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Papaya's Role in Preventing Cancer - New Discoveries

Those of us who use the whole papaya know that the fruit is "where it's at." - Flora

MIAMI (AFP) – Researchers said Tuesday that papaya leaf extract and its tea have dramatic cancer-fighting properties against a broad range of tumors, backing a belief held in a number of folk traditions.

University of Florida researcher Nam Dang and colleagues in Japan, in a report published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, documented papaya's anticancer effect against tumors of the cervix, breast, liver, lung and pancreas.

The researchers used an extract made from dried papaya leaves, and the effects were stronger when cells received larger doses of papaya leaf tea.

Dang and the other scientists showed that papaya leaf extract boosts the production of key signaling molecules called Th1-type cytokines, which help regulate the immune system.

This could lead to therapeutic treatments that use the immune system to fight cancers, they said in the February issue of the journal and released Tuesday by the university. [Like Dr. Ann Wigmore's Raw Living Foods Lifestyle?]

Papaya has been used as a folk remedy for a variety of ailments in many parts of the world, especially Asia.

Deng said the results are consistent with reports from indigenous populations in Australia and his native Vietnam.

The researchers said papaya extract did not have any toxic effects on normal cells, avoiding a common side effect of many cancer treatments.

Researchers exposed 10 different types of cancer cell cultures to four strengths of papaya leaf extract and measured the effect after 24 hours. Papaya slowed the growth of tumors in all the cultures.

Dang and a colleague have applied to patent the process to distill the papaya extract through the University of Tokyo.

Peace and Love Be With You,

Dr. Flora van Orden
PhD, Nutrition

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Peanut Butter is Part of Your Detox

Here's an answer I'm giving to a new friend in Jamaica:

"You are in full elimination now. Persist with your enemas. Borrow a far infrared sauna and stick your head down in the hole and cover it with a towel. it will help dissolve the old oils that are causing ear pressure. A lot of peanut stuff is coming up into your ears. It could be from cooked starches with oil in them. This is from your liver. The way to head off the pain in your ears is to eat papaya in your energy soups and rub around your ears with the papaya inner skin or pulp.

"I remember being in a plane one time coming from Puerto Rico when I was in full elimination, just like you. My ears hurt so much I thought I was going to burst my eardrums. I had brought a papaya and I went to the back and opened it and rubbed the flesh on the outside of my neck right underneath my ear; there's a little canal you can feel in between your jaw and your horizontal neck tendons, and I massaged the papaya there for a few minutes and then washed it off."

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The papain enzymes dissolve the impossible to separate protein and starch of peanuts and many other nuts/seeds/grains who have that starchy combination and people don't know to soak them. Raw peanuts are not good to eat. My grandpa was a peanut farmer and grape grower early on before he went to work on the railroad.

I then asked the stewardess if I could go to the rear and get some hot water. She had some boiling water and I poured it into crushed towels in 2 paper cups.

It must not be hot enough to scald yet have steam or heat enough to melt the old oils and you have to be very careful. A very hot, hot towel will also do the trick. It worked after I capped the cups carefully over my ears until the steam opened up my ear drums by melting the old wax and oils.

What came out smelled and looked like peanut butter! It WAS peanut butter!

Remember, when we dissolve animal fat with pineapple juice pulp on our hips, if we smell our flesh sweat, it will smell just like the animal we got it from because the fat never changes in our bodies - it stores in the same form.

If we could cut off pieces of our fleshy hips and take it to a lab that they would tell us it was from a pig, chicken, cow, guinea pig, etc.

Peace and Love Be With You,

Flora van Orden III

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Diabetes Treatment and Relief

Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days is an independent documentary film that chronicles six Americans with 'incurable' diabetes switching their diet and getting off insulin.

The film follows each participant's remarkable journey and captures the medical, physical, and emotional transformations brought on by this radical diet and lifestyle change.

We witness moments of struggle, support, and hope as what is revealed, with startling clarity, is that diet can reverse disease and change lives.

Additional wisdom is provided by Morgan Spurlock, Woody Harrelson, Anthony Robbins, Rev. Michael Beckwith, and Doctors Fred Bisci, Joel Furman, and Gabriel Cousens.

We've been awaiting this film for months; it's finally been released. Learn more, and get your copy here:

http://tinyurl.com/revDiabetes.

Yours in health and vitality,

Dr. Jim Carey

P.S. "Leave your drugs in the chemist's pot if you can heal the patient with food." - Hippocrates.

P.P.S. Here's another good video about reversing Diabetes and other health challenges with raw, living foods: http://tinyurl.com/chiFood.

5 minute preview video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSUw9SaPLmA

- If you buy through this link, any commission goes to supporting this website. Thank you!

