Plateaus

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After one has worked on weight loss or getting one's blood sugar to normal levels, for some time there is a time when a plateau is reached. Sometimes bad habits have crept in and the weight is not coming off because of that, or just that the body's metabolism has reached a balance between intake, output and exercise. I guess this would be the time to up the exercise and lower the intake again.

We can actually live on much less food than our modern society seems to think. Reaching satiety is tricky is one has accustomed one body to live on large meals and several snacks. I want to say here that I do not believe in snacks, meals are good enough. I know the ADA has recommended that one eat 6 small meals per day, but what is a 'small meal'? If you check out the portions at your favorite restaurant the meals are hardly small. Would 1/2 that be right or 1/4? Actually a 'small meal' is just a snack, and just a few bites. Most people don't want to live on small snacks and no three course meals so psychologically snacks just won't do it. Just my opinion, here.

To get back to exercise; I'm a firm believer in going slowly, if you go too hard at the inception of an exercise program you might burn out when the next day is filled with so much pain you can't go on.

Anyway if you plateau out on your weight loss, as I have a regrouping might be in order. This might be a good time to get more exercise, check the diet for bad habits and eliminate them and go on from there. Losing a lot of weight take a long time. Losing weight so that you don't have hanging folds of flab takes time and exercise.

I did try to do some research on this subject but all I am finding these days is stuff like "HFCS isn't so bad." and "I'm sure the FDA wouldn't allow any cancer-causing substance to be on the market."[talking about Aspartame here].

I can't lend any credence to their nonsense by using their quotes as research, so today you are stuck with my opinions. I am checking out my diet, I have allowed some bad habits creep in and I'll be raising my exercise levels and I know that taking :cell power
and keep as many alkalizing foods in my diet as I can, and For weight control, lowering Cholesterol, and balancing the Omega -3's and Omega-6 intake I'm still taking a tablespoon of For weight loss I'm still takingcoconut oil


are helping to make me well, and by the way it's working on the candidiasis also! My teeth sparkle, I kid you not, and while I haven't lost more weight, I'm holding my own and my blood sugar, blood pressure, AND MY pH, ARE staying in the normal range. I feel better every day and I am much happier than I ever have been my whole life.

I really need to mention again about the four essential minerals a diabetic needs:
The four essential minerals for diabetic support I take these every day.
If you click on these links you’ll see more about why they are essential:

chromium


Magnesium, a benefit to heart, muscles, and liver



Selenium~ a benefit to the immune system, diabetes is an immune system dis-ease


Zinc~!the healing mineral


~~jokes~~~

Many years ago a friend of mine called Joe worked in the coal mines. He would go to work early in the morning, go down the mine to the coal face and do his eight hour stint, then come back to the surface to get ready to come home. He followed this daily routine faithfully for years on end, down the mine in the morning and up at the end of his shift. Down then up, down then up. One day whilst he was at the coal face he swung his pick ax and the point went deep into a rock. He eventually managed to remove the pick ax from the rock, and as he did so he was engulfed in a deluge of water. He was absolutely drenched by the water, and his work mates remarked that he looked about 10 years younger since the water had covered him. They all tried to get soaked, and those that managed did indeed look 10 years younger. He, and those of his friends who had managed to get covered by the water, were thankful but they couldn't stop wondering why they had only been made to look 10 years younger. Why hadn't they been made to look 20 or 25 years younger than they really were?
It must be obvious that it was only a miner miracle



I had been planning this for almost a year. I had two tickets to the Rolling Stones concert at The Pond. I had slept overnight at the box-office and tickets were sold out in the first hour. I was one of the few at our school who were lucky enough to get a pair of tickets. They had cost a full month's allowance. It was my first date with Karen, the head cheerleader and the most popular girl at the school. I have had a crush on her since the sixth grade. Dad had given me the keys to his new Cantera. He had never allowed me to drive it before. Nothing could go wrong. This would be the perfect evening and hopefully the start of a long relationship. When I was about to leave, my mother called me. She had just received a frantic call from my older sister, Linda. Her car had stalled on the freeway and she was late for work. I would have to go pick her up, take her to work, and then see that her car was towed to the nearest garage. I would have to cancel my date. I immediately refused, telling Mom it was impossible for me to do that. My mother was irate. "Don't you have any sense of responsibility," she asked. "It's not that,"
I answered. . . . "I just can't be a brother and assist her."

~~~
A writer is a person for whom writing is more
difficult than it is for other people.
-- Thomas Mann

What others think of us would be of little moment
did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we
think of ourselves.
-- Paul Valery

Art is science made clear.
-- Jean Cocteau

~~~
And on that note I’ll be saying good by, Have a great day, may you live long and prosper! May you find fresh pasture and cool shade. Be blessed my friends!
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Dr, Robert O Young on Alkalizing the body and why

Today's blog entry is from an email newsletter I get every day from by Robert O. Young, Ph.D. pH Miracle Living Center: He advocates a 70% alkalizing diet, and that's great if you are not a carnivore and eats piles of broccoli a day. As for me I take :cell power
and keep as many alkalizing foods in my diet as I can.

For food lists of acid and alkaline foods see:acid and alkaline revisited

What Causes Cancer, Heart Attacks, Strokes,
Diabetes, MS, Lupus, Dementia, and the list
goes on and on and on?

A rise in the alkalinity of the blood above
pH 7.365 (alkaline phosphate)--any rise--is
a result or a compensatory reaction due
to over-acidity in body tissues (latent tissue
acidosis) as the blood attempts to maintain the
pH at 7.365.

There is no exception for the rule of alkalinity.

The body will ALWAYS overcompensate for the excess
acidity in the tissues by over-alkalizing the blood
to maintain homeostasis.

I call this the "teeter-totter" effect.

Along comes the traditional medical attendant
and perceives that there is too much alkalinity,
when really there is not.

This is an important concept to grasp, so let's
oversimplify a bit. The tissues have become acidic.
The blood "knows" that.

So, it pours out extra alkalinity or alkaline
phosphate into the blood and the blood pH spikes
up to a higher than normal pH.

It's like when we get the bejeebers scared out
of us by something innocent, we over-react.
When suddenly alarmed, a person might scream,
holler, faint, get mad, strike out, drop the vase,
kick the dog, or even have a heart attack. The
blood does the same thing. A knee-jerk reaction...
well, actually, a blood-jerk reaction.

Alternatively, how many times have you heard of a
car going off the shoulder of the road and the
driver over-reacts, jerks the wheel back, and
flies into the other lane of oncoming traffic.
It happens all the time. Incidentally, if that
does happen to you, you're better off not to
interfere. Stay on the shoulder. Let
the wheel stay there for a moment. Slow the car
down. But don't overreact.

Mainstream medicine, not understanding the cause
of the excessive alkalinity pouring into the
blood, may try and stop the rushing
over-alkalization. But that's the wrong move.
We're better off not to interfere.

Once more. When your little boy falls down, sees
mama going out the door, or is scared of the
boogey man, what happens? He not only cries, but
how often do we see a child go into a big, fat
over-reaction?

Sometimes, they really get worked up. It's a
natural over-reaction to a typical situation.


...

Tissues are acidic. Here comes a flood of
alkalinity--even so much that the pH rises
and concerns the western medical establishment.
But whatever it was that caused the pH to
over-react must be understood. Acidic tissues
mean problems ahead, correct?

