Heart Smart is A Perfect Start

Hello again everyone,

This time I'm going to be a little more specific on my subjects of discussion. Rather than take a general look, I would like to tell you exactly how different foods and nutrients can have a more direct effect on each and every part of your body,

Let's take your heart. The strongest single muscle in the human body. What can you do to keep it healthy? First, eat a heart healthy diet. Low fat dairy products,lean meats,whole grain breads,a variety of fruits and vegetables, get fats from fish and nuts, use herb seasonings or pepper instead of salt and most important you have to keep your portions in proportion. Don't over eat if possible.

Now if I may get a little more technical you can break down the fatty fish into the( proven to help with heart disease) omega 3 fatty acids. Also, foods high in C,E and Beta Carotene are good. There are many nutrients proven to help the heart. You will find a list in the book by Douglas Grant called Natural Cures. You can get a copy at our website if you would like.

One of the most important ways to control heart disease is to get regular, blood pumping exercise every day. It gets all the nutrients and oxygen to all of your body along with the fact that you are strengthening your heart as well.

Next time I'll get into the causes and preventions of hypertension and high blood pressure.Until then, eat smart,exercise and stay away from tobacco products and excessive alcohol use. You will feel the difference.

Good Health To You,

R.J.Davis

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Root Canal Disinfectants Antibiotics Prove Inadequate to Eradicate Bacteria

The bacteria dentists use to determine whether treatment of a root canal infection has been successful, namely the absence of discomfort and pain; x-ray evidence that abscessed areas, granulomas and cysts have completely filled in with new bone; and trust that the medicaments used in producing these results completely eradicated bacteria, all proved inadequate when such teeth were subjected to further testing by Dr. Price and his group.

Testing for the preseence of bacteria in root canal, after the use of disinfectants which appeared to have controlled the infections, proved that the organisms had not been eradicated.

Dr. Price, in making cultures after the use of over 100 different medicaments, including different strengths of each, found only eight which had negative responses after 24 hours, and only two after 48 hours of incubation; longer periods were found to be ineffective as medicaments lost their disinfecting power.

The two most efficient medicaments proved to be objectionable - silver nitrate because it turned teeth black and formalin because it was very irritating and painful to patients and destructive to surrounding tissues.

Though culturing to determine whether bacteria had been killed was formerly taught and practiced, I know of no dentists using such a testing procedure today.

Dr. Price in another series of tests took extracted infected teeth and treated them (much easier to do aseptically outside of the mouth) and found when these teeth were sectioned their dentin and cementum were still infected.

In still another investigation, Dr. Price made biopsy sections at and below the gum line and found bacteria present not only in the root of the teeth and their protective cementum but also in the first millimeter or two of adjacent bone. The importance of this factor in causing cavitations in bone after extractions will be discussed in a later chapter.
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Dr. Price noted future developments might bring forth medicaments which are more successful. You will all be thinking that antibiotics are certainly the answer. However, antibiotics have not proven able to effectively penetrate the dentin tubules, cementum and adjacent bone sufficiently to eradicate these bacteria.
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Testing of new medicaments, and current efforts such as new laser treatment methods, are of course necessary and were anticipated by Dr. Price.

All of these root canal side-effect problems should not deter the profession from continuing to explore new methods of how to save teeth. While we cannot learn how to save teeth by extracting them, Dr. Price fortunately has shown us ways to test procedures to prove whether infection has been eradicated in teeth we think we have saved.

Copyright 2006 SSLI Health Group

Dr. George Meinig,D.D.S.,F.A.C.D. is a Founder of the Association of Root Canal Specialists Discovers Evidence That Root Canals Damage Your Health Learn What to Do. Learn how Dr. George Meinig discovered that a meticulous 25 year research program, conducted by Weston A. Price, DDS, under the auspices of the American Dental Association's Research Institute was buried. To subscribe newsletter: Visit:http://www.1stultimategumsolution.com Edited and prepared by Sung Lee, alternate author

Ways To Show Your Support of the Alzheimer?s Patient and Caregiver

At some period in your life, somebody you know may become impacted by Alzheimer?s disease. And if it is a close friend or family member, you can display your support of the Alzheimer?s patient and the health professional through many ways. Alzheimer?s can be a lonely disease, but with your aid and support, it does not have to be. Following are some useful tips on ways you can affect the lives of the health care provider as well as the patient with the disease.

Don?t be unsociable or dodge the person in your life with Alzheimer?s disease. Go see them and let them know you are thinking about them. Talk with the health care provider and see when is the best times to visit. Oftentimes, Alzheimer?s sufferers might be more rested in the mornings or right after an afternoon nap. Wearing them out often worsens the symptoms of the disease. Patience and a friendly ear are a must in your visit. If they are still relatively rational, they may want to ease themselves to a caring friend.

Be ready to tell why you are there to visit, if they do not identify you. Sometimes, you may have to do this a couple times during your stay. Talk using smaller sentences and use body gestures like hand movements to make a point in the conversation. While they may not comprehend some of the words you are presenting, many can still translate body language up to a point. Also allow the Alzheimer?s patient a lot of time to answer inquiries or make conversation. Don?t feel unsure about motivating them with a word or two if their train of thought seems to drift.

Express joy and think back about past happenings that you may have done together. They may not recall the situation, but they can certainly savor the story. Bring out picture albums and talk about the people and places in the pictures. Share a function whether it is a craft or a walk in the park or snatching an ice cream cone. Most of all, squeezes and smiles can break through the roadblocks that sometimes words cannot.

Backing the caregiver is all so important. Sometimes, coping with somebody who has a sickness can be lonely and they might feel left behind without support. Give them a lifeline and pay close attention to them. Sit down with a drink and let them talk to you. Help them with tasks. If you are at the store, give them a phone call and see if they need anything. Ask if you can assist around the house, whether it be cutting the grass or preparing a meal.

Volunteer to sit with their loved one stricken with Alzheimer?s so that they can go do something for themselves. Having solitary time is essential for emotional health and they may need the break. Giving them the time works marvels and they can come back to their role as health care provider with more eagerness. Most significantly, keep in touch, particularly if you don?t live near them. A phone call or letter works great and helps the caregiver feel less detached from the world.

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Detox Diets

Detox Diets are the last craze in dieting, that?s why the number of people searching for detox diets is growing everyday.

You may have heard about toxins, detoxification, cleansing, purifying ? they are all related to detox diets.

Toxins are harmful chemicals affecting your body. They are all around you (in your food, water, air) and inside you (as waste products of metabolism). Your body eliminates most toxins and the rest are stored within body fat.

These stored toxins combined with stress can affect your health in very unpleasant ways:

- weight gain
- headaches
- feelings of fatigue and weakness
- heartburn
- sore muscles and skin
- joint pains

These symptoms will fade when you start detox. Well, you may feel some discomfort in the very first days, but that is a normal body reaction.

You may feel headache or sore muscles, but that is because the toxins are released faster then your body can eliminate them. These symptoms will not occur again if you detox regularly.

Detox and Weight Loss

Detoxification is the process of releasing and expelling the stored toxins through the elimination organs of your body - the intestines, liver, lungs, kidneys and skin.

Detox Diets are dietary nutritious plans that use detoxification, which helps you lose weight by cleansing out your body and improving your metabolism.

Detox and Disease Prevention

Detox Diets are recommended for improving resistance to disease, mental state, digestion, strengthens the organs involved in detox.

Detox Diets can help prevent serious diseases such as cancer, ADD, ADHD, chronic fatigue syndrome and multiple chemical sensitivities, as well as treat heart disease, fibromyalgia, autoimmune disease.

Detox Foods

Detox Diets recommend consumption of foods that are beneficial for your health and essential to weight loss - organic foods, fruits and vegetables.

You should drink purified water and cut back on processed foods, as well as give up alcohol and smoking.

You should know?

Detox Diets are quite restrictive and once you start a detox diet, you should follow it strictly. Detox Diets are safe, but you should consult your doctor before starting.

Types of Detox Diets

+ Fasting - drinking only water, juices or broths, or eating one kind of food for a certain period of time. Your body starts burning fat for energy.

+ Nutritional supplements ? intake of nutritious powders, vitamins and packaged protein snacks.

+ Hydrotherapy - detoxifying through your skin pores by taking special baths.

+ Specific detox diets - last between 7 and 30 days; there are quick detox diets for one and three days, and long detox diets for 8 weeks.

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Crohn's Affects More than Just the Body

Humans are encased in a physical body but they are made up of more than just the body. They also have minds and emotions. Crohn?s is a physical disease but it affects all aspects of the human condition.

First let?s be clear. Emotion?stress?whatever you want to call it, does NOT CUASE Crohn?s Disease. However, a person, who has gone through weeks of the physical symptoms of Crohn?s before it has finally been diagnosed, is most likely very stressed and emotional. People exhibit varying emotions when faced with a Crohn?s diagnosis. Some become very angry while others feel guilty and think they have done something that has caused it. Some may be relieved to finally have a name for what is wrong?Crohn?s is bad?cancer is worse.

Depression often sets in soon after the diagnosis. Coping with a chronic illness is no walk in the park. It soon dawns on the patient that every corner of his life has been changed in some way by this disease. Depression is a normal response.

Counseling can help as can talking with others who have Crohn?s and are, in fact coping. A real world or online support group should be sought out. Becoming educated and informed about the disease and knowing what research is taking place can help to alleviate depression, too. A bout of depression is normal but it needs to be addressed and relieved sooner rather than later.

Crohn?s patients eventually learn how to prepare and plan for the events in their daily lives and work around the sometimes potentially embarrassing symptoms of Crohn?s. Life does go on and their depression will abate with time and with help and support from their friends and families. Living with Crohn?s disease is a challenge but it is possible to live a full and productive life and have Crohn?s at the same time.

Parkinsons Disease And What It Really Means To Us

The onset of Parkinsons disease is a tragic time for any patient and their families. As a degenerative condition, patients suffering from the condition are faced with no hope of recovery, but rather a slow and wearing process of loss of movement and co-ordination. Most notably, the condition involves the tremor, whereby patients can be seen trembling uncontrollably, as well as loss in speech capabilities and gradually all functionality in its later stages.

Parkinsons disease is a disorder which takes effect on the central nervous system. A movement disorder, Parkinson's can be seen in four major symptoms; namely rigidity of muscles, a tremor of movement, slowing of overall movement (known as bradykinesia) and in certain instances loss of movement altogether. The symptoms gradually become more and more apparent in sufferers, and are progressive, that is patients do not recover, or get better. This degenerative condition is not contagious, nor passed genetically, and very little is known about the causes of most instances of the condition. Having said that, some cases can be explained through extreme drug abuse, cranial damage and other abuses of the body which have been shown to give rise to the condition.