Benefits of the Raw Living Foods Lifestyle

We have numerous testimonials from students who credit the Raw Living Foods Lifestyle with their recovery from:

• Arthritis
• Diabetes
• Breast cancer
• Cancer of the larynx
• Cervical cancer
• Malignancies, including uterine cancer
• Colitis
• Leukemia
• Hepatitis
• Gangrene
• Heavy metal poisoning
• Tuberculosis
• Peritonitis
• Pyorrhea
• Hemorrhoids
• Asthma
• Sinus infections
• Burns
• Cuts
• Menstrual irregularities
• PMS
• Constipation
• Headache
• Eczema
• Psoriasis
• Halitosis
• Acute anemia
• Vericose veins
• Metastatic malignant melanoma

PLEASE NOTE: that we offer no cures - we treat and heal no one. We simply share information, developed by Dr. Ann Wigmore, about how a Raw Living Foods Diet and Lifestyle can benefit everyone, and how the body often cures itself with a proper diet.

Things the Program Can Do for You:

• Weight Loss
• Alleviate pain
• Prevent disease
• Combat disease
• Increase energy
• Cleanse the body
• Improve digestion
• Recharge your immune system

Visit chiDiet.com for more information.

Here's a directory of Wigmore Educational Resources (all links open in a new window or tab):
AnnWigmore.com - The story of Dr. Ann Wigmore, and a listing of Wigmore Institutes
Dr. Ann Wigmore's Degrees and Awards - probably not a complete list
GrassyRoots.com - The 14-episode TV series I did about raw foods and the Dr. Ann Wigmore Lifestyle
chiDiet.com - The Home Study version of the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Lifestyle
RawLife.org - I put all of the videos from Grassy Roots TV and the Wigmore Lifestyle Home Study Program online
chiDiet.com/hs3.htm - The Dr. Ann Wigmore DVD video collection
GoRaw.net - Other raw websites I'm involved with or respect

What You Can Expect in Benefits and Results

Expected Results & Benefits Disclaimer

EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO ACCURATELY REPRESENT THIS PRODUCT AND IT'S POTENTIAL. EVEN THOUGH THIS INDUSTRY IS ONE OF THE FEW WHERE ONE CAN CREATE THEIR OWN BENEFITS IN TERMS OF HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE ANY CHANGES OR BENEFITS USING THE TECHNIQUES AND IDEAS IN THESE MATERIALS. EXAMPLES IN THESE MATERIALS ARE NOT TO BE INTERPRETED AS A PROMISE OR GUARANTEE OF BENEFITS. RESULTS ARE ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON THE PERSON USING OUR PRODUCT, IDEAS AND TECHNIQUES. WE DO NOT PURPORT THIS AS A "GET WELL OVERNIGHT," "MIRACLE CURE," OR ANY OTHER SCHEME.

ANY CLAIMS MADE OF ACTUAL BENEFITS OR EXAMPLES OF ACTUAL RESULTS CAN BE VERIFIED UPON REQUEST. YOUR LEVEL OF SUCCESS IN ATTAINING THE RESULTS CLAIMED IN OUR MATERIALS DEPENDS ON THE TIME YOU DEVOTE TO THE PROGRAM, IDEAS AND TECHNIQUES MENTIONED, YOUR MOTIVATION, KNOWLEDGE AND VARIOUS SKILLS. SINCE THESE FACTORS DIFFER ACCORDING TO INDIVIDUALS, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE YOUR SUCCESS OR BENEFITS. NOR ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF YOUR ACTIONS.

THE USE OF SUCH WORDS SUCH AS “ANTICIPATE,” “ESTIMATE,” “EXPECT,” “PROJECT,” “INTEND,” “PLAN,” “BELIEVE,” AND OTHER WORDS AND TERMS OF SIMILAR MEANING IN CONNECTION WITH A DESCRIPTION OF POTENTIAL BENEFITS DOES NOT MEAN THAT SUCH BENEFITS WILL HAPPEN TO YOU.

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We offer no cures - we treat and heal no one. We simply share information, developed by Dr. Ann Wigmore, about how a Raw Living Foods Diet and Lifestyle can benefit everyone, and how the body often cures itself with a proper diet.

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Video Overview of Dr. Ann Wigmore's Program

If you were one of the many who ordered my new DVD series over the weekend, I want to thank you!
 
By now you're well into enjoying your bonus items. We've worked all weekend to try to keep up with the orders, but I have to admit we've fallen behind.
 
So please, be understanding if your order comes a day or two later than expected. I knew people would like the series Beth and I did; I never expected it to be this popular!
 
If you're not familiar with what I'm referring to, here's the original post that triggered our avalanche of orders:
http://grassyroots.com/index.php/the-news/217-comprehensive-raw-living-foods-program.html

Jim Carey
GrassyRoots.com

Why is the Wigmore Lifesytyle Different From the Raw Foods Movement?

In the seven years that I've been involved in the raw food movement I've been gratified by the rate and amount of it's growth. Sales of fresh fruits and veggies are the highest they've been in decades, and the awareness and acceptance of what we're doing is higher than I've ever seen.