Not only do we need alkalinity but lots of it.
The acidic tissues will soon even out the rise in
blood pH, and we will need additional alkalinity
to wipe out the acidic tissue problem.

Cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, etc. are
not diseases of alkalinity but are diseases of
acidity!

The body uses the calcium of the bones as well
as other buffers (bicarbonate, hemoglobin, sodium,
etc.) to chelate acidity! That is why there are
always microcalcifications in the liver, pancreas,
breast, bowels, bladder, bones, prostate, muscles,
joints, blood vessels and brain before the liver,
pancreas, breast, bowels, bladder, bones, prostate,
muscles, joints, blood vessels and brain cancer tumor
shows up.

Why prior to the tumor?

Because the body will always try and protect
and preserve itself by buffering acids with the
alkalinity of calcium. The bones are always
affected in any cancer, heart condition, stroke,
diabetes, etc. because the bones are an excellent
source of calcium for buffering dietary and metabolic
acids.

So is Cancer, Heart Attack, Stroke or Diabetes the
disease?

No!

Then is the loss of bone mass the disease or the
calcium deposits in the liver, pancreas, breast,
brain, etc. the disease?

NO! NO!

Is the increase in the alkaline phosphates the
disease?

NO! NO! NO!

These are all symptoms, not disease!

Then the disease must be the over-acidity?

Well yes, and well no.

Then what is the disease?

The "yes" part I call acidosis or hyperacidity.
That is an acceptable term for the condition.
But it is really much more.

The "no" part is that it's more than acidity.
It's a psychological disorder. It's a sociological
malaise. It's a cultural-anthropological
phenomenon. And once people understand the truth
and the scientific foundation of "New Biology"TM,
and once people understand the science of what I
have been writing about for two, the better part
of two decades, it may then become to be understood
as a "moral disease" as well.

And why is that, you ask?

Is committing suicide a moral issue?

Well, yes.

Is drinking yourself to death a moral issue?

Well, yes.

Is allowing your children to become obese flying
in the face of natural law?

Well, yes, assuming you are aware of what's
happening and have other options.

If you say "yes" to these last few questions,
then we are looking at a very, complex
psychological, sociological, cultural, biological
and moral phenomenon.

Once you know and believe that over-acidity
causes every disease and all dis-ease, then to
ignore that fact is a form of suicide!

Just like Samson who slayed a 1000 Philistines
with the jawbone of an ass, every day people use
same instrument with their daily lifestyle and
dietary choices.

When you eat poorly, you pull the trigger every
day of your life, and eventually, the gun fires.
The bullet might hit you square in the head like
a massive heart attack or stroke, or it may kill
you more slowly like a cancer, or it may simply
put you in a fog for the next 15 years like
Alzheimer's or dementia.

This "disease-phenomenon" is an inverted way
of living, eating and thinking!!!

Yes, this is the cause of ALL disease--ALL
that disturbs the central balance of organized
matter that leads to excess acidity in the blood
and then tissues.

It is ALL that leads to increases in alkaline
phosphates.

It is ALL microcalcifications in the liver,
pancreas, breast, brain, prostate, and so on,
and so on.

ALL liver, pancreas, breast, bladder, bowel,
prostate, brain, etc., tumors, ALL liver, pancreas,
breast, bladder, bowel, prostate, brain, etc.
cancer and ALL potential bone cancer!!!!

First, we must understand that ALL of the above
sicknesses and diseases are NOT sicknesses or
diseases but a symptom of acidosis and catarrh
that has built up in the blood and tissues that
has significantly effected the white blood
cells' ability (the janitorial and garbage
collectors for the blood and tissues) to remove
metabolic, dietary acids and degenerative matter.

When we are dealing with any symptom or any
effect, we need to look to the cause. To
understand the cause is not difficult nor is
the understanding of the treatment.

The "New Biology"TM explains the cause and
effect of all sickness and disease in addition
to explaining how to improve the quality and
quantity of life.

For example, enervation (the deprivation of
force or strength) and muscle weakness per se
is not a disease.

Weakness, or lost power, is not a disease; but,
by causing a flagging of the elimination of
tissue-waste which is toxic, the blood becomes
charged with acids.

I call this Acidosis--poison in the blood and
then tissues. This is disease and when the
acidic toxins accumulate beyond the toleration
point, a crisis takes place. This means that
the poison or acid (virus) is being eliminated--
often through the skin, the third kidney.

We can call this disease, but it is not!

The only disease is systemic Acidosis which
localizes in the weakest parts of our body.

And what we call disease, is symptoms produced
by the forced vicarious elimination of acids
through the mucous membrane.

When the elimination takes place through the
mucous membrane of the nose, it is called a
cold--catarrh of the nose. And where these
crises are repeated for years, the
mucous membrane thickens and ulcerates, and
the bones enlarge, closing the passages.

At this stage, hay fever or asthma develops.

When the throat and tonsils, or any of the
respiratory passages, become the seat of the
crises of acidity, we have croup, tonsillitis,
pharyngitis, laryngitis, bronchitis, asthma,
pneumonia, etc.

When the acids locate in the cranial cavity
we have dementia, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's,
muddle thinking, forgetfulness, and even
depression.

When the acids locate in the gastrointestinal
tract we have IBS, gastrointestinal dysmotility,
autonomic dysfunction, carotid stenosis and
ischemic colitis.

When the acids are expressed through the skin
we have psoriasis.

When the acids locate in the liver, pancreas,
breast, bowels, bladder, prostate, uterus or
brain tissue we have microcalcifications of
these acids that then leads to tumors and liver,
pancreas, breast, bowels, bladder, prostate,
uterus or brain cancer.

What is in the name?

All are symptoms of the expulsion of acids
from the blood and then tissues at the different
points named.

They are of the same character essentially
and evolve from the one cause, namely, systemic
Acidosis, as a crisis of toxemia.

The description can be extended to every
organ of the body, including the largest
organ, the skin, causing melanoma cancer.

For any organ that is enervated below the
average standard from stress of habit, from
work, or worry, from injury, or any other cause,
that organ may become the location of the crises
of systemic Acidosis.

The symptoms presented differ with each organ
affected. That fact gives color to the erroneous
belief that every symptom-complex is a separate
and distinct disease.

But, thanks to the new light and knowledge of
Dr.Robertand Shelley Young, being shed by the
"New Biology"TM upon nomenclature involved in
the naming of a disease, every symptom-complex
goes back to the one and only cause of all
diseases, namely, systemic Acidosis.

To find the cause of all symptomologies
including cancer, heart attack, stroke, diabetes,
etc., start with colds and catarrh, and watch
the pathology as it travels through "The
Seven Stages of Acidity(TM), beginning with:

1) enervation,
2) sensitivity and irritation (IBS),
3) catarrh,
4) inflammation,
5) induration (lupus, lymes, fibromyalgia),
6) ulceration and then to
7) degeneration-- cancer, heart attack,
stroke and diabetes.

How well could you try to find the cause
of man by ignoring his conception, embryonic
life, childhood, manhood, etc.

Nature's order is interfered with by
enervation habits until Acidosis is
established.

Then a vaccination (seen in Gulf War
Syndrome and Spanish Flu Epidemic) or an
infection (really an outfection) from any source
will act as a firebrand. Sooner or later
cause the most vulnerable organ (the bowels)
will undergo organic change. The organ,
however, has nothing to do with cause,
and directing treatment toward
the organ compounds the problem and is
nonsense!

