What Your Body Needs: Minerals

You are either getting minerals from the food you eat or you are not.

Vitamins and minerals enter your body through whole foods. You can try to add vitamins and minerals to your system by popping tablets, drinking liquid vitamins or eating "enriched" breads and foods. But the chance that your body is absorbing them into your body in a usable fashion is slim.

Mineral deficiencies cause illness and disease. Every known ailment can be a sign of mineral deficiency. Heart disease, growth impairment, high cholesterol levels, infections, liver impairment, pancreatic insufficiency, sterility, arthritis, brittle nails, garlicky breath odor, gastrointestinal disorders, hair loss, irritability, liver and kidney impairment, a metallic taste in the mouth, pallor, skin eruptions, tooth loss and yellowish skin: these are only the symptoms of selenium deficiency!

Boron - needed for bone and muscle growth, aids in absorption of calcium
Apples, carrots, grapes, dark green leafy vegetables, raw nuts, pears, whole grains

Calcium - vital for bones and teeth, lowers cholesterol and helps with cardio and regular heartbeat
Salmon, dark green leafy vegetables, almonds, molasses, figs, chamomile, kale, goat's milk

Chromium - needed for energy and the metabolism of glucose
The average American diet is chromium deficient.
Brown rice, whole grains, molasses, corn and corn oil, eggs, potatoes

Copper - aids in the formation of bone, hemoglobin and red blood cells, involved in the healing process
Almonds, avocados, beans, beets, broccoli, garlic, lentils, mushrooms, nuts, oats, oranges

Germanium - improves cellular oxygenation which fights pain and boosts immune system
broccoli, celery, garlic, onions, tomato juice, aloe vera, shiitake mushrooms, sauerkraut

Iodine - needed in only trace amounts for physical and mental development
Iodine deficiency is almost impossible in America due to the excess of iodized salt in processed foods.
Sea salt, sesame seeds, swiss chard, summer squash, lima beans, asparagus

Iron - necessary to the production of hemoglobin and myoglobin and the oxygenation of red blood cells
Iron is the mineral found in the largest amounts in the blood. Unless you are anemic, you should not take iron supplements.
Whole grains, green leafy vegetables, almonds, beets, raisins, kidney and lima beans, cayenne

Magnesium - vital for enzyme activity, assists in calcium and potassium uptake
A deficiency of magnesium interferes with the transmission of nerve and muscle impulses causing irritability and nervousness.
The consumption of alcohol increases the body's need for magnesium.
Fish, avocados, bananas, brown rice, cantaloupe, lemons, lima beans, nuts, peaches, black-eyed peas, tofu, whole grains

Manganese - minute quantities needed for protein and fat metabolism
A deficiency of manganese is extremely rare.
Avocados, nuts, seeds, seaweed, blueberries, egg yolks, dried peas, pineapples

Molybdenum - required in extremely small amounts for nitrogen metabolism
Beans, dark green leafy vegetables, legumes, peas

Phosphorus - blood clotting, cell growth, contraction of heart and normal rhythm
Deficiency is rare because it is found in processed cooked foods and carbonated soft drinks.
Asparagus, bran, corn, eggs, fish, dried fruit, garlic, nuts, salmon

Potassium - important for nervous system and regular heart rhythm
Fish, apricots, bananas, brown rice, dates, dried fruit, garlic, nuts, potatoes

Selenium - a vital antioxidant, protects the immune system by preventing the formation of free radicals
Selenium deficiency has been linked to cancer and heart disease.

Silicon - formation of collagen for bones and connective tissue: nails, skin and hair
Alfalfa, beets, brown rice, bell peppers, soybeans

Sodium - necessary for maintaining proper water balance and blood pH
Sodium deficiency is rare because virtually all foods contain some sodium.

Sulfur - disinfects the blood, resists bacteria and protects protoplasm of cells
Brussels sprouts, dried beans, cabbage, onions, turnips

Vanadium - needed for cellular metabolism
Fish, olives, radishes, snap beans, vegetable oils, whole grains

Zinc - growth of reproductive organs and collagen formation, healthy immune system and healing of wounds.
A deficiency of zinc may result in the loss of the senses of taste and smell.
Egg yolks, fish, kelp, legumes, lima beans, mushrooms, pecans, soybeans, sunflower seeds

What Your Body Needs: Protein

Protein is probably the most misunderstood element of good nutrition. Americans consider beef to be the highest source of protein and the common belief is "the more the better". Both of these misconceptions are proving deadly to American health.

American cattle are raised on corn, not grains. The stomach of a cow cannot digest corn. American cows are fed growth hormones and antibiotics to reverse the diseases caused by the ingestion of corn. Then we barely bleed them during the butchering process which leaves masses of blood in the flesh. According to Jewish law, an animal should be hung upside down with its head cut off to release all the blood from the body. This step is vital for cleanliness: it is toxic to ingest the blood of another animal. Furthermore, I know very few times when animal flesh is consumed raw. We tend to cook meat before eating it. Cooked protein is very difficult to digest because it does not contain any digestive enzymes after the cooking process is complete. Therefore, upon entering the stomach, the meat must stay in the stomach until the liver and pancreas can supply the necessary enzymes to break down the food into usable components. This process is stalled in Blood Types A, B and AB. When meat stays in the stomach too long it begins to emit ammonia. Ammonia kills cells.

"Animals build larger, huskier and healthier bodies
from the amino acids obtained from vegetation, than man does by eating
meat. If more proof were needed to refute the farcical claims in favor of
meat eating, we could look around for carnivorous animals suitable as beasts of
burden - and find none, because they lack both power and endurance.
Herbivorous animal, however, from the horse, the oxen to the elephant all have
phenomenal strength and endurance obtained from eating raw
vegetation."
The Vegetarian Guide to Diet and Salad
Dr. Norman Walker

As a vegetarian, I cannot count the number of times people have challenged my eating choices by asking me, "How do you get your protein?". How much protein do they think I need? Are Americans protein deficient? What are the signs of protein deficiency? Are animal products superior to vegetable sources for protein? Let's get the facts straight.

"The explanation for these findings is that meat
consumption leaves an acidic residue, and a diet of acid-forming foods requires
the body to balance its pH by withdrawing calcium (an alkaline mineral) from the
bones and teeth. So even if we consume sufficient calcium, a high-protein,
meat-based diet will cause calcium to be leached from our bones. Dr. John
McDougall reports on one long-term study finding that even with calcium intakes
as high as 1,400 mgs. a day, if the subjects consumed 75 grams of protein daily,
there was more calcium lost in their urine than absorbed into their body.
These results show that to avoid a calcium deficiency, it may be more important
to reduce protein intake than to increase calcium consumption."
God's Way to Ultimate Health
Malkmus and Dye

Your body needs protein. Better said, your body needs whole food sources of vitamins and minerals which convert to usable protein by your body in the amounts your changing body needs over a lifetime.