I retired from the computer industry in '99, then discovered the Dr. Wigmore program of raw living foods at Creative Health Institute and changed my life in '01. A year later I found myself the Director there. I saw it as a good use of my time in retirement, a way in which to give back to the world all that's been done for me.

Initially I thought I'd help out for a year or two, get the center back on it's feet, build a website for them, start a newsletter and install a computer network.

I had no intention of embarking upon a second career, but that's what happened.

In 2001 there were only a handful of websites and resources. Friends would email me links with the message, "Look, a new raw website!"

If you did a Google search on "raw foods" you'd get several dozen page matches. I just did a Google search on the same term and got back 260 million page matches. Now THAT is a growing movement!

Finding raw recipes used to be a challenge; I just looked and found five dozen raw recipe books on Amazon.com alone, as well as numerous websites like chiDiet.net that publish new raw recipes every day. I love it!

I love it that Susan Schenck has published her encyclopedia of the raw foods movement, The Live Food Factor - I used to know everybody in the raw food movement, but now I rely on Susan's book to sort out who's-who.

I love it that movies like Supersize Me and Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days are reaching the mainstream market and showing in theaters, raising awareness of the dangers of the Standard American Diet (SAD).

What's Next?

Recently I was asked why I didn't retire again (can one re-retire?).

"The raw foods movement is taking care of itself now," I was told. "You've done what you set out to do. Why not go back to traveling, see the world, and enjoy your retirement?"

Tempting. I've thought about it for weeks.

What I've seen, however, is that Dr. Ann Wigmore's work isn't done yet. While it's gratifying that the raw foods movement has grown so much, Dr. Ann's program was about much more than just eating more fruits and veggies.

That's why I call it the Wigmore Lifestyle. Dr. Ann's program embodies an entire way of life, a healthier way of living.

Dr. Ann took sick, diseased people and showed them the way back to a healthy, happy life. She led them through detoxification and into healthy eating, true, but she also addressed the issues of stress, exercise, nutrition, food combining and more. Dr. Ann revived juicing, especially of Wheatgrass, growing sprouts at home in limited space, and created foods like Rejuvelac and Veggie Kraut - all radical ideas.

Each of the elements of her Lifestyle is important to maintaining a wholistic, healthy body and a positive outlook on life.

Her lifestyle is often simpler than the typical raw diet. It's really about re-learning how people were designed to eat before industrialization shifted population into the cities.

Dr. Ann saw that all healing - and good health - is Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual. She had a theology degree (along with several other degrees), but never preached - she taught that it's important everyone recognize, acknowledge and follow their personal spiritual path as part of a healthy lifestyle.

Like I said, wholistic.

In Conclusion:

I guess I can't retire. Not yet, at least. Wherever I speak I meet audiences that are predominantly raw fooders, ones that are doing better than they were on the SAD, but still find themselves with health challenges, deficiencies and toxicities.

I say "Thank You!" to all of the raw food advocates out there - around the world - for all you do. But when it comes right down to seeing people heal their health challenges and recover their lives, it's Dr. Ann's program that works. So I'm not retiring.

Not yet. There's still work to be done, and a message to share.

What I've Done Lately:

I've updated and modularized the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Lifestyle, and by printing in higher volumes, lowered prices. Learn more at chiDiet.com and chiDietVideos.com.

This is a biggie - I've created an online version of Dr. Ann's Raw Living Foods Home Training Program, and of my Grassy Roots "Introduction to Dr. Ann Wigmore" TV show. You'll find them both on RawLife.org

Yours in Great, Vibrant Health!

Jim Carey

Here's a directory of Wigmore Educational Resources (all links open in a new window or tab):
AnnWigmore.com - The story of Dr. Ann Wigmore, and a listing of Wigmore Institutes
Dr. Ann Wigmore's Degrees and Awards - probably not a complete list
GrassyRoots.com - The 14-episode TV series I did about raw foods and the Dr. Ann Wigmore Lifestyle
chiDiet.com - The Home Study version of the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Lifestyle
RawLife.org - I put all of the videos from Grassy Roots TV and the Wigmore Lifestyle Home Study Program online
chiDiet.com/hs3.htm - The Dr. Ann Wigmore DVD video collection
GoRaw.net - Other raw websites I'm involved with or respect

Raw Testimonials and Stories:
http://rawlife.org/category/facts
http://annwigmore.com/index.php/testimonials-1.html
http://annwigmore.com/index.php/raw-testimonials-2.html
http://annwigmore.com/index.php/raw-testimonials-3.html
http://annwigmore.com/index.php/more-testimonials.html
http://chidiet.com/blog/category/success-stories
http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/1/feedback_home_study_program/ - See the various "Feedback" categories on this site

Dr. Jim Carey, PhD, DD, has been a raw living foods advocate for six years, ever since the Dr. Ann Wigmore program changed his life. Dr. Carey resides in rural Georgia, USA, where he loves to eat wild edibles, and travels extensively sharing the message of the raw living foods lifestyle.

