Grains and Greens

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Modern Problems and Band-aid Solutions

We live in one of the richest nations in the world,yet when it comes to quality health, many of us are poor. We incessantly struggle to become free of unwanted weight gain, high cholesterol levels, and a host of degenerative diseases.

The comfort and luxuries of our modern world can’t escape the price of moderen issues. Our air is polluted with smog, carbon monoxide and diesel fumes.  In fact, air pollution levels in the worlds’ 20 largest cities have far over shot regulatory standards and exposure to the carcinogens found in automobile exhaust may be as mush as 5,000 times greater than Environmental Protection Agency limits.

Our planet’s lakes and oceans contain contaminants such as mercury, petroleum products, and industry by-products and waste.

Farmland is being treated with chemical fertilizers,pesticides,herbicides and fungicides, which in turn, are carried off by agriculture and erosion runoff to end up in chlorine-filled drinking water supplies. Our food supply is being laced with chemicals that can be toxic. The U.S. alone uses at least 20 billion kilograms of hazardous chemicals each year and currently, death and chronic illnesses worldwide due to pesticide poisoning number 1 million per year.Unless we protect and cleanse our bodies, these harmful toxins find their way into the system and begin to cause imbalance.

MODERN DISEASE

Today’s sedentary lifestyle coupled with an ever-increasing consumption of nutritionally depleted fast food, as well as junk food laden with saturated fat and sugar, has created an epidemic concern with overweight or obese consumers. Instead of eating the right fats that support our health, we are eating the wrong fats, which damage health. Other symptoms that result from living in our modern world vary from mild to severe. They are the warning signs of modern disease. Lack of energy, headaches, skin conditions, digestive difficulties, PMS, infertility, attention deficit disorder, asthma, allergies, lowered immunity, high cholesterol and poor elimination are some of the symptoms that, if allowed to continue, can evolve into life threatening illnesses including cardiovascular disease, liver disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s and cancer.

BAND-AID SOLUTIONS

Moderen medicine concentrates on alleviating symptoms instead of correcting the nutritional deficiencies and toxicities that are at the root of most health problems. These modern Band-Aid solutions can cause more problems than thay solve,resulting in drug -induced nutritional deficiencies and unwanted,even dangerous side effects such as; headaches,vomiting, loss of sex drive, bleeding ulcers ,seizures, or heart damage.It has become common to take another drug to alleviate the side effects of the first one and so on until we don’t know which symptoms are caused by which drug. The magic pill of the day may provide temporary relief from the symptoms of disease, but at what cost to our health and health care system?Likewise, starvation diets, low fat diets, fat blockers, liposuction, appetite suppressants and diet shakes or pills triggered with stimulants are not the answer. It’s time to get off the merry-go-round of ineffective and unsafe weight loss schemes. Re-establishing the body’s balance and a having sound health requires the simple wisdom of getting back to the basics. The right fat diet offers grassroots solutions providing sensible and efficient long-term results.

WHAT ARE ESSENTIAL FATS?

Many people believe that avoiding all fat is the path to true health, but in reality there are two components that come only from fat that are just as necessary to our health and survival as proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals. Of the many kinds of fats, scientists have given only omega 3 and omegs 6 the name essential fatty acids because every cell in the body must have them in order to survive but can’t make them on their own. Therfore, a direct food source is always required. These are the right fats that are key to the right fat diet for weight management, energy, fitness, performance, cardiovascular health, digestion and immune function.

We can find onega 3 EFAs in flaxseeds, green-leafy vegetables, and high fat, cold-water fish. Omega 6 EFAs are found in sesame and sunflower seeds as well as evening primrose oil. In order to receive the greatest benefit from their health-giving properties, they need to be consumed in the proper ratio. The right fat diet requires the ratio of  a higher amount of omega 3 as compared to omega 6. This isn’t easily achieved as it has been shown that the average North American diet is far too high in omega 6 and dangerously low in omega 3. Today’s popular low fat diets are low in both. The right fats play complex roles in the human body. The  main tissue, gland and organs requires their presence. They support glandular and organ functions, lubricate the joints, ease PMS, stimulate the production of fat-digesting enzymes, and help keep you warm.

Start the new year right by cleansing your whole body.

What occurs in the body during internal cleansing?