Examples of this wrong thinking yield
blood transfusions for pernicious anemia,
gland treatment for gland impotency,
the cutting out of stones, ulcers and tumors.

There is no question that one of the most
pernicious practices in vogue today is
treating so-called disease with disease and
immunizing with the products of disease.

Current medical science calls this form of
pathological thinking a "vaccination." This
my friends is the real psuedo-science!

When the cause is not known, how is
prevention or cure possible except by luck?

Producing a mild form of smallpox using
vaccine is the same as introducing a poison
into a healthy person.

It makes no sense!

Certainly only pathological thinking can
arrive at such conclusions. Vaccine or
autogenous remedies (metabolic acids) are
made from the products of disease.

This also includes ALL antibiotics which are
products of disease!

The idea that disease can be made to cure
itself is an end-product of pathological
thinking!

If prevention and cure mean producing
disease, surely prevention and cure are not
desirable. If prevention can be accomplished,
then cures will not be needed!

It is not disease, it is cause "in all its
aspects" that we need to know before we can
take steps to prevent or cure "disease."

Cause is constant, ever present, and always
the same. Only effects, and the object on
which a cause acts, change.

And the change is most inconstant.

To illustrate: a catarrh of the stomach
presents first irritation, then inflammation,
then ulceration, and finally induration
and cancer.

Not all cases run true to form. Only a
small percentage evolve to ulcer and fewer
reach the cancer stage. More acidic toxins
exit via acute food poisoning or acute
indigestion then by chronic diseases.

Most Americans are challenged with the
symptomology of indigestion, which can
include acid reflux, diarrhea and/or
constipation.

The proper way to study disease is to
study health and every influence favorable
or not favorable to its continuance.

Our western system of medicine has been
preoccupied with the study of disease,
not health.

Disease is perverted health!

Any influence that lowers energy becomes
disease producing. Disease cannot be its
own cause, neither can it be its own cure
and certainly not is own prevention!

My personal discovery of the truth of
ALL sickness and disease--that Acidosis
is the cause of all so-called diseases--came
about slowly, step by step, line upon line,
precept upon precept, here a little and there a
little.

At first, I postulated that yeast and molds
must be the general cause of disease. Then I
decided that it was not yeast and molds but
that the body becoming enervated. But wait
a minute, enervation is not a disease; disease
must be due to dietary and metabolic acids.

I reasoned that localized or systemic Acidosis
is the true general cause of all disease and
must be autogenerated. And if disease is due
to autogenerated acids, what is the cause of
that autogeneration?

The answer is found in understanding the nature
of matter and how it organizes and disorganizes.
I realized that there must be a physical or
emotional disturbance to organized matter before
it can begin its disorganization.

And when matter begins to disorganize, it gives
rise to autogenerated acids. This is true for
all matter!

To illustrate, take a physical injury to a joint
which is often complicated with the prior symptom
of rheumatism. The rheumatism previous to the
injury was potentially in the blood and/or
tissues. Just what change had taken place
in the matter which, under stress of injury
or shock of any kind, would cause a reaction
with fever?

I could not understand until the "Acid Theory"
suggested itself to my mind. After that, the
cause of disease unfolded before me in an easy
and natural manner.

I called this new paradigm for ALL sickness
and disease "The Cycle of Imbalance." You
can read about "The Cycle of Imbalance" in
my book, "Sick and Tired, Reclaim You Inner
Terrain." You can order this book at:

www.phmiracleliving.com.

In a few words, without Acidosis, there can
be no sickness or disease and there can be
NO CANCER! NO HEART ATTACK! NO STROKE!
NO DIABETES! NO DEMENTIA! NO DIS-EASE!

It is also true that without Acidosis there
can be NO PAIN!

Therefore, pain equals acid and acid equals
pain.

I knew that the waste products of cellular
disorganization and metabolism were toxic
and that the only reason why we were not
poisoned by it was because it was removed
from the organism as fast as it was produced.

Then I discovered that the acid was retained
in the blood and then tissues when there was
a checking of elimination.

Then, the cause of the checking had to be
determined. In time, I thought out the
cause of all sickness and disease. I knew
that when we had normal energy, organic
functioning was normal.

Then came the discovery that enervation
caused a checking of elimination.

Eureka!

The cause of ALL sickness and disease is
NOW found!

Enervation checks elimination of the
waste-products -- ACIDS -- of cellular
disorganization and metabolism.

Retention of metabolic and dietary ACIDS
is the first and the only cause of ALL
sickness and disease!

One of the first things to do to get rid
of any so-called disease is to get rid of
all the acid, for it is this state of the
blood and then tissues that makes disease
possible.

Infection, drugs and food poisoning may
kill, but if they do not, they will be
short-lived in a subject that is free from
enervation and acid.

Conversely, the poisoning will linger in
the system until the acid is overcome. Then
and only then will elimination remove all
traces of outfection - ACID.

Syphilitic outfection (herpes, warts, moles
of any color) is pronouncedly an acidic subject
thrown into great virulency by poor nutrition,
lifestyle and conventional treatment.

The same is true with HIV/AIDS. The
so-called infection which in reality is an
outfection of acid, is the least offender
of the trio. Add fear (false evidence
appearing real) wrong eating, poor sanitation
and wrong lifestyle choices and we have a
formidable symptom complex that serves to
justify all that professional syphilomaniacs
HIV/AIDSomaniacs say and write about these
dis-eaes.

Remove Acidosis, drugging, FEAR, poor
sanitation, wrong lifestyle choices, and vile
eating, and there is little left. What is
left can be easily thrown out of the body
by Nature!

Scientific research is being carried on
vigorously in an attempt to find the cause
of disease. The conception of disease is
that the cause is individual. Here is where
investigators meet their Waterloo. All of
the so-called diseases are increasing symptom
complexes due to repeated crises of Acidosis.

Diseases have no independent existence!

As soon as acidity is controlled, the symptoms
disappear unless an organ has been forced by
innumerable crises to degenerate.

Even organic change, when the organ is not
destroyed, will come back by correcting the
life and getting rid of the true cause--the
crisis of acidosis!

All symptoms of all so-called diseases have
one origin.

All diseases are ONE!

Unity in all things is Nature's plan.

Polytheism is gone, and everything pertaining
to it and coming out of it must go.

So you NOW have the truth! No more LIES!

There is only one sickness, one disease,
and NOW one treatment.

The one sickness and disease is the
over-acidification of the blood and then
tissues due to an inverted way of living,
eating, and thinking.

The one treatment is to alkalize and
energize with Dr. Robert and Shelley Young's
pH Miracle Living Plan.

We all need to go back to the Garden of Eden
and start living and eating GREEN.

I call this eating like "COWS" which stands
for the following:

C = Chlorophyl
O = Oxygen - nascent oxygen or singlet oxygen
W = Water - alkaline oxygen
S = Salt - liquid mineral salts

You can learn more about this program on our
website or in our books, The pH Miracle,
The pH Miracle for Diabetes, The pH Miracle
for Weight Loss, Back to the House of
Health I and II and Sick and Tired, which you
can also purchase through Amazon.com, Barnes
and Noble or Borders Books.

...