Dr. Jim also served as Director of Creative Health Institute for several years, and is a Trustee of the Creative Health Institute 501(c)-3 Non-Profit Trust.

Detoxification

Detoxification...the Word for the Day
by KK Fowlkes of www.wheatgrasskits.com

Detoxification seems to be the word for the day. Never at a time in the history of man, have the foods we eat been so processed and devitalized. Never has there been the chemical pollution in the growing soils, in the ground water, the rivers and the oceans and in the air. The shampoos, lotions, creams, and emollients we slather upon our bodies have chemical names we've never heard of. Never before have people suffered en masse from such a wide variety of illnesses and disease. It is reported that of the 60 million people who search the internet every day, 20 million are searching for something to do to improve their health and immune systems.

"In a study led by Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, in collaboration with the Environmental Working Group and Commonweal, researchers at two major laboratories found an average of 91 industrial compounds, pollutants, and other chemicals in the blood and urine of nine volunteers (one of which was Bill Moyers) with a total of 167 chemicals found in the group. Like most of us, the people tested do not work with chemicals on the job and do not live near an industrial facility. "Scientists refer to this contamination as a person's body burden.  Of the 167 chemicals found, 76 cause cancer in humans or animals, 94 are toxic to the brain and nervous system, and 79 cause birth defects or abnormal development.  The dangers of exposure to these chemicals-in-combination have not been studied".

One can access the website at http://www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden/es.php

Body burden = lethargy or laziness? It is good to know that no one is truly lazy!  Body chemistry keeps many people in life from being super-successful. Body chemistry contributes to lethargy, slow mentality, chronic fatigue, disease, old age, and eventually death.
So what does it mean to detoxify? Literally it means to clean house. Enabling the body to cleanse itself of toxins means to vitalize the cells of the body so that each cell will have enough energy to empty the garbage so to speak. In other words to rid itself of toxins and in so doing, changing the environment or the body chemistry.

Why don't the cells of our bodies have energy to rid themselves of toxins?  As Ann Wigmore has said, and many before her:  a devitalized lifeless cooked food diet.

Arnold Ehret (Mucusless Diet Healing System) another raw food pioneer who lived long before Ann Wigmore, said that in order to be healthy, we must eat mucus-less food...or a diet that doesn't cause our bodies to make mucus to protect itself.  If one eats a diet which causes the chemistry of the body to be acid, then the cells of the body will make mucus to protect them.  Over a lifetime, this mucus will do many things.  It will be a home for
viruses, it will continue to multiply as the body gets more and more acid, it will harden in some places and impede circulation.  The acid will also cause the body to hold on to water (weight) in order to neutralize.

So...what about the acid alkaline balance?  According to natural health school online, http://www.naturalhealthschool.com/acid-alkaline.html over-acidity which can become a dangerous condition that weakens all body systems, is very common today.  It gives rise to an internal environment conducive to disease, as opposed to a pH-balanced environment which allows normal body function necessary for the body to resist disease.  A healthy body maintains adequate alkaline reserves to meet emergency demands.  When excess acids must be neutralized, our alkaline reserves are depleted leaving the body in a weakened condition."

To adequately understand the acid alkaline balance and the fluids that bathe the cells of the body, think about the experiment performed in the 1930's by Dr. Alexis Carrel, a two-time Nobel Prize winning scientist who performed the first kidney transplant, and was head of the Rockefeller Research Institute.  Under his direction a small piece of heart tissue from an embryonic chicken was cultured in a flask.  It was provided with nutrients, oxygen and water.  The piece of chicken heart was kept growing for more than 30 years, far past the life span of a normal chicken.  After 34 years, it showed no signs of deterioration.  So, the caretakers stopped caring for it and let it die.  Carrel concluded that our cells could live and reproduce forever provided proper conditions are maintained. 

Dr. Carrel wrote about the experiment in 1935: "When the composition of the [fluid around the cells] is maintained constant [with oxygen, nutrients, etc.], the cell colonies remain indefinitely in the same state of activity.  They never grow old.  Colonies obtained from a heart fragment removed in January 1912, from a chick embryo, are growing as actively today as 23 years ago.  In fact, they are immortal."  Alexis Carrel, Man the Unknown, New York: Halcyon House, 1938, p. 173.

Theodore A. Baroody, N.D., D.C., Ph.D. in his book, Alkalize or Die, said, "The countless names of illnesses do not really matter.  What does matter is that they all come from the same root cause...too much tissue acid waste in the body!"