The condition occurs as a result of the loss or destruction of brain cells which produce dopamine, a chemical associated with muscle activity. This chronic condition was first discovered and charted by James Parkinson in 1817, and concerns what he labelled as his patient's 'shaking palsy'.

A disease which has been a mystery to scientists and physicians across the world since its discovery, Parkinsons disease has no known cure, although there are ways to treat it and perhaps stall its development. Additionally, there are a number of support groups for both sufferers and carers, providing some much needed reassurance that all is not lost, and there are still ways to work to help the condition, which can sometimes feel like a distant fantasy.

A particularly crushing aspect of the disease is the impact it can have on a patient's everyday life. The simplest of physical tasks become impossible, leaving the sufferer eventually in need of round the clock care and attention. There is a present no way of knowing who will develop the disease, or to what extent, although reassuringly, scientists the world over are desperately trying to expand their knowledge of the condition and look for other treatments, and possibly even the elusive cure.

Sadly, for patients with Parkinsons today, there is no real way out, and it's best to try and remain as active and involved as possible in the normal daily routine to keep up morale, and keep the patient interested in life. Such a demoralising condition as Parkinsons requires a lot of patience, and it can be particularly hard and frustrating to see a family member descend into such a state. There are however, a variety of ways to significantly reduce the effects of the condition, and it is advisable for anyone worried about themselves or friend or family member to consult their physician for more information on the condition and what can be done to curb its onset.

Clive Jenkins recommends the Parkinsons Disease Help Online website which provides comprehensive information on all aspects of Parkinson's Disease. To find articles, tips and free information and advice check out the site here: http://www.parkinsonsdiseasehelponline.com/

Asbestos and Mesothelioma Cancer

Asbestos is the biggest work place killer today. Those who have worked with asbestos or who are regularly in contact with someone who has are at risk from asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma. All these are fatal respiratory diseases which are extremely difficult to cure. Research is being carried out in various research labs all over the USA and many pharmaceutical companies are also endeavouring to find new drugs and treatment methods.

One rare disease caused by asbestos which is becoming increasingly common is mesothelioma. Although unknown by many today, it is almost certain that awareness of this disease will be broadcasted worldwide because of its increasing occurrence in men aged between 55 and 70. Many of these men are now lodging multi million dollar lawsuits against the companies who subjected them to asbestos. Those most at risk from mesothelioma are those who have been in regular contact with asbestos dust and fibres without sufficient protection. Just a couple of months of exposure to asbestos can lead to mesothelioma 30 years later. The latency period (amount of time the disease takes to start taking effect) of mesothelioma is 30 - 50 years which is one of the reasons it is so difficult to cure because it is very difficult to tackle in its early stages. Another reason it is so difficult to cure is that its early symptoms are characteristic of many other more common diseases such as pneumonia.

Mesothelioma symptoms include:

- Chest pains - Coughing that worsens over time - Weight loss - Shortness of breath - Coughing up blood - Nausea and vomiting - Fatigue - Wheezing - Lung infection - Swollen lymph nodes - Loss of appetite

A patient will feel symptoms depending on which type of mesothelioma he or she has got. For information on the different types of mesothelioma go to: http://www.1-mesothelioma.co.uk

In the next 35 years it is estimated that over 1 million people will die from asbestos related diseases in developed countries. Most of these people will die from lung cancer and mesothelioma as these two are the most prolific asbestos related diseases.

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Rosacea Laser Treatment

If you've ever suffered from rosacea, then you already know what a debilitating affliction it is. I have had to deal with bad skin ever since I was a teenager, so I am very familiar with the shame and embarrassment that comes from having a face covered in a red rash. One unique characteristic about this skin problem is the fact that sometimes it doesn't clear up completely, and in extreme cases, can even lead to scarring. This happened to me, which meant that I was faced with the possibility of carrying around reminders of my skin troubles for my entire life. Fortunately, however, I discovered several rosacea laser treatments that have worked wonders.

Of course, my dermatologist had been mentioning the possibility of rosacea laser treatment to me for years, but financial difficulties prevented me from following through. Because my insurance company considered rosacea laser treatments elective cosmetic procedures, I would have had to pay for everything out of pocket and the expense was simply too great at the time.

But, as is usually the case, things have changed with time. Now rosacea laser treatment are more common and more affordable than ever before. From what I was able to see, they are more effective as well. So I finally decided to take the plunge and get the rosacea laser treatment that I'd been putting off for so long.

The first thing I had to do was decide which treatment method would be best for me. As you might expect, there are several different kinds of rosacea laser treatment available on the market, so I had to do some research on the subject. I discovered that choosing the right one comes down to a combination of factors, including the severity of the scarring and the amount of money I was willing to spend. In cases where the scarring is more or less superficial, over-the-counter creams and ointments may be able to help. For more serious cases, advanced rosacea laser treatment such as prescription medications and laser therapy.

Another thing I learned is that rosacea laser treatment can help lessen the effects of scarring, but most likely won't remove the scars completely. Even so, I saw dramatic improvements in the before and after photos that my dermatologist showed me during my consultation. But my dermatologist also reminded me that each patient's case is different, and that results will almost certainly vary from person to person. Nevertheless, I had already made up my mind to undergo rosacea scar treatment.

Overall, I have to say this was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I am happy to report that my skin's appearance did improve as a result of the rosacea laser treatment I chose, and now I feel like a whole new person. If your skin is causing you embarrassment and preventing you from enjoying your life, I recommend checking out some rosacea laser treatment today.

Copyright ? 2006 Zhang Sui Liang Rosacea Laser Treatment

Yin and Yang in Traditional Chinese Medicine

The Yin-Yang symbol is a result of the Chinese Philosophy in regards to how the universe functions. The black and white shapes within the circle represent the interaction of two energies called Yin and Yang; they are not completely black or white nor can they exist without each other. The curve of the symbol reminds us of the constant change of balance between yin and yang, which represent all the opposite principles one finds in the universe.

The Yellow Emperor said, ''The principle of Yin and Yang is the foundation of the entire universe. It underlies everything in creation.?

Yin, the darker element, is passive, dark, feminine, moist, death, small, and corresponds to the night; yang, the brighter element, is active, light, masculine, dry, birth, large and corresponds to the day.

The cyclical nature of Yin and Yang mean several things to a student of Chinese medicine and philosophy:

All phenomena change into their opposites in an eternal cycle of reversal.

Since one principle produces the other, all phenomena have within them the seeds of their opposite state. For example, sickness has the seeds of health and health contains the seeds of sickness.

Even though an opposite may not appear to be present, nothing is completely devoid of its opposite state.

Traditional Chinese Medicine applies the philosophies of Yin Yang to treat disease. When the body is in balance between Yin and Yang, health is predominant; when Yin and Yang are imbalanced, disease occurs.

According to Chinese medicine texts, diseases caused by yang pathogens usually present themselves with heat symptoms while diseases caused by yin pathogens usually present themselves with cold symptoms. Efforts to diagnose Yin or Yang pathogens result in intake forms with questions such as, ?Do you prefer hot or cold drinks?? or ?What is your optimal time of day??

Once a Chinese medicine doctor has determined the nature of an imbalance, he or she aims to restore balance through a variety of approaches such as acupuncture, herbs, and recommended changes in diet or lifestyle. As balance is restored in the body, so is health.

Betty Durden is a staff writer for The National Acupuncture Specialists Directory found at http://www.acupuncture-treatment-specialists.com.

Mesothelioma Cancer Still Affecting People

Mesothelioma is a rare type of cancer that forms in the linings of the chest (the pleura) abdomen (the peritoneum) or heart (pericardium). This cancer is caused by exposure to asbestos. Asbestos is a fibrous incombustible mineral used for fireproofing, electrical insulation, building materials, brake linings, and chemical filters. When this chemical is inhaled, it can be extremely toxic and cause this type of cancer.

Asbestos was widely used especially before mid-1970s in industrial products such as cement, brake and clutches, roof, floor and ceiling tiles, textiles, and insulation.

The people that are most likely to suffer from mesothelioma are those who were exposed to asbestos fibers at work. Since mesothelioma usually has a latency period of 20-50 years where the illness is not apparent, most people with this cancer did not know about it until it was too late. The disease usually appeared many years after having been exposed to asbestos, even if it was only during a short summer job. The jobs that are believed to have been exposed to considerable amounts of asbestos are: workers in asbestos mines and mills, producers of asbestos products, insulators, who are also known as asbestos workers, boilermakers, plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters, plasterers who worked with fireproofing spray, shipyard and Navy workers, electricians, mechanics, bricklayers, millwrights, carpenters, steel workers, refinery and other industrial workers, maintenance workers, and many others.

There are also other people who have been exposed to asbestos in their homes without even being aware of the danger. There were those people who were family and friends of those who worked with asbestos products. These workers would bring asbestos particles stuck to their clothes, shoes, hair and skin. This is known as household exposure.

However, mesothelioma is still considered as a cancer with a relative small reach. Not everyone who was once exposed to asbestos developed this cancer later on. The figures are still low compared to other types of cancer: about 3,000 new cases are diagnosed in the US every year. Although it seems to affect mostly men, increasing the risks with age, it can appear on anyone at any point in their lives. The asbestos found in finished products in the houses like walls, tiles, and pipes do not pose a threat unless they are damaged or disturbed. It is only this way that the asbestos fibers are released into the air and inhaled or digested which may cause the cancer.

Since Mesothelioma is primarily a personal injury occurring from the work place, those injured should be able to take action against irresponsible businesses that exposed its employees to this cancer-causing material. This disease can actually be completely prevented, since the only known cause is asbestos exposure. This disease not should continue killing people. The horrific effects of asbestos were well-known by companies making good use and big profits out of this material. Many companies even tried to hide the awful truth about the deadly effects of asbestos to its workers and their families. Of course, this was easy because for most cases it took 20 years to be diagnosed.

There are many treatments to combat this cancer such as chemotherapy, surgery and radiation therapy. However, this is one of the deadliest cancers because the time between it is diagnosed and the person dies, averages to less than 6 months. Because of this rapid nature of Mesothelioma, it is imperative to take action against those companies that lied to its workers before it may be too late.

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Empower Yourself Through Advocacy

Recent statistics indicate that over sixty percent of the general public has managed their healthcare with some form of natural therapy, for example: acupuncture, yoga, meditation, vitamin and mineral supplements, chiropractic, nutritional counseling, etc. Over six billion dollars have been spent out-of-pocket for these services, as most are not covered by medical insurance.

