• You have showered at least 15,000 times . . . .so far,
• You have brushed your teeth 30,000 times . . . so far,
• You have washed your hands . . . on a regular basis.

Most people practice good hygiene.  It is the healthy thing to do and, it minimizes offending appearance and odors.

What About the Inside of Your Body?  Did you know: you have 9 square feet of skin on the outside of your body and 10,000 square feet on the inside?

 Consider this:  Could the very things that affect the cleanliness of the outside of your body affect the inside?

 Have you ever thought about cleansing the inside of your body?  – probably not. Of all the different possibilities, the cleansing of one’s intestines is probably at the bottom of most people’s lists – irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, gas, diverticulitis and colon cancer are simply not things that people think about – until it is too late.

What You Must Know About Regularity

There is an epidemic in America. People are buying laxatives, using prescription drugs and commercial fiber supplements — to no avail — constipation, gas and bloating, weight gain, fatigue, painful, burning stomach, skin problems and a whole host of complaints are taking the fun out of life.

The expression, “Death begins in the colon.” is right on point! Sadly, the debris and toxic wastes that are accumulating between visits to the bathroom produce lots of suffering because that “stuff” is slowly poisoning you from the inside—out.

Don’t believe it? “Autopsies often reveal colons that are plugged up to 80 percent with waste material.”  (Vegetarian Times, March, 1998.)  Most people end up enduring the complaints of constipation when they could put an end to their suffering very simply — become as clean inside as they are outside.

What you Must Know About Pollution

We are all exposed to thousands of toxins and chemicals everyday—–at work, in the home, in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. Plus, we are eating more sugar, preserved and processed foods and taking more medicine than ever before. Our bodies are being overwhelmed trying to eliminate all of the different things that we inhale and ingest every day. Unfortunately, most of this debris simply accumulates—in our cells, tissues, blood, organs (such as the colon, liver and brain), stored for an indefinite length of time, causing all kinds of complaints, leading toward a decline in your quality of life and your health.

What You Must Know About Parasites

Every living thing has at least one parasitethat lives inside or on it, and many, including humans, have far more. In fact, National Geographic, in a documentary called The Body Snatchers reports: “parasites have killed more humans than all the wars in history.”

Scientists are just beginning to appreciate how powerful these hidden inhabitants can be. Their research is pointing to a remarkable possibility: Parasites rule the world. Living undetected in the body, damaging tissue, robbing your body of valuable nutrients and burdening your body with the additional wastes produced by the parasite. Like it or not, you probably have one or more parasites living in your body, living undetected until there are more of them than your body can support. At that point, you will start paying the price extracted by parasites.

What You Must Know About Food

Processing robs food of it’s nutritional value and the chemicals used to preserve foods lead to poor digestion causing a toxic build-up of sludge in the intestines and on the intestinal wall, including the colon.

This build up can slow digestion, block nutritional uptake and, because the sludge is waste material, produce toxins that pour into your blood stream and are distributed throughout the entire body.

Are You Clean – On the Inside?

The answer to the question: “Are you clean inside?” is …  “Probably not.” and, the combination of environmental toxins, an unhealthy diet, internal waste and parasites poses a threat to your health.  

If your next question is:  “Will cleansing help me?“, the answer is a resounding YES!   The environment, the food we eat and the way we live virtually guarantees that everyone needs to freshen up their body.  And, feel better because they did.

The threats to your health are: environmental toxins, an unhealthy diet, internal waste and parasites.  “The secret” to great health can be described in these words:  Cleanse the Inside of Your Body.

Here’s a Quick Overview for Cleansing and Detoxing Your Body

1. Sweep away the barriers that are dragging you down.  Cleanse the colon and digestive tract to clear away the toxic plaque, debris and parasites. Plus, “cleaning up that mess” helps detoxify your liver, blood, brain, tissues—basically the first step will purify your whole body
2. Restore and balance the intestinal tract using digestive enzymes, to help breakdown food and friendly microbes to balance digestion, support the immune system that protects you and, along with enzymes, strengthens the body and supports the elimination of wastes thoroughly and often.
3. Support the body’s ability to cleanse itself with diet and nutraceutical supplements to protect your new lease on life.
4. Address parasites twice each year— spring and fall, once your body is balanced.

Most detoxification experts feel that a one or two-week program is simply not sufficient, especially when you consider that it took years or even decades to accumulate all the parasites, waste and toxins in the colon and in other parts of the body.

A more realistic approach takes at least 30 days or even longer, depending on the level of infestation and toxicity in one’s body.  There are 3 factors to consider:

1. In many situations, depending on the age and lifestyle, targeting specific areas for cleansing is enough
2. If the the debris has accumulated over a longer period of time, a thorough whole body cleansing is in order.
3. If the situation is manifesting symptoms, a more direct approach for restoring the internal hygiene of your body, like the NURPO Radiant Health Plan™, is in order.  (The Radiant Health Plan™, developed by NUPRO, is natural systems that is thorough—yet gentle.  This two step program (each lasting 30 days) offers you a gentle, comprehensive, thorough, all-natural cleansing and detoxification.)

