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Super Seaweeds

Mon, 30 May 2011 05:01:18 +0100

Super Seaweeds

Of all the foods available on this planet, none can compare in the nutrient value of seaweeds. For centuries, native cultures have used seaweeds in their diets. Modern western cultures have often overlooked seaweeds as a primary source in their diets.

In a time when our foods progressively have decreased in nutritional values due to poor farming techniques, soil deterioration, hybridization of our plants, refining of our foods, genetically altering, etc, etc, etc…. It has never been more important in history than it is now to consider adding them into your diets.

Due to the Gelatinous nature of the saccharides available in seaweeds, they provide soothing lubrication for the bowels and help to prevent constipation.

Various types of seaweeds provide varying levels of specific minerals and nutritional factors which gives seaweeds great potentials in helping the body in many health related problems.

For thousands of years, seaweeds have been used to prolong life, prevent disease, and preserve beauty.

In general, seaweeds are thermally cooling for the body, provide salty flavors, soften hardened areas and masses in the body, reduce high blood pressure, cleanse and detoxify, lubricate the intestines, improve water metabolism and cleanser for the lymphatic balance system, breaks up liver stagnation, alkalize the blood, lower bad cholesterol, treat thyroid disorders, rejuvenate the lungs, transform thick phlegm into fluid, moisten dryness in the body, and best food in the planet to remove radiation.

The red seaweeds have the highest antiviral compounds known on the planet. The red marine algae commonly known as the red sea cabbage can be found in the summer months along the southwest Florida coastline. Its value as an antiviral compound is unsurpassed, but not widely known or talked about in the medical community.

Seaweeds are effective in treating swellings, nodules, lumps, goiter, swollen lymph glands, edema, chronic cough with yellow or green phlegm, all skin disorders with redness and tumors.

Chinese medical text claims “there is no swelling that is not relieved by seaweeds”.

The main reason for seaweeds healing and fluid balancing effects is their complexity and balance of minerals. Of over the 88 known mineral elements contained in our blood, seaweeds have every one of them. The minerals available in seaweed are readily available and useable to the human body. Due to the fact the minerals are bound with a carbon atom which is with all living plants. This effect allows for efficient cellular mineral absorption by the human body. The high level of minerals in seaweed and the ease of mineral absorption by the human body, makes even small amounts as little as ¼ - ½ teaspoon a day effective.

To receive the highest amounts of mineral values from seaweeds they should be eaten uncooked, either soaked or dried. Some of the finite trace elements like fluorine, which strengthen the bones, teeth, and body defense mechanisms, are lost within only a few minutes of cooking seaweeds. If using seaweeds in soups or broths, be sure to drink the liquid portion that the seaweed was made in to receive its complexity of minerals.

One of the seaweeds beneficial attributes is that they do not concentrate pollutants and toxic heavy metals like other marine wild life. It is pleasing to know seaweeds simply do not absorb and concentrate toxins. In fact seaweeds detoxify and transform toxic heavy metals by converting them into to harmless salts which the human body can excrete through the intestines. Seaweeds are also highly alkaline forming for the body and helps to reduce internal acids accumulated in the body.

The many types and uses of seaweeds

 AGA-AGAR: A product made from various species of agarophytes seaweeds where the gelatin saccharides are freeze dried.

 Thermally cooling to the body

 Used for weight loss/appetite reduction

 Promote digestion

 Reduces inflammation

 Helps the heart, lungs, and liver

 High in calcium & iron

 Contains 0 calories

 Makes natural thickener for foods like jams, gravies, syrups, etc. but will not set in foods with high oxalic acid like chocolate and rubard spinach

 Purple Dulse:

 Cooling thermal effect

 High in iodine

 High in manganese which activates enzyme activity

 Prevents scurvy

 Induces sweating

 Powerful antiviral/ good remedy for herpes

 Used in soups, salads, toast inn oven or on an open flame and eat as dried chips, or good replacement in a “BLT” sandwich (instead of bacon)

 Sauté in oil and eat as condiment

 Use as thickener in gravies and sauces

 Hijiki:

 Cooling thermal nature

 Diuretic

 Treats phlegm (green or yellow) from the lungs

 Cleanses the body

 Softens hardened tissue & masses

 Helps thyroid

 Moistens dryness

 High in calcium, iron, iodine

 High in vitamin B2 and niacin

 Normalizes blood sugar

 Soothes nerves

 Supports hormone functions

 Aids in weight loss

 Good for bones and teeth

 Arame:

 Cooling nature

 Helps bones and teeth

 Softens hardened tissue & masses

 Helps thyroid

 Moistens dryness

 Traditionally used to treat feminine disorders

 Lowers high blood pressure

 Used to treat mouth disorders

 Prevents hair loss

 Promotes “glossy” hair appearance

 One of the richest sources of iodine

 Highly concentrated iron and calcium

 Kombu/Kelp:

 Cooling nature

 Softens hardened tissue & masses

 Balances fluids

 Benefits kidneys

 Diuretic

 Anti-coagulant

 Natural fungicide

 Balances hormones

 Helps the thyroid

 Protects from radiation

 Considered to be the most mineralized food

 Helps arthritis

 Lowers blood pressure

 Helps prostate

 Helps ovarian problems

 Helps reduce swollen painful testes

 Reduces lymphatic swelling

 Reduces rheumatic fever damage

 Reduces heart pains

 Aids in treating male sterility

 Reduces blood clots

 Helps difficulty in swallowing

 Helps reduce anemia

 Reduces tumors and growths

 Soothes the lungs and throat

 Relieves coughing and asthma

 * Eradicates fungal and Candida yeast overgrowth

 Aids in wound repair

 Aids in weight loss

 Guards the heart at high altitudes

 Used in facial cosmetics

 Added to cook beans to balance proteins and oils in them to make them more digestible

 *Use sparingly during pregnancy

 Nori:

 Cooling Nature

 Diuretic

 Softens harden nodules

 Treats phlegm (green or yellow) in lungs

 Highest protein content (78%) of seaweeds

 Most easily digested of seaweeds

 High vitamin A

 High vitamin B and niacin

 Decrease cholesterol

 Treats painful and difficult urination

 Treats goiter

 Treats edema

 Lowers high blood pressure

 Treats fatty cysts

 Treats warts

 Aids digestion

 Can be used in soups, stews, rolled into sushi rolls, crumbled onto salads, cut into pieces as a condiment

 Walcame:

 Cooling Nature

 Diuretic

 Moistens dryness

 Softens harden tissue and masses

 Resolves phlegm

 Treats growth and tumors

 One of the seaweeds highest in calcium (Hijiki is first)

 Rich in niacin and thiamine

 Promotes healthy hair and skin

 Softens beans when cooked with it

 Irish Moss:

 Cooling Nature

 Moistens the lungs

 Relieves phlegm

 Contains carrageenan which treats peptic ulcers and duodenal ulcers

 Inhibits aleriusclerosis

 Reduces cholesterol

 Mild anticoagulant

 Contains calcium chloride, which aids as a heart tonic

 Glandular balancer

 Treats chronic lung diseases

 Treats dysentery

 Treats diarrhea

 Treats repertory diseases

 Treats disorders of the kidney

 Curiscan:

 Used as a tea, capsules or powder

 Discharges worms, pinworms, roundworms from the body

 Laxative

 Treats fibroid tumors

The Amazing Onion

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:05:42 +0100

The amazing onion

“double edge sword”

It is hard to say when the onion came into being. They were grown in Ancient Egypt, and eventually arrived in Rome and became known as the word onion (from the Latin word UNIO, which means large pearl). In Middle English, it became UNYON. The status of the onion rose after French Onion Soup was made popular by Stanislaus I, the former King of Poland.

In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people, there was a Doctor who visited many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu. Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it, and many died.

The doctor came upon one farmer, and to his surprise, everyone in the household was very healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different, the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the home. The doctor couldn't believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under the microscope. She gave him one, and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in the onion. It absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping the family healthy.

Now, another story from a hairdresser in AZ.. She said that several years ago many of her employees were coming down with the flu and so were many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions around in her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick.

