What on Earth IS "Diatomaceous Earth"?

Lets look at some of the benefits of Silica:

Some have contacted me about my current fast. I have not been on e-mail a lot lately as I am putting the finishing touches on my book and have been traveling. I love this article by Ron Lagerquist over at www.freedomyou.com, a wonderful website full of great fasting informatin. Although I am not particularly religious and FreedomYou is definitely what I would consider a "Christian" site, I absolutely encourage everybody to check out this incredible resource on nutrition and fasting that I am so grateful for. My fast is going great - it's LIFE-CHANGING. I will surely go 100+ days if it stays this smooth, which I have every anticipation of it doing. Wild, I know. Tomorrow I'm heading to the ocean to camp with a friend who dearly desires to quit smoking and lose weight. We'll be camping alone, getting her away from temptation, and getting her on the Master Cleanse (for now). What a great feeling!  And SO MUCH FUN! Namaste! Erica

Juice Fasting
Combining the force of living juices and the body's healing ability!

by

Ron Lagerquist
 

Juice Fasting vs Water Fasting
Unless you have a slow metabolism fasting on water has become a near impossible exercise for a body that has been fed on the modern diet. It's hard to tell this to someone who believes juice fasting is a compromise, cheating, not real fasting.  But I can tell you juice fasting is as rigorous today as water fasting was in Christ's day.  The reason for this is not obvious unless you have an understanding of what goes on in the body during fasting.  

Cells are like tiny sponges; they absorb what you breathe, eat, drink and apply to your skin. Over the years of poor eating and exposure to environmental toxins, there is a buildup within the body.  During water fasting, these toxins are released at a rapid rate creating great discomfort.  Water fasting becomes a hellish experience where more time is spent gagging on toxins than enjoying deepened fellowship with God.  The juice of fruits and vegetables are filled with healing and cleansing properties that allow the body to gently and safely detoxify.  Juice fasting can become an effective stepping-stone to water fasting. 

I tread lightly here because I do believe in a God of miracles.  If you are clear that God has called you to a water fast then He will give you the strength to get through.  But I also believe in a God of wisdom.    After one has cleansed years of toxins through juice fasting the wonder of water fasting will then be within reach.  

Juice Fasting and Healing
Juice fasting has a greater ability to encourage healing compared to fasting on water.  Juice fasting cleanses the body while supplying a remarkable increase in vitamins, minerals and enzymes.  Cancer cells, toxins, built-up chemicals, excess body fat, transformed fatty acids, impacted mucus in the bowel, sickness and disease are all dramatically impacted.  This is evident in the countless healing testimonies Freedomyou has received.   Living fruit and vegetable juices are radiating with healing properties.  Antioxidants attache themselves to toxins, effectively removing them from the body.  A living fuel that takes no digestive energies, allowing the body's entire focus to be on healing and rejuvenation.  Packed with vitamins, minerals, living enzymes, antioxidants, phytochemicals, yet low enough in calories to force the body to cannibalize on its filthy waste, propelling you to vigorous physical health and clarity of mind.  There will be periods of toxic crisis, but once you learn not to fear them they can bring an exciting anticipation that your body is going through a deep cleansing.  You can increase your vitality whether you are a 21-year-old athlete or a 71-year-old getting ready for a honeymoon! 

All the essential nutrients in fruit and vegetables are locked within their fibers.  A juice extractor frees these essential nutrients so they can be absorbed and used directly, requiring a minimum amount of digestive effort.  Therefore the metabolic energy can be used 100% for cleansing mucoid matter from the lymph and toxins from the cellular tissue.  What you need to increase the quantity of enzymes, vitamins and minerals absorbed into the body is a juice extractor!  A good juice extractor is a valuable tool in achieving vitality. Freedomyou Top Pick Juicer 