Protein is made up of amino acids. Your body needs 23 amino acids: 15 are supplied by the body leaving 8 to be gained from the food you eat. We refer to these as the "8 essential amino acids". What would that type of protein look like? fish with fins, eggs, beans, peas, kale, brown rice, carrots, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, okra, potatoes, summer squash, sweet potatoes, tomatoes and bananas.

Spread the word: I ate my bananas today so I have completed my protein needs for the moment. Thank you very much for your concern!

Addicted to your animal products? Choose beef, chicken and turkey that are organic and wild, in other words, they are free-range and allowed to walk, eat grains and behave like animals. Avoid pepperoni, lunch meat and sausage. Eat meat that looks like a piece of animal: a chicken breast, a turkey leg, a beef shank. Wash the meat thoroughly removing any residual blood. Cook it using whole food condiments such as sea salt, white pepper, red wine, olive oil and garlic. Type O's are the only blood type that can properly digest small portions of red meat. But limit your meat eating to once a day or 5 times per week. Give your liver time to rest and rejuvenate by flooding your body with life giving vegetables and whole grains.

Lastly, remember animal flesh grows cancer. Dairy grows cancer. If you are sick, tired, achy or worse, spend 30 days as a vegetarian and give your body the relief it needs to heal itself and boost the immune system.

Beans

1 bag whole raw beans (pinto, black)

distilled water

In a crock pot, place washed beans and distilled water. Do not turn the crock pot on. Leave beans for 8 hours replacing water every 2 hours. Pour out water at the end of 8 hours. Pour beans into stock pot and cover with distilled water. Bring beans and water to a rolling boil for 30 minutes. Place all back in crock pot and season to taste: jalapenos, cumin, garlic, white pepper. Let simmer for 4 -8 hours on low. Serve.

What Your Body Needs: Carbs

Oh how we love our carbs.

Yes, your body needs water, carbs, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals. If you don't get the right quality and quantity of these, you die.

But what are good carbs? Let's start with what a carb is supposed to do for you. Oddly enough, a good carb turns to sugar or glucose as it is called in the body. The glucose gives you energy and is fuel for your body as you burn...but you can't eat refined white sugar and hope to satisfy your body's carb needs.

"It should be understood that fat in the body does not all come from the
fat that is eaten in the diet. When an excess of carbohydrates is eaten,
it is converted by the body into fat and stored. In this way the body can
store and use fat without having a large amount of fat in the diet. The
deposits could be viewed as a type of carbohydrate bank, where deposits and
withdrawals are made as necessary. So utilizable fat is ultimately
dependent upon carbohydrate intake."
Fit For Life
Diamond

Bad carbs are foods that pretend to be glucose sugar boosters but are imitators instead. White sugar, white flour, pasta, muffins, "whole wheat pasta", croutons, cookies, donuts, bread, tortillas, chips, wheat thins: these are all bad carbs. They are loaded with preservatives, sugar and flour. They are void of raw carbohydrates which in turn produce energy giving glucose.

Good carbs are vegetables and whole grains. They create raw energy in the body. All vegetables provide usable carbohydrate energy to the body. Go for nutritional density!

When a runner says they need to "get their carbs" from a plate of pasta, they might be able to gain the energy to make a run but the trash they have consumed in providing that energy is unnecessary. Put steamed brown rice, quinoa pasta and the whole rainbow of vegetables under your skin. See how you run now!

"I started thinking about the popular viewpoint that buzzed around the
nutrition world, calling these whole grain bread products 'complex
carbohydrates.' There were whole books written on this subject that
reported carbohydrates to be a necessary part of our diet. That was
true. But after these grains were turned into flour, they weren't even
close to their original complex form. They released more like a simple
sugar, which was way too fast for our bodies to metabolize and burn. The
fiber in these bread products was now broken down compared to what was
originally in that whole grain to begin with.
I realized it was just a stripped-down, pale copy of what it had originally
been. With refined grains of any kind - white, whole wheat, oat, spelt,
millet, quinoa, rice, corn - if they were altered in any way and turned into
flour, they became detrimental to our bodies. I decided to use sprouted
brown rice as a transitional food for sick clients who were heavily addicted to
flour products.
Furthermore, I was learning that refined grains were a huge factor in the
deterioration of our bodies at the cellular level, especially when we ate them
consistently. They couldn't be metabolized fast enough, and when not used
up, they fermented inside the cell, creating acidity that forced the oxygen out
of the cell. This was true whether a person ate white or whole wheat
bread, spelt, or organic corn tortillas.
Here's how I broke it down:

• Incomplete metabolism of sugar created fermentation.
• Fermentation forced oxygen out of the cell, causing cellular
  asphyxiation.
• Cellular asphyxiation led to havoc and death at the cellular level.
• Oxygen starvation at the cellular level created a fertile ground for cancer
  to grow!"

The Cure
Dr. Timothy Brantley

You will get your vitamin and mineral needs from vegetables which are good carbohydrates designed to release the energy you need. Or, you will continue to rely on what is written on a package of bread or pasta. Think about it.

What Your Body Needs: Water

Water, carbs, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals. That is how you grow a healthy body.

70% of the Earth's surface is covered in water. 70% of your body is made up of water. Your body extracts water from the fruits and vegetables you consume. When you drink water your stomach processes the unnecessary chemicals (if any) and then speeds the liquid to your kidneys, intestines, and tissues. Your kidneys use water as a much-needed cleanser adding dead unnecessary leftover food to the water and releasing it in the form of urine. Your intestines add fiber to the water and flush leftovers and toxins from your intestines in the form of feces. Your tissues use water to hydrate the skin, oxygenate the muscles and create electrical currents for communication among the cells.

This is a highly unscientific way to describe the use of water by your body but it is important that you get a visual as to the importance of water to your system.

"Water. It's everywhere, from your blood to your
lymph and present in every cell. When the fluids of your body are properly
alkalized and ionized, the process of eliminating your daily waste load happens
naturally. The right water is the foundation for your lymph system, your
liver, your kidneys and your colon to do their jobs."
www.phionbalance.com

Distilled Water. Pure H2O has no minerals, no ions, no electrolytes, no impurities, no chemicals...no nothing! The best type of water to buy in order to mirror the attributes of pure H2O is distilled water. It is available at Tom Thumb, 7-11 and Whole Foods: in other words, everywhere.

Tap Water. You may pride yourself on drinking only boutique water from bottles but remember, you shower in tap water, you cook with tap water and you wash your dishes in tap water. What is in tap water? Lots. Americans decided we needed chlorine to kill impurities and fluoride to strengthen teeth. We decided to add it to the city water supply in bulk. Your are ingesting chlorine when you shower, drink tap water, make iced tea at home with tap water or boil noodles in tap water.

Smart Water. I love Smart water because it is distilled water but contains electrolytes. Electrolytes speed the healing moisture of water to your cells. I can feel the difference. Remember, "365"brand at Whole Foods is a Smart Water product distributed under their in-house label.

