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"The flowers and leaves kill dogs, asses, mules, and very many of other four footed beasts: but if men drink them in wine they are a remedy against the bitings of Serpents, and the rather if Rue be added."
John Gerard, on the oleander plant, from "The Herbal, or General History of Plants", 1633 edition

--------------------------------------------The Bible tells us that God promises to make available whatever we need to heal ourselves. For example, a portion of Ezekiel is interpreted to tell us that God promises to provide "trees--not merely one tree of life as in Paradise but many: to supply immortal food and medicine to the people of God . . ." A number of scholars and researchers believe that one of the foremost of those holy plants is the oleander, known in Biblical times as "the desert rose". Perhaps not coincidentally, the "rose" was one of the most powerful symbols of early religion, predating even the Bible, and it continues to be a symbol of divinity and healing to many to this very day. "The desert rose", or oleander, has a history of medicinal use that dates back at least 3000 years in the Mid-East, where Christianity itself first blossomed . . .

Tony Isaacs
---------------------------------------------A special thanks to the two companies who have supported our efforts to help people beat and avoid cancer, HIV, hepatitis-C and other diseases by providing discounts on their products for readers of this book. For details, please refer to the last page of this book. Thanks also to Ed Hensley, JD in San Antonio ( the father of oleander soup); AIDS researcher Marc Swanapoel in Johannesburg, Doctor George Otto, PhD in Brazil and Hombre Medicina in Austin
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In Memory of my truly GrandMothers:

Dorothy Scott Johnson & Lessie Hilliard Isaacs

I think they would both approve.

Required Disclaimers
WARNING: THE OLEANDER PLANT AND ALL OF ITS PARTS, IN RAW, UNCOOKED FORM, IS POISONOUS AND TOXIC TO ALL LIVING ANIMALS. A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE RAW MATERIAL, IF INGESTED, CAN CAUSE DEATH. THIS BOOKLET IS INTENDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND NO MEDICAL CLAIMS ARE MADE HERE WHATSOEVER. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS FOR COOKING THE PLANT MATERIAL EXACTLY, COOKING IT IN BOILING WATER FOR AT LEAST FOUR (4) HOURS, STRAINING THE CONCENTRATE EXTRACT AT ROOM TEMPERATURE AFTERWARDS. WHEN CUTTING FRESH OLEANDER PLANTS, DO NOT ALLOW THE SAP TO CONTACT EXPOSED SKIN - IT IS TOXIC AND WILL PENETRATE YOUR SKIN. WASH WITH WATER IMMEDIATELY IF ACCIDENTAL CONTACT OCCURS. SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION IF RAW OLEANDER IS INGESTED. WEAR RUBBER GLOVES WHEN CUTTING AND HANDLING OLEANDER. WASH THE GLOVES IN WATER AND SOAP AFTER USE. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS WARNING CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. NO GUARANTEES ARE MADE ABOUT THIS FORMULA NOR DO I/WE SPECIFICALLY RECOMMEND MAKING IT. THE DECISION TO MAKE THIS FORMULA IS YOUR DECISION. DUE TO THE CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE CONTENTS OF OLEANDER EXTRACTS AND THE DIGITALIS LIKE QUALITIES THEREOF, ANYONE WITH A HEART CONDITION, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, TAKING DIGITALIS OR DIGOXIN, OR ON BLOOD THINNERS MAY BE AT RISK FOR STROKE AND SHOULD SEEK THE OPINION OF A QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL, PREFERABLY ONE WELL VERSED IN INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE, BEFORE CONSIDERING TAKING ANY FORM OR OLEANDER. LIKEWISE, EVERYTHING IN THE BONUS SELECTION, A PLAN FOR LIVING A LONG AND HEALTHY LIFE, AT THE END OF THIS BOOK HAS BEEN REPORTED TO HAVE ALL OF THE BENEFITS BY MANY DIFFERENT SOURCES INCLUDING SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; HOWEVER, NO MEDICAL CLAIM IS MADE AND THE MATERIAL IS FURNISHED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. IF YOU ARE UNDER A DOCTORS CARE AND TAKING ANY MEDICATIONS, YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE USING ANY OF THE SUPPLEMENTS, HERBS OR VITAMINS MENTIONED IN THIS BOOKLET. HOW YOU DECIDE TO USE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS ENTIRELY UP TO YOU! MAY YOU CHOOSE AND LIVE WELL!

Sorry, but we had to do that. Its the way the law and the FDA work. I, the author, am not a medical doctor and therefore I am not legally qualified to give out medical advice or to make medical claims. Moreover, no one, including medical doctors, is allowed to proclaim any thing that is not an FDA approved drug is a cure or even a medicine. Yes, thats right, in the United States no natural cures or medicines may be labeled as such, despite thousands of successful natural cures and healing herbs being used by mankind for at least 6000 years. Oleander extracts have been used as natural remedies for many centuries, perhaps for over 2000 years or more. Since 1966 an oleander extract has been used by professional modern medical practitioners in Turkey, Ireland, Mexico, Honduras, China, Russia and other parts of the world to successfully treat cancer patients, as well as patients with AIDS, hepatitis-C, psoriasis and other immune disorders. In many instances, oleander treatment was successful when other treatments had failed and the patients had been told there was no hope for survival. Now, with all of those required disclaimers out of the way, I can tell you that, while I cant call oleander soup or the other supplements in this book medical treatments or a cures, I can tell you that I believe that properly made oleander soup is every bit as potent and effective as the commercial oleander extract. I can also tell you that those who have used oleander extracts, including oleander soup, report over and over that IT WORKS! Not only do they report remission and success in all kinds of cancers and immune disorders, but they also report feeling better and having extra energy. Be sure to read about the supplements from the Brazilian rain forest that have been found to make oleander extract even more potent and successful. And dont miss the last page in this book, where there are special offers and discounts worth hundreds of dollars available only to readers of this book.

Introduction: An Amazing Discovery in Turkey

My own search for a possible cancer cure began in late 2004 when I found out that my cousin, lifelong friend and running buddy, Jeff Johnson, had been diagnosed as having stage-three melanoma. The cancer had appeared out of nowhere and so it was quite a shock to my cousin and everyone close to him. As luck would have it, I had spent a lot of time the previous four years or so working on my dream of someday posting a website aimed at helping aging baby boomers and others live longer, healthier and happier lives. Naturally, a lot of my research involved searching for ways to ward off and treat diseases and ills such as cancer, Alzheimers, heart disease, high blood pressure, kidney and liver disease, and so forth. When I found out about my cousin, I already had a head start on knowing where and how to look, and so I began to redouble my efforts and focus my research more on cancer. As a result of my research, I found a lot of very good information about fighting cancer and other diseases, boosting our immune systems and improving health in general - much of which you may find in my simple How to Live a Long and Healthy Life book. However, it was not my research that led me to finding out about the magical, miraculous oleander plant it was a card game! Yes, the way I first heard about the healing powers of oleander happened one evening when I was sitting down at a friendly card game and mentioned my cousins cancer. An acquaintance of mine whom I had known for a few years and who had worked for the American Medical Association at one time, looked across the table at me and, as serious as could be, said I know a cure. He then proceeded to tell me an amazing story of what he knew about oleander. Later, I found others who told me essentially the same basic story, although each person seemed to have a slightly different version. I fully expect that the story is headed toward becoming a modern day legend someday. Although the versions I heard have differed somewhat, the basic story line I believe to be essentially correct is as follows: In the early 1960's a Turkish doctor by the name of Huseyin Ziya Ozel was searching for a cure for his pet dogs cancer when he noticed that a large number of Turkish villagers referred to him came from high altitudes and he thought that perhaps there was more to the story than just the higher incidence of skin cancer associated with higher altitudes: In many versions of the story, Doctor Ozel was reported to have observed Turkish villagers drinking an oleander remedy, which pretty much correlates with the description of Oleander Leaf on the American Cancer Society website, where it states that Doctor Ozel started his study of oleander because of folk traditions that suggested that an extract from oleander was active against leukemia. It should be noted that Doctor Ozels daughter Sumru disputes this version and states that Doctor Ozell studied folkloric remedies and discovered that poultices made of crushed oleander leaves and flour were applied topically to wounds and produced amazingly fast healing of the wounds. The author suspects that this version may have been put forward to put distance between what Ozel observed and what he later patented in order to protect the patent from challenges. According to Ozels daughter, Doctor Ozel made an observation that the majority of cancer patients referring to him were coming from an altitude above 600 meters. He thought that
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there should be a correlation between the rate of cancer occurrence and some environmental influence. Whatever the actual truth, Doctor Ozel obviously did observe Turkish villagers using oleander and did review that use as well as a number of environmental factors, and he proceeded to continue his research on oleander based on what he found. Further research showed that Nerium Oleander was most abundant in lower altitudes and practically did not exist at high altitude. Satisfied that he may have determined the cause of the villagers good health, Doctor Ozel became intrigued with the plant and began to prepare and work with various extracts of Oleander himself in 1966 while he was the head of the surgical department at Mugla State Hospital of Turkey. Doctor Ozel first conducted animal studies to determine that the substance was non-toxic and, once he determined the toxicology and effects of Nerium Oleander Extract (or NOE), he conducted further experiments and developed his treatment in various forms until he eventually started tests on terminal human cases. After initial success in treating human cancer patients with NOE, Doctor Ozel began to discussing his findings with other professionals in his field. He sought analysis of the extract from various Turkish laboratories to understand the empirical results. They were unable to characterize the extracted compounds. In hope of gaining assistance from the government or research organizations, he prepared a paper to present his first human cases at the Fourth Balkanic Medical Days Symposium held in Ankara on 20 September 1973. The cases presented were all considered terminal cases when the patients came to Doctor Ozel. By law, he could not treat patients with an experimental drug, such as NOE, unless they had exhausted all other conventional treatment methods with no response or were diagnosed as advanced stage, terminal cases. At the symposium he was able to call the attention of the scientific community to NOE and how the extract had shown to be efficacious on cancer cases of different varieties. He was sure that his presentation would trigger serious and abundant research on NOE, and that it finally could be put into service for mankind. The response from the scientific community was less than overwhelming. The skepticism centered mainly on the fact that the presentation contradicted what little literature there was on oleander species. Clearly the results presented could not be explained as an extension of prior art but Turkish scientists strongly denied the facts that Doctor Ozel had presented without any further research. To conclude, the medical community was reluctant to accept the results. Doctor Ozel was undaunted by the criticism and lack of support for the ideas presented. He continued his research and patients continued to seek treatment. In 1974, he published additional case reports in the Turkish Medical Journal Dirim. Doctor Ozel resigned from his position as Chief Doctor at Mugla State Hospital that same year in order to be able to work on NOE and initiate research on the subject, Doctor Ozel contacted various universities in Istanbul. Years passed and he realized that no serious scientific research could be performed in any of the local universities. In the meantime, his old patients referred new ones to him, and more cancer patients presented to him as word of the results of the treatment spread.
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In 1985 he started to look for research facilities abroad. During 1986-1987 some tests performed in Europe proved the effect of NOE on the immune system as well as cancer tumors. The studies showed that it was at least six times as potent as the most active commercially available immune-stimulants (Schizophylan, Krestin and Lentinan, which were patented by the Japanese in the 1980s). In 1988, a research team was formed at Munich University Pharmacology Institute to isolate the active components contained in the N.O. extract. Several polysaccharides were identified that might be responsible for some part of the immune activity. On 17-22 July 1990, the initial results were presented as a poster at the symposium of Biology and Chemistry of Active Natural Substances (BACANS) which was held in Bonn, Germany. The presentation was published in Planta Medica 1990-56:66. However, no single component of the extract was found to be the sole source of its benefits. Instead, the activity is induced by a complex mixture of components contained in the extract, acting synergistically to modulate the immune system. Among the compounds that have been identified are the major active cardiac glycoside Oleandrin, a number of other cardiac glycosides such as Oleandrinogen, Oleandrigenin and other proven cancer fighting and immune boosting compounds such as Beta-sistosterol, Quercitin, Linoleic-acid, Oleic-acid, Adynerin, Alpha-amyrin, Betulin, Foliandrin, Folinerin, Gitoxigenin, Isoquercitrin, Lauric-acid, Neriin, Oleandrin, Oleandrigenin, Oleanolicacid, Rutin, Stigmasterol, Ursolic-acid, Uzarigenin. Since the early 1970s, Doctor Ozel has been treating patients with advanced and inoperable cancer as well as a wide variety of other of illnesses. His results have been truly remarkable. In fact, so fantastic were the stories of his success that Doctor Ozel had to endure long periods of controversy from the Turkish medical establishment and there were those who tried to charge the good doctor with being a charlatan. Happily, the truth of his successes won out and such charges were dropped from consideration when his results were proven. Scores of patients rose up to defend the good doctor, testifying about how they had been cured when all other treatment options had failed. The patented name of Doctor Ozel's oleander extract is Anvirzel, whose trademark was once owned by Ozelle Pharmaceuticals, which was formed by Doctor Ozels son and other investors. Today, trademark rights are in dispute. Unfortunately, since Doctor Ozel had claimed that oleander was a cure for cancer, as opposed to a natural supplement, and since his extract was patented and given a trademark, the FDA now considers oleander as an unproven medicine which, because of the toxicity of the raw plant, must have it's safety and effectiveness proven before the FDA will allow it's use even as a herbal supplement, and so it is very difficult to obtain herbal supplements which contain oleander in the United States. Today, the lengthy and costly three-phase FDA trial process for approval of Anvirzel or any other oleander extract, is far from over, although many people and millions of investor dollars are counting on it ultimately being approved. In 2000, Ozelle Pharmaceuticals had successful phase I FDA trials conducted on Anvirzel, but subsequently ran into investor problems and had to reorganize. Although Ozelle continues to publish plans that it will soon begin phase II trials with Anvirzel, such plans have not yet reached fruition and funding appears to continue to be a major problem for Ozelle.
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In the interim, a competing company, Phoenix Biotech, also obtained a patent for Anvirzel in Honduras and has applied for a U.S. patent as well, and a clinic has been established in Honduras by the name of Salud Integral. For the past eight years, the clinic has successfully treated a number of patients, many of whom travel from the United States for initial diagnosis and treatment, as well as three-month supplies of Anvirzel for various cancers, hepatitis-C, psoriasis and other immune disorders. Within just the past three years, a third competing company appeared by the name of Shimoda Atlantic Oncology Biosciences, and claimed to have developed its own oleander extract named Xenavex which it claimed was much stronger due to an ethanol extraction method. As it turned out, I and others exposed the company as a fraud that was created to cheat investors and the drug was actually a heart medication imported from Russia. Furthermore, although the imported Russian medicine does have slightly higher concentrations of oleandrin, the ethanol extraction method results in the loss of other compounds that researchers believe work together in a synergistic way to make oleander extract so powerful (over 500 trace compounds have been identified in an aqueous, or water, oleander extract, including vital long-chain polysaccharides that are lost in ethanol extraction methods because they precipitate out during the extraction process). Sadly, I must report that it may be many years, if ever, before an oleander based medicine wins FDA approval. The simple fact is that it takes hundreds of millions of dollars to get a new drug successfully through all the FDA trials, and this pretty much bars competition to all but the very large pharmaceutical companies. Many feel that if the issue ever went to court, the patent itself would be hard to defend, since it is based on a common plant and a centuries-old folk remedy. Others feel that, because of the billions of dollars in profits at stake for the trillion-dollar world pharmaceutical industry and their myriad cancer treatments, no oleander medicine will ever be approved in the United States. The best hope as of the time of this writing appears to be the development of an oleander based tablet by Phoenix Biotech which is reported to be have a much stronger concentration of oleandrin and the other cardiac glycosides while losing none of the other essential synergistic compounds. Only time will tell if a major pharmaceutical company with the requisite funds will pick up this new oleander product from Phoenix, shepherd it through FDA trials, and finally bring it to market.

And Now for the Good News!