This is wonderful news indicating the awareness and acceptance of natural therapies as safe, effective and complimentary to allopathic medical care. Much has been done to educate the public about various forms of natural techniques, which support the whole person (not just the disease) to improve the natural working systems of our bodies, minds, and souls. Information abounds in written media, tele-vision, radio and the World Wide Web regarding following a healthy lifestyle in order to improve one's overall health and even heal from disease that was once thought of as incurable. Large statistics indicate the dangers of pharmaceutical drugs - causing side effects, inviting other illnesses, and even causing deaths in some cases. Most folks are aware of the dangers of too much fat, salt, sugar, caffeine and alcohol in their diets. Local gyms are packed with people committed to losing weight, toning, stretching and increasing strength and stamina with proper exercise. There seems to be quite a shift towards spiritual growth and renewal, as individuals and families have become too busy, experience increased stress, and feel a sense of broken-ness in both our local and global environment.

However, it is very clear that illness is big business. Physicians, diagnosticians, specialists, hospitals, pharmacies, drug manufacturers, and even the federal, state and local governments all have huge economic interests in our nation's healthcare policies. It still surprises some to note that our healthcare systems are really sick-care systems, set up originally, to diagnose and manage the symptoms of ill health. An individual is given a diagnosis and usually one or more prescriptions to alleviate the symptoms, but not the cause. These prescriptions may work, but he/she will need to return to the physician for a refill. The drugs may not work, he/she may need to return to change the dosage or type of prescription. The prescription may cause side effects or interact with our other medications, and one will need to return to the physician for more prescriptions. Surgical procedures are at an all time high for everything from cosmetic corrections to weight loss to cesarean deliveries.

However, given the enormous under-swelling of active interest by the American public in natural health, it is even more important for each of us to get personally involved in monitoring, challenging and changing the current state of our health care system. There is true, safe and very effective healing power in natural methods. Our health care freedom is challenged daily by the fear and ignorance of those not familiar with the benefits of non-drug and non-invasive healing techniques. Activity in advocating for fairer, more complete and easier access to all forms of natural healthcare can be as easy as sharing your successful personal experiences in using natural therapies with your friends and family. It takes almost no time at all to write a letter of support to your natural health provider or your government representatives. Become as informed as possible by perusing your local health food store a great source for free directories, magazines and newspapers. Offer your economic support to those environmental organizations that share your ethics and concern for the world in which we live.

Getting involved in any small way is fun, empowering, and educational and does make such a difference! As an advocate for the disabled in the eighties this writer learned that many people do not bother to make the phone call or write the note to their local representatives because they think it does not matter. However, research indicated that it takes only four registered special delivery letters to get the attention of government officials. Just four letters on an important and current issue gets noticed and helps our representatives to take notice of their constituents' needs and desires, and indicates what direction they should be taking!

Remember - once you become aware of an important issue and do not take any action, you become part of the problem, not part of the solution.

Mary Ann Dittmeier is a Bach Foundation Registered Practitioner and President and Founder of FIND YOUR BALANCE, INC. Mary Ann is available for individual consultation, workshops and lectures on Bach Flower Remedies and Bach Flower Essences by appointment. Call 631-475-8308.

Acid Reflux Symptoms

The typical cause of heartburn or acid reflux is when acid from the stomach backs up into the esophagus. If your lower esophageal sphincter is not normal, stomach contents may flow back into your esophagus and cause heartburn. Stomach acid flows into the esophagus (called acid reflux), causing the burning sensation. Acid reflux is caused by stomach spasms which cause acid.

Many believe that acid reflux symptoms affect the heart or mistakenly diagnose acid reflux as a heart related problem. In fact acid reflux has nothing to do with the heart - it is a digestive problem. Indeed for most people, a proper eating habit may help fixing the heartburn problem. Eating high-fiber bread instead of white bread, and exercising for 30 minutes at least once a week, decreased the odds of getting heartburn. Keeping a daily diary for a week can help keep track of specific food items and circumstances related to episodes of heartburn.

One is solution to eliminate acid reflux is to stop smoking. After a meal, when the stomach is full, smoking increases the chances that you will suffer from acid reflux. Loss of weight can also reduce stomach acid reflux. Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to heartburn in their third trimester as the growing uterus puts increasing pressure on the stomach.

Here are some easy things that doctors recommend:

Wait at least three hours before going to bed after eating.

Sleep with your head at least 8 higher than your stomach so that gravity can help keep stomach acids from coming up into your esophagus.

Avoid exercising or bending over right after eating.

Eat 5 or 6 small meals a day instead of the three, traditional, big ones.

Acid reflux tends to be more of a problem at night, while you are lying down or sleeping. Having the head and shoulders higher than the stomach lets gravity work to keep acid from refluxing.

If heartburn is a continual or severe problem, it's a good idea to see your doctor. In patients with acid reflux, the heart valve pressure is usually low, which is the root of the problem. Some people have only an occasional acid reflux symptom. For others, however, acid reflux and regurgitation are persistent, chronic symptoms that return several times a week, if not every day.

Medical evaluation of heartburn is recommended for individuals who experience persistent symptoms several times a week. If acid reflux (heartburn) occurs on two or more days per week despite the measures discussed above, you should consult your family doctor. For chronic reflux and heartburn, the doctor may prescribe medications to reduce acid in the stomach.

Susanne Garris is a stay at home mom. But that doesn't mean she isn't at work. Susanne works as a research assistant and freelance writer on a variety of subjects. Her private research is devoted to blogs you can find at: http://www.acid-reflux-symptoms.blogspot.com

The 10 Biggest Mistakes That Sabotage Your Healing

All of us are in need of healing. Perhaps we are mourning the loss of a relationship, or a loss of a loved one (animal or human). Or the loss of our health. Or the loss of a job, or status. Or the loss of a belief, or trust, or faith. Or peace of mind. Any loss will put us in a state of uneasiness or dis-ease.

Dis-ease as the name says is the lack of ease or the absence of well-being, to be more accurate. When we lose our well-being, in any which form it comes, physically, emotionally, psychologically, or spiritually, we grieve. There is loss and we grieve this loss.

Here are the 10 biggest mistakes that sabotage our healing from whatever dis-ease we may be having in life.

1.We don?t acknowledge you are in need of healing

Except for when things are really bad, as with a physical disease that may or may not be fatal, many times, we are not even aware that we need healing. We become the notorious ?walking-wounded? hurting everyone else we meet.

2.We don?t take time for ourselves

We pretend that nothing has happened or we suppress our hurt and live life as if nothing happened. We don?t acknowledge that we need time out to recoup and make a plan of action.

3.We don?t make a plan

When we are aware that we need healing, we seek and follow the advice of others and many times we don?t even know exactly what we need to do to feel better. We don?t write our objectives and we plan a strategy to reconnect with our perfection.

4.We don?t live in the present

We regret what we did in the past and become anxious about the future, creating greater stress for our mind and body. We forget to live in the present, not knowing that a good present will determine an outstanding future.

5.We don?t forgive

We hold eternal grudges about people, events, and circumstances, including ourselves, thus preventing peace of mind and freedom.

6.We think in the negative

Our mind chatters negativism, as usual, thus deepening our struggles. We don?t realize the importance of positive thinking to better our life.

7.We don?t shut the nay-sayers

Especially when we have critical or chronic illnesses, we keep hearing from other that we will never get well, and worse, that we will die. We keep listening to and trusting them implicitly, not understanding that no one knows us better than we do.

8.We don?t do spiritual work

Just when we need to go deep into our spirituality, we forgo our evolutionary process and delve into the physicality of life. We pray for the wrong outcomes.

9.We don?t wish for perfection

We wish for everything but not for the perfection of the solution to our problems, thus creating even worse case scenarios for ourselves.

10.We don?t expect miracles

We forget that miracles happen every day and many times we give in just when it is our turn to manifest them. We give up hope.

So what are you ready to do to correct them?

? Maria Moratto 2006

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What is Rosacea Symptoms and Treatments

Rosacea is a kind of skin disease which gives rise to different symptoms such as dilated blood vessels, inflammation on the skin, permanent redness, papules, pustules etc. Due to rosacea, sometimes the eyes and the other body parts are also affected. The root cause of rosacea is not known till now. It is said that people who often blush seem to develop this because their blood vessels are dilated. Rosacea may be caused by the following primary symptoms such as burning, erethymas, scaling caused due to burning or stinging, dry skin, swelling that enlarges after the portion becoming red, eye symptoms such as redness, itching or corneal damage and pimples from acne.

There are various ways to treat Rosacea. Both modern science and the traditional medicines can treat it but only when there is redness and blood vessel enlargement. Laser treatment can also cure the dilated blood vessels or the skin irregularities. The condition can also be cured with antibiotics when papules, pustules are caused. If rosacea spreads consult your physician. The physician will prescribe necessary medicines. If pimples form then clean your skin with skin cleansers.

There are plenty of alternative medicines found in the market such as topical creams that comprise of natural oils, herbs, minerals and antioxidants that heal the acute irritation. The bacterial infection is treated with mild antiseptic agents. Consult a physician before using any medication.

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How Alkaline Water will Extend Life and Reduce the Onset of Adult Degenerative Disease

We get old and sick due to excess acid in our body. So, it follows if we reduce the acid and increase the alkaline levels we would be healthier and live longer. However, some doctors say that the stomach acid kills the alkalinity so; drinking alkaline water will do no good. Well what about that?

What happens in the stomach when we drink high pH alkaline water? The stomach maintains the pH level at right around 4.0. The more alkaline water we drink the higher the stomach pH goes, sometimes it will rise above 4.5. When this happens the stomach will produce more hydrochloric acid to bring the stomach pH back down to below 4.0.

Hydrochloric acid and sodium bicarbonate is made from water, sodium chloride (table salt) and carbon dioxide. The sodium bicarbonate goes into the bloodstream and the hydrochloric acid goes into the stomach.

The alkaline buffer in our blood is sodium bicarbonate, and it is the alkaline and acid buffers that are constantly monitoring the blood pH to maintain a constant blood pH of 7.365. When the blood becomes too alkaline, the acid buffer goes to work to bring the pH down; and when there is too much alkaline, then the alkaline buffer (sodium bicarbonate) goes to work to raise the pH level.

From Sang Whang, inventor of Alkalife:

?Alkaline buffers are bicarbonate (HCO3-) mated with alkaline minerals. Examples of them are sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3), potassium bicarbonate (KHCO3), calcium bicarbonate (Ca(HCO3)2) and magnesium bicarbonate (Mg(HCO3)2). Acid buffer is mainly carbonic acid (H2CO3), a water and carbon dioxide combination. Carbohydrate completely burnt becomes carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O); therefore there is no shortage of acid buffer.?

It was Lynda Frassetto, University of California, San Francisco, who discovered in 1966 that we lose the alkaline buffer ? bicarbonates in our blood as we age. The process seems to begin at age 45 and by 90 we have lost 18% of the bicarbonates in our blood.