A healthy pH body range is 6.0 to 7.5.  One can purchase inexpensive pH strips at the local pharmacy and test both the saliva and the urine.  If the urinary pH fluctuates between 6.0 to 6.5 in the morning and between 6.5 and 7.0 in the evening, the body is functioning within a healthy range.  (Test one hour before a meal and two hours after a meal.)

"When the pH is unbalanced, the condition forces the body to borrow minerals - including calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium - from the vital organs and bones and to buffer or neutralize the acid and safely remove it from the body.  This strain can cause prolonged damage to the body.  Mild acidosis can cause such problems as cardiovascular damage, weight gain, obesity, diabetes, bladder and kidney problems, kidney stones, immune deficiency, premature aging, osteoporosis, joint pain, aching muscles, lactic acid buildup, low energy, and chronic fatigue."

If acid levels are too high, the body will not be able to excrete acid.  It must either store the acid in body tissue (autotoxication) or buffer it -  by borrowing minerals from organs and bones in order to neutralize acidity.

So...what is the solution?  One can gradually begin to de-acidify the body and make it more alkaline!  It is as simple as changing the diet.  Knowing and eliminating the foods that cause the body to be acidic is important:  Animal foods such as beef, turkey, chicken, shellfish, pork, fish, eggs, butter, milk, ice cream, cheese, and things like chocolate, carbonated drinks, white sugar, white flour, unsprouted nuts such as peanuts, walnuts, pecans, cashews, etc. (A complete list can be found on the above mentioned website.)

Very important!  Involves adding the foods that cause the body to be alkaline:  fresh fruits, and vegetables in the raw state, sprouted nuts and seeds of all kinds the greens such as parsley, spinach and the lettuces and also including wheatgrass juice, barleygrass juice, fruit and vegetable juices.

Once again, the Ann Wigmore diet proves to be healthful for a set of entirely different scientific reasons!

From www.wheatgrasskits.com

Detox Diets Discussed

Detox Diets: Juice Up Your Health? - Fasting and "Cleansing" Not Necessary, Some Experts Say

By Jeanie Lerche Davis
WebMD Feature
Reviewed By Charlotte Grayson, MD
on Wednesday, January 14, 2004

It's a compelling argument:

The very veggies we eat, the air we breathe, even our drinking water is full of toxins. So ridding the body of toxins is surely a good thing, right?

Not everyone agrees.

That's the premise of detoxification diets, better known as detox diets. For many people, detoxing is a ritual form of spring cleansing. However, while the theories behind detox diets may sound beneficial, they are controversial. Some experts say they're pointless, sometimes even dangerous.

"There's no scientific evidence to support the claims made for [detox diets],"says alternative-medicine guru Andrew Weil, MD, host of drweil.com and director of integrative medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson. "But there are things you can do to rev up the body's own elimination systems," he tells WebMD.

Spring Cleansing: No Vacuum Needed.

It's true that our bodies naturally eliminate toxins we ingest or inhale, explains Linda Page, ND, PhD, a naturopathic doctor, lecturer, and author of the book Detoxification.

"Detoxification is a normal body process of eliminating or neutralizing toxins through the colon, liver, kidneys, lungs, lymph glands, and skin.  "Just as our hearts beat nonstop and our lungs breathe continuously, so our metabolic processes continuously dispose of accumulated toxic matter," she explains. Page has her own theory as to why there is a need for detox diets. She tells WebMD the environmental toxins of modern-day life that we're exposed to the pollutants, chemicals, other synthetic substances are more than the average body can handle.

"The body doesn't know what to do with foreign substances, so it will store them outside of the regular elimination system, so we don't get poisoned. Those poisons start building up in our body fat. Her weekend detox program involves drinking fruit juice, a whole lot of juice and little else, which, according to her, pushes these toxins out of your system." Page says.

She also recommends taking "cleansing boosters" such as herbal laxatives and colonics, as well as probiotics (that replenish healthy bacteria} and antioxidants during the weekend program. Relaxation techniques, massage therapy, sauna, aromatherapy baths, deep breathing exercises, walking, help round out the cleansing, she says.

Vegetarian Eating and Fasting:

Richard DeAndrea, MD, ND, has developed a 21-day detox program. During the first week, you follow a strict plant-based vegan diet, no meat, no dairy. The second week is raw fruits and vegetables only. The third week, you're drinking fruit juices and special smoothies some call "green sludge." According to his web site, the smoothies contain a "superfood" supplement specially blended for detoxification -- pulverized alfalfa, barley grass, algae, herbs, enzymes, and antioxidants.

But for purists like Chris Strychacz, PhD, a research psychologist at the Naval Health Research Center in San Diego, fasting ("water only") is the way to go. He's been fasting for at least 25 years now, an annual week-long ritual every spring.

Although there are no studies of juice-fasts diets, water fasting does have some scientific evidence behind it, "but very scant," he admits.

The Benefit:

For some people, a detox diet might be a first step toward healthier eating, says Cindy Moore, MS, RD,
Director of Nutrition Therapy at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and a spokeswoman for the
American Dietetic Association.