During internal cleansing ,a number of changes occur in the body including the following:

• Reduction of the body’s toxins.
• Increase in tissue oxygenation.
• Cleansing of the liver,kidneys and colon.
• Purification of the blood.
• Release of chemicals stored in fat and other tissues(drugs and pesticides).
• Loss of excess weight and water.

What are the Benefits of Cleansing?

While cleansing, you will experience a number of benefits including;

• Smoother and easier digestion and elimination.
• Renewed energy.
• Improved ability to absorb and utilize nutrients.
• An increased sense of well- being.
• Proper elimination, meaning 2-3 bowel movements per day.
• Clearer thinking.

Three -Day Cleansing Program Quick Reference

Supplies you will need;

1. 54 OUNCES OR 2 QUARTS PRUNE JUICE
2. 9 OUNCES OLIVE OIL
3. 3 GALLONS SELECTED CLEASING JUICE (APPLE,CARROT,CITRUS, OR GRAPE)

Step 1. Prune juice

16 oz or more upon arising in the morning.

Step 2.olive oil

one or two tbl. three times a day

Step 3. cleansing juice and water.

8oz. of fluid every 30 minutes, alternating 8oz. of juice with 8oz. of distilled water. 

Suggested Time Schedule:

7:30a.m…..16 oz prune juice and 1-2 tbl oil

8:00a.m…..8 oz or more cleasing juice

8:30a.m…..8 oz or more distilled water

9:00a.m…..8 oz or more juice

9:30a.m…..8oz more water

Continue alternating juice and water every half hour until noon.

12:00p.m….8 oz or more juice and 1-2tbl oil.

continue alternating juice and water every half hour until retiring for the night.

Remember:

• Select any one juice (aside from prune juice), but use it only for the entire 3 days.
• Do not eat anything during the 3-day cleanse, except matching fruit or vegetable with cleansing juice. (apple juice with apple, etc.)
• Make sure to swish each mouthful of juice thoroughly. Use more prune juice or take a lower bowel formula if you develop constipation during the cleanse.
• Repeat your juice detoxification for 3 consecutive days.
• After 3 days of juice cleansing, begin to take vegetable juices and vegetables and fruit, preferable all raw.
• You’ll probably feel somewhat weak during or after this detoxification as your body uses all it’s energy to cleanse the body.
• If there is the slightest tendency toward appendicitis, take a high enema, but only use enemas in cases of emergencies and not as a crutch for an inactive bowel.
• Once you have completed several 3 day juice cleanses, you can fast one to three more days using only distilled water.
• As your body begins to cleanse out its toxins and poisons, you will probably experience periodic aches and pains, but this results in faster cleansing and quicker healing. 

Why some people get seasonal affective disorder,and more important,what you can do about it.Medical scientists are learning more and more each day about the biological rhythms of  life and how these rhythms play a role in determining health and disease.Sometimes this biological clock gets out of kilter.Perhaps The bestknown example of this occurrence is seasonal affective disorder (SAD)-The medical term for the winter blues. Typically,individuals  with SAD feel depressed.They generally slow down,oversleep,overeat,and crave carbohydrates in the winter. In the summer,these same peole feel elated, active, and energetic.

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIGHT

Although various things may be responsible for SAD,lack of exposure to full- spectrum natural light appears to be the most logical explanation. The antidepressant effect of the light therapy is probably due to restoring proper melatonin synthesis and secretion by the pineal gland ,leading to re-establishment of proper circadian rhythm. if you suffer from SAD,trying replacing all of the light bulbs in the room where you spend the most time with full spectrum lighting. you may also want to invest in a light box, available on -line.

 MELATONIN?-In people who have SAD, melatonin secretion is disturbed. It makes sense to see if there are any benefits from melatonin supplementation at bedtime.

DO LOW LEVELS OF VITAMIN D CAUSE SAD?  One theory about SAD is that it is another disorder linked to low levels of Vitamin D.Vitamin D is absolutely essential for proper brain chemistry and neurotransmitter action.It is important to insure optimal vitamin D levels during the winter months.Most health experts now advocate daily dosages of 2,000 to  5,000 i.u.even in apparently healthy adults.

ST. JOHN’S WORT EXTRACT IN SAD- Studies have shown St. John’s Wort extract to be very effective  in reducing depression scores in patients with SAD . In one study, patients were treated with 900 mg St. John’s Wort daily.

Exerpted from the Magazine :Better Nutrition Healthy Hand Book

November 2010

By Michael T. Murray, N.D.