Now for the good news! You don't have to wait for the Anvirzel or any other oleanderbased medicine to be approved, because you can make your own oleander extract at home on your stovetop, based on the original patent by Doctor Ozel and the folk remedy that has been used for thousands of years. Oleander is a naturally growing plant found all over the southern and southwestern United States and throughout much of the world, and if it isnt growing naturally near you, you can order oleander plants from many mail-order nurseries on the internet. Of, if you had rather just purchase a commercial oleander extract, you will find the only two sources of aqueous oleander extract later in this book. If you should decide to make your own, certainly the most economical way to go, you have to be careful because raw oleander is indeed a very poisonous plant. But if you wear rubber gloves and can follow simple instructions, you can make a very safe oleander extract that is no more difficult than boiling a large pot of beans! For this, you can thank a personal injury lawyer by the name of Edward F. Hensley, from San Antonio, Texas, whom I call the "Father of Oleander Soup". In 2002, Eds mother was diagnosed with liver and lung cancer, small cell, and a sister with Hepatitis-C. Eds sister, Katrina (Kat), began researching and networking with her friends for answers to the doctors prognosis that Betty Hensley only had a few months to live. After contacting one of her old friends, she was told about a clinic in Honduras she could contact and discuss a new cancer drug, which was being made in San Antonio. Kat made a few calls and found who to order the drug from. It cost $1500.00 for a six-week supply of what was called Anvirzel. Kat, Ed, and their brother John put up the initial funds and the drug was ordered. Betty had been seeing an oncologist in San Antonio, who advised of the risks of chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, and the fact that in her advanced stage, it would have only a small chance of extending her life, and a big chance of serious side effects, including destroying her immune system. She did try chemo for several weeks, with no result. When the Anvirzel arrived, she began injecting it with Kats help, following the instructions provided by the medical doctor in Honduras. After three weeks she went in for new scans with her oncologist. The new films showed the tumors in both her lungs and her liver were shrinking. Her doctor could not directly participate in the injections, but agreed to research the drug. When the six week supply was about gone, and Betty was very sore at the site of her injections, Ed began researching what this new drug was made of, and what it wass long term usage going to do, and cost. The FDA had a letter posted on its site, warning about the drug, made from the oleander plant, saying it was unproven and should not be used. Yet, the clinic in Honduras was reporting many successful cures of several types of cancer, including juvenile brain cancer. Ed was determined to find out what was in the drug, and went to the U.S. Patent office web site and researched using the term Anvirzel. After several searches, Ed found the patent. It was about 39 pages of legalese, written in the language of patent attorneys, who charge
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$400 per hour for writing patents, which only lawyers and scientists dare to read. After several weeks of part time study, the patent began to make sense. It was simply a very confusing, overly detailed, and exaggerated method of making a soup out of the leaves and stems of a common plant, oleander. No problem. Ed had huge oleander plants in his back yard, which were very healthy ornamentals with beautiful flowers year-round. Making the soup was as simple as getting a soup pot, some clippers, an electric hot plate, and a place to cook. Eds wife, Carol, would not permit him to cook it in her kitchen, so Ed was resigned to his outside store room, a 10x18 foot building storing yard tools and seasonal sports equipment. After burning several pots of soup because the heat was too high, Ed turned down the heat, and boiled the water and oleander clippings for four hours. Then he took out the leaves and stems, and strained the remaining broth, using paper towels and plastic strainers. Per Dr. Ozels method in the patent, he allowed the broth to cool before straining. He then slow boiled the broth until only about one fifth of the original liquid was left in the bottom of the 12-quart pot. Ed measured the specific gravity with an anti-freeze gauge, which showed the measurements on a small scale. It was where Dr. Ozel recommended in the patent, about as thick as chicken soup broth. Next, 10 feeder mice were purchased and given the new liquid, which Ed named oleander soup, as their only source of liquid for two weeks, with all the mouse food they could eat. The mice gained weight, were kind of lazy, but remained alive and looking well. Eds mother was about out of her supply of Anvirzel at that point, so Ed took a bottle of the soup to Bettys house for a comparison with her drug. It looked the same. It tasted the same. The new soup was fresh, not freeze dried and re-constituted, and according to Betty, tasted fresher. Ed went first and tried some, about a teaspoon. Betty then tried it, taking a teaspoon full. She declared she liked the fresh version better, and that was that. She took oral doses three times a day with meals, with diarrhea the only side effect, which subsided after a week. Her tests three weeks later were surprising, showing the tumors were still shrinking and were almost gone. A month later, she had no tumors at all. Betty quit taking the soup after another month, after her doctor declared she was free of cancer. Sadly, about eight months later, feeling healthy, and energetic, Betty flopped down on her bed for a nap, and felt her collar bone snap. Tests showed cancer in the bone, and it was aggressive. Her oncologist referred her to another doctor who recommended some strong new chemotherapy, and discouraged her from going back on the oleander extract. In two months the chemo had slowed the bone cancer, but had also destroyed her kidneys. She died a month later of kidney failure, never taking another drop of the oleander soup or Anvirzel, which had previously saved her life. But she trusted her oncologist, who was very nice and very persuasive. Thankfully, Betty did live to be 88 years of age. She had been a heavy, two pack a day smoker since Eds father gave her a cigarette when she was 18. He died at 61 from coronary disease, directly related to his heavy smoking. Katrina had been dealing with Hepatitis-C, a serious liver condition, which often leads to liver cancer. She began making her own oleander soup and took it, hoping it would stop her
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condition. It did. In less than two months, her Hepatitis-C was gone. Her liver enzymes were normal. It has not returned in over two years. She has shared the recipe with doctors from Mexico who are treating poor patients with aids, cancer, Hepatitis-c, and psoriasis. A friend of hers reports her rheumatoid arthritis symptoms have gone using the homemade remedy. She laughs when describing the scene in her kitchen, with a big pot of boiling leaves, and two Mexican brothers, medical doctors, standing there taking notes on how to cook something not nearly as difficult as boracho beans or chicken mole, two favorite Mexican dishes. Later in 2003, Ed was surfing the Internet, looking for sites that referenced Anvirzel. He found the Minnesota Wellness Directory site, and read their remarks about how good the prospects were for this new extract made from poisonous oleander leaves. Ed e-mailed the host the recipe and a short summary of his research. After the host, David, researched the concept and the soup recipe, including getting opinions from his herbalist and medical friends, he published the recipe on his site in his June 2003 newsletter, with warnings about its use. Not one of his friends reported a problem with the soup, and many of them reported that their cancers and other disorders were improved. With the oleander soup recipe that is included in this book, an oleander extract can now be available to anyone who wishes to use it. Besides the recipe itself, tips in handling and preparation gathered from those who have made and used it successfully are all included in the book. As an added bonus, information on other powerful cancer fighters and immune boosters have been included in the book, including those listed in the "How to Live a Long and Healthy Life" section at the end of the book. Of special interest is the highly recommended OPC supplement that is currently being used in combination with oleander extract throughout the world with truly amazing results and the section about another reported treatment for hepatitis-C that had 100% success its initial trial.

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A Brief Bio of Doctor Huseyin Zima Ozel

Doctor H. Ziya Ozel, the creator of Nerium Oleander Extracts (NOE), is a Turkish surgeon who has dedicated his life to helping patients who suffer from various diseases. He has used forms of NOE for the treatment of cancer, AIDS, and immune system disorders for more than thirty years. Doctor Ozel was born in 1927 in Kurkcu/Mut, a small village in the southern province of Turkey. During his middle school years he stayed with a family friend in a nearby city as he continued his education. He took exams for government financial aid and was found eligible to attend Kayseri High School as a boarding student under a government grant. He attended the Military Medical School from 1946 thru 1952. After graduating he served in the army for another five years as a military physician. From 1957 until 1961, he attended Gulhane Military Medical Academy and specialized in general surgery. In 1962, after resigning from the military, he was assigned to Mugla State Hospital. He became well known in Western Turkey for his innovative surgical techniques and specialized treatments but also for his kindness and generosity in the local community. He served there until 1974, at first as the general surgeon and later as the Chief Doctor of the Mugla State Hospital. When he was retired, Doctor Ozel moved to Istanbul with his family. He continued practicing medicine in his private clinic until 1988. For the past 40 years now, Doctor Ozel has continued to save lives and ease suffering with his oleander extracts. At one point, Doctor Ozel was reported to have given all of his research away and profess that he wanted oleander to be provided at little or no cost to everyone. For all we know, he may very well still feel that way (in which case we are happy to help carry out his wishes with this book). However, in the mid-1990's, Doctor Ozel's son helped convince him, supposedly at the behest of a wealthy Texas investor, to patent his oleander extract and to get a trademark, which Doctor Ozel did in 1997 by writing up a technical version of making an oleander extract that included freeze drying (known as lipholization) so that the extract could be reconstituted in sterilized water for either injection or oral doses. Today, Doctor Ozel and his wife still spend most of their time caring for patients who seek help, while looking forward to the days when they both can really retire.

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A Brief History of the Oleander Plant Prior to Doctor Ozel's Discovery

In the Bible, the oleander plant is referred to as "the desert rose". Perhaps the name given this remarkable plant was no coincidence. As those of you who are fans of Dan Brown's "The Davinci Code" or otherwise know a bit about pagan and early Christian religion already know, the rose is one of the most powerful of all religious symbols in pagan and early Christian religion and literature. It stands quite literally for nothing less than the feminine half of God, or the Goddess as that entity was called. It was also a symbol for very powerful healing. Historical records show that the Mesopotamians in the 15th century BC believed in the healing properties of oleander. The Babylonians used a mixture of oleander and licorice to treat hangovers. Roman soldiers also regularly took an oleander extract for hangovers. Pliny, the Elder of ancient Greece, wrote about the appearance and properties of oleander. Arab physicians first used oleander as a cancer treatment in the 8th century AD. Centuries later, in the 1633 edition of "The Herbal, or General History of Plants", the author John Gerard says of oleander: "This tree being outwardly applied, as Galen saith, hath a digesting faculty; but if it be inwardly taken it is deadly and poisonsome, not only to men, but also to most kinds of beasts. The flowers and leaves kill dogs, asses, mules, and very many of other four footed beasts: but if men drink them in wine they are a remedy against the bitings of Serpents, and the rather if Rue be added. The weaker sort of cattle, as sheep and goats, if they drink the water wherein the leaves have been steeped, are sure to die." which indicates knowledge that the raw plant is poisonous, but that extracts of the plant were used medicinally. And, an oleander extract much like oleander soup is most likely the magic healing potion that led to the witchcraft accusation against Rebecca, the beautiful Jewish woman from the Holy Land, in Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe". In recent centuries, oleander has continued to be used in folk remedies and in commercial preparations in the Middle East, Russia, China and the South American rain forest. Currently, a Brazilian manufacturer is distributing an amazing supplement called OPC Extract worldwide, and the formula includes oleander extract already added into the OPC. So effective is OPC that the government of South Africa has approved and endorsed its use for treatment of the HIV epidemic in that country. Dozens of universities and institutions in South Africa are joining together to treat many thousands of indigent HIV and cancer patients. The initial reports of success are heartwarming to all! If oleander plants are not readily available in the area in which you live, you can order them online from many nurseries. One warning however, it is a very common practice for nurseries to spray their plants with insecticides and I simply dont trust any non-organic nonnatural pesticides. The best bet, if you cant otherwise locate wild or domestic oleander plants, is to find an organic nursery where the plants have been grown free of pesticides for several weeks, such as Rohdes, right in my own backyard, so to speak. The link to go to is http://www.beorganic.com/ . If you do order your oleander plants from a non-organic nursery,
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and I do NOT recommend doing that, you should care for the oleander plants with plenty of distilled water and organic fertilizer for several days or longer and frequently wash the leaves and stems several times before and after harvesting. For those of you who may be uncomfortable with the idea of making your own home supplement, information on how to obtain the patented oleander extract Anvirzel and the OPC supplement is included on the final page of this book. For the rest of you: Happy cooking to all - live long, live healthy and live happy!

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Success Against Cancer and HIV in South Africa

Years ago, when I first began research into the amazing oleander plant, I ended up as a member of two Yahoo Health Groups about oleander. One was named "Anvirzel" (after the patented Oleander medicine which had passed FDA phase 1 trials a few years earlier) and the other "Oleandersoup" (named for the home remedy version of the patented medicine). As a result I becam friends and acquaintances with many people close to oleander and Anvirzel, one of whom was a noted South African humanitarian, entrepreneur, crusader and researcher named Mr. Swanepoel Swanepoel. Mr. Swanepoel was keenly interested in the oleander plant due to the epidemic of HIV-AIDS in his native country as well as the number of indigent cancer patients who could not afford mainstream treatment options (and which he believed were largely ineffective anyway). Like several of us in the groups, Mr. Swanepoel began making his own oleander home remedy after the instructions were posted by Ed Hensley "The Father of Oleander Soup" and the first moderator of the Yahoo "Oleandersoup" group. Unlike the rest of us, Mr. Swanepoel took things a few steps further and he began searching the Brazilian Rain Forest and his native South Africa for other botanicals to combine with oleander. After testing various combinations, Mr. Swanepoel settled on two similar botanical supplements which consisted of 80% oleander extract made exactly according to the oleander soup instructions. The first supplement was for HIV/AIDS patients and it added extracts of the agaricus blazei murrill (ABM) mushroom, cats claw, and pau de arco, while the second supplement, intended for cancer, substituted the relatively rare chrysobalanus icaco (red-tipped coco plum) for the pau de arco. All of the rain forest botanicals added to the oleander have their own histories of successful immune boosting and cancer fighting abilities, some dating back centuries among the indigenous Amazon peoples. I asked Mr. Swanepoel why he used oleander for 80% or the mix and he confided that, as potent as the other botanicals were, he felt that oleander was by far the most effective botanical he had ever found. Mr. Swanepoel soon selected a Brazilian manufacturing facility named Takesun do Brasil to make his supplements for him and he also licensed them to market his supplements around the world. Takesun is managed (or was) by a German PhD named George Otto (The Takesun website, a bit rough in the English version, can be found at http://www.agaricus.net - but I do NOT recommend that you buy any of their products at this time! I will just say that I believe that there are better and more reliable sources and that Mr. Swanepoel Swanepoel agrees and leave it at that.) Ultimately, the OPC product grew to be quite successful, especially in Dr. Otto's native Germany. So much so, that two clinic were built which used only the OPC and Agaricus products and Dr. Otto ended up moving back to Germany where plans are in the works for a hospital built around an oleander/agaricus protocol. Meanwhile, in South Africa, Mr. Swanepoel returned to his native South Africa and made notable progress of his own - first getting the government to embrace the use of his oleander
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supplements for HIV and cancer and then getting it accepted by various doctors and clinics as well as gaining some support at the university level. Over the past three years, he and I have kept in touch and he has tole me many times of the success his supplements have had in helping HIV and cancer patients, but I have too admit that I was somewhat remiss in digging a bit deeper and finding out the true scope of the success until the first part of this year when I asked Mr. Swanepoel how the patients in South Africa were faring and he reported back: "Everything still ok here and cancer patients as well as HIV patients on the oleander mix are doing well. The medical doctor in Cape Town who is using the mix for all his cancer patients has continued to have good results. The oncologist where he sends his patients to (a woman) was so impressed with the results that she is now using it herself for prevention. . . to date, the only patients that did NOT make it on the oleander mix were three patients with very advanced cancer that had metastasized to the liver and who had been on intensive chemo treatments. In my opinion, the effect of the chemo on the liver and heart eventually led to failure of those organs." Needless to say, I was very impressed with the news, but after thinking about it, I started to wonder "3 patients out of how many did not make it"? So, to try to get a better perspective I asked Mr. Swanepoel in a follow up message and the response I received astounded me! Just when I thought I could not possibly be even more impressed with oleander, based on my research and first hand experience with oleander users including friends and members of my own family, I got this incredible message from Mr. Swanepoel: "Hi Tony, "Approximately 350 HIV/AIDS patients have used it and about 80 cancer patients on a regular basis. Of the cancer patients, 5 arrived when they had about a week to 10 days to live and they were too weak to keep the mix down. They died without really being able to try the mix. 3 (the ones I mentioned to you) died of liver and heart failure. All the others are still alive, some now for nearly three years. One breast cancer patient who was given a few months to live eventually became the patient of the oncologist who is now also using the mix. She was declared free of cancer by the oncologist approximately 1 year ago and is still doing well. Others used it for a few months until their cancers were gone and we have not heard from them again. One patient with a festering hole of 1cm diameter on his nose (about half a cm deep) have been using it for three months after doctors were unable to cure the tumor with radiation. The hole is now half the size and not festering anymore. It should be healed in about 3 - 6 months. The doctor in Cape Town whose own wife had metastasized cancer to the bones, is now cancer free. She has been on overseas trips and lives a normal life." Unfortunately, I do not have time to keep track of all the patients. They just collect the mix from me and phone me from time to time to say that they are doing well. It also seems to help for asthma, male impotence and diabetes. One advanced MS patient have now used it for 2 months and is reporting that it seems to help for the pain in her legs. All the distribution is happening by word of mouth and I don't advertise at all. I have had orders from the UK from people who had heard about the successes in South Africa. A documentary maker there was filming the progress of his wife on a weekly basis but, unfortunately, she was one of the liver complications. He still believes very firmly that the mix gave his wife an extra 5
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months of high quality life." I was almost dumbfounded to hear such news. 100% success on HIV and almost the same for cancers? I knew that in my own experience and research oleander was almost always successful, but I had never really seen numbers like that before! If I had not known Mr. Swanepoel for years now and know his character and accomplishments I would have doubted such numbers myself - and I am maybe the number one oleander fan in the galaxy! The numbers Mr. Swanepoel quote, mirror the results I am familiar with from around the world and in my own family, friends and health forum - especially those who combine a good diet and lifestyle and do not depend on oleander alone. For years, it has pretty much been used as a stand alone product. Mr. Swanepoel, like myself, has recommended cleansing and de-toxing along with a very healthy diet and lifestyle to go along with the oleander. I take it a step further and recommend that other immune boosting and cancer fighting supplements also be used - not because I have any doubts in the magical powers of oleander, but because I think the more weapons in your arsenal, the more likely you are to win the battle and the war. Yesterday, before preparing this installment, I sent Mr. Swanepoel an email yesterday asking him for the very latest results so I could include them here. I received his reply only a few hours ago: " Tony Since my last update to you when the total number of HIV/AIDS patients were about 350 and the total number of cancer patients were about 80, I have given the new mix to an additional 130 people with advanced AIDS and to a further 15 people with cancer. The people with AIDS, without exception, are doing fine and mostly resume their normal activities after 6 - 8 weeks. The son of the senior nurse at the clinic where I am doing my research was a case with advanced AIDS, badly swollen legs and barely walking with the aid of crutches. After 4 weeks, he does not need the crutches anymore and his mother reports that he is now singing in the morning. There are many similar cases and I have no doubt that the oleander mix can control HIV/AIDS better than the antiretrovirals. . . . . Two of the cancer patients who were in remission had recurrences of small tumours (but not in the same place as before). Against my advice, they had both stopped using the mix after their doctors had declared them clear of any tumours. As I mentioned to you before, I believe the cancer will always return UNLESS one changes the things that caused the cancer in the first place. The oleander and all other successful treatments allow one the breathing space to give effect to such changes. At present I distribute about 70 - 80 bottles of the Sutherlandia OPC mix per month. This is without any advertising or other promotions - strictly word of mouth. I believe this will not be happening unless people are finding that it works . . . My experience is that those who try the mix without going that route are also the ones who are willing to change their lifestyles (especially diet) and they are the one who pull through. The problem comes AFTER the cancer has been cured and a few are lured back into their old ways - with predictable results. Regards,
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Marc. Swanepoel" After those messages, I have followed the progress of Mr. Swanepoel and his OPC supplement closely. A few months ago, he began manufacturing his own OPC oleander supplement and, after a lengthy period of testing, also changed the formula to 80% oleander and 20% sutherlandia frutescens (the South Africa "Cancer Bush") and Mr. Swanepoel reports that the new formulation, aptly named Sutherlandia OPC, is even more effective than the previous formulations for both cancer and HIV/AIDS, and he set up a website for the supplement (http://www.sutherlandiaopc.com). Two months ago, Mr. Swanepoel began a double blind placebo controlled clinical trial of the Sutherlandia OPC supplement in conjunction with a South African AIDS clinic. In an upcoming installment in this series I will be reporting the results. As a hint to what those might be - they were so successful midway through the trial that a manufacturing company approached Mr. Swanepoel and promised immediately began an initial run of 50,000 bottles of the extract, with projected monthly minimum production runs of 10,000 bottles thereafter a far cry from the 75-80 bottles once distributed by word of mouth. As a result of the large scale production, costs of the supplement were actually reduced from $99 for one month's supply (500ml) of extract, to $60 of extract, including shipping worldwide. For those who would like to know a bit more about the South Africa "Cancer Bush", you can find a wealth of information at http://www.sutherlandia.org