When the bicarbonates in our blood are reduced it impairs the body?s ability to neutralize and dump the acid our body produces. It is also at the age of around 45 that symptoms of diabetes, or osteoporosis and other diseases related to the aging process occur. When these acidic wastes are not released from the body and begin to build up, theses wastes take the form of fatty acid, sulfate, phosphate, uric acid, cholesterol, kidney stones, etc.

It is only the water?s pH value that helps the blood receive bicarbonates. It is the most important function of alkaline water since we lose these bicarbonates as we age. When we alkalize our body we increase the ability of our blood to neutralize the acid.

Our world has changed from an organic, agricultural base to one that is industrial and toxic. And because of the greed of our industries a lot of these toxins have found their way into our air, water, food, and alas our bodies. The more pollution, the more stress the more acid. High protein diets and soft drinks also add to the acidity and this is why we lose bicarbonates in the blood as we age.

This is taken from Sang Wang, ?The medical society considers the reduction of bicarbonates in the blood as an inevitable fact of aging. I argue that the reduction of bicarbonates in the blood is the cause of aging and diseases, not the result of aging. As long as we can replenish bicarbonates in the blood, we don?t have to age!?

Now Enter Alkaline Water

To Drink or Not to Drink

Only when the stomach produces hydrochloric acid do bicarbonates enter the bloodstream. So it is best to drink the alkaline water on an empty stomach with the water having a pH level of 9.5 -10. The reason for this is the alkaline will raise the stomach pH relatively high and that will cause the stomach to produce more hydrochloric acid, allowing for more bicarbonates to enter the blood. (I carry a bottle of water with me everywhere I go and my bottle of Alkalife and just drink it all day long.) You can get the Alkalife from www.drclarkuniversity.org Click on books and products and then click on the University book store and then the link on the left ?Alkalife?

So, now you know how alkaline water will prevent the onset of adult degenerative diseases and aging in general.

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Asbestos Mesothelioma Cancer

Mesothelioma is one of the most uncommon forms of cancer. It generally affects the lungs, heart or abdominal organs. The most common form of this disease is pleural mesothelioma. The pleuron is a slight membrane between the chest cavity and the lungs. The lubrication it gives does not allow the lungs to get grazed when they come in contact with the chest wall. Pleural mesothelioma is also known as lung cancer. Peritoneal mesothelioma is another form of mesothelioma. The membrane that envelops the abdomen?s organs is known as the peritoneum. While it is less common than pleural mesothelioma, peritoneal mesothelioma is more invasive and consequently more fatal for the patient.

Mesotheliomas are either easily curable or malignant. The most widespread form of mesothelioma is the ?diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma?. This tumor is invasive and destructive. It characteristically spreads quickly to the lungs? surface, heart or abdominal organs. Life expectancy for patients afflicted by this cancer usually ranges between four months to two years. Of course, that depends a lot on myriad factors, like the stage of the disease?s detection, the patient?s health etc. With appropriate care, some patients have survived for a number of years.

Early diagnosis and surgery may elongate life expectancy. Surgery may not be a feasible option, however, for older or weaker patients. Radiation treatment and chemotherapy can help in the overall program. Home care and pain management are other alternatives during the later stages of the malignancy.

Automobile mechanics, painters, plasterers, pipe fitters, plumbers, shipyard workers and welders, to name a few, are in regular contact with asbestos and thus in greater danger of getting the disease than individuals of other professions.

Generally, it is believed that sustained exposure to asbestos is more liable to give one mesothelioma. However, some individuals with short but severe exposures have developed this malignancy. Also, a person can get this disease indirectly. Women, while washing the clothes of men (son, husband) who work with asbestos, can develop the cancer.

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Angina The Pain Is In The Heart Itself

A pain originating from the heart muscle itself is called Angina. This occurs when the blood vessels taking blood to the heart (coronary arteries), become partially blocked with fatty plaques caused by atherosclerosis (heart disease). The blood flow is only sufficient when the heart is at rest, but during activity, when the heartbeat can increase from 75 to 190 beats per minute, the heart muscle cannot get sufficient blood flow in it and causes mild to severe pain. This is why angina is brought on by exercise but will subside when the activity stops and the person rests. Angina will become worse over a period of time and less activity will provoke the pain. If the angina suddenly worsens and you experience symptoms even while at rest, the cause could be a blocked artery resulting in a heart attack. If this occurs, seek medical assistance immediately. Angina is not easy to diagnose from symptoms alone, as other conditions such as indigestion, show similar signs.

Signs and symptoms

? Pain can be mild or severe ? The pain is most often described as heavy, crushing, tightness and choking ? Pain originates from the center of the chest, can radiate up the neck and down the arms. Most often it is the left arm. ? Shortness of breath ? Perspiration

There are no specific tests for angina, but your doctor will probably begin by asking three simple questions. What causes the discomfort? What does it feel like? What helps to ease the pain? The doctor may also suspect possibly angina if there are other cardiovascular risk factors such as - smoking cigarettes, family history of heart attacks, high blood pressure and cholesterol levels, age and diabetes. The doctor will perform a physical examination on the patient paying special attention to the heart and any abnormal sounds or beats.

Routine tests include an electrocardiogram (ECG), blood pressure measurements, blood and urine tests and a chest X-ray. The doctor may require during the ECG the patient walks on a treadmill (exercise bike) while hooked up to a machine that records the heart's electrical activity. The level of exercise is slowly increased until the patient feels pain and there is a change to the ECG pattern. Further tests may include a coronary angiogram. This entails a fine tube inserted into your heart via an artery in your groin. A special dye is then inserted into the arteries clearly displaying any narrowing (blocked) arteries on the X-ray images.

Angina responds well to drug treatment. The most common drugs used to treat angina are the following:

? Nitrates - These drugs come as fast-acting sprays or tablets that are placed under the tongue to ease the pain during an angina attack. Long-acting tablets taken daily reduce the need for the sprays.

? Beta-blockers - These tablets lessen the workload of the heart by allowing it to beat slower and less forcefully than usual. These tablets prevent pain and slow down the gradual worsening of angina.

? Calcium antagonists - Helps to dilate the arteries allowing more blood flow through them. They lower blood pressure; reduce the heart's workload to help prevent pain.

A standard treatment is a low, daily dose of aspirin to prevent anymore atheroma from building up in the heart arteries.

Once an artery has become blocked or narrowed by plaques of atheroma, there are two levels of intervention needed for reinstating blood supply to the heart muscle. The intervention chosen will depend on how badly the artery is blocked or narrowed. 1) Angioplasty - This procedure is performed only when the arteries are not completely blocked. A fine tube (catheter) is inserted into the heart. On the tip of the tube is a tiny balloon, which is then inflated and deflated a few times to squash the plaque and widen the artery. This procedure is performed under local anesthetic and is carried out on an outpatient basis. 2) Bypass surgery - This procedure is carried out only if the arteries are completely blocked or very narrow. A new route for the blood supply is made using a bypass graft. For the bypass graft, surgeons have two options - they either use an existing artery that lies within the chest or they use a piece of vein removed from the leg.

Sometimes a person may have up to four blockages to bypass. Bypass surgery is performed under local anesthetic and can take from three to five hours to complete the surgery. Today it has become one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures.

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Listen to Your Heart

If I were your (sweet) heart I would most likely be yearning for your attention right now. To make my point, I invite you to take this allegorical trek with me. Pretend that your heart - your one and only sweet heart that lives inside your chest - could actually talk to you. What would it have on its mind right now?

The heart of the problem

We treat our hearts like the wheels on a Daytona 500 racecar. But when it wears out we can't pull into the pitstop and snap on another one. We've only got one. Like other internal organs, we often ignore our hearts. We live our lives satisfying our desires, and forming habits that endanger the health of our heart, and our lives as well.

Unhealthy heart habits you can avoid

Now I speak to you from the heart (literally). You pretend you do not realize how your actions hurt me day by day. You neglect to exercise. Haven't you seen the volumes of scientific evidence that tell you how much I benefit from aerobic exercise?

Will you wait until you feel that burning in your chest, then you go for an aspirin? That might be too late. And how about all those chemical stimulants you subject me to every day? The caffeine in your coffee makes you feel good, but it makes me work harder. And the alcohol. That affects me too. Narcotic drugs... oh, those are even worse. You don't even go there.

From the first time you tried smoking, I knew you were not thinking about me. Don't you know that I suffer whenever your other organs are damaged. It's more difficult to pump blood through damaged lungs and clogged arteries. You are killing me. When will you cut down on your animal fat and cholesterol intake? You're killing me, and you need to realize this fact: When I die, so do you.

Help change the statistics - Exercise

Research is showing that approximately 1,200,000 new and recurrent coronary attacks occur per year. Don't you realize that heart disease (696,947) is the leading cause of deaths in America. And most of this could be prevented by regular physical exercise.

Compare this to the number of deaths from cancer (557,271), stroke (162,672), chronic lower respiratory diseases (124,816), accidents or unintentional injuries (106,742), and diabetes (73,249). And I (your heart) suffer whenever any of those other conditions happen as well... I die from strokes too (cry, cry, cry).

Tell me, can't you control your blood pressure and lose some weight? I don't want it to have to end like Nellie did. She grew up a beautiful young girl of normal weight. Then she became lax in her eating habits and did not exercise. For years I overworked myself pumping blood past body fat and through partially clogged arteries.

She thought about her weight and how she looked, but never about me. Her main concern was how she could fit into her favorite dress again. I couldn't take the neglect anymore. I attacked her one morning. She died at age 45.

Now, I don't want to have to fail you that way. I am your one and only sweet heart. I've been working for you from before you were born. I have been taking care of you even while you sleep. Take care of me, please. Won't you?

Ple-e-e-ease... just listen to your heart, now!

References:
Das, S.R., et. al., (2006). Increased Cardiovascular Risk Associated With Diabetes in Dallas County. American Heart Journal, May; 151(5);1094-1100.
Luddington, A., Diehl, H., (2002). Health Power. Hagerstown: Review & Herald
National Center for Health Statistics; Deaths-Leading Causes, URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm

Copyright ? 2006 by Bentley Thompson

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Asbestos and Mesothelioma Cancer

Asbestos is the biggest work place killer today. Those who have worked with asbestos or who are regularly in contact with someone who has are at risk from asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma. All these are fatal respiratory diseases which are extremely difficult to cure. Research is being carried out in various research labs all over the USA and many pharmaceutical companies are also endeavouring to find new drugs and treatment methods.

