Need motivation to eat less meat and more plants? . . . part 4 of 12
Do certain diets prevent cancer? Today, good stats on health implications of eating meat: Risk of colon cancer for women who eat red meat daily, versus those who eat it less than once a month: 250 percent greater Risk of colon cancer for people who eat red meat once a week compared to [...]
7 Comments • Continue Reading →more experts on colon cleansing . . . part 9 of 9
Sir Arbuthnut Lane was a surgeon for the King of England and specialized in bowel issues. He removed parts of the colon and sewed the rest back together, and in the course of his practice, he noticed that many times, patients after surgery would have goiters or arthritis disappear, etc. Often, seemingly unrelated [...]
8 Comments • Continue Reading →Body Cleansing . . . part 8 of 9 on ELIMINATION
Many ancient texts speak of body cleansing, the need to fast now and then, for both physical and spiritual purification. You don’t have to be a yogi to give your organs of elimination a chance to rest and repair. I don’t sell cleanse products. Arise & Shine’s regimen is purely a recommendation. [...]
8 Comments • Continue Reading →natural laxatives . . . part 4 of 9 on ELIMINATION
It’s important that we keep the colon and lower intestine clean and powerfully peristaltic. The answer isn’t to gag down some chemically reduced Metamucil stirred into water, while eating the Atkins Diet, like my friend Michelle does. When I occasionally go out on a limb and express concern about her long-term Atkins lifestyle, [...]
9 Comments • Continue Reading →Foods that cause constipation . . . part 2 of 9 about ELIMINATION
Yesterday, pee. Today, poop. Green bowel movements are completely normal (that’s the plant fiber in all those greens you’re eating!). Take a look at the horse poo you see along the road, if you live where you can see horses. It’s indicative of what they eat (alfalfa, all plant foods). You [...]
38 Comments • Continue Reading →FDA finally admits fillings containing mercury may be harmful
In my local paper June 11, local dentist Michelle Jorgenson, who quit using amalgam fillings 10 years ago, is “vindicated.” That’s because, due to the settlement of a class action lawsuit, the FDA’s site now says, “Dental amalgams contain mercury, which may have nerotoxic effects on the nervous systems of developing children and [...]
2 Comments • Continue Reading →Consider vaccines carefully
Recently, the biggest government entity, the Department of Health and Human Services (governing the FDA and CDC) finally settled one of many claims by families whose children have been damaged by vaccines. This came after years of dodging and denying that Thimerosal (containing mercury) may cause autism. This is some of the evidence documenting [...]
17 Comments • Continue Reading →Fish, and taking fish-oil pills
For you fish eaters, the U.S. FDA stated in 2001 that fish with the highest mercury levels are tilefish, swordfish, mackerel, shark, white snapper, and tuna. The lowest levels are found in salmon, flounder, sole, tilapia, and trout (though these fish are high in other toxins, in some waters). If you’re eating fish-oil pills [...]
2 Comments • Continue Reading →Educate kids about nutrition
Sometimes I wonder if my teenaged son is absorbing what I teach him about health, or if he’s just too annoyed with me and absorbed with “fitting in” to care. Yesterday after double header baseball games, one of the coaches ranted at the boys about the huge mess they’d made in the dugout, with [...]
4 Comments • Continue Reading →organic vs. conventional potatoes
I’ve been grading papers for the university classes I teach. A student of mine is the son of an Idaho farmer, and he makes a case that organic produce is not worth the money. This is one of his arguments (edited for length): “Technologies developed in recent years are amazingly efficient. [...]
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