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July, 2004 Hello and welcome to this edition of my Natural Healing E-zine! Worm welcome to the new subscribers. I hope you will enjoy reading this issue. If you like this e-zine, please do a friend and me a favour and “pay it forward”! If a friend DID forward this to you and if you like what you read, please subscribe by visiting my site. If you didn’t receive my last newsletter, than there are e-mail filters at work preventing legitimate e-mails getting to you. It is important that you add my e-mail address to your “white l.ist”, or contact your Service Provider.
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IN THIS ISSUE: 1) WISDOM FLASH 2) THE DAILY GURU 3) MICROWAVE OVENS RECONSIDERED 4) PREPARING FOR THE SUMMER
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1) WISDOM FLASH Sonia Choquette: Psychic Guidance Sonia is a world-renowned revolutionary psychic, intuitive and spiritual teacher. She specializes in leading others out of the dark ages and into the 21th century by helping others recognize that we are all endowed with a sixth sense that we can count on and need to activate in order to succeed in our lives. Inside all of us is a psychic voice. If you could awaken that voice, you would have a direct link to the part of you that knows how to achieve anything, remembering everything, and can guide you towards being the greatest possible YOU that you can be. Here’s a few techniques you can learn that will help you to listen. Please View Today’s Wisdom Flash Here!
2) THE DAILY GURU
Why is it, that spiritual masters throughout the ages always preach that I must be more conscious?
The reason that these teachers have been preaching this method, is because in a nutshell, humanity is fast asleep and needs to wake up.
You are always in your mind, either in the past, or in the imagined future. You are always on automatic pilot. This is not reality, it is an illusion. You have created a tiny prison in your mind, a black and dark cave, and have cut yourself off from reality, which can only be accessed in the present moment.
Come out from the darkness, so that you can see the light. You must leave the cave, so that you may see the light of Truth.
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3) MICROWAVE OVENS RECONSIDERED An article written by James M.Haig, N.C.
One study that did recently receive national press coverage found that broccoli cooked in a microwave oven lost almost all of its antioxidants (a stunning 97% depletion), compared to 11% lost by conventional steaming. Given that the antioxidants in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables (like cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and cabbage) are known to have powerful anti-cancer effects (in part by modulating estrogen metabolism), this is indeed a serious loss. This reaffirms an earlier Russian study showing a 60-90% decrease in food value in micro wave foods.
Bad though this is, however, it may pale by comparison with some of the other problems posed by micro waving. A Swiss study from 1992 conducted by Dr. Hans Hertel, which was suppressed by several years of legal manoeuvring by a powerful electrical appliance trade organization, found a decreased number of red blood cells, and of their oxygen bearing haemoglobin content, in people eating microwave foods, along with increased cholesterol levels. Even more troubling is the creation in these foods of radiolytic compounds hitherto unknown in nature, the effects of which on the human body remain completely unknown.
The pièce de resistance of this same study, however, was its report an increased number of leukocytes, or white blood cells, present in the body after the ingestion of microwave foods. White blood cells are the foot soldiers of the immune system, so what this suggests is that the body was perceiving the microwave food as an invader, or toxin, rather than as nourishment. Perhaps the reason for this may have to do with the way microwaves restructure food molecules. The party line is that microwave ovens produce a type of electromagnetic energy similar to that naturally produced by the sun; but solar microwaves generate direct current (DC) while microwave ovens rely on alternating current (AC) to create heat by molecular friction or agitation.
Protein is made up of building blocks called amino acids. These amino acids can be found in two forms: those with a levo or left-handed molecular spin (indicated by the L- suffix), and those with a dextro or right-handed molecular spin (indicated by the D- suffix). Most amino acids are toxic in their D- form, and are not generally found this way in nature. But another study from earlier this year reported that micro waving does indeed reverse the molecular spin on at least one amino acid (the only one studied), changing it from the benign L- form to the toxic D- form. This may very well be the reason behind the Swiss discovery of the immune response mounted by the body following the ingestion of microwave foods, as well the Russian report detailing the presence of numerous carcinogenic substances in such food.
In addition to the worrisome concerns over how the micro waving process alters food chemistry, microwave ovens also generate a large and powerful electromagnetic field when in use. This field, which can extend as far as six to eight feet from the appliance, has the potential to damage the DNA of any biological system (including you!) that it contacts, and at the very least would be expected to set off a cascade of rampaging free radicals, dangerous molecules missing an electron that steal electrons from otherwise healthy tissues, damaging them, sometimes irreparably, in the process. Because of this, it is extremely unwise to stand near a microwave oven when it is in use, and children in particular should be instructed in no uncertain terms to stay away from them. While technology can indeed offer us tremendous benefits, we would be foolish to ignore the very serious risks that microwave ovens pose to our health in favour of mere convenience. Plenty of other alternatives exist, including quick-heating toaster ovens.