One rare disease caused by asbestos which is becoming increasingly common is mesothelioma. Although unknown by many today, it is almost certain that awareness of this disease will be broadcasted worldwide because of its increasing occurrence in men aged between 55 and 70. Many of these men are now lodging multi million dollar lawsuits against the companies who subjected them to asbestos. Those most at risk from mesothelioma are those who have been in regular contact with asbestos dust and fibres without sufficient protection. Just a couple of months of exposure to asbestos can lead to mesothelioma 30 years later. The latency period (amount of time the disease takes to start taking effect) of mesothelioma is 30 - 50 years which is one of the reasons it is so difficult to cure because it is very difficult to tackle in its early stages. Another reason it is so difficult to cure is that its early symptoms are characteristic of many other more common diseases such as pneumonia.

Mesothelioma symptoms include:

- Chest pains - Coughing that worsens over time - Weight loss - Shortness of breath - Coughing up blood - Nausea and vomiting - Fatigue - Wheezing - Lung infection - Swollen lymph nodes - Loss of appetite

A patient will feel symptoms depending on which type of mesothelioma he or she has got. For information on the different types of mesothelioma go to: http://www.1-mesothelioma.co.uk

In the next 35 years it is estimated that over 1 million people will die from asbestos related diseases in developed countries. Most of these people will die from lung cancer and mesothelioma as these two are the most prolific asbestos related diseases.

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Why Haven't You Been Told About The AMAS Test?

With all the media talk about prostate surgery vs. taking drugs for prostate problems, you would think those are your only two options.

If information like this can save one more person from making a mistake with their prostate health, it will be worth taking the time to educate yourself on this important subject.

Are you aware that you can avoid surgery and drugs with proper testing in the first place?

Let?s take a look at the facts when it comes to testing for prostate problems and look beyond the media headlines.

Better testing leads to more accurate information and a better diagnosis about the health of your prostate. And one of the keys is early detection with the RIGHT tests.

The most commonly MIS-used test is the PSA or Prostate Specific Antigen test.

Prostate-specific antigen - is a protein which is naturally produced by the prostate gland. Prostate tumors typically cause over-production of PSA, so when a blood test reveals an elevated level of the protein, it's a red flag that warns of possible problems.

Both cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH which is a swelling of the prostate, can increase PSA levels.

What doctors usually do next is to recommend a biopsy. This is the next step toward trouble. Prostate biopsies are painful procedures that can result in bleeding and infection which only worsens your problem ? if you even have one.

And recent evidence shows that most of these biopsies are completely unnecessary.

In a 2003 study from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, researchers set out to determine if fluctuations in PSA levels would reveal a single PSA test result to be unreliable on its own.

The conclusions of this 4 year study revealed that an isolated PSA screening with an elevated level should be followed with an additional screening several weeks later before proceeding with further testing or a biopsy.

Because the problem with a single PSA test is that PSA levels normally fluctuate and having just one test leads to over diagnosis of prostate problems.

Here is where the AMAS test is significantly better.

A more sensible and dependable way to screen for prostate cancer is a blood test called the anti-malignin antibody screen (AMAS). Anti-malignan antibody levels become elevated when any cancer cells are present in the body.

Most importantly, these levels rise early in the development of cancer cells, which means that cancer can sometimes be detected several months before other clinical tests might find it.

With an accuracy rate of more than 95 percent, the AMAS test is much more reliable than the PSA test. And the best way to detect prostate problems is a SERIES of PSA tests (as the Sloan- Kettering Trial concluded), WITH the AMAS test.

This powerful combination of tests will allow you to avoid false alarms which lead to painful biopsies, drugs and unnecessary painful surgery.

The more you learn about these tests, the more you will feel compelled to implement them.

You can find out more about the AMAS test at http://www.amascancertest.com.

As you can see, these are important tests to take over a period of time which can save you from unnecessary surgery and drugs.

Take control of your own health by educating yourself about tests, treatments and nutrition so that you can become more healthy and stay healthier in the long run.

2004 ? by Lee Cummings Leeman@LC-Nutrition.com

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Tea Tree Oil and a Whole Foods Diet: A Complete Cure for Chronic Disease

Tea tree oil has various uses in first aid treatments because of its triple antibiotic features: it's an antiviral, antibacterial, and antifungal agent. The oil's first aid uses are fairly straightforward because we all know what to expect from a first aid treatment: we know we can use the substance to sanitize, heal cuts and wounds, and ease pain.

A chronic condition is more complex. It's common to hear someone with a chronic disease, such as acne, asthma or a yeast infection for example, say that such-and-such a remedy worked at first, or was effective for a while, and then the problem came back. Or maybe the symptoms were lessened but never completely disappeared. That's because many of the organisms responsible for chronic conditions occur naturally in our environments, or in our own bodies, and are kept in balance until something causes the balance to shift and the organisms to experience overgrowth. That's when we experience a severe acne outbreak, an asthma attack, or the symptoms of yeast infection.

In order to effectively treat the chronic condition, we have to recreate the state of balance, or in other words, we have to treat the root of the imbalance. I believe that in many cases this can be accomplished through the use of tea tree oil along with dietary changes.

In most cases, when I feel a cold coming on or sense the onset of a cold sore (things I rarely experience any more), I simply apply tea tree oil to my temples, throat and chest or wherever I feel the aches or the cold sore coming on, ingest a cough drop containing minute amounts of tea tree oil, and eliminate sugar from my diet. I also buy a bag of oranges and eat them freely, drink plenty of water, and get a few extra hours of sleep at night or by napping during the day. Also, a steamy hot bath with a few drops of tea tree oil in it works wonders. These things usually return me to good health.

As for a whole foods diet:

Include:

* Fresh vegetables and fruits
* Fish and poultry
* Flax seed (Linseed)
* Other essential fatty acids, such as olive oil and nuts
* Whole grains
* Organically raised foods where possible.
* Plenty of fresh water
* 1 tablespoon Psyllium seed husk fiber and/or 6 to 8 tablespoons flax seed meal and/or ? cup Oat bran daily

Avoid:

* Alcohol
* Animal fats
* Caffeine
* Dairy products
* Fast foods
* Hydrogenated oils and margarine
* Processed foods
* Junk foods
* Sugar
* White flour products

These days I usually feel dis-ease approaching during the winter months, because of bad eating habits during the holiday season, and because of occasionally using junk food to ease cabin fever symptoms (depression, uneasiness, lethargy). I may know better, but I'm not a saint! I've learned to forgive myself, then get back on the program with renewed vigor.

Kathryn Beach offers extensive information about the natural healing properties of tea tree oil on her website, Learn About the Tea Tree Oil Phenomenon!.

Multiple Sclerosis and Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis

It may not be main stream yet to say that most if not all disease is caused by one toxin or environmental factor of one kind or another. However, those that have been researching and investigating alternative health methods are well aware of this. And, those that have actually used them to cure, cancer, MS, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, etc., are even more acutely aware, of this fact, they are convinced and healthy.

I know of my best friend who had Ovarian Cancer, and now does not, cured it using Dr. Hulda Clark?s methods. She is not the only success story by a long shot, and cancer is not the only disease that has been cured using Dr. Clark?s methods, again by a long, long shot.

It is criminal that instead of making this known throughout the world our government, FTC, FDA, work hard to keep this from the public. The AMA, pharmaceuticals, etc., lobby the government hard to make sure they keep this from the public.

People die, they lose their quality of life, children lose their parents and parents lose their kids and all in the name of greed. Most of this is unnecessary. Below, I have taken this from Dr. Hulda Clark?s book Cure For All Diseases, which you can purchse from the www.drclarkuniversity.org or www.drhuldaclark.org, I wanted to give a taste of how different, simple and inexpensive are other ways of getting and staying healthy.

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From The Cure For All Diseases, by Dr. Hulda Clark

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the brain and spinal cord. It is called lateral sclerosis if the disease is mainly in the spinal cord. It is caused by fluke parasites reaching the brain or spinal cord and attempting to multiply there. Any of the four common flukes may be responsible. Kill them immediately with your zapper and the herbal parasite program. They cannot return unless you re-infect yourself. Stop eating meats, except fish and seafood. All meats are a source for fluke parasite stages unless canned or very well cooked. Pets and family members are undoubtedly carriers of the same flukes, although they do not show the same symptoms. Give away your house pets. Don't kiss your loved ones on the mouth. Make sure your sex partner has also been freed of fluke parasites.

The most important question you must be able to answer is why did these parasites enter your brain and spinal cord? When the brain contains solvents, it allows flukes to multiply there. The solvents, xylene and toluene are common brain solvents always seen in MS cases. Evidently these solvents accumulate first in the motor and sensory regions of the brain, inviting the parasites to these locations.

Xylene and toluene are industrial solvents used in paint and thinners. It is also a pollutant of certain carbonated beverages (I found it in 7-Up(TM), ginger ale and others that I tested). Stop drinking them.

All MS cases I have seen also harbor Shigella bacteria in the brain and spinal cord. These come from dairy products. They are manure bacteria. Be absolutely meticulous about sterilizing dairy products. Even one tsp. un-sterilized milk added to scrambled eggs could re-infect you. Not even heavy whip cream or butter is safe without boiling. Kill bacteria every day with a zapper. Shigellas produce chemicals that are toxic to the brain and spinal cord. Eliminating Shigellas brings immediate improvement.

The other pollutant associated with MS is mercury from dental metal. The mercury that is constantly released in the mouth does not all get excreted by the kidneys or eliminated by the bowels. Some of it travels up to the brain and gets into the spinal cord as well. You will be able to eliminate and excrete more mercury by doing a kidney and liver cleanse. The mercury itself may be polluted with thallium which is even more toxic. For this reason mercury removal should be done extra thoroughly to be sure no thallium has been left behind.

From the book The Cure for all Diseases Page 204.

Michele Michaels has been active in raising awareness for alternative and natural methods of curing and treating all manner of illnesses.

A Vaccine to Boost Willpower?

This is how applying a vaccine effect will boost your willpower. Meditation has a vaccine like effect on the mind as it has the power to boost willpower. There are two kinds of people in the world, those who meditate and those who do not; if you do not you will never be satisfied with the world, impossible. And among those who meditate, there are two kinds of people; there is the inner and the outer circle. Those in the inner circle are steadfast and constantly trying week after week, month after month, year after year to discipline themselves and expand their minds. Why? Because they now have a deep inner conviction that they are divine beings and they want to be free. You can acquire this discipline through the practice of meditation.