Ozarka. Be careful with Spring waters. These are packaged by Coca Cola and Pepsi and can carry as much chlorine in them as tap water. Why is chlorine bad? Because it is a chemical meant to kill bacteria. Don't use water to kill bacteria in your body. Do that some other way.

De-hydration can cause lethargy, cravings, constipation, allergies, asthma, hypertension, heartburn, rheumatoid joint pain, back pain, migraine headaches, and even obesity, depression and autoimmune disease. Do not underestimate your need for water.

Take your weight (120 lbs), divide by 2 (60), and drink that amount in ounces of water (60 oz of distilled water) per day.

Coffee, iced tea, soda pop, starbucks, smoothies, Jamba Juice and any other liquid do not qualify as water. I repeat, if you have not drunk a glass of water, you have not had any water today, capiche?

"There is a medical breakthrough that is not reaching
the public through our medical schools or health-maintenance
organizations: the discovery that chronic unintentional dehydration is the
primary cause of pain and disease in the human body, including cancer. The
reason these traditionally trusted institutions do not celebrate this scientific
discovery and refuse to use it to help the sick and the uninsured poor in our
society is obvious. There would be no money in it for them.

What we in medicine did not realize until very recently
is the fact that the human body can become short of water inside its cells even
when water is available, plentiful, and virtually free. Imagine, more than
one hundred years of serious scientific research has been conducted on the solid
composition of the body - obviously and totally oblivious to the vast
complications that ensue when the body is dehydrated; when its plum-like and
juicy cells become transformed into prune-like and drying cells because of
insufficient water, or due to the additionally dehydrating beverages that are on
the market now.

When the gradually dehydrating body begins to
malfunction and manifest its water shortage, we label these symptoms and signs
of the body's regional and local drought as diseases or syndromes of unknown
origin (diseases of unknown etiology). And since the discovery of DNA
structure, we now blame genes for a patient's health problems - obviously not
realizing that when any cell begins to dry up and get damaged from inside, the
nucleus in that cell, and its DNA structure, are not exempt from the
process."
Water Cures: Drugs Kill
Dr. F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.

Water can be a miracle cure. Always drink 12 oz of distilled water at 3pm on an empty stomach for an energy boost. You will be surprised at the effectiveness of this afternoon pick-me-up over the conventional sugar snacks and drinks. If your child comes home from school with upper respiratory stuffiness or congestion, sit them at the kitchen table with 12 oz of distilled water, preferably Smart Water. Tell them they can't get up until it is gone. It will take them forever! Sit and chat with them, kiss their little faces, ask them silly questions, play cards. But watch how hydration serves to break up the mucous in their head. If the child has been on a disciplined diet restricting sugar and preservative intake, the stuffiness can be cleared with just this one exercise.

What Your Body Needs: Fat

Yep. You heard me. You need fat. Your body must have water, carbs, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals in order to maintain full functionality of muscle, tissues, blood and bones.

What is bad fat? You know it: butter, and heated oils such as fryer fat. Beef is 70 % fat; a marbled steak is 82%. Chicken is 40-50 percent fat. Cow's milk is 55% and cheese between 70-90% fat. Eggs are 65%.

What is good fat? Extra virgin olive oil, canola oil, fish oil, salmon, avocados, grains, seeds, nuts and the oils derived from grains, seeds and nuts such as flaxseed oil. A potato has 1% fat, rice is 5% and fruits range from 2-10%.

Good fat is imperative to a fully operating body. Good fat allows the absorption of vitamins A, D, E and K. These are fat soluble vitamins that cannot be used by the body without fat. Fat is vital to hormone production and the resultant growth and health of cells.

Fat makes you feel full after a meal. Good fats pair well with protein because the fats speed the energy-depleting proteins through the digestive process and through the gut.

I have heard women avoid avocados due to their "high fat content". How absurd. First of all, avocados are rich in monounsaturated fat which lowers blood cholesterol levels in the body. Avocados contain Vitamins C and E, iron, potassium and manganese. This good-fat product brings health, energy, fiber and vital vitamins to your body which your system uses to, among other things, reward you with soft skin and shiny hair.

"Essential fats are those which must be obtained
through diet because the body does not produce them. The primary source of
these essential fats is plants. They also come from meat, but meat is only
a secondary source. The animal from which the meat (or meat and dairy
products) is obtained has the essential fats because it ate plants containing
them. People could choose to bypass the animal altogether and go directly
to fat sources in the form of vegetables, grains, and legumes to fulfill the
essential fat requirements. If you choose to eat the meat, however, you
are getting a highly saturated fat that is far rougher on the cardiovascular
system than are the polyunsaturated plant fats."
Get Healthy Now!
Gary Null

The trick is not to avoid fat but to eat healthy fats. They are satiating and serve as fabulous condiments to your whole food regime. Throw away the butter, meat, cheese and milk. Stock up on olive oil, avocados, and raw nuts. Buy a piece of salmon. Season it with sea salt and olive oil. Lightly saute 5 veggies: organic onions, organic kale (deveined), organic red peppers, organic carrots and garlic. Serve all over steamed brown rice. What you don't serve here is just as important as what you serve: no salt, no flour, no butter, no ketchup, no tartar sauce, no wine, no iced tea. Just a meal, ingested as God intended: to feed your body.

Guacamole

1 large ripe avocado

sea salt

1 lime

Mash the avocado. Add the juice of 1/2 the lime. Add sea salt to taste, perhaps a little too much. Enjoy with cucumber slices as chips. Voila! A whole food meal.

What Your Body Needs: Vitamins

Your body must have 6 things in order to function: water, carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals.

You probably spend most meals choosing foods based on what you want, right? You spend most meals choosing foods that are appropriate to the task. You eat breakfast foods for breakfast. You buy something yummy that satisfies your taste buds for other meals: do I want sugary, salty or savory?

But take a step back and ask yourself, how do I feed this human body of mine such that it's organs and systems are achieving ultimate health? What fuel is appropriate to achieve maximum energy?

First we'll look at vitamins. Vitamins are essential to the biochemical processes that release energy from digested food. You need Vitamins A, B1 (thiamine), B2 (Riboflavin), B3 (Niacin), B5 (Pantothenic Acid), B6 (Pyridoxine), B12, Biotin, Choline, Folate (folic acid), Inositol, C, D, E, K, Bioflavonoids, and Coenzyme Q10. Vitamins B and C must be taken into the body on a daily basis. They are water soluble and have a short transit time. Vitamins A, D, E and K are fat soluble and thus can be stored for longer periods. (More about fat tomorrow!)

