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from Bonnie:
When I
graduated from high school (in June of 1954) the advice my parents gave me was
to avoid getting pregnant before I was married, don’t smoke, always take care
of my teeth, wear sensible shoes, sleep on a firm mattress, eat vegetables at
suppertime and take a multiple vitamin daily. Today, that is still excellent
advice. However, for my grandson Bill, who is graduating this June, here are
four more pieces of advice that I wish had been common knowledge in ’54 . . .
or, for that matter, today . . .
Take Care of Yourself — No One Else Will
1. Minerals
·
Avoid taking individual or multi-mineral supplements,
antacids, and food and beverages that are “enriched” with calcium. These
forms of minerals are up to 50 percent inorganic and, in the absence of more
than enough organic minerals, the body stores inorganic minerals in the soft
tissues, which will gradually turn your joints, arteries, and brain to stone.
One of the worst diseases caused in part by inorganic minerals is
arteriosclerosis (are-TEER-ee-oh-sklare-OH-suss) or hardening of the arteries,
which causes heart attacks and strokes. Arteriosclerosis is a composite Greek
word: “arteri” for artery and “scler” for hard. It is the No. 1 cause of
death in North America. Atherosclerosis is the most common variety of
arteriosclerosis. It’s the buildup of plaque on and within the artery wall.
Plaque is a mound of platelets, fat, cholesterol, inorganic minerals and
clotting proteins. The mound keeps growing until it obstructs blood flow through
the artery. If heart arteries are clogged, a heart attack results. If brain
arteries are affected, stroke is the result. Water Oz minerals will help to keep
your arteries soft and help soften them if they are already hard. They are
discussed next in this section. (To keep fat and cholesterol from clogging your
arteries take EPA capsules as discussed in the section called “Fats,”
below.)
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Take Water Oz (liquid)
minerals daily: a teaspoon each of calcium, magnesium, potassium and sulfur
(these are the basic minerals — Water Oz makes 21 different minerals). Water
Oz minerals are, in my opinion, the most important health discovery of the 20th
century. Linus Pauling, Ph.D., and two-time Nobel Prize winner said,
“You can trace every sickness, every disease, and every ailment to a mineral
deficiency.” An example of how you feel when your minerals are low is
postpartum depression (a depression that many new mothers experience in the
first few days after childbirth, which is due to the needs of the baby —
during gestation and birth — depleting the mother’s store of minerals and
other essential nutrients). Since the body
can absorb no other nutrients unless the cells have adequate organic minerals,
it behooves us to make sure we give our body organic minerals. In a United
States Senate Document published in 1936 it was reported that the food supply in
the U.S. is deficient in minerals — and, since then, nothing has been done to
improve the mineral content of our food. The prevailing information in the
medical community today is that chelated minerals are the best-absorbed
minerals. This is obsolete information as chelated minerals are not part of the
water transport system that goes in and out of cells easily, therefore they can
end up being stored in the soft tissues. Water Oz minerals go directly into the
cells and are flushed out easily once the cell has all the nutrients it needs.
Water Oz minerals are identical to the organic minerals that are found in
vegetables that have been grown on mineral-rich soil. The small, angstrom size
of Water Oz minerals assures you that they will not be stored in the soft
tissues. In fact, Water Oz minerals assist the body in releasing the inorganic
minerals that have been stored in the soft tissues. They quickly become a part
of the cells, allowing the body to let go of the inorganic minerals it was
storing in the soft tissues in hopes that they would eventually become usable.
Call (800) 651-7080 for a free Water Oz Protocol Booklet that will help you
decide which minerals you need, or, order the basic minerals, put the bottles on
your counter and measure out a teaspoon of each and drink the mixture daily. (To
order, go to our order form, page 23, under the heading “Water Oz Mineral
Products.”)
2. Water
·
Drink only distilled water. Drink 8 to 10 glasses daily.
Avoid drinking tap water and bottled water. Tap water presents a variety of
inorganic minerals that our body has difficulty absorbing. Inorganic minerals
are rejected by our cells, and, if not evacuated, their presence may cause a
wide array of degenerative diseases, such as hardening of the arteries,
arthritis, kidney stones, gall stones, glaucoma, cataracts, hearing loss,
emphysema, diabetes, and obesity. (Dennison 1993, Muehling 1994, Banik 1989)
(See The Case Against Drinking Tap Water,
page 19.) Even labeled “Not a significant source of minerals,” bottled water
contains inorganic minerals that are rejected by our cells.