Once you complete cleansing and restoring the balance in your body, you should consider establishing a long term strategy to protect your new lease on life.  (NUPRO Fundamental Nutrition and Special Needs nutraceutical supplements are a trusted by Professionals, effective and an affordable choice to help promote and maintain your health – naturally.

Dr. Paul Bragg is a pioneer of natural medicine and author of dozens of successful books who writes: “The secret to great health can be described in these words:  Cleanse the Inside of Your Body!”.

The question is:  “Do you want great health?“  If so, here’s the tools you need

 

The NUPRO personnel are busy planning their family time, but before we started, we finished the training outline for our affiliated Natural Health Consultants (NHC).

By way of background: NUPRO was conceived and organized, almost 20 years ago, to offer nutraceutical supplements (combinations of natural ingredients, one complementing another, that historical use and/or scientific evidence has shown to be beneficial for human wellness) as an alternative to single ingredient supplements and “miracle pill” claims that disappoint so many people.

Since then, we have progressed to include natural nutraceutical systems (combinations of nutraceutical supplements that complement one another to expedite the health objective). 

The NUPRO nutraceutical supplements and systems have become the cornerstone of professional tactics and strategies to help people promote and maintain health and healing.  The systems, developed in practice, augment the outcome and experience of natural health and healing.

I thought you might enjoy reading the training paper.  It is a concise, practical approach for maintaining and promoting healing – naturally.

Rather than posting the paper at Americanutra.com, we elected to provide you a link to the Natrual Health Consultant Library at the NUPRO Corporate site.  The paper‘s title is:  How to Become the Master of Your Health.   Your link to How to Become Master of Your Health is here.

We hope you enjoy reading it and that you keep it in your favorites for future reference. 

Americanutra reaches many people around the world, with many different beliefs and holidays, if you celebrate Christmas, we would like to extend our tidings for a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Prosperous New Year.

 

The first time we read the term, we were researching this article.  On the site, Center for Science in the Public Interest, the publishers proclaim:  “Shopping was easy when most food came from farms. Now, factory-made foods have made chemical additives a significant part of our diet.”

In previous articles, we discussed the Balanced Diet:  what it is, how it affects your health, your heath care and the fact that the people are consuming a “Balanced Diet” is  an illusion.  The publishers at the Center for Science in the Public interest drive the point home on their site.

To start the analysis, and If you are interested, here is a listing, from the FDA, of all the additives (3,000 in all) the FDA knows are in the NEW Standard American Diet: Chemcuisine.

The following analysis is a synopsis of our research on the subject of what most people, and their children, are consuming each day.  

Processed, Junk, and Fake Foods

Processed food is made from real food that has been put through devitalizing chemical processes and is infused with chemicals and preservatives. Beef jerky, canned tea, jam, hot dogs, and low-fat yogurt with sugar or aspartame are a few examples of processed food.

Junk foods contain very little real food. They’re made of devitalized processed food, hydrogenated fats, chemicals, and preservatives, and include anything made with refined white flour. Canned breakfast drinks, cold/sugary cereals, doughnuts, drive-through foods, and soda are examples of junk foods.

Fake foods are made primarily of chemicals, and often contain gums and sugar fillers. Examples include bacon bits, bottled salad dressing, dehydrated soups, and instant coffee.

The Energy Output Exceeds Nutritional Input.  These non-foods have one thing in common; it costs your body a great deal more to digest, absorb, and eliminate them than they offer your body in nutritional value – an extremely poor return on your investment that leaves your body sluggish and depleted.

Toxins, Poisons, Processed Food – And The Body

Our ancestors preserved foods naturally, using salt, fermentation, and sun drying. Food processing has evolved away from these simple practices into more complicated and dubious methods.

Today, food companies use nearly three thousand known additives and chemicals to process our food. Many of them can have a devastating effect on our health.

It is important to note that additives and preservatives cannot always be painted with a negative brush. The addition of vitamins to bread and milk has helped to stamp out diseases such as pellagra and rickets.

Unfortunately, the good intentions that characterized the processed food industry during the early days have now de-evolved to finding ways to cheaply process food and manipulate buyers, regardless of the detrimental affects on the health of Americans.

Today, many additives and preservatives are harmful toxic chemicals that are as problematic as the decay they are used to prevent.

Preservatives

 Perservatives are a type of additive used to help stop food from spoiling.

Nitrates and nitrites are used to preserve meats such as ham and bacon, but are known to cause asthma, nausea, vomiting, and headaches in some people in addition to allergic reactions.

The same is true for sulfites (sulfur dioxide, metabisulfites, and others, which are commonly used to prevent fungal spoilage, as well as the browning of peeled fruits and vegetables.

Sodium nitrite in some foods is capable of being converted to nitrous acid when ingested by humans. While animal testing showed that nitrous acid caused high rates of cancer, it is still in use.

Sulfur dioxide is a toxin used in dried fruits and molasses as well as to prevent brown spots on peeled fresh foods such as potatoes and apples. Sulfur dioxide bleaches out rot, hiding inferior fruits and vegetables. In the process, it destroys the vitamin B contained in produce.

