Hi Anii,

I had some pretty bad symptoms about a couple of years ago IBS and bad heartburn - real bad (both now gone)

Recent research has shown a link between disease such as UC and Crones disease and bacterial dysbiosis. While treating stomach ulcers with the new antibiotic triple therapy, these conditions were concurrently eradicated. I assume that you know that stomach ulcers are in fact caused by bad bacteria residing in the gut wall – google: helicobacter.

I have suffered some discomfort in the past myself with this and colitis and was diagnosed with a helicobacter infection. No way would I submit to antibiotic nuclear winter of my intestinal flora, so I devised a different approach which proved very successful. Rather than take the antibiotic approach, I decided to take the Pro-biotic approach!

With a strategy of restoring the good bacteria in my GI tract, I decided to first to change my internal environment to favor good bacteria and second, to then re-implant the good bacteria in my GI tract. In my particular case, this proved so successful that I did not even make it to the second stage of the treatment.

I used a product named Homozon from America to create a favourable internal environment (imitations may not work).  I also used GSE (grapefruit seed extract) marketed as "Traveller's Friend. This is very effective against helicobacter but does not effect the Lactobaccilli. After a couple of months all symptoms disappeared.

The other product I procured was Eugalan Topfer from Germany (eBay) to re-implant the beneficial bacteria.

 I chose these products because of their outstanding pedigree. Lets face it. It‘s hard to know what garden variety health store supplements to trust in these days of $focused consumer marketing$.

Any approach which alters the GI environment for the better and encourages the growth of good bacteria – particularly acidophilus in the upper GI tract and Bifidus in the lower should serve to displace pathogenic bacteria and result in improvement. Pre-biotics may also help.

Given the therapeutic link, a treatment which works against helicobacter would also have a good chance of working against Chrone's disease.

Feel free to PM me for further information.

Good Health,
Neo.

The broad picture:

http://www.chiphealth.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=35&Itemid=50

95 percent of all studies are flawed simply because researchers are employed by big business..........and..........if they fail to achieve the desired results - guess who is out of a job!

You have to dig hard to find genuine research because axiomatically, there is no money in non commercial research!

The course conducted by the organization above includes a night entitled" Modern Medicine - Snares and Delusions" and guess what - they are doctors! Yes that's right, doctors crucifying their own profession because they have been motivated enough to rise above their stunted formal education. They have learned that drugs only hook people for life by addressing their symptoms and that a plant based diet is the primary treatment for diseases of civilization!

The specifics:
Grains do have to be either cooked or ground to breach the indigestible cellulose envelope to gain access to the nutrients but many would argue that they provide less than ideal nutrition. Cooked foods result in an immune response in the bloodstream called leukocytosis. This is where incompletely digested food particles enter the bloodstream and the body mounts a defense by proliferating white blood cells to digest these in the blood. Raw food does not invoke this response because of superior digestion so there is an obvius difference and your own body is smart enough to know that. To see the outcome, look at the examples of Pottengers Cats.

I have also been down this road of confusion myself. After many years I have come to distrust the Price Pottenger foundation. They seem to have a prime agenda of promoting subsistence farming whether that means good nutrition or not. Their own literature seems to be at odds with the studies they quote and it has been suggested that they do not reflect the original teachings of Weston Price himself!

Yes by cooking a food in a certain manner, you may make one nutrient more bio-available but sacrifice dozens of others in the process. Do you think that this is a sensible tradeoff?

As for Edward Howell. To me, his work seems to build a structurally sound thesis - an impressive one at that. Some seek to undermine his work by prying a brick loose here and there but that in no way has toppled the building in my view. Now I am not an expert in enzyme nutrition. But how many of his critics have devoted their life to it's study as he did? And strangely again, his critics seem to have unique associations. Raw meat is a bit hard to swallow but there is not a carnivorous animal in the world that needs to cook it first - maybe a message there???