Fruit and vegetable juices are the cleansers, energizers, builders, and regenerators of the human system.  A combination of either fresh raw fruit or vegetable juices will supply all the enzymes, vitamins, minerals, protein, and fats critical to increased vitality!  Adding live juices to one's diet as a daily routine, many have experienced a rejuvenating effect and healing of various illnesses such as cancer, leukemia, arthritis, high blood pressure, kidney disorders, skin infections, liver disorders, alcoholism, and smoking.  Supplying the body with easily absorbed nutrients, while the body is cleansing itself in the fasting state, avoids the dangers of total abstinence associated with water fasting.  Be confident this method is both safe and beneficial. Juice Recipes

To a healthy clean body, fasting comes as natural as eating.  During water or juice fasting, the protein levels of the blood remain constant.  Although protein is being used, a person fasting 40 days on water will not suffer a deficiency of protein, vitamins, minerals or fatty acids.  In the breakdown of dying and diseased cells, all essential substances are available while fasting for reuse within the body.  These are utilized and conserved in a most extraordinary manner.  

For most health conditions, juice fasting is the best method to transform health.  Through juice fasting, thousands of individuals have been freed from serious diseases such as cancer, leukemia, arthritis, high blood pressure, kidney disorders, skin infections, liver disorders, alcoholism and even smoking. Because juice fasting removes toxins and excess fatty tissue while supplying a full spectrum of nutrients, it has an advantage over any weight-loss program. I have been spellbound by the joy and happiness that radiate from those who lost from 20 to 100 lbs. of excess fatty tissue on a juice fast.   

Juice fasting works because it does two things: 

Removes Toxins–Eliminates life-robbing toxins that hinder the body's God-given recuperative abilities. 

Increases Nutrients–Floods the body with nutrients that energize the body's natural regenerative abilities. 

Modified Juice Fasting
You may consider modifying the fast by including quarter slices of avocado or banana to slow the cleansing process.  Modified juice fasting is good for those with health restrictions such as diabetes or hypoglycaemia.  Bananas and avocados are slow to digest and maintain a stable blood sugar level.  Their high calorie content slows the intensity of the fast and, because they are easy to digest, the body still devotes energy to cleansing.  

The natural healing ability of juices reinforces the compassion that God has for supplying our physical needs.  

Juice fasting can include fresh juice, herbal teas, sweetened with honey or Sucanat, vegetable broth, Barley Green, wheatgrass juice, and supplements helpful to your specific condition.  You can even have home made frozen juice popsicles. 

If using the enema kit, I recommend it once on the first day and once per day for the first week.  Following this once every two or three days is sufficient.  The enema kit should be used in a cleansing crisis or for a cleansing reaction.  If you choose not to use the  enema kit, two teaspoons of powdered phylum husk per day will help move the toxins out of the colon.  Prune juice or senna tea also may be beneficial.  

How much juice can I drink while juice fasting? 
I have been asked this question so may times I decided to answer here twice.  Drink to your heart's content!  On a busy day I have consumed a gallon of carrot/apple juice and the juice of two large cantaloupes.  Fresh, strained juices will not encourage hunger or pull you out of the fasting state.  Other days, like on weekends, I may naturally slip into water fasting, forcing a slowdown, deepening my prayer and solitude with God.    

There are times the body will desire a greater intake of juice.  Increased physical activity or entering into detoxification state can trigger increased juice consumption.  I have found I drink more juice at the beginning of my fast, and as the fast progresses, my need for juice diminishes.  This is not so with everyone. 

Try to stay away from dead, bottled juices, for some unknown reason they can cause hunger and are far less sustaining.  Remember V8 is not juice but a blended food, containing tomato paste and tons of salt.  If you treat yourself to this easy food you will experience hunger afterward indicating an awakened digestion, the last thing you want when fasting.    

Be careful not to drink too much acidic juice in the morning.  Melon or vegetable juices are best if drinking large amounts.  Acidic juice early in the morning may cause stomach cramps for some.  

If you have decided to water fast I find it a real challenge to drink the daily 8-10 glasses recommended.  It's the experience of many to lose their thirst altogether.  Nonetheless, force yourself to drink as much water as you can.  Water will help clean the body of toxins through the kidneys.  In our toxic environment, maintaining a fresh supply of water going into the system will force the flushing out of toxins instead of a build-up, causing discomfort.

- From www.freedomyou.com

Dehydration is the loss of water and salts essential for normal body function.