So the first priority of food is whether it supplies much needed water, carbs, protein, fat, vitamins or minerals. To get vitamins, you can ingest a Vitamin C tablet. Ironically, eating a C tablet does not at all guarantee that you have added Vitamin C to your body. This is how it works. God made Vitamin C a part of asparagus, avocados, beet greens, pineapple, tomatoes, cayenne, fennel seed and nettles to name a few. But each vegetable, fruit or herb also supplies fiber, natural carbohydrates, chlorophyll and oxygen. Eaten in their most highly enzymatic state, these whole foods meet the body's need for Vitamin C in more ways than a powder tablet. These raw whole foods supply Vitamin C, necessary digestive enzymes so that the liver and pancreas are not taxed, fiber which speeds the nutrients through the digestive system and fiber which also scrapes old putrefaction from the intestinal walls to move trash and toxins out the colon. Don't take Vitamin C pills, eat beet greens!

Eat Your Vitamins!
A - enhances immunity and prevents eye and skin diseases including acne
Broccoli, carrots, kale, peaches, sweet potatoes, cayenne, fennel seed, fish liver oil

B1 - enhances circulation and proper muscle tone of the intestines, stomach and heart
Brown rice, fish, peas, Brussels sprouts, kelp, nuts, raisins, burdock root, nettles

B2 - necessary for red blood cell production, facilitates the use of oxygen
Spinach, fish, egg yolks, yogurt, currants, molasses, nuts, mushrooms, sage, ginseng

B3 - needed for proper circulation and healthy skin
Corn flour, eggs, fish, peanuts, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, broccoli, cayenne, peppermint

B5 - required by all cells in the body to convert fats, carbs and protein into energy. Anti-stress
Eggs, beans, mushrooms, nuts, saltwater fish, whole rye flour

B6

"Pyridoxine (B6) is involved in more bodily functions
than almost any other single nutrient. It affects both physical and mental
health. B6 plays a role in cancer immunity and aids in the prevention of
arteriosclerosis. It inhibits the formation of a toxic chemical call
homocysteine, which attacks the heart muscle and allows the deposition of
cholesterol around the heart muscle and allows the deposition of cholesterol
around the heart muscle. A deficiency of Vitamin B6 can result in anemia,
convulsions, headaches, nausea, flaky skin, a sore tongue and
vomiting."
Prescription for Nutritional Healing
Balch and Balch

All whole foods contain some Vitamin B6 but these have higher amounts: carrots, fish, peas, spinach, sunflower seeds, cabbage, corn and cantaloupe

B12 - needed to prevent anemia, proper digestion and metabolism of fats
Clams, eggs, dulse, delp, soybeans and soy products

C - is an antioxidant that is required for at least 300 metabolic functions
Berries, grapefruit, lemons, mangos, oranges, spinach, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, radishes

D - necessary for normal growth in children, protects against muscle weakness and regulation of heartbeat
Fish liver oil, butter, halibut, oatmeal, salmon, sweet potatoes, tuna and vegetable oils

E - an antioxidant that is important in the prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease
Cold pressed vegetable oils, kale, romaine, seeds, nuts, brown rice, cornmeal, watercress

K - necessary for blood clotting and aids in healthy liver function
Asparagus, blackstrap molasses, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, oatmeal, soybeans, yogurt

CoQ10 - plays a critical role in the production of energy in every cell of the body, aids circulation, stimulates the immune system, increases tissue oxygenation
Salmon, sardines, peanuts and spinach

Abstinence

Yeah.....but there's one problem. You know how to eat right, but do you abstain from certain foods? Do you give your body time to heal? Or are you constantly sneaking a little treat? Do you always fall for the menu item that is the "special of the house"? It is one thing to eat right. It is another to abstain from life-sucking, energy sucking, sickening foods.

People eat with their emotions. They forget that everything they ingest touches soft tissue and transforms, for the better or for the worse, the biology of their bodies.

I challenge you to 30 days meat/wheat/dairy free. Your body will react immediately when you stop sneaking junk food teasers into your daily diet. These treats rob you of enzymes. They cause you to be acidic. Cancer lives in an acidic system.

Vegetables, steamed grains, raw condiments and cooked beans create alkalinity in the body.

Soda pop, cooked meat, all preservatives and coffee are instantly acidic to your body.

"What happens when you're too acid?
*The immune system is impaired. An acidic condition decreases the beneficial bacteria within the intestine. Nutritional absorption of the B vitamin group is diminished.
* The heartbeat can be altered by acidic wastes when these wastes diminish tissue oxygenation. A moderate alkaline system creates ideal regularity.
*Excessive acidic wastes create added labor for the lungs, whose main job is to help rid the system of carbon dioxide.
*All nourishment assimilated by the intestines enters the blood via the liver. The burden on the liver is greater when acid blood wastes are excessive.
*In addition to regulating blood sugar, the pancreas produces alkaline enzymes and sodium bicarbonate. The physiological functions of the pancreas are designed to reduce excess acidity. To create optimal blood sugar balance, the pancreas requires an alkaline diet.
*Of all organs, the kidneys probably take the brunt of damage from acid wastes. In the last minute, over 1 liter of blood was filtered through your kidneys. The kidneys work ceaselessly to maintain blood alkalinity. Research has shown that kidney stones are composed of waste acid cells and mineral salts that have become adhesively bonded in an albuminous (waste acid) substance.
*Toxins cannot be thoroughly removed via the kidneys, liver, and intestines. This creates greater susceptibility to infections and headaches."

Nature's Cancer-Fighting Foods
Verne Varona



Stop it. Give your body a rest from the constant flood of trash. You've eaten wheat your whole life. Give the intestinal villi in your large intestines a 30 day respite. See what happens. Does it make you crazy to go without bread? That should be a huge indicator that you are addicted. Does it make you weak to go 30 days without protein? I bet it doesn't. Does it make you sad to forgo the milk in your latte? Substitute with soy or rice milk. Consider the effect of certain foods on your emotions. Make yourself a human lab. Go for the Big Clean. See how clean feels.

Fasting. A fast does not need to be extreme. Eat dinner on Sunday night. Drink water all day Monday until dinner on Monday night.

"By fasting regularly, you give all of your organs a rest, and thus help
reverse the aging process and live a longer and healthier life. During a
fast: the immune system's workload is greatly reduced and the digestive
tract is spared any inflammation due to allergic reactions to food; due to a
lowering of serum fats that thins the blood, tissue oxygenation is increased and
white blood cells are moved more efficiently; fat-stored chemicals such as
pesticides and drugs are released. Due to these effects of fasting, a fast
can help you heal with greater speed; cleanse your liver, kidneys, and colon;
purify your blood; help you lose excess weight and water; flush out toxins;
clear the eyes and tongue; and cleanse the breath."
Prescription for Nutritional Healing
Balch & Balch

Gadget No-No: Microwave

What is a microwave oven? The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher was working with radiation and noticed the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted. By containing the waves in a metal box, he could "cook" popcorn by running microwaves through the food causing an internal movement in the cells to produce heat. Conventional cooking methods conduct heat the opposite direction - into the food from the outside. That is why it takes longer to cook conventionally - you must wait for the heat to reach the inside of the food and start the cell vibration which indicates "heat".

