Hank's Health Connection

Cayenne can ‘repair’ an ulcer?  Cayenne can ’stop’ a heart attack or stroke?  Cayenne can ’stop’ a ruptured artery blood flow?  How can that be?

About 20 years ago I was taking a Dr. John Christopher Master Herbalist course.  Dr Christopher was an amazing herbalist with a heart as large as the State of Idaho during the early decades of the 20 century…  born in 1909 and died of a severe head injury in 1983.  He was put in jail many times during his medical career because he used simple herbs and common sense very successfully.  In 1953 he started his herbalist school that his son David successfully manages.

This course taught me many of the foundational solutions to wellness.  The teaching about Cayenne had a big impact on me.

My opening line made some strong statements about an ulcer, a heart attack or stroke, a flowing ruptured artery?  Cayenne is probably the most powerful individual herb on the earth. 

I personally have used tincture of cayenne and powder numerous times; one important time was when a collogue was at my office and began to have a heart attack and was quickly going very grey…  I knew that if I called 911 and waited for very long he would be dead.  I grabbed my bottle of tincture of cayenne (200,000 HI) and put about 20 drops in a small amount of water – then forced him to drink it.  In about 15 seconds he was violently coughing and within 90 seconds his color was PINK!  He went home and slept and was back at work the next day… cayenne saved his life.

Another story; it was Christmas time and we had 12 people for a special dinner.  It was time for me to carve the ribs and I cut a very deep gash in my hand.  Blood was squirting from the cut and I called for help getting an eyedropper of cayenne in my body.  Taking the cayenne, the bleeding stopped almost immediately.  I then got powdered cayenne poured into the wound, used butterfly bandages, gauss wrapped and then applied drops of Helichrysum (essential oil) to eliminate the pain.  I then went back to carving my roast .  Less than 10 minutes had passed and the next day all you saw was a brown line – no swelling – no bruising.  After a couple of weeks – no mark/scar!

The main reason this happened is as follows; the pressure at the point of the heart attack, stroke or artery rupture is very high, cayenne causes so much heat that the blood pressure system will equalize throughout.  When the cayenne takes effect the pressure is removed from the ‘spot’.  Pouring cayenne powder directly into a wound will also stop the bleeding very quickly.

The list of things that cayenne helps is quite long, here is a partial;

1. Circulatory stimulant – blood pressure reduces itself to normal.
2. Cayenne equalizes blood pressure, influencing the heart immediately, and then extends its effects to the venous structure.
3. Cayenne is a certain remedy for a heart attack/stroke – of all edible plants cayenne is the richest sources of Vitamin E – the heart builder.
4. Commonly used as a gastric stimulant and digestive aid.
5. Cayenne helps repair/protect a stomach ulcer by triggering mucus to protect the stomach – directly the opposite of medical opinion.
6. Cayenne will increase a person’s feeling of vitality.
7. Cayenne is used as an accentuator – it helps deliver herbs to the afflicted part of the body.

I have cayenne tinctures in each car, my briefcase and each bathroom.  Learn about this herb and gain another powerful tool!

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No other single plant source provides complete protein in such an easily digestible form, nor has the oils essential to life in as perfect a ratio for human health and vitality.  Today, in the USA, Canada and European countries etc hemp seed and its oil is also being used for nutritional rather than just its medicinal or narcotic values.

This is one of the most potent foods available!  It provides a broad spectrum of health benefits from weight loss to building the immune system.

Amazingly it has been found that hemp seeds protein is about 65% globulin, edestin plus quantities of albumin (present in all seeds) so it is easily digestible, in addition the protein is available in a form quite similar to that found in blood plasma.  Hemp protein contains all the essential amino acids and essential fatty acids necessary to maintain healthy human life.

Pioneers in the field of biochemistry and human nutrition now believe cardiovascular disease (CVD) and most cancers are really diseases of fatty degeneration caused by the continued over-consumption of saturated fats and refined vegetable oils.

The short list of hemp food currently on the market of USA and in European countries include: hemp oil, hemp cheese (just as good as real cheese and melts great!), hemp ice cream, hemp butters, hemp flour, hemp baked goods, hemp tofu, hemp burgers (tempeh), roasted hemp seeds and hemp beer.  Some of these are now available in health food stores…

Hemp seed is the premier plant-seed provider of globulin starting material — the highest in the plant kingdom. Eating hemp seeds will insure the immune system has the reservoir of immunoglobulin resources needed to make disease destroying antibodies.

