Third Leading Cause of Death in US

"Pharmaceuticals, as packaged by modern medicine, are the third leading cause of death in this country... they are useless, because most of the medication they are using is to cover up symptoms and signs and complications of dehydration in the human body. The human body manifests dehydration by a series of symptoms and signs, perceptive symptoms of dehydration -- in other words, brain senses dehydration, or tiredness when you haven't done a good day's work, or first thing in the morning when you want to get up out of bed and you're tired, you can't get up -- that is a sign of dehydration. Then anger, quick reaction, depression, these are all signs of dehydration, when the brain has very little energy from hydroelectricity to cope with the information or take action. These are some of the perceptive signs of dehydration. Then the body has its drought management program, which are allergies, hypertension, diabetes, and also immune diseases." This from an interview with the world's authority on water, the Author of "The Water cure", Dr. Batmanghelidj

Are We Really Living Longer?

There was an interesting comment in Weston A. Price's latest Wise Traditions Magazine: "Are We Really Living Longer?" "An astute member has sent us some interesting statistics about centenarians [people 100 years old & over]. From a video segment recent aired on Nova, we learn that one 1 in 10,000 Americans will live to age 100. US census data indicates that in 1990 there were an estimated 37,306 centenarians out of 248,709,870 or 1 in 6,721 people. According to numbers compiled at the University of Virginia, in 1830 there were 2,600 centenarians out of 12,866,020 people, or 1 in 4,956, more than twice as many as a percentage of population than there are today. So much for assurances that this generation will live longer than ever."

Don’t buy into the fallacy that we are living longer because of modern medicine. It just simply is not true. It makes us feel better to say it while making our poor diet and lifestyle choices. The better question to ask would be, “Is our quality of life any better?”

Dietary Guidelines

Basics:

If you look at the human body as a furnace and food as the fuel you will gain a better understanding of the following guidelines. The main concern is the ash (or waste) that is left in the body once the food is burned for fuel. The more alkaline the ash, the more life enhancing the fuel. The more acidic the ash, the more disease is created. If the ph level in the body is too acidic for more than 3-4 hours, you die. In order to survive, your body is forced to leech calcium from your bones to neutralize the ph level. The key is to avoid acid forming foods and flood your body with nutrient dense whole foods. You should always make every effort to eat your foods as close to the way they grow in nature as possible. Your diet should consist of 70% raw, 20% cooked and 10% crap foods.

**Your food should be made and consumed with love and joy**

What to Eat:

Fresh, whole and raw vegetables

Dried (beans, peas, and fruit if it is not processed)

Frozen (flash-frozen is best)

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What not to eat:

Most foods above this line leave an alkaline ash. The foods listed below leave an acidic ash in the body. Certain substances are not compatible with good health and should be eliminated from any diet designed to promote good health. Look at the following list- if you are consuming any (or all) of these on a regular basis, you may want to consider replacing those items with a more health enhancing, whole food alternative.

Coffee- one cup of organic decaf a day is ok (unless your condition is critical but remember the darker the roast the more rancid the bean)

Refined, white flour- look for stone ground, whole grain flour

Refined sugar- consider rice bran syrup, honey or stevia

Alcohol- all kinds – yes even red wine

Black teas – most herbal teas are ok but look out for natural flavors/MSG

All carbonated beverages – including sparkling water

Ice cream- in fact most people should avoid ALL dairy products while healing

Chocolate

Black pepper- use cayenne or other chili peppers

Table salt- use sea salt

Trans fatty acids & hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils- no exceptions

Saturated fats

Artificial sweeteners

Meats:
Meat- it should be considered a condiment and not the staple of the meal. Your meats need to be ‘clean’ meats raised without drugs or hormones and be grass fed. (www.WestonAPrice.org is a great source to find a local farm to you). You should NEVER eat fried meat.

• Eat small portions (no more than 3-5 ounces at a time) and not out of a can.
• Avoid at all costs eating ‘white foods’ with meat. (Bread pasta, white rice, white potatoes…) If you eat meat and rice together you are turning your meat into sugar, adding 15 hours to your digestive process, and rolling out the welcome mat to parasites!
• To offset the acid ash left when the body burns animal proteins eat 5 times the amount of greens to the animal protein at the same meal.
• Fish- fresh salmon or other cold water fish (only fresh caught nothing farm raised)
• Fowl- fresh pheasant, free range chicken or turkey, quail
• Red Meat- grass fed with no antibiotics or hormones.

Avoid the following:

• Pork
• Shrimp
• Crab
• Lobster
• Oysters
• Other scavenger or carnivorous animals.

You have to remember that our oceans are filled with so many toxins nowadays and most of these creatures bottom feed and then you are in turn ingesting those toxins. Pork is one of the most parasitic animals out there and should be avoided.

Activating your nuts and seeds and grains:

All of your nuts, seeds and grains should be organic and raw. Before eating them you do need to prepare them to activate the dormant enzymes so that you can digest them.

Soak them overnight and then place them in a dehydrator at the lowest temperature until dry. If you are in a hurry soak your nuts or seeds in salt water over night and then place them in a 350 degree oven for 5-10 minutes. Soak your brown rice in lemon water overnight before cooking normally.