Copyright © 2007 by Robert O. Young, Ph.D.
pH Miracle Living Center for the complete article write to me and I'll email it to you.
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He has a whole program that is very good, I have:
cell power
Which I think is better.

I am also still taking:
AND

For weight control, lowering Cholesterol, and balancing the Omega -3's and Omega-6 intake I'm still taking a tablespoon of For weight loss I'm still takingcoconut oil




I am still taking: flax seed oil in gel caps~made in the USA.
for Omega-3's
~~~Jokes~~~
Archeologists were digging at an ancient site in Norway when they found a statue of the Norse thunder god. The statue had two huge rubies for eyes. When the two leading archeologists saw the statue, they began to squabble. Each wanted to claim the discovery as his own. The arguing went on for hours, with the rest of the team watching. Finally, they gave up and decided to share the credit for the discovery. As the crowd dispersed, one of the archeology assistants said to another, “Boy, was that a fight for Thor eyes.”

~~~
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D.
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests:

I decided to wash my car. As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the hall table. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trashcan under the table, and notice that the trashcan is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash first. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go to my desk where I find the bottle of coke that I had been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered. I set the coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, we will be looking for the remote, but nobody will remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.

I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor.
So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day: the car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, there is a warm bottle of coke sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.

Do me a favor, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember to whom it has been sent.


~~~
A police car pulls up in front of grandma Bessie's house, and grandpa Morris gets out. The polite policeman explained that this elderly gentleman said that he was lost in the park and couldn't find his way home.
"Oh Morris", said grandma, "You've been going to that park for over 30 years! How could you get lost?"
Leaning close to grandma, so that the policeman couldn't hear, Morris whispered, "I wasn't lost. I was just too tired to walk home."

~~~
I wish you and yours the very best of health and I remember today is the first day of the rest of your life, make it count, do something healthy for you!

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WHAT'S SO EXCITING ABOUT MSG?

1)

Aspartame (often called Nutrasweet) is a controversial food additive used to sweeten "diet" products artificially. The product has a long history of causing severe health problems. Along with MSG (monosodium glutamate) and MSG-like food additives, aspartame is in a class of compounds known as "excitotoxins". These excitotoxins basically excite brain cells until they die. In other words, each serving of MSG or aspartame has the potential to cause a little bit of brain damage, which becomes cumulative and could eventually lead to Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's, or other neurological diseases.

Aspartame is especially controversial, as laboratory tests BEFORE it was approved showed that it caused brain lesions, cancer, death, and a number of other serious health problems. The substance was originally rejected by the FDA, but later Donald Rumsfeld (the current Secretary of Defense) went to work for Searle with the goal of having aspartame approved. Since its approval, brain cancer rates have risen, although a portion of those cases may be due to the explosion of cell phone usage at around the same time. Aspartame is the substance the FDA receives most complaints about, with a range of known side effects including birth defects, cancer, and death. I was appalled one day while listening to an NPR radio talk show host, an MD, tell a pregnant woman that it was OK to drink aspartame. This was after her family doctor had told her to avoid aspartame/Nutrasweet while pregnant. He mentioned that a lot of internet web sites claimed aspartame was bad, but that he didn't "think" there were any problems.

For those who think that aspartame, MSG, and other excitotoxins are only exposed on the internet by conspiracy theorists, I recommend a book by a respected neurosurgeon: Excitotoxins; The Taste that Kills by Russell Blaylock, MD. Blaylock's book is excellent, not only explaining basic brain physiology and how excitotoxins destroy brain cells, but also how one can protect oneself from some of the damage by excitotoxins. He also informs the reader of "code words" manufacturers use on food labels that really mean MSG or MSG-like compounds.

There is a nice article in Webworker.com/Neurodegeneration, Neurodevelopment, Migraines, & Seizuresconcerning the dangers of excitotoxins, a must read. It talks about how they discovered MSG and what it did to mice in the second generation, they were shorter and fatter, it causes: neurodegenerative diseases, such as ALS, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, and olivopontocerebellar degeneration.
NOTE THE OTHER NAMES FOR MSG THE GREEDY FOOD MANUFACTURERS ARE USING TO KEEP YOU EATING THEIR JUNK!

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Aspartame, aspartate, Cysteine, cysteic acid, Monosodium Glutamate (the following is a list of hidden sources of MSG )
Additives that Always Contain MSG:

Monosodium Glutamate
Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein Hydrolyzed Protein
Hydrolyzed Plant Extract
Plant Protein Extract
Sodium Caseinate
Yeast Extract
Texturized Protein
Autolyzed Yeast
Hydrolyzed Oat Flour
Calcium Caseinate
Additives that Frequently Contain MSG:

Malt Extract
Bouillon
Stock
Natural Flavoring Seasonings
Malt Flavoring
Broth Flavoring
Natural Beef or Chicken Flavoring
Spices

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Foods containing hidden MSG include sodium caseinate, calcium caseinate, yeast extract, textured protein, autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed flour, malt extract, malt flavoring, bouillon, broth, stock, "flavoring," "natural flavoring," "seasoning," "spices," carrageenan, enzymes, soy protein concentrate, soy protein isolate and whey protein concentrate. Various types of hydrolyzed protein are actually the precursors for MSG and are possibly more toxic.

The food industry has mounted enormous resistance to full labeling of MSG because it needs it to give flavor to ersatz imitation products. Virtually all canned and dehydrated soups, sauce mixes, frozen prepared dinners and canned condiments contain MSG or hydrolyzed vegetable protein to give them flavor. Otherwise these products would be bland and inedible.

I strongly suggest you read the full articles from which I took snippets to give you a broad Idea of the problem. This is just an overview.

As for me, I avoid restaurants, prepackaged foods, GM foods and fast foods. I amm getting better every day and I'm doing it with:cell power


AND

For weight control, lowering Cholesterol, and balancing the Omega -3's and Omega-6 intake I'm still taking a tablespoon of For weight loss I'm still takingcoconut oil




I am still taking: flax seed oil in gel caps~made in the USA.
for Omega-3's

~~~now for some thing completely different~~~

Just to assure that your next cross-country vacation does not get pricked by the thorns of legality, we at DMV.ORG have organized a list of arcane state laws that you should be aware of."


Kentucky

If you stop for ice cream while driving, be aware that it is considered unlawful to transport an ice cream cone in your back pocket.


Michigan

If you car breaks down in Detroit and you are waiting for assistance, be aware that sitting in the middle of the street to read a newspaper is illegal.


Minnesota

It is illegal to cross state lines, regardless if you are walking or driving, with a duck on your head. And, if you're crossing into Wisconsin, the law also applies to chickens.


Montana

In Whitehall, Montana, vehicles are prohibited from driving with ice picks attached to the wheels.


New Jersey

If convicted of driving while intoxicated, you permanently lose the option of registering for a vanity license plate.


Published on the DMV website
http://www.dmv.org/fun-stuff/bizarre-driving-laws.php

~~~

A nun was sitting at the airport, waiting for her flight to Chicago. She looked over in the corner and saw one of those weight machines that tells your fortune and thought to herself, "I'll give it a try and see what it tells me."

She went over to the machine, stepped up on the scale and put her nickel in. Out came a card that read, "You are a nun, you weigh 128 lbs, and you are going to Chicago."

