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Dietary Changes that Enhance Herbal
Remediation and Health
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Alleviating poor bowel function (various degrees of constipation)
and a complete nutrient regimen--that most importantly includes
vitamins, minerals (drive enzymes), trace elements, nutrient, amino
and fatty acid complexes (all building blocks of every cell, tissue,
and organ in the human body) derived from organic whole food
(unprocessed) and whole plant supplemental sources--is
absolutely necessary towards eliminating and preventing the initial
cause of any disease condition in the human body.
Foremost towards health are the amino acids which are a vital part
of the ABC's of life processes in all cells in the human body;
therefore, it’s important for us to ensure that the source proteins
and dairy that they are obtained from, come from as natural a
source as possible.
Incidentally the hormones and synthetic additives in commercial
products have been known to interfere with and overwork the
digestive system at different times depending on individual diet.
This causes the liver to work harder at processing, modifying, and
eliminating, these additives from the body as well as store some of
these waste products in adipose (fat) cells at some site in body
tissue and organs. At some point somewhere down the line the
metabolism of these tainted adipose cells for fuel interferes with
proper uptake of vital nutrients and minerals needed in the bodily
healing, rebuilding, and balancing process.
Lastly, whole foods are the key to sustained health alongside
whole plant herbal supplements such as organic CKLS, Sea Kelp,
and Alfalfa known for their fundamental full spectrum replenishing
and normalizing action on human cells. In addition the following
nutritional measures are highly recommended with any therapeutic
program whose aim is perfect health (also known as homeostasis
or balance).
Recommended Nutritional Changes and Additions
1. Internal cleanse (every 4 or 6 months). A safe natural lemonade
cleanse is recommended.
2. Raw crushed, diced, or whole garlic cloves (an excellent source
of organic mineral, trace elements, vitamin, and contains 18 of 20
amino acids. It's also a bacteriocide, fungicide, and natural fat
burner in its raw crushed form). Recommended dose: 1 medium
size clove twice daily. Crush clove and take with meals, fresh fruit,
vegetables, tall glass of hot/warm water, and most importantly with
meat and cheeses (do not take raw garlic on an empty stomach).
Afterwards chew on fresh parsley or mint to mask garlic odor. Raw
garlic both prevents loading the liver with fats after a fatty meal, and
also lowers the cholesterol in the blood irrespective of the diet. It
also increases the dumping of fat and cholesterol by the bile gland
and prevents the liver from making so much fat and cholesterol for
deposition in fat cells. It does this because the enzymes, which
make the fats in the liver, rely on sulphur molecules with a specific
structure and function. Raw garlic’s reactive sulphur interferes with
these enzymes. The sulfur and allicin molecule (natural penicillin) in
garlic also interferes will cell wall construction in unfriendly bacteria
and fungi, which results in their elimination from the bowel and
body environment. Raw garlic contains the following biologically
active Minerals: calcium, iron, phosphorus, potassium, sulphur,
sodium, zinc, copper, manganese, selenium. Vitamins: C, B1-
thiamin, B2- riboflavin, B3- niacin, pantothenic acid, B-6, folate, B-
12, A, and E (d alpha tocopherol). Amino acids (18 of 20
essential): tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine,
methionine, cystine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, valine, arginine,
histidine, alanine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glycine, proline, and
serine.
3. Cold pressed extra virgin olive oil (1 to 2 Tablespoonful daily.
Take ideally with lemon juice from squeezed lemons, with any pure
citrus juice, or blended into cottage cheese or yogurt). A premium
source of fatty acids used in all cell membranes...it slows the aging
of tissue since it is an antioxidant...inhibits the activity of
carcinogenic agents...reduces the risk of heart disease by aiding
circulation...reduces and treats gallstones...softens skin...promotes
healing of wounds...treats and smooths dry wrinkled skin
interiorly/exteriorly and helps ease painful joints. Some of the
healthful components of extra-virgin olive oil have been shown to
contain: chlorophyll, carotene, and polyphenols which act as
antioxidants and have been shown to have antiviral and anti-
carcinogenic properties.
4. Make a transition from commercially prepared meat to free
range certified organic meat (found at natural food stores). The
amino acids in most commercial meat products are in complex
with additives--usually synthetic hormones--which are artificial
hormones that react in the body in know and unknown ways and
are always usually accompanied by side effects that are for the
most part silent until over time they manifest as disease and
discomfort of some kind.
