that ovulation has passed.
As you transition over from the Pill to natural methods of birth control, there are many resources available to help, on the Internet, in a classroom setting and in books. Three great choices to start with are:
1. The Ovulation Method: Natural Family Planning, by John J. Billings
2. Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health, by Toni Weschler
3. Honoring Our Cycles: A Natural Family Planning Workbook, by Katie Singer
The Deadly Side Effects of the Birth Control Pill
Contraception: Five Important Facts That You Need to Know
Natural Birth Control Methods Just as Effective, Much Safer Than Hormones
Don't take Thyroid pills
Don't take Statin Drugs
Avoid vaccinations
1300 Girls Harmed by HPV Vaccines in UK; Bizarre Side Effects Like Paralysis and Epilepsy
Create Your Own Vaccine Schedule
As our body's primary source of protection, it is vital that our immune system is properly trained—and childhood illness serves this very purpose, thus ensuring health in adulthood. But while illness plays an important role, stopping all vaccinations is not advised, as it could endanger your child's life.
Instead, a greater selectivity as to which vaccines your child should receive is required. A perfect example of this would be opting to postpone your child's Hepatitis B vaccination until early adolescence, as protection against this virus in infancy is wholly unnecessary outside of certain exceptional circumstances.
Health Prevention - Wash Your Hands
Jewish laws is always to wash your hands and say the following prayer:
Barukh ata adonai
Blessed are You, Lord
Eloheinu melekh ha'olam
Our God, Ruler of the universe
Asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav,
Who has sanctified us with God's commandments,
V'tzivanu al n'tilat yadayim.
And has commanded us to wash hands.
Washing Your Hands Properly Stops the Spread of Contagious Disease
Most people know that washing your hands can help to prevent passing on nasty viruses and bacteria. But how many people just flick their hands under a dribbling tap and think that will do? Now hopeless hand washers will be caught with glowing green fingers by a good hand washing test.
A new hand washing training kit that a cream containing a harmless dye that glows green in ultraviolet light to show up shoddy hand washing. Demonstrators put a blob of cream on people’s hands and send them away to wash them. When they come back, they are often amazed at how much glowing green dye remains on their fingers. If the dye were a microbe, they would be standing a good chance of infecting themselves and passing it on to other people.
The glowing cream can also be used to show how viruses such as those that cause colds and flu can survive on hard surfaces and be spread from hand to hand. Just touching a doorknob that has had a little of the special cream applied to it can make people’s fingers turn green under UV light -- and then when they touch another person’s hand the green glow gets passed on.
Can Tea Tree Oil Body Wash Prevent Staph Infection?
Wash your hands -- The most important of which is to adhere to proper hygiene, such as washing your hands with soap and water. Handwashing, which is one of the oldest and most powerful antibacterial treatments, may be the key to preventing MRSA (staph infections).
According to a Johns Hopkins study, the best way for patients to avoid such infections is for doctors and nurses to simply wash their hands before touching a patient. This is the most common violation in hospitals. According to findings by The Times, in the worst cases, as few as 40 percent of staff members comply with hand-washing standards, with doctors being the worst offenders.
But even the best hospitals typically boast no better than 90 percent compliance — which means one out of 10 practitioners may have contaminated hands.
Guidelines to proper handwashing include:
Wash your hands for 10 to 15 seconds with warm water
Use plain soap
Clean all the nooks and crannies of your hands, including under fingernails
Rinse thoroughly under running water
Use a paper towel to open the door as a protection from germs that harbor on handles
Remember to AVOID using antibacterial soaps. These soaps are completely unnecessary and could easily do more harm than good. As a matter of fact, the antibacterial compounds found in most of these soaps are another likely contributing factor to the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Cell Phones Spreading Superbugs in Hospitals - The cellular phones that hospital doctors and nurses bring to work are widely contaminated with dangerous pathogens, even when the health workers wash their hands regularly, a new study has found. "Our results...
For Swine Flu
Stay away from Vaccines and TamiFlu
The Swine Flu Pandemic --Fact or Fiction? By Dr. Mercola
Tamiflu, Vaccines, the Hybrid Virus, and Colloidal Silver By Steve Barwick
Swine Flu Tip - Don't be Your Own Petri DishThere are a number of things you can do to reduce your chances of getting the flu. At the top of this list is maintaining a healthy digestive tract. While the flu is a respiratory infection, it always incubates in your digestive tract before moving to your lungs. A healthy GI tract can reduce the likelihood of viral replication as well as getting your immune system into gear to deal with the problem. Read more...
The New Swine Flu - Why Are Younger Adults Dying?Up to this point most deaths from the new Swine flu have occurred in Mexico, striking indiscriminately at young and old. What alarms health officials is the ability of this flu to kill seemingly healthy young adults, which is a prerequisite for a pandemic. I have received a number of questions from concerned individuals wondering if boosting their immune system would make them more susceptible to a problem, a question I will cover in detail. Read more...
The Swine Flu - Are Pigs to Blame?At the epicenter of the new Swine flu outbreak in Perote, Mexico is, not surprisingly, a very large commercial pig farm. It is owned by American-based Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork packer and hog producer. This location raises 950,000 hogs per year. Hogs have the unique ability to change viral DNA into something that can now recognize human cells. Thirty percent of the residents living nearby have this new Swine flu. Read more...
Tips for the FluThis article was originally written on December 18, 2008. It is being re-released now to give you useful tips to naturally boost your immune system, as the Swine Flu may make its rounds in the
For Allergies – Try NAET or Provocation-Neutralization Theraphy
I’m getting NAET treatment from David Gaynes. More about it at www.naet.com
From Mercoa: Provocation refers to "provoking a change" and neutralization refers to "neutralizing the reaction caused by provocation." The success rate for this approach is in the 80 percent to 90 percent range, and patients can receive their treatment at home.
During provocation-neutralization, a small amount of allergen is injected under your skin to produce a small bump called a "wheal" and then monitored for a reaction. If you have a positive reaction, such as fatigue, headache or a growth in the wheal, then the allergen is neutralized with diluted injections, or drops that go in your mouth, of the same allergen.
PN is a long-term solution that will, in most cases, provide a permanent treatment. There are also virtually no side effects with the treatment, unlike with conventional drugs.*
Source: Can Low Doses of Allergens Cure the Allergies Themselves?
For Thyroid – Iodine!
David Brownstein – Check out all his books on his web site
Medical Mystery: Thyroid Cancer Rates Soar
Barnes Thyroid Temperature Test
'The Failure Empire: Bob Greene Rakes It In, Oprah Fails'
For Cold and Flu
Fight the Flu Naturally: Top Immune Boosters That Won’t Break the Bank
It goes without saying that the flu is at the forefront of everybody’s mind right now, with the swine flu beginning to spread its way across the globe. Though we’re not in any grave risk yet (and hopefully we won’t be!) it’s probably worth giving a bit of thought to our level of immunity, anyhow.