Dehydration occurs when the body loses more fluid than it takes in. This condition can result from illness; a hot, dry climate; prolonged exposure to sun or high temperatures; not drinking enough water; and overuse of diuretics or other medications that increase urination. Dehydration can upset the delicate fluid-salt balance needed to maintain healthy cells and tissues.

Water accounts for about 60% of a man's body weight. It represents about 50% of a woman's weight. Young and middle-aged adults who drink when they're thirsty do not generally have to do anything more to maintain their body's fluid balance. Children need more water because they expend more energy, but most children who drink when they are thirsty get as much water as their systems require.

Adults over the age of 60 who drink only when they are thirsty probably get only about 90% of the fluid they need. Developing a habit of drinking only in response to the body's thirst signals raises an older person's risk of becoming dehydrated. Seniors who have relocated to areas where the weather is warmer or dryer than the climate they are accustomed to are even likelier to become dehydrated unless they make it a practice to drink even when they are not thirsty.

Dehydration in children usually results from losing large amounts of fluid and not drinking enough water to replace the loss. This condition generally occurs in children who have stomach flu characterized by vomiting and diarrhea, or who can not or will not take enough fluids to compensate for excessive losses associated with fever and sweating of acute illness. An infant can become dehydrated only hours after becoming ill. Dehydration is a major cause of infant illness and death throughout the world.

Mild dehydration is the loss of no more than 5% of the body's fluid. Loss of 5–10% is considered moderate dehydration. Severe dehydration (loss of 10–15% of body fluids) is a life-threatening condition that requires immediate medical care.

When the body's fluid supply is severely depleted, hypovolemic shock is likely to occur. This condition, which is also called physical collapse, is characterized by pale, cool, clammy skin; rapid heartbeat; and shallow breathing.

Blood pressure sometimes drops so low it can not be measured, and skin at the knees and elbows may become blotchy. Anxiety, restlessness, and thirst increase. After the patient's temperature reaches 107°F (41.7°C) damage to the brain and other vital organs occurs quickly.

From www.answers.com

FACTS TO PONDER:
(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.
(B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are120, 000.
(C) Accidental deaths per physician are 0.171.

Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health Human Services.

Now think about this:
Guns:
(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000. (Yes, that's 80million...)

(B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500.
(C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .000188.

Statistics courtesy of FBI

So, statistically, doctors are approximately
9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.

Remember, "Guns don't kill people, doctors do."

FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.

Researchers Detail Chemotherapy's Damage to the Brain

A commonly used chemotherapy drug causes healthy brain cells to die off long after treatment has ended and may be one of the underlying biological causes of the cognitive side effects – or "chemo brain" – that many cancer patients experience. That is the conclusion of a study published today in the Journal of Biology.



A team of researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and Harvard Medical School have linked the widely used chemotherapy drug 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) to a progressing collapse of populations of stem cells and their progeny in the central nervous system.



"This study is the first model of a delayed degeneration syndrome that involves a global disruption of the myelin-forming cells that are essential for normal neuronal function," said Mark Noble, Ph.D., director of the University of Rochester Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Institute and senior author of the study. "Because of our growing knowledge of stem cells and their biology, we can now begin to understand and define the molecular mechanisms behind the cognitive difficulties that linger and worsen in a significant number of cancer patients.

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Cancer patients have long complained of neurological side effects such as short-term memory loss and, in extreme cases, seizures, vision loss, and even dementia. Until very recently, these cognitive side effects were often dismissed as the byproduct of fatigue, depression, and anxiety related to cancer diagnosis and treatment. Now a growing body of evidence has documented the scope of these conditions, collectively referred to as chemo brain. And while it is increasingly acknowledged by the scientific community that many chemotherapy agents may have a negative impact on brain function in a subset of cancer patients, the precise mechanisms that underlie this dysfunction have not been identified.



Virtually all cancer survivors experience short-term memory loss and difficulty concentrating during and shortly after treatment. A study two years ago by researchers with the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester showed that upwards of 82 percent of breast cancer patients reported that they suffer from some form of cognitive impairment.



