Another Cartoon

This is another cartoon that truthfully illustrates how we, as a society, treat all problems with medicine.

More About the Bad Effects of Grains and Sugars

This article from Dr. Mercola's site: Mercola.com, tells more about the just how bad processed sugars and grains can be for our health.

Reduce Grains and Sugar to Lose Weight and Improve Health

For several million years, humans existed on a diet of animals and vegetation. It was only with the advent of agriculture a mere 10,000 years ago - a fraction of a second in evolutionary time - that humans began ingesting large amounts of sugar and starch in the form of grains (and potatoes) into their diets. Indeed, 99.99% of our genes were formed before the advent of agriculture; in biological terms, our bodies are still those of hunter-gatherers.

While the human shift to agriculture produced indisputable gains for man - modern civilization is based on this epoch - societies where the transition from a primarily meat/vegetation diet to one high in cereals show a reduced lifespan and stature, increases in infant mortality and infectious disease, and higher nutritional deficiencies.

Contemporary humans have not suddenly evolved mechanisms to incorporate the high carbohydrates from starch- and sugar-rich foods into their diet. In short, we are consuming far too much bread, cereal, pasta, corn (a grain, not a vegetable), rice, potatoes and Little Debbie snack cakes, with very grave consequences to our health. Making matters worse, most of these carbohydrates we consume come in the form of processed food.

That 65% of Americans are overweight, and 27% clinically obese, in a nation addicted to sesame seed buns for that hamburger, with a side of French fries and a Coke, is no coincidence. It is not the fat in the foods we eat but, far more, the excess carbohydrates from our starch- and sugar-loaded diet that is making people fat and unhealthy, and leading to epidemic levels of a host of diseases such as diabetes.

If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms, chances are very good that the excess carbohydrates in your body are, in part or whole, to blame:

* Excess weight
* Fatigue and frequent sleepiness
* Depression
* Brain fogginess
* Bloating
* Low blood sugar
* High blood pressure
* High triglycerides

We all need a certain amount of carbohydrates, of course, but, through our addiction to grains, potatoes, sweets and other starchy and sugary foods, we are consuming far too many. The body's storage capacity for carbohydrates is quite limited, though, so here's what happens to all the excess: they are converted, via insulin, into fat and stored in the adipose, or fatty, tissue.

Any meal or snack high in carbohydrates generates a rapid rise in blood glucose. To adjust for this rise, the pancreas secretes the hormone insulin into the bloodstream, which lowers the glucose. Insulin is, though, essentially a storage hormone, evolved over those millions of years of humans prior to the agricultural age, to store the excess calories from carbohydrates in the form of fat in case of famine.

Insulin, stimulated by the excess carbohydrates in our overabundant consumption of grains, starches and sweets, is responsible for all those bulging stomachs and fat rolls in thighs and chins.

Even worse, high insulin levels suppress two other important hormones - glucagons and growth hormones - that are responsible for burning fat and sugar and promoting muscle development, respectively. So insulin from excess carbohydrates promotes fat, and then wards off the body's ability to lose that fat.

Excess weight and obesity lead to heart disease and a wide variety of other diseases. But the ill effect of grains and sugars does not end there. They suppress the immune system, contributing to allergies, and they are responsible for a host of digestive disorders. They contribute to depression, and their excess consumption is, in fact, associated with many of the chronic diseases in our nation, such as cancer and diabetes.

New Year Resolutions

This is a challenge for anyone willing to participate. If you suffer from minor problems like headaches, muscle soreness, acid reflux, heartburn, problems sleeping, tiredness, lack of concentration or other disorders, taking these small steps may help these problems drastically.

New Year Resolve to Feel Better
31-Day Challenge

Guidelines:

1. Reduce or completely eliminate grains and sugars. If you eat any grains, they should be in whole form and should not be processed. Try to avoid sugars completely, choose sweet fruits for snacks or dessert. Especially eliminate sugars if you experience yeast infections more than once a year. Sugars feed yeast and cause an overgrowth in your body that can tip the delicate scale of good yeast and spread to cause infection.