With daily stressors and an inadequate diet, for many of us, our immune system may not be functioning at optimum. And though there are plenty of great immune-boosting supplement formulations out there, often tighter budgets just don’t allow for spending what can often amount to a small fortune on pricey supplements for a full family.
Luckily, Mother Nature has provided us with some of the most potent immune boosters already, some of which are within the staples in our diets and all we need to do is shift our daily menus around a bit to reap the great benefits…
Great and inexpensive immune-boosting foods:
Sauerkraut: This is one of the oldest and cheapest immune boosting foods around and it’s packed with vitamins and minerals, and phytochemicals which are created during the fermentation process. It is also loaded with good flora such as L. planatarum, a very dominant strain of healthful bacteria which boosts the immune system by increasing antibodies that fight infectious disease, inhibits pathogens like E.coli, salmonella, and candida (yeast), and creates antioxidants like glutathione and superoxide dismustase that scavenge free radicals. Plus, its great on sandwiches or as a side salad.
Garlic: Also a staple across the globe, garlic boasts an incredible range of activity against bacteria, fungal infections, and viruses. It enhances immune function, like the activity of natural killer cells, can prevent the formation of toxins from staphylococcus bacteria, and wipes out H. Pylori, too. Try it roasted or chopped up fresh with olive oil as a dip.
Black tea (with lemon): Black Tea can neutralize germs, including some that cause diarrhea, pneumonia, cystitis and skin infections, and now new research finds that black and green tea deactivates viruses, like herpes. Adding lemon heightens the natural antioxidant activity in black tea. Hot tea is best for cold and flu but if you prefer iced, you’ll still reap the benefits.
Turmeric: The active ingredient in turmeric, called curcumin, helps our cells stay more resistant to infection and malignancy by altering the nature of cell membranes, and studies have shown that curcumin has powerful anti-inflammatory properties, as well. This yellow spice is great cooked with rice, tossed and roasted with veggies or whipped up with deviled eggs.
Oregano: This common herb can protect against the common cold, influenza, fevers and indigestion, and research has shown that oregano is one of the herbs with the most significant immune boosting powers, with powerful antibiotic, antiviral and antifungal properties as well. Oregano is great fresh in salads and stews or use some extra dried oregano in your marinara sauce.
Be sure to get plenty of these key nutrients, too:
Vitamin A: When from animal sources, Vitamin A is in the form of retinol, and when from vegetable sources, it comes as Beta Carotene. This “first” vitamin has many important functions in the body, and there is evidence for its strong anti-viral activity. In addition, the skin and mucosal cells (that line the airways, digestive and urinary tracts) which are the body's first line of defense against infection require retinol to maintain their integrity and function.
Vitamin A also plays a key role in the development and differentiation of white blood cells, which are critical in our immune response.How to get it: The most optimal form is as a mycelized or palmitate form, as in liquid drops or Cod Liver oil. But if aiming for a vegetarian source, you can also chow down on inexpensive carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, and pumpkins.
Zinc: Sufficient zinc intake is essential in maintaining the integrity of the immune system and what’s more, zinc-deficient people are more susceptible to a variety of infectious agents. Supplementation with zinc may also reduce the incidence of lower respiratory infections.How to get it: Take a supplement in 2-3 divided doses; adults can take up to 75-100 mg a day. Natural sources of zinc include staples such as turkey, ground beef, and chick peas.
Vitamin C: There has been lots of conflicting research over the years about the ability of Vitamin C to fight the common cold, but certain studies offer clearer results. One study on marathon runners, skiers and soldiers training in the
Vitamin D: Very important in helping fight off infections, Vitamin D is a potent immune system modulator. The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is expressed by most cells of the immune system, (including T cells, dendritic cells and macrophages) and there is lots of good scientific evidence that it enhances innate immunity.
How to get it: Most adults would do well with about 5000 IU of Vitamin D3 a day. Remember, the sun is the cheapest way to get your D, so be sure to get exposure without sunscreen for at least 20 minutes per day. Also, cod liver oil is another great and inexpensive way to get your D.
Delicious dishes in which you can enjoy all of these immune-boosting benefits:
· · Herbed ground turkey patties with oregano and parsley· Roasted orange veggies with garlic and turmeric· Warmed chick peas, spinach, red pepper salad optional: with a spoonful of sauerkraut· Kiwi-strawberry fruit salad · Lemony iced black tea
For Cold and Viral Sore Throats
What Should I Do for Treatment?
1. As long as your temperature remains below 102 F there is no need to lower it. Cold viruses do not reproduce at higher body temperatures.
A slight fever should help you get rid of the virus quicker and feel better much sooner.
2. A study (J Infect Dis Dec 1990) showed that people who take aspirin and Tylenol (acetaminophen) suppress their body's ability to produce antibodies to destroy the cold virus.
You should only use these medications if you have a temperature greater than 105 F, severe muscle aches or weakness.
3. Chicken soup does help the symptoms. Chicken contains a natural amino acid called cysteine. cysteine can thin the mucus in the lungs and make it less sticky so it you can be expel it more easily.
4. Rest. It is important to rest and take it easy throughout the time you are ill. The time you are ill may be longer if you do not allow yourself to recuperate and recover completely. If you exercise regularly, you needn't stop. However, you should definitely cut back on the intensity until you feel better.
5. Wash your hands frequently and try to keep them away from your nose and eyes. Use disposable tissues as opposed to cloth handkerchiefs. If you are caring for a child with a cold, PLEASE WASH YOUR HANDS every time you have to wipe their nose. This will protect you from being infected. Dove soap is the mildest soap that you can use for this purpose.
6. Drink plenty of fluids.
Water is the best. Try to drink at least eight to ten glasses a day. This will help the stuffiness and help the secretions loosen. Avoid using tap water, use bottled or filtered water to limit your exposure to chlorine. You can put lemon juice in your water or also try green tea as a water alternative
7. If you are congested and can't breathe very well because your nose is plugged up, we
recommend the decongestant Sudafed (pseudoephedrine). We can give you a 12 hour preparation that also has guaifenesin to help you breath better.
You must be careful and make sure the medicine is out of your system before bedtime. Most people will not sleep well on Sudafed and sleep is what will make you better. You can use AFRIN (or generic equivalent) at night. This spray will open up your nose without interfering with your sleep.