So if someone is sick in your home, buy some onions and place them in bowls around your home. If you work at a desk, place one or two in your office or under your desk or even on top somewhere. Try it and see what happens.

If this helps you and your loved ones from getting sick, all the better. If you do get the flu, it may help reduce the potential for anyone else around you.

One lady reported she contracted pneumonia, and needless to say she was very sick, she came across an article that said to cut both ends off an onion. Put one end on a fork, and then place the forked end into an empty jar...placing the jar next to the sick patient at night. It said the onion would be black in the morning from the germs. Sure enough, it happened just like that..the onion was a mess, and she began to feel better.

Onions and garlic used to be placed around the room saved many from the black plague hundreds of years ago. They have powerful antibacterial, antiseptic properties which have been known for hundreds of years

Often the weekend picnic people are quick to blame the mayonnaise when someone gets sick.

Often when food poisoning is reported, the first thing the officials look for is when the 'victim' last ate ONIONS and where those onions came from (in the potato salad?). More than often it's not the mayonnaise (as long as it's not homemade mayo) that spoils in the outdoors. It's probably the onions, and if not the onions, it's probably the potatoes.

Onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially uncooked onions.
You should never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion. It's not even considered safe if you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in your refrigerator.

It's already contaminated enough just by being cut open and out for a bit, that it can be harmful

If you take the leftover onion and cook it like crazy you'll probably be okay, but if you slice that leftover onion and put it on your sandwich, you may be asking for trouble. Both the onions and the moist potato in a potato salad will attract and grow bacteria faster than any commercial mayonnaise will even begin to break down.

Also, for animal lovers, dogs should never eat onions. Their stomachs cannot metabolize onions.

Nutritionally :

Onions are a good source of vitamin C which is not well known, 1 medium raw onion contains 20% of the RDA value for vitamin C

Onions are also good sources of vitamin B1, B 6, and folic acid

Onions have good amounts of potassium, a medium onion contains on average of 200 mg of potassium

Onions even have protein, 1 medium onion contains 1 gram of protein

Onions are low in calories, 1 medium onion averages about 60 calories, and 14 grams of carbohydrates

Onions are fairly low in sodium, 1 medium onion contains 10 mg sodium

In Chinese principles onions are known to be pungent and influence the lungs

They promote warmth in the body, move energy in the body and help to reduce internal stagnation.

They reduce blood clotting and expel coldness in the body.

Due to the pungent nature onions help to moisten the body and kidneys

Onions are one of the richest food in natural sulfur which accounts for its warming qualities.

The high levels of sulfur also make onions destructive to harmful bacteria and virus factors in the body as well as helping to remove unwanted parasites, and fermentation yeast.

The high sulfur content helps to remove unwanted heavy metals from the body and aids in protein metabolism.

Onions help to cleanse the arteries and blood vessels, though in Chinese principles onions are known to increase excessive emotional desire.

Onions can help to lower blood pressure and bad cholesterol levels.

Just ½ an average onion a day can increase the good HDL cholesterol by 30%

They help to break up mucus and phlegm.

They help to inhibit allergic reactions

Some basic home remedies using onions;

A traditional cough remedy consists of onions simmered in water until a soft with a little honey added, then one onion is eaten ever four hours

Onion can be ground and warmed and packed onto the chest for bronchial congestion

Onion juice compresses can be used to draw out swelling and pain from insect bites

Onion tea can calm the brain and be a general sedative

Cutting a fresh raw onion near to the face can help to destroy pink eye. When the eye tears from the onion vapors the eye produces the mero midase enzyme which helps to destroy pink eye

Warm onion juice has been used to treat ear infections by putting warm onion juice into the infected ear

Onions can also help to free up a clogged sinus. Chop the onions in front of your face until the vapors cause your eyes to tear, this will help to loosen the sinus cavity. To increase the effect grind fresh horse radish root and breathe the vapors released and then go back to chopping the onions until the sinus region is clear

Onions are also good to help dry eyes or when something becomes logged in the eyes. Chop the onion as above until the eyes begin to tear.