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Oleander Found to Induce Autophagy in Pancreatic Cancer Cells

In a study published in December 2007 in peer reviewed journals, an aqueous extract of the oleander plant was found to induce and increase autophagy in pancreatic cancer cells. Autophagy is a process in which a cell destroys proteins and other substances in its cytoplasm (the fluid inside the cell membrane but outside the nucleus), which may lead to cell death, as happened in the study with pancreatic cancer cells. The study was led by noted MD Anderson researcher Doctor Robert Newman, the lead research scientist in a number of important studies on oleander and oleander compounds and can be found later in this book. The new study appears to provide yet another important piece of evidence in understanding why oleander has proven to be successful against many forms of cancer. In previous studies, oleander extracts have been shown to 1) inhibit angiogenesis, the process where cancer produces blood vessels and spreads, 2) inhibit the NF-kB factor in cancer cells, which is the process that cells use to protect themselves when they come under attack, 3) induce apoptosis, or normal cell death, in cancer cells, and 4) greatly stimulate immune activity. Oleander has had success against a broad spectrum of cancers since Doctor H. Ziya Ozel began working with oleander extracts in 1966 in Turkey. Dr. Ozel subsequently went on to successfully treat thousands of patients, many of whom were in advanced stages and whom mainstream chemo and radiation treatments had failed to help. The Salud Integral Clinic has continued that success for the past several years and also reports successes against a wide variety of cancers and other cell proliferative diseases and immune disorders. Until recently, Phoenix Biotech was the only active manufacturer of the patented oleander medication Anvirzel, which has passed FDA phase I toxicity trials and has been used successfully outside the United States for many years, including the Salud Integral Clinic in Honduras, which Phoenix Biotech owns. Within the past month or so, Phoenix has spun off the Anvirzel portion of it's operations, including the Honduras facility, and is now concentrating all of it's efforts in oleander medicine on a new pill form and proprietary extraction method that uses liquid carbon dioxide and micro-fine particles of oleander and which is reported to result in a greater concentration of the cardiac glycosides and no loss of all the supporting compounds. The spin off unit is named Nerium Biotechnology in Canada, whose president is former Phoenix manager Dennis Knocke. In a recent conversation with Mr. Knocke, he reported that pancreatic cancer is one of the greatest areas of success for Anvirzel, since although Anvirzel is very successful against virtually all cancers, very few other options have much success at all against the deadly and fast growing pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer, which is normally fatal within only a few months of diagnoses, yet Mr. Knocke reports that they have pancreatic cancer patients still alive years later who are
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healthy and doing well. He also reported speaking with two of the newer pancreatic cancer patients recently and said that both of whom were alive and doing well five months after their diagnosis. One patient's cancer had stopped growing and was stabilized and another had no signs of tumors or cancer at all now. Other examples of Anvirzel's successes with difficult cancer include, melanoma, esophageal cancer and brain tumors. Oleander, which crosses the blood/brain barrier has been very successful against brain tumors in general and childhood brain tumors in particular.

How Oleander Extracts Works gainst Cancer

An extract of oleander (Nerium oleander) that contains oleandrin is effacious in the treatment of tumors. This use is species-specific and is correlated with Na, K-ATPase isoforms. Additionally, oleandrin raises the intracellular calcium level, releases cytochrome C from mitochondria, and induces apoptosis through a caspase-dependent pathway. Also, oleandrin inhibits the release of tumor growth factor bFGF from tumors. bFGF has many tumorproliferating effects including promoting angiogenesis. Oleandrin was determined to block the activation of NF-kB, which in turn blocks the cell-survival function of NF-kB. In addition, a non-water-soluble fraction of oleander is able to produce oxygen free-radicals in tumor cells, which may contribute to tumor cell injury and death. Oleandrin, particularly when in the context of oleandrin and oleander extract, is able to cross the blood-brain-barrier. Evidence suggests that oleandrin and oleander extract have antiviral activity. Development continues as the oleander extract is nontoxic to normal cells and exhibits multiple antitumor activities such as inducing apoptosis, reducing molecular mechanisms of cell survival, and inhibiting tumor-promoting factor bFGF-2. Image and Description Source: Salud Integral http://www.saludintegral.hn/

Today, the most common forms of oleander are Anvirzel, a dietary supplement from South Africa known as Sutherlandia OPC (http://www.sutherlandiaopc.com), and an increasingly popular home remedy known as "oleander soup" which is based on the original patent by Dr. Ozel.

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HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial using Oleander is Successful

In the previous section, Success Against Cancer and HIV in South Africa " I reported how the Sutherlandia OPC supplement from South Africa designed by South African HIV and cancer crusader and researcher Marc Swanepoel had been virtually 100% successful in stabilizing and reversing HIV symptoms and over 90% successful against a broad range of cancers. As a result of this success with several hundred people over the past almost four years, early this year Mr. Swanepoel devised and helped conduct a small scale clinical trial to measure the effectiveness of his supplement ingredients - the common oleander plant, Nerium Oleander, and the "South Africa Cancer Bush" Sutherlandia Frutescens - against HIV at a well known Johannesburg AIDS clinic. The clinical trial has just concluded with results as impressive as the previous reports: All of the HIV patients improved significantly whereas all of the placebo group continued to decline. In the trail, a double blind, placebo controlled study, the 20 participants were patients attending the AIDS clinic and they were not on any special diets. The herbal supplement mix was given to half of the patients in a commercially available soy/milk product which had added vitamins added. The patients receiving the placebo got only the soy/milk and vitamins without the herbal mix. None of the patients knew what they were getting. Throughout the trial, patients in both groups had blood tests performed by registered pathology labs to measure blood levels of CD4. Pictured to the left is successful trial participant Thulani Mncwango, mentioned later in this section. From Mr. Swanepoel's Summary: Results and Findings Three of the individuals in the placebo group withdrew as a result of continuous deterioration of their condition. In all three cases this happened within the first 30 days of starting on the placebo. They were given the choice of taking anti-retrovirals or the real herbal mixture without participating in the rest of the study. Two chose to take anti-retrovirals while the third one decided to take the real mixture. From the Tables and Graphs it can be seen that the group that had received the Herbal Mixture had an average CD4 count increase of 135 while the placebo group had an average CD4 count decrease of 87.

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The following categorical statement can thus be made: An herbal mixture of Sutherlandia Frutescens and Oleander Nerium is effective in increasing the CD4 counts of HIV-positive individuals with initial CD4 counts of less than 400 in a meaningful way over a 60-day period. It is also significant that the liver enzymes, which are indicators of possible liver damage when they keep on going higher, were lowered or stable in all the participants who received the herbal mixture. Apart from a little bit of initial diarrhea, there were also no adverse events in the group which received the herbal mixture. On the other hand, three participants in the placebo group withdrew from the study due to deterioration of their condition. Two of them opted to go onto anti-retrovirals while the third chose to go onto the herbal mixture. The individual with the lowest increase in CD4 count in the group which received the herbal mixture had a remarkable recovery. When he started on the study, he was lucky enough to draw the herbal mixture. At the time he was on crutches and could hardly walk. He was suffering from tuberculosis and he had sores on his feet and all over his body. Within two to three weeks he started improving and by the end of the 60 day period, he was up and about with no clinical signs of AIDS. His tuberculosis has improved dramatically and his improvement was followed after the 60-day period. His CD4 count has improved continuously and he is very optimistic that he has had a complete recovery. (Note: The name of this participant is Thulani Mncwango, shown in the above photo after 60 days of steady improvements while on the OPC supplement.) Summary The data indicates clearly that the herbal mixture that was used in the study resulted in a dramatic improvement of the participating AIDS patients who received it. While the placebo group continued to deteriorate, the CD4 counts of the group receiving the mixture increased and their liver enzymes stabilized. The Null Hypothesis was thus proved incorrect and the Research Hypothesis was shown to be true. The study showed that an herbal mixture consisting of Sutherlandia Frutescens and Nerium Oleander is effective in increasing the CD4 counts of HIV-positive individuals who have a CD4 count below 400 and who are showing clinical symptoms of AIDS. It also showed that this improvement came about without causing any liver damage and that liver enzymes of participating individuals improved or stabilized during the study period. The complete trial report with charts may be downloaded and viewed at the following link: http://www.tbyil.com/HIV_OPC_Trial.pdf Notes: A great many studies and trials have been conducted on oleander extract during the past couple of decades, including an FDA phase I trial currently underway at MD Anderson for a new oleander pill formulation of Phoenix Biotech. Many of the most important previous studies have been led by and/or participated in by noted MD Anderson researcher Doctor Robert A Newman. A list of many of Dr. Newman's studies on oleander and cardiac glycosides may be found later in this book. The website for Sutherlandia OPC is http://www.sutherlandiaopc.com
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The informational website for Sutherlandia Frutescens (The "South Africa Cancer Bush") is http://www.sutherlandia.org

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Hiding the Truth About Losing the War on Cancer

For well over half a century we have been promised by mainstream medicine that a cure or major breakthrough for cancer was just around the corner. Every year we see promising new drugs and therapies announced. Yet every year we also see more people contract cancer and more people die of cancer. Instead of focusing on natural and safe methods of prevention and treatment, we continue to treat by using surgery, chemotherapy and radiation to cut out, poison out and burn out the symptoms of cancer while leaving the underlying causes untreated - and we continue to largely ignore the role that proper diet, nutrition and lifestyle plays in preventing and helping cure cancer. Although surgery does have some success against a limited number of cancers, chemo and radiation achieve at best a 3% increase in length of survival and true cures from cancer (meaning that the patient becomes completely cancer free and the cancer never returns). The fact is that for those who are diagnosed with cancer, after the third year the survival rate for those who had no treatment at all increases steadily and for those who had mainstream treatment it decreases steadily. Sources: Dr. Ralph Moss and Webster Kehr, the "Cancer Tutor" Despite the dismal record, those in the $300 Billion a year cancer industry appear determined to maintain a stranglehold on treatment. One way they do so is to suppress natural alternatives. Another is to misreport their success rates by altering statistics to make their success appear to be much better than it actually is. Here are six ways that mainstream medicine misreports their statistics: 1. By re-defining "cure" as "alive five years after diagnosis: instead of using the word's real meaning, which is "cancer-free". Thus a patient could still have cancer the entire five years and die one day after the 5th anniversary date of diagnosis and still be recorded as a cure. 2. By simply omitting certain groups of people, such as African Americans, or by omitting certain types of cancer, such as all lung cancers patients, from their statistical calculations. 3. By including types of cancer that are not life-threatening and are easily curable, such as skin cancers and DCIS. The statistics most commonly reported include many such easily curable cancers, such as localized cancers of the cervix, non-spreading cancers and melanomas, as well as "cancers" that many feel are not true cancers at all, merely pre-cances. For example, DCIS is a precancerous condition that is 99% curable and makes up 30% of all breast cancers. Deduct that 30% from the breast cancer cure rates and survival statistics and and the figures are much less impressive. 4. By allowing earlier detection to erroneously imply longer survival.
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5. By deleting patients from cancer treatment studies who die too soon, even if that is on the 89th day of a 90 day chemotherapy protocol. 6. By using a questionable adjustment called "relative survival rate" where they get to deduct a certain number of cancer victims who statistics say would have died during the five years of other causes such as heart attacks, car wrecks, etc. Source: Tanya Harter Pierce "Outsmart Your Cancer" These outrageous "fudges", as Ms. Harter too kindly calls them, have all been incorporated into cancer cure statistics to hide the fact that the war on cancer has been hopelessly lost and wrongly waged. In the opinion of many who are far more knowledgeable and qualified than I am, the so-called War on Cancer is little more than a hoax. "Everyone should know that most cancer research is largely a fraud and that the major cancer research organisations are derelict in their duties to the people who support them." Linus Pauling PhD (Two-time Nobel Prize winner). "The National Anti-Cancer Program is a bunch of sh*t." - James Watson, Nobel Laureate for Medicine in 1962 , joint discoverer of the double helix of DNA, and for two years a member of the US Joint Advisory Committee on Cancer When it comes to mainstream successes, of the three major mainstream treatment methods, surgery is the only one with respectable success rates and even then it is only successful the vast majority of the time in those who have operable types of cancer that has not yet metastisized at the time of diagnosis - and most cancers are not detected prior to metastisizing. When it comes to Chemo, in the words of Dr. Ralph Moss: "Chemo has some success in a few kinds of cancer, but in the conventional cancers which chemotherapy sometimes "works" such as small-cell lung cancers, the actual survival benefit is reckoned in weeks or months, not in years. And during this time, the patient is likely to experience major, even life threatening, side effects from the treatment, so the overall advantage to the patient is moot." Radiation results are even more dismal. In some studies, patients who opted for radiation have had lower survival rates than those who did not have radiation. Sources: Tanya Harter Pierce, Dr. Rath Foundation Another common deception of mainstream medicine is to quote "response rates", which is defined as having a 50% tumor shrinkage for a period of twelve months. It has nothing to do with cure rates or long term survival, but it is the statistic that is often quoted to patient by their oncologists. Yet another deception is the use of the term "remission" to imply cure, when it is nothing of the sort. As "the Cancer Tutor" Webster Kehr writes in "The War Between Orthodox Medicine and Alternative Medicine"
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First of all, the National Cancer Institute defines "remission" as: "A decrease in or disappearance of signs and symptoms of cancer. In partial remission, some, but not all, signs and symptoms of cancer have disappeared. In complete remission, all signs and symptoms of cancer have disappeared, although cancer still may be in the body." NCI - http://www.nci.nih.gov/dictionary/db_alpha.aspx?expand=R What exactly does this definition mean relative to the three "treatment decision criteria" . . . You, the citizen, are supposed to assume that "remission" means a person is cured of their cancer. But that is not what the definition states. It states there is an absence of "signs and symptoms." So is there a correlation between the absence of "signs and symptoms" and the three treatment decision criteria above? Generally, the determination of remission is based on a reduction in the size of the tumor or in the change of some tumor marker. These things may indicate the number of cancer cells in the body, but they are very, very crude estimates of the number of cancer cells in the body. These numbers also do not measure the pain and suffering of the patient (i.e. the quality of life) or the status of the immunity system, which is very, very important if all of the cancer cells have not been killed." And then there is what is likely the greatest mainstream deception of all: the millions of people who are diagnosed with cancer, but actually die from the damages done by chemotherapy and radiation, most frequently major organ failure. All of those deaths are recorded as due to cancer. Though that does not bolster the mainstream cancer treatment success rates, it helps hide the dangers and deaths due to mainstream treatments. It should be plain that the war against cancer is not being won - and to continue to claim otherwise after over half a century begs the question of why such obviously false and misleading claims and statistics. In this respect, one is reminded of the Vietnam War, where we were told that we won every battle and that we killed many more of the enemy in every skirmish. And yet the war was a failure and in the end we admitted it, stopped deceiving the public, and moved on to a different approach to stop the needless loss of lives. Today it appears that the war with Iraq will ultimately end the same way. The war against cancer has lasted much longer and we have lost millions and millions of lives. After over half a century of failure, one has to ask how long will it take to admit it, stop deceiving the public, and move on to a different approach to stop the needless loss of lives?

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Modern Medicine versus Nature in Treating Cancer

In contrast to at least 6000 years of the practice of natural medicine, Western medicine treats the body as a collection of parts instead of as a synergistic organism. When it comes to treating broken bones and injured body parts, mainstream Western medicine is unequaled. When this same approach is used to treat illness and disease - fixing or repairing the parts where the symptoms of underlying illnesses manifest themselves, modern medicine fails miserably In the instance of cancer, instead of addressing the causes of cancer - toxins and a weakened immune system - we see instead treatments that either slash, burn or poison away the tumors and cancer cells, which further weakens an immune system cancer has already defeated and only worsens the conditions that led to cancer to begin with. Even if initially successful at getting rid of existing cancer cells and tumors, the end result is a weakened body which may have major organ damage and which is more susceptible to the reappearance of the original cancer, as well as other forms of cancer and diseases. For half a century or more, we have been told that a breakthrough or cure for cancer is just around the corner, yet the death rates for cancer remain virtually unchanged. Meanwhile, effective natural and alternative treatments which address and correct the actual causes of cancer continue to enjoy much greater success than the largely failed mainstream treatments - even as these natural alternatives suppressed and come under increasing attack by the medical establishment. Profit plays a huge role in Western medicine and, because nature cannot be patented, there is no profit in conducting studies on natural remedies for cancer and illness. In fact, if studies were to prove the effectiveness of natural alternatives and those alternatives were to be approved for use in treating cancer and other illnesses, the result would be to admit cheaper, safer and more effective competition into a fiercely guarded market. Instead, such alternatives are heavily suppressed, discredited and passed off as "snake oil" and "voodoo medicine". The cold, hard fact is that cancer and other degenerative and chronic illnesses are big business - to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars a year. When their only market place is our bodies, the vested interests of the trillion dollar world pharmaceutical empire, mainstream medicine and the institutions which depend on maintaining the status quo are not likely to allow such natural competition, even though the cost is millions of needless deaths and untold suffering. A better plan for maintaining and increasing profit is to continue to bring new drugs into the market place which treat only symptoms and have serious side effects that lead to still more drugs in a never ending cycle so that by the time a male American reaches 65 years of age, he takes an average of 15 prescribed and over the counter medications every day - when it all started out with one or two conditions that could have been treated safely and effectively by natural means. A good model for profit, but a horrible one for humanity.
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We now have over 15,000 patented and approved drugs, 95% of which have significant side effects. It is no accident that our doctors have been taught for generations, just as we have been, that the way to treat illness and disease is to prescribe approved medications medications that are made by the single largest source by far of funding for medical education: the world pharmaceutical companies. What exactly has this mountain of medicine actually cured in the past half century? Certainly not cancer! By far the most effective way to beat and avoid cancer is to remove the causes of cancer and to make your body as inhospitable to cancer and illness as possible. To understand what steps we should and can take, we should understand what we know about cancer: We know that: The development of cancer indicates that our natural first line of defense, our immune system, has been defeated and that the presence of either toxins and pathogens, or some imbalance in our bodies have led to the development of cancer and enabled it to gain an upper hand. Cancer cannot develop without an impaired liver, as alternative cancer pioneer Max Gerson discovered. Cancer cannot survive in an alkaline environment, nor can it survive in a highly oxygenated environment. Detoxing and cleansing our colons and liver helps restore balance, prepares our bodies to better be able utilize natural immune boosters and cancer fighters and paves the way to rebuilding our livers and immune systems. Cancer cells are diseased, impaired and/or beset by pathogens and have lost the ability to to be die naturally via cellular apoptosis and be replaced by healthy cells. These cancerous cells simply become abnormal and outlive the other cells in their normal cell life/replacement cycle and end up crowding out a territory over time. Iodine, vitamin D, and potassium are all vital to beat and ward off cancer.