8. However, if you are not congested and "drowning" in nasal discharge an antihistamine will help dry up the secretions. Please note that there are two problems with non-prescription antihistamines (such as Chlor-Trimeton (chlorphenairamine) and Benadryl). They can put you to sleep. This isn't a difficulty at night but might be in the day. We encourage you to minimize their use because they can also increase your risk of developing a secondary sinus infection by thickening the nasal secretions and impairing drainage.
9. It will be very important to stop all milk products. This includes not only milk, but ice cream, all yogurt except plain, and especially cheese. Lactaid milk is NOT acceptable. This step is helpful to decrease the extra mucous that dairy products can cause you to produce.
10. Eating refined sugars weakens your immune system and promotes yeast overgrowth. This includes ALL non-diet pops which have eight teaspoons of sugar per can. Honey, molasses, maple syrup, date sugar, cane sugar, corn sugar, beet sugar, corn syrup, fructose, lactose, and other refined carbohydrates are known promoters of yeast growth. Reducing or eliminating these in your diet will help your immune system. However, you need not become obsessive about the sugar. If it is the 4th or 5th ingredient in a food, that would probably be acceptable.
11. Many people will start to drink large amounts of orange juice when they are sick. All the simple sugars (fructose) in the juice will actually make you worse. If you feel the need to take extra vitamin C please read #13. Try to avoid ALL juices, including organic juices or ones with no sugar added; Gatorade type sports drinks also need to be avoided. If you must have a juice use diluted organic apple juice; do NOT use orange juice as it is the most allergic fruit.
12. Researchers have shown zinc lozenges reduce the severity and duration of cold symptoms, particularly a sore throat. They believe the zinc is directly toxic to the virus and stimulates your body to produce antibodies to destroy the virus. They seem to work for about three out of four colds. You can suck on ONE-QUATER of a zinc lozenges every thirty minutes. Do not chew the tablets and swallow them directly as they won't work. If you get nauseous you should stop the zinc immediately as it is a sign of toxicity.
13. Extra vitamin C is also helpful.
You can take 500-2,000 mg every 1-2 hours. The only side effect you may have are loose stools at higher doses. If this happens decreasing the dose will quickly clear up the symptoms.
14. Vitamin A in large doses may be helpful.
200,000 units twice a day for FIVE days. (eight of the 25,000 unit capsules twice a day). Children can take half the dose. Even though vitamin A is oil soluble this dose is very safe if not taken for long periods. However if you are pregnant you should not use it.
15. Garlic is an excellent natural antibiotic.
Kyolic is one of the best brands. You might use six capsules four times a day for several days. Eichinacea is the most widely used herbal medication in
16. Essential fatty acids like flax oil should also be taken regularly.
This will help your immune system build the proper antibodies.
Why Should I Avoid An Antibiotic?
More than 300 different viruses can cause colds. Each time you have a cold it is caused by a distinct virus (i.e. adenovirus, rhinovirus, parainfluenza virus, coronavirus). A virus is much smaller than a bacteria. It is a tiny cluster of genetic material surrounded by a protein wrapper.
Medical science currently does not have any drugs that can kill these viruses. Antibiotics, including penicillin, DO NOT have any effect on viruses. We only use them to treat the secondary bacterial infections that can complicate a cold.
When Should I Call the Office?
Sinus, ear and lung infections (bronchitis and pneumonia) are examples of bacterial infections that do respond to antibiotics. If you develop any of the following symptoms you should call your doctor's office:
Fever over 102°
Ear pain develops.
Pain around your eyes, especially with a green nasal discharge.
Have shortness of breath or a persistent uncontrollable cough.
You are persistently coughing up green and yellow sputum.
You have any questions
For Cold – Garlic
Fight Colds and Flu Naturally with Garlic
How to Prepare Garlic Tea:
1.Chop one clove of garlic finely. Fine chopping activates the allicin in garlic that is effective for fighting cold and flu viruses.
2.Add the chopped garlic to boiling water and allow to steep for several minutes.
3.Cool the tea before drinking. For best taste allow the tea to cool somewhat but don't drink it cold. The taste is best when slightly warm.
4.Drink one cup each day during the winter months or when cold and flu symptoms begin.
For Cold – take Zinc and exclude all Sugar
Treat Your Colds Naturally and Avoid Unnecessary Over-The-Counter Drugs
Treating Your Cold Naturally
If, for whatever reason, you have come down with a cold, my personal recommendation would be to use zinc lozenges. I have been using zinc in my practice for over 15 years, far before it was popular.
When using zinc lozenges, it is important to recognize that they need to be sucked on, NOT swallowed, and smaller doses more frequently seem to work better. I usually advise patients to suck on a quarter lozenge every 30 minutes. If started early, this approach seems to work well for the clear majority of patients.
It is VERY important to rigidly exclude all sugars while you are sick, nothing sweet and usually avoiding all grains and underground vegetables is important to maximize your immune response during a cold.
A word of caution should be heeded though; if the lozenges make one nauseous they should be stopped immediately as that is a sign of zinc toxicity.
One of the most exciting, simple and inexpensive natural options to treat a cold once you have it is to use hydrogen peroxide in your ear canals. It is amazingly effective expecially if used at the first sign of a cold. Don't ask me how it works, but it seems to help more than 75 percent of those that use it. Please be sure to review the peroxide page for more information.
For Cold - Hydrogen Peroxide in the ears
http://www.stillpointhealth.com/Page2.html
http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/hydrogen_peroxide.html
Hydrogen Peroxide for Colds and Flu
Hydrogen Peroxide Treatment for Colds & Flu
Kurt N. Woeller, D.O.
The use of hydrogen peroxide in medicine has been around for many years. We all know of its antiseptic abilities for open wound treatment and infection prevention. It is a common ingredient in ear drops to help resolve “swimmer’s ear” and other causes of otitis externa (inflammation and infection of the outer ear canal). The following information was obtained from various sources including http://www.mercola.com/ and the Townsend Newsletter for Patients and Physicians (http://www.townsendletter.com/). This information is particularly useful with the approaching cold and flu season. These simple home remedy treatments can be implemented with just a small amount of hydrogen peroxide, small tub of water, cotton balls and an ear dropper. A bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide in 3% solution is available at any drug store for a couple of dollars.
“In 1928 a Richard Simmons, M.D. hypothesized that colds and flu virus enter our body through the ear canal. His findings were dismissed by the medical community. According to Dr. Simmons, contrary to what you may think or have been taught about how you catch the flu or the cold there is only one way that you can catch the two, and that's via the ear canal not through the eyes or nose or mouth as most have believed.”