Antioxidants

While antioxidants such as alpha-carotene are recommended by health specialists to prevent premature aging, some of the antioxidants used as food preservatives may be unhealthy. Contained in nearly every processed food on the market, antioxidants prevent fatty foods from spoiling when exposed to oxygen.

For example, BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) and BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) are two of the most widely used, yet controversial of all antioxidants. So alarming were the results of BHT and BHA in animal testing, that a number of countries have severely restricted their use.

Some people have difficulty metabolizing these chemicals, which is thought to result in health and behavioral problems, and hyperactivity. They cause allergic reactions, may also contribute to the development of tumors and cancer, as well as be toxic to the nervous system and liver.

In spite of these findings, the use of BHT and BHA has increased, rather than decreased, in the U.S.A.

Coloring

Each year, the American food industry uses three thousand tons of food color. Many coloring agents are derived from coal tar, and nearly all coloring is synthetic. Norway has a total ban on all products containing coal tar.

Though some artificial food dyes have been banned because they are believed to cause cancer, most dyes used today are of the artificial variety. They are also linked to allergies, asthmas, and hyperactivity.

The long list of foods and beverages in which color is altered includes butter, margarine, the skins of oranges and potatoes, popcorn, maraschino cherries, hot dogs, jellies, jellybeans, carbonated beverages, and canned strawberries and peas.

Even the chicken feed on large-scale egg farms is colored so that chickens will lay golden-yolk eggs similar to those laid by free-range chickens.

Sweeteners

Most processed foods contain sweeteners, many of which are artificial sugar substitutes containing no natural sugars, such as saccharine and aspartame.

Artificial sweeteners are linked to behavioral problems, hyperactivity, and allergies. Because saccharin was shown to increase the incidence of bladder cancer in animal testing, all foods containing this sugar substitute are required to carry a warning label.

Emulsifiers, Stabilizers, and Thickeners

These additives alter the texture of foods. Emulsifiers, for example, prevent ingredients from separating into unappealing globs in food such as mayonnaise and ice cream.

A first cousin to anti-freeze, propylene glycol is a synthetic solvent used as an emulsifier in foods. Although it is recognized as toxic to the skin and other senses, and is considered a neurological toxicant, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has deemed it generally recognized as safe (GRAS).

Flavorings

The most common food additive, flavorings – of which there are over 2000 in use – may be natural or artificial, and are usually comprised of a large number of chemicals.

Artificial flavors are linked to allergic and behavioral reactions, yet these ingredients are not required to be listed in detail as they’re generally recognized as safe.

MSG (monosodium glutamate) is a common flavor enhancer. Found to cause damage in laboratory mice, it has been banned from use in baby foods, but is still used in numerous others. It causes common allergic and behavioral reactions including headaches, dizziness, chest pains, depression, and mood swings, and is also a possible neurotoxin.

Refining

Refined flour has had the brown husk of the grain stripped away, leaving the white, refined starch that is found in white bread, white rice, pasta, cookies, and numerous other junk foods.

Without the fibrous husk, refined starches are broken down quickly into sugar and absorbed immediately into the bloodstream causing glucose levels to rise, and increasing the risk of obesity, diabetes and a host of other “not so nice” health complaints.

In contrast, whole grains – such as whole grain bread and cereals, brown rice, and barley – retain the bran surrounding the starch, so they’re absorbed more slowly into the bloodstream than refined starches. This slows sugar absorption from the intestine, and reduces the risk of consuming refined food.

Refining Destroys and Devitalizes Most of Foods’ Goodness

Healthy unsaturated fatty acids – high in food value – are lost during the milling process. Half the vitamin E is destroyed when the wheat germ and bran are removed. Refining wheat into white flour removes between 50 and 93 percent of wheat’s magnesium, zinc, chromium, manganese, and cobalt.²

Additionally, approximately 50 percent of calcium, 70 percent of phosphorus, 80 percent of iron, 50 percent of potassium, 65 percent of copper, 80 percent of thiamin, 60 percent of riboflavin, 75 percent of niacin, 50 percent of pantothenic acid, and about 50 percent of pyridoxine is lost.³

Refining sugar cane into white sugar depletes it of 99 percent of its magnesium and 93 percent of its chromium. Polishing rice removes 75 percent of its zinc and chromium.  Refined table salt has had most of the trace minerals removed during processing. It contains no sodium chloride, sugar as filler, and may even contain aluminum.⁵

Bleaching

Part of the process wheat undergoes to become the white flour in popular baked goods involves bleaching. Various chemical bleaching agents are used including oxide of nitrogen, chlorine, chloride, nitrosyl, and benzoyl peroxide mixed with a variety of chemical salts.

Chloride oxide – which catalyzes a chemical reaction that destroys beta cells in the pancreas is now being linked to diabetes.  This toxic effect is common scientific knowledge in the research community. In spite of this, the FDA still allows companies to use chloride oxide in processed food.

A Healthier Lifestyle

Eradicating every guilty pleasure in life is not the end goal here, nor is it a particularly realistic approach to making changes because everyone enjoys the occasional cheeseburger, order of fries, or bag of chips.

