Materials presented in this health segment are for information purposes only and are not intended to substitute for the services of a competent health care provider.
He's Dan The Man, the Life Regenerator
Want to kick start a quest for life more abundant? Check out my friend, Dan McDonald, the Life Regenerator. Free Youtube videos galore. A dynamo of vibrant health, energy and inspiration. It's contagious, my friends.
And, if you want to see how even extreme ill health can be turned around, check out the videos of a guy who contacted Dan and who goes by the Youtube moniker of Dave The Raw Food Trucker.
And, if you want to see how even extreme ill health can be turned around, check out the videos of a guy who contacted Dan and who goes by the Youtube moniker of Dave The Raw Food Trucker.
Simple Steps You Can Take to Optimize a Vegan Diet
Let's face it, there are as many ways to be unhealthy on a vegetarian diet as on a meat diet. Many vegetarians think that by eschewing meat they are guaranteed to be healthier. Nothing could be further from the truth. Countless experienced physicians and naturopaths report that it is not at all uncommon to see unwell vegetarians in their practice. Some overload on cooked starches. Some pursue extreme fruitarian diets that eventually cause all kinds of problems. Others pay no attention to how to get vitamin B12 into their vegetarian diet and suffer as an eventual consequence.
It is possible to achieve a high level of vibrant health on a vegetarian diet, even a vegan diet which cuts out all animal products including eggs, dairy and even honey, but it takes some know how. According to Dr. Gabriel Cousens, M.D., one of the world's most knowledgeable proponents of an organic, living foods, vegan way of eating, there are three supplements that are essential to ensuring high level health and wellness. In part, requirements for these supplements stem from the sad fact that our farm soils are now weak and depleted. Man made toxins occur in our air, water and soil, requiring some extra help in our dietary in the form of these three crucial supplements. In no order of importance, they are:
Vitamin B12 -- Despite what some uninformed nutritionists say, you cannot get sufficient B12 from seaweed or other vegetable sources. A B12 deficiency can lead to Pernicious Anemia (not enough red blood cells) and the bad effects are many and various, principally affecting the nervous system and causing weakness, tingling, lack of coordination, memory and concentration problems and even paralysis. Fortunately, B12 is readily available in supplement form. The methylcobalamin and hydroxocobalamin forms of the vitamin are superior to the cyanocobalamin form, so read labels and choose the best.
Long chain omega-3 fatty acids - Essential for optimal human health, Doctor Cousens has found omega-3s to be deficient in the vast majority of his clients, both meat eaters and vegetarians. DHA and EPA are two essential long chain fatty acids that are of particular benefit to the brain and nervous system. Vegan sources include the herb Purslane, Klamath Lake blue-green algae and Ovega-3, an algae based source available at www.iherb.com among other web sources. Dr. Cousens has found that "post-partum depression rapidly dissolves when the mother is given ample amounts of DHA." Scientific studies extolling the health benefits of DHA and EPA from fish oil sources are extensive. For those sincerely wishing to minimize the amount and degree of suffering involved in procuring what ends up on the end of one's fork, Purslane and the algae sources are a great option.
L-Carnosine - As we age, the telomeres at the end of our DNA strands weaken and shorten. This contributes to the acceleration of the aging process. L-carnosine, an amino acid, prevents the telomeres from shortening and thus may contribute significantly as an anti-aging supplement. Carnosine is found in meat, but not in a vegetarian diet. High levels are found in the brain, the eyes and the heart. It is broken down in the body by the enzyme carnosinase, but supplementing 1,000 mg a day ( 2 capsules) is more than enough to keep high levels circulating with its anti-aging effects. Dr. Cousens found carnosine to be particularly effective at slowing the chronic, degenerative aging associated with diabetes. There is much more that this wonderful substance does. For the full story, see Dr. Cousen's blog entry at: carnosine
In addition to the above three supplements, Dr. Gabriel Cousens, Dan McDonald 'the life regenerator', Lou Corona, Joe Cross, David Wolfe, Kevin Gianni, Victoria Boutenko, Yuri Elkaim (Google 'em all) and many others all agree that a diet based principally on raw, organic leafy green vegetables, sprouts, fruits, soaked nuts and seeds, fermented non-dairy (almond and coconut yogurts) and high quality fats (coconut oil, olive oil, avocadoes) is optimal for health.
You may not want to go for a 100% raw diet, but adding more raw, living, unprocessed food will definitely confer benefits. Fresh made organic green leafy vegetable and fruit juices are a fabulous way to get living water and enzyme rich, organic mineral elements into your blood stream. A blender and/or juicer is the best investment you can make for better health through nutrition. Just remember, as juicing guru, Viktoria Boutenko, M.Sc., points out, put more greens than fruit into your juice and smoothie formulas for best results. Do NOT skimp on the fats or on the above three supplements if you really want to reap optimum benefits from a living foods, vegan diet. Your body will thank you and the planet will thank you. It is a way of eating that does the least harm to the environment and to all animal life forms with whom we share this extraordinary experience of apparent independent existence.
PS - To celebrate his 60th birthday as a fairly healthy dude, Dr. Cousens did 601 consecutive push ups. Nowhere near the world record, but pretty darn awesome for a 60 year old guy who doesn't train for such feats. He's the male partner in the happy meditating couple below.
On a Healthful Omnivorous Diet
Not all humans thrive on a vegetarian diet. Take the Dalai Lama as one notable example. Coming from a high altitude Tibetan gene pool long adapted to meat and dairy fare, he tried to switch to a vegetarian diet. His health suffered to the point where his doctors told him he'd better resume meat eating if he wanted to be well. I'm fully aware of all the arguments about how certain raw foodist, super food enhanced, vegan regimes are so much better than standard cooked vegetarian fare, but it is also possible to mismanage raw food vegan eating and I have seen enough unhealthy, spaced out, even seriously unwell vegans (and so have professional naturopathic and allopathic friends and associates) to suggest that, above all, listen to your own body, not to anyone's theories about what you should or should not eat.
If you do find that you need meat and/or dairy to thrive, here are a few simple tips to assist you in making the healthiest food choices.
Buy meat that is free of growth hormones and antibiotics. See this great resource... buying safe meat... for important details
Lean in the direction of the Paleo Diet. This way of eating, harkening back to our hunter-gatherer roots during which our human DNA adapted over eons of time to this way of eating, minimizes or eliminates grains and dairy, which just happen to be two of the most common food allergens humans ingest. Coincidence? Here's a great place to get familiar with Paleo eating... Paleo Essentials. If you crave grains or really miss that grain-like texture and taste in your diet, consider buckwheat. It is not a grain, but a fruit seed related to rhubarb and sorrel. One part of buckwheat flour stirred into two parts water makes a simple, tasty crepe in the frying pan. Also, check out Quinoa, a high protein seed that is gluten free and far more nutritious than any standard bread, pasta or bakery product.