Beyond basic nutrition, hemp oil may help to prevent many of today’s increasingly common degenerative diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, weakened immune functions, arthritis, behavioral problems, high cholesterol, multiple sclerosis, skin affections and dry skin and hair, pms, sterility and even hair loss.

Hemp seed oil is one of the lowest in saturated fats at eight per cent of total.  1-4 per cent g-linolenic acid (GLA) and 15.25 per cent a-linolenic acid oil volume. The oil pressed from hemp seed contains 53-60 per cent linoleic acid (LA) and (LNA). Essential fatty acids govern growth, vitality and state of mind. LA and LNA are involved in transferring oxygen from the air in the lungs to every cell in the body. They play a part in holding oxygen in the cell membrane where it acts as a barrier to invading viruses and bacteria, neither of which thrive in the presence of oxygen.

Hemp is not unique in having all the essential amino acids in its embryonic seed. Flax seeds also contain all the essential amino acids as do many other seeds in the plant kingdom. What is unique about hemp seed protein is that 65% of it is globulin edistin. That is the highest in the plant kingdom.  It also has the best EFA ratio…

The body’s ability to resist and recover from illness depends upon how rapidly it can produce massive amounts of antibodies to fend off the initial attack. If the globulin protein starting material is in short supply the army of antibodies may be too small to prevent the symptoms of sickness from setting in.

Hemp seed  is the premier plant-seed provider of globulin starting material — the highest in the plant kingdom. Eating hemp seeds will insure the immune system has the reservoir of immunoglobulin resources needed to make disease destroying antibodies.

Please do your own study of hemp seed, hemp protein (easily assimilated by everyone – moms, babies, body builders, convalescents, and the elderly – EVERYONE!) and hemp oil… this is some of the most important work that I have done! 

If you are in a State that has laws that allow medicinal cannabis, make use of that right.  If not, do your homework and then get involved and convince your State representatives to understand the importance of hemp (see last post) growing for general uses and the cannabis side to protect ourselves and our loved ones from diseases!

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When the “polyunsaturated” vegetable oil battles were being waged in the 70’s, I was being indoctrinated that all saturated oils were BAD!  Since I was a ‘younger’ (30’s) nutritional student I began to ‘buy into’ that theme.  However, I LOVED butter and believed that there was something wrong with the theory that ALL saturated fats were bad… 

By the early 80’s I had been properly schooled by ‘older people’ that something was wrong in ‘Denmark’ and the polyunsaturated movement was attached to the cholesterol fraud and that some saturated fats were fine.  Especially my butter.  My best breakfast was 3 eggs, a small amount of meat and some good bread – loaded with butter. Check out why I was right! 

During the 80’s it was ‘declared’ by the ‘oil purveyors’ that the absolute worst saturated oils were coconut and palm oil!  Now that claim was not easily countered…  I didn’t pay much attention since I was not attracted to either oil.  Now keep in mind that for thousands of years cultures have used butter, tallow and suet from beef and lamb, lard from pigs, chicken, goose and duck fat, coconut, palm and palm kernel oils within very healthy communities. First caution sign? 

During this time the opposite was being belched out at us here in America; that polyunsaturated vegetable oils, hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils, industrially processed liquid oil such as soy corn, safflower, cottonseed and canola oils were the only oils to use.  Keep in mind that Trans fatty acids were not a topic on the table…    

In the late 90’s I read some of Dr Mary Enig’s work and the truth began to come to me in clear crisp messages.  Confirmation to me that the cholesterol and saturated oil movement was one of the biggest frauds ever perpetrated on a nation and the world.  Our grand mothers were right – eat your food as close to the way God made it and you’ll be ok!  If man has messed with it you lose! 

Back to virgin coconut oil… It is solid below 76 degrees, liquid above.  It is anti bacterial, anti viral, anti fungal, it will help raise HDL and lower LDL, it will increase metabolism and promote healthy thyroid function, help control blood sugars, it is fabulous for your skin and will correct skin problems, it won’t break down while cooking on high heat, it will help you lose weight and on and on!  Wow, what a list! Just make sure that it is processed the “old way” and is labeled “virgin”.  I use a few different suppliers depending on the sales – Tropical Traditions and Nutiva.  There are numerous others – Dr Mercola has a very ’smooth’ product (search VCO). 

