Some people talk about detoxing like it's the easiest thing to do. The truth is, that detoxing is not fun and in some cases can produce unpleasant side-effects ranging from dizziness, to headaches, nausea, diarrhea, joint pain, breathing problems, insomnia and seizures.
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All detoxing agents force toxins from their deepest recesses to the surface for removal; however, several simple ingredients will accomplish the job, minimizing side-effects. When you learn these few tricks, you're going to want to smack yourself for being a wuss and ask yourself why you haven't done a detox sooner.
Water
Drink water every day that is either filtered or from natural springs. Drink the equivalent of half an ounce per pound of body weight. You may need more during detoxing.
The pH drink
It's very important to maintain your pH and keep it slightly alkaline during and after a detox. The easiest, least expensive way to do this is with a pH drink -- and, the drink is also one of the best, most gentle methods of pain-free detoxing.
Mix two ounces of fresh lime or lemon juice with half a teaspoon of baking soda in a tall glass. Allow it to foam until it's completely flat. Add 12 ounces of water and drink immediately. It should taste like flat lime or lemon with a slightly sweet aftertaste. Drink one to three glasses a day. The pH drink will remove all noxious chemicals and heavy metals and make you feel good as a bonus. It relieves gout, arthritis, acid reflux, headaches, and a host of other physical and mental symptoms.
Juicing and pectin
All fruits and vegetables contain some amount of pectin, with apples and citrus fruits being highest. Pectin is a natural fiber that attracts and binds to heavy metals and toxins, lifting them from bodily tissues. Any form of fresh vegetable or fruit juicing will promote your detox. The more apples, carrots and citrus fruits you include in your juices, the heavier and faster the detox rate. Control your detox and any side-effects by using fewer of these fruits and more leafy, green veggies. One small juice drink daily consisting of about four ounces of juice is adequate for most cowards for healthy detoxing.
Special mercury detox
Mercury is one of the most toxic substances on the planet; and exposure through foods, vaccines and dental amalgums causes it to become deeply embedded in every cell... never to leave, unless you actively detox. Detoxing from mercury is very unpleasant and often causes pain and discomfort physically and mentally. Before efficient mercury removal can be accomplished, you must have dental amalgums removed...
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By Don Twobears
Michael G. Mickey wrote an article posted on another website titled, “Superbugs on the Rise in 2013.” I must say it was good, although it failed to describe any of these diseases in their basic forms. It is to that end that I decided to give his article some support.
People lately have been running around and watching the sky for asteroids and the like, never once realizing their existence would be more likely extinguished by things they are not able to see. It must also be noted, that the majority of people forget things far too quickly, such as the flu virus that almost destroyed Spain at the beginning of this 20th Century. It would be wrong to forget the SARS case in Japan, merely some 10-12 years ago; or even worse, the Ebola outbreak in 2000, which caused 224 deaths. We haven’t even begun to talk about Typhus or other pandemics through the ages, but as you already know, many were devastating, with millions of people dead.
Today and since World War II, we have had a fair number of “antibiotics” to work with. Penicillin was first brought about at that time and we have been able to progress even further, with more stringent ones. Along with the advancement in medication, we have also damaged ourselves in the far too frequent usage of them. In medicine we know this as the morphology of antibiotics, which means how these antibiotics have progressed and their need. Yet...at the exact same time, we have not been able to assess the need of antibiotics as quickly as the spread of more lethal diseases. We must also remember that the exposure of these diseases to our antibiotics, have created a number of these diseases becoming “antibiotic resistant.”
If we take a moment, the AIDS virus was deadly until we found a way to combat it on a microscopic level, thus saying, “Their existence would be more likely extinguished by things they are not able to see.” The ability to distinguish the differences of diseases is by examination on the microscopic level. To that end we must see that they fall, most basically into two groups, those that are a virus and those that are bacterial. I pray this does not sound redundant.
Here is the next problem: We must understand that our body is made up of skin (sort of a bag, if you will) and this is filled with bones and 63% water. For a virus or bacteria to survive and propagate, it requires moisture (water) and then it must be warm (98.6 degrees is about right) and then there must be a food source (cells of varying degree as well as sugar and blood products). It would then be considered correct to say, we are a walking Petri dish!