The nun sat back down. She told herself that the machine probably gave the same card to everyone. The more ! she thought about it, the more curious she got, so she decided to try it again. She went back to the machine and again put her nickel in, and out came a card that read, "You are a nun, you weigh 128 pounds, you are going to Chicago and you are going to play a fiddle."

The nun said to herself, "I know that is wrong -- I have never played a musical instrument even once in my life." She sat back down. From out of nowhere a cowboy came over and sat down, putting his fiddle case in the seat between them. Without thinking, she opened the cowboy's case, took out the fiddle, and started playing beautiful music. Surprised at what she had done, she looked over at the machine, thinking, "This is incredible -- I've got to try this again."

Back to the machine she went, put in another nickel, and another card came out. It read, "You are a nun, you weigh 128 pounds, you are going to Chicago and you are going to break wind." Now she knew the machine was wrong, as she thought to herself, "I've never farted in public a single time in my life."

However, getting down off the machine she slipped, and as she was straining to keep herself from falling, -- sure enough -- she pooted out loud. Absolutely stunned and embarrassed, she sat back down and looked at the machine. She thought to herself, "I have GOT to try this again."

She went back to the machine, put in another nickel, and another card came out. It read, "You are a nun, you weigh 128 lbs, you have fiddled and farted around and have missed your flight to Chicago.

~~~~
There was a peddler who sold wool blankets and sweaters. Every day, he would pull his cart a few miles from his home to the village marketplace. He passed a small lake that was on the property of a local banker. On a particularly cold winter’s day, he noticed that the lake was frozen over. He realized that he could shave a mile or so off his trip by pulling his cart over the lake. When he got halfway across the lake, the banker raced from his house, yelling, “Nobody’s going to pull the wool over my ice!”

I wish you and yours the very best of health and I remember today is the first day of the rest of your life, make it count, do something healthy for you!

write to me at Webriter@verizon.net or use the comment or chat features.
Christian Biblical stories
Natural herbal remedies
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-----THE GARDEN GNOME


SOURCES
(1)PAM ROTELLA VEGETARIAN FUN PAGE/ASPARTAME,MSG AND OTHER EXCITO-TOXINS
http://www.pamrotella.com/health/excitotoxins.html
(2)Thinkaboutit.com/Excitotoxins and You by Reenie L. Mahon
http://www.think-aboutit.com/health/ExcitotoxinsandYou.htm
(3)Weston A. Price foundatioF.org/Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills
http://www.westonaprice.org/bookreviews/excitotoxins.html

STRESS/HEAT EFFECTS ON BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS

Stress, High Blood Pressure and Trauma are relieved for me by cell power


For our purposes stress is:(1)A mentally or emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition occurring in response to adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health, usually characterized by increased heart rate, a rise in blood pressure, muscular tension, irritability, and depression.

(2)

Stress results when something causes your body to behave as if it were under attack. Sources of stress can be physical, like injury or illness. Or they can be mental, like problems in your marriage, job, health, or finances.
When stress occurs, the body prepares to take action. This preparation is called the fight-or-flight response. In the fight-or-flight response, levels of many hormones shoot up. Their net effect is to make a lot of stored energy - glucose and fat - available to cells. These cells are then primed to help the body get away from danger.
In people who have diabetes, the fight-or-flight response does not work well. Insulin is not always able to let the extra energy into the cells, so glucose piles up in the blood.
Many sources of stress are not short-term threats. For example, it can take many months to recover from surgery. Stress hormones that are designed to deal with short-term danger stay turned on for a long time. As a result, long-term stress can cause long-term high blood glucose levels.
Many long-term sources of stress are mental. Your mind sometimes reacts to a non-dangerous event as if it were a real threat. Like physical stress, mental stress can be short term - from taking a test to getting stuck in a traffic jam. It can also be long term - from working for a demanding boss to taking care of an aging parent. In mental stress, the body pumps out hormones to no avail. Neither fighting nor fleeing is any help when the "enemy" is your own mind.
In people with diabetes, stress can alter blood glucose levels. It does this in two ways. First, people under stress may not take good care of themselves. They may drink more alcohol or exercise less. They may forget, or not have time, to check their glucose levels or plan good meals. Second, stress hormones may also alter blood glucose levels directly.

So it's very important to plan a good routine both for checking the blood glucose levels and staying with a good diet and exercise plan. Many times Stress is caused by factors like life changes making keeping to previous plans difficult especially if there are increased demand from job, family or one's own priorities.

Starting and maintaining good habits in regards to meals and exercise is essential. In times of upheaval a good program will work as automatic response. When I travel I keep my supplies, everything I need in a small box I can carry in a tote bag. My supplement compartmental box with each of my four times per day vitamins, my cellpower, a jug of distilled water, needles and insulin all together to keep that part of my routine going. I work to keep my physical activity levels up even when I have to spend precious hours cooped up in our little car. I stress a lot during travel times because it's so boring and I like to stay busy, in fact I like to do at least three things at once, the best I can do in a car is read, period.

Heat also causes blood sugar to rise: First no one feels much like exercising when it's hot enough to fry an egg on your forehead. Then the rest of the routine stuff can be tossed out the window if one isn't careful. Heat, unrelieved is very stressful, see above for the effects of stress.

We are having a drought here in Michigan where I live. The heat is awful, fortunately we have enough air conditioning to keep our home inside cool, but I still have to work outside to get my exercise. and today I worked out on our sunporch making canvas tote bags so we won't have to use those horrible little plastic grocery bags. I made two bags, but the heat on the porch is awful. My hair sticks out like I stuck my hand in a toaster and my clothes are soaking wet. also I'm going thru' a time of muscle spasming from the stroke I had so my foot hurts from walking on spasming toes. My hands don't want to do what I want them to do, but I'm wa-a-a-ay too stubborn to wait for another day to get my bags done. In fact I usually push myself a bit harder in times like these. Still my blood glucose stays down in the 'normal' range. I believe it has to be the cell power
that is really tiding me over during hard and stressful times. We lost the house we wanted to buy and our landlord here is trying to force us to buy this house that needs the equivalent of the gross National debt of a small European country's worth of work done on it. And my gardens are all dying from the relentless heat, I water and water and water, but it does no good. I'm under some stress, yet I have this wonderful side-effect from getting well, I am nearly euphoric I'm so happy, I attribute it to cell power I tell people if I got any happier I'd be twins and have to pay twice the taxes.

For weight control, lowering Cholesterol, and balancing the Omega -3's and Omega-6 intake I'm still taking a tablespoon of coconut oil




I also take flax seed oil in gel caps~made in the USA.
One of the keys to staying young is staying “young at heart”. Flax Seed, which is rich in essential fatty acids, has been used by civilizations around the world for more than 10,000 years. Flax Seed Oil is a rich source of the Omega-3 Essential Fatty Acid alpha linolenic acid, which is necessary for a wide variety of biological processes. Natrol® Flax Seed Oil is manufactured without the use of chemical Hexane solvents. I like the dark brown capsules because it keeps the oil from going rancid.

All the supplements I take are manufactured here in the US.

~~jokes/quotes~~~

The future is much like the present, only longer.
-- Dan Quisenberry

It is easier to fight for one's principles than
to live up to them.
-- Alfred Adler

One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a
child is that they have forgotten what it is
like to be a child.
-- Randall Jarrell

Before I got married I had six theories about
bringing up children; now I have six children and no
theories.
-- John Wilmot

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he
really is very good, in spite of all the people
who say he is very good.
-- Robert Graves

The reason there is so little crime in Germany is
that it's against the law.
-- Alex Levin



The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes
are taken out, it's just sort of a tired
feeling.
-- Paula Poundstone

~~~driving laws~~~
Just to assure that your next cross-country vacation does not get pricked by the thorns of legality, we at DMV.ORG have organized a list of arcane state laws that you should be aware of."