I can’t get into the details of why it is so good in the writing except that it primarily has to do with coconut oil having lauric acid.  Outside of mother’s milk coconut oils have the next highest amount.   Vegetable oils have long chain fatty acids (LCT) which are destructive while coconut oil has short and medium chain fatty acids (MCT) which are very healthy/powerful. 

Do some investigating about virgin coconut and coconut oils and you will find one of the most powerful natural gifts that have been given to us.  I personally take about three tablespoons a day.  I use it as butter, when I cook/fry, in anything that is hot – I look for opportunities to use more.  Simple solutions are what ‘Mother Nature” has brought us – man continues to create “business” by destroying the natural ways that we should eat and live.

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When I was 15 years old I had over 20 mercury fillings… then I went in the Navy and was exposed to massive amounts of lead aboard ship and smoked for 25 years… in my fifties I was having many challenges with my teeth/gums and went to have my toxicity measurements done.  The clinic ran numerous tests and the doctor said “Hank, if I didn’t know you personally and only saw your numbers I would think that you would spend 90% of your time in bed – your toxicity levels are so high”.  I’m thankful that I was so aggressive with my nutritional supplementation all those years.

My levels of heavy metals were through the roof!  Lead, tin, mercury, cadmium etc. Heavy metals may be moved/removed by; IV chelation therapy, oral chelation, sun chlorella, infrared sauna, Humic/fulvic acids and others.    After unsuccessfully trying numerous things, I successfully used infrared saunas and then the mineral Zeolite.

We are constantly bombarded with toxins – every day of our lives.  The pesticides used to feed our lawns and grow our food are toxic, while industry continues to spew toxins into our water and air.  It’s virtually a sure bet that your body is contaminated with some or many of the thousands of toxins present in the air, water, food, cosmetics, shampoos, nail polish, soaps, pesticides, solvents, perfumed candles, air-fresheners, etc. in our modern world.

More than 30 million people have levels of lead in their water above the EPA standards. One study by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that blood samples from newborns contained an average of 287 toxins, including mercury, fire retardants, pesticides, and Teflon chemicals!  These and other toxins are causing illnesses unlike anything observed in years past.   This toxicity must be reversed in order for us to become/remain well and the simple solution is called Zeolite.  Nature has a mineral that is able to “trap” toxins in its “cage-like” structure with a rare negative charge and eliminates those toxins naturally.

 Zeolites are a group of minerals with a four-sided honeycomb structure and rare among minerals, that it has a negative charge. The effect of the structure and the charge is that zeolite draws heavy metals and toxins to it and simply engulfs/holds them.  The toxins “check in” and they can’t “check out.”  Then the zeolite carries them safely and harmlessly out of the body through the fecal material.  The form of zeolite in the product that I recommend (there are nearly 50 naturally-occurring zeolites) is called “clinoptilolite,” and it is this type of zeolite that has been studied for its effect in human physiology. I do believe that the powdered zeolite is best.  The Benefits of using the ZEOLITE called Clinoptilolite are numerous…  

Unique Antioxidant; traditional antioxidants absorb or neutralize free radicals whereas zeolite traps free radicals in its structure, inactivating and removing/eliminating them. 

Traps Many Toxins; amazingly, zeolite does this in a hierarchical manner; it first acts to remove the dominant toxin, then the next, etc.  Interestingly, since the nitrogen used in farming has increased greatly these past years, vegetarians are now at the greatest risk for ammonia toxicity!  Ammonia is the favorite food of pathogens especially fungi!

 Balances pH in the Body;   it is able to trap/absorb the ammonia in the gut which greatly contributes to balancing pH. 

Chernobyl Disaster; children were fed cookies and biscuits laden with zeolite to help remove radiation from their bodies while dairy cows were also fed zeolite to remove radiation from their milk.   Zeolite is on the FDA’s GRAS list (generally recognized as safe).

It should be noted that zeolite is used extensively in agriculture and animal husbandry… an example of this is when cattle feed lots feed animals zeolite there is very little odor in the manure and no flys!  All animals do very well consuming zeolites.

This simple, safe and inexpensive toxin remover is a great way to remove and then maintain a toxin free body… 1 tsp in water or any liquid once or twice a day does the job!

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As many of you know I’ve been a health coach for thirty years and counting… these past five years have provided more relevant learning to me than many of years past.  Small amounts of Bicarbonate of Soda taken daily internally and brushing teeth with BS has been part of my recommendations for years. 