5. Switch all dairy sources to organically produced dairy - soy,
goat, or rice milk products. Ideally rice milk.
6. Change all poultry (including eggs) to free range organically
raised (no hormones, no antibiotics, all naturally fed) sources. As
a reminder raw crushed garlic taken with any meat or poultry
source is natures' natural fat blocker with no side effects on the
endocrine (hormonal) system unlike most over-the-counter fat
blockers, which over time unbalance some aspect of this glandular
system.
7. Replace refined white sugar and any food item with sugar on the
label with more natural sugars such as organic sorghum,
molasses, turbinado, cane sugar, cane syrup, natural or organic
fruit pectin, stevia, or natural grade A or B maple syrup (grade B
has matured longer in the tree an contains higher mineral content).
Sweets such as; cookies, ice cream, pie, and cake can be
produced with any of these organic sugar sources as the natural
sweetening agent. Natural sugars, and particularly cane syrup
which is a complex unprocessed natural sugar, are less
demanding on the pancreas and can thus aide in balancing
unhealthful hypo/hyperglycemic levels.
White sugar stripped of all its natural nutritional components
(organic minerals and vitamin complexes) at the processing mills
competes with vitamin C at its binding site on cell surfaces in the
human body. This activity blocks various crucial biochemical
pathways.(such as immunity) that require vitamin C's chemical
structure and function in molecular partnership. Vitamin C is also
crucial to collagen formation which is responsible for the structural
foundation of the integumentary (skin) system particularly the
dermal layers which can give our skin a rough, smooth, or wrinkled
appearance, thus organic (in complex) vitamin C, which is an
antioxidant, indirectly slows the ageing process and prevents the
formation of wrinkles. Sugar makes the body work harder to
maintain balance in the one trillion plus cells in the human body and
in the process causes unneeded wear and tear on metabolism,
thus quickening the ageing process.
White sugar overly processed is in a simple unnatural form that
causes wear and tear on the pancreas. Instead of being digested
at a normal rate like complex sugars (also known as complex
carbohydrates), simple sugars--(which are processed
carbohydrates such as white flour and processed natural sugars
like corn syrup)-- immediately enter the bloodstream through the
tiny capillaries in the intestinal walls without having to go through
normal digestive channels. This causes an insulin rush, which is
repeated every time one ingests simple sugars. This is what
causes wear and tear on the pancreas, which was not designed to
produce insulin at such enormous and rapid rates.
Health Note For Diabetics:
Before it becomes honey, plant nectar is a complex whole sugar
complete with organic mineral, vitamin, and amino acid complexes.
Honey, although formerly a natural sugar (plant nectar), is a simple
sugar and elicits an immediate insulin rush on the pancreas. This
is because plant nectar, when subjected to the digestive hormones
of the bee, changes its physical and chemical structure into a
predigested simple sugar (honey). When honey is then presented
to our digestive system there is no gradual digestive steps to be
performed and thus the insulin rush ensues. For those of us non-
diabetic, honey should be taken in moderation.
8. The hull of the wheat seed or rice stalk contains the organic
minerals and vitamins that ideally should be passed on to our
diets. White enriched flour (which is wheat devoid of the hull) and
white rice have had their outer nutritious covering removed. The
hull, which ideally would give flour, bread, rice, and cereal a
brownish appearance, is removed at the processing facility, the
main reason being to extend the shelf life of the commercial
product in question. This has further contributed to the widespread
mineral and vitamin deficiency, that ironically we see in modern
industrialized societies today as well as abnormal bowel function
(usually some degree of constipation) which affects over 70 million
Americans in some form or another of which 2,875,000 give up
their lives each year to cancer of the colon and all such related
complications.
White bread and flour, refined white sugar, corn syrup, white
enriched pasta or noodles, and white rice (all major simple sugars
used in most food products and dishes) have all been denatured at
the processing mill and cause an unnatural insulin response
because foods that have been processed are no longer in a
natural state, structurally or chemically. Over the years this
contributes heavily too and disrupts the normal digestive
processes which in the case of simple carbohydrates causes the
pancreas to release insulin at a abnormally rapid rate known as an
insulin rush. Over time this leads to the abnormal function and
structure of this digestive system organ and can result in the
defective insulin hormone and thus diabetes.