This writing I have not collected from the National Enquirer. These words come from a line of Spiritual Masters whom spoke from a state of cosmic consciousness to teach us divine strategies and gradually, while on earth, to build the great power of discrimination and observation through which the student discovers how to acquire that divinity we all have. In the science of yoga you very quickly realize you are not dealing with ethics, moral codes, constitutional rights, but with cosmic laws or magnetic forces few people are aware of; therefore you become more intelligent and you do not fight anymore with anyone; you now begin to study your own behavior. The cosmic laws of justice are the ?unseen controllers? that are recording everything we do twenty four hours a day. There is no place we can hide to escape our actions; and I tell you, if I was a lawyer or a doctor, I would really sweat it out, but as a teacher it could be even worse if they do not tell the truth. Our health is not only biological but it is controlled by cosmic engineers, cosmic designers or astral forces which police the body cells. We are utterly ignorant of our own body functions. We have cars and computers but we do not have the most remote idea of how they really work.

How do you protect your subconscious mind from your mental environment? There is physical disease, mental disease, emotional disease, spiritual disease, karmic disease, and evil disease. Now let me reveal to you a side which the science of our days, the medical science has not acknowledged, ?evil disease.? I am going to give to you an idea since most diseases are thought induced. What is a thought? A thought is a portion of consciousness, a tube through which positive, neutral, or negative energy is flowing. Therefore the most responsible cause for mental diseases is television and movies. There are evil tendencies within the subconscious mind that are like ticking bombs you do not want to reenergize. Stronger than willpower is the company you are with, mostly the mental company you entertain with your own thoughts and feelings. Did you know that when you watch horror movies like the Exorcist your subconscious mind assimilates what you are watching as real? You can attract negativity to you and rekindle those hideous evil thoughts in your subconscious mind. You are unaware of the fantastic programming that takes place in your body cell structure when triggering tendencies of violence from your subconscious mind. How can any human being enjoy seeing murder and violence? You can say to yourself that it is just a movie and it is not real. And of course it is directed by a great artist, a great man in filmmaking. When is murder an art? Is killing people an art? You do not know that the moment you begin to watch movies like that you become receptive and offer the entry of negative forces to you. All evil has some intelligence for it works itself into the minds of people through false reasoning. Some people told me that when they were watching the movie ?The Exorcist? they burned a holy candle to protect themselves from any danger. This is what you can call false reasoning. You may follow every natural health law but what do you have in your brain that sees and loves horror movies? You can be certain it is not you who is enjoying that fear, but the evil energy in you feeding itself. Whatever evil qualities you have, know that you have implanted them within yourself. Mental fear is a door through which evil tendencies enter into you. Everything in the universe is interlocked by the laws of magnetism and as you begin to have evil thoughts, actions, or feelings you automatically begin to magnetize every cell of your body with destructive energy and you draw all the misery into your life. Let us be reminded about karma the ?absolute disciplinarian.? People get raped, get robbed, get beaten up and get drawn into all types of circumstances by the laws of magnetism, attraction and repulsion called karma. A typical man most often follows a careless existence not comprehending its purpose. He cannot understand that his whole existence is a gladiatorial boot camp for spiritually retarded people, who are lacking mental, physical and spiritual development. Most people are totally unprepared for what is coming to them in life. The misbehaving man can get away with breaking human laws and its penalties. But the justice of karma is inescapable. For example, this subject is so vast because we are dealing with karmic disease, imposed upon us from previous incarnations, such as cancer. Staunch vegetarians die of cancer because diet makes no difference. When you have dragged your feet long enough away from spiritual laws, finally, as a karmic accelerator cancer comes to your life so that you can destroy a karmic bill of many incarnations to come in one single lifetime; therefore, even cancer is a blessing in disguise. You can be in top physical shape; you can do everything, run, jog, nutrition, and everything else and die of cancer just the same as retribution from previous incarnations.

The conclusion of various studies support that nearly all diseases are psycho-somatic or thought induced. The time will come when psychiatrists and psychologists will gradually take the place of doctors. These illnesses are psycho-somatic thoughts influenced by the subconscious mind-field memory and by inharmonious flow of (pranic) energy currents in our thirty thousand billion cell batteries as in the Grand Canyon you have the Coral River that begins with all kinds of curves into this river; similarly, you are creating inharmonious flows in your body. As a result, scoliosis of the spine may develop. Most of us have this deformed spine that is why we have millions of people going to chiropractors and osteopaths. We have one leg shorter than the other and trouble with our hips because the currents of energy are not flowing properly in our body, and as they begin to move in a certain way, they begin to disturb at every level the proper equilibrium of your inner structural body. Unless one goes to the root cause of the disease itself we cannot prevent its occurrence. What we need is a mind so attuned with the super-consciousness of the soul that it will transmit its boundless energy into the body cells and not only reprogram our cells but change the very chemical structure of our cells and gradually destroy the blueprints of disease which are locked up as memory banks in the computer of the subconscious mind. When a person transgresses physically, mentally or spiritually and the action of an individual becomes very bad, they generate inharmonious vibrations that attract disease germs; the agency of all evil and a portal is opened for a specific disease. Specific disease enters specific parts of the body because of specific thoughts, which makes prostate problems a very embarrassing problem. The Chinese call it the ?dark door.? They know we have problems there because of the mind. We have opened portals to specific diseases according to the nature of the transgression that enters the body. It is necessary to go to the very source of the disease. People do not do evil only through the influence of their postnatal and prenatal bad habits, but also because they are consciously pushed by the evil entities residing in their brain. When the evil entities is dislodged from the brain by higher meditation and the help of a Guru then a soul can become really free. If you do not begin to dislodge those evil entities who feed on watching movies on rape, murders, on crime and violence and so on and as long as you feel drawn to that kind of entertainment, you shall know that your are being manipulated by a force that you have no control of. To be healthy is not an easy thing but it is possible.

One day higher civilizations that are coming will look at us in total dismay. They will not be able to understand how we with such intelligence, we could have lived in such a barbaric way. That is why I should not have to convince anyone of the fact that every human being on this planet except for the saintly men and women has within their subconscious mind a library of active memory banks containing the vibratory latent impulse of self-destructive behavior accumulated from the countless violent existence of previous incarnations. Earths history of the last twenty four hundred years where there was absolute barbaric behavior, known as Kali Yuga where twelve hundred years going down and twelve hundred years going up ended in 1898. If there is one thing we have to remove from our consciousness that creates so many diseases is our love of violence. It is utterly impossible to become spiritual as long as there is any violence in us.

Stubborn mental or physical disease always has a deep root in the subconscious. Illness may be cured by pulling out its hidden roots. The vaccine to cure and kill these hidden roots is healing scientific affirmations otherwise known as ?psycho- immunity.? To develop such thoughts in the subconscious mind that one is automatically repulsed by anything which is violent, vile and foul to the point of dragging you down, one must not resist it but one must not want anything to do with. That is what we call psycho-immunity. Mental cure is superior to all methods of physical cure by using the power of your mind. It is superior to any other method you can use because imagination, will, faith and reason are states of consciousness that actually act from within. Therefore television conditions ones level of consciousness. If you do not reprogram your mind by daily affirmations, you will remain exactly where you are at for the rest of your life.

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Who is at Increased Risk For Developing Mesothelioma?

Since the late 1800's Asbestos has been mined and used commercially. The use of Asbestos dramatically increased during World War II and since the early 1940's millions of Americans have been exposed to asbestos dust working within industries where initally the risks were not known. There has been widespread exposure to Asbestos by workers within shipyards, mines and mills, producers of asbestos products, workers in the heating and construction industries, and other tradespeople and an increase risk of deveolping mesothelioma has been the result. .

Today, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sets limits for acceptable levels of asbestos exposure in the workplace. By contrast, the British Government's Health and Safety executive (HSE) states formally that any threshold for mesothelioma must be at a very low level and it is widely agreed that if any such threshold does exists at all, then it cannot currently be quantified. For practical purposes, therefore, HSE does not assume that any such threshold exists. People who work with asbestos wear personal protective equipment to lower their risk of exposure.

The risk of asbestos-related disease increases with heavier exposure to asbestos and longer exposure time. However, some individuals with only brief exposures have developed mesothelioma. On the other hand, not all workers who are heavily exposed develop asbestos-related diseases. Family members and others living with asbestos workers have an increased risk of developing mesothelioma, and possibly other asbestos-related diseases. This risk may be the result of exposure to asbestos dust brought home on the clothing and hair of asbestos workers.

To reduce the chance of exposing family members to asbestos fibers, asbestos workers are usually required to shower and change their clothing before leaving the workplace.

The combination of smoking and asbestos exposure significantly increases a person's risk of developing cancer of the air passageways in the lung. The Kent brand of cigarettes used asbestos in its filters for the first few years of production in the 1950s and some cases of mesothelioma have resulted. Smoking current cigarettes does not appear to increase the risk of mesothelioma.

There is no curative treatment. Close monitoring (routine X-rays or even pleural biopsy) for mesothelioma is mandated. Oxygen therapy at home is often necessary to relieve the shortness of breath. Supportive treatment of symptoms includes respiratory treatments to remove secretions from the lungs by postural drainage, chest percussion, and vibration. Aerosol medications to thin secretions may be prescribed

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Acne Program Step 12 Change The Way You Think

Your thoughts have a lot to do with why you have acne. Most people will not even give this idea a single thought. You can get rid of acne without changing your way of thinking, but your thoughts will create some other illness that you might not see.

Most illnesses begin with the way you think, the way you are, or your basic philosophy. Your thoughts create chemicals that flow into your blood and affect the function of your entire body.

So if you have acne, it was created by the way you think. If you have ulcers, heart problems, or anything else, these were created by the way you think. Your thinking prevents you from eating and doing the things that you need to do to have good health or clear clean skin.

If you have acne or any disease, it is an opportunity for you to stop and think about why you have it. Acne is an expression of your thinking. Everything about you ? the way you walk, the way you talk, the way you dress, that way you eat, the diseases you come down with, the way you do everything ? originates in your thought process.

Here is one place to start your self-examination.

Start by being more accepting of yourself. What I have learned in the past is that no matter how much you put yourself down or how critical you are of yourself, it will not change the world around you. The world and you are still the same.

So, just get over it. Stop fighting who you are.

Accept yourself as you are and get on with the purpose of your life. Just get on with it. Don?t worry about what other people are thinking and doing. That?s their problem not yours.

You need to learn how to ?face yourself.? When you have acne you may not want to look at yourself and ?face who you are??

If you have acne, there is always some underlying emotions and feelings that are being expressed by your acne. Look into yourself and try to see what you are saying with your acne.

If you cannot find it, see if you can relate it to constipation. Constipation and a toxic colon is typically the cause of acne. But to go one-step further, all physical illness are created by some emotional unbalance that you are holding onto.

Acne can be a representation of repressed traumas that you have experienced as a child when you were growing up. I know you may not want to hear this. But, Acne can be an expression of those traumas trying to burst out of the repressive mechanisms that your body creates to prevent you from facing these traumas until you are ready to do so.