Water, fat and other substances absorb the dielectric heating. This causes the formation of new radiolytic compounds unknown to man's bodies or nature's produce. The food cells are changed.

So what?

• After food has been removed from the microwave it continues to cook due to the radiation contained inside the food. If you put a heated microwave product in your stomach, your stomach walls "cook". Unlike conventionally heated foods which instantly begin to cool.
• Vitamins and minerals are denatured at best, formed into radiated substances at worst. On a daily basis your goal is to ingest food at its highest enzymatic state. This is not the way to do it.
• Microwaving deforms the structure of the molecules in the food and weakens cell membranes which is not beneficial to healthy cell processes or cell-building.
• The Soviet Union banned microwave ovens in 1976.
• The State of Minnesota issued a warning to parents heating baby bottles as to the molecular changes in milk and formula which could be harmful to the baby's health.
• A German study concluded that radiation levels of light-emitting bacteria were highest in those who ate microwaved food. Hans Hertel carried out studies showing that the blood of those who ingested microwaved food showed pathological changes.

I have not had a microwave in my home since 2001. I don't serve my family foods that have been heated using radiation. I urge you to consider the effects of eating food that has been changed molecularly. Trust your instincts on this one. My instincts say no.

Sell the microwave. You can get about $215 by selling a good one on www.craigslist.com.
Invest a few extra minutes in cooking the food the right way. Use a crock pot to slow cook foods all day. Stick leftovers in a covered glass dish in the oven for 20 minutes. Always strive for vitamin density, whole-food enzyme activity and an alkalizing of the body.

Gadgets: Juicer

Every morning I make carrot/beet/cucumber juice for breakfast. I make a juice for my husband as well. We use a Champion Juicer and throw all the parts in the dishwasher after juicing. The benefit of this one small exercise cannot possibly be overstated.

• While my body is still alkalizing from the night's sleep/detox, I am putting all alkaline foodstuffs into my body to continue the detox and keep my body as alkaline as possible for as long as possible.
• Juice gives me a sweet taste with none of the sweeteners. I am putting 100% pure vegetables into my body first thing in the morning. Nobody can tell me I don't eat my vegetables!
• I can feel the energy almost immediately.
• I have eliminated the need to worry about eliminating.
• I can feel the energy boost almost immediately.
• Any small adjustments needed in my health - a stuffy nose from nighttime air, a tightness in my muscles - is immediately fixed. It is my miracle cure.
• I know I am giving my immune system the perfect boost to fight the current gaggle of germs brought home by my school-age children.
• It doesn't get any more nutritionally dense than this for breakfast!

Buy a juicer and pledge to juice every morning. I challenge you to make meat/wheat/dairy-free a lifestyle but......if you can only do one thing - start with juicing.

Blood

3 finger-sized pieces of washed, red organic beet

1 large organic cucumber

2 lbs carrots

Run all the veggies through the juicer then pour through a fine mesh strainer into a large glass. The strainer reduces the fiber content but maintains the nutritional density. While fiber is great, this meal in intended to rush through to your blood with an onslaught of vitamins. This makes a very large juice. Drink it all. Cucumbers help grow nails and hair. The beet is a great way to measure your metabolism because you will poop red once it passes through your intestines.

Green Juice

1 huge handful of spinach

1 large cucumber

2 lbs carrots

The spinach will give you a fabulous shot of raw iron. All greens contain chlorophyll which draws oxygen into your system. Cancer cannot grow in an oxygenated system. The cucumber will sweeten the batch and the carrots will shoot it through your intestine cleaning out old turkey dinners and other parasitical debris. Enjoy!

Weenie Juice

1 apple

2 lbs carrots

Are you a first timer? Scared of how veggie juice tastes? OK, here you go. When you first get started the palms of your hands will turn orange. That is Vitamin A which cannot be absorbed because of your naughty prior habits. After a few months on this new regime your palms will turn a healthy skin color. Then you will know that your boyd is absorbing all the vitamins as well as A.

"A person trying to heal or prevent disease needs to
offer his or her body's cells as much high-quality, usable nutrition as possible
so those cells can revitalize weakened organs by creating new cells that are
healthier than the ones being replaced. The best way of doing this is with the
consumption of fresh vegetable juice because the nutrients in this juice offer
the very components - vitamins, minerals, amino acids and enzymes - that are
needed to rebuild our cells. The advantage in drinking fresh vegetable juice
rather than eating the whole vegetable is that the fiber has been removed, an
dthus we can get much more nutrition to the cellular level of our bodies much
quicker, and with much less energy expended in assimilating it."

Recipes For Life

Rhonda Malkmus

Gadgets: Rice/Vegetable Steamer

I use a Black & Decker 7-Quart Vegetable steamer with rice basket. It was $29.99 at Target.

The most important thing about cooking in a steamer is that you can make fool-proof, great-every-time long grain brown rice. It is great for experimenting with millet, quinoa and other whole grains, too. The steamer also assures that the entire mineral and vitamin content of the food you are cooking is maintained in the final product. For instance, when you boil vegetables in a pot of water, much of the mineral value is left in the water when you drain the cooked vegetable.

Long Grain Brown Rice w/Bragg's

2 cups long grain brown rice

2 cups distilled water

Bragg's Liquid Aminos

Place rice and water in rice basket. Fill steamer tank with enough water to hit "fill line". Turn timer to 60 minutes, press On, walk away until rice is done and perfect!
Find organic long grain brown rice in the "bin aisle" at Whole Foods. For those of you with great fear over entering the "bin aisle", here are your directions: get a plastic bag, place under the bin of long grain brown rice #6678, fill bag, put that plastic bag into another plastic bag to prevent breakage and spillage, get one of those white twisty tabs, place around twisted bag, write bin #6678 so the checker knows the cash register number (SKU) for the product. Congrats! You are a Tier 2 Whole Foods Shopper; wear hemp next time you come to the store! Buy Bragg's Liquid Aminos at Whole Foods or Central Market. Look for it with the Asian food. It should be in the same aisle as the Mexican and Italian pasta. It is on the bottom shelf at Lemon avenue Whole Foods and is available in spray pump or regular. Buy either one. Bragg's Liquid Aminos tastes like soy sauce but is a whole food protein providing the 11 proteins that your body cannot make. It is extremely nutritious with no preservatives.

Corn/Red Potatoes

5 small ears of corn on the cob

10 medium red potatoes

Wash and shuck ears of corn. Break corn cobs in half. Place in lower steamer basket. Wash and slice red potatoes. Do not remove skin - all the vitamins are in the skin and the red potato turns into a starch if removed. Place sliced red potatoes in upper steamer basket. Remember to fill steamer tank to fill line. Cook for 50 minutes. I love being able to cook a whole meal in one pot.