Make friends with coconut oil, olive oil and butter, the latter preferably from grass fed cows. These are by far the healthiest fats for human ingestion. For the full lowdown, check out two of the world's foremost researchers on fats and oils in the human diet, Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, Ph.D. at the Weston A. Price Foundation site. Here, you'll also find great tips on the healthiest cooking methods for meat. Hint: barbecued over chemical saturated coals is NOT on the list.
Eat plenty of vegetables with meat. Eat fruit separately, save when juicing fruit and green leafy vegetables together. See Viktoria Boutenko at Raw Family. She wrote the definitive book on fruit and green leaf smoothies. Raw, organic fruits vegetables, nuts, seeds and oils are mainstays of healthful eating.
Make broccolini (young immature broccoli, a.k.a. brocolettes) a regular part of your diet. The high levels of sulforaphane it contains play an impressive role in protective gene regulation and anti-cancer mechanisms throughout the body. New evidence suggests broccoli may also be a very useful food to combat osteoarthritis.
See:
Mercola Broccoli
As with any diet, avoid refined sugar and empty carbohydrate foods of all kinds. While they are tasty, comfort foods up front, they wreak a world of blood sugar havoc and low energy on the back end.
I heartily recommend partaking of all food with genuine gratitude. Transmutation of food elements into positive energy is thus significantly enhanced, not via wishful thinking, but biochemically through the many health enhancing neuropeptides that positive emotional states generate (See: Candace Pert PhD, Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine).
FOOD SHOPPING make it cheaper and safer
In the USA, the Environmental Working Group has produced a very useful, quick and easy food chart for you to consult in order to find out how you can save money and better protect your health with your food shopping choices. The 'Dirty Dozen' are twelve common foods that are considered downright unsafe to eat in conventional, i.e., non-organic form. They are heavily sprayed and toxic. The 'Clean 15', on the other hand, are common foods that are quite toxin free and safe to eat even in non-organic form. Take a look at this $$ saving and health protecting chart at: Dirty Dozen & the Clean 15
Please remember though, if you can afford it or you're lucky enough to be able to grow your own food, organic is always better. Our human DNA is the product of millions of years of planetary evolution during which living organisms have adapted to and thrived on organic food alone. It is only in the last eye blink of earthside time that we have been challenging our biochemistry with chemicals found nowhere in nature. We are developing new diseases, especially neurological ones, faster than we can even name them, let alone cure them.
WAY BEYOND VITAMINS & MINERALS
Nutritional science claims that in addition to the standard vitamins and minerals in foods, there are thousands of other compounds: polyphenols, antioxidants, proanthocyanidins,isothiocyanates, anthocyanins, epigallocatechins, pycnogenol, resveratrol - well, you get the idea, a whole bunch of beneficial nutritional elements in fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds that are touted to be as important, if not more so, than vitamins and minerals in promoting good health. Current scientific estimates are that there may be somewhere between twenty and thirty thousand of these beneficial compounds in plant foods.
How many have been studied to date? About two hundred. And we think we know so much about what's good for us. It's embarrassing. Rather, nature is far deeper, richer and more intricate than we surmise. We surmise a lot.
How many have been studied to date? About two hundred. And we think we know so much about what's good for us. It's embarrassing. Rather, nature is far deeper, richer and more intricate than we surmise. We surmise a lot.
Vitamin D If it's seldom sunny where you live, you need to read this!
Vitamin D has been in the news a lot lately, touted as an essential component of a healthy immune system. D helps to regulate how the important minerals calcium and phosphorus are utilized. This important vitamin also plays a role in cell communication throughout the body. It is now common knowledge, at least among D savvy health practitioners, that colds and flus always increase in the temperate climates during the relatively cloudy fall and winter periods and diminish when the sun comes out and lots of immune enhancing vitamin D is created through the action of sunlight on skin.
For many decades, the nutritional word of wisdom from the FDA was that the upper limit for Vitamin D supplementation was 400 i.u. per day. Recent research has determined otherwise by a country mile. It has been observed that an average healthy adult sunbathing nude for a mere half hour will manufacture 20,000 i.u.s of Vitamin D through the action of sunlight on the skin alone!
The Vitamin D Newsletter, generated by a team of D savvy MDs, now recommends that people supplement with Vitamin D at several times the 400 i.u. daily limit. Recommended amounts of 5,000 - 8,000's i.u.s a day are common, except of course for days of sun exposure on the skin, when you don’t need it at all. As always, play safe and ask your health care professional for a 25 (OH)D blood test to help determine whether or not you are low in D. Don't get the test done on summer days when your body is exposed to lots of sun, for obvious reasons.
Several studies cited by R. Beliveau, Ph.D. and Denis Gingras, Ph.D., in their book 'Eating Well, Living Well', show compelling evidence of the role Vitamin D plays in the prevention of many types of cancer.
Also, be advised that Vitamin D is fat soluble. Read supplement labels to see what kind of oil is used in the D gel capsules. You may want to avoid soy oil, especially if you have no way of knowing whether or not it was produced from GMO soy. Some brands use lanolin, so vegans be aware. Some brands use olive oil which is a great choice.
Finally, Vitamin D comes in two supplemental forms, D2 and D3. Most nutritionists recommend D3 as it is the more natural form of the supplement and better utilized by the body.
Guess What's Been Coming to Dinner Since Forever?
In an article on "critters", Texas neurosurgeon, Russell Blaylock MD, points out that the average adult human body contains about ten trillion cells. That's a lot. However, we're not alone in here -- you, me and our ten trillion cells. Since the microscope was invented about 300 years ago, we've known that we are 'occupied.' Tiny micro organisms, little creatures, microscopically small, colonize our biological terrain. They're an essential part of life on earth and have been from time immemorial.
These microbes come in both good guy and bad guy varieties as far as our health and well-being are concerned. And here's the part of the deal that's a little hard to take casually. In our own precious bodies, these critters outnumber us ten to one! I know, makes you wanna scratch, doesn't it? We carry an average of 100 trillion of these microbes in our average adult body. Blaylock presents convincing, at times amazing, evidence of the role bad microbes play in everything from diabetes and arthritis to autoimmune diseases and mood disorders.
And if you want food for thought way outside the box, consider this. Blaylock cites a study done with rats. Normally, rats are terrified of cats, but when these rats were infected with the parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, it affected a part of their brain in such a way as to make them, not only unafraid of cats, but, most strangely, attracted to them. This of course, led to their being eaten, which is just what the parasite wanted, because its natural host is the cat. Blaylock notes that people infected with the same parasite, which is fairly common, were found to be involved in car accidents much more often because they were more careless.
