Coconut Oil and Alzheimer’s
Coconut oil is a healthy fat that should be a regular part of your diet. It’s heat stable and is a good cooking oil. You can mix it in smoothies or other foods. It’s also great for your skin.
Urgent Action Needed Regarding CARRAGEENAN!
Carrageenan is currently allowed in USDA certified organic foods.
Degraded Carrageenan is a possible carcinogen, as determined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and should NOT be allowed in certified organic foods.
Although food grade carrageenan is claimed to contain only the native, non-degraded carrageenan, research has proven otherwise. “A 2005 study showed that not a single sample of food-grade carrageenan could confidently claim to be entirely free of the potential cancer-causing material.”
Carrageenan’s status as an allowable ingredient in organic foods will be voted upon by the USDA National Organic Standards Board in May.
Please send your comments to the USDA, by May 3, to remove carrageenan as an allowable ingredient in organic foods.
The safety of organic foods is at stake here!
Common Food Enzyme Kills Cancer Cells
You won’t read this in the mainstream news, but there are many natural substances that kill cancer cells.
Alternative treatments have been around for a long time, but they’re not widely published. If you want to know about them, you have to look for them. If you’re skeptical, it’s understandable because western medicine tells you they don’t work.
The truth of the matter is that a healthy body doesn’t get cancer. If your immune system is strong and all the systems in your body are in balance and functioning properly, you will be healthy.
If you’re not healthy, and you restore your body’s normal balance and strengthen your immune system, you will regain your health.
If you understand these facts, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that you can restore your health by eating healthy foods. That includes foods that contain cancer-fighting properties.
So, what about this food enzyme that kills cancer cells? The enzyme is bromelain, from pineapple. Read the article to learn more.
Bur what if … pineapple is a food that you’re sensitive to? Would you want to be eating a food or taking an enzyme from a food that causes an inflammatory response in your body when you’re trying to restore your health? But pineapple seems like such a healthy food and it promotes healthy digestion. Could it be possible that an individual could really be sensitive to pineapple? The answer is YES. In fact, pineapple is one of my food sensitivities.
The first thing to remember is that in order to be healthy, you must be feeding your body healthfully. This includes food, products you use on your skin that are absorbed into your bloodstream, products you use around your house and yard that you inhale or get on your skin.
So, what do you do when you want the benefits of a healthy food or superfood but you’re intolerant to it? You choose healthy foods and superfoods that are healthy and safe foods for you. How do you know what to choose? You get tested.
Fill in the form at the top right of this page to request your FREE Consultation to find our more.
Please note… This is not medical advice. You should seek out the services of an appropriate health care provider to assist you with your health issues.
A Startling Fact About Your Health
I have some exciting news to share with you. This may totally transform your health. But first, let me ask you a few questions …
- Do you look and feel as well as you’d like?
- Are you full of energy and feeling vibrantly alive every day?
- How’s your weight? Is it in the ideal range for your height and bone structure?
- Have you been free of prescription drugs and OTC medications for five years or longer?
If you answered a resounding “Yes” to each of these questions, you don’t need to read the rest of this article. Just forward it on to someone you know who would like to look or feel better.
But if you answered “No” to just one of the above questions, read on. This could be the key to turn your health around. It may even save your life.
Let’s get down to business here and talk about “health facts.”
Everyone needs to eat. Food and water are two of the most basic essentials you need to live and have a healthy body. You know the importance of healthy eating, even if you’re not eating as healthfully as you should. But do you know that some healthy foods, even so-called super foods may be unhealthy for you?
That’s right. Just because a food is generally healthy and rich in health-giving nutrients, does not mean it’s healthy for you! You’ve heard the expression “One man’s meat is another man’s poison.” Have you ever really thought about it? This is what’s called biochemical individuality. You are unique, and so are your needs for the food you eat.
If you’re not feeling optimally healthy every day, you may be eating foods that are unhealthy for you. Even if you’re eating only healthy foods, you may be eating what I call “unhealthy-healthy foods.” And everyone’s “unhealthy-healthy foods” are unique to them. For example, some of my “unhealthy-healthy foods” are salmon, grapefruit and red leaf lettuce.
So, here’s the big question… Are your foods making you sick?