Fresh air, pure water and sunshine are also vital to maintain healthy bodies which can fight off and beat conditions like cancer. A natural diet of uncontaminated raw vegetables and raw fruits, with plenty of omega3s and balanced nutrition has been proven to be effective in numerous natural anti-cancer protocols. A great number of natural botanicals and supplements, such as those containing beta glucans and other long-chain polysacharrides, the oleander remedy I have written about, Colloidal Silver, Inositol (IP-6), the ABM mushroom, South Africa's "Cancer Bush" sutherlandia frutescans, cat's claw, pau d'arco, corialus versicolor mushroom, and many others have been proven to boost the immune system, destroy pathogens, protect our cells, and beat cancer. Sugar feeds cancer.
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And so, when we go to an oncologist and are diagnosed with cancer what is the prescribed treatment? Does it incorporate ANY of the above elements? No, sadly it does not. Our doctor prescribes what he or she has been taught: cut out, radiate or poison the symptom and do nothing to address the underlying causes and natural imbalances that enabled led to the symptom. As a result, the way is paved for the return of the cancer or the introduction of another cancer or serious condition. Even worse, the road to further illness is often made easier due to the damage to the immune system and major organs caused by the treatment of the symptom. Nature, on the other hand, enables us to address virtually every area of knowledge and concern.

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A Natural Anti-Cancer and Disease Protocol

Western medicine treats the body as a collection of parts instead of as a synergistic organism. When it comes to treating broken bones and injured body parts, mainstream Western medicine is unequaled. When this same approach is used to treat illness and disease - fixing or repairing the parts where the symptoms of underlying illnesses manifest themselves, modern medicine fails miserably In the instance of cancer, instead of addressing the causes of cancer - toxins and a weakened immune system - we see instead treatments that either slash, burn or poison away the tumors and cancer cells, which further weakens an immune system cancer has already defeated and only worsens the conditions that led to cancer to begin with. As a result, the way is paved for the return of the cancer or the introduction of another cancer or serious condition. Even worse, the road to further illness is often made easier due to the damage to the immune system and major organs caused by the treatment of the symptom. Nature, on the other hand, gives us an array of tools to beat cancer and the underlying causes that lead to cancer, including foods, vitamins, minerals, supplements and lifestyle choices. Here is a suggested protocol based on what we know about cancer and its causes and what nature and lifestyle choices have to offer: As soon as possible, cleanse your body to get rid of built up toxins like heavy metals and pesticides, as well as the undigested food, fecal matter and gallstones that build up in the body by cleansing your colon and liver and by chelation to rid the body of heavy metals. Such contaminations are breeding grounds for, and causes of, disease and illness. A toxic and unclean body weakens the body's immune system that should be your first line of defense. Plus, once cleansed, the body is much more receptive to the good measures you take to rebuild your immune system and fight disease. Cleanse your environment to the greatest extent possible and eliminate bad habits. In an ideal world, you would move to the country where there was plenty of fresh air and sunshine and less stress. In the real world you may not find that possible, so eliminate common toxins in your household, workplace and other places you spend time. If you have mercury amalgam fillings in your teeth, have them replaced. In many instances, this step alone has led to elimination of cancer. Immediately eliminate bad habits and begin building build good ones so that you will make sure that you no longer have habits that weaken your immune system and that you will be able to build your body to fight and conquer illness. A sedentary lifestyle with a poor diet, lack of pure water, sunshine and fresh air, and constant exposure to toxins will in time lead to bad health conditions. Remember, bad health habits are open invitations for illness and disease to enter your body. Begin and maintain a healthy immune-boosting and cancer fighting diet. A good
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balanced diet, pure water, fresh air, sunshine and exercise are some of the essentials. You will find that a good diet does not have to be a bad tasting diet far from it! However, it should be noted that the very best and most healthy diet is one that is close to the diet our ancestors evolved to utilize: lots of fresh and uncooked vegetables, fruits, nuts, roots and tubers, and fish and meat uncontaminated by growth hormones, artificial fertilizers or pesticides and little or no grain or dairy products. It should be noted that of all the foods, essentially only raw vegetables and fruits contribute to an alkaline pH. Rebuild and strengthen the body's natural immune system. It is very likely that a weakened immune system contributed to your illness in the first place. It is absolutely certain that a rebuilt and strengthened immune system will help you beat your illness and keep it at bay. Again, good diet, nutrition and habits are all important they lay the foundation for a strong and healthy immune system. However, they are not enough by themselves. You should build a good foundation and then make your body a healthy fortress against disease and illness. Quite simply, disease and illness hate healthy hosts. The stronger your immune system is, the harder it is for disease to survive and grow. And, to be the very strongest you can be, you need extra measures in the form of supplements as well as the healthiest foods. An oleander extract very much like you get when you make oleander soup was tested in Europe in 1986 - 87 and found to have six times the immune stimulating activity of the most powerful immune stimulators known to man. Cleanse, restore and protect the liver before, during and after your anti-cancer and disease battle. Cancer cannot develop unless the liver is impaired to begin with. Plus, an effective cancer fighting regimen will result in the release of a cascade of toxins that are released when cancer cells die. Such a release can overwhelm an already impaired liver and can even be fatal if measures are not taken to protect and regenerate the liver. Some of the very best anti-oxidants to used to protect and regenerate the liver are the ones used in the Berkson Clinical Study: Milk Thistle (silymarin), alpha lipoic acid and selenium. Maintain an alkaline pH and get plenty of oxygen to the cellular level. Cancer cannot survive in the presence of an alkaline cellular pH level, nor can it survive in the presence of highly oxygenated cells. Dr. Johanna Budwig of Germany has shown that for proper cellular utilization of oxygen to take place, our diets must contain adequate amounts of unsaturated fatty acids. Make sure you have plenty of iodine, potassium and Vitamin D. All have been proven to be essential in beating and avoiding cancer. As mentioned above, cancer cells have lost the ability to be shut off by the body in what is called cellular apoptosis. These cancerous cells simply become abnormal and outlive the other cells in their normal cell life/replacement cycle and end up crowding out a territory over time. Iodine goes in and both does away with the surrounding cyst where cancer has set up residence and then also goes in and allows the specific shut down of the individual cells that are abnormal, diseased, or beset w/ pathogens to make room for new cells. Drink plenty of pure water and get plenty of fresh air and sunshine. Water is essential
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for all healthy life; however, regular tap water contains trace amounts of hundreds to thousands of pesticides, carcinogens and other industrial pollutants. For that reason, the author recommends only the purest drinking water, such as reverse osmosis filtered water. Don't overdo the sunshine, but sunshine is essential to the production of vitamin D, and, strange as it may sound, has been found to be essential in warding off melanoma as well as other cancers. Exercise in moderation. Regular exercise does not have to be grueling, but it is essential. Exercise stimulates the immune system, stimulates the production of natural human growth hormone, stimulates the production of hormones and pheromones that make us happier and healthier, and simply leads to a longer and happier life period. Innumerable studies have demonstrated the overall health benefits of exercise and the negative effects of a sedentary lifestyle lacking in exercise. It is not a coincidence that studies have shown up that those who exercise only a few hours each week have up to 50% less chance of developing many different kinds of cancer.

Trace minerals are essential in beating cancer and are in fact essential to virtually all of the body's important processes when it comes to utilizing vitamins, minerals and enzymes for good health. Two hundred years ago, the top layer of our soil contained up to 80 or more different minerals. Today, farming has stripped soils the world over of all but a handful of minerals, and even those remaining minerals are at levels that are only fractions of what were in the soil 100 years ago and continuing to decline. Man was designed top use at least 60 trace minerals on a daily basis, and did so for thousands of years by eating the plants that processed such minerals (and the animals that ate the plants with processed minerals. The only way to get an adequate supply now is to supplement, and the very best supplementation is from plant derived minerals, such as those that come from the famous plant prehistoric vegetable deposits in Utah and contain 75 trace minerals. Those who take them regularly report remarkable improvements in their health (and the author himself takes them religiously each and every day).

The next element of beating your disease and keeping it at bay is to go on the attack. As a matter of fact, all of the elements of the this anti-cancer and disease protocol are elements of attack, because they make the body strong and inhospitable to disease. What I am talking about here is more than just making the body inhospitable to your disease I am talking about going on the attack and wiping it out! In the case of cancer, there are many very potent anti-cancer supplements. such as the ones listed above and several others.

One such supplement, named Sutherlandia OPC (not to be confused with the European anti-oxidant of the same name), based on a remedy I have researched and written about , has been used for the past three plus years in South Africa to treat HIV and cancer. Of well over 400 HIV patients, all are still alive and well with their symptoms either reversed or stabilized. Of over 100 cancer patients, only 8 did not survive (5 were in their very final days and could not hold down the supplement and another three succumbed to organ failure as a likely result of prior traditional Western treatment via chemo). All the rest, save two who stopped taking the supplement once the tumors were gone and returned to their old lifestyles (and had the cancer return)
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are now alive and cancer free or else have their cancers in remission and tumors continuing to shrink. Compare that with the results of any mainstream medicine or treatment!

Perhaps the supreme cancer destroyer I have found is Inositol/IP6, such as is found in the product Cell Forte. A one to two month intensive regimen is best. According to several users I have spoken with, it seems to just melt away tumors in a very short time period, and works well to normalize the PSA readings in prostate cancer sufferers. One caution - Inositol/IP6 may deplete minerals and/or interfere with mineral absorption, especially calcium and magnesium. Be sure to get plenty of Calcium and Magnesium (a good thing to do anyway) and take a good mineral supplement, preferably plant derived minerals (a second good thing to do anyway). Also, I believe that it is good to only take a maintenance dose most of the time and to take occasional breaks from the maintenance dose of up to one month. No more than one or two yearly intensive regimens is recommended. A good blood tonic, such as the Blood Support one formulated by Jon Barron and made by Baseline Nutritionals, helps cleanse the blood and make the body inhospitable to cancer cells. As an option, you can make your own potent cancer tonics such as the famous Brownings Blood Tonic and Brownings Herbal Prostate Cancer Tonic, both of which are listed with complete ingredients and instructions towards the end of this book. Immune boosting and cancer fighting mushroom products, such as AHCC Powder, are potent weapons against cancer because they have proven records of boosting the immune system and attacking cancer cells. Colloidal Silver is another must in my opinion - it has been shown to be deadly to single cell organisms and pathogens. The caution with Colloidal Silver is that it is not specific and you need to supplement with pro-biotics (yet another good thing to do anyway - especially after cleanses). Many recommend that colloidal silver be taken with Colloidal Gold because gold appears to enhance the silver's actions when cancer is present. Warning: There are a great many products that try to pass themselves off as colloidal silver but are actually inferior ionic silver. True superior colloidal silver with particle sizes of a nanometer or less is amber to brown in color. Most inferior products are clear to yellow. The Beck type electrical zappers have a proven history of eliminating cancer and illness from the body. Also effective are the genuine Rife type machines, although they are hard to find and many inferior machines parading as Rife machines are out there. There is also the Zappers of Hulda Clark, although they are not my favorite. A CureZone member known as ParaZapper has a very good machine whom many, including myself, recommend. Remember, what you avoid can be just as important as what you consume: Avoid sugar to the greatest extent possible. Sugar feeds cancer and other illnesses and causes a myriad of other health problems. Refined sugar is also the number one single cause of health problems in the entire world! Likewise avoid bread and other items containing bleached white flour, which is essentially empty and harmful calories
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that convert to sugar once ingested. Other items to avoid include non-fermented soy, pork, MSG, ALL charred foods and foods cooked at high temperature, aluminum and coated cookware, micro-waved food, food in plastic containers and styrofoam. The final key to winning your battle is your mental attitude. Remove as much stress from your life as you can and believe that you are going to win. Stress and worry accomplish nothing worse, they are actually allies of illness and disease. You have surely heard the term "stress, the silent killer"? It's true! So you must do whatever it takes to remove stress from your life and make your mental attitude your ally. Meditate, take yoga, change jobs, retire, go fishing, find a pleasant hobby do whatever you must to remove stress and have a positive mental outlook. Just remember, anyone who introduces or keeps worry and stress in your life is neither a friend nor an ally during this fight. And make no mistake, it is a fight likely the most important one of your life. But it is a fight you can and will win. Think it, believe it and live it. Some in the field of natural health will tell you that you can beat cancer through diet alone, or through diet and de-toxing. In many instances that is true, and some of the most effective and popular natural anti-cancer protocols, such as the Budwig Diet, which relies heavily on flaxseed oil and cottage cheese (or yogurt or quark) are based on such a premise. However, in my opinion, the more weapons you have in your natural arsenal, the greater your chances of success will be. That is why I advocate including one or more of the powerful natural supplements that have been proven to beat cancer and boost the immunes system, and which address what we know about cancer. Our depleted soils and the introduction of modern industrial toxins and contaminants makes it hard to build a strong enough immune system through diet alone. Our immune systems were not designed to handle the multitude of modern toxins they now face, which is why cancer is largely a modern disease. As a final note: for those of you who continue to believe the big lie that the harsh and ineffective options offered by mainstream medicine (and its half century record of broken promises to deliver a cure or significant breakthrough) are superior to nature, I ask: When did God become a quack?

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The Recipe for Oleander Soup

Please note: Raw oleander plant is extremely toxic. Do not handle or ingest raw oleander or any form of oleander that has not been prepared according to the recipe for oleander soup in this book or the commercial products whose links are provided on the last page of this book. If you are not prepared to follow the directions for handling, preparation and dosage, do not even think about attempting to make this remedy. While raw oleander is toxic, there have been no reports of serious adverse reactions or sideeffects due to properly prepared oleander extract taken according to directions. The most common side-effects are loose bowels, slight temperature and perhaps mild nausea, all of which should dissipate quickly as the body becomes acclimated to the extract. This information is furnished for informational purposes only and nothing contained herein is intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition. Anyone with a medical condition or seeking medical advice is urged to seek out a qualified medical professional preferably one well versed in integrative and/or naturopathic medicine.

Materials Needed: Rubber gloves Garden Trimmers (such as small hedge trimmers or rose trimmers) Plastic trash bag or a large plastic shopping bag Large cooking pot Plastic or metal strainers (colanders) Paper towels or filters Coffee filters Steel tongs and/or steel screen or strainer type cooking ladle 20-ounce plastic water bottles or brown glass bottles Vodka or apple cider vinegar (organic non-distilled is best) for preservative. Flavoring (if desired) such as boysenberry pancake syrup

To make your own potent oleander soup:

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Wear rubber gloves and use garden hand trimmers to trim oleander new growth stems and leaves 6" from tip. Any part of the plant can be used, but trimming the new growth 6 to 8 inches from the tips will ensure that the plant lives. Six inches is best, because that easily fits into the boiling pot. If you use a larger or a smaller pot, cut the length of the leaves an inch less than the diameter of the pot. 2. Put the cuttings in a plastic shopping bag. Avoid touching cut ends, use gloves, as the sap will penetrate skin and is toxic. 3. Use a large porcelain or stainless steel steam pot, up to 12 quarts in size, into which you stuff the trimmings to 2" from top. This is the same kind of pot used for making jellies and canning. Fill with water to the top of the trimmings. Pack the oleander down into the water and put the pot lid on, making sure the water level is at least two inches from the top, so it wont boil over. Boil at a slow, rolling boil, steaming, with the lid on for 3.5 to 4 hours. 4. Remove plant material with tongs and discard carefully, using tongs or a screen ladle. Be careful not to spill the liquid on you, it is hot. Volume remaining should be about 60 to 70% of the original liquid. 5. Boil this slowly again for about 2 to 3 hours, reducing the liquid again by 50%, to about 30% of original liquid. Let this cool to room temperature, sitting covered for about two hours. This liquid should be as thick chicken soup broth, pouring easily into a straining
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pot. 6. Strain the remainder through 4 layers of paper towels using plastic colanders, which are commonly available in grocery stores, the plastic 99 cent ones work great. Stack one on top of another with a towel in between each. The top towel may plug and need to be replaced. Use a soup ladle to slowly pour the liquid through the towels, straining into a two-quart pan or bowl. 7. Repeat the filtering process using four or more layers of coffee filters. The original instructions did not call for this, however, it has been determined that additional filtrations is needed to remove larger organic compounds that cause the more common, though mild, side effects. See Tips and Advice. 8. To preserve the product, you can mix the remaining with 80 proof vodka, or apple cider vinegar (organic non-distilled is by far the best), 50/50 as a preservative, extending shelf life by at least 6 months. For flavor, you may choose to add some of your favorite pancake syrup, such as boysenberry, for flavoring, in moderation. 9. Using a funnel, pour into 20 oz plastic empty water bottles with tight lids, or better still, brown glass bottles, and refrigerate. Avoid direct sunlight on the final liquid, as it will degrade in sunlight. For Skin Crme or Lotion: For a basic oleander skin cream, slowly boil the original brew down to a light syrup, condensing the liquid and making it thicker at a less than boiling temperature. Mix the final syrup with an aloe based hand cream, using one part oleander syrup to three parts hand cream. Used regularly, Dr. Ozels patent says this is a good topical cream for precancerous skin cells, age spots, moles, and psoriasis. Treatment Dosage: Because this is an extract that acts like digitalis, which makes your heart work harder, those with heart conditions or high blood pressure should only use oleander soup with medical supervision, preferably someone well versed in integrative medicine. Begin slowly, with small amounts, increasing slowly as your system adapts. Begin with to of a teaspoon two or three times a day after meals, work up slowly, a week at a time, until you reach 1 tablespoon three times a day after meals. Side effects are normally fairly mild, especially when compared to standard chemo or radiation therapy side effects, and vary from one individual to another. Some people report little or no side effects at all. Typical side effects for those who do experience them can include mild fever, headache, diarrhea, nausea and sometimes, vomiting. Usually these effects go away in a couple of weeks or so, as the body adjusts to the oleander soup. After a month or so, perhaps much less, you should be up to tolerating the full dose (1 Tablespoon 3 times per day) with minimum reaction. The dosage may vary with individual use, depending upon body weight and sensitivity, and taking a little more is not harmful, but might increase diarrhea. To counter diarrhea, many oleander soup users take over the counter diarrhea control medicine, like Immodium.
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Note: It is the authors very strong belief that the key to avoiding most, if not all, side effects, is extra filtration. See Tips and Advice. Duration of Dosage: Once a cell proliferating disease like cancer is stopped, it can return. Continuation of smaller maintenance dosages should be strongly considered. Prevention/Maintenance Dosage: One regular dose three times a week (one Tablespoon) forever. It's easy to make, costs almost nothing (if you live in the south). It is believed that long term usage boosts the immune system, helps prevent many diseases, targets and kills bad cells and ONLY bad cells, and in some cases, leads to weight loss, more energy, and a lower craving for the dietary sin foods like ice-cream and cake. For a Basic Oleander Skin Creme or Lotion: 1. For a basic skin creme or lotion: Slowly boil the original brew down to a light syrup, condensing the liquid and making it thicker at a less than boiling temperature. 2. Mix the final syrup with an aloe based hand cream, using one part oleander syrup to three parts hand cream. Used regularly, Dr. Ozels patent says this is a good topical cream for pre-cancerous skin cells, age spots, moles, and psoriasis.