Keeping your fingers out of your ears will greatly reduce your chances of catching them, but then again these two are microscopic and can be air-born and may land on or even in your ear. Once they have entered the inner-ear (middle-ear) there they begin their breeding process, and from there they have access to every avenue throughout our body to travel to and to infect and make us sick.” (mercola.com)
This concept was hard to believe and even today is largely ignored. In 1938 even German researchers had good success using hydrogen peroxide in treating colds and flu. Just like the work of Richards Simmons, M.D. their work was ignored and/or forgotten as well.
You Must Start Treatment Early
The most important thing regarding this treatment is to start just early – within 12 to 14 hours of cold and flu symptoms – itching throat, runny nose, body aches, fever, etc. If started early effectiveness seems to be about 80%.
Here’s how the process works:
· Administer a few drops of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) into one ear. You may experience a mild stinging at first, as well as some bubbling. The H2O2 starts working within 2 to 3 minutes eradicating the flu and cold virus.
· After the bubbling (and possibly the mild stinging if it occurs) subsides (usually within 5 to 10 minutes) drain remaining liquid onto a tissue or small towel and repeat the process in your other ear.
· This method is perfectly safe for infants & children. However, the loud bubbling and mild stinging may frighten some kids. A young child may need some reassurance that this therapy will help their condition.
· Be sure not to get the hydrogen peroxide in your eyes. If you do, flush immediately with water.
· If you are unsure as to the status of your child’s ear condition (infection) they should be seen by your personal physician. This treatment would be contraindicated if a ruptured ear drum exists.
Hydrogen Peroxide Foot Soak - Another Option
According to Majid Ali, M.D. (http://www.majidali.com/) a hydrogen peroxide foot bath is another option for the treatment of colds and flu. This is a good option, particular for adults who can sit quietly with their feet in a water tub for 15 to 20 minutes. Here is the peroxide foot soak protocol:
· 6 quarts (4 cups) of warm water
· 8 ounces of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide
· ½ teaspoon of Epsom Salt
· 1 Foot tub (big enough to comfortably place your feet without crunching your toes).
· If redness or irritation occurs, the amount of peroxide used can be reduced.
Again, the best time to implement this treatment is within the first 12 hours of cold and flu symptoms.
For Cancer – Please read and seek natural cure first
Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett the Latest Celebrity Victims of Big Pharma
FTC Launches Operation False Cures to Suppress Natural Cancer Remedies (opinion)
For Cancer – Eat Flaxseed oil and Cottage Cheese (Budwig Diet)
Interesting article about Joanna Budwig in the 1950's
"Dr. Budwig then discovered an all natural way for people to replace those essential ingredients their bodies so desperately needed in their daily diet. By simply eating a combination of just two natural and delicious foods not only can cancer be prevented but in case after case it wasactually cured. (These two natural foods, organic flax seed oil & cottage cheese) must be eaten together to be effective since one triggers the properties of the other to be released.)"
http://www.cancure.org/budwig_diet.htm
The Proven Cure and Prevention for Cancer the Medical Establishment Doesn't Want You to Know (Part I)
For Brain Cancer - Eat Cottonseed
Cottonseed Nutrient Halts Growth of Brain Cancer Tumors
For Cancer - Eat Edible Snail
Anti-cancer Helix pomatia contains a powerful lectin that specifically agglutinates and is drawn to mutated Type A celles for two of the most common forms of breast cancer. This is a positve kind of agglutination; this lectin gets rid of sick cells.
For Cancer – Eat Tumeric
This Potent Spice Taken as Little as Once a Week Can Fight Dementia
Super Spice Secrets: This Miracle Spice Stops Cancer, Alzheimer's and Arthritis
Excerpt from Foods That Prevent Cancer - An Interview With Mike Adams
Pepin-Donat: You stated that your 'risk of getting cancer is as close to zero as you can possibly get in modern society today.' How did you accomplish this?
Pepin-Donat: Mike, a lot of people, including some respected physicians, say the science behind herbs and other natural formulas is not supported by substantial evidence. What would you say to that?
If you take vitamin E from the outer coating of the almond nut or from the nut meat, that's a natural form of vitamin E, which is extremely good for cardiovascular health and mental health.Two years ago, headlines said vitamin E will kill you. How did they come up with that? [Researchers] found a group of heart patients who were about to die, and gave them synthetic vitamin E. Synthetic is, molecularly, very different from natural vitamin E. Some of these heart patients dropped dead. They said that was conclusive evidence that vitamin E would kill you. This is how they discredit nutritional supplements. It doesn't mean that there aren't junk supplements out there, because there are. We have to be informed and educated enough to be able to tell the difference.
Pepin-Donat: What are some of the top natural recommendations that you could give the average person?
For Breast Cancer – Sunlight (Watch out Pink Ribbon Fraud!)
New research shows vitamin D slashes risk of cancers by 77 percent; cancer industry refuses to support cancer prevention
Read article by Mike Adam's and pass to your friends: Breast Cancer Deception
You should not have to get chemotherapy, radiation, medication...
Just get sunlight in the middle of the day to give you vitamin D !
http://www.naturalnews.com/025730.html
(NaturalNews) Although you won't hear this from the cancer industry or the drug companies that profit from cancer, there's an easy, low-cost and remarkably safe way to slash cancer rates around the world by about one-third, says the /World Cancer Research Fund/: Promote healthy foods and exercise! (http://www.wcrf-uk.org)
According to research just released by the WCRF, simple changes in diet and exercise can prevent nearly 40 percent of breast and pancreatic cancers, 36 percent of lung cancers , over 60 percent of mouth cancers, a quarter of kidney cancers and 45 percent of bowel cancers.
Remarkably, these results were achieved /without any mention of vitamin D!/ By adding vitamin D to the mix, which by itself has been demonstrated to prevent an astonishing 77 percent of all cancers (http://www.naturalnews.com/021892.html), cancer prevention rates approaching 90 percent overall can be easily achieved.
This report also did not mention eliminating dangerous cancer-causing chemicals from the diet, such as sodium nitrite found in processed meats (hot dogs, sausage, bacon, etc.) and artificial chemical sweeteners. It also did not take into account the health benefits of avoiding cancer-causing chemicals in personal care products such as shampoo, antibacterial soap, common fragrance products, hand lotions and so on (choose 100% natural, USDA-certified organic versions of these products to avoid the toxic chemicals ).
Avoiding mammograms, which harm ten women for every one that it helps (http://www.naturalnews.com/020829.html), also greatly reduces the risk of breast cancer . A much safer alternative is to use /breast thermograms/, which offer far more accurate detection without the dangerous radiation.
If you take all lifestyle changes into account, achieving a 90 percent reduction in overall cancer rates is quite readily achievable.