If you suffer from any of these or other ailments, the answer might just be “Yes!”
• Acne
• Anxiety
• Asthma
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBS)
• Depression
• Digestive Disorders
• Migraine or Tension Headaches
• Obesity
• Chronic Fatigue
• ADD / ADHD
• Aching Joints
• Skin Disorders
• Arthritis
All these conditions and more can result from hidden food allergies, also known as food sensitivities or food intolerance.
Now, food sensitivities are different from food allergies.
When you have food allergies, you have an immediate response when you eat the offending food. You know for certain that the symptoms you’re feeling are the result of the specific food you ate. True food allergies are rare. A very small percentage of the population has real food allergies.
When you have food sensitivities, your response is delayed for 72 hours or longer. By the time you’re feeling bad, the food that caused your symptoms was eaten long ago and you can’t make a connection between the specific food you ate and the reaction you’re experiencing. Food sensitivities are relatively common, though most people don’t know they have them.
How do you find out if you have food sensitivities?
“The ALCAT Test is the most effective and comprehensive sensitivity/intolerance test available… It is the only test shown to correlate with clinical symptoms by double blind oral challenges, the gold standard.”
Also … an unexpected benefit of eliminating food you’re intolerant to, in many cases, is permanent weight loss … for those who need to lose weight.
Fill in the form at the top right of this page to request your FREE Consultation, to learn more or to see if food sensitivities may be causing your health challenges.
Pamper Yourself This Sunday
Come to the Earth Day … Spa Day at the Center for Spiritual Living – Vista.
Sample different modalities for restoration and relaxation.
It will do your body good!
Bring a friend or give as a gift.
Starts at 1:00 p.m.
560 S. Melrose, Vista, CA 92081
Call 760.504.5880 for reservations and more info.
Hope to see you there!
Not All Superfoods Are For Everyone
Superfoods are foods that are nutrient dense …
- high in nutritional value
- excellent sources of antioxidants
- rich in essential nutrients
They are foods that are proclaimed to provide superior nourishment for your body.
For example …
There are green superfoods like
- green leafy vegetables
- chlorella
- spirulina
- wheat grass
- barley grass
Fruit and nut superfoods include
- goji berries
- acai
- coconut
- noni
- raw cacao
There are also seaweed, bee product and herb superfoods.
There are so many to choose from. How do you know which ones are right for you? How do you know which ones match your nutritional needs?
If you choose the right ones for you, the benefits can be amazing. However, if you pick those that are not a good match for your needs, it could have a negative effect on your health.
Have you ever read about a superfood that was supposed to make you feel better, more energetic and do amazing things to improve your health? And then you tried it and found yourself disappointed by the results or lack of results?
In fact, you may find with some of these nutritionally power-packed foods, they actually cause you to have symptoms… to feel worse.
Just like any other food or nutritional supplement, not every superfood is going to be healthy for you. Because you are a unique individual with a one-of-a-kind biochemistry, the nutritional makeup of certain superfoods may not be a match for what your body needs.
So, how do you know?
There’s only one way to know for sure … Get tested!
But is it really worth the expense to be tested to see which foods and superfoods your body is sensitive or intolerant to?
Let’s take a look at what happens inside your body when you consume anything you’re sensitive or intolerant to…
A food sensitivity is caused because you body does not have the proper enzymes to break down and digest certain food items. This can occur even if you are taking digestive enzymes. These larger particles are passed into your bloodstream as partially digested food. But your immune system does not recognize them as food. Instead it treats them as foreign invaders, like bacteria and viruses, and attacks them causing an inflammatory response.
Over time this immune system attack causes symptoms. They can be almost any adverse effects on your health. Common effects of food sensitivities include …
- migraine headaches
- digestive disturbances
- IBS
- inability to lose weight and keep it off
- chronic fatigue
- depression
- eczema
- sinus problems
- asthma
- hay fever
- autism
- arthritis
- bedwetting
- panic attacks
- and more
For a more in depth explanation of how food sensitivities affect your body and your health, read Your Hidden Food Allergies are Making You Fat. This book is not just about your weight. It’s about food sensitivity in general and how it may damage your health if you continue to eat foods you’re intolerant to.