Alabama
It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.

It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street as long as a lantern is attached to the front of your car.


Arkansas

It is illegal for a person to blare the horn on a vehicle at any place where cold drinks or sandwiches are served after 9 p.m.


California

It is illegal in San Francisco to buff or dry your car with used underwear.

No unoccupied vehicle may exceed 60 miles per hour.


Florida

If an elephant is tied to a parking meter, the owner or attendant must deposit money in the meter.


Georgia

In Marietta, Georgia it is illegal to spit from a moving car or bus, but is okay from a moving truck.


Illinois

In Evanston, Illinois it is unlawful to change clothes while inside a car with the curtains drawn, except during a fire.


Published on the DMV website
http://www.dmv.org/fun-stuff/bizarre-driving-laws.php

~~~~

One day a man was bored, so he decided to take up a new sport. He wanted to try something exotic. And he wanted his friends to witness his daring feat. So he phoned them and told them to meet him on a cliff overlooking a beach. When they arrived, he was standing on the edge holding a small yellow bird. Suddenly, he jumped off the side of the cliff. He landed at the bottom, a bit bruised and shaken up, but otherwise okay. He ran back up to the top of the cliff and announced to his friends, "That's the last time I try budgie jumping."
~~~~~

I wish you and yours the very best of health and I remember today is the first day of the rest of your life, make it count, do something healthy for you!

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-----THE GARDEN GNOME


SOURCES

(1)YAHOO education dictionary/stress
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/stress
(2)Diabetes.org/Diabetes & Stress
http://www.montana.edu/craigs/Diabetes%20&%20Stress.htm

MORE TASTY HEALTHY HERBS

All of the supplements and herbs I recommend are made in the USA.

Yesterday I wrote on some ways to make foods taste better. This is important because our food choices while on any kind of diet are limited so if you are anything like me, you will end up eating the same foods over and over.

Oh and by the way this morning's blood glucose reading was 79, the lowest it's been for years! I took only 5 units of insulin, if I can keep my glucose down low I'll be taking 5 units for both times per day. Then it'll be no insulin!!!!!

I know it's the cell power
that is making the difference.
~~~~tasty healthy herbs and spices~~~~

Turmeric (Curcuma longa)

It's the main ingredient in curry, and is helpful
(1)

because it helps to neutralize free radicals, the cell-damaging molecules at the root of many degenerative diseases, including arthritis and other inflammatory conditions, heart disease, and cancer. Turmeric also inhibits excessive blood clotting, which is a contributing factor in heart disease and degenerative inflammatory disorders...Studies also have verified the traditional wisdom of using turmeric to ease arthritis and other inflammatory conditions...you would need to take large amounts (1 teaspoon or more three times a day) to reap medicinal benefits... By including it in cooking, you can enjoy the flavor while benefiting from the herb’s store of antioxidants.

In India fewer people have gall stones and this might be attributable to turmeric in their diet. It has also been used topically on the skin for scabies, and it's helpful for Ulcers, Osteoarthritis, and IBS. Also:
(2)

Alzheimer's disease, antifungal, antimicrobial, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, anti-venom, appetite stimulant, asthma, bleeding, bloating, boils, bruises, cataracts, colic, contraception, cough, cystic fibrosis, DIABETES, diarrhea, dizziness, epilepsy, gas, gonorrhea, heart damage from doxorubicin (Adriamycin®, Doxil®),Helicobacter pyloriinfection, hepatitis, hepatoprotection, high blood pressure, human papillomavirus (HPV), infections (methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus), insect bites, insect repellent, jaundice, kidney disease, lactation stimulant, leprosy, liver protection, male fertility, menstrual pain, menstrual period problems/lack of menstrual period, liver damage from toxins/drugs, multidrug resistance, neurodegenerative disorders, pain, parasites, ringworm, scarring, scleroderma.

Did you notice diabetes is on that list? It's not a cure for any of those it just helps with the symptoms.
Turmeric caps


FENNEL a member of the parsley family

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Fennel doubles as a vegetable and a spice. The sweet-flavored tasty stems, which resemble celery, have a pleasant anise-like flavor. They can be diced into soups and salads, or used for savoring stews and stir-fry vegetables. The feathery leaves can also be used to flavor vegetable dishes...Fennel is a very popular herb with a long history of usage. In folk medicine, it was used to promote menstruation and to enhance lactation. The ancient Romans grew fennel for its aromatic seeds. Today, the pleasant flavor of fennel is used to mask the off flavors of food, medicine, or herbal teas. Extracts of fennel also have antimicrobial activity against a number of bacteria (such as Staphylococcus and E. coli), fungi and yeasts (such as Candida).
For centuries the seeds have been utilized to stimulate appetite and as a digestive carminative to help with flatulence, indigestion, and colic in children. It can also effectively reduce intestinal spasms. A preparation from fennel seeds is useful as a mild expectorant. It is effective in treating inflammation of the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract. It has been successfully used for treating cough and catarrh of the upper respiratory tract in children.

Fennel is a great colon cleanse agent and an ingredient in7 day colon cleanse



Thyme [time]

The fresh or dried leaves of thyme as well as the flowering tops are widely used to flavor soups, stews, baked or sauteed vegetables, casseroles, and custards. Thyme provides a warm tangy flavor, somewhat like camphor, and can retain its flavor in slowly cooked dishes. Thyme is also used in marinades (especially for olives), and in stuffings. The leaves can also be used in potpourris and moth-repellent sachets.
The essential oil of thyme can be used not only to flavor foods, but is also added to soaps, toothpastes, cosmetics, perfumes, and antiseptic ointments. The oil is used in aromatherapy to relieve pain and elevate mood. In addition, it may have a calming effect in stress-related conditions. Thyme baths have been used to help relieve aches and joint pains...Because of its essential oil, thyme possesses expectorant and bronchial antispasmodic properties, making it useful in the treatment of acute and chronic bronchitis, whooping cough, and inflammation of the upper respiratory tract. Thyme enhances the action of the cilia in the bronchi and directly acts on the bronchial mucosa...[and it is]recognized for... [its] cancer preventive properties...Medicinal doses of thyme and especially thyme oil are not recommended during pregnancy as thyme can act as a uterine stimulant.

thyme linalol bio essential oil


BASIL

One of my favorite herbs and have planted in all my garden so I will have enough to add to my soups and chicken dishes, the taste is heavenly and it also has been used successfully, as a tea, to combat the nausea from chemotherapy. Also in teas for menstrual cramps. It's also a great companion for Tomato plants to combat nematodes in the soil.

holy basil blend~ Holy Basil has been recognized as a way of reducing stress and cortisol levels.
Increases physical and emotional endurance.
Promotes a healthy inflammation response.

I'm getting great results from my diet and exercise program I think these things are helping me the most
cell power

and
For weight loss I'm still takingcoconut oil




~~more for your enjoyment~~~

Mushroom Smothered Steak

<>A group of country neighbors wanted to get together on a regular basis and socialize. As a result, about 10 couples formed a dinner club and agreed to meet for dinner at a different neighbors' house each month.

Of course, the lady of the house was to prepare the meal.

When it came time for Dick and Jane Brown to have the dinner at their house, like most women, Jane wanted to outdo all the others and prepare a meal that was the best that any of them had ever lapped a lip over.

A few days before the big event, Jane got out her cookbook and decided to have mushroom smothered steak.

When she went to the store to buy some mushrooms, she found the price for a small can was more than she wanted to pay. She then told her husband, "We aren't going to have mushrooms because they are too expensive."

He said, "Why don't you go down in the pasture and pick some of those mushrooms? There are plenty of them right in the creek bed."

She said, "No, I don't want to do that, because I have heard that wild mushrooms are poisonous."

He then said, "I don't think so. I see the varmints eating them all the time and it never has affected them."

After thinking about this, Jane decided to give this a try and got in the pickup and went down in the pasture and picked some. She brought the wild mushrooms back home and washed them, sliced and diced them to get them ready to go over her smothered steak.

<>Then she went out on the back porch and got Ol' Spot's (the yard dog) bowl and gave him a double handful. She even put some bacon grease on them to make them tasty. Ol' Spot didn't slow down until he had eaten every bite.

All morning long Jane watched him, and the wild mushrooms didn't seem to affect him, so she decided to use them.

<>The meal was going to be a great success, and Jane even hired a lady from town to come out and help her serve. She had on a white apron and a little cap on her head. It was first class.

After everyone had finished, they all began to kick back and relax and socialize. The men were visiting and the women started to gossip a bit. About this time, the lady from town came in from the kitchen and whispered in Jane's ear.
She said, "Mrs. Brown, Spot just died."

<>With this news, Jane went into hysterics. After she finally calmed down, she called the doctor and told him what had happened. The doctor said, "It's bad, but I think we can take care of it. I will call for an ambulance and I will be there as quick as I can get there. We'll give everyone enemas and we will pump out everyone's stomach. Everything will be fine. Just keep them all there and keep them calm."

It wasn't long until they could hear the wail of the siren as the ambulance was coming down the road. When they got there, the EMTs got out with their suitcases, syringes, and a stomach pump. The doctor arrived shortly thereafter. One by one, they took each person into the master bathroom, gave them an enema and pumped out their stomach.

After the last one was finished, the doctor came out and said, "I think everything will be fine now," and he left.

They were all looking pretty peaked sitting around the living room, and about this time, the town lady came in and said, "You know, that fellow that ran over Ol' Spot never even stopped!!"