Potential for problems with night shade family foods

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:40:33 +0100

Potential for problems with night shade family foods

If one is dealing with a health condition that is related to inflammation it may be a good idea to check for night shade family food intolerance if those foods are used in their diets. Even though most of the night shade family of foods can be nutritious, they can also have a double edge to them by causing unwanted pain and inflammation for those who are intolerant to them.

The night shade family foods:

peppers

tomato

potato

eggplant

tobacco

paprika

Up to 25% of the population is known to be intolerant to these foods and up to 85% of people with arthritis symptoms can be intolerant to these foods.

If a person has an intolerance to these foods the body will often accumulate an acidic inflammation response resulting in unwanted pain and irritation

Green peppers can be even more difficult for anyone to digest since they are immature red or yellow peppers. Also tomato in the common market place are often picked green in the field and sent to ware houses to be gassed to look red. The lack of proper maturity when picked causes the fruits to be difficult to digest. This factor can add “insult to injury” to those who may already be intolerant to the night shade family foods.

There are lab tests to screen for food intolerance, but some simple home measure can be used without expensive testing:

Pulse testing first thing in the morning is a basic way to check for food intolerance.

First thing in am before eating or drinking take pulse for 1 min, then eat piece of food you desire to test. Right after eating check pule for 1 min. If your pulse rate increases by more than 10 beats per min it is likely to be an intolerant food causing an adrenal response to the food consumed. Be sure to test only 1 food per day as other foods in the digestive system may alter potential results.

Another way to check for intolerance related to inflammatory reactions is to avoid the food in question for 1 week and observe for pain and inflammation. Then after 7 days of avoidance eat large amount of the food in question and observe for pain and inflammation. If pain levels and inflammation increase after eating large amounts it is also very likely to be a reactive food and better to avoid in the diet

The Amazing Cucumber

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 03:45:57 +0100

The amazing cucumber

1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc.

2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.

3. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower? Try rubbing a cucumber slice along the mirror, it will eliminate the fog and provide a soothing, spa-like fragrance.

4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds? Place a few slices in a small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long. The chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminum to give off a scent undetectable to humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the area.

5 Looking for a fast and easy way to remove cellulite before going out or to the pool? Try rubbing a slice or two of cucumbers along your problem area for a few minutes, the phytochemicals in the cucumber cause the collagen in your skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing the visibility of cellulite. Works great on wrinkles too!!!

6.. Want to avoid a hangover or terrible headache? Eat a few cucumber slices before going to bed and wake up refreshed and headache free. Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenishessential nutrients the body lost, keeping everything in equilibrium, avoiding both a hangover and headache!!

7. Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking binge? Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often used by European trappers, traders and explores for quick meals to thwart off starvation.

8. Have an important meeting or job interview and you realize that you don't have enough time to polish your shoes? Rub a freshly cut cucumber over the shoe, its chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that not only looks great but also repels water.

9. Out of WD 40 and need to fix a squeaky hinge? Take a cucumber slice and rub it along the problematic hinge, and voila, the squeak is gone!

10. Stressed out and don't have time for massage, facial or visit to the spa? Cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber with react with the boiling water and be released in the steam, creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that has been shown the reduce stress in new mothers and college students during final exams.

11. Just finish a business lunch and realize you don't have gum or mints? Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with your tongue for 30 seconds to eliminate bad breath, the phytochemcials will kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.

12. Looking for a 'green' way to clean your faucets, sinks or stainless steel? Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you want to clean, not only will it remove years of tarnish and bring back the shine, but is won't leave streaks and won't harm you fingers or fingernails while you clean.

13. Using a pen and made a mistake? Take the outside of the cucumber and slowly use it to erase the pen writing, also works great on crayons and markers that the kids have used to decorate the walls!!

14. Cucumbers are high in a natural enzyme called ursipsis enzyme that naturally destroys worms in the intestine. A few cucumbers a day can do wonders to reduce intestinal parasites.

15. Cucumbers are thermally cooling for the body. Such the saying goes “cool as a cucumber” cucumbers can be eaten or juiced to cool the body in hot summer periods.