Low cancer rates means low profits for the cancer industry
This is terrible news for the cancer industry, which preys on cancer patients and exploits them for profit. As of today, *the cancer industry still refuses to teach women about vitamin D*. This includes all the pink ribbon cancer non-profit groups, by the way, who simultaneously claim to be searching for "the cure" even while insisting there is no such thing as a cure. Prevention of cancer isn't even on their radar. After all, if 9 out of 10 women never even got breast cancer, these groups would lose their power (and their jobs).
*The success of the cancer industry depends entirely on the population remaining ignorant about cancer prevention strategies that are cheap, safe and remarkably effective.*
Mammogram and chemotherapy pushers want women to believe cancer is inevitable -- a genetic defect they have no control over. What they refuse to admit (publicly, at least) is that /the expression of so-called "cancer genes" is almost entirely controlled by lifestyle choices/. Thus, even a woman whose mother and grandmother had breast cancer can reduce her risk of breast cancer to near zero by simply changing her lifestyle choices, starting with dietary choices and healthy sunlight exposure (for vitamin D).
For Breast Cancer - Avoid Mammograms (Get Thermogram instead)
Get a Thermography Breast Exam!
Major Confusion on How to Do Breast Checks
American College of Clinical Thermology
Thermascreen.com
Mammography cannot detect a tumor until after it has been growing for years and reaches a certain size. Thermography is able to detect the possibility of breast cancer much earlier, because it can image the early stages of angiogenesis (the formation of a direct supply of blood to cancer cells, which is a necessary step before they can grow into tumors of size).
Most physicians continue to recommend mammograms for fear of being sued by a woman who develops breast cancer after which he did not advise her to get one. But I encourage you to think for yourself and consider safer, more effective alternatives to mammograms.
The option for breast screening that I most highly recommend is called thermography. Thermographic breast screening is brilliantly simple. It measures the radiation of infrared heat from your body and translates this information into anatomical images. Your normal blood circulation is under the control of your autonomic nervous system, which governs your body functions.To screen for breast cancer, a thermographer blows cool air over your breasts. In response, your autonomic nervous system reduces the amount of blood going to your breast, as a temperature-regulating measure. However, the pool of blood and primitive blood vessels that cancer cells create is not under autonomic control and is unaffected by the cool air. It will therefore stand out clearly on the thermographic image as a "hot spot."Thermography uses no mechanical pressure or ionizing radiation, and can detect signs of breast cancer years earlier than either mammography or a physical exam.
If breast thermography is so great, why isn’t it more widely used?
We asked the same question. The answer is somewhat political but this may help to explain:
When thermography was first explored for breast imaging, it was viewed as competitive to mammograms. It was tested and evaluated to see if it was safer and more diagnostically accurate than mammography. These comparisons should not have been made, as you can not compare tests of physiology and anatomy.
In particular, when thermography was tested on younger women, thermographic abnormalities were detected many times but mammograms did not detect any tumors. The results were considered “false positives”. The more patients of younger age screened with the so-called false positive, the more suspicion was placed on thermography. Years later, in re-call studies, a large percentage of these women had developed breast cancer or other breast disease, in the exact location of the abnormal “false-positive” thermogram, thus validating its early warning role. Thermography’s only “error” was that it was too accurate too early and the results couldn’t be corroborated at the time.
Secondly, thermography was being used in sports medicine, dentisty, podiatry, chiropractic, orthopedics rheumatology, and neurology in a variety of support or adjunctive diagnostic roles. It was soon realized that thermography could clearly, objectively, and easily demonstrate the physiological component of pain and injury, especially to the spinal column, due to car accidents, job injuries, and a host of other “tort” related law suits. Everyone involved had benefited from these positive test findings, which could be clearly shown to a jury. Everyone that is except the defendant insurance industry.
Needless to say, the insurance industry in the
For Breast Cancer - Walnuts
Eating walnuts may help to reduce your risk of developing breast cancer. The nuts contain omega-3 fats, antioxidants and phytosterols that may all reduce the risk of the disease.
Mice fed the human equivalent of two ounces of walnuts per day developed fewer and smaller tumors. Although the study was carried out in mice, the beneficial effect of walnuts was likely to apply to humans too.
Previous research has suggested eating walnuts at the end of a meal also helps to cut the damage that fatty food does to your arteries.
For Arthritis – Cherry
Now cherries are also medicine. Cherries contain a natural anti-inflammatory medicine, which works better than arthritis drugs at relieving arthritis pain and inflammation. Cherries also, by the way, eliminate gout. Did you know that? Yes, they do. They are real medicine. There are many cherry products on the market and I actually recommend lots of them.
Overcoming Arthritis by David Brownstein
For Cholesterol – Blueberries, Garlic, Omega 3, L-carnitine
Some of the best cholesterol-lowering supplements include aged garlic, niacin, omega 3 fatty acids and L-carnitine. Unlike statins, these supplements do not usually cause side effects like leg cramps, generalized musculoskeletal pain, memory loss or liver damage.
Blueberries and cherries in particular are medicinal. What do I mean by that? Well, they contain their own natural plant-based medicines. Blueberries for example have the effect of lowering high cholesterol. Did you know that? They do it, in fact, better than statin drugs.
Now I am not saying this bar replaces your statin drug but if you eat enough blueberries, it does have the effect of balancing your cholesterol, which under the supervision of a qualified healthcare practitioner may allow you to safely transition off those dangerous pharmaceuticals that you might be using right now to control your cholesterol.
Would it not be nice to just control your cholesterol with food instead of dangerous, expensive pharmaceuticals with negative side effects?I mean, some of those pharmaceuticals have side-effects that include death. That is a common side effect and kind of a drastic one too, I think you might agree. No one has ever been killed by blueberries. You have never looked in the newspaper obituary column and seen death by blueberries -- it does not happen. You can eat all the blueberries you want and the only thing you are going to do is get full and increase your anti-oxidants. You cannot die by eating too many blueberries -- believe me, I have tried it. It does not work, you just get full.
Blueberries Lower High Cholesterol and Boost Cardiovascular Health ...
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For Burn – Baking Soda or Onion
Use Baking Soda
Use Onion
For Multiple Sclerosis
Amazing Recovery From Multiple Sclerosis
The longest study to date on therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS) recommends that patients with MS be treated with Avonex (a type of interferon) as early as possible. The central premise of the article is absolutely correct--one should start treatment of a chronic disease as soon as possible as it becomes progressively more difficult to treat the longer one holds off on treatment.
However, I have major disagreements with the study's recommended treatment--Avonex. Someone please help me understand why ANYONE would use a drug that costs $1,200 per month--yes, you heard me correctly, $1,200 per month--and in no way, shape or form treats the cause of the disease. (If you are thinking corporate drug company greed that sure sounds right to me.)