Tips and Advice:

Harvesting According to the patent, both the leaves and stems can be used. It is a good idea to try to pick parts that show new growth and/or which look fresh and vibrant, as they will have more of the oleander sap in them. I've found it pays off to look for plants that are generally healthy (not stressed by draught, old age or bad soil), and then to harvest the youngest, growing tips, usually on the lower part of the plant. A standard plastic shopping bag, holds more than enough leaves and stems to make three 20-ounce bottles of the extract. Handling Use gloves (garden and/or household) to handle the plant material in all stages of harvest and preparation. It's especially important to protect yourself while handling the raw plant, since unprocessed Oleander contains compounds that are toxic which are absorbed through your skin. To be honest, several people have landscaped with Oleander for YEARS, blithely handling all parts of the plant without protection and with no ill effects. But to be safe, don't take chances. Dont burn oleander leaves. The smoke is toxic. Preparation & Washing
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Before cooking, you need to wash the Oleander cuttings thoroughly, washing off the fresh cut leaves with a spray head water hose just like you commonly do with veggies you buy at the store is adequate, since the boiling process will kill any bacteria, virus or little worms and spiders that live on the leaves; however you may wish to use a commercial fruit and veggie wash. The straining process removes the residual solids, if any, including dirt. While washing, you have a chance to remove any dead or funky-looking matter. After thorough rinsing snip all the cuttings into pieces that are no longer than the width of the cooking pot. Cooking If you don't have a tamale pot or similar mega-big pot, just use a large spaghetti pot. The best water to use for anything consumed is reverse-osmosis filtered water. However, because this is an orally consumed soup, special water is not necessary and good tap water should be fine. Be sure to cover the leaves, leaving an inch or two from the top of the pot to accommodate foaming and boil-over. Check on the liquid level every hour. You may add water to be certain the leaves are in the water. When first bringing to a boil, stay nearby because it tends to foam up and boil over pretty fast (due possibly to high glycoside content). Stirring is not needed. From this point, after the liquid is boiling, cover and leave the mixture at a steady slow rolling, slightly steaming, low boil for four hours - you want to keep it "cooking" without burning or boiling over. You only have to boil slowly, so steam is coming out of the lid at a steady rate, boiling for at least 4 hours, which is more than most recommend, but avoids having to add water constantly due to the lower boiling rate, which does not mean less temperature. Straining After boiling and taking out the plant materials with a screen ladle, or tongs, it is important to let the mix sit, settle, and cool to room temperature, at least two hours. Then strain through four paper towels in separate plastic strainers, stacked one on top of another, changing the top towel when it clogs. Pour out all of the boiled liquid matter, except for the sediment in the very bottom of the cooking pot. Dump the sediment in the trash. Next, strain again through 4 or more layers of coffee filters. It will take awhile, but the extra straining is the key to avoiding most of the common side effects reported by those who do not take this extra step. It should be noted that the patented Anvirzel is strained through less than 4 micron filters and no side effects are reported when taken orally. Condensing After straining, rinse out the pot, pour the remaining soup back in and let it slow boil to the desired condensation, or specific gravity. Boiling the liquid down more, condensing it to a lower volume is optional. Condensing down to about 40 oz. or 1/10 the original liquid saves the amount of preservative needed, using vodka or apple cider vinegar (organic non-distilled is by far the best), and with the more condensed liquid, you adjust the dosage to a smaller amount, to compensate.

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Dosage When taking, you hold the liquid under your tongue for thirty seconds, then swallow, per the Ozel patent. This is called the sub-lingual method, allowing the liquid to mix with enzymes produced in your mouth before swallowing. Dosage trials should begin slowly, and should begin with to 1/2 teaspoon or less of the 1/10th mix. You take small amounts at first, once or twice a day, building up your tolerance in your stomach and digestive systems. Increase dosage as you adjust, in 4 to 5 day increments, up to a tablespoon 3 times daily after meals. The dosage level varies with individuals, body weight, tolerance and side effects, i.e.: vomiting, diarrhea, and nausea. You take what is within your "comfort zone", since this is a long-term program, not a quickie, increasing dosage in small amounts, with tolerance. After the cancer is gone, what do you take for maintenance? There is not a lot of research here. Doc Ozel's patent says take a dose a month. Personally, I would take a couple or three doses a week for life, since it is almost free, and you can make a years supply in less than a day.

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Another take on cancer and disease prevention

(as posted on Wilderness Family Naturals) Most if not all sickness and disease comes from two root causes: 1. Toxins continually entering the body a. Every cell in our body uses energy from our food along with oxygen to "live" and do their job. Products of metabolism are toxic to our bodies. The liver and the kidneys are the major organs of purification. If these organs become overloaded or weakened, there will be more toxins coming in than leaving. b. As pathogens increase in our body, they add to the metabolic waste products. This increases the load on our organs of purification. As we become weaker and more toxic, the amount of pathogenic organisms in our bodies increases. c. The water we drink (especially if we live in cities or farming communities) the food we eat (especially if we eat prepared foods, prepackaged foods, and processed foods) the lotions, deodorants, make-up, toothpaste, hair color and permanent solutions, etc. we expose ourselves to all need to be detoxified by the liver and eliminated by the kidneys or dumped into the large intestine. Without protective agents these chemicals are very destructive to the body. d. Processed and refined sugars, poor digestion, and a lack of normal flora mixed with the mucosal lining of the large intestine create a layer or tube kind of like a rubber tire along the lining of the large intestine. This makes a wonderful place for pathogens to thrive and toxins to pool. Toxins can no longer be purged out through the large intestine. The toxins your body tries to dump just get reabsorbed.
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Nutrients eaten rarely meet the requirements of the body a. They estimate our food supply today gives us 85% less nutrients that the same foods supplied in the early 1900's. The soils of today are terribly depleted in trace minerals and healthy microorganisms.

b. Most people do not eat nutrient dense food. There are lots of refined, processed foods consumed today. There are no "superfoods", no raw animal products. Foods that deplete our bodies of needed nutrients are consumed rather than foods that build us up and nourish. Most people live under the above scenario for decades until they suddenly drop dead from a heart attack, are diagnosed with cancer, suffer a stroke, can no longer move without painful arthritis, or are rushed to the hospital with appendicitis, are told they have Crohn's disease, lupus, etc.
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How the Body Struggles and What Happens 1. Toxins build up in the body. These interfere with normal chemical processes in the body. 2. Important minerals and vitamins needed by the body are not there to protect or repair cells. They are not there to help with normal processes. The body does not run efficiently. 3. Meats, most grains, and all processed foods have an acidic reaction in the body. All bodies with serious illnesses like cancer and heart disease are acidic. 4. The acidic environment creates a low oxygen environment in the cells. Pathogens like the low oxygen environment. So do cancer cells. The immune system functions well in a more alkaline environment. It functions poorly in an acidic environment. Pathogens flourish in a body that is acidic and has lower oxygen in the cells. Pathogens struggle if we become alkaline and increase the oxygen at the cellular level. 5. The high amount of toxins and pathogens and the low amount of nutrient intake causes the thyroid gland to become under active. Approximately 80% of people in the US have under active thyroids. The thyroid gland is the "master gland" of the body. 6. A less active thyroid means all the other organs and glands are less active. Less digestive enzymes are created by the digestive glands. The diet has also caused friendly bacteria to die off. So there is no help in digestion and fewer nutrients are being absorbed into the body. The immune system functions at half speed. The metabolism of cells is slowed. A person is tired all the time, is bothered by the cold, their hair thins, etc. 7. The lining of the large intestine becomes coated with old fecal material, undigested food, and mucus. This creates an environment that pathogens love and does not allow toxins to be purged from the body. 8. Finally, the body does not have the raw materials it needs yet has more waste products and toxins than it can manage. The body is now working at half speed and on a down hill spiral until it runs into something it cannot handle. It is not until people reach this point that they realize something is wrong. The top 3 leading causes of death in America #1 Leading Cause of Death: Heart Disease Always have high toxins Always have pathogens, especially in the "gut" and they have a seriously "leaky gut" Lack healthy normal flora Pour nutrient uptake (digestion) Very low in vitamins and minerals, especially the anti oxidant vitamins. Always have low oxygen to the tissues
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Always have acidic pH of body Seriously lack antioxidants, especially fat soluable antioxidants

Heart disease has been the leading cause of death since the early 1950's. In 1911 this way of dying was totally unknown. In 1926 it was written about as a new phenomenon. From 1926-1939 the cause of deaths per million in England went from 47 per million to 476 per million. By 1950 it was the leading cause of death. This correlates with the take over of the fats and oils market by unsaturated fats (predominately soybean oil) which replaced traditional saturated fats in the diet, pasteurized milk and the increase in processed foods. Vitamin E, C and A stores (these are anti oxidants) in the body are greatly decreased when unsaturated fats are used because the unsaturated fats are much less stable and easily form free radicals which are toxic to the body. These same anti-oxidant vitamins greatly effect the heart and the circulatory system, lowering the oxygen requirements of the cells, increasing circulation, protecting the body from free radicals, and decreasing blood "stickiness." #2 Leading Cause of Death: Cancer Always have high toxins Always have under active thyroids Always have pathogens Always lack healthy normal flora in the digestive tract Always have low oxygen to the cells Always have an acidic pH to their bodies Always have low nutrients in the body and no anti-oxidant reserves Always have compromised digestion I have heard from someone in the pharmaceutical system that their information shows them that 1 out of every 1.5 people will die from cancer by the year 2012. Deaths from cancer are on the increase. #3 Leading cause of death: Diabetes and diabetes-related complications Always have high toxins Always have under active thyroids Always have pathogens (pathogens thrive in the high sugar content in the blood stream) Always lack healthy normal flora in the digestive tract Always have low oxygen to the cells Always have an acidic pH to their bodies Always have low nutrients in the body (especially anti-oxidants) Always have compromised digestion People with diabetes generally die of heart disease or cancer if the diabetes does not get them first. Do you see a pattern? So what is one to do to retrace their steps and recover?
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Retracing Your Steps: Clean up: food (chemical free, preservative free, nutrient dense) air (fumes, smog, smoke, chemicals) water (the cleanest you can get) body ( get rid of toxins and pathogens) cleanse the colon get rid of mercury amalgam fillings, aluminum pots and pans, and other sources of heavy metal poisoning do not use commercial lotions, aftershave, deodorants, soaps, hair spray, cleansers, etc. (these all get absorbed by the body). Nourish your body: nutrient dense food (especially fresh or lightly cooked veggies & fruits) alkalinize: Eat at least 80% of your diet in fresh or lightly cooked or sauteed veggies and fruits, and kefir. Wild rice, buckwheat, millet, amaranth and quinoa are the only grains that are alkaline forming. Eat 20% of foods that are acid forming and high in protein. These foods consist of foods like meats, the rest of the grains, eggs, and dairy. At first you may not want to have any acid forming foods at all and gradually you should be able to add them back in as you recover. green foods pro-biotics Exercise to: increase oxygen to the cells stimulate circulation to cells stimulate immune system stimulate and increase metabolism Exercise is hard to do at first, but do what ever you can and you will gradually be able to do more and more as you recover. Recap: Stop allowing the "bad stuff" into your body o Eliminate as many toxins and pollutants as you can from entering through your lungs and your skin. o Get rid of your mercury amalgam filling and any other toxic dental work you have in your mouth o Eliminate toxins and pollutants from your diet. This means pesticides, herbicides, Clean out the stored toxins in your body o After eliminating mercury and other metals from the mouth use Metal-X or other chelating agent to eliminate toxic metals from the tissues o by using coconut oil, green foods, Spirulina, chlorella, cilantro, burdock root and other herbs (like the ones above), alpha lipoic acid, alkalinizing, etc these
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substances increase cellular function and contain phytyonutrients or other substances that bind with toxins in the body and aid in their elimination. o Eat a diet rich in fruits and vegetables. o Cleanse the colon Drink Lots of Water o this helps to flush out toxins o hydrating is very important for healthy cells and healthy organs o An infant is approximately 90% water while the elderly can be less than 50% water Cleanse pathogens o Herbs: wormwood, cloves, and black walnut hulls o Ionic Copper o Coconut Oil o Pro-biotics and Pro-biotic foods o Cleanse the colon Nourish the body o with concentrated, nutrient dense foods that alkalinize (fruits and veggies) o green foods o coral calcium o Mt. Capra Mineral Whey Repopulate the body with normal flora o You need many strains of flora including friendly yeasts. It takes friendly yeasts to get rid of Candida, athletes foot and other funguses. o Kefir, kombucha and other fermented drinks (usually contains at least 5 strains of friendly lactic acid bacteria and 2 strains of friendly yeasts) o Cultured Veggies such as Sauerkraut (contain friendly yeasts and friendly bacteria) o Caucasus Kefir capsules and other probiotic capsuels (Caucasus Kefir capsules contain over 28 strains of friendly bacteria and friendly yeasts. They are made from cultures from the Caucasus mountains, other probiotic capsules on the market many carry one or more organisms. The best probiotic capsules contain a wide variety of organisms including these genus Lactobacillus, Lactococci, Leuconostoc as well as at least one friendly yeast) Exercise o Even if you just start out with simple exercises or just walking a block or so each day. Maybe it means taking the stairs at work rather than the elevator. o Also, be out in the sun. o Get away from the city whenever you can. o Use a rebounder everyday during the winter if you can not get good exercise any other way.

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The Best of the Best Supplements

Nerium Oleander Extract First and foremost in a suggested regimen to beat and avoid cancer and disease would be the common oleander plant, nerium oleander. Called the desert rose in the Bible, the oleander plant has been used as a folk remedy for over 2000 years in the Middle East. In 1960 a Turkish doctor named Huseyin Zima Ozel re-discovered the power of this potent plant when he found rural villagers in Turkey who were remarkable free of cancer and other diseases. For the past 40 years, Doctor Ozel has been treating patients in Turkey with great success and in 1998 he was granted a patent for an oleander extract that has since passed FDA phase I trials. Oleander extract has been proven in lab studies at such prestigious institutions as MD Anderson and the Cleveland Clinic to kill cancer cells, stop cancer tumors, build immune systems, and increase the body's natural cancer killing T-cells. Over 500 trace compounds have been identified in an aqueous oleander extract, and it appears that many of these compounds act synergistically in ways that no single isolate can. For this reason, an aqueous (water) extract may well be far more effective than an ethanol extract because many of the water soluble compounds such as long-chain polysaccharides are lost during the ethanol extraction method. Home-made and commercially prepared water extractions of oleander have been used successfully in numerous kinds of cancers as well as hepatitis-c in patients throughout the world. Another benefit of oleander extract is that it can be used very effectively as a complimentary treatment alongside traditional chemo or radiation. Besides helping fight cancer and boosting the immune system along, it helps protect the rest of the body and either eliminates or ameliorates every single side-effect of traditional chemo including hair loss (with one exception, and that being that it does not eliminate hair loss when the chemo treatment includes Cisplatin).
Please note: Raw oleander plant is extremely toxic. Do not handle or ingest raw oleander or any form of oleander that has not been prepared according to the recipe for oleander soup in this book or the commercial products whose links are provided on the last page of this book. While raw oleander is toxic, there have been no reports of serious adverse reactions or side-effects due to properly prepared oleander extract taken according to directions. The most common side-effects are loose bowels, slight temperature and perhaps mild nausea, all of which should dissipate quickly as the body becomes acclimated to the extract.