As far as eating meat goes, modern produce is based on commercial gain and that is what you sit down to at the dinner table. It is just as corrupted as any modern commercial food source. So if you are going to eat meat – try to make it lean wild game rather than the fat impregnated lot fed animals pumped up with growth hormones and antibiotics.

Not that I am advocating a high meat diet - far from it!  However, from a nutritional standpoint, there are worse things than eating a piece of meat and some are promoted in the raw food movement. Processed fats and oils for example - divorded from their whole food context and devoid of any nutrition except empty calories!

Try to aim for a more natural diet – grow your own food if possible – even if it just a few plants in some pots to start. Avoid supermarket foods as much as possible – home grown is best. Real health is only as far way as your own garden. You grow it - you know it!

Good Health,
Neo.

   Check these out - they are a real crackup!

Can your blender do this 

Will it blende 50 marbles?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OmpnfL5PCw

Will it blende glowsticks?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l69Vi5IDc0g

Will it blend a garden rake?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM94aorYVS4

Will it blende a crow-bar!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifzdez7FRbk

Will it blende Chuck Norris???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdD54rG9oQA

Laughter is good for your health.
Neo.

Here are some snippets that I have gleaned offhe internet. Apologies to the authors:

fabric softener that will leave your clothes delightfully soft.
o   1/2 cup vinegar
o   1/4 cup bicarbonate soda/baking soda

Comment: This recipe shows a serious lack of understanding about what fabric softeners, and more importantly, the recipe ingredients are supposed to do. Fabric softeners of this type work by binding up the calcium and magnesium in hard water. The bicarbonate in baking soda is what does this. The vinegar is neutralizing some of the baking soda, without adding any benefit. This is only working because the vinegar didn't neutralize all of the baking soda. A better recipe would be to just use less baking soda (washing soda would work better) and no vinegar. Your friendly neighborhood chemist, Glenn

FABRIC SOFTENER - Try adding a handful of washing soda to your normal wash. Washing soda acts as a natural fabric softener by softening hard water and working with laundry detergents to remove heavy soiling and dirt from clothes, while leaving them soft and fresh. A stronger alternative to baking soda, washing soda can be used as a water softener in conjunction with laundry detergents (gloves are recommended as it may irritate the skin; do not use with silks, woolens or vinyl). It’s also good when trying to lift oil or grease. Sodium Carbonate can damage the skin, always wear gloves while handling. Washing soda is rather harsh, so never put it directly onto your laundry.
(I know this from first-hand "how did this fabric get a hole in it while I washed it?!" experience.) Just to be on the safe side, I start running water in the washer, add my detergent, and then start adding the laundry.

Now, about my recipe alteration. The laundry soap recipe calls for bar soap, borax, and washing soda. Bar soap (like the Ivory I was using) tends to leave a scum on the top of the water, and honestly, I'm not really sure how essential the bar soap is to getting clothes clean. So, I made the homemade laundry detergent without any bar soap -- just washing soda and borax. This resulted in a clear liquid.
I made the recipe double-strength (1 cup washing soda, 1 cup borax, and 2 gallons of water) and I use 1/3 cup for each load of laundry. I think it works just as well as the recipe that includes the bar soap! Our laundry smells fresh and clean, and even though it seems practically impossible that a little washing soda and borax cleans clothing so well, it does! (Actually, I think the water and agitation of the washer does a lot of the cleaning!)
Vinegar is my favorite household cleaner, but it can be a problem in the laundry because it really dulls colors. It is great when washing rags.

Neo

I bought a sunbeam for a friend a year or so ago.

Now food preparation to me is like the black arts - a thing of great mystery beyond my understanding.

But I can tell you that she is full on into food preparation and regularly uses it to make hummus and other raw creations. She has not had any complaints about it.

It looks to be quite good quality and has some innovative features.

You do get what you pay for though so I would not consider it a lifetime investment like the vitamix.

If you are going to be using it three time a day for life then it makes sense to go for the vitamix.