Some effort has to be make to connect and release these traumas, otherwise as you clear your face these traumas can move to some other parts of your body where they will be unseen and destroy tissue and body functions.

If you have a negative thought, ask yourself this question, ?does this thought or idea help me or others become a better person?? If not, then let go of this thought and move on to a better thought and a better place in your life.

Good Luck To You

Follow the 12 steps for getting rid of acne and you will get results. Follow these steps and your face will clear and become smooth and lovable.

Rudy Silva has a degree in Physics and is a Natural Nutritionist. He is the author of Constipation, Acne, Hemorrhoid, and Fatty Acid ebooks. He writes a newsletter call ?natural-remedies-thatwork.com.? More acne hints and information on his acne e-book can be found at: http://www.acne-remedies.for--you.info

Is Your Liver Working Like It Should?

So many people that are concerned with improving their health over look the health of their liver. The liver is called LIVE ?R for a reason. The liver is involved with digestion and assimilation. It processes nutrients to give life to your body and to repair diseased and damaged tissue. It removes toxins and eliminates pathogen from getting into the blood that flow to all of your body cells.

Over 27,000 people every year die from chronic liver diseases and Cirrhosis. People with diabetes have a high number of deaths from liver deterioration. Over 60,000 people die from liver failure. It is estimated that 9,000 die from Chronic Hepatitis C and over 12,000 from liver cancer. Over 25 million people create some form of liver and gallbladder disease every year.

Liver disease is the Seventh killer of American people.

Don?t dismiss the health of your liver as you layout your plans to improve your health. Most people have some from of liver weakness and don?t even know it until it too late. Why not learn what you can do to treat your liver right so it can give you good LIFE.

Here is a list of symptoms that you will have when your liver is not working like it should.

Frequent headache not related to stress, eyestrain, or shoulder muscle tension
Frequent menstrual problems
Blurry vision or red eyes
Constant bitter taste in mouth
Excessive anger, depression or moodiness
Tenderness in the liver area ? just under your right rib cage
Acne, psoriasis, eczema, rashes, and other skin problems
Weakness in your muscles and joint areas

Any one of these symptoms can be an indication that you have liver weakness. If you have two ? three of them for sure you have some liver weakness.

So what can you do if you feel that you have some liver weakness?

The first area to work on is to examine the types of fats and oils you eat and make the changes that will give you better liver health.

Saturated fats, such as found in butter, meat, lard, and other oils are highly susceptible to oxygen damage through the process called oxidation. When these fats are oxidized they become rancid and form free radicals.

But Saturated fats are not the only fats that can be oxidized. Even unsaturated fats, the good oils, can be oxidized. Still it is better to eat most of our fats unsaturated since saturated fats are associated with heart conditions.

All fats can become oxidize outside the body by using them to fry your food or inside your body though the natural oxidation processes.

Liver cells are highly susceptible to free radicals. These free radicals are destructive to liver cell walls and weaken the health of the liver over time.

Also, Scientists have found that 17% of the oxygen you breathe and have available in your body becomes a free radical. These free radicals, again, attack and destroy liver cells.

To counter eating free radicals and the free radicals that are created in your body, you need to take anti-oxidant supplements and eat fruits and vegetables. The yellow and red colored fruits and vegetables are the highest in anti-oxidants. Of course it is best to also limit eating fried food and not use oils that have been sitting around to long.

Rudy Silva is a Natural Nutritionist. To get the latest information and tips on liver health go to: http://www.liverdamageprevention.for--you.com

Mesothelioma

Tragically the word mesothelioma is becoming more and more well known, the mere mention of it striking fear into all of us for we know that it is associated with death. Asbestos is the reaper, mesothelioma its hand maiden.

Asbestos, the wonder product of the fifties is now recognized as an enemy of the twentieth century. A ruthless enemy which will kill more people than the war. Men, women and children will fall victim to its prey, innocents who have at some time in their lives inhaled asbestos dust.

Most of us have been in contact with products containing asbestos in our life times. We sat in asbestos class rooms, stood beside our fathers as they cut asbestos fencing, pulled up old linoleum with asbestos clogged to the back of it. Visited the local tip where broken sheets of it lay open to the wind.

Records show that there are a higher number of people afflicted with asbestosis and mesothelioma who have directly worked in asbestos mines, ship yards and companies making products from asbestos; however there are a large number of people afflicted, who have never worked in these industries. Their contact with asbestos, due to the dust brought home on their husband?s clothes or from the asbestos tailings placed around mine houses and town perimeters. But the tragedy does not end there, children innocently playing in their own back yards played amongst the asbestos tailings as children elsewhere play in the sand. They had no way of knowing that their sand was asbestos blue. A good bath at the end of the day may have removed the dust from the skin but the dust in the lungs remained and would lay dormant for many years before claiming its deadly legacy.

Without warning, a healthy individual suddenly becomes short of breath, x-rays reveal fluid on the lungs and the night mare begins. Questions are asked and you answer, Yes, I was exposed to asbestos dust but I was only in the town for a few short months and that was over 40 years ago. How can this be? This is the most perplexing thing about mesothelioma. Why is there such a long period of time between inhalation of asbestos dust and onset of the disease? What triggers a strong healthy body to suddenly succumb to it? What can we do to prevent this from happening?

Blood tests are now available to determine whether mesothelioma is present in the body, before a person is aware of any symptoms. This is an amazing breakthrough and perhaps the first step towards curing the disease before it becomes terminal. Recently mesothelioma was cured in a mouse and attempts to give it back to the mouse were unsuccessful. This too is exciting stuff and holds a glimmer of hope for us all.

I have witnessed first hand the devastation of mesothelioma. My husband was a strong and virile man who rarely had a sick day in his life. Suddenly at the age of 52 he became short of breath and was subsequently diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma. He had lived in the asbestos mining town of Wittenoom in Western Australia for a few short months at the age of seven. The asbestos dust he inhaled then, took forty five years to become lethal. I still find this hard to believe.

Despite his prognosis of three to nine months, Brian survived for two years. He was 54 years old when he died.

Lorraine Kember is the Author of Lean on Me: Cancer Through a Carer's Eyes,a powerfully moving and inspirational true story about her husband's courageous battle with mesothelioma and her emotional journey as she cares for him. This touching book includes helpful information on topics such as: cancer pain management, symptom control, and coping with grief. Diary excerpts and poems Lorraine penned along the way are interspersed throughout this book and further depict the depth of their love for each other, the sense of helplessness she experienced on his diagnosis, and her growing strength as she comes to realize that there is much she can do to improve the quality of his life. This book has been highly recommended by the Cancer Council, as well as numerous other organizations and doctors. To read more about this book or order it online, please visit her website http://www.cancerthroughacarerseyes.jkwh.com

Vibrational Healing How Water Sea Salts and Colloidal Silver Can Heal Most Anything Part One

Within this life experience, I have been gifted with the infinite gifts of illnesses, diseases and syndromes that conventional medicine has diagnosed the physical body of which my soul resides in with. These have included: A heart murmur at birth, continuous strep throat infections (which resulted in the tonsils being removed in one of the NTHE, Near Transitional Home Experiences that I experienced), mononucleosis as a teenager, asthma (with an attack so severe I experienced another NTHE while pregnant with our second son Matthew due to lack of oxygen), bronchitis, allergies to what the physical body was classified with as being allergic to everything under the sun also resulting in nasal and sinus issues and the having of the nose cauterized, two knee surgeries on the right knee, one tubal pregnancy (right tube) and three other miscarriages, PID (pelvic inflammatory disease), fibrocystic breasts, a ruptured ovarian cyst. endometriosis, kidney stones (with 2 lithotripsys for this), continuous kidney and bladder infections, liver and gallbladder issues with gallstones having the gallbladder removed in September 2005 during which I experienced another NTHE, and being diagnosed by conventional medicine with lupus both forms with the rashes and attacks of the major organs and so on (which conventional medicine says is the cumulative diagnosis for all of these illnesses, diseases, and syndromes that they originally diagnosed the physical body with) and a rare blood disorder in which the physical body clots on the inside (which conventional medicine tells me that is what they believe causes the endometriosis) and bleeds profusely on the outside when the body receives a cut (thus two being as one), both of which are fatal they say. In addition in this life, the physical body of which my soul resides in has experienced two herniated discs in the back, carpal tunnel in the arms and hands, numerous severe ankle sprains, a benign breast cyst, a bone spur on the bottom of the left heal, an injury to the head by a golf club, and a severely sprained right wrist from playing volleyball.

In total, I have died ten times thus far in this life experience. Nine of those have occurred through various surgeries, medical procedures, and a severe asthma attack. Each physical body surgery procedure I have experienced has induced some form of what is known on this earth dimension as flat lining or physical body death. I have come to see these transformations for the gifts that they are. I know that I have chosen each of these events to impart infinite spiritual messages of soul rememberings of who I am choosing to be within each moment while here playing this game called LIFE (living infinitely from experience). I am the soul I am in this moment because of these life experiences. These transformative life experiences have brought me to learnings and soul rememberings that have brought me to a place of peace and learnings through research and degree studies. So this wisdom that I share comes both from personal physical and spiritual experience and research.

As these learnings and rememberings are all one, I have come to remember, embrace, and treasure the infinite paths that bring us into peace here on this earth. I have embraced the studies of the shamanic path in its connection to our spiritual path through several spiritual mentors. I have collaborated with other mentors and within what are considered here on this earth dimension as a self-learner, to learn of vibrational healing medicine, of aromatherapy, of herbology, and a plethora of soul rememberings and earth dimensional learning modalities. It was while studying for the master?s degree in vibrational medicine and the learning about herbology that I was gifted with the amazing wisdom that is written.

The Physical Body Basis for Diseases, Illnesses, Syndromes, and Disorders

There are several physical reasons for diseases, illnesses, syndromes, and disorders. One of them relates to food and water. The physical body and spiritual soul can if we so choose, live on our respiration, our breath. The other component that the spiritual soul and physical body can choose to live on is that of water. These two items together (two being as one) along with sea salts, is what can sustain us within this life experience if we choose. The physical body is made of 90% water. Water is a natural antihistamine and natural diuretic. Why do we need to replace fluids excreted from the body by drinking plenty of water? This is because approximately three pints of water per earth dimensional day are excreted through the kidneys, approximately one pint of water per earth dimensional day is excreted through the skin in perspiration, and another yet another pint is expelled through respiration. As such, the organs, everything within the physical is water or has a component of water within it. Also, spiritually speaking our spirits, our souls are made of a crystalline like substance that is water.