Now, thanks to researchers like Dr Mark Sircus living/hiding in Brazil, Dr Mercola and others, our understanding of the positive impact of bicarbonate fluids in our body systems has really expanded.   Like our misunderstanding of Vitamin D3 all these years , not understanding the real vital role of bicarbonate fluids in the body and using BS to help the body defend and balance itself has had a unbelievable toll on all of us!  The medical/nutritional experts etc. missed the boat!  The main reason in my opinion for not pursuing this vitally important research is MONEY! Pathetic!

This is the direction we MUST travel if we want to survive these coming years.  We must get our own immune systems very strong and have a POWERFULY STRONG home pharmacy…  (I will be posting one soon)

In today’s modern world of medicine the FDA just will not let companies or individuals that sell products make medical claims, suggestions or even implications that “natural” foods, extracts, seeds, etc. can help the body heal itself.  Below is a great excerpt from over 80 years ago…

 In a 1924 booklet published by the Arm & Hammer Soda Company, the company starts off saying, “The proven value of Arm & Hammer Bicarbonate of Soda as a therapeutic agent is further evinced by the following evidence of a prominent physician named Dr. Volney S. Cheney, in a letter to the Church & Dwight Company:

“In 1918 and 1919 while fighting the ‘Flu’ with the U. S. Public Health Service it was brought to my attention that rarely anyone who had been thoroughly alkalinized with bicarbonate of soda contracted the disease, and those who did contract it, if alkalinized early, would invariably have mild attacks.”

Recommended dosages from the Arm and Hammer Company for colds and influenza back in 1925 were:

During the first day take six doses of half teaspoonful of Bicarbonate of Soda in glass of cool water, at about two hour intervals

During the second day take four doses of half teaspoonful of Bicarbonate of Soda in glass of cool water, at the same intervals

During the third day take two doses of half teaspoonful of Bicarbonate of Soda in glass of cool water morning and evening, and thereafter half teaspoonful in glass of cool water each morning until cold is cured    – End

My question is; did our body systems change that much since the early 1900s that this simple remedy won’t work now – what an insult to our nation!  Be on guard.  Be blessed.

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Remember when a smell reminded you of an event or experience that happened years ago?  Remember a music tune that triggered an old memory?  Remember the pain when you saw a photo from years ago?  The taste – The smell – The image – The sound – The touch – it goes on and on…

Listening to a lecture by Dr Bruce Lipton years ago brought a scary revelation; when we are hit with a heavy stress load we can produce the same chemical that would be given to us to suppress our immune system after having an organ transplant!  Wow, did that ever make me change what I allow into my mental world!

Most of what dictates how we function/react/act was given to us between the years from birth to 12 years of age…  from raw input to mild discernment.  That’s why high school starts after ~12 years of age when we begin to discern things.  Think about this for a moment; how does the shirt on your back feel?  Before I asked you weren’t thinking about that feeling.  We have about 4 billion bits of information going on at all times and can only consciously handle about 2000.  The rest is going on whether we like it or not… this ‘rules’ us to various degrees.

When we had difficult or even terrible experiences whether young or older, they can even now be very disruptive and damaging.  Post Traumatic Distress Disorder PTSD does not happen just to Vietnam or Iraqi vets…  they happen from an accident, a rape, sexual/physical/emotional abuse and numerous other experiences.  When some of these things are recalled we ‘feel’ like we are “in the movie” real time!  This reoccurring experience can and will have that chemical produced that I talked about from Dr Lipton’s lecture.  Very damaging!

When we remember something and it triggers an emotional negative thought that quickly ramps up to an 8 or 10 on a scale of 10 – that is destructive!  The reason that it ‘ramped’ up so quickly is that; it’s like throwing a screw driver in the back of a TV – there is a zaaaap!  Well, we had an electrical disruption in one of our meridians (where subtle energy travels) related to that negative thought.  We must learn to diffuse these errant connections and get rid of that ‘screw driver’!

Gary Craig developed “EFT” Emotional Freedom Technique in the early 90’s. (Watch free videos) I became a practitioner a couple of years ago and for the first months after my first training I just worked on ME…  I was able to “surgically” remove ’stuff’ that had bothered me since childhood.  I have since been able to teach many client and even my grandkids how to use this simple yet profound method of fixing these electrical disruptions.  Imagine kids that won’t have to carry “baggage” through their lives.