16. Cucumbers are very hydrating for the body due to their high water content

and are actually in the water melon family.

17. Cucumbers help to flush the kidneys and remove excess fluid from the body

making it a potentially helpful food for people with lymph edema

18. In eastern medicine cucumbers are known to help restore spleen deficiency.

19. The skin of the cucumber is high in silica which supports the hair, nails and cartilage tissue.

20. Cucumbers are an alkaline forming food that can help to balance acid forming foods in the diet.

Note:

mention should be made that cucumbers should be from un waxed organic sources. Conventional grown cucumbers are grown with harmful chemicals, and artificial fertilizers which can lessen the potential nutritional benefits from the cucumbers.

The waxes used often in packing of cucumbers are potentially harmful to the intestines and liver when consumed. The wax does not provide any nutritional benefit and only is used to support the large agro based industry in prevention of damage in shipping. The best way to get a truly healthy cucumber is to buy from a local organic farmer or even better to grow them yourself

natural ways to stop acid reflux

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:35:33 +0100

One of the first ways to begin is to avoid the common foods that may increase acid reflux
Avoid:
fried foods, alcohol ,tobacco, soda especially colas, coffee, black tea, chocolate, gluten rich products night shade family foods, dry nuts, distilled vinegar, processed sugars, artificial sweeteners, high fatty foods
Other foods that may individually irritate the acid reflux vary from person to person, if you feel more acid reflux when you eat it then avoid it.

Also consider using proper food combining rules

basic rules:
No drinking liquids with meals, better to drink them 1 hour before or 2 hours after, the liquids dilute the digestive acids and enzymes making food digestion more difficult causing over production of stomach acid to compensate for the dilution from the fluids taken with the meal

Best not to mix dense proteins with dense carbohydrates

Best not to have fruits with meals. eat before meal time as fruits pass through the stomach faster

melons eat them alone or leave them alone is the old saying Melons are very fragile and ferment very easily when combined with other foods even other melon. best to have them away from other foods to easy digestion

some basic home remedies that have been used for many years with good effects are:

1/2 teaspoon baking soda in glass of water after meals best to wait 1-2 hours before using baking soda. Also better to consider using aluminum free baking soda sold in health food stores like Bobs red mill brand. This is very inexpensive and very effective

Fresh aloe leaf blended in blender with water 3-4 times daily May use before meals and before bedtime for best results. The aloe saccharides coat and sooth the lining of the esophagus and also the bitter taste stimulates bile flow from the liver which acids in digestion and bowel function. May use store bought brands of ale but usually not as effective as fresh

Chia gel 3-4 times daily. Soaked chia seeds absorb 10-12 times their weight in water and the soft soluble fiber sooths and lubricates the digestive lining, and also helps to absorb excessive stomach acids. can be used before or after the meal, which ever you find to be more effective. to make the chia gel use 1-2 tablespoons dry chia into 8 ounces of clean water. soak for 30-60 mins chia gel is very stable and can be left in fridge for up to a week and still be used.
Some people have combined the chia gel with 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda with increased effects.

in the past people often used 1-2 tablespoons of raw apple cider vinegar in a glass of water to balance the stomach acid content. Over the years have watched mixed results with this approach, but some have claimed very good effect

another approach used has been supplementing with betaine HCL capsules derived from beets Products usually found in health food stores, though have noted mixed results from people where as more consistent responses noted from the aloe, baking soda, and chia approach

How to clear clogged Sinus

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:00:23 +0100

Stop all mucus forming foods, gluten products, white sugar, fried foods, dairy products

Chop yellow onion in front of you and allow onion vapors to bring full tears to the eyes

Blow nose, grate fresh horse radish root with fine grater. place ground horse radish in hand, cup hands around nose, and breath until strong sense in lower sinus. Continue. should feel similar to sensation felt when eating wasabi. repeat until sinus passage is clear.
may also eat horse radish to aid effect.

The radish is the best food to break up mucus in the body. Horse radish vapor dilates the sinus cavity, sterilizes the sinus and also dries up mucus in the sinus.