Agaricus Blazei Murrill Mushroom Extract - The Mushroom of the Gods A few decades ago, researchers noticed that in the mountain region of Ideate near Sao Paulo, Brazil, a regular part of the local inhabitants diet was a mushroom known as "Cogmelo de Deus" or "Mushroom of God". The researchers also noted that the local inhabitants were extraordinarily healthy and had a very low incidence of disease, which they attributed to this magical mushroom. The scientific name of the mushroom is Agaricus Blazei Murrill, more commonly called the ABM mushroom and sometimes referred to as Agaricus Brasiliennis. So potent is this mushroom that one well-known rainforest herbal manufacturer, uses it as the main ingredients in herbal supplements that have been credited with success against cancer and other diseases around the world. A link to the manufacturer is provided on the last page of this book.
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In a study conducted by Dr. Shoji Shibata, a professor at Tokyo University, several other well known cancer-fighting and immune-boosting mushrooms were compared to the ABM, including Reishi and Shitake. Dr. Shibata's results found that the other mushrooms were not as effective as the ABM mushroom, and so the ABM was ranked at the top of the list of potent mushrooms - a spot befitting the "Mushroom of God"! Other Japanese and British studies have also shown the ABM mushroom to have the highest concentration of beta-glucan of any mushroom. The ABM mushroom contains Beta-(1-3)-D-glucan, Beta-(1-4)-a -D-glucan & Beta - (1-6)-D-glucan. Known collectively as Beta-glucans, these long-chain polysaccharides are the most potent immuno-potentiating (immune enhancing) substances yet found. They also have very powerful anti-tumor properties. When human subjects are given AMB in their diet, a 3000% increase of NK cells, a type of anti-tumor white blood cell known as Natural Killer cells, is seen in the blood within 2-4 days. In addition to beta glucans, agaricus also contains derivatives of ergosterol, a potent anti-tumor agent; double stranded RNA, an anti-viral agent; proteoglucans and protein bound polysaccharides of low molecular weight, which are immune enhancers; and, protein bound polysaccharides of high molecular weight, vitamins B1 and B2, proteins in the form of amino acids, niacin, iron, and calcium. There are many verified reports from around the world of this mushroom being used successfully in late stage cancers that had been determined hopeless and some clinics in Europe base their entire treatment protocols on agaricus blazei murrill mushroom extracts and other complimentary botanicals. In fact, in many published studies, the rate of cure for all types of cancer has been in the high ninety percentile range, even for stage 4 lung cancer, where many complete remissions are often seen in just a few weeks. Cat's Claw Extract Cat's claw, or Uncaria surinamensis, has been used for centuries in folk medicine in South America for cancer, AIDS, cirrhosis, disease prevention, gonorrhea, herpes, immune disorders, tumors, and many other aliments. Cat's claw has several groups of plant chemicals that account for its effectiveness: One such group is oxidole alkaloids that have been documented with immune-stimulant and anti-leukemic properties. Another is a group of chemicals called quinovic acid glycosides, which have documented anti-inflammatory and antiviral actions. Antioxidant chemicals (tannins, catechins and procyanidins) as well as plant sterols (beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol, and campesterol) account for the plant's anti-inflammatory properties. A class of compounds known as carboxyl alkyl esters found in cat's claw has been documented with immunostimulant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancerous, and cell-repairing properties. Dr. Donna Schwontkowski, D.C., has stated that Ua de gato (Cats Claw) is the most powerful immune enhancing herb of all the herbs native to the Peruvian Amazon. Sutherlandia OPC Colloidal Silver Iodine Blood Tonic
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Pau DArco Extract

Pau DArco Extract Pau DArco, or Tabebuia avellanedae, is a huge canopy tree native to the rain forest with a long and well-documented history of use by the indigenous peoples of the rainforest. Its use may even predate the Incas. Among it's many historical uses are for cancer, leukemia, lupus, diabetes, liver disease, Hodgkin's disease, osteomyelitis, Parkinson's disease, and psoriasis. It also used as a natural anti-microbial and anti-fungal agent and is a popular natural remedy for candida and yeast infections. In the 1960s, plant extracts of the heartwood and bark demonstrated marked antitumorous effects in animals. In 1975, one study reported that compounds in Pau DArco increased the life span of mice inoculated with leukemic cells by over 80%. In a small, uncontrolled, 1980 study of nine human patients with various cancers (liver, kidney, breast, prostate, and cervix), pure lapachol was reported to shrink tumors and reduce pain caused by them - and three of the patients realized complete remissions. Bitter Melon Extract Bitter Melon, or Momordica charantia, is found in tropical areas of the Amazon, east Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean, and is cultivated throughout South America as a food and medicine. It contains an array of biologically active plant chemicals including triterpenes, proteins, and steroids. One chemical has clinically demonstrated the ability to inhibit the enzyme that is linked to the cause of psoriasis and necessary for the growth of leukemia and cancer cells. In addition, a protein found in bitter melon, momordin, has clinically demonstrated anti-cancerous activity against Hodgkin's lymphoma in animals. Other proteins in the plant, alpha- and beta-momorcharin and cucurbitacin B, have been tested for possible anti-cancerous effects. Among the reported properties of bitter melon are: kills bacteria, kills viruses, kills cancer cells, kills leukemia cells, prevents tumors, reduces inflammation, fights free radicals, enhances libido, cleanses blood, detoxifies, treats diabetes, expels worms, reduces blood sugar, balances hormones, reduces blood pressure, enhances immunity, lowers body temperature, mildly laxative and promotes milk flow. Several studies have demonstrated the anti-tumorous activity of bitter melon. In one study, a water extract blocked the growth of rat prostate carcinoma; another study reported that a hot water extract of the entire plant inhibited the development of mammary tumors in mice. Numerous in vitro studies have also demonstrated the anti-cancerous and anti-leukemic activity of bitter melon against numerous cell lines, including liver cancer, human leukemia, melanoma, and solid sarcomas. Like several of its isolated plant chemicals, bitter melon also has been documented with in vitro antiviral activity against numerous viruses, including Epstein-Barr, herpes, and HIV viruses. In one in vivo study, a leaf extract increased resistance to viral infections and had an immuno-stimulant effect in humans and animals, increasing interferon production and natural killer cell activity. Mutamba Mutamba, or Guazuma ulmifolia, is a favorite natural remedy among Central and South American health practitioners and the indigenous peoples of the Amazon. Among the properties
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documented by research are: lowers blood pressure, antibacterial, anti-cancerous, antifungal, antioxidant, antispasmodic, anti-tumorous, antiviral, cardiac depressant, cardiotonic (tones, balances, strengthens the heart), hypoglycemic, muscle relaxant, uterine stimulant. Furthermore, it has been observed in traditional use to also be affective as an anti-inflammatory, antihemorrhagic (reduces bleeding), cough suppressant, anti-ulcerous, astringent, blood cleanser, cough suppressant, decongestant, diaphoretic (promotes sweating), digestive stimulant, emollient, fever reducer, liver protector, and wound healer.

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Graviola Graviola, or Annona muricata, is a small, upright evergreen tree, 56 m high, with large, glossy, dark green leaves. It produces a large, heart-shaped, edible fruit that is 1520 cm in diameter, is yellow-green in color, and has white flesh inside. Graviola is indigenous to most of the warmest tropical areas in South and North America, including the Amazon. Graviola has a long, rich history of use in herbal medicine as well as a lengthy recorded indigenous use. Graviola has been the subject of numerous studies dating back to the 1940s. Most of the research focuses on a novel set of chemicals called Annonaceous acetogenins. Annonaceous acetogenins are only found in the Annonaceae family (to which graviola belongs). Graviola produces these natural compounds in its leaf and stem, bark, and fruit seeds. Three separate research groups have confirmed that these chemicals have significant antitumorous properties and selective toxicity against various types of cancer cells (without harming healthy cells) publishing eight clinical studies on their findings. Many of the acetogenins have demonstrated selective toxicity to tumor cells at very low dosagesas little as 1 part per million. Four studies were published in 1998 which further specify the chemicals and acetogenins in graviola which are demonstrating the strongest anticancerous, antitumorous, and antiviral properties. Coco Plum Extract The Coco Plum, or Chrysobalanus icaco, is known as "Abajeru" in Brazil and has a history of use there as a folk remedy for diabetes and rheumatism. A relative newcomer to the modern world of herbal remedies, it has been shown in studies to inhibit the cancer cell growth mechanism of angiogenesis (new blood vessels formation) by 44%, thus demonstrating potentially important use in cancer and diabetic treatments. During laboratory tests at the University of Rio de Janeiro, it was found that the substance destroyed cancer cells that had been resistant to other treatments, including cells from breast- brain- lung- bowel- larynx- and pancreas tumors. The scientists also reported leukemia cells that are normally resistant to many medicines and methods of treatment, were also killed. Note: Each of the above botanicals has been used effectively against cancer and other diseases, particularly oleander and the agaricus blazei mushroom. When combined together, it is the authors belief that the result will be the most potent natural immune boosting and disease fighting combination you can find. All of the above botanicals are available either singly or in various combinations at many health food, herbal outlets and internet sites, with the exception of c. icaco (the Red Tipped Coco Plum), which is a relative newcomer and hard to find a supplier for. Other essential supplements, foods and things to do: MSM Alpha Lipoic Acid Lycopene Co-Enzyme Q-10 Milk Thistle
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Selenium Turmeric Omega 3 Oils: including fish oil, flaxseed oil and borage oil Apple cider vinegar (organic non-distilled is by far the best) Astralagus Chlorella & Spirulina Garlic include both fresh minced or sliced garlic AND garlic in capsule or tablets Good bacteria - such as L. acidophilus and B. bifidium, found in low fat grade A yogurt Almonds and walnuts eat half a dozen or more each day Cayenne Pepper Grape seed extract Blueberries Pomegranate juice Spinach and other dark green leafy vegetables Cleanse your colon and liver (see appropriate sections later in this book) to get rid of toxins and prepare your body to make maximum use of the good foods and supplements you consume Do not miss the many other things to do and not to do on the pages that follow. Just remember that the bad things you avoid can be as important, if not more so, than the good things you include. Nothing can be more important for avoiding and beating cancer than eliminating sugar. Quite simply, sugar feeds cancer. Refined sugar is also the number one single cause of health problems in the entire world! Be sure to read the section in this book A Plan for Living a Long and Healthy Life titled Things That Make Sugar Not so Sweet.

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A Plan for Living a Long and Healthy Life

(Excerpted from the authors book How to Live a Long and Healthy Life)

Good Things to Do & Consume

Boiling, Baking (low temperature), poaching, steaming & roasting (low temperature keeps more of the good vitamins, nutrients, phytochemicals and so forth; heat destroys the nutrients in food and can cause the formation of harmful substances) Throw away meat broth left over from cooking (thats where a lot of the fats and bad stuff goes) Keep and use fruit and vegetable broth left over from cooking (thats where a lot of the vitamins and good stuff goes) Get a juicer! Use it for fruits & vegetables (fruit and vegetable juice in big quantities are some of the healthiest things you can consume) Eat smaller meals with healthy snacks such as nuts, vegetable and fruits between meals (helps you maintain a constant energy level and avoid overeating) Drink filtered or reverse-osmosis distilled water only, and drink plenty of it, but avoid tap water! (the average municipal water supply has trace amounts of over 2,000 bad chemicals, including pesticide, solvents and carcinogens) Garlicpreferably 3 cloves of raw garlic every day! (Garlic, long recognized as a natural broad spectrum antibiotic, is also a potent and proven natural cancer preventative and it is the natural enemy of cholesterol as well because it prevents cholesterol from sticking to the sides of our arteries) Turmeric (or curcumin) (This is one of the really important ones! A highly potent cancer fighter that recent tests have indicated protects cigarette smokers from developing cancer, it has also been reported recently to not only prevent Alzheimers but even reverse it! Turmeric, a member of the ginger family, contains a variety of bioactive substances called curcuminoids. The curry spice turmeric is also found in yellow mustard. The most active component is curcumin, an orange-yellow volatile oil that includes three curcuminoids turmerone, atlantone, and zingiberone. Research shows that turmeric and its curcuminoids have a number of beneficial properties: (1) good antioxidant activity, comparing well with vitamin C, vitamin E, and superoxide dismutase; (2) anti-inflammatory activity that is comparable to steroidal and nonsteroidal drugs; (3) anticancer properties influencing all the steps of cancer formation: initiation, promotion, and progression; (4) protects the cardiovascular system by lowering serum cholesterol and inhibiting platelet aggregation; (5) protects the liver by several mechanisms; (6) in vitro and in vivo studies show curcuminoids can help with HIV in a number of ways, including acting as biological response modifiers, resulting in significant increases in CD-4 and CD-8 counts. Supplementation may prevent, or be helpful with, the following conditions: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS, HIV), Aging, Asthma, Atherosclerosis (heart disease), Cancer, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Cataracts, Immuno-depression (immune function), Inflammation (including bursitis), Peptic Ulcers and Rheumatoid Arthritis.) Cayenne Pepper, Ginger & Sage (all potent cancer fighters. Cayenne pepper also promotes cardiovascular health, helps cure stomach ulcers, and a tincture of cayenne pepper can stop a heart attack in three minutes or less. Ginger also enhances circulation and acts as a catalyst for other herbs, to increase their effectiveness and it helps the body relieve congestion.)
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Broccoli and other Cruciferous Vegetables (cauliflower, cabbage, sprouts, cauliflower, horseradish, turnips, radishes, wassabi, and kale, etc. One prominent researcher said If broccoli were a drug, it would be worth billions! Broccoli boosts your immune system, reduces the incidence of cataracts, builds bones, and fights birth defects and heart disease, and, like other cruciferous vegetables, helps ward off various cancers such as stomach, colon, breast, etc.) Apple Cider Vinegar (Truly one of natures miracle substances, use of apple cider vinegar for medicinal purposes has been traced back as far as 3000 BC, and was used by Hippocrates, the Babylonians, Julius Caesars armies, Christopher Columbuss crewmen, and ancient Samurai Soldiers to ward off disease and keep strong and fit. Be sure to use only natural non-distilled apple cider vinegar available at most health food stores the kind you find on grocers shelves has been distilled to remove the natural cloudy appearance and has had most of the healthy live-giving enzymes, acids and trace minerals removed. If you do not have cancer, mix a teaspoon of organic locally produced honey with two teaspoons of apple cider vinegar three times a day. After a few months of regular use, you should notice improved health and vigor and the elimination of stiffness and joint pain. Tomatoes (Excellent source of lycopene. Tomatoes and tomato products lower cancer risk, increase your skin's sun-protection factor, and play a role in preventing cataracts and age-related macular degeneration. Eat one tomato a day. tomato sauce is great, the more the better, just avoid ones with added sugar. Tomatoes combined with broccoli enhance the effect of both vegetables! Don't like tomatoes? Try watermelon, persimmons, or pink grapefruit instead.) Green Tea (or black) (enhances health especially cardiovascular health, boosts the immune system, prevents cancer, restricts bad cholesterol, controls high blood pressure, suppresses aging and more. Drink at least one cup a day.) Shitake Mushrooms (lowers cholesterol and improves immune system function, good for preventing high blood pressure and heart disease, for controlling cholesterol level, building resistance against viruses, and fighting diseases such as AIDS/HIV and cancers. Often available fresh, Shitake mushrooms are very flavorful when used in cooking! If you cannot find fresh, available as a supplement also.) Maitaike Mushrooms (high in nutrients including Vitamins B-2, C, D, niacin, magnesium, potassium, fiber, and amino acids, contains the polysaccharide compound beta-1.6-glucan which naturally stimulates the immune system and lowers blood pressure. Beneficial for obesity and diabetic patients, the Maitake mushroom may be best known for its cancer fighting ability. Tests in mice prove that it blocks tumor formation and boosts the immune system. Available fresh or as supplement)) Reishi Mushrooms (The Reishi mushroom can increase the production of interleukin1 and 2, resulting in inhibition of tumor growth. Studies show that Reishi can have a number of other positive effects on the body such as analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiviral (through its interferon production), lowers blood pressure. It also acts as a cardiotonic by lowering serum and increasing the production of interleukin 1 and 2, which results in inhibition of tumor cholesterol, expectorant, anti-tissue, liver protecting and detoxifying, protection against ionizing radiation, antibacterial, and anti-HIV activity. Available fresh or as supplement) Grapefruit (Be careful on this one if you take any prescription medications!) Grapefruit helps keep weight down and is a good source of vitamin c and lycopene; however unique among fruits, grapefruit (and possibly grapefruit hybrids like the tangelo) interfere with stomach enzymes that break down certain drugs and may result in higher blood levels of the drugs than desired. Grapefruit Cautions: Drugs that are known to have potentially serious interactions with grapefruit products
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include: Anti-seizure drugs such as carbamazepine (Carbatrol, Tegretol) Antidepressants such as buspirone (BuSpar), clomipramine (Anafranil) and sertraline (Zoloft) Benzodiazepines such as diazepam (Valium) and triazolam (Halcion) Calcium channel blockers such as felodipine (Plendil), nifedipine (Adalat, Procardia, nimodipine (Nimotop), nisoldipine (Sular) and possibly verapamil (Isoptin, Verelan) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitors such as saquinavir (Fortovase, Invirase) and indinavir (Crixivan) HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors such as simvastatin (Zocor), lovastatin (Mevacor) and atorvastatin (Lipitor) Immunosuppressant drugs such as cyclosporine (Neoral, Sandimmune), tacrolimus (Prograf) and sirolimus (Rapamune) Antiarrhythmic drugs such as amiodarone (Cordarone) Note: Even waiting to take these medications up to 24 hours after you drink grapefruit juice doesn't prevent an interaction. The best advice is to avoid grapefruit products if you take any of those drugs, unless your doctor or pharmacist approves.) Omega-3 fats (found in fish oil, particularly cod liver oil, Omega 3 fats are not produced by the body, but are essential for good health. Lowers cholesterol, helps control blood pressure, and has strong anti-cancer properties) Dark Green Vegetables (especially spinach, and other dark greens such as mustard greens, collard greens and turnip greens. Good source of calcium, lowers the risk of cardiovascular diseases, a variety of cancers, age-related macular degeneration, and cataracts) Olive Oil, Hemp Oil and Other Healthy Oils (Including pumpkin oil, sesame oil, coconut oil and palm oil - preferably first press cold-pressed organic versions in dark bottles. Other cooking oils are unhealthy. Mediterranean men are 10 times less likely to die of heart disease and that is attributable to the fact that they use mostly olive oil instead of other cooking oils, and they use other oils in salad dressings and instead of butter or margarine. Olive oil reduces cholesterol levels, protects against cancer, is full of vitamin E, and beautifies skin, hair, nails. Coconut oil is one of the most healthy oils on the planet and Palm Oil is loaded with anti-oxidants and carotinoids.) Almonds (Eat 6 or more every day! Anti-cancer and a leading source of vitamin E and magnesium and offers protein, fiber, potassium, calcium, phosphorus and iron in 246 calories. As an added bonus, almonds and other nuts contain phytochemicals, which are plant chemicals that may provide powerful protection against heart disease, stroke, and other chronic disease. In addition, almonds contain an antioxidant compound called ellagic acid that supports the immune system and appears to have several anticancer properties..) Walnuts (an excellent source of omega-3 essential fatty acids, walnuts' concentration of omega-3s - a quarter-cup provides 90.8% of the daily value for these essential fats - has many potential health benefits ranging from cardiovascular protection, to the promotion of better cognitive function, to anti-inflammatory benefits helpful in asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, and inflammatory skin diseases such as eczema and psoriasis Also a good source of ellagic acid.) Flaxseeds (Best when ground, flaxseeds are even more beneficial than flaxseed oil, because flaxseeds contain the lignans and fiber that is removed in making the oil. Good source of omega-3s,lowers cholesterol, helps keep the colon clean, regulates blood sugar and anti-cancer, especially breast and prostrate cancer) Flaxseed Oil Mixed with Cottage Cheese (flaxseed oil mixed together with cottage cheese has been successfully used to prevent, treat and cure cancers, even inoperable hopeless ones, for many years by multiple Nobel prize nominee, German biochemist and research scientist, Dr. Johanna Budwig, whose work followed up on the work of two previous Nobel laureates) Blueberries (They lower the risk of heart disease and cancer and help maintain youthful, healthy skin. Eat 1 to 2 cups a day. When they aren't in season, eat cranberries,
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raspberries, strawberries, cherries, currants, and purple grapes.) Other vegetables (such as asparagus, escarole, avocado - actually a fruit, fennel. beet greens, green and red cabbage, bok choy, kohlrabi, brussel's sprouts, romaine, red leaf, & green leaf lettuce, mustard greens, celery. onions , chicory, parsley, chinese cabbage, red, green, yellow and hot peppers, chives, collard greens, turnips, turnip greens, dandelion greens, endive, zucchini and summer squash) Beans, Lentils & Chickpeas (as long as you dont have an insulin problem the signs of which are excess weight, obesity, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Beans lower cholesterol, fight heart disease, stabilize blood sugar, reduce obesity, lessen cancer risk, and relieve hypertension. One California study showed that those who ate beans weekly were 40 percent less likely to die those who ate them less than once a weak.--Eat four 1/2cup servings a week.) Pomegranate Juice (Higher in anti-oxidants than any other common fruit juice. Contains a very high concentration of the potent cancer-fighter ellagic acid. According to research presented in May 2005 to the American Urological Association, eight ounces of pomegranate juice had significant anti-cancer effects on prostrate cancer patients. Other recent studies suggest that pomegranate juice helps prevent hardening of the arteries and even reverses heart disease.) Oranges and Tangerines (They support heart health while preventing cancer, stroke, diabetes, and other chronic ailments. Eat one a day. Want more variety? Try lemons, grapefruit, kumquats, or limes.) Dark Grapes (Contains resveratrol, the potent anti-cancer and anti-aging ingredient found in red wine, effective with leukemia, melanoma, pancreatic, esophageal, breast, lung, colon, prostate, squamous cell, liver cancer and others. Grape leaves are supposed to contain 100 times the resveratol as grapes.) Black Cherries & tart cherries (contain the antioxidant anthocyanins which is responsible for the red color and which is higher in antioxidant properties than vitamins C and E. Tart cherries added to ground beef reduce mutagens in ground beef by 90% when cooking, and the flavor is equal or better than plain ground beef.) Apples/Apple Juice (It turns out that grandma was right an apple a day keeps the doctor away! Apples are an excellent source of fiber, phenolic compounds (phytochemicals) and phytonutrients, such as the flavonoid quercetin, apples help reduce cholesterol, protect against cancer, especially prostrate cancer, reduce heart attack risk and promotes cardiovascular health. Note: If you have cancer, or have had cancer, apples are much preferred over apple juice due to the much higher sugar content of apple juice. Plus, whole apples include the added benefits of fiber and the phyto-nutrients contained in the apple skin.) Apricots, muskmelons and other fruits high in beta-carotene (In test-tube studies at Harvard University, beta-carotene had a direct toxic effect on cells, taken from malignant tumors. It also reduced the growth of lung cancer cells and altered the proteins needed for tumors to grow. Research also shows that beta-carotene can change in the body to retinoic acid, a substance used in clinical trials to treat certain cancers.) Berries (Cranberries, Raspberries, Strawberries, and other Berries are all excellent sources of vitamin C, phytochemicals and phytonutrients and area good source of ellagic acid.) Pecans, Brazil Nuts Pumpkin (Pumpkin lowers the risk of various cancers, while it promotes youthful, healthy skin. Want an alternative? Try carrots, carrots, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, and orange bell peppers.) Pumpkin seeds, Pistachios, Sesame Seeds (UNSALTEDand the pumpkin seeds are great!) Yogurt with beneficial fruit such as blueberries (avoid artificially sweetened yogurt, yogurt with soy, or high carb yogurt with added sweeteners. Yogurt helps the bodys ability
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to build bones, helps prevent and heal arthritis, and protects against ulcers. Yogurt that contains live bacterial cultures may help you to live longer, and may fortify your immune system. Research studies have shown that increased yogurt consumption, particularly in immuno-compromised populations such as the elderly, may enhance the immune response, which would in turn increase resistance to immune-related diseases. Some yogurt manufacturers pasteurize their yogurt products, while others do not. Although the aim of pasteurization is to kill any harmful bacteria, it also kills the beneficial lactic acid bacteria in the yogurt, substantially reducing its health benefits. Therefore, to fully enjoy the benefits of yogurt, look for those that feature live active cultures or living yogurt cultures on the label.) Wash all vegetables and fruits especially those that arent organically grown (if you dont wash your vegetables from the grocers, you very well may be doing more harm than good from the pesticides and preservatives they have been sprayed and treated with).