Just using our fingertips (acupuncture without needles) after a proper set-up and emotional positioning, we tap on these meridian points.  It’s amazing that after a short period of time we see these sometimes major challenges (some having been carried for many years) dissolve before our eyes!  In all my 30 years of being a health coach I had not heard nor seen of such profound emotional healing.  Learn more about this and control the emotional side of YOUR wellness!  If I can help you – call on me. Be blessed.

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Twenty five years ago I learned that we had over two times more lymphatic fluid than we have blood!  What are these lymphatic vessels, lymph fluid and lymph nodes that make up our lymphatic system?  Well along with your spleen the lymphatic system carries the white blood cells that defend you against germs.  Your bone marrow and thymus produce the cells in lymph.  They are all part of this important system…

Remember the blister on your heel?  It had clear fluid – that is your lymphatic fluid.  This fluid bathes every cell and ensures that they are able to get the care that they need.  The lymphatic system clears away infections and keeps your body fluids in balance.  When it’s not working properly (becoming toxic and sludge) fluid will build up in tissue and the nodes will swell called “swollen glands“.  The result of sludge fluid and a toxic lymph system is infections, leading to the worst – cancer.  The lymphatic system is the ‘garbage collector’ sucking up metabolic garbage and toxins from extracellular fluid of every organ! Critically important!

So how do we ensure that we keep our lymph fluids clean and flowing?  I want to talk about rebounding on a small trampoline.  You can Google ‘rebounding’ and get a ton of information that will be very helpful.  While you’re looking into that you can also search ‘body brushing’ – this is also another effective way to move lymph fluids.  Rebounding is by far the most effective.

You don’t have to be jumping off of the material on the small trampoline or rebounder – just keep your heals on the material and start to move your arms like a turkey trying to fly.  Start slowly when starting for just a few minute and later work up to 10 -15 minutes a day.  On the bottom cycle you will compress waste into the fluid and on the top of the cycle you will manually open the one way valves of the lymph vessels and move fluid into and through the lymph nodes – the lymphatic filters.  This opening and closing of the valves will move fluid through the nodes and accomplish a very important function.  My wife and I have been rebounding for over twenty years and I believe that it is the single most important reason for our health!  In our late 60’s we do not use any prescription drugs.

Remember when kids start bouncing on the bed?  The more they bounced the crazier they got!  That’s because they were producing endorphins…  When you rebound for about 5 minutes you will begin to produce endorphins and this will bring your mood up to a pleasing level.  When I am having a difficult day I will rebound several times…

Remember there are few things that you can do that would be better for your immune system than rebounding on a small trampoline.   There are all kinds available from elaborate to simple inexpensive ones.  A moderately priced one would probably be better than the cheapest one.  Enjoy this experience and make it a permanent part of your daily routine.  It will insure you a long healthy life!  Be blessed.

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Over one hundred years ago Iodine was a front line medicine!  Discovered in 1811, it was first used medically for goiter (swelling of the thyroid) treatments.  Early in the 1900’s Midwestern states had a high rate of goiter as nearly 40% of children had enlarged thyroid glands.  The RDA in this country for iodine is only designed to prevent goiter.

Most of us with grey hair used iodine for cuts and bruises.  Many of us knew that the thyroid relies on iodine to function; however, most of us do not really understand the real importance of iodine’s function in our bodies.  It is involved in every function and is also anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal!! It also assists in removing fluoride and bromine.

Thanks to David Brownstein, MD for his awesome book “Iodine Why You Need It – Why You Can’t Live Without It” [A MUST READ] and the work of other pioneer doctors like Guy Abraham, MD and David Derry, MD.  They and other researchers like Mark Sircus, OMD are bringing Iodine back to the position of importance that it deserves.

Medicinal iodine needs to be in every home pharmacy – period.  These next few paragraphs are intended for you to just get a glimpse of how important iodine is to you and your family.  It literally could save your life or at the very least improve your quality of life.

Our thyroids CANNOT function without sufficient supplies of iodine.  In women, the thyroid stores the most with the ovaries and breasts 2^nd and 3^rd.  When the pituitary gland releases thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) it stimulates the thyroid to release thyroxine (T4).  Triiodothyronine (T3) is converted from T4 and the metabolic functions begin.  Without sufficient levels of iodine a poorly functioning thyroid can result in goiter, increased autoimmune problems, ADD, breast diseases, migraine headaches and numerous others.  Remember the thyroid gland is responsible for producing every hormone in our body.