Is your health less than optimal? Do you have nagging health issues that just won’t go away? If you have food intolerance and you keep eating the foods you’re sensitive to, you will never improve your health and it will continue to decline … until it becomes a serious problem.
What can you do?
Fill in the form on the top right side of this page and request a Free Consultation to see if food sensitivities are keeping you from feeling your best.
Earth Day … Spa Day
Special Event for Earth Day … Spa Day
Sample different modalities for restoration and relaxation.
This event will do your body good!
Sunday April 22, 2011, starting at 1:00 p.m.
Center for Spiritual Living – Vista
560 S. Melrose, Vista, CA 92081
Call 760.504.5880 for reservations and more info.
“Let Thy Food Be Thy Medicine …”
“Let they food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food” is ancient wisdom that we seem to have forgotten in these modern, high tech times.
In spite of the fact that technology has advanced so phenomenally over the last 100 years, “the human genome is 99.98% the same as it was 40,000 years ago.” This means that we virtually have the same biochemical makeup as the people living in the Stone Age. So, the food our body is designed to eat is basically the same type eaten in ancient times.
What we are feeding our bodies is so far removed from what we were designed to eat that we are suffering for it.
Most of the food on the market is NOT real food. It’s processed chemicals, void of nutrients, that does not provide what we need to sustain health. The result … we in the U.S. are one of the sickest nations in the western world, in spite of supposedly having the best health care system in the world.
We live in a society that expects “a pill for every ill” rather than looking to find the cause of the ailment.
When you drive your car, you put gas in your gas tank. Otherwise, your car wouldn’t run. You take your car in for routine service and maintenance to keep it running and make it last longer.
Your body is just like your car. It needs the proper fuel and maintenance. When it doesn’t get it, it starts to break down and malfunction. You might first start feeling a little tired and low energy. Then it progresses and the symptoms increase and eventually you get sick.
The big difference between your body and your car is that when your car breaks down beyond repair, you can get a new car. But … you can’t get a new body!
It’s a sad state of affairs that we treat our cars better than we treat our bodies.
We eat nutrient deficient, chemically altered food and we wonder why we’re sick.
The best way to be healthy, or to regain your health if you have started losing it, is to give your body the fuel that it needs … the nourishment it was designed to function efficiently on.
Just like some cars require different types of fuel to run efficiently, your body may require different foods. If you have food sensitivities, your body may not tolerate all the healthy foods available on the market. If you want to be healthy you need to eliminate those intolerant foods and eat the healthy foods your body needs.
So, how do you know if some otherwise healthy foods are unhealthy for you?
If you’re feeling less than vibrantly alive and healthy, something’s amiss.
The best way to find out is to get tested.
Fill in the form on the right side of this page to request a FREE Consultation to find out how you can improve your health.
Hospitals … The Worst Place To Be If You’re Sick
Here are a few statistics taken from an article in the March 2012 AARP Bulletin
- U.S. surgeons operate on the wrong person or wrong body parts as often as 40 times a week.
- As many as 100,000 Americans die in hospitals every year from preventable medical mistakes.
- Hospital staff don’t report 86% of harm done to patients.
- The number of patients who die each year from hospital errors is equal to 4 jumbo jets crashing each week.
- One in 7 Medicare patients died or were harmed by their hospital care.
- One in three admissions to hospitals results in some kind of harm to the patient.
- Only about half of hospital workers follow hand washing guidelines.
Your best bet … stay healthy so you don’t need to go into a hospital!
Here are some tips to get healthier or to keep yourself healthy …
Eat healthy food. Not just any healthy food … food that is healthy for you. You may be surprised to learn that not all food that is considered healthy may be healthy for you. And if you eat those unhealthy-for-you healthy foods, you will NOT be healthy.
Take whole food supplements customized to your body’s needs.
Drink pure, clean water … at least half your body weight in ounces, i.e. if you weigh 150 pounds, you should drink at least 75 ounces of water a day.
Exercise regularly. Get off the couch, get away from the computer and move your body.
Reduce your stress level. Do something to relax yourself to the core … meditation, deep breathing, Tai Chi. Find something that helps you de-stress.
Get adequate sleep.
Have a positive mental attitude.
If you want help with healthy eating, nutritional supplements, or developing a healthier lifestyle, fill in the form on the right side of the page to request a FREE Consultation.