"What's bugging you?" takes on a whole new meaning.
This is only one small example of a profound symbiosis/dysbiosis that exists between us mammals and them critters. Much exciting research remains to be done in this area. In fact, a lot has already been done and it is stunning!
Check out science journalist, Ed Yong, on TED.
In the meantime, what's the best thing you can do for your health in this 100 trillion microbe context? As new research discussed on www.mercola.com suggests, EAT SAUERKRAUT, KIM CHI, NATTO and KEFIR till the cows come home. (Scroll down to the taped interview with Caroline Barringer on the Mercola site. It will make you a believer!) Eat yogurt, too, if you can find a commercial brand that adds the culture AFTER pasteurization so it's ALIVE! Best store-bought yogurt my wife and I have found after years of hunting... SAUGEEN COUNTY YOGURT. It's from grass fed cows, organic milk, beautifully cultured (after pasteurization), inexpensive and contains NOTHING BUT cultured milk free of bovine growth hormones, antibiotics and such.
Don't waste your money on canned sauerkraut. Almost all canned or bottled sauerkrauts on your supermarket shelf have been pasteurized. The high heat destroys most of the health promoting microorganisms and enzymes. Find a grocer or farmer's market source of fresh, unpasteurized sauerkraut. You'll love it and so will your gastro-intestinal tract.
Dr. Mercola says one average helping of sauerkraut contains more viable, active good guy probiotic organisms than an entire bottle of high end probiotic capsules costing many times more money. And, on a personal note, I have to share this. I attended two organic farmers' markets this past summer, one in San Diego and one in Vancouver, B.C. In both instances, I visited many booths, selling everything from gluten-free Amaranth bread to organic kale to wild salmon. What stood out was that the people who looked the healthiest and most vibrant to me in both markets were people selling fermented vegetables -- sauerkraut and all her kin. Not exactly a peer reviewed, double blind study, I know, but then such studies have proven notorious for producing a Pandora's pill box of side effects, y'know what I'm saying. The wordsmith in me loves the irony that we rely upon 'double blindness' to deliver up truth.
These microbes come in both good guy and bad guy varieties as far as our health and well-being are concerned. And here's the part of the deal that's a little hard to take casually. In our own precious bodies, these critters outnumber us ten to one! I know, makes you wanna scratch, doesn't it? We carry an average of 100 trillion of these microbes in our average adult body. Blaylock presents convincing, at times amazing, evidence of the role bad microbes play in everything from diabetes and arthritis to autoimmune diseases and mood disorders.
And if you want food for thought way outside the box, consider this. Blaylock cites a study done with rats. Normally, rats are terrified of cats, but when these rats were infected with the parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, it affected a part of their brain in such a way as to make them, not only unafraid of cats, but, most strangely, attracted to them. This of course, led to their being eaten, which is just what the parasite wanted, because its natural host is the cat. Blaylock notes that people infected with the same parasite, which is fairly common, were found to be involved in car accidents much more often because they were more careless.
"What's bugging you?" takes on a whole new meaning.
This is only one small example of a profound symbiosis/dysbiosis that exists between us mammals and them critters. Much exciting research remains to be done in this area. In fact, a lot has already been done and it is stunning!
Check out science journalist, Ed Yong, on TED.
In the meantime, what's the best thing you can do for your health in this 100 trillion microbe context? As new research discussed on www.mercola.com suggests, EAT SAUERKRAUT, KIM CHI, NATTO and KEFIR till the cows come home. (Scroll down to the taped interview with Caroline Barringer on the Mercola site. It will make you a believer!) Eat yogurt, too, if you can find a commercial brand that adds the culture AFTER pasteurization so it's ALIVE! Best store-bought yogurt my wife and I have found after years of hunting... SAUGEEN COUNTY YOGURT. It's from grass fed cows, organic milk, beautifully cultured (after pasteurization), inexpensive and contains NOTHING BUT cultured milk free of bovine growth hormones, antibiotics and such.
Don't waste your money on canned sauerkraut. Almost all canned or bottled sauerkrauts on your supermarket shelf have been pasteurized. The high heat destroys most of the health promoting microorganisms and enzymes. Find a grocer or farmer's market source of fresh, unpasteurized sauerkraut. You'll love it and so will your gastro-intestinal tract.
Dr. Mercola says one average helping of sauerkraut contains more viable, active good guy probiotic organisms than an entire bottle of high end probiotic capsules costing many times more money. And, on a personal note, I have to share this. I attended two organic farmers' markets this past summer, one in San Diego and one in Vancouver, B.C. In both instances, I visited many booths, selling everything from gluten-free Amaranth bread to organic kale to wild salmon. What stood out was that the people who looked the healthiest and most vibrant to me in both markets were people selling fermented vegetables -- sauerkraut and all her kin. Not exactly a peer reviewed, double blind study, I know, but then such studies have proven notorious for producing a Pandora's pill box of side effects, y'know what I'm saying. The wordsmith in me loves the irony that we rely upon 'double blindness' to deliver up truth.
Outstanding Herbs, Spices & Mushrooms
SMALL FLOWERED WILLOW HERB (Epilobium Parviflorum) A healing plant made famous by the Austrian herbalist, Maria Treben, who used it for all kinds of prostate and bladder issues. There are a few varieties of this herb. Make sure you use the parviflorum one.
"Preliminary (in vitro) studies at the Prostate Center of Vancouver found that very low concentrations of an extract from Small-Flowered Willow Herb tea, in the micrograms per ml level, was among the most active ever seen against abnormal cells and growths of the prostate."
Source: http://www.naturesmethod.com/Learn_About_Your_Health/Small_Flowered_Willow_Herb.php
"Preliminary (in vitro) studies at the Prostate Center of Vancouver found that very low concentrations of an extract from Small-Flowered Willow Herb tea, in the micrograms per ml level, was among the most active ever seen against abnormal cells and growths of the prostate."
Source: http://www.naturesmethod.com/Learn_About_Your_Health/Small_Flowered_Willow_Herb.php
ASHWAGANDHA (Withania somnifera)
A mainstay healing plant in Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years, Ashwandha is an adaptogenic herb that is particularly useful for grounding, strengthening and calming down jitters, anxiety and nervousness in general. Unlike fiery yang herbs like Korean Ginseng or Guarana, the energy Ashwagandha provides is not the amped up, caffeine like energy which can result in irritability and impulsive temperament. As with any herb, it's generally a good idea to start with small amounts, one 500 mg capsule or a quarter teaspoon taken with water and increase if it suits you well.