But if you understand the consequences of making what ought to be an occasional treat into the mainstay of your diet, you can begin to make wise choices about how many of these things you are willing to eat.

When it comes to avoiding many of the questionable – and possibly deadly – additives contained in processed foods, you’re only human after all so, taking baby steps toward change is usually the best approach.

If you can accomplish just one of these 10 steps, you’re moving in the right direction.

Try implementing one change a month …

1. As a general rule, if you don’t recognize – or can’t pronounce – the words on a label, don’t buy it, or eat it. Instead choose the real thing!

2. Avoid products containing

• Nitrates and nitrites (including sodium nitrite)
• Sulfites (including metabisulfites)
• Sulfur dioxide
• Benzoic acid (aka sodium benzoate)
• BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene)
• BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole)
• Coloring
• Coal tar
• Propylene glycol
• MSG (monosodium glutamate)
• Refined or bleached flour (i.e. whitened using chloride oxide)

3. Don’t eat partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated trans fats

4. Don’t eat products containing sugar substitutes such as saccharine and aspartame.

5. Avoid products with a long shelf life – the better they do on the shelf, the worse they are for your body.

6. Avoid products that have been “enriched“. They have been completely devitalized during processing.

7. Avoid food that has been genetically modified or engineered. Nearly all processed food contains GMOs.

8. Avoid products made with ingredients euphemistically described as “natural flavoring” or “natural coloring.”

9. Avoid products with added sugar – watch for words with “-ose” endings, such as fructose.

10. Incorporate a high quality multi-vitamin into your health regimen.

If you’ve had a history of eating products high in sugar and are concerned about diabetes, incorporate disease-fighting foods such as garlic, onion and quality Aloe vera juice into your diet. Natural phytonutrient supplements can also protect your body from the harmful effects of eating refined products that have been bleached with chloride oxide.

As you begin to eliminate processed food from your diet, and start to enjoy eating real food that has not been processed to death, you will be on your way to optimizing your health, making an investment in your body’s future and, ultimately, feeling better.

Processing Food Facts

In addition to the more than three thousand chemicals and additives in our food, preserving processes have changed beyond recognition from the simple use of vinegar, salt, and sunshine. Many processed foods are stripped bare, rendering them of little or no nutritional value.

Worse, foods are deliberately tampered with to create the desire for more. And the health effects of certain processing methods – such as the very controversial irradiation – are not yet known.

Irradiation

Irradiation is the use of x-rays or gamma radiation on food to kill bacteria mold, viruses and parasites. Unfortunately, its effects are also harmful to test animals. Those fed a diet of irradiated wheat developed increased numbers of cells with chromosome abnormalities. As well, there were unexplained stillbirths in the offspring of test rats.

So unpleasant is the mere sound of the word “irradiation” that euphemisms such as “Cold Pasteurization” and “Picowaved For Your Protection” are being used on labels because food companies fear that using the term “irradiation” may hurt sales.

Junk Food

Junk food – high in fat and sugar – is one of the leading causes for the soaring number of cases of type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and tooth decay. It is also linked to hypoglycemia and yeast overgrowth.

Did you know that cravings for processed foods are initiated by eating processed food? It’s a vicious, addictive cycle.

Food scientists know that it is necessary for certain nutrients to be present in the blood stream in order to feel full. While it is not fully understood how this process works, food companies know enough to use this knowledge to manipulate consumers into eating more by subtracting various nutrients, and adding others such as fat, sugar, and salt.

This manipulation creates a desire for processed foods – one that can never be satisfied – no matter how much of it you consume.

Natural Flavoring

“Natural flavoring” can be just about anything, from the cells of yeast extract and nucleic acid from cell chromosomes, to waste bi-products from cattle. Some reports suggest that the ingredients in so-called “natural colors” have been known to contain products as unlikely as monkey intestines; others note that some “artificial flavors” are comprised of ingredients as unappealing as minced cat.

How is it possible to determine exactly what “flavorings” are comprised of when the list of items from which they are concocted often includes a long ramble of unrecognizable chemicals?

Here is an example from the ingredient list for the strawberry flavoring in one popular fast food outlet’s strawberry milk shake.

It contains:  Amyl acetate, Amyl butyrate, Amyl valerate, Anethol, Anisyl formate, Benzyl acetate, Benzyl isobutyrate, Butyric acid, Cinnamyl isobutyrate, Cinnamyl valerate, Cognac essential oil, Diacetyl, Dipropyl ketone, Ethyl butyrate, Ethyl cinnamate, Ethyl heptanoate, Ethyl lactate, Ethyl methylphenylglycidate, Ethyl Nitrate, Ethyl propionate, Ethyl valerbate, Heliotropin, Hydroxyphrenyl-2butanone (10% solution in alcohol), A-Ionone, Isobutyl anthranilate, Isobutyl butrate, Lemon essential oil, Maltol, 4-Methylacetophenone, Methyl anthranilate, Methyl benzoate, Methyl cinnamate, Methyl heptine carbonate, Methyl naphthyl ketone, Methyl salicylate, Mint essential oil, Neroli essential oil, Nerolin, Neryl isobutyrate, Orris butter, Phenethyl alcohol, Rose, Rum ether, G-Undecalactone, Vanillin, Solvent!