Just boils down to what you can afford and what you are willing to spend I guess.

Neo.

Hi Rita,


http://curezone.com/books/online/bowel/default.asp

A series of colonics may well prove benefical. The coffee enemas however work by stimulating the liver to throw off bile carrying away toxins with it which may otherwise paralyse the liver providing great relief. The coffee is absorbed by the portal vein in the colon and carried to the liver.



Moderation is the key here since salt is essentially BAD for body chemistry but the invaluable trace elements it contains are lacking in agriculture. Since your body only required these in trace amounts you don't need to take much. The purest unrefined salt is celtic sea salt. Salt water is very dilute by comparison and "relatively" safe, containing only small percentage of disolved salts.

EFA's may also help, the best forms being ground flax seed or walnuts preferably home-grown here in OZ if you casn get them.

Just PM me if you ever wish to discuss your options. I am happy to help.

Good Health,
Neo.

Hi,

Brain Clements of Hippocrates i America swears by L-Tryptophan and I am told that it is even a principal ingredient in many anti-depressant pharmaceutical drugs which I found surprising - drug companies incorporating amino acids in their products!

Detoxification can be beneficial - especially the liver. Coffee enemas can provide instant relief if you are intrepid enough. The liver is the primary organ for detoxification and a toxic liver can cripple blood chemistry. Gerson used these to great effect when treating his cancer patients. Even sever mental conditions such as schizophrenia were concurrently cured.

Oxidative therapies can be very helpful. I have taken Hydrogen peroxide orally and you can feel the effect in minutes. But be warned, do your homework first if you are going to play with this stuff. It is worth the effort but can slingshot on you if you do not follow the correct protocols.  However there are many oxidative supplements at health food stores which are very safe and can give you a lift. Read Ed McCabe's books to learn about these.

Just walking while largely ignored is greatly underestimated. You can walk off a bout of depression in an hour or two. Trouble is - who feels like going outside for a walk when you are depressed.

Trace minerals in sea water can have a positive influence. Try taking a tablespoon of sea water or supplement every day.

All these have on thing in common. They improve general cellular respiration and blood chemistry and it is ofen overlooked that the brain is also a body organ.

This may also be of help:

http://www.drnedley.com/c-books-by-dr-nedley.html

Neo.

Hi Sweetpea,

Reading both your post and one in another thread in this forum, I could not help but to draw similarities with some of my past complaints. So when you mentioned UC, I just had to respond.

I have posted here on how I managed to alleviate myself of all symptoms of Helicobacter infection. Please check ths out:

http://www.raw-pleasure.com.au/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,71/topic,5998.0

The thing is, the symptoms that result from this are many and varied - far beyond the textbook descriptions, possibly because it can migrate to other parts of the digestive tract beside the stomach.

One friend suffered from severe back pain between his shoulder blades which was vanquished after he had the medical treatment for helicobacter. In my case, discomfort could appear in any part of my abdomen or chest. Of all things, eating fruit would produce copious and protracted flatulence. Happily, these have now disappeared since my natural approach.

While I do not know if you have helicobacter, I do know that it is positively associated with colitis which also severley debilitated me in the past and therefore worth investigating.

Your problem is likely one of inflammation and poor assimilation and rather than poor nutrition. You must correct the colitis and other inflammations before your body can properly assimilate the nutrients in your food.

I hesitate to recommend shelf supplements. You usually have to look beyond the store shelves to find something which is manufactured to a humanitarian ideal rather than a cost-profit basis.

For mineral supplementation I would suggest ordinary sea water or a similar supplement. Take only small portions for the invaluable trace mineral spectrum. Beyond this, I think you are already taking the best supplements – green smoothies – just keep it simple though.

One thing which I also consumed in strict moderation while treating my condition was raw goat’s milk. While this does not re-implant humans strain bacteria, it has been shown to have a palliative influence on the gut flora. I feel it played a positive role in my recovery and it may also provide B12.