"If it means someone has decided to eat a vegetarian diet, the benefit may be that they're consuming more fruits and vegetables than they usually do, more plant-based foods," Moore tells WebMD. "But I wouldn't consider that to be detoxification."

The Problems:

It's true that pesticides are stored in body fat. "But there's no evidence that a detox regimen, which works on the GI [gastrointestinal] tract, is going to do anything to get rid of those stored pesticides," says Chris Rosenbloom, PhD, RD, associate dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences and Professor of Nutrition at Georgia State University in Atlanta.

A healthy body needs no help ridding itself of toxins, Rosenbloom tells WebMD. "There's no reason to do any kind of detoxification. The toxins don't need to be forced out by some kind of fasting or laxative or enema regimen." In fact, some measures, such as colonics, "can actually be dangerous, because you're introducing something foreign into your body that could cause infection or perforation of your bowel", says Rosenbloom.

Also, detox diets aren't a great way to lose weight, she explains. "All you lose is water weight." Stay on the diet too long, and you could lose muscle mass rather than fat, which will slow your metabolism. That translates into no weight loss at all, she says.

Weil's Words of Advice:

Forget detox diets, says Weil. "The best thing you can do is to stop putting toxins into your system.
Eat organic foods, drink water that is purified, don't be around second-hand smoke, the obvious things."

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SOURCES: Andrew Weil, MD, director, integrative medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson. Linda Page, ND, PhD, naturopathic doctor; lecturer; author, Detoxification. Chris Rosenbloom, PhD, RD, associate dean, College of Health and Human Sciences; Professor, Nutrition, Georgia State University, Atlanta. Cindy Moore, MS, RD, Director, Nutrition Therapy, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Spokeswoman,
American Dietetic Association. 

© 1996-2003 WebMD Inc. All rights reserved.

- [The detoxification part of the Dr. Ann Wigmore program definitely worked for me. Not only did I take off 30 lbs. in the first month, I've lost 90 lbs. over the last 6 years, and my weight has stayed steady at 170 lbs. since then. I, for one, have seen the benefits of a detox diet first-hand. - Jim Carey]

Skin Brushing

"One of the best ways to cleanse the entire lymphatic system is by brushing the surface of the body with a soft dry brush made of natural vegetable bristles.

The traditional Chinese version of this method uses the dried fibers of a ground fruit called 'silk squash', known as loofah in the West, but natural-bristle brushes have proven to be far more effective. The brush should have a long handle, soft natural bristles, and always be kept dry.

Dry skin brushing stimulates the lymph canals to drain toxic mucoid matter into the colon, thereby purifying the entire lymphatic system.

This enables lymph to perform its house-cleaning duties by keeping the blood and other vital tissues detoxified.

Most people today today have chronically toxic lymph fluids and swollen lymph nodes [Jos-hua's were swollen for 7 years! An Iridologist told him that his lymphatic system was virtually on the brink of collapse. Two years of cleansing totally healed his lymph.], a condition which promotes toxicity throughout the system by robbing lymph of its power to clean the blood and cellular fluids.

In addition, skin brushing is highly stimulating to surface circulation of blood and leaves you feeling invigorated.

Skin brushing need be performed only once a day, preferably first thing in the morning, and it takes only a couple of minutes.

If you're feeling sluggish, toxic, or ill, you may want to do it twice a day.

The body should be dry and naked, and the brush should be swept once or twice in the same direction, across every surface of the body except the face.

Do not scrub, massage, or rotate the brush on the body; just sweep it across the skin in long smooth strokes in the direction of the colon.

Brush up the arms from hands to shoulders, up the legs from feet to hips, down the back and torso, up the buttocks, down the neck, and across the shoulders.

After a few days, you may notice a gelatinous mucoid material in your stools; that's toxic lymph which has drained into your colon owing to skin brushing."

For a thorough lymphatic cleansing, perform skin brushing daily for about three months during and after your HPS 7 Day Wonder cleansing program.

Source: Daniel Reid, Guarding the Three Treasures.

Dry Skin Brushing

Renata on Raw (repost from August 22, 2007)

In the last newsletter I mentioned how the skin helps to eliminate toxins from the body. The skin is actually the largest elimination organ of the body. On average it weighs about 9 pounds.

Considering the skin’s importance we can give it a little help to make its life easier and its appearance radiant and healthy with hardly any financial expenditure. It takes only a simple natural brush and a mere few minutes a day to brush your skin towards the exuberant glow. By removing the dead skin cells, you will facilitate the opening of the pores for an easy exit of the toxins such as uric acid crystals.

Be gentle with yourself in the beginning, you have the rest of your life to practice this detox regimen. Start at the bottom of your feet, proceed to the legs, arms (lift them) and brush towards your colon in a circular fashion. Back, abdomen and chest need your loving attention as well. The women want to brush around their breasts. The procedure takes about 2 -5 minutes and will highly increase the efficiency of your lymphatic system.