We are definitely a wonderfully created being by God. But we are also here for only a short period of time, it is temporary at best. Disagree? Notice how easy it is for us to have a disease, how easy it is for us to hurt ourselves or break a bone. All of these things can bring a devastating end to any one of us when we combine them with disease processes. Bacteria is on our bodies all the time, so the next problem is when these diseases grow so fast, our body doesn't have enough time to combat it and survive.
When the body is overwhelmed by these bacteria or viruses, they tend to scar some organs or even stop some organs from functioning altogether. The majority of bacteria live on our skin, the first barrier of safety, yet many also live within some of our organs, like our bowel system or stomach. The insides of these organs are considered “non-sterile” while others like the heart, lungs and brain are considered “sterile” and the list goes on. When we are infected by these things we suffer symptoms. And the symptoms can vary greatly depending on the invading agent; typically they come about from the toxins given off.
It is then easy to admit that one suffers from either a virus or a bacterial infection. The problem is, endeavoring to distinguish one from the other. Obviously bacteria have a body; called a micro-organism, while the virus has no body. Does this mean that bacteria are more potent than a virus? Not on your life. It is a differentway of attacking the body and creating destruction. Either can be deadly and has shown to be throughout history.
Yersinia pestis, a bacterium, was carried by fleas and rodents, the Bubonic Plague! Yellow fever, also known as Yellow Jack or “Yellow Rainer” and other names, is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. Variola virus (the cause ofsmallpox) has been eradicated. Cholera is a bacterial disease usually spread through contaminated water. Cholera causes severe diarrhea and dehydration.Typhus (1918-22), this louse borne bacteria, thrives in filthy conditions, such as among armies in less hygienic times than today.
The Great Influenza Epidemic was most likely the deadliest plague in history. The extremely virulent influenza virus killed an estimated 50 to 100 million people in the space of just six months. The Black Death of the 1300-1400s, is the name commonly given to the epidemic outbreaks of bubonic plague that killed nearly a third of the population of Europe—as many as 34 million people. The reason this is not considered the worst, is that the Black Death killed those 100 million over a period of 200 years. The Great Influenza killed that number in six months.
The flu is responsible for an average of 36,000 deaths a year in the United States. AIDS, in comparison, causes about 15,000 deaths a year in the United States. That makes the “common” flu more than twice the killer that AIDs. We have many viruses that are called, RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses). These can be just as deadly as any other virus. The difference is, the incubation time as compared to onset of symptoms, it is very quick.
As you are able to surmise, there are a variety of viruses and bacteria that can be most harmful to humans. To the lay person it would be very difficult to decipher one from another. This is the reason for hospitalization and in-depth analysis of anyone suspected of carrying a virus or bacteria that is resistant to antibiotic therapy. Many people must be inoculated before going to countries around the world, those that show evidence of such horrendous outbreaks and plagues. Trust me when I say that disease processes are not for the faint of heart. Therefore, it must be clearly understood that anyone feeling sick MUST see a board certified medical physician. It is also very important to tell them of any antibiotics you have been on recently.
1. Whenever you are sick, seek professional help first! Do NOT listen to your family or friends, even though they mean well. They are not qualified to make serious decisions.
A person who is sneezing or coughing and has a fever, feels achy, see your doctor!
Wash your hands...A LOT! As well as every other part of you. The lack of good hygiene can kill.
Last but by no means the least, listen to your doctor and be truthful ALWAYS. Tell your doctor of problems that creep up, follow his or her recommendations to the letter. Take your medication like your life depends on it (as it sometimes can).
There is a reason why the Lord granted certain individuals the knowledge of medicine and that is to help us maintain good and healthy bodies. Have you ever wondered about the 1950s with the kissing disease, mononucleosis? Why is it that those couples, a married man and a woman, who do NOT wander about never get a disease like the kissing disease or any sexually transmitted disease?
And then if you see the statistics concerning gonorrhea, sexually transmitted diseases and now that they are antibiotic resistant, it makes you wonder why, doesn't it? Same sex couples that are always sick, why is it this way? Do you think it could be that the Lord does not condone these relationships? You tell me.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
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[I've only tried this briefly but it has compelling research and testimonials to back it up. See what you think. - Zen]
Although frequently overlooked, emotional health is critical for your physical health and healing. No matter how devoted you are to the proper diet and lifestyle, you’re unlikely to achieve optimal health if emotional barriers stand in your way.