A mainstay healing plant in Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years, Ashwandha is an adaptogenic herb that is particularly useful for grounding, strengthening and calming down jitters, anxiety and nervousness in general. Unlike fiery yang herbs like Korean Ginseng or Guarana, the energy Ashwagandha provides is not the amped up, caffeine like energy which can result in irritability and impulsive temperament. As with any herb, it's generally a good idea to start with small amounts, one 500 mg capsule or a quarter teaspoon taken with water and increase if it suits you well.
TURMERIC (Curcuma longa)
The familiar spice used in Indian cooking, the harvested root looks like intensely orange ginger.. India has one of the lowest incidences of Alzheimer's in the world, and some researchers attribute this to their regular consumption of Turmeric. Curcumin, the active ingredient in the root is recognized for its remarkable anti-inflammatory properties. Do a search for Turmeric on the www.earthclinic.com site and read the remarkable testimonials of people who have used it against the super bug MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus). Hatha Yogis in India have long used Turmeric in heated milk to lubricate their joints and stave off stiffness.
For a very good article on Turmeric, with some surprising uses, including treatment of lipomas, see: Sweet Turmeric
The familiar spice used in Indian cooking, the harvested root looks like intensely orange ginger.. India has one of the lowest incidences of Alzheimer's in the world, and some researchers attribute this to their regular consumption of Turmeric. Curcumin, the active ingredient in the root is recognized for its remarkable anti-inflammatory properties. Do a search for Turmeric on the www.earthclinic.com site and read the remarkable testimonials of people who have used it against the super bug MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus). Hatha Yogis in India have long used Turmeric in heated milk to lubricate their joints and stave off stiffness.
For a very good article on Turmeric, with some surprising uses, including treatment of lipomas, see: Sweet Turmeric
BURDOCK (Arctium lappa)
The root of this familiar bur producing plant is an excellent blood purifier. You can make a decoction, simmering the cut root for 15-20 minutes or, if you want quick and easy, powdered Burdock in capsules is available. Check out the testimonials on the NOW brand at www.iherb.com. A lot of people have achieved success with various skin conditions. For best results, ingest the herb regularly for as long as it takes to resolve the problem. Burdock is a time honored herb and has been used in Asian and Western herbalism for many centuries. It also contains inulin, a polysaccharide starch that's as yummy as hot buttered popcorn for your intestinal flora. The good guy probiotics in your gut love inulin. Burdock is a principal herb in the renowned Essiac anti-cancer formula. BTW, I have no financial interest in ANY herb or supplement. Just sharing information.
Some sites mention a study indicating toxic reactions to Burdock, but it turns out that the batch of Burdock in question was contaminated with Belladonna (will provide citations if you wish). Burdock has been used for many centuries as a powerful healing herb.
The root of this familiar bur producing plant is an excellent blood purifier. You can make a decoction, simmering the cut root for 15-20 minutes or, if you want quick and easy, powdered Burdock in capsules is available. Check out the testimonials on the NOW brand at www.iherb.com. A lot of people have achieved success with various skin conditions. For best results, ingest the herb regularly for as long as it takes to resolve the problem. Burdock is a time honored herb and has been used in Asian and Western herbalism for many centuries. It also contains inulin, a polysaccharide starch that's as yummy as hot buttered popcorn for your intestinal flora. The good guy probiotics in your gut love inulin. Burdock is a principal herb in the renowned Essiac anti-cancer formula. BTW, I have no financial interest in ANY herb or supplement. Just sharing information.
Some sites mention a study indicating toxic reactions to Burdock, but it turns out that the batch of Burdock in question was contaminated with Belladonna (will provide citations if you wish). Burdock has been used for many centuries as a powerful healing herb.
TURKEY TAIL MUSHROOM (Trametes versicolor)
First, the obvious. NEVER pick or ingest mushrooms on your own unless you really know what you're doing. Turkey Tail mushrooms contain many health benefits, not the least of which are its remarkable immune boosting properties that have been used in the treatment of breast cancer among other diseases. The two links below provide timely, exciting information. Check them out. Be sure to watch the Paul Stamets video to the end when he introduces his 86 year old mother. It is moving to say the least.
NIH Anti-cancer Study
Stamets on Turkey Tail
First, the obvious. NEVER pick or ingest mushrooms on your own unless you really know what you're doing. Turkey Tail mushrooms contain many health benefits, not the least of which are its remarkable immune boosting properties that have been used in the treatment of breast cancer among other diseases. The two links below provide timely, exciting information. Check them out. Be sure to watch the Paul Stamets video to the end when he introduces his 86 year old mother. It is moving to say the least.
NIH Anti-cancer Study
Stamets on Turkey Tail
Kidney or Gall Bladder Stones? Enter the Stone Crusher
CHANCA PIEDRA (Phyllanthus niruri)
As anyone who has ever suffered from kidney stones will tell you, the pain can be excruciating. A common cause can be the buildup of calcium oxalate crystals from eating way too much chocolate, spinach, strawberries and other high oxalic acid foods. Chanca Piedra has a fabulous reputation, especially in Central and South America for its touted ability to dissolve and resolve kidney and gall stones. In fact, it's nickname in these regions is "the stone crusher." It is readily available from many sources online. Just follow the dosage instructions on the bottle and may the force of the stone crusher be with you. For a remarkable first person testimonial of its effectiveness, followed by some very positive responses from readers who have used Chanca Piedra, see:
http://gloriaincostarica.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-End-Kidney-Stones-Naturally-Chanca-Piedras
As anyone who has ever suffered from kidney stones will tell you, the pain can be excruciating. A common cause can be the buildup of calcium oxalate crystals from eating way too much chocolate, spinach, strawberries and other high oxalic acid foods. Chanca Piedra has a fabulous reputation, especially in Central and South America for its touted ability to dissolve and resolve kidney and gall stones. In fact, it's nickname in these regions is "the stone crusher." It is readily available from many sources online. Just follow the dosage instructions on the bottle and may the force of the stone crusher be with you. For a remarkable first person testimonial of its effectiveness, followed by some very positive responses from readers who have used Chanca Piedra, see:
http://gloriaincostarica.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-End-Kidney-Stones-Naturally-Chanca-Piedras
If Life Hands You Lemons, Make This...
How’d you like to start the day with a simple, easy to make drink that is so good for you it could make your day a whole lot better? All you need to make it is a blender.