And this is just the stuff in the flavoring.

 Do you want to know what’s in the “milk” part of this so-called milk shake? 

It contains:  Milk fat and nonfat milk, Sugar, Sweet whey, High-fructose corn syrup, Guar gum, Monoglycerides and diglycerides, Cellulose gum, Sodium phosphate, Carrageenan, Citric acid, E129, Artificial strawberry flavor.

MMM, MMMM!  yummy and so good for you – NOT!

Packaging

There are also concerns regarding the materials used to coat and package foods.³ The protective wax on produce such as cucumbers, peppers, and apples may trigger allergies, and can contain pesticides, fungicide sprays, or animal byproducts. Further, the plastic (vinyl chloride) some food is wrapped in is considered carcinogenic, and has been linked to immune reactions and lung shock.

Dioxin

A by-product of whitening, especially of food containers, Dioxin has become a health concern. It has been reported, for example, that certain ice creams contain high levels of dioxins, reportedly leaked into the product through the whitening used in its containers.

A known carcinogen, dioxin is associated with genetic and reproductive defects as well as learning disabilities.⁴ Dioxin exposure is a possible cause of endometriosis – a painful condition that can result in fertility problems and/or hysterectomy, as well as chronic pelvic pain and other conditions.

Conclusion

After reading this, one could conclude that the situation is hopeless.

Quite the opposite is true – because knowledge is power.  Simply use this knowledge to make different choices. 

 It makes good sense to pay attention to the food you are buying, especially if it has been processed. One thing is for certain – most of these added ingredients have nothing to do with nutrition and everything to do with increasing food sales by keeping addicted, depleted consumers coming back for more.

Besides adequate rest and moderate exercise, the fundamental nutritional thresholds must be consumed, if you have any expectation for staying healthy.  Your body needs copious amounts of: (in descending order) clean water, protein from vegetables with a limited quantity from animals, minerals, carbohydrates from whole grain, healthy fat from fish and a smattering of vitamins to stay healthy.  You can choose to consume them or take fundamental supplements to fill the gaps in your diet.

If you are experiences any of the likely complaints associated with failing to meet these thresholds, you may want to consider choosing supplements help you address your specific needs to expedite your restoration.

We’re all in this together – I’m pulling for you. (Sorry Red Green, I left out the attribution)

Notes:
1. Hanley, J.L., M.D. and Deville, N., Tired of Being Tired, Berkley Publishing Group, NY, 2001. (p. 66)
2. Wilson, Lawrence, M.D., F.I.C.B., Why Take Nutritional Supplements, article on www.drlwilson.com.
3. Hull, Janet, M.D., Bleaching agent in flour linked to diabetes, from The Idaho Observer, July 2005, cited on www.detoxprogram.net.
4. Wilson, Lawrence, M.D., F.I.C.B., Why Take Nutritional Supplements, article on www.drlwilson.com.
5. Hanley, J.L., M.D. and Deville, N., Tired of Being Tired, Berkley Publishing Group, NY, 2001. (p. 220)
6. Hull, Janet, M.D., Bleaching agent in flour linked to diabetes, from The Idaho Observer, July 2005, cited on www.detoxprogram.net.
7. Chek, Paul, excerpted from the CD/Workbook Program: You Are What You Eat! at www.chekinstitute.com.
8. The New York Nerd: Eat Fast, Die Young, April 24, 2006, at www.nynerd.com.
9. Hass, Elson M., M.D., Food Additives and Human Health, excerpted from Staying Healthy Shopper’s Guide: Feed Your Family Safely, cited on www.healthychild.com.
10. Hass, Elson M., M.D., Food Additives and Human Health, excerpted from Staying Healthy Shopper’s Guide: Feed Your Family Safely, cited on www.healthychild.com.

 

 The first article described an experimental surgical procedure that involves implanting electrodes into the part of the brain that is believed to control craving and hunger.  The electrodes are then attached to a low voltage electronic device, surgically implanted under the skin, to provide continuous electric stimulation through the electrodes to the appropriate part of the brain.  The surgeons explained the experimental surgery might be considered after bariatric surgery has failed to be effective.

 The article went on to report that, “… after the surgery she (the patient) no longer has the urge to consume a whole 3-liter bottle of her favorite drink — Pepsi — every day.”

 Comment:  3 liter of Pepsi – everyday – WOW!  Also, it is good to know that once bariatric surgery fails, there is another avenue for surgeons to pursue.

 The second “revelation” was Weight Loss May Release Stored Toxins.  The lead, for the article describing the study, included a warning for people considering losing weight.

 Comment:  Duh!  The 3 functions of fat are:  insulation, store energy, isolation of toxins.  Isn’t the inconvenience of eliminating stored wastes and toxins compared to shortening your life by as much as 20 years a no-brainer?

 Which leads me into the next topic for investigating – toxins.

 Toxins

 Toxins, toxicity and autotoxification are big topics, with lots of misconceptions that I hope to demystify during the next several reports on the subject.