Energy psychology uses a psychological acupressure technique based on the same energy meridians used in traditional acupuncture (which has been used to treat physical and emotional ailments for over 5,000 years) but without the invasiveness of needles.
The Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is the most popular form of energy psychology and was developed in the 1990s by Gary Craig, a Stanford engineering graduate specializing in healing and self-improvement. I routinely used EFT in my practice, and highly recommend it to optimize your emotional health.
The method involves tapping specific points on your head and chest with your fingertips while thinking about your specific problem—be it a traumatic event, an addiction, pain, etc.—and voicing positive affirmations. This can be done alone or under the supervision of a qualified therapist.1
The combination of tapping the energy meridians and voicing positive affirmation works to clear the emotional block from your body’s bioenergy system, thus restoring your mind and body’s balance.
Clinical trials have shown that EFT is able to rapidly reduce the emotional impact of memories and incidents that trigger emotional distress. Once the distress is reduced or removed, your body can often rebalance itself, and accelerate healing.
While some still view energy psychology with suspicion, EFT has actually met the criteria for evidence-based treatments set by the American Psychological Association for a number of conditions, including post-traumatic distress syndrome (PTSD).2
Research Validates EFT’s Effectiveness
In a critical review published in the American Psychological Association’s (APA) journal Review of General Psychology3last year, researchers found that EFT “consistently demonstrated strong effect sizes and other positive statistical results that far exceed chance after relatively few treatment sessions.”
Other recent studies demonstrate how EFT can accomplish remarkable progress in a very short amount of time for people with a history of trauma. For example:
A 2009 study4 of 16 institutionalized adolescent boys with histories of physical or psychological abuse showed substantially decreased intensity of traumatic memories after just ONE session of EFT.
An EFT study5 involving 30 moderately to severely depressed college students was conducted. The depressed students were given four 90-minute EFT sessions. Students who received EFT showed significantly less depression than the control group when evaluated three weeks later.
Most recently, a study published in the Energy Psychology Journal6 confirmed that the benefits from EFT are the result of the tapping process and not a placebo effect. The study included 20 college students who were divided into two groups. One group did EFT while the control group received mindfulness training. Before and after the sessions, positive and negative emotions were assessed.
This included enjoyment, hope, pride, anger, anxiety, shame, hopelessness, boredom, and mindfulness. Overall, the EFT group experienced significantly greater increases in positive emotions, such as hope and enjoyment, along with greater decreases in negative emotional states like anger and shame. The study concluded that:
“No significant change was found for mindfulness. Tapping on acupoints, combined with the vocalization of self-affirming statements, appears to be an active ingredient in EFT rather than an inert placebo. The results were consistent with other published reports demonstrating EFTs efficacy for addressing psychological conditions in students.”
Tapping Alters Conditioned Responses
Such findings come as no great surprise to other researchers in the field, such as Dr. Dawson Church, Ph.D., founder of the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare. Dr. Church told the Examiner:
“We learn early on to disassociate from our emotions. EFT is a way that people can feel safe and empowered to process their emotions. When we tap and use affirmative statements, we can actually change our old conditioned responses.”
Earlier this year, Dr. Church published a review7 of more than 40 different EFT studies evaluating the effectiveness of the method. In his paper, he cites studies demonstrating the method’s effectiveness for a wide range of emotional problems, including:
| Phobias | Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | Anxiety | Depression |
| Pain | Weight loss and food cravings | Athletic and academic performance | Test anxiety |
Dr. Church’s website, ResearchEFTUniverse.com,8 is a great resource if you want to learn more about EFT and the research that has been done on each of these ailments, as well as other problems. According to Dr. Church:
“EFT has been researched in more than 10 countries, by more than 60 investigators, whose results have been published in more than 20 different peer-reviewed journals… EFT research includes investigators affiliated with many different institutions.”
It’s worth noting that as a general rule, the research being done on EFT is done using the techniques originally developed by Gary Craig.9 An expanding list of similar techniques has sprung up since then, and while they might provide similar benefits, EFT is the only empirically validated treatment version. (The APA defines an empirically validated treatment as one for which there are two different controlled trials conducted by independent research teams.)
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