·
Avoid “Diet” beverages and foods containing
Aspartame. Aspartame is today the most widely used of the artificial sweeteners
(read labels — it is added to non-diet beverages and foods as well). It is
known to erode intelligence and short term memory. It has been called a chemical
weapon designed to impact human populations en masse. It was once on a
biowarfare list of chemicals submitted to congress. Some of its trade names are
Nutrasweet, Equal, Benevia, and Canderel. It is widely recognized as a potent
neurotoxin. Note: Also avoid Monosodium Glutamate (MSG), which is used as a
flavor enhancer. It is a cousin to Aspartame and is just as bad for your brain.
No amount is safely ingested!
3. Fats
·
Supplement your diet with 1 to 3 grams of EPA (from deep
sea, cold water fish) or flax or hemp oil daily. This will give your body the
omega-3 essential fatty acids it needs to keep your brain cells, nerve relay
stations (synapses), visual receptors (retinas), adrenal glands, and sex glands
healthy. Omega-3 fatty acids are essential, which means the body cannot make
them from any other food that we eat — omega-3 fatty acids must be eaten
daily. We now have Super MaxEPA (Fish Oil) capsules that contain 225 mg. of EPA
each. Five capsules equal 1 gram of EPA (to order them please see our order
form, page 12, under the heading “Oils”). Each Super MaxEPA capsule is
fortified with OxyGuard, a newly developed antioxidant mixture. OxyGuard helps
protect the oil in each capsule from spoiling and turning rancid. OxyGuard is a
synergistic blend of unesterfied natural vitamin E and ascorbyl palmitate
(fat-soluble vitamin C). These oils are light and heat sensitive, so keep them
refrigerated. They store in your cells for three weeks and are released by the
cells on an “as needed” basis. Take them early in the day when your
digestion is at its best. If you are deficient in them it may take up to three
weeks of taking them daily before you can digest them well. Family members and I
have found that we digest Super Max EPA oil much better than we do flax oil or
hemp oil (Super MaxEPA causes less burping and reduces our appetite throughout
the day much more noticeably). Super MaxEPA oil is from deep sea, cold water
fish. The body oil of deep sea, cold water fish is unique because it is already
broken down into two types of omega-3 fatty acids, EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid)
and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid). Deep sea, cold water fish are rich in these
substances because the liquidity of EPA and DHA serves a vital function in fish
that require body fat that remains fluid even in very cold water. Taking omega-3
fatty acids in EPA capsules is superior to taking flax or hemp oil because the
body can use the EPA and DHA without needing assistance from other nutrients.
The omega-3 in flax and hemp oil must be taken with protein, four vitamins; C,
B6, niacin and biotin, and two minerals; zinc and magnesium, to aid the body in
breaking it down into EPA and DHA. (Some authorities believe that if your
ancestors ate deep sea, cold water fish regularly, you may not be able to
convert flax or hemp oil into EPA and DHA.) Omega-3 essential fatty acids have
been shown to reverse and/or prevent diabetes, atherosclerosis, heart disease,
stroke, hypertension, obesity, eczema, asthma, allergies, cystic fibrosis,
hyperactivity, arthritis, MS, schizophrenia, alcoholism,
depression and cancer.
·
Avoid eating trans-fatty acids (trans-fats). Trans-fats
are found in hydrogenated, partially hydrogenated and heated vegetable oils.
Trans-fats will — if no omega-3 fatty acids are in the diet — cause disease.
The way trans-fats cause disease is by attaching themselves to the omega-3
essential fatty acid receptor sites of our cells. This obstructs the ability of
our cells to breathe. Yes, our cells breathe, which is called internal
respiration. The definition of internal respiration is: “Internal respiration,
whereby the oxygen in the blood is absorbed by cells throughout the body and the
waste product carbon dioxide is absorbed by the blood and transported to the
lungs.” EPA enables our cells to breathe. In research studies of the effect of
trans-fats on cells, the cell membranes appear to be sticky and stiff instead of
slippery and smooth. However, it is only when the omega-3 fatty acids are
omitted from the diet that trans-fats appear in excess in the cell membranes
causing the cells to be sticky and stiff. Some foods that contain trans-fats are
Crisco (shortening), margarine, commercially prepared peanut butter, frosting,
crackers, cookies, cake, bread, salad oil, salad dressings, potato chips, corn
chips, French fries, and anything deep fried in vegetable oil. (Read labels and
avoid buying products that contain hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated
vegetable oil or any vegetable oil that comes in a transparent bottle on a
room-temperature grocery store shelf. Cold pressed olive, coconut, and sesame
seed oils are the only exceptions to this blanket rule.)