Respiration and water are in infinite supply and are always, in all ways, with us and within us. The molecules and atoms of everything and anything are components of water and air. I invite you to place our hands and move them slowly in a fluidity of motion around the air in the room. As we do this physical motion, we are moving through molecules of water and air. Utilizing our breath and the water that surrounds us is about absorbing nutrients from the air the physical body breathes and the molecules of water absorbed through the fluidity of our movements as physical human forms. Nutrients we absorb from the air and water through the skin, the eyes, the hair all have the ability to nourish and center the physical body of which our soul resides within. As a physical being we incarnate with and within air and water.

The utilizing of the breath of LIFE (living infinitely from experience) and of water, two being as one, is accomplished through a rewiring of the physical biochemistry, the rewiring of the thoughtenergy axioms that we all choose to illusionarily hold onto as so to be free from every questioning, free from ever exploring any other of the infinite possibilities. As physical beings, we consist of air and water. Imagine the physical body as a plant. Plants absorb moisture and nutrients from sunlight, air, and water. To rewire the physical body to be as a plant, we are invited to shift the axioms of who we believe we are to the inner wisdom that water and the air we breathe can sustain us. Within coming into a resonance of living off of our breath and of water comes with the physical praxis that we are until we believe, see, feel, and be that we are. As with anything that the human physical form chooses to be habitual form with, it takes the illusion of earth dimensional time for the physical body brain to resonate within a shifting paradigm, because as physical human forms we use praxis to shift the physical body into resonance with that the soul already knows we ARE - a revolving experience of. If we are to be within choosing to live from breath and water, then we are invited to choose to slowly reduce the amount of food we choose to eat as we feel intuitively ready to, while being in praxis of the thoughtenergy within our thoughts, within our living that the air we breath and the water we drink is infinitely enough to sustain our life and that we are infinitely full from the nutrients we take in from the air we breathe and the water we drink. That anything, everything, and all we ever need to sustain us is within these things.

This is something that I am in current praxis (or practice) with and discovering that I am eating what is called within earth dimensional amounts is less and less food. This is why when we come closer to the shifting from the physical body into spiritual soul being (or dying as we call it) that we tend to eat less food and rely upon the air we breathe and the water we drink to sustain the physical body that the soul resides in. The air in our respiration, bringing us in a constant resonance of being in spirit and being connected to, for, of, and with and the water that we drink and absorb within all that surround us, then is our food.

Resonance With All That We Drink and Eat

Until such a moment as we choose this path of water and the breath of Life as One to be an infinite possibility, we can choose to sustain the physical body within the combination of food and water. The media and conventional medicine doctors are always saying drink water. There is something to this and here is why. Many of us are unconscious to that the physical body is in a constant state of dehydration. This is why we see the illusions of what we call here as being overweight, illnesses such as Asthma, sinus issues, ADD (as a person who is gifted with the earth name of ADD or ADHD are within a resonance of an alternative dimensional download and of alternative dimensional heartbeat download, as in these souls dial into the heartbeat of the universe of infinite dimensions, infinite universes, and infinite parallel universes, including this earth dimension to bring forth and gift us with the infinite wisdom of the universe), cancer, and the plethora of names for diseases, illnesses, disorders, and syndromes. Suffering occurs and is associated with dehydration of the physical body.

This is also too why we age so rapidly and produce within the body of age-related diseases such as: osteoarthritis, wrinkles, high blood pressure, and infinitely other what we call as age-related diseases. These are free from being age-related as they are really dehydration-related manifestations. We can live to be quite an old age and be free from diseases if we are to drink an infinite supply of what the physical body is asking for in water and take in sea salts. Thereby, this is what is known here on this earth dimension as the secret fountain of youth. The fountain of youth is free from being discovered within this earth dimension?s ideas of a bottle of age defying makeup or some diet or pills, but through a way of being that we all have been looking for. The ego self of the soul believes that the fountain of youth as something to be discovered, and is to be discovered ?out there?, that we must search for it. However, we are free from having to ?search for it? or having to ?discover it out there? as it is already and always, always ready and in all ways, with us and within us. This is why we see souls on this earth appear to be ageless or living within the physical body for many earth dimensional years, as these souls have embraced the fountain of youth in that although this earth?s concept of time seems to move fast or at the same pace, these souls experience a slowing of movement as they have stepped into spiritual oneness multi dimensionality and because of the water, sea salts, and shifting of who they are to bring about peace, absoulute love, and bliss within their lives.

Now I say this free from the idea that we are in this physical body is going to live forever, or that we will in our ?older years? be free from the concept known as pain; as clearly these things are possible for the machine called physical body may at some moment be physically worn and this is when we will transform like that of a butterfly. However, we can prosper within vitality and Infinite Well BEing as the physical body earth dimensionally ages, simply from drinking of the source of that of which we are water.

The reason for this occurring is that, during the process of dehydration, the physical body takes what is known as desperate measures to conserve water. Part of dehydration also involves the release of histamine which is critical to activate and maintain other systems of the physical body which are designed to save body water. These systems keep water in the body even if the body is free from any presence of water that we have yet to ingest. If the body is free from receiving water being ingested by us physically, it will then utilize the water that is within the organs and systems of the body to keep itself replenished. The body will seek to drawn from any stored up urine and feces that has yet to be expelled initially and then the body will continue by obtaining water for hydration from the liver, gallbladder, heart, and any other organ it can extract water from to ensure the physical body?s survival. As water is being depleted and excreted through when we urinate and defecate, if we continue to replace these fluids with something other than water, a state of continuous dehydration in the physical body occurs. This is the cause then of what we call as symptoms associated with what are known on this earth dimension as diseases, illnesses, disorders, and syndromes.

The amount of water we drink in relation to the food that we eat that creates the physical manifestation of what we call a ?clogged physical body system?. Water flushes out the food we eat and is cleansing the physical body in an infinite cyclical process. Up to fifty percent of the water that we drink each earth dimension day is needed is due the digestion of and processing of food we are eating. Thus if we are drinking this earth dimension?s amount of more juice, coffee, soda and so on than water and/or eating more than the body has of water within it, the physical body is then in a resonance of chronic dehydration. If a soul chooses to be free from eating or eats small amounts of food daily living off of water, sunlight, spiritual light, and air, then less water may be needed as one is free from needing as much water for physical digestion.

The reason that on this earth dimension we call the food and drink we absorb as toxins within the physical body is simply that believe they are toxins or toxic. For as much as many souls, including conventional medicine, are in axiom with that food and drink themselves are toxic or are toxins, the food and drink we take within us is free from being toxic themselves, it is simply that because when we incarnate we come into this earth with water, air, and spiritual light as our sources of nourishment as this is who we are. When we are physically born in this manner this is what the pure essence is of who we are as a soul in physical form. We receive nourishment through our mother?s womb which consists of water that is extracted from within our mother?s physical body as the water from within the physical body when it is completely hydrated sustains the baby?s physical body and soul. If a mother is free from being completely hydrated, the baby will use water from other sources in the mother?s physical body, as well as, what is extracted from the food and drink the mother ingests, to nourish itself. This is why when a mother soul is pregnant, we believe that she requires more food to feed the growing life inside her during gestation, when it is really water and that of sea salts that the physical body is asking the mother to drink to sustain the child and the possible water and oxygen within the food that she eats to be extracted to sustain the child. Therefore, it is the water and the oxygen that the baby needs rather than the substance of the food itself. For the mother morning sickness is the very first sign of dehydration in the mother and the baby, brought about by the water regulatory action of histamine.

Thus, when we take within the physical being that which is something other than what we emanate from, that being of water, air, and spiritual light, it is the left over remnants after excreting this water, air, and spiritual light from this left over remnant matter of what we call here on this earth as food, that is the perceived toxins of which is to be flushed out. Therefore, the food itself if free from being good or bad, right or wrong, healthy or unhealthy, good for you or bad for you, toxic or nontoxic. It is simply remnants to be flushed out once the physical body has extracted all it chooses to for nourishment.

Since the physical body is comprised of ninety percent water, then this is what the physical body is inviting of us to drink to sustain it. Conventional medicine says that eight to ten, 8 ounce glasses of water is what will assist the fluidity of the physical body to sustain itself. If we are physically active this can be more. By drinking half of the physical body?s weight of water in ounces each earth dimension day is really what the physical body is asking us for to keep it adequately hydrated. An example of this would be if we weigh 150 pounds then 150 lbs would equal 75 ozs. of water daily. Divide that into 8 oz. glasses and this then is how many glasses we are being invited by the physical body to drink, daily. In addition to this daily amount of water to keep the physical body hydrated, then add double the amount of water for every 8 oz. glass that we choose to drink of juice, coffee, soda, tea etc. An example of this would be if we drink an 8 oz. can of soda, then we would drink 16 ozs. of water, in addition to the daily water intake for the physical body?s hydration of half the amount of the physical body?s weight, to adequately flush the food out of the physical body and also hydrate the body in the process. If eating food, add double the water for every ounce of food consumed, in addition to the daily water intake for the physical body?s hydration of half the amount of the physical body?s weight, to adequately flush the food out of the physical body and also hydrate the body in the process. An example of this would be if we choose to eat a 12 oz steak, then we would need 24 ozs. of water to adequately flush the food out of the physical body and also hydrate the body in the process. It can then take up to thirty-two ounces of water to completely flush out of the physical body that eight ounces of soda, juice, coffee, other sugary drink, or food eaten.

Within water being our primary source of replenishment, if we choosing to drink juice, soda or other sugary drinks that are comprised more of sugar than of water, we are then physically depriving the physical body that our soul resides within a basic component for its physical survival. I know for me personally, when what conventional medicine calls a headache is within the physical body that my soul resides in, to me that is a signal that I am being invited to drink water and breath in deeply. Upon doing so the conventional medicine name called a headache is free from being. This is because I take a moment to be in tuned with the physical body to know that it was inviting me to drink water and breathe deeply as this is the message that came through upon going within. To be continued in part two.

Dr. Patti ?Diamondlady? Diamond, DD, is a universally celebrated author, speaker, and spiritual mentor within the resonance of Spiritual Oneness. She is currently the author of two books, ?Life Long Learning - Transforming Learning; Discovering Learning Through Living Life in Unlimitless Possibilities? and ?Stepping Into Spiritual Oneness - Spiritual Rememberings of the Soul Through Life Experience?; and has appeared on various radio shows and within articles of international publications. She is also the Director of The Diamondlady International Spiritual Oneness Center. The Center is a Multi-Dimensional and trans-denominational spiritual community whose doors are open to all souls to assist souls with spirituality, personal transformation, the remembering of the Spiritual Oneness Light we all are and for all souls who desire to be in selfless service to all souls of the Universe. Patti?s gift to all souls is to illuminate the Spiritual Oneness Infinite Light BEing that she is so that we all may remember, treasure, and embrace the Spiritual Oneness Infinite Light BEing that we are.