Fish and Rice

4 pieces of wild Tilapia

2 cups long grain brown rice

2 cups distilled water

Place rice and water in rice basket in lower steamer. Place Tilapia in upper steamer basket. Season Tilapia with garlic salt and lemon pepper. Start rice without the Tilapia basket in place. Let rice steam for 40 minutes. Then place Tilapia basket in place for 20 minutes. This gives rice the full hour to steam and doesn't overdo the Tilapia. The Tilapia will drip into the rice but, hey, you're going to serve them together anyway! Meal in a Pot.

Gadgets

My friend Julie is an interior designer. She says the best way to clean a room is to buy something new!

It can be from Dollar Tree or it can be a new piece of furniture. When you place something new in the room it motivates you to clean, throw away and reposition things. I use her technique every time I need to tackle a tough project.

Her advice works great with diet changes. Want to make a change in your health, your body, the way you look, your energy level? Buy something new!

Here are my favorite gadgets for cooking whole foods. I'll give recipes for each gadget over the next few days. Get online or go to Bed Bath & Beyond with a fistful of coupons and let's get cooking!

• Vegetable/Rice Steamer - There is a Deni 3-Tier food steamer with free shipping for $49.99 from www.target.com. Make sure it has a "rice basket" meaning, you can place liquids such as rice and water in one of the tiers. Also look at the Black & Decker 7-Quart steamer at Target or Bed Bath & Beyond. It is a two tier with a rice basket. It should be about $29.99. Or go to www.amazon.com and compare both of these brands.
• Vegetable Juicer - If you only do one thing for yourself this year, decide to start the day with fresh vegetable juice. Fruit is not as vitamin rich. All other breakfast options are cooked and therefore do not alkalize and detox the body. First thing in the morning you should give yourself a fabulous shot of God's green earth. Juice carrots, beets, cucumbers, spinach, apples, celery, kale, broccoli, cauliflower every day. I use a Champion Juicer. It is a monster. The Champion Juicer can juice huge carrots (due to a large "mouth") or nuts. It holds up for 5 years and the parts are replaceable online. Get a Champion Juicer from www.hacres.com. This is my go-to website for all things whole and healthy. These people are crazy about their veggies so beware! It will cost about $250. Or shop the Champion Juicer at www.coolshinystuff.com. The last time I looked, it was $209.95 with free shipping. If you want to start small, get the Jack LaLanne Power Juicer. It costs between $95 and $150 depending on whether you get the Power Juicer Pro or not. Look for it at BB&B or Kmart.
• Pesto/Nut Chopper - This is the cutest, cheapest little trick ever. If you hate cleaning the food processor and are lazily purchasing pesto sauce, stop it! Store bought pesto has preservatives and cheese in it. Make yourself a flavor bursting basil-rich pesto sauce with the Progressive Nut Chopper. Only $7.99 at BB&B. How fun!! Or how about walnut sauce which is perfect for sauteed kale and onions: grind 1/2 cup walnuts through Nut Chopper. Add 1/3 cup water, 1 tsp miso and 1 tsp of ume plum vinegar. Yum!
• Crock Pot - Just get one. Don't make me explain! I'll give you recipes tomorrow.

A woman with many servants at her disposal is wise. Use these little gadgets as your servants. When I look at my kitchen in the middle of the afternoon and the steamer is filled and turned on for an hour and the crock pot is full and on low, I am happy! I'm happy because my family is about to eat a ton of organic food with all the vitamins in tact due to cooking processes which keep the food healthy and yet slow-cook the herbs and spices in to make a savory meal. Smart chick!

Recipe: Salad Dressing

A huge bowl of raw vegetables is a wealth of health. But the toppings can turn a vitamin rich meal into the equivalent of a Big Mac. Here are some whole food salad dressings to keep your salad nutritionally healing.

Honey Mustard Dressing

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

1/3 cup tarragon vinegar

1 garlic clove smashed

1 tsp organic herb seasoning (no MSG)

1/2 tsp dijon mustard

1 Tblsp honey

sea salt

Pesto Dressing

3 cups fresh basil

3 cloves garlic

5 Tblsp extra virgin olive oil

1 tsp sea salt

Blend all. Serve over pasta salad: quinoa veggie curl pasta, arugula, romaine and julienned carrots.

Carrot/Parsley Salad

3 grated carrots

1/3 cup chopped parsley

1/2 clove garlic

2 tsps apple cider vinegar

2 Tblsp extra virgin olive oil

sea salt

Vegenaise "Ranch" Dressing

1 - 14oz jar Vegenaise

1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

2 Tblsp minced garlic

4 Tblsp dried parsley flakes

Blend all. Serve over full bowl of raw diced vegetables.

Yogurt Dressing

1 small Oikos yogurt

1/2 grated cucumber

1 tsp minced garlic

2 Tblsp fresh dill minced

Mix all in a bowl. Serve over spinach salad: spinach, fresh strawberries, celery, slivered almonds.

Fruit Dressing

1 cup pineapple

2 apples

1 banana

1/4 cup coconut

1/2 cup pecans

3 dates

Blend all in food processor. Serve over spinach salad: Spinach, walnuts and julienned carrots.

Avocado Dressing

2 avocados

1 tomato

1/2 small red onion

1 large garlic clove

1/3 cup cilantro

2 Tblsp lemon juice

sea salt

Place all in blender. Serve over raw veggie salad.

Salad dressings are a perfect way to sneak vitamins into your day. Experiment with soy yogurt, curcumin/turmeric which has highly medicinal qualities, use herbs from your neighbor's garden: rosemary, dill, mint, experiment with new vinegars (no MSG), use cayenne for weight loss (and a kick!),and use parsley to cleanse the kidneys.

Recipe: Holiday Cooking

The season for eating is upon us! I believe in the soul-filling sharing of meals with family during the holidays. Here are some ideas to fill ourselves with food that reflects family love but also fuels our bodies.

Halloween - Send the candy to the troops. This is no time to allow kids to munch on sugar for a month. Sugar impairs the immune system; we can't have that during swine flu season. Time to ship that stuff off. Don't worry about those sad little faces, tell them the Navy is strong and didn't get to trick or treat. Write a note to the brave, beautiful men and women of the Nimitz fleet. Ship that candy to:

ENS Charbonneau

USS Chosin CG-65, FPO

AP 96662-1195

Thanksgiving - Go big with the turkey - green with the rest. Green salad: forget the croutons, iceberg lettuce and cheese. Make this a raw veggie feast: romaine, spinach, carrots, raw broccoli, raw cauliflower, celery. Offer a balsamic vinaigrette. Appetizers: offer fresh fruit, offer goat and sheep's milk cheeses with NutThins or rice crackers. Remember the sweet potatoes: put them on the grill in foil - takes up less oven space and forgoes the marshmallows and milk.

Christmas - Is it possible to start a new Christmas Eve tradition? How about quiche? Something light before candlelight service. Rosemary/Goat cheese/Broccoli quiche with a Caesar salad. Strawberries and romanov sauce for dessert.