If you ever had a lymphatic drainage massage you know how good you felt afterwards. If not, you might just want to make an appointment with your massage therapist and experience the lightness after such an treatment.

Every skin brushing needs to be followed up with a shower to clean away the debris. Natural soaps are the best. Please avoid those fancy shower gels, shampoos and whatnot. Have you read the labels lately? Chemical concoctions at their best. My motto is: If I can’t pronounce it I don’t want it on my skin or to ingest it.

The skin is a two-way road. What you put on your skin gets into your body. Likewise, what is in your body comes out via the skin. I am really careful with skin care products. Often, the best skin care products are right in your raw kitchen such as an avocado, coconut oil or the moist skin of a peeled cucumber.

Avocado helps to ease dry skin on your heels, organic coconut oil gives your whole body a luxurious, tropical richness, and the peeled cucumber skin feels cooling on your face, especially for us in the south experiencing the 100 degree heat.

Renata Dorner
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Watermelon – The Economical Cleansing Agent

Dr. Ann Wigmore states in her book, Be Your Own Doctor, “The watermelon rind has the richest proteins, vitamins, and minerals. Vitamins A, B, and C are found in the rind, along with their respective enzymes and other elements. Melons aid in the elimination of uric acid, and are beneficial to the urinary tract, bladder and kidney.

“The ‘water of life’ is found in abundance in watermelons, and they will prove to be the safest means of cleaning the body’s waste, while at the same time providing nourishment. Watermelon is a wonderful aid for the person with an acid condition, as it helps balance the body to becoming more alkaline.”

So, why spend your money on vitamin pills and other concoctions for cleansing your body if you can have the detox elixir via the delicious watermelon juice? The juice is so refreshing, sweet (you might want to add some water if your body reacts to concentrated sugar) and soooo tasty, it is the REAL THING, for pennies to a glass.

Once in a while I drink only watermelon juice for a few days. It does wonders to my skin, to my overall well-being and to my grocery budget as well.

However, if this does not inspire you to go out and get a watermelon, you might want to see what else you can do with a watermelon: click at the link to check out watermelon art, amazing - www.rawbc.org/articles/watermelon_art.html.

- by Renata Dorner

One-week dairy challenge

CHALLENGE:  CONSUME NO MILK OR DAIRY PRODUCTS FOR JUST ONE WEEK. NO ICE CREAM. NO PIZZA. NO CHEESE. NO YOGURT.

READ LABELS. IF YOU SEE “SODIUM CASEINATE” OR “WHEY”, SAY “NO WAY!”

If you are the typical American who eats 29.2 ounces per day of milk and dairy products (666 pounds per year), during your one-week experiment, you should expel four quarts (1 gallon) of mucous from your body. An internal “fog” will lift from your system. You’ll sleep better, exercise better, have greater lung capacity, and you might even recapture your youth. You’ll even be tempted to throw away your antacids, antihistamines, and other pills made unnecessary by your new discovery, NOTMILK!

On day eight, eat pizza for dinner and have ice cream for dessert, and your internal “sludge” will return in about 12 hours. That will be the most convincing moment of truth for you. My prediction: You’ll forever give up all milk and dairy products.

Find a healer who has taken courses in nutrition in medical school. Many physicians have not. Find an alternative practitioner who recognizes the age-old wisdom that you are what you eat. I wish you the best of health.

Robert Cohen, 2001, MILK A - Z

The damage this polluted world does to your body

A reporter tested his body for chemicals he accumulated over his lifetime, and found the results disturbing: http://www.mercola.com/2006/oct/10/the-damage-this-polluted-world-does-to-your-body.htm and http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0610/feature4/index.html.

Malc's a real smoothie

(Coventry, UK) We're spending millions of pounds every year on products and treatments designed to purify our systems.

But are we rescuing our toxin-ravaged bodies or are we simply throwing money, sometimes quite literally, down the toilet? Karen Hambridge investigates: http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0825lifestyle/yourlife/tm_objectid=17418344&method=full&siteid=50003&headline=why-malc-s-a-real-smoothie-name_page.html.

Toxic overloads in your body

The human body is an amazing thing. In its healthiest state it has the ability to keep itself clean and relatively poison-free. In this sense, detoxification is the body’s natural process of eliminating or neutralizing toxins. This happens via the liver, kidneys, and lungs, as well as in urine, feces, and through sweat. Yet, your body can become so overloaded that its natural detoxification system can’t keep up, and when this happens the toxins build up and can affect virtually all of the systems of the body, head to toe: http://www.naturalhealingtoday.com/article_001.html.