 For now, here are some basics for you to consider:

 The source of toxins can be external pollutants or internally produced during the course of living.

 The term, toxin, has evolved to mean any substance poisonous to living organisms.

 Toxins can be categorized three ways:

• Acute toxicity involves harmful effects in an organism through a single or short-term exposure.
• Subchronic toxicity is the ability of a toxic substance to cause effects for more than one year but less than the lifetime of the exposed organism.
• Chronic toxicity is the ability of a substance or mixture of substances to cause harmful effects over an extended period, usually upon repeated or continuous exposure, sometimes lasting for the entire life of the exposed organism.

For more information on the issue of toxins, please read this article entitled:  Are You Poisoning Yourself?

 Have you taken our free on-line health test?  Next time, we will be investigating the impact of toxicity on your health.  The test can be helpful as you begin to chart your course for achieving Radiant Health.

 

This could be the wonder product of the century!

 I’ll bet you are you asking yourself:  “How much does it cost?” and “Where can I get it?”

 Here’s how you can get your supply today:

 Go to your kitchen sink, fill a glass with water and drink it. That’s right – it’s WATER

Incredible as it may seem, water is the most important component of good health known to man.

In fact, 60% – 70% of the body’s weight is water.  Water is the body’s solvent:  it thins blood, carries away toxins, helps metabolize fat, liquefies consumed food, rinses out organs, balances electrolytes to support nerve function, carries hormones for endocrine function – in short it is the body’s magic potion.

However, when the body gets less water than it needs, it perceives the situation as a threat to its survival and begins to conserve every drop. Many of the cleansing functions of water are affected as it reuses and reuses and reuses the conserved, filthy water.

Drinking enough water is the best treatment for a whole litany of things – headache, constipation, digestion, sluggishness, clarity of mind, water retention, weight gain – all symptoms of dehydration.

There is a good rule of thumb for drinking enough water:  divide your body weight by two. The result is the number or ounces of water to consume every day.

Caffeinated beverages such as coffee, soda, energy drinks and certain teas are diuretics, which force the body to expel water. If you consume caffeinated beverages, compensate for their effect by drinking two ounces of water for each one ounce of these beverages

If you are trying to lose weight or are not healthy, increase the amount by 20%. Contrary to popular opinion, juices, soups and other liquids that require digestion do not count! Water is water!

Follow this schedule to utilize water effectively:

• Morning (right after rising):  consume one quart of water during a 30-minute period.
• Noon:  consume one quart of water during a 30-minute period.
• Evening:  consume one quart of water during a 30-minute period.
• Drink the remainder of your requirement throughout the day.

 The body’s signal for hunger and thirst are similar and are often confused. Try drinking a glass of water instead of eating something. Your body just might need hydrating instead of a snack!

When the body gets all the water it needs to function efficiently, its fluids are perfectly balanced. Glands, nerves, and bowel begin to function efficiently. Skin begins to glow, water retention subsides, weight normalizes, endurance increases, concentration improves, and on … and on … and on!

P.S.  Chlorine isn’t good for your body but it kills the stuff that gets in your water pipes that can make you sick. Chlorine is normally a gas … so if you put a one gallon, open topped container full of tap water in your refrigerator before you go to bed, the chlorine will dissipate and your fresh water (without chlorine) will be waiting for you in the morning.

P.P.S.  Most people are deficient in trace minerals because they aren’t eating enough fresh vegetables (5 to 7 baseball size servings – daily).  Add an ounce of a trace mineral supplement to your daily water to fill the gap in your diet.

NOTE:  Are you doing the best you can to stay healthy?   Take the test.

 

1. EDE stands for: Eliminate naturally, Digest completely, Eat fresh foods
2. EDE is essential for every living thing on earth!
3. EDE is the most important component of health, next to water.
4. EDE is the foundation of every function of your body.
5. EDE is so important that plants, animals and humans become sick and can die when it is interrupted.

Why is Elimination the First Thing on the List?
That’s easy! If you pour water into a pipe that is capped at the other end, what happens? That’s right! Nothing comes out. If you pour more water in – it just keeps filling up the pipe until it overflows. It doesn’t matter what you put in the pipe – good or bad – solids or liquids – it just keeps backing up.

IF YOU DO NOT REMOVE THE PLUG FROM THE END OF THE PIPE,
IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU PUT IN, IT IS STILL PLUGGED UP!

Natural elimination is: Eat a Meal – Eliminate a Meal.
You can see natural elimination in action when you feed a newborn – about ten minutes after feeding the baby you need to change the diaper.  THAT’S REGULARITY – THAT’S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE!  Otherwise, you are constipated.

Incidentally, that’s why people think supplements don’t work – they get stuck somewhere in the pipe and can’t get to where they can do anything. And, if you think about what’s happening to all that stuff that is just hanging around in the pipe . . . it isn’t a very pretty thought.

The Body is Designed to Store Two Meals:

1. digesting one meal in the intestines,
2. processing the remains of a second meal in the colon for elimination.

When you’re eating a new meal, chewing signals the intestinal muscles to make room for the next batch of food – the remains of the digesting food are pushed to the top of colon for final processing – the wastes are pushed out:  ONE MEAL IN – ONE MEAL OUT!