I would also suggest drinking pure water free of chlorine and fluoride which may adversely influence intestinal flora. The bottled “Refresh” brand is a good one. You should also test yourself for allergies and eliminate any offending food that may cause inflamation.

A good source of dulse is the Hippocrates Health Centre on the Gold Coast.

Hope you get better,
Neo.

Hi Deme,

While I do not know of a doctor in your area that is specifically raw, if you care to phone Jean Gidley (see brochure) she may be able to refer you to a CHIP trained doctor in the sunshine coast area which is just down the hill from you so to speak. CHIP doctors have been trained to address lifestyle diseases using diet and education as the primary treatment. This education is world class.

What is CHIP?  http://www.chiphealth.org.au   http://www.chipglobal.org

Brochure: http://www.chiphealth.org.au/images/chip/summitfullprogrammod.pdf


Specifically regarding UC:
Recent research has shown a link between disease such as UC and Crones disease and bacterial dysbiosis. While treating stomach ulcers with the new antibiotic triple therapy, these conditions were concurrently eradicated. I assume that you know that stomach ulcers are in fact caused by bad bacteria residing in the gut wall – google: helicobacter.

I have suffered some discomfort in the past myself with this and colitis and was diagnosed with a helicobacter infection. No way would I submit to antibiotic nuclear winter of my intestinal flora, so I devised a different approach which proved very successful. Rather than take the antibiotic approach, I decided to take the Pro-biotic approach!

With a strategy of restoring the good bacteria in my GI tract, I decided to first to change my internal environment to favor good bacteria and second, to then re-implant the good bacteria in my GI tract. In my particular case, this proved so successful that I did not even make it to the second stage of the treatment.

I used a product named Homozon from America to create a favourable internal environment (imitations may not work) and after a couple of months all symptoms disappeared. The other product I procured was Eugalan Topfer from Germany (eBay) to re-implant the beneficial bacteria. I chose these products because of their outstanding pedigree. Lets face it. It‘s hard to know what garden variety health store supplements to trust in these days of $focused consumer marketing$.

Any approach which alters the GI environment for the better and encourages the growth of good bacteria – particularly acidophilus in the upper GI tract and Bifidus in the lower should serve to displace pathogenic bacteria and result in improvement. Pre-biotics may also help.

Feel free to PM me for further information.

Good Health,
Neo.

   Healing Crisis Explained:

When you consume very unnatural foods and in excess quantity, your vital organs will not be able to process the toxic load - or avalanche as the case may be. What is unable to be processed is shunted into the tissues, especially the fatty tissues and cell walls - hopefully to be processed at a later time when the consumption of the toxic load ceases.

  Unfortunately for most in Western Society, this day never comes. These stored toxins deteriorate the function of the cells in which they reside, eventually leading to disease.

If you cease to consume the daily Western toxic diet, the body is now presented with an opportunity. Rather than now having to devote energy to processing the toxic burden in your diet, it can now turn inwards to cleanse the tissues of these stored toxins. This is detoxification and requires no special supplements. To borrow a book title from a health writer. "The Body is the Hero". It does the work naturally.

Living on a natural diet, the body will slowly but surely detoxify over a period of time with minimal discomfort. The elimination is essentially controlled and regulated.

  We can however, stimulate this process by fasting or consuming supplements such as wheatgrass juice which encourage the body to detoxify. Wheatgrass supplies a weakened body with a complete and potent cross spectrum of vital nutrients which gives it a powerful boost to it's natural vitality enhancing basic cellular function. This is just what the cells need to shrug off their toxic load.

  Unfortunately this toxic flood is sometimes more than the organs of elimination can bear. The liver and kidneys become inundated by a lifetime of waste brought out too quickly into solution in the bloodstream. They cannot cope so the toxic overspill is then mopped up by the skin and other secondary eliminative organs. This results in discomfort in the form of skin eruptions and acute body eliminations making the person feel ill or nauseous.