- thanks to Helen Terry

Detoxing with Dr. Ann Wigmore's program:

http://chidiet.com/

http://tinyurl.com/chiDiva

Phytonutrients and Wheatgrass

What are Phytonutrients:

Phytonutrients are the active components found in the skins of fruits, vegetables, grains, and seeds that are responsible for pigment, taste and smell. Unlike the traditional nutrients found in protein, fats, vitamins, and minerals, phytonutrients are not "essential" for life; however, they have been shown to be powerful antioxidants that work to promote overall health.

There are over 25,000 different phytonutrients that have been identified in fruits and vegetables. Those foods rich in phytonutrients include tomatoes, green tea, carrots, broccoli, wheatgrass and chlorella. To function at optimal health, the human body needs a wide variety of phytonutrients from a variety of sources. The best way to reap the benefits of phytonutrients is to eat natural, whole foods.

What is Wheatgrass:

The wheatgrass that is certified organic produces high concentrations of chlorophyll, enzymes and vitamins. The wheatgrass seed begins its journey absorbing natural nutrients from a soil prepared using organic methods containing NO genetically engineered products, in preparation to become a tall, fruitful plant. At this stage, the plant has the nutrient profile similar to that of other leafy green vegetables and will continue to grow until these nutrients reach their peak levels, at about three inches in length. Organic wheatgrass contains vitamins A, B complex, C and E, trace elements calcium, iron, magnesium and potassium, enzymes and amino acids. As an antioxidant, organic wheat grass can boost the immune system and scavenge free radicals. Organic wheatgrass has been shown to be a powerful body detoxifier. Its high chlorophyll content cleanses the liver, tissues and cells and purifies the blood. Organic wheatgrass also contains folic acid, iron, and vitamin B-12 which are required for proper red blood cell production.

What is Chlorophyll:

Chlorophyll is the green pigment molecule in plants and is responsible for absorbing the sun's energy for photosynthesis.. Interestingly, the chlorophyll molecule in plants is chemically similar to hemoglobin in human blood. The only difference in the two molecules is that the central atom in chlorophyll is magnesium, whereas in humans it is iron. As a food supplement, chlorophyll can detoxify and purify the blood and liver, help build red blood cells and aid in tissue repair.

What are the other ingredients:

Vitamin A (as Natural Beta Carotene) for improved eye health and to guard against infection;
Vitamin B-2 (Riboflavin) to aid in the release of energy from foods and promote normal growth and development;
Vitamin C to guard against cardiovascular disease, boost immunity, aid in wound healing, help form collagen in connective tissues;
Vitamin D to maintain blood levels of calcium and promote its absorption;
Vitamin K for proper bone and blood function;
Calcium for strong bones and teeth, efficient blood clotting, nerve cell transmission and health muscle contractions;
Potassium for proper electrolyte and fluid balance;
Iron for stimulation of the bone marrow production of hemoglobin (red-blood cell that carries oxygen to other cells)

What is detoxification:

After a period of time, the body builds up toxins and natural waste products from chemicals, pollution and overindulging. A process of cleansing the internal system, or detoxifying, helps rid the body of harmful chemicals that may be contributing to fatigue, illness, pain, and poor digestion. Cleansing can be achieved through various modalities, including fasting, diet, saunas, and a range of whole foods vitamins, herbs, and nutrients.

What does Wheatgrass do for me:

Organic wheat grass detoxifies and oxygenates the blood thereby increasing circulation, energy levels, immune system function and an overall sense of well being from good nourishment. Wheat grass and chlorophyll are phytonutrients rich in amino acids, protein, fiber, vitamins, minerals, enzymes that work together to strengthen immunity.

Why do I need Wheatgrass:

Organic wheatgrass, rich in chlorophyll, enzymes, vitamins and nutrients has been linked to improved health. Some of the benefits of wheatgrass include:
Increase of hemoglobin production;
Rebuilding of the blood stream;
Purifying the blood;
Improving the body's ability to heal wounds;
Neutralizing toxins and carcinogens in the body;
Helping to purify the liver;
Improving digestion;
Removing heavy metals from the body.

Please call BodyByBliss today for an initial introduction and consultation. 
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Anne Kaspar
Health and Wellness Consultant
BodyByBliss

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Fasting and detoxifying the body

For some, the word "fasting" translates into a form of suffering and lack. For Shay Arave this was not too far off the mark when she ventured into the experience. Her first insight for anyone considering a fast is to read up on the subject.

Fasting is not just about not eating, but about de-toxing and cleansing the body through resting the digestive system. When our magnificent body is not busy digesting our daily intake of food, it has time on its hands. That time is put to use by directing energy towards flushing our system of built up refuse accumulated over the years - debris not used or wanted by our bodies.

To read this interesting and informative article, visit http://www.subtleenergysolutions.com/newsletter0205.html.

- Please note that Shay sells supplements and other items on her website, not all of which I endorse or encourage. The article on fasting is a good one, though. Many of us Creative Health Institute graduates do a 3-day water fast every month.