First, take one lemon, preferably organic because you’re going to use the whole thing. That’s right, skin and all. Wash the lemon, cut off the gnarly parts at the ends and any skin blemishes, then quarter it and toss it in the blender
Add a cup and a half of water (filtered water, not out of the tap unless that’s all that's available). And finally, add two tablespoons of olive oil. Cold pressed Extra Virgin is the best. If you want the drink to taste a little sweeter you can add some fruit – best would be non-GMO pineapple slices. Blend at high speed for one to two minutes, then strain and drink. You can drink it unstrained to save time if you want to reap the benefits of the valuable bioflavonoids in the white lemon pith.
Okay, what’s so all fired healthy about this simple drink? Well, here’s a hint. Persons with AIDS have reported to health researcher Mark Konlee (see many references on Mark's page) that including this simple drink in their health regimen has assisted them in gaining weight, increasing helper cell counts, increasing energy, on and on. Consider adding this drink to your health regimen. To my taste buds, drinking the whole thing, blended complete lemon and all, tastes much better than a lemon drink made by squeezing the juice only into water.
First, take one lemon, preferably organic because you’re going to use the whole thing. That’s right, skin and all. Wash the lemon, cut off the gnarly parts at the ends and any skin blemishes, then quarter it and toss it in the blender
Add a cup and a half of water (filtered water, not out of the tap unless that’s all that's available). And finally, add two tablespoons of olive oil. Cold pressed Extra Virgin is the best. If you want the drink to taste a little sweeter you can add some fruit – best would be non-GMO pineapple slices. Blend at high speed for one to two minutes, then strain and drink. You can drink it unstrained to save time if you want to reap the benefits of the valuable bioflavonoids in the white lemon pith.
Okay, what’s so all fired healthy about this simple drink? Well, here’s a hint. Persons with AIDS have reported to health researcher Mark Konlee (see many references on Mark's page) that including this simple drink in their health regimen has assisted them in gaining weight, increasing helper cell counts, increasing energy, on and on. Consider adding this drink to your health regimen. To my taste buds, drinking the whole thing, blended complete lemon and all, tastes much better than a lemon drink made by squeezing the juice only into water.
Can we eat to starve cancer?
looking without is good, looking within is better
Once Upon A Time...
Thousands who converted to vegetarianism for health, environmental and ethical reasons were lead to believe, by a ton of health literature, that soy was their protein salvation. Google: soy phytoestrogens problems, not to mention Soy GMO.
Followers of a famous, deceased Tibetan Rinpoche finally got to meet the young man who was touted as his reincarnation. The young man basically told everyone he thought the Tibetan rituals were a bunch of superstitious gobbledy-gook and he just wanted to be everyone's' friend.
Marxist Communism sounds great on paper. Nothing even remotely close to it has ever been practiced by any nation on earth.
Virtually every pharmaceutical product advertisement on commercial television lists far more potential, dangerous side effects than benefits for the advertised drug.
You're so committed to health excellence that you take up marathoning, only to read new findings that serious long distance running poses a high risk of harming the right side valves in the heart.
An attractive young couple co-author a best selling diet book which proclaims in the most enthusiastic terms that a mostly raw vegan diet of fresh organic fruits and vegetables is the ONLY way to be truly healthy. A few years later, without even blushing, they publish another book proclaiming that ya gotta have meat to be healthy.
You commit to a meditation path, led by an enlightened master who becomes involved in sex scandals with half a dozen female students.
Millions of bottles of synthetic vitamin C are sold every year. No one ever shows you the stark photographic differences between a molecule of synthetic C and one of organic C.
This list so barely scratches the surface in terms of frustrations, setbacks, challenges and disappointments which beset us all, that one cannot help but conclude...
"The universe is not here to satisfy your desires. It is here to wake you up."
- Eckhart Tolle
If Tolle is correct, what are we to infer about embodiment in a space-time continuum if awakening and the satisfaction of desires are not compatible therein?
On the other hand, perhaps, as Ken Wilber and Andrew Cohen argue, we are in an evolutionary adventure here, one in which we progressively get better and better, not only at transcending the limitations of our old world views, but also, at deciphering the actual laws that govern this majestic unfolding universe and we learn how to cooperate with them -- a far better course than the one trumpeted by our ancestors who insisted on "conquering nature."
The Long & Winding DNA Road
Take the Ginkgo Biloba tree and the herb, Horsetail. These are two of the oldest plants on our planet, said by science to have been around as far back as the dinosaur days.
Aspartame and GMO foods have been around for about 0.00000001% of that time.
Which of those two sets of edibles would you say your human DNA is better suited to handle?
There's this long, slow winding trail that begins with the Big Bang. The life forms that travel this trail adapt, change and evolve over vast eons of time. Then we get to our little eye-blink of post-modern, technological time where we introduce into organisms, which are the crowning glory of 14 billion years of evolution, a relentless cascade of synthesized chemicals --preservatives, additives, colorants, pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, artificial flavors, flavor enhancers, excito-toxins, neuro-toxins, coagulants, surfactants, stabilizers on and on. And we haven't even mentioned pharmaceutical drugs, illicit drugs and cosmetics, the latter of which we 'ingest' through our skin.
If you think the above list is alarmist or an exaggeration, please take a look at:
http://www.yourtruhealth.com/page/1/default.asp
Check out the A-Z listing of the additives that have entered our food chain. Many are natural, or derived from natural sources, but hundreds are synthesized compounds and/or chemicals which have been demonstrated to be harmful. Two notorious examples are Mercury and Fluoride. Evidence of their harmfulness is so ubiquitous that a simple Google search on either one will make you wish you had never listened to dentists, whose suicide rate is twice that of the general population (Google stats readily available).
Which of those two sets of edibles would you say your human DNA is better suited to handle?
There's this long, slow winding trail that begins with the Big Bang. The life forms that travel this trail adapt, change and evolve over vast eons of time. Then we get to our little eye-blink of post-modern, technological time where we introduce into organisms, which are the crowning glory of 14 billion years of evolution, a relentless cascade of synthesized chemicals --preservatives, additives, colorants, pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, artificial flavors, flavor enhancers, excito-toxins, neuro-toxins, coagulants, surfactants, stabilizers on and on. And we haven't even mentioned pharmaceutical drugs, illicit drugs and cosmetics, the latter of which we 'ingest' through our skin.
If you think the above list is alarmist or an exaggeration, please take a look at:
http://www.yourtruhealth.com/page/1/default.asp
Check out the A-Z listing of the additives that have entered our food chain. Many are natural, or derived from natural sources, but hundreds are synthesized compounds and/or chemicals which have been demonstrated to be harmful. Two notorious examples are Mercury and Fluoride. Evidence of their harmfulness is so ubiquitous that a simple Google search on either one will make you wish you had never listened to dentists, whose suicide rate is twice that of the general population (Google stats readily available).