Dr. Kenneth Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., internationally renowned Physician and the founder of the Cooper Wellness Clinic in Dallas TX., asks his audiences a telling question: Are you 3-sixes, 2-nines, or 1-eightteen?

He explains that the size, nature and frequency of elimination reflects a person’s health. His point is: the healthiest people eliminate one, two or three times every day a total of 18 inches of 2 inch around cigar shaped waste.

Otherwise, the body is burdened with the accumulating sludge, the toxins it produces during the day, the weight and bulk of the accumulating wastes.

For example, Jane Doe eats 3 times a day:

1. breakfast – coffee & toast
2. break – coffee & “a little something to tide her over”
3. lunch – fast food salad with dressing
4. break – a soda & “something from the vending machine”
5. dinner – meat, potatoes, a canned vegetable
6. snacks in front of the TV
7. She eliminates regularly every other day

The result of her health test is: 3 (meals) / 1 (elimination) =
3 x 2 (days between elimination) = 6 x 1.5 lbs. = 9 lbs. of you know what!

Do you really think that carrying around of all of that stuff is healthy?
Most people would answer NO! The fastest and easiest way to eliminate the accumulated debris, toxins and organisms is to choose a safe, natural cleansing and detoxification program to sweep all that stuff away.  Or not.  It is your life, it is your choice.

 

When you understand what causes constipation, you can begin the process of managing constipation.For most people, the number 1 cause of constipation is eating too many processed and fast foods, too little exercise and not drinking enough water — you can take steps to manage constipation or prevent it altogether.

The food you eat, how much you exercise and how much water you drink—everyday— is a major factor for most people.  But, there are other factors, too.

What can you do to manage constipation?

Check the food you eat.
Packaged, preserved and fast food contain chemicals that preserve it for “shelf life” at the supermarket and at home, flavor it, color it, may interfere with digestion, may be putting your digestive tract to sleep or poisoning your body straight away.  Cutting back on processed, package foods, fast food lunches is important when you are beginning to manage constipation.  Packing a lunch from home is not very glamorous but it is a very good alternative.

Check the medicines you take.
Medicines that you take for another problem might cause constipation—ask your doctor (or search the internet) if your prescriptions might be at fault. They include pain pills, pills with codeine in them, some antacids, iron pills, diuretics (water pills), and medicines for depression. Ask you Doctor if there is an alternative prescriptive medicine to help you manage your constipation.  Don’t forget the over the counter medicines either.  They can play a role, too.

Use OTC and prescriptive laxatives as a last resort and only under professional advice.
Laxatives (in any form) are medicines that will make you pass a stool. Your doctor may recommend laxatives for a limited time. Be advised: The FDA is warning consumers not to use oral sodium phosphate (OSP) bowel cleanser products because of the risk of acute kidney injury. These products are routinely used as bowel cleansers before colon examinations, other medical procedures and in OTC (over-the-counter) products for bowel cleansing.

Functional constipation means that the bowel is healthy but not working properly.  It is often the result of poor dietary habits and lifestyle.  Changing what you eat, what you drink and how much you exercise will help relieve and prevent constipation. Here are some positive steps you can take to manage your constipation:

Eat more fiber.
Fiber helps form soft, bulky stool. It is found in many fresh vegetables, fruits and whole grains. One good suggestion is “The Perfect Breakfast”. It is easy, tastes great, gives you a terrific start in the morning, helps with cholesterol, high blood pressure and constipation. NOTE: Be sure to add fiber a little at a time, so your body gets used to it slowly.

Limit white flour foods, dairy, sugar, starches and starchy vegetables.
Foods that have little or no fiber such as ice cream, cheese, meat, snacks like chips and pizza, and processed foods such as instant mashed potatoes or already-prepared frozen dinners have little or no fiber and can make the situation worse.  One of the first questions is:  What do I cook?  Here are 10 recipes that are great tasting and easy to prepare.  They are a terrific way to painlessly manage constipation and eat your way to regularity.

Drink plenty of water, eat lighter meals and soups.
Liquid helps keep the stool soft and easy to pass, so it’s important to drink enough fluids. The formula for water is: drink 1/2 your body weight in ounces (up to a maximum of 128 ounces) every day. NOTE: Try not to drink liquids that contain sugar, caffeine or alcohol. Caffeine and alcohol tend to dry out your digestive system.

Get more exercise.
Regular exercise helps your digestive system stay active and healthy. You don’t need to become a great athlete. A 20- to 30-minute walk every day may help.

Allow yourself enough time to have a bowel movement.
Sometimes we feel so hurried that we don’t pay attention to our body’s needs. Make sure you don’t ignore the urge to have a bowel movement, and then allow enough time for it to happen.

Choose a natural nutraceutical supplement to promote bowel function or a natural, thorough whole body cleanse to sweep away the years of accumulation, restore balance and function.

These simple steps, along with a natural night cleanser, can help you manage constipation and, depending on your commitment to changing the things that are causing the problem in the first place, support regularity.

 

Do you remember the relief when the plumber cleared the line so the stuff could flow out of your home once again?