·
The lack of omega-3 fatty acids in the diet will
eventually cause degenerative disease even if one stops eating trans-fats [and
eats only “good” short chain fatty acids (butter), medium chain fatty acids
(coconut oil), polyunsaturated fatty acids (cold pressed sesame seed oil) and
monounsaturated fatty acids (olive oil)].
Researchers
have known since 1947 that hydrogenated vegetable oil is poisonous. Germany’s
leading health official in 1951, Johanna Budwig, said that those who eat
hydrogenated vegetable oil experience internal suffocation. Later Dr. Budwig
found that cancer victims, when given flax oil mixed with cottage cheese,
recover. In view of these facts, it is outrageous that the people of our society
have been offered only poisonous hydrogenated and heated vegetable oils
in our grocery stores for the past 50 years.
As
early as 1901, efforts were begun to manufacture and sell food products made by
automated factory machinery because of the immense potential profits that were
possible. Most of the early efforts failed because people were inherently
suspicious of food that wasn’t farm fresh. Safeway, for example, was reputed
to have chosen its name as an assurance to its customers that it would not sell
adulterated food. As long as people were prosperous, “suspicious food
products” made little headway. Crisco was given away free in 2½ pound cans in
an unsuccessful effort to influence the homemakers of the nation to trust and
buy it in preference to lard. Margarine was introduced and bitterly opposed by
the dairy states.
However,
with the advent of the 1929 depression, margarine, Crisco and a host of other
refined and hydrogenated products began to make significant penetration into the
food markets of the nation. Support for dairy opposition to margarine faded
during WWII because there wasn’t enough butter for the civilian population and
the needs of the military.
Flax
oil and fish oil, which were common in grocery stores and considered a dietary
staple before WWII, disappeared from the shelf. The last supplier of flax oil to
the major distribution chains was Archer Daniels Midland. They discontinued the
product in 1950.
A
major reason for discontinuing the production of these delicate fats that are
uniquely needed by our cell membranes is that they rapidly become rancid when
placed in a transparent bottle on a room-temperature grocery store shelf.
Trans-fats, on the other hand, present few manufacturing or distribution
problems for the oil makers. This substitution results in many of the symptoms
of disease that are currently killing us. This fraud is often accompanied by
advertising that informs us of the “polyunsaturated” value of these
worthless and damaging trans-fats. The law does not require the oil sellers to
state that their oil is a trans-fat and not the omega-3 essential fatty acids
that we so desperately need; and, profitability is their reason for not doing
so.
·
Enjoy butter and animal fat in moderate amounts.
Saturated fat is not our enemy, in fact, it helps the body to absorb and utilize
the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K. The prevailing information in the media
at this time is that animal fat contains cholesterol, and we need to avoid
cholesterol. However, it is not a wise idea to avoid cholesterol. The truth is
that our liver manufactures 85% of the store of cholesterol in our bodies.
Cholesterol is a vital nutrient used in the construction of cellular membranes,
brain cells, nerve sheaths and many other indispensable components of our body.
About 15% of our cholesterol comes from our diet. When we reduce dietary
cholesterol, the liver simply manufactures more. To attempt to reduce our total
cholesterol by reducing dietary cholesterol is like trying to empty the ocean
with a teaspoon; it is extremely ineffective.
·
Only eat
foods that contain butter or coconut oil that have been heated (crackers,
cookies, cakes, stews, casseroles, omelets, etc.).
·
Use olive
oil instead of commercial salad oil.
·
Avoid
eating anything that has been deep-fried no matter what fat was used.