You will be able to see the flaws with this recommendation yourself by reading the following story of one patient with MS who came to see me. Like nearly all severe chronic disease cases I see, his event started shortly after a severe emotional trauma occurred in his life. When he came in I had him stop the Avonex immediately, as I don't believe that there is any indications at all to ever use this drug. He followed a raw-food, metabolically appropriate, diet and received plenty of energetic emotional treatment. Over the next few weeks 10 of his 12 initial symptoms all but disappeared and the remaining two improved. He said he hadn't felt so good in years.
If he had waited a few more years and came in a wheel chair, I suspect it may not have been possible to obtain the same results. At some point the damage does become irreversible. Prior to my application of nutritional typing and effective emotional interventions, it was uncommon to see these types of improvements with MS, but now I am really shocked if we don't see them. Fortunately, I am seeing these types of improvements quite regularly now in the MS patients we are treating.
For more information on MS treatments please see the related links after the story below.
By Matt Bolson
"I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) on May 1, 1999 and was put on Avonex [an Interferon beta drug]. The drug cost me $1,200 a month and for the over two years I was on it my symptoms continued to get worse and I had fevers and many other drug side effects.
I realized that I needed to find out how to get some positive results and then I came across an article in Dr. Mercola's newsletter, which I'd been reading for about two years, called "MS Drugs a Waste of Money". I really wanted
to get off the drugs so I made an appointment to see Dr. Mercola.
I'll never forget Dr. Mercola's response when I asked 'When can I go off the drugs?' He asked me what time it was, and I said 'It's 2:00.' He replied, 'Well, how about right now?'
After I saw Dr. Mercola and stopped taking the drugs, it took about one and a half to two months of following his program before I began feeling better. I had been following a low-fat diet, which is what is typically recommended for MS, but found out that this was conflicting with my nutritional type, which turned out to be protein type.
I began eating dark meat chicken and red meat, which I love but hadn't eaten in almost three years, and raw coconut and avocados. I'd never thought to eat raw coconut or avocados before, but now they're just about my favorite foods on the program.
I also began to eat raw meat--bison and beef--and noticed an immediate change in how I felt. I also juice, mostly spinach and celery, almost daily.
When I started the program I was in the middle of an exacerbation and was feeling weak and numb, but soon I began to feel better. I used to get nerve and spine pain, searing head pain and fevers and now it's all gone.
But there were two major factors that I learned at The Optimal Wellness Center, aside from the dietary changes, that really made a profound difference in my recovery. First, I had to learn that I didn't have MS, I had
symptoms associated with it. Next, I had to believe that I could overcome this disease, even though that goes against everything you hear in mainstream media.
I did EFT with Linda, an EFT therapist, and that really helped me to accept these two truths. Learning and believing these two factors was imperative to my recovery. I was also able to see my progress each month with the live blood cell analysis from
I'd also suffered from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) for my entire life, but when I changed my diet my stomach repaired itself almost immediately. Now I continue to improve, feel great and am completely off the MS drugs. Dr. Mercola's program has really made a difference for me."
For Sleep problems - Cherry
Cherries Found to Be a Natural Sleep Aid
B12 plays a crucial role in melatonin production, which is another reason it is important to make sure you’re receiving an adequate amount of this vitamin into your blood.
For Vegan - Check B12 vitamin levels
Warning: Potentially Life Threatening Vitamin Deficiency Affects 25% of Adults
For Nauseau - Ginger
Ginger Really does ease Nauseau
Those taking the ginger had a reduction of about 45 percent in nausea severity compared to previous rounds of chemotherapy. Those on the placebo showed almost no change.
For Food or Salmonella Poisioning - Cilanto
Cilanto prevents Food Poisioning
Cilantro appears to be beneficial in numerous ways, as it can also be used as part of a detoxification protocol to remove mercury. However, one does need to be careful and not use cilantro if it doesn't taste good to you. In this case you should take the clue and not take it.
Even if you come down with a salmonella infection, high doses of an effective probiotic are frequently able to neutralize the infection.
For Depression – Nutrition, Diet, Omega 3 and Exercise
Read The Mood Cure
More American are Taking Drugs for Mental Illness
Numerous studies have already shown that up to 75 percent of the benefits of antidepressants can be duplicated by a placebo.
Not only do these drugs not work as advertised, but the evidence is quite clear that most of these drugs do in fact increase your risk of suicide and violence.
Seven of the last 12 school shootings were done by children who were either on antidepressants, or going through withdrawal.
Your physical health can also be severely compromised when taking these drugs. Studies have shown antidepressants can harm your immune system, and raise your risk of type 2 diabetes by two to three times in high-risk groups.
And in one of the most defenseless groups -- children in the foster care system -- kids as young as three years old are screened for mental illnesses and put on psychiatric drugs for disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression with horrifying frequency.
“What we’re finding in the research on physical exercise is that physical exercise is at least as good as antidepressants for helping people who are depressed… Physical exercise changes the level of serotonin in your brain… increases your level of “feel good” hormones, the endorphins. You can actually change your brain with exercise. So it’s got to be part of everybody’s treatment, everybody’s plan.”
For Psychiatric Disorder – Use Vitamins!
Dr. Abram Hoffer died this week at the age of 91. A renowned Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Hoffer was instrumental in discovering the importance of megadoses of vitamins in the treatment of psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and was a pioneer in the field of orthomolecular medicine.
The term "orthomolecular" was coined by Nobel laureate Linus Pauling to mean "the right molecules in the right amounts" (ortho is Greek for "right"). Pauling theorized that "substances that are normally present in the human body" are necessarily good and can be used at high doses to treat disease.
Dr. Hoffer said that orthomolecular medicine does not purport to treat all diseases, nor is it "a replacement for standard treatment. A proportion of patients will require orthodox treatment, a proportion will do much better on orthomolecular treatment, and the rest will need a skillful blend of both." That is the very definition of integrative medicine.
From his work with patients in a Canadian mental institution, he hypothesized that schizophrenics lack the ability to remove an hallucinogenic metabolite called adrenochrome from their brains. He found that he could decrease the concentration of adrenochrome in the brain by using high doses of vitamin C.
Observing biochemical abnormalities and serendipitous cancer recoveries among his psychiatric patients, Hoffer worked for several years on the potential anticancer effects of nutrients, particularly the B vitamins, selenium, and ascorbate. He says this included treating hundreds of cancer patients with nutrients, with reported success.