Black, Green and White -- all the same with a difference
Green tea's beneficial effects are due chiefly to catechins. One of them, epigallocatechin gallate, is an antioxidant about 25-100 times more potent than vitamins C and E. The high antioxidant activity of green tea protects the body from oxidative damage due to free radicals. Research also shows that green tea may help clean up your cardio-vascular terrain by reducing lipids, i.e., fats that can plug up the arteries.
As if that weren't enough to make green tea part of your daily ritual, further research has demonstrated that the tea can protect against experimentally induced DNA damage, and slow or halt the initiation and progression of undesirable cell colonies. Some studies have shown evidence that green tea provides immuno-protective qualities for people undergoing radiation or chemotherapy.
A study cited in Science Daily...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071113163016.htm
... found that complementing green tea with either citrus juices or vitamin C likely increases the amount of health promoting catechins available for the body to absorb. Citrus juice increased recovered catechin levels by more than five times, the study found. Lemon juice in the tea caused 80 percent of tea's catechins to remain viable. Following lemon, in terms of stabilizing power, were orange, lime and grapefruit juices. It appears that vitamin C and citrus juices interact with catechins to prevent their degradation in the intestines and thus help them to deliver their health benefits to the body.
Staving off Alzheimer's ?
A recent study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition employed MRI technology to assess effects EGCG from Green Tea might have on the human brain. In participants who ingested green tea extract, compared to a placebo group, researchers observed increased activity in the dorsolateral prefontal cortex, an area of the brain responsible for processing working memory. They also noted a dose-response, meaning there was an even greater increase in brain activity at the higher dosage of green tea, which backs up the cause and effect relationship. For more detailed info. on green tea's brain protective effects, see: Clean Green
As if that weren't enough to make green tea part of your daily ritual, further research has demonstrated that the tea can protect against experimentally induced DNA damage, and slow or halt the initiation and progression of undesirable cell colonies. Some studies have shown evidence that green tea provides immuno-protective qualities for people undergoing radiation or chemotherapy.
A study cited in Science Daily...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071113163016.htm
... found that complementing green tea with either citrus juices or vitamin C likely increases the amount of health promoting catechins available for the body to absorb. Citrus juice increased recovered catechin levels by more than five times, the study found. Lemon juice in the tea caused 80 percent of tea's catechins to remain viable. Following lemon, in terms of stabilizing power, were orange, lime and grapefruit juices. It appears that vitamin C and citrus juices interact with catechins to prevent their degradation in the intestines and thus help them to deliver their health benefits to the body.
Staving off Alzheimer's ?
A recent study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition employed MRI technology to assess effects EGCG from Green Tea might have on the human brain. In participants who ingested green tea extract, compared to a placebo group, researchers observed increased activity in the dorsolateral prefontal cortex, an area of the brain responsible for processing working memory. They also noted a dose-response, meaning there was an even greater increase in brain activity at the higher dosage of green tea, which backs up the cause and effect relationship. For more detailed info. on green tea's brain protective effects, see: Clean Green
And if you really want to suss out the benefits of green tea, try it in its concentrated form known in Japan as Matcha.
One standard strength cup of Matcha delivers around the same potency of benefits as ten cups of regular green tea.
A little Googling reveals that green tea from Japan is generally produced according to higher standards of purity and organic integrity than is green tea produced in China.
It turns out that green tea, white tea, oolong, pu-erh tea and black tea are all produced from the same plant, Camellia sinensis. White tea is the least processed, the least denatured of the bunch and is the highest in health promoting antioxidants. How come no one ever told us this?
Finally, for caffeine sensitive persons, decaffeinated green tea products are now widely available.
What is your Ikigai?
Many studies of centenarian have been done over the years. What are the secrets to living to a hundred plus years? To what extent is longevity determined by genes and to what extent by diet and lifestyle? Turns out that lifestyle predominates, and it includes many factors:
. a plant based diet full of colorful vegetables and fruits.
. eating smaller amounts at each meal; stop eating when feeling almost full, not stuffed.
. regular low intensity exercise. Many high centenarian populations live in hilly regions (Sardinia, Greece, Georgian District of Russia) and they walk a lot daily.
. cheese and butter made from grass fed animals, which turns out to be more nutritious than the same products from grain fed... for a full rundown, see:
grass fed rules!
. Long lived Seventh Day Adventist group in the USA eats a diet high in green plants, legumes, seeds. They have a strong, faith based community and focus on nature walks, spirit and peace.
. Long lived Japanese on the island of Okinawa eat a diet that consists principally of vegetables and fish. They drink Turmeric and Sanpin teas. Turmeric is a fabulous anti-inflammatory and Sanpin is high in the same antioxidants (epigalocatechins) as green tea. The people exercise daily, have a strong sense of community and practice a principle they call 'ikigai', which means ' a life purpose.' Having a good reason to get out of bed every morning - a calling, a passion - is considered very conducive to the achievement of a long and healthy life.
. a plant based diet full of colorful vegetables and fruits.
. eating smaller amounts at each meal; stop eating when feeling almost full, not stuffed.
. regular low intensity exercise. Many high centenarian populations live in hilly regions (Sardinia, Greece, Georgian District of Russia) and they walk a lot daily.
. cheese and butter made from grass fed animals, which turns out to be more nutritious than the same products from grain fed... for a full rundown, see:
grass fed rules!
. Long lived Seventh Day Adventist group in the USA eats a diet high in green plants, legumes, seeds. They have a strong, faith based community and focus on nature walks, spirit and peace.
. Long lived Japanese on the island of Okinawa eat a diet that consists principally of vegetables and fish. They drink Turmeric and Sanpin teas. Turmeric is a fabulous anti-inflammatory and Sanpin is high in the same antioxidants (epigalocatechins) as green tea. The people exercise daily, have a strong sense of community and practice a principle they call 'ikigai', which means ' a life purpose.' Having a good reason to get out of bed every morning - a calling, a passion - is considered very conducive to the achievement of a long and healthy life.
Meanwhile, back at 'Food Mismanagement in the Bizarro World'...
Appreciation (when it's genuine) & Psychoneuroimmunological Healing
Flow appreciation to what arises as your experience in each moment. What Is, is awesome. If there is a God, all we can ever know of Her is What Is. If Freedom, Liberation, Transcendence have real meaning, we will never find them anywhere other than here and now. Most of us miss the great opportunity that is always HERE because we resist What Is in a thousand ways. It's not good enough. I want something better. I'm using the present moment as a stepping stone to a better job, better health, better sex. Heck, I'd settle for something decent to watch on Netflix. I'm running from my past and grasping at my future, lost in my mind's oppositional tug-of-wars: certain about this and that, fearful and insecure about that and this. The profound presence of Being, meanwhile, though always right here, does not register. I never 'get it', too busy fabricating a problematical zero sum hunt for a personalized something else.