The relationship between breast/prostate cancer and iodine deficiencies is still somewhat controversial; however when you study the research available you will probably conclude as I have that the evidence is overwhelming.  Since testing is so simple it is foolish not to test.  Dr Brownstein has his patients take 50 mg of Iodoral iodine and then collect urine for 24 hours.  Measuring the amount of iodine in the urine tells how much the body “kept” because it needed the iodine.  Over 90% of his patients tested were iodine deficient!

I do it a bit differently; I get plain ole 1% iodine from the drug store and ‘paint’ a 3 inch square spot on my forearm and watch it for the day and determine when it disappeared.  If it stayed all day I probably have enough iodine.  I’ve known of people that it was gone in two hours!  I use nascent iodine drops from Magnascent. 

Getting iodine from foods is difficult since most farm lands are deficient and only seaport cities have populations that can get the correct amounts.  Table salt  has a very small amount.  Sea salt  would be better.  The goiter and breast/prostate cancer challenges in the Midwest are much higher than that of seaports.  You will need to supplement…

When I first read Dr Brownstein’s book some years ago I became very angry…  As a health coach I speak with many women that are on thyroid medication and I ask them if their doctors had checked their iodine levels?  99% say NO!  That is crazy!  The thyroid cannot function if the iodine levels are insufficient!  Contact me if you need help!

Educate yourself NOW about iodine and your thyroid and get your iodine levels checked ASAP!  Next - Virgin Coconut Oil…

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The life and death cycle does not change…  here is an example; from a seed grows a beautiful pear, firm, colorful, full of sugars and fibers’ and delicious.  Now let this pear sit on your counter and watch it change; it’s decaying.  Weeks later, it is likely to be a pile of fungi mush that has maggots eating the decay.

UGH! That is a gross picture of the cycle of life.  The important point here is that all the basic parts of the critters WERE IN THE PEAR ALL THE TIME before it rotted!  What changed?  Merely the terrain/environment!  You’ll see that it’s ALL about the terrain! 

Our bodies have all these basic parts for us to look like that rotting pear!  Disease starts as the terrain changes to acid pH.  We begin the death cycle far sooner than planned.  Sound dramatic?  Stick around…

Our bloods pH MUST be around 7.3 – 7.4 pH.  If its pH changes as much as .1 we would die.  This scale is like the Richter scale – a reverse logarithmic form.  A pH of seven is neutral – below is acidic – above is alkaline.  That’s why bicarbonate of soda is a life saver in the emergency room!  Acidosis is THE killer.  Our immune systems will practically shut down when we are acidic!

Consider this; let’s grow plants for a moment; we need the garden terrain to be a certain way. We need toxic soil (fertilizer), low oxygen (put a bag over a plant and it will die – too much oxygen), low temperatures (a sprout will die in high temps) and primarily acid soil.  These simple basics are needed to grow plants.

Virus, bacterium, fungi and yeast are PLANT PHYSIOLOGY!  When you have the sniffles, flu, fever, cancer etc. YOU ARE GROWING PLANTS!  You are now a GARDEN!  We are human, and need the opposite of plant physiology; low toxicity, high oxygen, high temperatures and an alkaline terrain.

Many parts of the body have different pH levels; the pH of gastric juice in the stomach is around 2.  A higher pH could lead to poor digestion.  When the body is highly acidic it is in a catabolic state of destruction.  Most of our cooked foods, all processed foods, all protein and even most water are acidic. It is very difficult to keep our body fluids (not blood) to be in a low acid state.

Get some pH sticks or tape from the health food store and measure your first morning urine.  The pH should be between 6 and 6.5.  Most people are in the 5’s.  Remember the Pear!

What is the solution?  You could eat mostly raw green fibrous foods and drink blended fruit juices.  Most of us are not able to do that.

You could take alkalize powders from the health food store.  The ingredient that does the real work is sodium bicarbonate or bicarbonate salts.  Bicarbonate fluids are critically important to our bodies.  The brain, pancreas and stomach produce bicarb fluids to sustain the bodies’ life!  

Here is a simple solution that I’ve have recommended for years; take ½ teaspoon of plain ole A & H baking soda twice a day!   Yes if you want get aluminum “free”, get Bob’s Red Mill or not.  This has been confirmed for me by the work of Dr. Tullio Simoncini and numerous other researchers.  Next read Iodine in the thyroid category…

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