  This is a healing crisis - an UNREGULATED release of body toxins. While poignant, this is not necessarily the best approach to detoxification. In fact it can kill a very weak person.

As Rudolph has said, Ehret was the master of this knowledge. He stated that a 2 week fast can heal one man and kill another. It all depends on the state of the body - it's measure of vitality and it's toxic burden.

   Wheatgrass juice is very powerful and king of detoxification in the juice world so it’s consumption must be moderated according to your body’s tolerance. Later Anne Wigmore turned to the green smoothies as the natural fibre in the WHOLE food regulated the uptake of the cleansing nutrients taking the acute edge off the elimination allowing the patient to relax in relative comfort. The fibre also serves a valuable function in cleansing the colon which is usually the primary toxic load in the body.

Wheatgrass is a powerful and valuable tool but like any tool, if used in unmoderated quantities can result in an overwhelming healing crisis. Initially, some people can only handle very small doses.

   I am reminded of a time when I was experimenting with oxygen therapies. I got *y and disregarded the dosage protocols. Too much too soon! I was kept awake for almost 2 weeks of sleepless nights by fits of coughing as the excess oxygen bubbled off in my lungs, clearing them of expelled mucus and toxins. By the end of this I was exhausted to the point of collapse. This is not an experience I would ever care to repeat.

  Upon a recent visit to the Hippocrates Health Resort, I decided to grasp the opportunity an thrust myself headlong into the initial detox regime over and above what was required. After several days, I had to back off and resume solid food as I was in a pretty bad way and unable to function mentally.

  So for those seeking adventure, I would counsel a course of moderation and above all REGULATION. If you are consuming a healthy diet time is your friend. Healing crises while they may be spectacular can also be dangerous. They are not necessary to achieve body detoxification and they are not necessarily desirable.

 
Good Health,
Neo.

I will open by saying that I have done such an extended juice fast. Once you get into the groove it is pretty easy to persue.

However, you should not undertake it unless your colon is very clean. If you don't clean out the "sewer" the toxins will just back up in the body and you can drown in them. It is best to take an intestinal bulking agent such as psyllium powder to cleanse the colon while you are doing it. Other agents may be combined to enhance the cleansing process. Enemas or Colemas are also highly recommended during the cleansing process.

The body will cleanse itslef regardless of what type of juice you consume - all you have do do is cease burdening it with your daily toxic junk food load. However green leaf juices are very high in specific oxidative enzymes responsible for cellular respiration and detoxification and in this grasses are a whole food and king of the crop.

Beware of consuming fruit juices. Without the accompanying fibre from the whole fruit or fibre supplements to attenuate the sugar uptake, you will artificially eleveate your blood sugar levels stressing the hell out of vital organs and creating wild swings in your blood glucose levels leading to hypo's. So go very light on the fruits and gulp the greens. Better to save the fruits for green smoothies with lots of fibre.

Bear in mind Arnold Ehret's words. "A two week fast can heal one man and cure another". It all depends on your body's toxic load. It is wise not to set targets but instead listen to your body. First gain experience by fasts of shorter duration.

As for the colon cleansing itself after an extended fast - I very much doubt that would happen during a single fast and if it did it would be a very traumatic way of doing it and very stressful to the body. Health pioneers such as Paul Bragg did experienced this but only after many many years on a very natural diet.

As for Bernard Jensen, he wrote his book on colon cleansing after Vic Irons literally saved his life with his excellent colon cleansing programme.

http://www.springreen.com/aboutus_founder.html

Good health,
Neo.

I think a lot depends on your personal relationship with the intended recipient.

A complete stranger does not know you and the uninitiated are bound to respond with incredulity when they are incessantly blasted from all media angles 24/7 "eat meat", "drink milk" and so on.