In the mid-1960s, mainstream psychiatry was emphasizing the use of neuroleptic drugs, and Hoffer reported that he and like-minded researchers were snubbed and became the victims of a conspiracy, with their reports rejected by scientific journals. In 1967, Hoffer resigned his academic and administrative positions, entered into private psychiatric practice
In a 2006 interview, Hoffer stated that while he felt that current mainstream psychiatric care was "terrible," his theories and treatments were starting to become more accepted. "[W]e’re at a transition point. If I live another four or five years, I’ll see it."
In Memoriam: Dr. Abram Hoffer, Vitamin Pioneer
For Diarrhea – Yogurt, Banana, Ginger...
Yogurt
Banana
1 teaspoon of ginger juice in half cup of boiling water every hour
1/2 teaspoon of lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon of ginger juice, 1/4 teaspoon of pepper power.
Avoid fruit juice, fruits like apricot and pear, and daily products (except for yogurt)
For Sugar Cravings – Chromium, Gymnema
Chromium is a key mineral that assists insulin to transport blood sugar into your cells, and is commonly lacking in individuals with type II diabetes. A new study in overweight women found that chromium reduced food intake, hunger levels, and fat cravings – while tending to help decrease body weight. This study shows that chromium is a very good tool to help you eat less food when you are trying to stay on a good eating program.
An earlier study in depressed patients showed that chromium was able to stop severe carbohydrate cravings. Once again, chromium shows that it can help keep your appetite in line and your cravings under control.
Also, another interesting study has shown that a combination of grape seed extract and chomium can lower LDL cholesterol.
Simple Secret for Better Blood Sugar
Gymnema Sylvestre - For more than 2000 years, people in
The herb is also called "gurmar," which literally means "destroyer of sugar" in Hindi. This name describes the way that chewing the leaves interferes with your ability to taste sweetness. Because this amazing herb decreases the sensation of sweetness in many foods, it may reduce your cravings for sugary snacks.
Dr Wright: The herb gymnema literally blocks your taste buds from recognizing sweet flavors. It starts working within a few minutes – take a bite of your favorite cookie, and it will taste like eating a wad of salt and flour. Try taking 4 grams in a tablet form from two to three times a day. It works best when taken about 10 to 15 minutes before a meal.
For Cuts – Silver Colloidal
New Guidelines Released for Safe Usage of Collodial Silver Supplements
Ionic or Silver? http://www.silver-colloids.com/Reports/reports.html
Ionic vs Silver Comparison http://www.silvergen.com/ionic_versus_colloidal_silver.htm
How to Make Collodial Silver http://cancertutor.com/Cancer02/CSilver.html
Class: http://www.cnhp.org/seminars/descriptions.php?id=34
http://enlita.com/shop/electronics-appliances/nano-colloidal-silver-generator
For Headache – Natto Soy
From Soy Bad, Soy Good: The Pluses of Fermented Soy
And, as I've written before, the enzyme nattokinase--derived from natto--is a safer more powerful option than aspirin that can dissolve blood clots and has been used safely for more than 20 years.
For Heavy Metal Poisoning - Cilanto
Load up on Cilanto - Read on!!! (Cilanto is good with fish as it's a mercury detoxifier)
I would check your house for lead! (i.e. http://www.leadinspector.com/)
http://www.naturodoc.com/library/treatments/removing_heavy_metals.htm
Detoxification Recipe
Compiled by Dr. Thomas Stearns Lee, NMD
Heavy-metal poisoning is rampant. It is a major cause of hormonal imbalances, cancer, thyroid problems, neurological disturbances, learning problems, depression food allergies, and parasites.
Cilantro -- also known as coriander or Chinese parsley -- has been proven to chelate toxic metals from our bodies in a relatively short period of time. (The word chelate comes from the Greek word for claw, and describes a process which acts to engulf and then enable the removal of a highly reactive toxic mineral.)
Combined with the benefits of the other ingredients, the following recipe for Cilantro Chelation Pesto is a powerful tissue cleanser. It is not only easy to make, but also really tasty. It's delicious on toast, baked potatoes, and pasta.
Two teaspoons of this cilantro pesto daily for three weeks is purportedly enough to increase the urinary excretion of mercury, lead, and aluminum, thus effectively removing these toxic metals from our bodies. Consider doing this cleanse for three weeks at least once a year.
Cilantro Chelation Pesto
4 cloves garlic
1/3 cup Brazil nuts (selenium source)
1/3 cup sunflower seeds (cysteine source)
1/3 cup pumpkin seeds (zinc, magnesium sources)
2 cups packed fresh cilantro (coriander, Chinese parsley) (Vitamin A source)
2/3 cup flaxseed oil
4 tablespoons lemon juice (Vitamin C source)
2 tsp. Dulse powder
Bragg's Liquid Aminos™
Process the cilantro and flaxseed oil in a blender until the cilantro is chopped. Add the garlic, nuts, and seeds, dulse and lemon juice and mix until the mixture is finely blended into a paste. Add a squirt of Bragg's Liquid Aminos to taste and blend again. Store in dark glass jars if possible. It freezes well, so purchase cilantro in season and fill enough jars to last through the year.
One person suffering from high blood pressure due to mercury poisoning had her blood pressure return to normal after eating 2 teaspoons of this pesto daily for only a week. So whether you need to detoxify heavy metals from your body or just wish to use it as a preventative measure, 2 teaspoons a day is all you need to take.
Kallie Miller RN,
Optimal Life Center
We appreciate this recipe for a dietary protection from an increasingly toxic and dangerous environment. This requires more powerful and dependable chelating medicines. Please consider our Modifilan and EDTA products, and consult with a trained professional in natural medicine if you have definite symptoms or known exposures to toxic materials.
For cases of serious disease, you may contact NaturoDoc for referrals to clinics outside the
About Testing for Toxic Metals
Several different methods can be used to test for toxic metals in the hair, urine, and blood. A challenge test of the urine evaluates the body load of mercury more accurately than a hair analysis. The problem with hair analysis is that there could be a lot of heavy metals in the bones and teeth that do not come out in the hair test.
In our opinion, the only dependable reflection of the body's load of toxic mercury is a urinalysis preceded by a dose of an oral chelator at a known concentration for your body weight. The chelator is DMSA, and the amount of toxic metal that comes out in this preliminary dose reflects how much is there to be removed later.
The King James Medical Laboratory and its Omegatech division offers preventive medical physicians a full menu of tests to support their patients. These tests include testing for 22 metals in hair, urine, and blood, and a full interpretation of hair test results. The urine test can be performed alone, or before and after chelation therapy to evaluate its effectiveness. Also available is a special test for mercury and other metals in urine that is designed to evaluate the body burden of mercury and the effect of removal therapy. This "Toxic Metals in Urine" test is available for the evaluation of twelve of the most important toxic metals.