White flour, particularly white bread, contains no significant level of
fiber like it should and contributes heavily towards poor colon
conditions. All should be replaced with organic complex
carbohydrates which are digested in several naturally occurring
steps and do not elicit immediate and excessive insulin secretion.
Look for whole grain, whole wheat, multi-grain ingredients.
Enriched pasta or noodles can be switched to vegetable sources
and white rice to wild, basmati, or organic brown rice varieties.
9. It's never too late take up again some physical aerobic exercise
of some kind. Aerobic exercise is a type of exercise (moderate) in
which muscles draw on oxygen in the blood as well as fats and
glucose, to increase cardiovascular endurance and subsequently
health. Exercise also stimulates the lymph system, which
contributes to immunity and is dependent upon muscular
movement for its circulation and health. Aerobic exercise is not to
be confused with aerobics, which while they are a type of aerobic
exercise are far from the only one. Aerobic exercise draws on
oxygen, fats, and glucose to fuel all cells. Aerobic exercises are
those like running (but not sprinting), cycling, long distance running,
swimming, power walking, and light to moderate gym activities to
name a few.
10. No matter where you are it is never to early or late to cast up in
your mind your inner goals, aspirations, and intentions anew.
Always envision these ideals instead of current circumstances,
discouragements, and oppositions. Then will you realize that in the
crucible of everyday life positive thought always precedes the thing
to be done.
Drink plenty of water daily -- water is not only the medium through
which the bloodstream travels (blood plasma) to nourish all cells of
the body but also the means by which the impurities are ushered
out of the body. Recommended: two 1-litter bottles per day –
ideally 4.
With disease it is necessary—in order to permanently eliminate
the cause of the problem—that the bowel function be normalized
and the mineral, vitamin, fatty and amino acid source (dairy, raw
garlic, kelp, meat, ect.) be supplied from an natural or organic
whole food and whole plant supplement sources.
The commercial food products in most supermarkets contain too
many artificial and synthetic colorings, preservatives, sweeteners,
inert salts, hormones, antibiotic residues, binders, thickeners, ect.
These chemical creations are not found in nature and thus are not
as readily familiar to human metabolism, particularly the brush
border enzymes of the small intestine that are responsible for the
chemical break down of anything we ingest. A tremendous amount
of energy is expended on a molecular level by our digestive system
in order for these processed and artificial food sources to be
made ready for digestive and nutritional use, if any. A meal should
ideally enliven the body but unfortunately most modern meals
cause sluggishness, tiredness, and sleepiness.
Food additives interfere with the bodily healing process and at
times can cause serious to mild adverse reactions in the human
body. These reactions are normally silent, stay hidden, and are
cumulative and manifest at some future date as a disease of some
kind that we normally attribute to a totally unrelated cause--a
bacteria or virus that is simply there doing its job as a decomposer
of defective organic structure.
Anyone undergoing herbal therapy should not discard any
treatment until it has been given at least a 4-6 month consistent
trial period. Some therapies respond at a more or less rapid pace
than others, which is dependent upon variable factors such as;
individual metabolism, severity of imbalance, dietary choices
alongside of therapy, and good old exercise to name a few.
Many effective herbal treatments fail because patients have
expectations on the speed of results that are beyond current
science except through invasive (surgery), chemo (radiation), or
synthetic drug prescriptions all of which have their use at critical
times but usually do not eradicate cause (biochemical imbalance)
and result in mild to serious side effects.
Prevention is key to everlasting health. Again, if we provide the
correct raw materials for the structure (cells, tissues, and organs)
we need not worry about the function (the body and its
metabolism). This is the key to a disease and pain free life.
For best results herbal therapy should be employed for at least 6
months consistently—minimum—alongside a serious change in
nutritional sources and a moderate form of consistent aerobic
exercise. The body needs at least this amount of time to naturally
normalize and lay down a new groundwork for a complete
rebuilding and rebalancing of individual body chemistry.
We can only show you the door. You have to walk through it.
If you have any question or concerns feel free to e-mail me (Freya)
at anytime earthsea@pacbell.net
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