Simple appreciation can prove such a healing balm, if repeatedly evoked over time, that you may find yourself, in the words of a C.S. Lewis book title, 'Surprised By Joy.' The great thing is, you don't have to go out of your way at all to practice this appreciation. You can even do it in bed! Try appreciating your bed before you fall asleep in it. Flow appreciative feelings and words to your mattress, your pillow, your blanket, your gravity bonded body and mean it:
- Thank you, mattress, for supporting this body; blankets for keeping me warm. I really appreciate you.
- Thank you, my blessed heart, so faithfully keeping everything going and flowing and alive. I am yours and you are mine. We are one in Love Divine.
- Thank you, sea of air in which I breathe and live. Precious lungs, I bathe you in healing white light.
To some of you, these suggestions may sound too sappy. By all means, choose your own words of appreciation and really mean them. As attested to by neuroscientists like Candace Pert Ph.D., author of 'Molecules of Emotion' and Bruce Lipton Ph.D., 'The Biology of Belief', it doesn't matter one little bit that you are flowing appreciation to inanimate objects (actually, it does, but that's a deeper subject). What matters is the endorphin (and other neuropeptides) producing flow of appreciative feelings that unquestionably affect the vitality of your living cells.
Engage in a little daily appreciation practice and see what starts to happen over time. Regular and sincere practice will greatly expand and improve your capacity for appreciation. Things, persons and circumstances you never noticed before, ignored or took for granted may start to feel like grace - not the kind you have to pray for, but, rather, the kind that spontaneously happens and makes you glad to be alive. Unwatched for healing is not uncommonly a by-product of cultivating caring, appreciative feeling states. The quality of our relationship with self, others and with the commonplace, every day things around us matters greatly.
NOTE: In Traditional Chinese Medicine, white light is designated as the healing color of choice for the lungs. Following the Five Element (five organ) Theory of TCM, you might experiment, as you express appreciation to each vital organ, mentally bathing each one in its particular healing color, i.e.
Lungs (imagine white font here) (White
Heart Red
Liver Green
Spleen Yellow
Kidneys Blue
It is especially rewarding to 'make friends' with your heart. Years ago, I endured a cardiac arrhythmia that went on for months. I saw doctors. Medicines were prescribed. I still had the arrythmia. Then one night, I did a simple heart exercise that I learned from the Heart Math Institute. I lay in bed, basically addressing my heart, sending it feelings of appreciation, becoming more intimately aware of it, then listening and feeling for whatever it was that my heart was 'telling' me. I feel, in my case, that my heart was so grateful that I was paying any attention to it at all (I tend to live in my head, as you may have noticed) that I experienced sensations of warm euphoria in my chest. The next morning I woke up without arrhythmia and it has not returned. That was 19 years ago. Of course, I am not suggesting that you substitute this exercise for attention from a qualified health care professional, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to flow appreciation to your heart as a healing adjunct.
If you're still trying to figure out the difference between 'peer reviewed' and 'big pharma funded', you may want to check out this compilation of traditional medicine modalties. (PS - allopathic medicine is not traditional)
Reports from many sources. It will be readily apparent which words to Google if you want to do followup research. Also, in almost all instances below, urls are provided for the sources of the information entered here. This is for information purposes only and is in no way intended to substitute for the services of a professional health care provider.
Researchers from University of Florida measured the phytochemical content of 8 tropical fruits (it is Florida after all), and MANGO won First Place. One of the most unique and most powerful was LUPEOL which is also found in vegetables such as white cabbage, black pepper, show that Lupeol can block the mutation of DNA, one of the main reasons for tumor formation:
“Lupeol and Cancer: Recent studies have shown that diets rich in phytochemicals can significantly reduce cancer risk by as much as 20%.
Epidemiological data suggest that the phytosterols content of the diet is associated with a reduction in common cancers including cancers of the colon, breast, and prostate.
Data emanating from molecular studies with various tumorigenic models suggest that phytosterols modulate host systems potentially enabling more robust antitumor responses such as enhancing immune recognition of tumor cells, altering hormone-dependent growth of endocrine tumors and modulating sterol biosynthesis [32 and references therein]. Reports suggest that the decreased risk for various cancers associated with high olive oil consumption may be associated with its rich triterpene content. ” – Lupeol, A Novel Anti-inflammatory and Anti-cancer Dietary Triterpene by Mohammad Saleem (School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
These compounds in Paw Paw (Annonaceous Acetogenins) can modulate the production of ATP** in mitochondria of cancer cells. Therefore, essentially, they elicit an effect similar to that of DCA.
Energy production in cells is related to electric membrane potential of cells. By reducing this voltage level from 70 to 110 mv to something in the 50 mv region, normal cells can still function. However, cancer and viral cells cannot process energy at this low voltage level and start to starve.
From <http://www.cancerevolution.info/cancer-therapies/dca-therapy/78-graviola-paw-paw-and-acetogenenins-containing-plants.html>
Anecdotal evidence testimonial
"My wife was diagnosed with Stage IV NSCLC in December of 2012. She has had standard chemotherapy and radiation. She also takes paw paw and is doing remarkably well on it. I'm surprised that more cancer survivors aren't aware of this phenomenal treatment. The reason most cancers return is because cells become "MDR" -- multiple drug resistant. Paw paw is the ONLY treatment, as far as I have learned, that kills these cells. It is not a poison, like chemo. It attacks the mitochondria-- the mechanisms in cells that provide their energy to survive. Her oncologist has been pretty much amazed. This extract from the paw paw tree works alone or alongside chemotherapy. It has been known to work on all types of cancer. It's not a vitamiin supplement, but a cancer-killing (cytotoxic) substance, with virtually no side effects. There have been clinical trials and over 30 years of study--it's not some crackpot cure. It's not expensive, maybe $40-50 per month. I would urge anyone with cancer to investigate. There is a lot of information on the Internet, notably at http://www.pawpawresearch.com .
From <https://www.inspire.com/groups/american-lung-association-lung-cancer-survivors/discussion/paw-paw-has-had-remarkable-success/> "
The only paw paw product that is reliable, in standardized strength and dosage, is Paw Paw Cell Reg by Nature's Sunshine. This is available on Amazon from various sellers.
It is also recommended that when taking paw paw, you take an enzyme such as Protease Plus or enteric coated pancreatin. This is taken in order to break down the outer "shell" of the cancer cells, allowing the paw paw to work more effectively. Paw paw is taken with food. However, the enzyme must be taken on an empty stomach. If taken on a full stomach, it will simply start digesting the food, instead of getting to the cells.