~~~

A review of a new restaurant, located on the moon. "Wonderful food, but no atmosphere."

~~

In ancient China, gongs were struck every two hours. At 8 a.m., they were stuck once. They were struck twice at 10 a.m., three times at noon, four times at 2 p.m. and so on.

Meanwhile, grandstanding lawyers had developed the habit of stretching trials. The judges grew tired of the lawyers’ displays. They went to the emperor, who decreed that all trials must be finished by 2 p.m. From then on, all trials ended with a four-gong conclusion.

I wish you and yours the very best of health and I remember today is the first day of the rest of your life, make it count, do something healthy for you!

write to me at Webriter@verizon.net or use the comment or chat features.
Christian Biblical stories
Natural herbal remedies
blessings

Please check out what's happening at:Mercola.com
-----THE GARDEN GNOME
SOURCES
(1)Delicious living/Turmeric (Curcuma longa Linn.)
http://www.deliciouslivingmag.com/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=745&page=1&authID=994
(2)Medline plus Herb/Turmeric (Curcuma longa Linn.) and Curcumin
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-turmeric.html#skip
(3)vegetarianism & vegetarian nutrition/Fennel Helps to Fight Mild Digestive Disorders
http://www.vegetarian-nutrition.info/herbs/fennel.php
(4)vegetarianism & vegetarian nutrition/thyme
http://www.vegetarian-nutrition.info/herbs/thyme.php

DIET FOODS MADE TASTY AND HEALTHY

There are some lovely herbs and spices one can use to make diet foods both more palatable and healthier.

Rosemary:
(1)

The fresh or dried leaves and flowering tops of rosemary are used for a variety of medicinal benefits. In traditional European medicine, rosemary has been used internally as a tonic, stimulant, and as a carminative to treat flatulence. It is also used to treat dyspepsia, mild gastrointestinal upsets, colds, headaches, and nervous tension. In India and China, rosemary leaves are used to treat headaches.
Early in American history rosemary was used as an antispasmodic, to stimulate the appetite and improve digestion. Today, rosemary is recognized for its ability to stimulate bile secretion and for its anti-inflammatory properties. People gargle rosemary tea to help heal mouth ulcers and canker sores.

Rosemary oil can be distilled from the leaves of the plant, mixed with a vegetable oil, and used for massage. Applied externally this oil is used for relief from muscular and arthritic pain. In Europe, rosemary oil is used to treat rheumatic conditions, bruises, and circulatory problems. When applied externally the oil appears to stimulate an increased blood supply. In addition, rosemary oil or some freshly cut sprigs can be added to bath water to soothe aching muscles and joints.

Ginger:

It is a wonderful flavorer and an anti-emetic [stops nausea] it helps with sea-sickness, it has been shown to diminish the risk of blood clots forming and increase bleeding time since ginger extracts inhibit the clumping of human platelets,it has an enzyme which assists in the elimination of cancer-causing substances from the body and is a strong antioxidant, similar to vitamin C.

Ginger has also been used in the treatment of vertigo, for colic, lack of appetite, for vomiting associated with morning sickness in pregnancy, and rheumatic complaints. Ginger is used as a digestive aid since it promotes the secretion of saliva and gastric juices and increases the action of peristalsis in the intestines. In the past, ginger was used to relieve flatulence and prevent belching. The oil in ginger contains compounds which relieve coughing and are reported to have analgesic and fever-reducing properties.

I find it's best as an appetite increaser so I rarely use it.

Onions and garlic:

Garlic belongs to the genus Allium along with the leeks, onions, shallots, and chives. Allium plants are perennials and usually form underground bulbs. The garlic bulb contains a cluster of 5 or more secondary bulbs called cloves. The cloves are harvested and used either fresh, dried, or powdered. The cut cloves have a pungent odor and strong flavor, due to the presence of many sulfur compounds...Garlic has been the subject of hundreds of scientific studies. Garlic has a broad spectrum antibiotic activity inhibiting the growth of a variety of microorganisms, including bacteria such as Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Salmonella, E. coli; molds and yeasts such as Candida albicans; influenza and herpes viruses; and parasites. Garlic can also kill Helicobacter pylori, the bacteria associated with peptic ulcers. Garlic was used in Africa by Albert Schweitzer for the treatment of amebic dysentery. Garlic has been used to treat a variety of respiratory conditions such as colds and flu symptoms, coughs, bronchitis, and sinus congestion.
Studies have shown that garlic effectively reduces the risk of a heart attacks and stroke. A regular use of garlic can lower blood cholesterol levels and possibly raise HDL cholesterol levels. An analysis of 40 clinical studies revealed that, on average, one-half to one clove of garlic per day can reduce elevated blood cholesterol levels by about 10 percent and blood triglyceride levels by about 13% of the initial value.
Garlic also lowers blood pressure levels due to its vasodilator properties and may be useful for patients with mild hypertension. In addition, garlic inhibits the formation of blood clots. In a well-controlled clinical study in the elderly, high-dose garlic powder significantly reduced the growth of atherosclerotic plaque by almost 20 percent and even achieved a slight regression over a 4 year period. Garlic also has some ability to lower blood glucose levels, especially in patients with diabetes.