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4) PREPARING FOR THE SUMMER Sunlight Can Actually Prevent Cancer
Insufficient exposure to ultraviolet radiation may be an important risk factor for cancer in Western Europe and North America, according to a new study published in the prominent Cancer journal that directly contradicts official advice about sunlight.
The research examined cancer mortality in the United States. Deaths from a range of cancers of the reproductive and digestive systems were approximately twice as high in New England as in the southwest, despite a diet that varies little between regions.
An examination of 506 regions found a close inverse correlation between cancer mortality and levels of ultraviolet B light. The likeliest mechanism for a protective effect of sunlight is vitamin D, which is synthesized by the body in the presence of ultraviolet B.
The study's author, Dr William Grant, says northern parts of the United States may be dark enough in winter that vitamin D synthesis shuts down completely.
While the study focussed on white Americans, the same geographical trend affects black Americans, whose overall cancer rates are significantly higher. Darker skinned people require more sunlight to synthesize vitamin D. There are 13 malignancies that show this inverse correlation, mostly reproductive and digestive cancers. The strongest inverse correlation is with breast, colon, and ovarian cancer.
Other cancers apparently affected by sunlight include tumours of the bladder, uterus, esophagus, rectum, and stomach. Cancer March 2002; 94:1867-75
Comments By Dr. Joseph Mercola
Most people believe that sun exposure causes cancer. Nothing could be further from the truth. As this study published in the prestigious Cancer journal indicates, exposure to sun actually decreases cancer rates.
Does this mean that one's sun exposure does not contribute to skin cancer? Absolutely not.
However, skin cancers are more likely related to the large distortion most people have in their omega-6 to omega-3 fat ratio. The high excess of omega-6 fats in most people's diet puts them at a much higher risk of developing skin cancer when exposed to excess sun.
So the solution is not to slather sun block on. Sun block can be quite toxic and should be avoided by most people. The sensible approach would be to limit sun exposure so you never get sun burned.
It is sunburn in conjunction with excess omega-6 fats that increases your risk of skin cancer.
But even with the potential increase in skin cancer, most skin cancers are relatively benign when compared with breast, colon, and prostate cancers that lack of sun exposure is associated with.
So you can't have it both ways. Avoid the sun and don't change your diet and you will lower your risk of skin cancer, but increase your risk of far more common and deadlier cancers.
It is also important to note that many researchers are currently evaluating vitamin D and its analogs in the treatment of cancer (van den Bemd GJ, Chang GT. Vitamin D and vitamin D analogs in cancer treatment. Curr Drug Targets. 2002 Feb;3(1):85-94.) Vitamin D can no longer properly be considered a vitamin.
Nevertheless, vitamin D resembles true vitamins in as much as humans -- who are cut off from the critical solar ultraviolet wavelengths by reason of latitude, clothing, or shelter -- depend on an external source of the substance, just as they do for the true essential nutrients.
The major biologic function of vitamin D is to maintain normal blood levels of calcium and phosphorus. Vitamin D aids in the absorption of calcium, helping to form and maintain strong bones. It promotes bone mineralization in concert with a number of other vitamins, minerals, and hormones.
However, it is quite clear that vitamin D does far more than promote optimized bone health. In addition to the strong evidence provided in this article about prevention of cancer vitamin D has also been associated with improvement in the following conditions:
Diabetes
Some key points to remember:
The vitamin D in milk, and that put in most vitamins is vitamin D2 and is synthetic. Vitamin D2 is also called ergocalciferol. It is not the vitamin D that you want to supplement with. It is not nearly as good as the vitamin D obtained from sunlight or natural food sources like cod liver oil which is called vitamin D3 or calciferol.
The best place to get vitamin D is from UV-B from sunlight. However, darker skinned people require 10 to 20 times the sun exposure length than lighter skinned people do to build up the same amount of vitamin D.
That is one of the major reasons why African Americans have a much higher rate of cancer in North America than other ethnic groups.
Most people, who have skin that is deeply pigmented, should take extra precautions when living in North America for health reasons. The only work around for them to maintain their health would be to optimize their vitamin D levels.
It is also very important to realize that the RDA of vitamin D of 400 units is absolutely inadequate for most people who do not have exposure to regular sunshine. Most people may need up to 10,000 units per day for a short time to build their vitamin D levels up to healthy ranges.
Until next time!
Have a Wonderful Day!
Livia
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