Dessert - But we'll always have a sweet! How about chocolate mousse? 2 cups Vanilla Soy Milk, 1 12 oz bag Ghirardelli semi sweet chocolate chips and 2 tsp vanilla. Melt all and pour in beautiful coffee cups. Refrigerate at least 4 hours.

Raw Cranberry Relish

• 2 cups fresh cranberries ground in food processor
• 1 organic orange - chop flesh and grate skin
• 2 ripe pears - peeled and chopped fine
• 1 apple - peeled and chopped fine
• 1/2 cup walnuts or pecans (chopped into small pieces)
• 4 celery ribs - chopped fine
• 1/2 cup organic raisins
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ginger
• 1/4 tsp allspice
• 1/2 cup raw, unfiltered honey

Mix well, cover and place in refrigerator. Gets better after 4 hours or more of refrigeration!

SuperFoods

The beauty of eating whole foods is that you can eat as much as you want and as often as you want. Listen to your body and enjoy!

Fill your daily diet with these life-saving foods:

• Greens - Learn to eat more than just romaine lettuce. Learn to saute kale: de-spine the leaf, wash and toss with olive oil and onions. Learn to add spinach to all green salads. Bake brussel sprouts in olive oil and tons of garlic in a glass dish. Eat something green in it's highest enzymatic state every day.
• Fish-with-fins - Stay on top of the water when choosing fish. Make salmon, tilapia, halibut, swordfish and roughy your meat of choice. Buy wild! Omega-3's will make your skin smooth and clear. Mollusks are bottom feeders for a reason: God made shrimp, mussels and clams as maids to clean up the bottom of the ocean. Don't eat the help.
• Whole food condiments - Get rid of the mayo and butter. Stock up on extra-virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, Bragg's Liquid Aminos, white pepper, apple cider vinegar, Vegennaise, organic dijon mustard, raw minced garlic, fresh herbs from your own garden and organic onions. Olive oil and sea salt keep a baked potato much oilier and saltier than any butter/sour cream combination.
• Fruit - Go big on fruit. Don't stop at half an apple a day. Get a blender and go nuts around 3pm every day. Place 2 bananas, 1 cup of frozen strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries and 3/4 cup distilled water in the blender. Drink it down. Fruit likes to be in your tummy all by itself. Fruit is a natural sugar that satisfies your body's natural sugar craving. This is a perfect pre-dinner snack for you and the kids.
• Nuts - Make yourself little snack bags. Treat yourself to a little shot of protein every morning around 10am. Try these: organic raw almonds and organic raisins, organic raw cashews with your own sea salt, dried cranberries with walnuts and pecans, organic raw almonds and ghirardelli chocolate chips.

Eat the rainbow. Fill yourself with goodness. Flood your body with minerals and natural anti-oxidants. See what happens!!

Sweet Dreams

If I told you you need to detox, you would probably assume I meant going on a restricted diet. But what if one of the most effective detox strategies was to sleep?

As recently as 10 years age, health journals questioned the body's need for sleep. Now we find it is essential to several different elements of your health.

"The parasympathetic system repairs and rebuilds, and
it turns on at night when we're asleep. It's responsible for digestion and
increases the efficiency of digestion and secretion of hydrochloric acid,
enzymes from the pancreas, the bile salts from the liver. It increases the
absorption of nutrients, stimulates the repair of damaged tissues, and basically
is a reparative system."
Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez
Knockout: Doctors Who are Curing
Cancer
Suzanne Somers

Face it: on a daily basis you are barraged with chemical and pollutants. Exhaust from cars, plastic wrappings on food, nail polish, pesticides sprayed on our parks, chemicals used to sanitize office buildings: they all seep into your system. But your body has a beautiful system for ridding itself of trash. Sleep is a part of that system.

If you are not getting 8 hours of sleep it is most likely due to 1 of 3 things.

• TV - People who "relax" by watching TV are fooling themselves. TV is not relaxing; your body is doing several things while watching TV and relaxing is not one of those. I won't go into it here.
• Caffeine - is a stimulant. If you choose to consume caffeine, complete your consumption before noon.
• Glucose - Glucose ups and downs can knock out your body's natural rhythms. The sugar high that accidentally coincides with bedtime will keep you jumping. Don't eat synthetic sugars ever: stop eating 3 hours before bed. Drink water. All alcohol, beer and wine are condensed sugars which may induce sleep initially, but invariably disrupt deeper sleep cycles later.

Speaking of REM, dreaming happens during the REM stage of sleep. Dreams frequently seek to fix what went wrong during your day. You may notice (if you can remember your dreams) that, while they employ elements of an actual event in your life, they are altered for the better, weirder or worse. This is the psyche's way of "fixing" the problem; you may even dream a viable solution to the problem.

New research shows that the 7-8 hours of recommended sleep per night are not adjustable. Everyone needs them. Teenagers, with their growing brains, need more. But nobody needs less. Less sleep stifles the metabolism - you can actually gain weight by reducing sleep time. Your body has an 8 hour job and it needs you "off the clock" in order to do it's work.

"Humans, like most animals and plants, have biological
rhythms, known as circadian rhythms, which are controlled by a biological clock
and work on a daily time scale. These affect body temperature, alertness,
appetite, hormone secretion etc. as well as sleep time."

Wikipedia

You know the routine. No TV in the bedroom. No computer in the bedroom. Buy the most expensive sheets you can afford. Buy a new pillow every Christmas or once a year. Go to bed around dark, wake up around first light. You will see the effects of your nightly detox.

• Sleepy's - Your eyes rid themselves of the dust and grime of the day. It collects near your ducts for removal upon waking.
• The urge to urinate - Your bladder fills itself during the night with deleterious waste cast off by the digestive system.
• The urge to poop - Your colon fills itself similarly with the waste collected by the night-time ritual of completing the digestive process for the day's intake.
• Snot - You may feel the urge to blow your nose upon waking. Once again, collected waste from the night's cleansing.
• Hunger - A sure sign that you have detoxed well during the night. Your stomach is empty and ready for a healthy dose of morning nutrients.

Fait dodo ma petite. Sleep tight.

Poop: The Straight Scoop

As a mother of 3 I need to tell you something. There is nothing more important to your health and well-being than pooping 1-2 times per day. My experience as a mother is that it is key to getting rid of sickness. Men and babies seem to have no problem. Children tend to have trouble when they are sick or have had too much junk food. Women of all ages seem to be in a chronic state of constipation. I'm gonna give it to you straight:

"Whatever is swallowed that is indigestible and/or
unabsorbable passes through the intestines and is delivered to the rectum for
disposal by defecation. The bulk of this material is composed of the
cellulose walls of the plant cells that we eat in fruits, grains, and
vegetables. We call this stuff fiber, and nutritionists often extol its
value....
Fiber gives us the sensation of eating a lot, but it
provides no calories. In a society such as ours, in which obesity is the
leading nutritional illness, food that lacks calories is something to be
treasured. Fiber also gives the colon something to squeeze down on, which
is nice because it keeps the organ fit and trim. A colon that lacks any
exercise can get to be flaccid and weak. After many years of "good
old-fashioned meals of meat and potatoes," a low-fiber diet, the colon may
become as flabby as its owner."
The Second Brain: Gut Instinct
Dr. Michael D. Gershon

I know you think you eat right. But that coffee, muffin, chicken salad, dinner-out daily menu earns you a nutritional zero. Or better yet, let your colon be the judge: did you poop two times during the day? Your body was created to obey the first law of trash: in with the new, out with the old.