For Sunburn – Vinegar or Juice of Lemon with Water
Just in case you do get too much sun this summer, you may want to try these natural remedies. You'll be surprised at how well they work. Fill a spray bottle with vinegar or the juice of a lemon mixed with water and mist your skin. This is especially helpful as the mist hits your skin and you don't have to rub it in causing more pain. Be careful not to get it in your eyes. Continue misting as much as you desire for relief. Another remedy would be to apply the gel from an aloe plant. It contains many of the proteins and minerals that your skin loses when you burn. Another way to overcome the pain from a sun burn is to use tea. The tannic acid in the tea helps take the sting out of the burn. Sitting in a bath of cool water with 3 or 4 tea bags will be soothing. Stay hydrated. This cannot be expressed enough. The more water you drink the faster you will heal.
Source: Protect Yourself from Too Much Sun
For Toe Fungus – Vick's, Apple Cider, Hydrogen Peroxide
Source: Toe Fungus Cure
1. Vicks vapor rub
2. Apple Cider Vinegar
3. Ted's nail fungus treatment
The fastest way to get rid of toenail fungus or fingernail is vinegar mixed with a 3% hydrogen peroxide. The mixture 50/50. Keep adding it with a dropper or soak until there is no fizzing (if it is severe) and when there is minimum discoloration. Some people will feel as slight pinch after awhile.
This is then followed by getting your hands soaked in a Clorox bleach. A strong concentration is 1 cap per 1/2 glass of water, stir and soak. And leave your finger with fungus for about 1/2 minute. If severe fungus then try 1 cap Clorox to 4 caps water. Again leave for about 1/2 minute. Chlorine will be absorbed through the fingernails during that time.
Rinse in water and dry it and follow this with a 50/50 mix of vaseline and tea tree oil. Put in on the fingernail and put on Band-Aid (in
More at http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/fungus.html#TED
For Children Bedwetting – Raisins and Walnuts
For Fever – take a cool Bath
Treat Your Child’s Fever the
Along with immune system development, your child's nervous system continues to develop well into their seventh year of life. With the recent epidemic increase in the rates of autism, attention deficit, and hyperactivity disorders, it would seem prudent to nurture and protect your child’s health in every way possible and avoid giving them drugs like Motrin, unless absolutely necessary.
Many do not realize this, but a fever is actually a good thing. High fevers are especially good as they are far better than any immunization at building an authentic, life-long immune response. When you suppress these fevers with medication, you can cause far more harm than good.
I advise avoiding most all of the anti-fever medications unless your child is absolutely miserable, or the fever is over 104 degrees F. A tepid bath can be a soothing and effective alternative.
Exercising and Health
If You Exercise Consider Anti-Oxidants to Reduce Your Side Effects
If you are over 150 pounds and taking full dose omega-3 supplements as I recommend you might want to consider taking 800 units of vitamin E daily.
Interval Training
Interval Training comment From Mercola: Researchers asked eight college-age men and women to sprint for 30 seconds, and then either stop or pedal gently for four minutes. After only two weeks of this interval training, 75 percent of them doubled their endurance.
Al Sears got the best exercise program in the world believe me his PACE programe
Memory boost
Moving your eyes horizontally, from side-to-side, for about 30 seconds may be all it takes to give your memory a boost , according to researchers from
Eat Real Food
Advice for the Average Athlete: Eat Real Food
Excerpt: Experts have found that muscle regeneration begins with a post-workout meal, and it does not have to be laden with carbohydrates. According to John Ivy, chairman of the department of kinesiology and health education at the
As ABC News explains, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is the key to energy during exercise. However, before the body can use it, ATP must be processed, which occurs slowly. Thus, experts recommend eating hours before working out, rather than shoving down food just beforehand.
Should you Exercise if you have a cold?
Excerpts: Two little-known studies that were published a decade ago in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise showed results so much in favor of exercise that the researchers themselves were surprised.
The investigators found no difference in symptoms between those who exercised and those who rested. And there was no difference in the time it took to recover from the colds. But when the exercisers assessed their symptoms, people said they felt O.K. and, in some cases, they actually felt better.
Before I address the article, it should be obvious to all that the majority of colds occur in the winter, and that should be a giant clue as to one of their primary causes -- lack of sunshine, and hence decreased levels of vitamin D.
Personally, I believe that if you have enough energy to tolerate it, increasing your body temperature by sweating from exercise will help to kill many viruses. However you need to be very careful and listen to your body, and not do your full, normal exercise routine, as that could clearly stress your immune system even more and prolong your illness if you overdo it.
My simple and short answer has always been that it’s due to an impaired immune system. That’s still true. However, new research has discovered that “catching” cold- and flu viruses may in fact be, more specifically, a symptom of an underlying vitamin D deficiency. This will not only impair your immune system, but also has a staggering array of other health implications.
So, although there are many ways you might end up with a weakened immune system, the more common contributing factors are:
1. Vitamin D deficiency as previously mentioned
2. Eating too much sugar and too many grains
3. Not getting enough rest or sleep
4. Using inadequate strategies to address emotional stressors in your life
5. Any combination of the above
Since exercise has repeatedly been proven to benefit your immune system over the long haul, it's crucial to treat exercise like a drug that must be properly prescribed, monitored and maintained for you to enjoy the most benefits.
If you want to get to work but don't know where to begin, consider my beginner's page that includes a free table you can use to track your progress.
Byron’s Running Tips
Here is a list of my favorite running nutrients, which I take just prior to running:
1) Pantethine. I call pantethine “runner’s high in a bottle.” It fuels the production of energy in numerous ways, providing great support for your adrenals, your mood, and your ability to mobilize fat into calorie burning while you run. I take 600 mg before running (2 caps).
2) Cardio Helper. I call Cardio Helper “oxygen in a bottle.” I simply cannot believe how much more oxygen I feel in my body when taking 2 capsules of Cardio Helper before running. As any runner knows, the more oxygen you have going the less lactic acid gets in the way.
3) Muscle Mag. Muscle Mag provides magnesium, malic acid, and related co-factors that reduce muscle fatigue and reduce the rate at which muscles make lactic acid while running. It is a lot easier to maintain a higher-level aerobic pace for an extended period of time with Muscle Mag (2 caps before running).
4) Q10. I call Q10 the “cellular spark plug.” If you are lacking Q10, as is typical with age, you simply cannot make energy efficiently and this includes the energy you need to get a positive benefit from running. Q10 has been shown to help muscles function better and to turn on genes in muscles that help you burn fat while you exercise (200 mg before running).
Overweight People Need Extra Antioxidants for Exercise