In fact, Garlic is the ONLY substance that works to kill gram negative bacteria.

Did you see that? I want to say it again; Garlic also has some ability to lower blood glucose levels, especially in patients with diabetes.

Cinnamon:

In folk medicine it was used for treating rheumatism and other inflammations. Its mild anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, and anti-clotting properties are believed to be due to its content of cinnamaldehyde. Cinnamon extracts are active against Candida albicans, the fungus responsible for vaginal yeast infection, and also Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium responsible for stomach ulcers. The antimicrobial properties of cinnamon are thought to be due to eugenol and a derivative of cinnamaldehyde.

Cinnamon extracts have also inhibited the growth of cultured tumor cells. This effect may be due to the presence of procyanidins and eugenol in the bark extract. Cinnamon is also useful as a food preservative to inhibit the growth of common food-borne bacteria such as Salmonella and E coli.

And don't forget cinnamon really works to lower blood sugar levels too. It needs to be used in greater quantities than just for flavor, I really douse my oatmeal with it,[oatmeal is a flavor-sucker anyway] to make use of it's glusose controlling powers.

Don't forget that cell power
, really works, see my personal testimony on this link. and I'm also using:
For weight loss I'm still takingcoconut oil
and balance my Omega-3's and Omega-6's.

Be sure to check out the links for more medicinal/culinary herbs, see below.

~~and now for something completely different~~~
WEIRDTHINGS YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW BUT DO NOW




A shrimp's heart is in its head.

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14,Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

People sitting on them and photocopying their butts cause 23 % of all photocopier faults worldwide.

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.

In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

Horses can't vomit.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

Only one person in two billion will liv e to be 116 or older.

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

A snail can sleep for three years.

No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

A dentist invented the electric chair.

All polar bears are left-handed.

In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

Almost everyone who reads this email will try to lick his elbow. (Sorry, I had to go there!)
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A Florida senior citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out of the dealership. Taking off down the road, he floored it to 80mph, enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left. "Amazing!" he thought as he flew down I-75, pushing the pedal to the metal even more.

Looking in his rear view mirror, he saw the highway patrol behind him, blue lights flashing and siren blaring. "I can get away from him. No problem!" thought the elderly gent as he floored it to 100 mph, then 110, then 120 mph.

Suddenly, he thought, "What on earth am I doing? I'm too old for this nonsense!" and pulled over to the side of the road and waited for the Trooper to catch up.

Pulling in behind him, the Trooper walked up to the driver's side of the Corvette, looked at his watch and said, "Sir, my shift ends in 30 minutes. Today is Friday. If you can give me a reason why you were speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you go."

The man, looking very seriously at the Trooper, said, "Years ago, my wife ran off with a Florida State Trooper. I thought you were bringing her back. "

~~~
Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty
without taking off your shoes.
-- Mickey Mouse
I wish you and yours the very best of health and I remember today is the first day of the rest of your life, make it count, do something healthy for you!

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Please check out what's happening at:Mercola.com

SOURCES
(1)vegetarianism & vegetarian nutrition/Rosemary: A Culinary Delight
http://www.vegetarian-nutrition.info/herbs/rosemary.php
(2)vegetarianism & vegetarian nutrition/Ginger - Useful for More Than Just Candy
http://www.vegetarian-nutrition.info/herbs/ginger.php
(3)vegetarianism & vegetarian nutrition/Garlic: Stinking Rose or Magic Bullet? http://www.vegetarian-nutrition.info/herbs/garlic.php

WHAT REALLY WORKS!

I've spent the last 4 decades searching and researching natural health and healing strategies to find out what works, I've used myself as a guinea pig in all this time. I've tried hundreds of supplements and highly touted health products. Never in my entire life have I found a product like cell power
, it just works!

It works by Cellular Oxygenation and Detoxification and it may be useful for people who suffer from the following conditions:
Allergies pH imbalances Emphysema Indigestion Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Kidney infections Chronic fatigue syndrome Skin disorders Bronchial asthma Arthritis and joint pain Short-term memory loss Fibromyalgia Viral, fungal, and bacterial infections Muscle pain

It also helps to normalize the pH of my body. An Acidic body is a sickly body and one that will develop a major dis-ease very quickly and the death process will begin. cell power will de-acidify the body and cause it to be in a normal alkaline condition, [7.25].

If you want to know more check out The pH miracle"The revolutionary, proven diet program that empowers readers to take control of their health is now in paperback. Forget counting calories, fat grams, and cholesterol. Forget blood pressure, blood sugar, and hormone levels. The single most important health measurement is the pH level in the blood. THE pH MIRACLE unlocks the surprisingly crucial role pH balance plays in weight loss. For example, if the blood becomes overly acidic from eating too much of the wrong foods--wheat, meat, and cheese--it can lead to weight gain, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and more. The Youngs' proven program in-cludes over 150 recipes and explains which foods to eat, which to avoid, and which supplements can help on the way towards optimal health and weight loss. In just weeks, readers will find they have more energy and will have shed pounds and inches."

There's so much more to it, this may sound glib but I assure you it is not. There is much real research in this testimonies of countless healed patients.
If you don't want a diet of broccoli and apples try cell power instead.

I know it works, after 6 months of this diet I've been on I've fallen off ye old wagon a few too many times but as soon as I got back to my low carb diet my blood sugar reverts to normal levels. I know soon I'll be able to quit taking the cell power because my blood sugar levels will be normal as will the A1C, my triglycerides will be low, the HDL higher and the LDL lower, and I will be healthy again! Already the FM has receded into nearly a memory, the allergies are not nearly the problem I used to have, my gums and teeth are so much healthier, and my blood pressure is nearly normal.

I could not recommend a product I don't believe in and I believe in cell power

For weight loss I'm still takingcoconut oil




~~~Jokes~~~
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad.
People are either charming or tedious.
-- Oscar Wilde,

All human beings should try to learn before they
die what they are running from, and to, and why.
-- James Thurber


We should be taught not to wait for inspiration
to start a thing. Action always generates
inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.
-- Frank Tibolt

~~~

What do you call a bunch of grandmasters of chess bragging about their games in a hotel lobby?

Chess nuts boasting in an open foyer.
~
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention to arrive safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: Wow!!! What a ride!"
~
"I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this." - Emo Phillips

~
Joe was sentenced to prison. He was a career criminal, but decided he had to change.

So he learned carpentry in the prison shop. Over time, he developed a reputation as a brilliant carpenter.

The warden knew of his reputation, and one day he asked Joe to replace his kitchen counters.

To the warden's amazement, Joe refused. "But why?" asked the warden. Replied Joe, "I'd really like to help you, but counter fitting is what got me into trouble in the first place!"
~~~
I wish you and yours the very best of health and I remember today is the first day of the rest of your life, make it count, do something healthy for you!

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