Suggested Additional Reading on Fats:
Ascherio
A, Hennekins CH, Buring JE, et al, “Trans-fatty acids and heart disease
risk” Circulation 1994; 89:94-101
Ascherio
A, Willett WC, “Health effects of trans-fatty acids” Am J Clin Nutr 1997
Oct;66(4 Suppl): 1006S-1010S
Berry
EM, “Dietary fatty acids in the management of diabetes mellitus” Am J Clin
Nutr 1997, Oct;66(4 Suppl): 991S-997S
Budwig,
Johanna, “Flax Oil As A True Aid Against Arthritis, Heart Infarction, Cancer
and Other Diseases 1994, Why fats govern all aspects of the human body, what
saturated and unsaturate fats really are and the oil-protein diet.
Erdmann,
Robert, Jones, Meirion, “Fats That Can Save Your Life” 1995, Reveals the
critical role that fats and oils play in health and disease. Covers oils like
flaxseed, fish, borage seed, each essential to good health, as well as wrong
types associated with many serious risks.
Erasmus
U, “Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill” 1993, Alive Books, Canada, Answers all
the serious questions, and dispels the myths, about the role of fats in
nutrition and human health and how these vital foods can be used
therapeutically.
Johnston
I, Johnson JR, “Flaxseed (Linseed) Oil and the Power of Omega-3” 1990,
Omega-3 fatty acid DHA is vital to brain function, but our modern diets are
deficient in it. Flaxseed oil is rich in Omega-3 and can help even up this
dangerous imbalance.
Katan MB, Zock PL, Mensink RP, “Trans-fatty acids and their effects on lipoproteins in humans” Annu Rev Nutr 1995;15: 473-493
Kaunitz
H, “Biological effects of trans-fatty acids” Z Ernahrungswiss 1976
Mar;15(1): 26-33
Koletzko
B, “Supply, metabolism and biological effects of trans-isomeric fatty acids in
infants” Nahrung 1991;35(3): 229-283
Mortensen
JZ, et al, “The effect of n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on
hemostasis, blood lipids and blood pressure” Thromb Haemost 1983 Aug 30;50(2):
543-546
Passwater,
Richard, “Fish Oils Update” 1987, Why and how marine lipids exercise a
beneficial effect on many degenerative and autoimmune diseases such as lupus,
arthritis, migraines, heart disease and cancer.
Rivellese AA, Maffettone A, Iovine C, Di Marino L, Annuzzi G, Mancini M,
Riccardi G, “Long term effects of fish oil on insulin resistance and plasma
lipoproteins in NIDDM patients with hypertriglyceridemia” Diabetes Care
Simopoulos
AP, “Is insulin resistance influenced by dietary linoleic acid and trans-fatty
acids?” Free Radic Biol Med 1994 Oct;17(4) 367-372
Stender
S, et al, “Significance of trans-fatty acids for health” Ugeskr Laeger 1994
June 20;156(25): 3764-3769
Stender
S, et al, “The influence of trans-fatty acids on health: a report from the
Danish Nutrition Council” Clin Sci (Colch) 1995 Apr;88(4): 375-392
Sutton-Tyrell
K, Evans RW, Meilahn E, Alcorn HG, “Lipoprotein (a) and peripheral
atherosclerosis in older adults” Atherosclerosis 1996 Apr 26;122(1): 11-19
Whittaker
J.M., M.D., “Is Heart Surgery Necessary?” 1995, Regnery Publishing, Inc.,
422 First Street, SE, Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20003
Yam D, Eliraz A, Berry EM, “Diet and disease—the Israeli paradox: possible dangers of a high omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid diet” 1st J Med Sci 1996 Nov;32(11): 1134-1143
4. Prescription Drugs
Avoid
taking prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, stimulating herbs such as Ma
Haung, ephedra and caffeine or drinking
expresso or even more than one cup of coffee daily.
A
lack of organic minerals and essential fatty acids in our diets causes us to
feel the need to take various over-the-counter drugs and/or take Ma Haung,
ephedra and caffeine (stimulating herbs) or drink expresso or too much coffee.
The use of these drugs (stimulants) will eventually cause your adrenal glands to
become exhausted. The first sign of exhausted adrenal glands is dark circles
around the eyes. When the adrenal glands become thoroughly exhausted the
stimulants will no longer work and you will experience depression, anxiety, and
feel tired all the time. Many people then go to a medical doctor who can’t
find anything wrong with them, but who will give them prescriptions for
depression and anxiety. Beware! This often leads to addiction to prescription
drugs, unhappiness, and a shortened life span.