2. Drink at least 64 ounces of water a day. Drink more if you exercise or drink caffeinated beverages (see next rule).

3. Cut out the caffeine! Try to avoid drinking any caffeine during the month. If you consume caffeine on a daily basis, this will be difficult for the first couple days, but physically, the caffeine only stays in your system for 48 hours, so after that it is purely psychological.

4. Cut down carbs. Try to avoid food like potatoes, breads, pastries, bagels, rolls, etc. Don’t go Adkins with it though, this does not mean to eat meat as a replacement. You should replace it with vegetables grown above ground such as lettuce, spinach, kale, etc.

5. Exercise. Try to get at least 15 minutes of brisk exercise each day. Try to get to a pace at which it would be difficult, but not impossible to keep up a conversation.

6. Relax. Try to take at least 15 minutes a day to pray or relax. This will help release positive endorphins and release stress.

7. Sleep. You have heard it before, but getting at least 8 hours of sleep a night can dramatically help your mental awareness and give your body time to heal. Also, the gallbladder empties between 10pm and 2 am, but if you are not asleep, it can back up into the liver and release toxins into the body. Have you ever ached after staying up all night and wondered why? This could be the culprit.

8. Don’t eat out. When you eat out, the food is mass produced, usually devoid of nutrients and high glycemic, meaning that your body will digest it too rapidly and the sugars and fats can cause an increase in insulin and possible weight gain. For snacks, try unsalted, raw nuts or a piece of fruit and try a balance of meats and vegetables for dinner.

Cute Cartoon....But how true.

This cartoon really illustrated how much we are in the grasp of pharmaceutical America. The sad thing is that almost every condition can be corrected naturally by finding and fixing the root of the problem. Often times problems are caused by something as simple as a deficiency of something the body needs, or that the person is eating something that causes reactions or conditions. Even diabetes, one of the top killers in America, and one of the most common diseases, can usually be treated and corrected by eating a low-glycemic diet, keeping blood sugar levels balanced with glyconutrients, and eliminating certain substances from the diet. Things like heart disease, PMS, depression and other chronic problems are usually the result of a parasite infection or problem in the diet, and can easily be fixed with a series of cleanses, by taking glyconutrients and by changing diet.

Parasites

It is estimated that approximately 95% of the American Population is infected with a parasite of some kind. There are hundreds of different parasites, from tapeworms, to pinworms to many others. Parasites can be amoeba, bacteria, fungi, molds, worms, spores, or ticks. In most cases, people do not even know they have parasites, and after a period of time, some parasites may cause serious problems. Many parasites especially like the refined, processed and high-carbohydrate diet that many Americans eat. A lot of the parasites are found in meat that has not been cooked enough. Baking, roasting and broiling foods kills parasites in most cases, though microwaving usually does not since it does not always get the internal temperature hot enough to kill them.

Here is a list of possible symptoms of Parasite infestation:
INABILITY TO GAIN OR LOSE WEIGHT
CHRONIC CANDIDA
YEAST INFECTIONS
CHRONIC SINUS OR EAR INFECTIONS
URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS
ITCHY EARS OR NOSE
ANAL ITCHING, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT
DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS
GAS AND BLOATING
DIARRHEA
MUCUSY STOOLS
HEMORRHOIDS
CONSTIPATION
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
GRINDING TEETH WHILE SLEEPING
HEART PAIN
NUMB HANDS
PAIN IN THE NAVEL
PAIN IN THE BACK,THIGHS OR SHOULDERS
ARTHRITIC PAINS
BURNING IN THE STOMACH
BED WETTING
DROOLING WHILE SLEEPING
ANY MENSTRUAL COMPLAINT
CYSTS AND FIBROIDS
EATING MORE AND STILL BEING HUNGRY
ALL SKIN PROBLEMS
FORGETFULNESS
DEPRESSION
CHRONIC FATIGUE
CHRONIC VIRAL SYNDROMES
PROSTATE PROBLEMS AND SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION IN MEN
WATER RETENTION (mostly from tapeworms)
CRAWLING FEELING UNDER THE SKIN
FLOATERS
LIVER/GALLBLADDER TROUBLE

Fortunately, many parasite infections can be eliminated with a variety of cleanses and a regimen of Black Walnut, Wormwood and Common Cloves. The three should be taken together, and can safely remove about 100 different kinds of parasites when used together. It is also important to remove refined sugar and most grains and to drink at least 64 ounces of water a day. For more information, check out this site, or email me.