NOTE: Eat raw, organically grown fruits and vegetables whenever possible and dont peel except when necessary you are often peeling away the best vitamins and nutrients! A good rule of thumb is that raw fruits and vegetables are better than steamed, frozen or dried ones, which are better than boiled, baked or grilled ones, which are better than home canned ones, which are better store-bought canned ones, which are better than no vegetables at all! Juices may substitute for raw fruit/vegetables, but avoid added sugar or other sweeteners.

Bad Things to Do & Consume

Sugar and just about all sweeteners including corn syrup, fructose, honey, sucrose, maltodextrin, dextrose, molasses, rice milk, white grape juice, sweetened fruit juice, brown rice syrup, maple syrup, date sugar, cane sugar, corn sugar, beet sugar, succanat and lactose. (OK, this one may be hard to do, but if you have cancer, or have ever had cancer, you MUST cut all the sugar you can out of your diet because, quite simply, sugar feeds cancer! If you dont have cancer, go very easy on the sugar, or, better still, substitute Stevia or Lo Han whenever possible.) Smoking and other tobacco products (You do want to live a long time, right?) Grilling, Frying, or cooking with high heat (Grilling can produce carcinogens, which are always present in charred meats and other foods. At high temperatures, certain natural constituents of the meatthe simple sugar glucose, the amino acid creatinine, and additional free amino acidscan chemically react to form carcinogenic heterocyclic amines (HCAs). Typically, the longer meat cooks at a high temperature, the greater the production of HCAs. Indeed, low-temperature cooking or a quick searing may generate none of the carcinogens. On January 31, 2005 the National Toxicology Program (NTP), part of the National Institutes of Health, published its latest update of materials known to cause cancer in people and others that are "reasonably anticipated" to do so and among the 246 agents on the lists are the heterocyclic amines that develop in meats when they're cooked too long at high temperature. Frying, especially in animal fats or processed vegetable oil is supremely unhealthy.) Microwaving (The evils of microwaving are so bad and so dangerous that it gets its own chapter later in this book, titled Nuke that Microwave Oven!. Put simply, microwaving in plastic creates cancer causing dioxins and microwaving in ANY kind of container alters foods unnaturally so that nutrients are destroyed and cancer and disease causing compounds are created. Man has evolved to eat food cooked by heat from the outside in, not food cooked from the inside out by being bombarded with microwaves.)
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Aluminum cookware (Aluminum has been linked to Alzheimers disease, although there is a likelihood that the disease itself is responsible for most of the greater concentrations of aluminum found in the brains of Alzheimers sufferers. If you must use aluminum Anodized aluminum is the best bet, because the anodizing process seals the surface of the cookware.) Teflon coated cookware (Teflon, or polytetraflouethylene, when cooked at any temperature causes fumes that are toxic to birds. Cooked at the easily obtainable stovetop level of 680F, Teflon pans release at least six toxic gases, including two carcinogens, two global pollutants, and MFA, a chemical lethal to humans at low doses. At temperatures that are reached on stovetop drip pans (1000F), non-stick coatings break down to a chemical warfare agent known as PFIB, and a chemical analog of the WWII nerve gas phosgene. Some products that use Polytetraflouethylene: Heat lamps, Portable heaters, Sole plates on irons, Ironing board covers, Burners on stove tops, Drip pans for burners, Broiler pans, Griddles, Many cooking utensils, Woks, Waffle makers, Electric skillets, Deep fryers, crock pots, Hot air popcorn poppers, Coffee makers, Bread makers, Non-stick rolling pins, Lollipop molds, Corkscrews, Never-Stick-Stainless Steel, Stockpots, Roasters, Non-stick gingerbread molds, Pizza pans, Tortilla presses.) Animal Fats (Animal fats are generally not so good for your cholesterol levels or your waistline, but the worst thing about most animal fats is likely the pesticides, hormones, and antibiotics they contain.) Trans Fats and Refined Oils(Trans Fats, or Hydrogenated Vegetable Fats, are the very worst fats of all, often found in fried foods and processed foods such as cookies, crackers and pastries. Refined oils lose most of their nutritional value in the refining process.) Red Meat (at the very least, limit it to no more than a lean 3 ounce un-charred portion of organically raised grass fed beef once or twice a week. Venison and beefalo are preferable to beef.) Potatoes (good grief meat and potatoes too? Yes, sorry!) Sunburn and prolonged exposure to the sun without sun block Salt (Excess salt is linked causes high blood pressure and is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths and life-threatening heart attacks each year. Most of us eat an average of 10 times more salt than we should, and no wonder, as it is found in abundance in most foods in a normal diet, processed and natural. The average fast food hamburger, for example, contains over twice the amount of salt one should eat in a day. Avoid foods high in salt, and avoid any added salt, except when large amounts are lost from the body through sweating.) Soda pops (eight teaspoons of sugar per can for naturally sweetened ones, dangerous artificial sweeteners in diet ones!) Tap Water (tap water has been shown to have traces of over 2100 toxic chemicals, including pesticides, and many of these have been shown to cause cancer, cell mutation, nervous disorders and possibly Alzheimers. Most of the tap water in the U.S. is chlorinated we essentially put bleach into our drinking water because it is cheap. Besides the resveratrol in the red wines they drink, the French likely have much lower cancer rates because they drink oxygenated water instead of chlorinated. According to the U.S. Council Of Environmental Quality, "Cancer risk among people drinking chlorinated water is 93% higher than among those whose water does not contain chlorine."). Processed Foods (including Breads, Pasta, Non Whole Grain Cereals , Bagels, French fries, Chips , Pretzels, Waffles, Pancakes, & commercial Baked goods) Peanut Butter (Most peanut butters are hydrogenated to keep from separating. If you must have peanut butter on rare occasions, natural peanut butter would be better, but even natural peanut butter often contains aflatoxins, near ubiquitous fungal poisons that naturally lace a range of foods in tiny tracesespecially peanut butter. This known human
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carcinogen was among chemicals on the National Institute of Healths National Toxicology Programs first national compilation of cancer-causing agents, in 1980.) White bread and bleached flour (Just empty calories that provide little nutrition and contribute more to obesity than any other food substances in our diet. In the process of making flour white by bleaching it with dangerous chemicals like the ones that make linens white, half of the good unsaturated fatty acids that are high in food value are lost in the milling process alone, and virtually all the vitamin E is lost with the removal of wheat germ and bran. As a result, the remaining flour in the white bread you buy, contains only poor quality proteins and fattening starch. Also, about 50% of all calcium, 70% of phosphorus, 80% iron, 98% magnesium, 75% manganese, 50% potassium, and 65% of copper is destroyed. About 80% thiamin, 60% of riboflavin, 75% of niacin, 50% of pantothenic acid, and about 50% of Pyridoxine is also lost. .) Alcohol (OK maybe a beer or two on occasion if you just have to, but no more! Much better would be an occasional glass of red wine during the evening) Soy or soy-based foods - except for fermented soy products such as miso or tempeh (Sorry, tofu lovers, but, regardless of the hype of the well-heeled soy industry, nonfermented soy products can cause bad, bad things and weakening your immune system is just one of them! For more information, reach the chapter in this books Hall of Shame section titled Concerns Regarding Soy.) Canola Oil that is not organic cold pressed Super Canola Oil and any foods containing processed Canola Oils (Surprised? Well, of all the cooking alls, only olive oil and hemp oil are healthy. Read your food contents labels carefully to avoid processed Canola especially Peanut Butter labels. Most major peanut butter brands take out all the peanut oil and replace it with canola.) Margarines and cooking oils (See Trans Fats, above, and the information about soy.) Foods of all kinds with high glycemic index and/or glycemic load values (Refer to the section of this book Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load for more information.) Aspartame (Nutrasweet), Sucralose (Splenda), Saccharine and other artificial sweeteners (All have demonstrated carcinogenic qualities and other health problems. Use Stevia or Lo Han, sold as supplements at health food stores and widely available on the web for less than $5 for a fifty packet box)) And last but by no means least, MSG (Avoid at all costs! Another villain of the highest order that gets its own chapter later in the Hall of Shame section of the book. MSG, or Monosodium glutamate, is described as a mutagen and reproductive effector by the Center for Disease Control in their Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances. It is used in a huge variety of foods and other products, and is disguised under at least 40 different names. It can cause cell mutations, brain damage, neuroendocrine disorders, seizures, headaches, asthma, obesity, diabetes, bladder pain and other ailments.)

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Fish (the best fish are oily fish such as wild salmon and cold-water fish! Eat baked, roasted or poached no frying or charring. Sadly, fish would be recommended as a Do and recommended in abundance if it werent for the fact that just about all fish is now showing signs of toxins, especially mercury.) Turkey (baked or roasted, small portions, no frying, charring or smoking) Other lean meats (choose organic, grass fed meats. Ostrich and bison are both better choices than beef) Eggs (Actually, eggs are pretty healthy for you, despite years of misinformation so long as you select organic eggs from free ranging field hens or the Omega 3 eggs. Whole eggs do have a good dose of calories though, so an even better plan would be to mix your eggs 50/50 with an egg substitute that is made from 98%+ real eggs, provided its not one of the brands that contains ingredients you cant readily pronounce!) Oat Bran, Rice Bran, Whole Wheat & Other Whole Grains (Oat and Rice Bran are best, but maintain a modest overall intake of grains regardless of your choice). Dairy Products (use no fat or low fat organic milk or substitute rice milk or almond milk but use sparingly due to sugar content) Dark Chocolate (Dark Chocolate made with 60% or more cocoa has been shown to have health benefits for the heart and to enhance mood; however, if you have cancer, the added sugar is probably not worth the benefits of the chocolate) Beets, Jicima, Carrots, Winter Squashes, Yams, & Eggplant (use in moderation due to high carbs, although yams have some very good anti-cancer properties) Fermented soy products (Soy protein is good for helping to lower bad cholesterol; however, only fermented soy products are safe. Traditional fermented soy products such as miso, natto and tempeh, which are usually made with organically grown soybeans, have a long history of use that is generally beneficial when combined with other elements of the Oriental diet including rice, sea foods, fish broth, organ meats and fermented vegetables. While fermented soy products contain protein, vitamins, anti-carcinogenic substances and important fatty acids, they can under no circumstances be called nutritionally complete. The soybean lacks vital sulfur-containing amino acids cystine and methionine. These are usually supplied by rice and other grains in areas where the soybean is traditionally consumed. Soy should never be considered as a substitute for animal products like meat or milk. Claims that fermented soy products like tempeh can be relied on as a source of vitamin B12, necessary for healthy blood and nervous system, have not been supported by scientific research. Finally, soybeans do not supply all-important fat soluble vitamins D and preformed A (retinol) which act as catalysts for the proper absorption and utilization of all minerals and water soluble vitamins in the diet. Soy products actually increase requirements for vitamins B12 and D.)