A critical function of the human body is the elimination of waste . . .
both liquid and solid. Researchers report that the estimated time between eating a meal and elimination of solid waste is six hours.

That’s right … six hours. The body can break down a meal, extract the nutrition, completely discard the undigested wastes before they get a chance to spoil in the intestines and colon . . . in six hours.

The notion that people are regular when wastes are eliminated at a particular point in time – say once a day – is foolishness – since the act of chewing sends a signal to the bowel to make room for the next batch.

Forcing the body to conform to some cycle of elimination is akin to flushing a public toilet once a day – and – who would do that? The point of this analogy gets sharper when you consider the implication of even longer intervals between bowel movements.

There are several unfortunate consequences of constipation or slow bowel movements:

The staging area (Colon) fills to its capacity slowing the movement throughout the entire digestive tract.

1. The food that you have eaten starts to spoil:  carbohydrates begin to ferment, proteins putrefy, fats become rancid
2. The spoiling mass of food begins to support “unfriendly” micro organisms and parasites whose byproducts affect the integrity of the system and may allow unwanted substances and organisms to spill into the body.
3. The pH of the bowel changes which affects, and sometimes kills, the friendly microbes – further compromising digestion and elimination.
4. Wastes and toxin levels begin to build in the body, compromising your overall body function and well being – even at the cellular level.
5. Energy drops to almost nothing. You feel good enough to go to work, but forget anything else. You’re moody, bloated and gassy.

Ask yourself this: How long would you wait to call a plumber if your sewer was slow draining or backed up ?

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The warning “Death begins in the colon.” has been ascribed to Dr. Bernard Jensen, D.C. who, in some circles, is referred to as the “father of Colonics”.   Dr. Jensen’s work concludes that the accumulation of toxic debris and substances due to inadequate and infrequent elimination produce poisons that can kill you.

No one is exempt – including you – from the affects of imperfect digestion and elimination.  In fact, current estimates are that 85% of all Americans are affected in one way or another.

You can begin to appreciate the problem if you imagine what would happen to a plate of food left on the counter in 98 degree heat for two days.  After two days, the plate would hold an unsightly, sticky mix of rotten protein, rancid fat and fermenting carbohydrates filled with feeding and hatching organisms and microbes.

The rule for regularity is:  one meal in – one meal out.  When that stuff lingers longer than it should bad things can happen.  Just think about that plate of rotting, infested food on the counter and it is easy to understand Dr. Jensen’s warning;  “Death Begins in the Colon.”

The management of constipation is one of the most important steps you can take to protect your health.  The consequences of colon toxins, from the accumulating, rotting debris, colon parasites, attached to the wall of a sluggish colon, damaging your body, stealing your food, poisoning your body with their wastes are going to make you sick before it kills you.

Your body performs four functions to process the food you eat into the substances it needs to sustain itself:

• Ingestion, you select, prepare and eat food – the part of the process you control.
• Digestion, the conversion of solid food into liquid nutrients to energize your body, support the repair and replacement of cells and tissue that are damaged or worn everyday.
• Assimilation, the movement of nutrients from the intestinal tract, through the blood stream to support cellular function.
• Elimination, the gathering and movement of cellular wastes through the blood stream back to the intestinal tract to be discarded from the body.

Once you start chewing, 8 orderly automatic processes begin:

1. A signal is sent to evacuate the bowel to make room for the new batch of nutrients (one meal in – one meal out).
2. Your stomach begins creating acid and other gastric juices to convert the meal into chyme (liquefied food).
3. After a brief time, the acid and digestive juices are neutralized as the chyme moves into your intestines where an army of microbes, called symbiotes, digest the chyme – producing the nutrients that energize, repair and rebuild your body.
4. The microbially processed nutrients pass through the intestinal wall into your blood stream for transport to the cells.
5. Subsequently, the nutrients move through the arterial wall to bathe cells – creating energy, supporting the repair and replacement of damaged and worn cells, tissue and structures.
6. Next, metabolic wastes, parts of old cells, parts from virus, bacteria, fungi and intestinal parasites, colon parasites and organ parasites that are destroyed by the immune system are collected, transferred to the blood stream and lymph system,
7. The debris is filtered from the blood and lymph by the kidneys and liver and returned to the digestive tract
8. Finally, the debris is gleaned for any reusable nutrients such as water, minerals and amino acids after which the remaining waste and toxins exit the body.

The consequences of imperfect digestion mirror the spoiled plate of food. Except, the organisms are intestinal parasites, colon parasite and organ parasites feeding on your body producing wastes of their own.  The byproducts from the rotting food are taking the place of nutrients, moving into the blood stream, through the arterial wall bathing the cells in toxins and debris that will overwhelm the body’s ability to keep itself clean and cast out the poisons that can kill you.

If constipation will kill you, what is it doing to you before you die? Dr. Jensen believes that the accumulating mass will make you sick before it kills you prematurely.

The single most essential aspect of health is promoting and maintaining the automatic processes that sustain and heal your body – starting with the management of constipation.*

“Pulling the plug” on a clogged system is the best, first step you can take in the journey to reclaim and protect your health.

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