The Dangers of Grains, The Truth About FATS

Contrary to the advice of the American Food Pyramid, we do not need 6-11 servings of grains a day, in fact, we do not need any. In the past, humans consumed a diet of proteins from hunted animals and vegetables that they gathered. It has only been in the last couple thousand years that humans have started eating grains, and our bodies have not adjusted to be able to properly process them.

The diabetes epidemic in America is as much caused by grains and artificial carbs and it is by sugars. Optimally, the carbohydrates we consume should come from pure, raw and non genetically modified vegetables. For people trying to lose weight, even large amounts of fruit can be a sabotage. Even the whole grains that have become a new diet fad are largely unregulated and cannot be processed completely by our bodies. Actually, a lot of the things you hear from the Food and Drug Administration and the USDA can be ignored or taken as advice to do the opposite.

For a better and more accurate idea of what we should eat, we would do better do invert the Food Pyramid. While our society tends to avoid fats like the plague, especially ones deemed "trans or saturated" not all fats are bad and our bodies need good amounts of good fat to function properly. Our largest amount of food should come from Vegetables, especially those that grow above ground. Potatoes and carrots are very starchy and should be eaten in moderation. Spinach and Broccoli are power foods that can aid weight loss, improve mental ability and help the immune system. Eggs are also a good source of protein and can be used in many recipes.

Controversial Movie

This movie is an eerily truthful parody of pharmaceutical America...

Back to the Basics

Here are several of the most simple, but commonly ignored keys to health and wellness.

1. Drink water. A good starting benchmark for water consumption is to take half of your body weight and add twenty. That is the minimum number of ounces you should consumer, per day. If you exercise, add 8-16 ounces for each thirty minutes of exercise. Also, add 16 ounces for every caffeinated or carbonated beverage you consume. Statistics show that many Americans are clinically dehydrated and do not even know it. The effects of this dehydration can lead to things as small as headache and as devastating as early death.

2. Exercise. You have heard it before, but exercise has so many positive benefits, and is necessary for optimal body function. Recent statistics show that about 65 percent of all Americans do not get any exercise at all. The CDC also reported that about 65 percent of all Americans are overweight or obese. Coincidence? Exercise lowers your risk of several types of cancer, increases the flow of endorphins and good chemicals throughout your body and reduces stress, just to name a few of the main benefits. Even small amounts of exercises are good, so try to fit in any amount that you can. A good benchmark is to try to exercise for 30 minutes at least on 3-5 days of the week. Your exercise level should be enough that it is difficult to carry on a conversation, but you should still be able to talk. Even working in this small amount of exercise can dramatically improve many aspects of your life.

3. Supplement your diet. In today's society, it is virtually impossible to consume enough pure, whole foods to give your body the structures it needs to function properly. Though the benefits of eating fruits and vegetables cannot be ignored, even nine servings of each per day is not enough to provide your body proper nutrition. I recommend glyconutrients as a great supplement for everyone of all ages. For more information on glyconutrients email me.

4. Proper diet. It is no secret that fast food is not good for you, but there are many other common foods that are just as bad. Any kind of soda is bad, even diet. Carbonated beverages deplete your bones of necessary calcium and magnesium and can lead to problems such as osteoporosis. Diet beverages are even worse than their sugar-heavy counterparts, because they contain dangerous sweeteners, many which can never be removed from your body. Any food that has been fried is basically devoid of nutrients and does nothing for your body. Diets too rich in artificial carbohydrates can lead to many problems. As a general rule, it is good to avoid foods that contain refined sugar or starches or bleached flour.

5. Sleep. This is one of the hardest elements of health to accomplish in today's high demand society, but as you know, an average person needs 7-8 hours of sleep a night. Not getting enough sleep can lower your mental abilities, lead to fatigue and cause physical pain such as headaches.

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