And this is why it is critical: a sluggish intestine will lead to sickness and disease.

"Unquestionably, the key to success with any disease
and with any therapy is to keep the gut working. If it isn't, then you
can't absorb anything and nothing is going to work, no matter how good your
nutrition is. If your digestive system is compromised, nothing is going to
happen. We have to get everything working properly: the accessory
organs of digestion, the liver, the gallbladder, pancreas, the stomach, and the
small and large intestines."
Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez
Knockout: Doctors Who are Curing
Cancer
Suzanne Somers

You can trick your system into eliminating. You can eat a double cheese pizza and then swallow some Metamucil to poop. But this trick will leave you nutritionally bankrupt.

"The first thing we can do to reverse this situation is
to take in more liquid-at least one gallon a day. Start with clean, either
filtered or bottled water in divided doses, drunk throughout the day. This
helps to rehydrate the body and get everything moving inside. Ideally,
your body should be 74 percent water. For each 1 percent below the ideal
number, your energy level is reduced by 5 percent. When you don't have
adequate water, your joints aren't properly lubricated and they become stiff and
painful. When you drink enough water, you rid yourself of many ills,
including constipation, arthritic pain, swelling and inflammation, localized
pain, and musculoskeletal conditions; even migraine headaches decrease in
frequency and severity."
The 7 Steps to Perfect Health
Gary Null

The only way to eliminate garbage is to

• stop putting garbage in
• be very careful with meat/wheat/dairy intake
• start putting fiber and roughage into your intestines so they will push out the gunk
• remember that 80 % of your immune system is housed in the small and large intestines
• drink vegetable juice, fruit juice or aloe juice
• slather everything in olive oil

"Stool can come in many different colors. Our stool's usual brown color is due to the presence of a compound called stercobilin, which is formed when the bacteria in our colon digest bile. Most daily variation in stool color is due to the dietary intake of various foods and medications. However, changes in stool color that persist for longer periods of time can be a sign of an underlying gastrointestinal disorder.

• Black - Iron pills ( or foods high in iron), blood (from higher up in digestive tract) exercise
• Red - Blood (from lower down in digestive tract), beets
• White/Gray - Bile duct blockage, liver disease
• Green - Gastrointestinal infection, spinach
• Yellow - Fat in stool"

What's Your Poo Telling You?

Josh Richman and Dr. Anish Sheth

Parasites - No Way!

You have parasites in your body. They reside in your small and large intestines. Everyone has them. Doctors know you have them - but it's not popular to talk about them.

You get parasites by eating food, swimming in the ocean or lakes, even walking barefoot through the grass. When they enter your body, your digestive system goes to work. Parasites nest in your intestines where the immune army is ready and waiting. Good and bad bacteria are kept in optimal supply in the intestines. There the parasite is either killed or washed through the colon and out of the body.

"One reason that the bacteria in the lumen of
the colon do not break out and infect the body is that they are at war with one
another. No one kind of germ gains ascendancy and takes uncontested
possession of the colonic turf. The constant competition between otherwise
nasty germs helps to keep the bacterial population under control. It
really is a case of 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'. Our bacterial
companions in the colon may be repulsive, but we still have to take good care of
them. Taking an antibiotic, therefore, is not without risk. Killing
germs in the colon can be a hazardous venture. Antibiotics that annihilate
our colonic friends can get us into big trouble very
fast."
The Second Brain
Dr. Michael D. Gershon

But what happens when the system is ill and not working properly?

If you eat large amounts of animal products i.e. every meal, then you have an over-abundance of parasites. Onslaughting your body this way over several years will leave your intestines in a poor state. This is when it gets bad. If you can envision: a build-up of living warring parasites end up buried in the intestinal walls because they cannot be processed through the intestines. Their war causes holes in the intestinal wall where the parasites can leak into the body, called leaky gut. Or the war causes small caves where the intestine is herniated, called diverticuli.

"Undiagnosed parasitic infections (from
microscopic protozoa to various species of worms) may account for a good deal of
the otherwise unexplained diseases currently besetting America. One
estimate contends that 25% of New York City residents have a parasitic infection
and that, by the year 2025, 50% of the projected 8.3 billion world population
will have them. Parasites tend to reside in the intestines, but they can
also migrate to the blood, lymph, heart, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen,
eyes, and brain. While in place, they can produce numerous
symptoms: constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating, irritable bowel syndrome,
joint and muscle aches, allergies, anemia, skin problems, sleep disturbances,
chronic fatigue, and gradual immune dysfunction."
Definitive Guide to
Cancer
Dr. W. John Diamond & Dr. W. Lee Cowden

Once you have parasite leakage into other areas of your body, a new problem begins. Remember that the liver is the largest internal organ in your body. The liver's function is to provide the necessary enzymes with which to break down the food entering the stomach. The parasites have access to the liver two ways: first through the stomach where they first reside in food while in the process of digestion, second through the small intestinal leakage. If the liver now has parasite activity, the enzyme work of the liver is being stalled or stopped.

"We all have tapeworm stages in our bodies,
probably going back to childhood when we ate dirt. Every tumor, benign or
malignant, has a tapeworm stage in the middle of it, even including warts.
Growing a tumor around a tapeworm stage may be Nature's way of protecting us
from it! It is not normal for these stages to hatch and develop
further. Their purpose is to stay dormant. But I have found that
tapeworm stages make malonic acid. This is a powerful inhibitor of your
metabolism. So it is very important to kill the tape worm stages in your
body - and in your tumors - even though they are responsible for the newplasm
(tumor), not the malignancy."
The Cure for All Cancers
Dr. Hulda Regehr Clark

If the parasite surrounds itself with a protein coating, it is now called a tumor. Tumors eat sugar, dairy and animal flesh in that order of preference. They grow and grow if fed properly and sometimes exhibit very animal-like qualities like hair, teeth and legs.

"Two other organisms that challenge your immune
system are parasites and fungi. Parasites need another organism to live
off of, so they require something from you to survive and to replicate
themselves. In the case of tapeworm, it lives in your intestine - and can
grow up to twenty-two feet long (about the height of a two-story
building). Parasites are most common in unsanitary food and poor water
supplies and are responsible for 4 billion cases of diarrhea around the world
every year - band news for everyone (except maybe
Charmin)."
You - The Owner's Manual
Dr. Roizen & Dr. Oz

Why am I telling you this? Because I want you to poop. Stay tuned....................