While these effects tend to wear off over time, a subset of patients, particularly those who have been administered high doses of chemotherapy, begin to experience these cognitive side effects months or longer after treatment has ceased and the drugs have long since departed their systems. For example, a recent study estimates that somewhere between 15 percent and 20 percent of the nation's 2.4 million female breast cancer survivors have lingering cognitive problems years after treatment. Another study showed that 50 percent of women had not recovered their previous level of cognitive function one year after treatment.



Two years ago, Noble and his team showed that three common chemotherapy drugs used to treat a wide range of cancers were more toxic to healthy brain cells than the cancer cells they were intended to treat. While these experiments were among the first to establish a biological basis for the acute onset of chemo brain, they did not explain the lingering impact that many patients experience.



The scientists conducted a similar series of experiments in which they exposed both individual cell populations and mice to doses of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in amounts comparable to those used in cancer patients. 5-FU is among a class of drugs called antimetabolites that block cell division and has been used in cancer treatment for more than 40 years. The drug, which is often administered in a "cocktail" with other chemotherapy drugs, is currently used to treat breast, ovarian, stomach, colon, pancreatic and other forms of cancer.



The researchers discovered that months after exposure, specific populations of cells in the central nervous – oligodendrocytes and dividing precursor cells from which they are generated – underwent such extensive damage that, after six months, these cells had all but disappeared in the mice.



Oligodendrocytes play an important role in the central nervous system and are responsible for producing myelin, the fatty substance that, like insulation on electrical wires, coats nerve cells and enables signals between cells to be transmitted rapidly and efficiently. The myelin membranes are constantly being turned over, and without a healthy population of oligodendrocytes, the membranes cannot be renewed and eventually break down, resulting in a disruption of normal impulse transmission between nerve cells.



These findings parallel observations in studies of cancer survivors with cognitive difficulties. MRI scans of these patients' brains revealed a condition similar to leukoencephalopathy. This demyelination – or the loss of white matter – can be associated with multiple neurological problems.



"It is clear that, in some patients, chemotherapy appears to trigger a degenerative condition in the central nervous system," said Noble. "Because these treatments will clearly remain the standard of care for many years to come, it is critical that we understand their precise impact on the central nervous system, and then use this knowledge as the basis for discovering means of preventing such side effects.

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Noble points out that not all cancer patients experience these cognitive difficulties and determining why some patients are more vulnerable may be an important step in developing new ways to prevent these side effects. Because of this study, researchers now have a model which, for the first time, allows scientists to begin to examine this condition in a systematic manner.



Other investigators participating in the study include Ruolan Han, Ph.D., Yin M. Yang, M.D., Anne Luebke, Ph.D., Margot Mayer-Proschel, Ph.D., all with URMC, and Joerg Dietrich, M.D., Ph.D., formerly with URMC and now with Harvard Medical School. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, the Komen Foundation for the Cure, and the Wilmot Cancer Center.



For more media inquiries, contact:
Mark Michaud
(585) 273-4790
mark_michaud@urmc.rochester.edu

But where do we get protein and calcium from if we can't eat meat or drink milk???

Protein:

Did you know that according to the U.S.D.A the 1 source of protein on the planet is not beef or even liver? But spirulina, a green algae purchased in the format of powder? So let's clean up the protein myth right here and now; protein is created by the human body using amino acids as raw materials. The idea that muscle can be only created by eating muscle is absurd. Do we eat eyeballs to help our vision? Teeth to strengthen our teeth? No. Other sources of protein are broccoli (40% protein), baked beans, tofu, lentils, nori, miso, nuts such as almonds, cashews, pistachios, pecans, & walnuts also any green leafy veggie.

Calcium: Assuming serving size is 1cup

    Calcium is also found in many things that are high in protein as well, like broccoli. Broccoli has 150mg of calcium per serving. Black beans 103mg, Navy beans 128mg, mustard greens 200mg, spinach 244mg, tofu 572mg, bean sprouts 56mg, kale has 94mg, and collards have 400mg per cup.

**Only 32% of milks calcium is absorbed by the body!!