From <https://www.inspire.com/groups/american-lung-association-lung-cancer-survivors/discussion/paw-paw-has-had-remarkable-success/>
Cancer and Abscisic Acid
Based on her research, Dr. Livingston-Wheeler determined that abscisic acid neutralizes the effect of chorionic gonadotropin, the hormone that protects the fetus from being rejected, and she classed it as her prime supplement in treating cancer. Livingston-Wheeler discovered that cancer cells (or the microbes associated with them) produce a substance very similar to chorionic gonadotropin. Abscisic acid is a close relative of Vitamin A. In her book, The Conquest of Cancer; Livingston-Wheeler describes how you can make abscisic acid.
"Add one teaspoon of raw liver powder to an 8 oz glass of carrot juice (must be organic). Stir and let stand for fifteen to twenty minutes and then drink it.
"The enzymes in the liver powder convert some of the Vitamin A in the carrot juice into abscisic acid."
Abscisic Acid (ABA)
ABA reverses the effect of growth-stimulating hormones (auxin, gibberellins, cytokinin) in several tissues. The synthesis of hydroxylases within germinating wheat seeds, for example, does not take place after the application of ABA.
Cited from <http://www.encognitive.com/node/17960>
Abscisic acid is a plant hormone and an analog of retinoic acid! The latter, a form of vitamin A has been suggested for cancer treatment, including squamous cell carcinomas.
Researchers from University of Florida measured the phytochemical content of 8 tropical fruits (it is Florida after all), and MANGO won First Place. One of the most unique and most powerful was LUPEOL which is also found in vegetables such as white cabbage, black pepper, show that Lupeol can block the mutation of DNA, one of the main reasons for tumor formation:
“Lupeol and Cancer: Recent studies have shown that diets rich in phytochemicals can significantly reduce cancer risk by as much as 20%.
Epidemiological data suggest that the phytosterols content of the diet is associated with a reduction in common cancers including cancers of the colon, breast, and prostate.
Data emanating from molecular studies with various tumorigenic models suggest that phytosterols modulate host systems potentially enabling more robust antitumor responses such as enhancing immune recognition of tumor cells, altering hormone-dependent growth of endocrine tumors and modulating sterol biosynthesis [32 and references therein]. Reports suggest that the decreased risk for various cancers associated with high olive oil consumption may be associated with its rich triterpene content. ” – Lupeol, A Novel Anti-inflammatory and Anti-cancer Dietary Triterpene by Mohammad Saleem (School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
These compounds in Paw Paw (Annonaceous Acetogenins) can modulate the production of ATP** in mitochondria of cancer cells. Therefore, essentially, they elicit an effect similar to that of DCA.
Energy production in cells is related to electric membrane potential of cells. By reducing this voltage level from 70 to 110 mv to something in the 50 mv region, normal cells can still function. However, cancer and viral cells cannot process energy at this low voltage level and start to starve.
From <http://www.cancerevolution.info/cancer-therapies/dca-therapy/78-graviola-paw-paw-and-acetogenenins-containing-plants.html>
Anecdotal evidence testimonial
"My wife was diagnosed with Stage IV NSCLC in December of 2012. She has had standard chemotherapy and radiation. She also takes paw paw and is doing remarkably well on it. I'm surprised that more cancer survivors aren't aware of this phenomenal treatment. The reason most cancers return is because cells become "MDR" -- multiple drug resistant. Paw paw is the ONLY treatment, as far as I have learned, that kills these cells. It is not a poison, like chemo. It attacks the mitochondria-- the mechanisms in cells that provide their energy to survive. Her oncologist has been pretty much amazed. This extract from the paw paw tree works alone or alongside chemotherapy. It has been known to work on all types of cancer. It's not a vitamiin supplement, but a cancer-killing (cytotoxic) substance, with virtually no side effects. There have been clinical trials and over 30 years of study--it's not some crackpot cure. It's not expensive, maybe $40-50 per month. I would urge anyone with cancer to investigate. There is a lot of information on the Internet, notably at http://www.pawpawresearch.com .
From <https://www.inspire.com/groups/american-lung-association-lung-cancer-survivors/discussion/paw-paw-has-had-remarkable-success/> "
The only paw paw product that is reliable, in standardized strength and dosage, is Paw Paw Cell Reg by Nature's Sunshine. This is available on Amazon from various sellers.
It is also recommended that when taking paw paw, you take an enzyme such as Protease Plus or enteric coated pancreatin. This is taken in order to break down the outer "shell" of the cancer cells, allowing the paw paw to work more effectively. Paw paw is taken with food. However, the enzyme must be taken on an empty stomach. If taken on a full stomach, it will simply start digesting the food, instead of getting to the cells.
From <https://www.inspire.com/groups/american-lung-association-lung-cancer-survivors/discussion/paw-paw-has-had-remarkable-success/>
Cancer and Abscisic Acid
Based on her research, Dr. Livingston-Wheeler determined that abscisic acid neutralizes the effect of chorionic gonadotropin, the hormone that protects the fetus from being rejected, and she classed it as her prime supplement in treating cancer. Livingston-Wheeler discovered that cancer cells (or the microbes associated with them) produce a substance very similar to chorionic gonadotropin. Abscisic acid is a close relative of Vitamin A. In her book, The Conquest of Cancer; Livingston-Wheeler describes how you can make abscisic acid.
"Add one teaspoon of raw liver powder to an 8 oz glass of carrot juice (must be organic). Stir and let stand for fifteen to twenty minutes and then drink it.
"The enzymes in the liver powder convert some of the Vitamin A in the carrot juice into abscisic acid."
Abscisic Acid (ABA)
ABA reverses the effect of growth-stimulating hormones (auxin, gibberellins, cytokinin) in several tissues. The synthesis of hydroxylases within germinating wheat seeds, for example, does not take place after the application of ABA.
Cited from <http://www.encognitive.com/node/17960>
Abscisic acid is a plant hormone and an analog of retinoic acid! The latter, a form of vitamin A has been suggested for cancer treatment, including squamous cell carcinomas.
A sobering reminder
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Re: all the raging arguments daily waged on the web about what really causes the 10,000 ailments to which flesh is heir. Check out this data from the World Conservation Press... an estimated 14 million species still unidentified. Would sure be interesting to know what percentage of that huge number are pathogenic bacteria and fungi. Then, consider US Dept of Agriculture claim that there are an estimated 20,000 - 30,000 therapeutic phytochemicals in fruits and vegetables -- and the number of those that have been scientifically studied so far is somewhere between 200 - 300. It's amazing how we carry on like we know all about what causes this and what cures that.
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