We
cannot trust the drug cartels. The legal drug situation can be compared to the
illegal drug situation described so graphically in the movie Traffic.
The medical doctors who spend 8-12 years in medical school and somewhere along
the line realize that drugs are ruining the lives of their patients are caught
in a terrible bind. They are probably still paying for their education, gotten
married, bought homes, had children, and have no other way to support their way
of life. They will often advise their patients to “take care of themselves”
but will continue to write prescriptions like confetti — they represent job
security.
There is great
financial pressure to “treat without curing” in the medical business.
Synthetic medications are worthless as cures and always come with side effects
that are unacceptable — who hasn’t heard a joke recently based on the
gruesome side effects mentioned in the drug advertisements on TV? (It seems as
though the drug industry won’t be satisfied until everyone has nausea or
diarrhea!)
Approved
orthodox medical practice is, with few exceptions, devoted to the concept that
the appropriate non-surgical treatment for disease consists of treating symptoms
with designer drugs. This is because only synthetic designer drugs are
patentable and thus sufficiently profitable to manufacture. There is little use
of non-patentable natural treatments by orthodox medical doctors; frequently,
their use is actively opposed, sometimes by law. This unfortunate intense commercialization
of medical practice places the conscientious physician in a position almost as
untenable as that of his patients.
For instance,
when Type II diabetes is diagnosed, all that approved
treatments do is to manually control blood sugar with synthetic medication.
There is no approved treatment that
will restore the natural balance of insulin and glucose in our bodies. The
systematic recommended abuse of these
medications, whether an oral hypoglycemic or one of the synthetic insulins, is
known to be a cause, if not the primary cause, of some
of the terrible end results of this disease.
If our
automobile mechanic did the same thing when our car started missing and making
funny noises, he would simply put a bigger muffler on the car, tell us not to
worry and to roll up our windows to block out the engine noise and call him in
the morning.
Most
of us would refuse to pay the mechanic who behaved in this way; but we pay the
medical doctor without complaint in the mistaken belief that there is no
alternative.
In the defense
of medical doctors, I should point out that busy MD’s are often constrained by
the inadequacy of their training, the big business dictates of their license,
the legal limits on what constitutes their practice, peer pressure, the constant
influence of the drug salesman, and every businessperson’s ever present need
to pay the bills.
Many
doctors attempt to overcome their “drug focused” medical school training.
Increasingly the better physicians are expanding their personal research efforts
into alternative methodologies. The tide is turning. The iron grip on approved
“treatments” once enjoyed as a commercial
advantage is weakening.
However,
when he or she departs from the approved synthetic medication, the medical man
or woman of conscience risks being hounded and persecuted as a quack. The
persecution comes from their peer groups, trade unions, insurance companies and
government regulatory agencies. There is great pressure to prohibit the use of
any medication or technology that would tend to lessen public reliance on
synthetic designer drugs or impact the incomes of specialists who promote
dangerous surgery. This is a direct consequence of the intense commercialization
of the profession. It is ironic that the persecution from the very business
to which they contribute so much is focused upon the best and most conscientious
of its membership.
When
you find an alternative physician who really attempts to cure disease, realize
that they must place their career in jeopardy every time they depart from a
worthless approved treatment to really help you. Give this physician all of the
support you can give.
Summary:
1.
Supplement your diet with Water Oz (liquid) minerals. Put a teaspoon or a
tablespoon each of calcium,
magnesium, potassium, and sulfur in a glass and drink the mixture daily.
2.
Drink only distilled water. Use distilled water in cooking. Purchase a
distiller or order distilled water from your local water company (Culligan,
etc.) or purchase it at the grocery store in 2½ gallon bottles. Avoid Aspartame
and Monosodium Glutamate (MSG).
3.
Supplement your diet with at least one gram of EPA from fish oil (5 Super
MaxEPA capsules equal just over one gram of EPA). Or, take flax or hemp oil
capsules or put 1 to 2 ounces of flax oil on a salad or a baked potato daily and
eat some cottage cheese with it. Or, eat deep sea, cold water fish (such as
salmon) 3 or more times per week.
4.
Avoid taking prescriptions, over-the-counter drugs, Ma Haung, ephedra and caffeine.
Love,
Bonnie