So when you consider where they are, suggestions of extreme measures while in some cases necessary, are usually rejected as cult rantings. In the eyes of the average indoctrinated SAD victim, we are unqualified strangers and our advice seems fanatical – in short we are fringe nut cases.

How to get them to take the first steps? You need to point them towards someone who they respect, someone who holds authority in their eyes. Yes – A Medical Professional. But of course I am not talking about just any ordinary doctor. I am talking about an educated one. Such rarities do exist and I happen to be fortunate enough to know a few.

In my town, they all have one thing in common. They are associated with the CHIP course.

www.chipglobal.org.au

While it may not be the ultimate ideal, the CHIP course is excellent and I have seen staunch partners dragged along against their will become equally vocal adherents. If you can just get someone started towards deducing the fact that there is indeed a fundamental relationship between diet and health then they have made their first steps and these are the most difficult ones.

CHIP is not raw but for many people- especially the uninitiated, it represents an initial compromise that they can live with and a starting point from which they can grow. It is however, a plant based diet. The course includes meal preparatin lessons and is as practical as it is educational.

 Every situation is unique but generally speaking I try to broach the subject with those in need. However I do try to choose the time and place. You can feel for response by posing some discreet questions that may tell whether it wise to proceed.

While you are often dismissed, occasionally amazing things can happen. I have seen individuals who I would class as hard adversaries turn around over the course of a lifetime – gives one cause for hope!

I then work a little psychology – “Hey! I know a doctor who has helped people just like you.”
A doctor with a CHIP education can be a valuable friend who can bridge the chasm between a SAD deluded society and total raw converts.

This makes my job very easy – really. When the hard work is done – those first agonizing steps. Now I can step in and take it to the next level but I do this gently, mindful of what my new friend can handle.

I would even recommend this course to the members of this forum. It is not cheap but you may just learn a few things. Courses have been conducted in Perth and Sydney with more to follow. Here ia a link to current events in Australia and a brief introduction:

http://www.chiphealth.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=2


Description
Whether you are suffering from a serious medical condition or simply looking to improve your quality of life for good health in the years to come, the CHIP project will be of immense benefit to you.

CHIP is a lifestyle health improvement project that seeks to educate people in the potential of disease prevention and reversal through correct diet and lifestyle measures. It serves to forge a supportive community which encourages participants to develop and grow in a lifestyle which places you in personal control of your own health.

CHIP's founder is Dr. Hans Diehl, a former director of research at the famous Pritiken Longevity Centre. The CHIP project is conducted in Australia by medical professionals specifically trained to conduct the program.

CHIP provides some desperately needed sound nutritional truths proven by longstanding epidemiological studies conducted in many countries worldwide. It addresses causative factors in such conditions as Coronary Health, Diabetes, Osteoporosis, Cancer and more. At the same time it serves to dispel myriad myths and confusion which are often portrayed as contemporary dietary wisdom.

Participants who embrace the CHIP lifestyle, typically experience significant heath improvement even during the course of the 4 week educational program. Lowered cholesterol, triglycerides and blood glucose levels allow some patients to reduce or ultimately abandon the need for medication altogether.

So what does CHIP stand for? - Coronary Health Improvement Project - but do not be misled – it encompasses so much more. Watch this forum for upcoming dates of free information nights in a city near you.



Don’t give up. But cast your seeds with a gentle hand in measure with which they are received.

From one seed a whole forest can grow and you never know where your seeds may fall.

Good Health,
Neo.

http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=truth+about+food&tab=av&scope=all

Here is a link to a a video clip file from the show.

Good Health,
Neo.

http://rawfoodrightnow.blogspot.com/2007/09/oprah-dr-oz-and-raw-food.html


Good Health,
Neo

Hi Bella,
Here is a link to the show featuring Dr. Mehmet Oz.
He is actually a celebrated heart surgeon who turned to natural healing methods.

http://www2.oprah.com/health/yourbody/slide/slide_yourbody_embarrassing_101.jhtml

Good health,
Neo.