Supplements

Complete Multi-vitamins (those which include anti-oxidants such as A, C & E and magnesiumand should contain lutein, lycoprene, magnesium, selenium and other trace minerals) ABM extract (from the Agaricus Blazei Murrell mushroom also know as Agaricus Brasiliensis and is called Mushroom of the Gods in Brazil, perhaps for good reason, because the ABM mushroom contains more of the cancer-killing and tumor-inhibiting polysaccharide beta glucan than Shitake, Reishi, Maitake or any other known mushroom or fungi. Perhaps the most powerful anti-cancer mushroom of all, and together with Oleander
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extract, one of the most potent cancer-fighters and immune boosters to be found! For more information on this powerful magical mushroom, including an excellent source for ordering proven extracts based on the ABM mushroom , please see the section in this book titled The Mushroom of the Gods) AHCC (Also known as the brand name ImmPower, it is derived from the mycelia of several species of mushrooms including the shiitake. Very powerful anti-cancer properties have been reported.) Coriolus Versicolor extract (from the Asian Turkey Tail mushroom. Contains polysaccharides [PSK] and polysaccharopeptides [PSP])-- effective for acute leukemia and stomach, esophagus, colorectal, lung cancer; PS is effective with many types of cancer (at least early and mid-stage cancer), including lung cancer and particularly stomach & colon cancer; NCI reportedly stated that PSK has been "contemplated for use against...mammary cancer, gastrointestinal cancers, such as those of the esophagus, stomach...colon; lung...brain tumors" and that PSP "has...antitumor activities, inhibiting Ehrlich ascites tumors, leukemia, and sarcoma...gastric tumor, lymph, and monocytic leukemia"; good to take during chemo & radiation - including acute leukemia patients) Graviola (or Annona muricata. Reportedly, there are over twenty laboratory studies showing Graviola to be more powerful than Adriamycin, a commonly used chemotherapy. However, unlike Adriamycin which can make you very sick, knock out your hair, and even cause death (in some cases), Graviola does no collateral damage. There are no side effects. In laboratory studies, Graviola selectively hunts down and kills 12 different types of cancer cells (without harming healthy cells) including breast, prostate, lung, colon, and pancreatic cancer. Additionally, it actually boosts your immune system making the patient feel healthier and stronger and improves overall energy and outlook on life.) Paw Paw (Paw Paw belongs to the family of plants known as the Annonaceae and is a cousin to Graviola. One human trial of patients with diagnosed cancers of various kinds reported that as many as 8 in 10 found some benefit from using Paw Paw.) Fish Oil (EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid, and DHA, docosahexaenoic acid, are the two principal omega-3 fatty acids found in fish. The body can manufacture both EPA and DHA from another essential fatty acid, alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) but only to a limited extent. Increased consumption of fish oil can help slow the progression of atherosclerosis and thereby prevent heart attacks, and also reduce risk of sudden death due to cardiac arrythmias. Omega-3 fatty acids reduce triglyceride levels, raise levels of HDL ("good" cholesterol, thin the blood, reduce levels of homocysteine and reduce blood pressure. EPA and DHA are useful in treating symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, especially in early stages of the disease, and in treatment of menstrual cramps, inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease), lupus, and IgA nephropathy. Omega-3s help depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder, borderline personality disorder, dyslexia and cognitive impairment. Other uses of fish oils include asthma, Raynaud's phenomenon (abnormal sensitivity of hands and feet to cold), chronic fatigue syndrome, cystic fibrosis, osteoporosis, reducing the risk of prostate cancer and preventing weight loss during cancer chemotherapy. DHA is important for normal development and functioning of the brain and retina in the fetus and in infants and may also reduce the risk of premature delivery in pregnant women.) Alpha-linolenic Acid (ALA is an omega-3 fatty acid that, to a limited extent, can be converted in the body into two other important omega-3's EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid). Of all the plant seeds, flaxseed (also known as flax seed or linseed) contains the highest concentration of ALA in fact, 55% of the oil in flaxseed is ALA. Phytoplankton and algae are also rich sources. The oil from hemp and black currant seeds also contain, respectively, 19% and 13% ALA.) Alpha-lipoic acid (also known as a-lipoic acid, an anti-oxidant recharger, helps lower blood
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sugar and treats neuropathies in people with diabetes. Has been shown to effectively treat Hepatitis-C in combination with milk thistle and selenium) B-Complex Vitamins (B-1, B-2, B-3, B-5, B-6, B-12, Folate & Niacin) (Not made by the body, these must be obtained via the diet or by supplements. B-Vitamins help prevent heart disease, boost the immune system and protect against cancer. Niacin helps lower cholesterol.) Bilberry (Bilberry, or Vaccinium myrtillus, contains nutrients that protect eyes from eyestrain or fatigue, and can improve circulation to the eyes. Helps improve vision and fight macular degeneration) Grape seed Extract (Grape seed extract is a rich source of potent antioxidant bioflavonoids known as proanthocyanidins. Grape seed extract provides 92-95% potency, as compared to 80-84% yielded by pine bark. This means that its antioxidant and nutritional properties are far superior. According to proanthocyanidin researcher, Dr. Jack Masquelier, only grape seeds contain powerful gallic esters, dynamic ingredients in the battle against free radicals.) Spirulina (Spirulina is a type of blue-green algae that is nearly two-thirds protein. It also has large amounts of chlorophyll and is very valuable to help detoxify the body from heavy metals and radiation. It is also loaded with GLA, which is the main essential fatty acid present in evening primrose or borage oil. A superior source of digestible protein. Contains 12 times the protein of beef. Easier on the digestive system than chlorella, which can cause diarrhea in sensitive individuals. The best source of gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), a "good" fat necessary for the human brain, proper heart function, and other body systems. Contains phycocyanin, a potent anti-cancer phytochemical that also gives spirulina its characteristic blue hue and that has been shown to destroy cancer cells and tumors. Spirulina has incredible health benefits and is probably one of the main reasons why fish are so healthy for you. It is highly likely you can obtain even more benefits from the Spirulina with none of the complications of heavy metal or pesticide contamination present in nearly all fish.) Chlorella (A better source of chlorophyll, which makes it more detoxifying and cleansing. It is especially good for people with liver disorders or people who drink or smoke. It is very helpful for people with dry stools who suffer from constipation. It is especially good for people who need "rebuilding" -- people who suffer from degenerative diseases (muscle, nervous system, etc.) or people who are frail. Contains Chlorella Growth Factor (CGF), which boosts the immune system, reverses cancer, and offers other health benefits. CGF also helps repair nerve tissues throughout the body and is excellent for treating degenerative brain and nerve disorders.) Cats Claw (Also known as Una de gato, life-giving vine of Peru, and hawk's claw, this potent anti-cancer herb has been used historically by the natives of South America as a cancer remedy. Recent studies confirm that immune response is promoted by using Cats Claw, and that it enhances T-Cell production. Also used for Crohn's disease, diverticulitis, leaky bowel syndrome, colitis, hemorrhoids, fistulas, gastritis, ulcers, parasites, intestinal flora imbalance, cancer, arthritis, diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome, environmental toxic poisoning, organic depression and HIV.) Vitamin C - at least 1000 iu of per day (Vitamin C helps the body produce collagen, a basic component of connective tissue. Collagen is an important structural element in blood vessel walls, gums, and bones, making it particularly important to anyone recovering from wounds or surgery. Vitamin C also acts as an antioxidant, scavenging potentially harmful molecules called free radicals. Although not firmly established by clinical trials, this antioxidant activity may help boost immune function and protect against cancer, cataracts, age-related macular degeneration of the retina, and other chronic diseases. Vitamin C intake may be particularly helpful to smokers, who may suffer from oxidative stress and cell damage, which can deplete the body's store of vitamin C. Vitamin C also enhances iron
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absorption from supplements and plant foods.) Vitamin E - 800 units per day (Vitamin E (alpha tocopherol) is an anti-oxidant that assists in maintaining cell integrity and may. prevent or delay the ravaging illnesses so common with aging, including heart disease, cancer, and Alzheimer's, according to research from the University of Florida that was published in the journal Biological Research for Nursing. It is easily obtained from sunflower, safflower, canola, and olive oils; also from many grains, nuts, fruits as well as fatty parts of meats. Only a small amount of vitamin E is needed to meet normal daily requirements; however, research using vitamin E at far higher doses than the daily requirement has provided evidence that it may be helpful for preventing or treating various medical conditions including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, rheumatoid arthritis menstrual pain, cardiac autonomic neuropathy (a complication of diabetes), low sperm count, restless leg syndrome, and inflammation of eye tissues. Vitamin E improves seniors' immune response and helps prevent prostrate cancer and bladder cancer.) Milk Thistle (Certified by the German E-Commission, the German equivalent of the FDA, to be effective in not only protecting the liver, but in actually helping the liver regenerate. Taken in advance, can protect against liver damage from alcohol. Also helps people with hepatitis, cirrhosis and other liver conditions) Co-enzyme Q10 (also known as ubiquinone, is a naturally occurring anti-oxidant compound and is used for energy production within cells. Helps treat congestive heart failure and delay the progression of Parkinson's disease, muscular dystrophy, AIDS, hypertension, and cancer.) Lutein (Helps prevent age-related macular degeneration the leading cause of blindness in the U.S., available in a wide variety of foods, most adults in the U.S. consume less lutein than the amount believed to lower their risk of macular degeneration.) Lycopene (Tomatoes are the best natural source. Helps prevent heart attack and cancer, especially prostrate cancer) Calcium (obtained from dairy products, green leafy vegetables and kale. Calcium is critical for building and maintaining strong bones and teeth, where 99% of the mineral is found in the body. The rest is present in the blood, extra-cellular fluid, muscle and other tissues, where it plays a role in contraction and vasodilation, muscle contraction, nerve transmission and glandular secretions. Calcium can slow bone loss in postmenopausal woman, may reduce PMS symptoms, and is associated with reduced risk of colorectal cancer. Calcium can also reduce hypertension due to calcium deficiency. Recommended dose is 500 mg per day taken along with vitamin D. May reduce the absorption of antibiotics.) Glucosamine & Chondrotin (Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate supplements are used to slow the progression of osteoarthritis the deterioration of cartilage between joint bones and to reduce the associated pain. Glucosamine is thought to promote the formation and repair of cartilage. Chondroitin is believed to promote water retention and elasticity in cartilage and inhibit enzymes that break down cartilage.) MSM (MSM, or methylsulphonylmethane, is used primarily for treating pain associated with osteoarthritis and has been proposed for treating other conditions including rheumatoid arthritis, inflammation of the bladder wall (interstitial cystitis), snoring, muscle spasm, and cancer. Many additional claims are found on MSM products, including skin-softening and nail-strengthening effects. The mechanism by which MSM may work isn't well understood, although it's known to contribute sulfur to the body, which can then be used to synthesize certain amino acids (building blocks for proteins), and it can act as an antioxidant. MSM is also used in veterinary medicine to treat pain and inflammation, but its effectiveness has not been well studied.) Magnesium (is needed for proper metabolism and nervous system functioning) Selenium (When used with milk thistle and a-lipoic acid has been shown to cure HepatitisC. Harvard researchers found that men with the highest levels of this mineral had a 48
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percent lower risk of advanced prostate cancer. It may also ward off lung cancer. Best dosage for men: 200 mcg from selenium yeast daily. Natural sources: Brazil nuts, meat. Interactions: May reduce the effectiveness of statins; high doses decrease vitamin C absorption) Vitamin D (Note: Vitamin D - no longer thought of as a true vitamin - is important to good health and good bones, yet it is also the most toxic of all the vitamins, and more than 4 times the minimum daily allowance can be harmful and can actually cause bone loss and other problems) Bromelain (this potent pineapple plant extract is quite a wonder into itself it helps absorption of antibiotics, vitamins and supplements and it has powerful healing and antitumor properties as well) Saw Palmetto (used to improve urinary flow and reduce the frequency and urgency of urination in men with prostate enlargement (benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH). Saw palmetto is believed to inhibit the actions of testosterone on the prostate that cause prostate enlargement and interference with urinary flow. Saw palmetto has also been used to treat bladder inflammation (cystitis), chronic bronchitis, laryngitis, and asthma-associated nasal inflammation, among other conditions. Other ingredients used to treat prostrate problems are: pygeum bark, pumpkin seed oil, and stinging nettle root, and beta-sitosterol.) Astralagus (has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for more than two thousand years. The root of the plant is commonly used in herbal remedies as a base ingredient to help with various ailments. The Astralagus root is used to promote wound healing and stimulate the immune system by boosting white blood cell production and coaxing them to work harder. Several studies conducted in China found that Astralagus improved survival in some cancer patients, however the quality of these trials is doubtful, thus the value of these findings is limited. Studies suggest that oral or nasal use of the herb may also protect against the common cold and flu. One drop of tincture is taken two to three times per day. The dried root is taken in dosages of 1- 4 grams three times per day. The most potent Astralagus supplements contain a standardized extract of the root, with 0.5% glucosides and 70% polysaccharides. Research suggests that the body can develop a tolerance to immune-stimulating herbs such as Astralagus if it is taken for long periods. Therefore some experts recommend alternating Astralagus with other immune system-enhancing herb.) Probiotic Supplements and Foods (Including Lactobacillus, Acidophilus, Bifidobacterium, Streptococcus, etc.) (Probiotics work by colonizing the small intestine and crowding out disease-causing bacteria, thereby restoring balance to the intestinal flora. They may also produce substances that inhibit pathogenic bacteria, compete for nutrients with them, and stimulate the body's own immune system.) Ginseng (Ginseng is the dried root of one of several species of the Araliaceae family of herbs. The most commonly used type is Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng), often sold as Panax, Chinese, or Korean ginseng. Closely related to Asian ginseng is American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.), which is sometimes preferred for its milder effects. Siberian ginseng, also called eleuthero isn't as closely related to the other two and is also considered weaker in action. Ginseng is widely used to improve overall energy and vitality, particularly during times of fatigue or stress. Studies show its potential value in normalizing glucose levels after meals in diabetics, stimulating immune function, treating male impotence and, when used with Ginkgo biloba, improving memory and symptoms of attention deficithyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. Studies of Asian ginsengs have repeatedly documented improvements in exercise performance and improvements in muscular strength, maximal oxygen uptake, work capacity, fuel homeostasis, serum lactate, heart rate, visual and auditory reaction times, alertness, and psychomotor skills.) Ginko Biloba (typically an extract made from leaves of the Ginkgo biloba tree and contains many phytochemicals. Ginkgo biloba has become a widely used dietary supplement for
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increasing cognitive functions in elderly people, delaying the progression of Alzheimer's disease, increasing blood flow to the legs, treating tinnitus (ringing in the ear) of a circulatory origin, as well as treating depression and asthma.) Huperzine A (Huperzine A, in dietary supplements, is a chemical purified from leaves of the Chinese toothed club moss (Huperzia serrata) or synthetically manufactured. Huperzine A, has been shown to improve memory, thinking, and behavioral function in people with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. It may also protect neurons from cell death caused by toxic levels of glutamate and protect against some of the effects of chemical nerve agents used in warfare, such as soman.) Mutamba (Mutamba bark is a rich source of the natural chemical procyanidin B-2, which has anti-tumorous and anti-cancerous effects (even against melanoma) as well as lowers blood pressure and protects the kidneys.) Oleander Extracts (Oleander Soup/Anvirzel) (one of the most potent anti-cancer substances on the planet. If you, or anyone you know or care about ever has cancer ,HIVAIDS, hepatitis-C, psoriasis or any other immune disorder or cell-proliferative disease, you should consider trying oleander soup or the patented commercial oleander extract Anvirzel. Oleander extracts, including the oleander soup you can make at home, have cured various cancers, with high success rates, in conditions from initial stages all the way to stage 4 and diagnosed as hopeless! They also work to prevent cancers of all kinds, cure hepatitis C & psoriasis, and have even been reported to reverse AIDS! For whatever reason, oleander extracts seem to attack bad cells, and ONLY bad cells, that have just about anything to do with immune system disorders, while also boosting the bodys immune system.

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Lifestyle Advice

Avoid Stress at all costs! Get Plenty of sunshine (a half hour each day. The sun is the great energizer and source of life. It also converts cholesterol to vitamin D) Wear Sun block whenever you are in the sun for any length of time Get Lots of Fresh Air (open those windows! Eat your lunches outside. Go for walks daily. Sleep with the windows open at night whenever possible if worried, get burglar bars.) Get Air Purifiers Invest in a Good Water Filtration System (The average glass of tap water in the U.S. contains traces of over 2000 chemicals, many of which are pesticides, carcinogens, solvents and poisons. Drinking filtered water is not enough your body absorbs more chlorine and fluorine from a bath or shower than it does in 8 glasses of tap water.) Take time to relax and meditate. Have fun and be happy! Laughter is good medicine for the body and soul! Get plenty or sleep 8 hours each night Exercise every day in moderation (There are just too many benefits to list just realize this: it doesnt have to be overly hard or painful, but it really should be done if you want to live longer, healthier and happier. Be sure to include daily stretching exercises. Any place that is stiff or has restricted movement is a site that is inviting disease.) Eat a healthy breakfast every day (just be sure to include fruits, juices and other healthy foods, such as omega 3 eggs, yogurt with blueberries, and oatmeal, and dont overly rely on grains, cereals and bread. Avoid sugar and coffee try hot green tea instead.) Drink lots of filtered water or reverse osmosis distilled water and green tea. Liver Cleanse (Perform once a year at least. The liver is the bodys main detoxification site and it is essential to have a liver in good condition to maintain overall good health. To cleanse you liver, see the Liver Cleanse section of this book) Colon Cleanse (Also perform once a year. Bowel movements are the basis of your health. If you don't have at least 1 bowel movement per day, you are already walking your way toward disease. It is said that death begins in the colon, and colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. See the Colon Cleanse section of this book.)

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The Hidden Dangers of MSG

From The Truth in Labeling Campaign: HIDDEN SOURCES OF PROCESSED FREE GLUTAMIC ACID (MSG). NAMES OF INGREDIENTS THAT CONTAIN ENOUGH MSG TO SERVE AS COMMON MSGREACTION TRIGGER: These ALWAYS contain MSG: Glutamate, Glutamic acid, Gelatin, Monosodium glutamate, Calcium caseinate, Textured protein, Monopotassium glutamate, Sodium caseinate, Yeast nutrient, Yeast extract, Yeast food, autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed protein (any protein that is hydrolyzed), hydrolyzed corn gluten These OFTEN contain MSG or create MSG during processing: Carrageenan Maltodextrin Malt extract, Natural pork flavoring, Citric acid, Malt flavoring, Bouillon and Broth, Natural chicken flavoring, Soy protein isolate, Natural beef flavoring, Ultra-pasteurized Soy sauce, Stock, Barley malt, Soy sauce extract, Whey protein concentrate, Pectin, Soy protein, Whey protein, Protease, Soy protein concentrate, Whey protein isolate, Protease enzymes, Anything protein fortified, Flavors(s) & Flavoring(s), Anything enzyme modified, Anything fermented, Natural flavor(s) & flavoring(s), Enzymes, anything Seasonings (the word "seasonings" In ADDITION... The new game is to label hydrolyzed proteins as pea protein, whey protein, corn protein, etc. If a pea, for example, were whole, it would be identified as a pea. Calling an ingredient pea protein indicates that the pea has been hydrolyzed, at least in part, and that processed free glutamic acid (MSG) is present. Relatively new to the list are wheat protein and soy protein. Disodium guanylate and disodium inosinate are expensive food additives that work synergistically with inexpensive MSG. Their use suggests that the product has MSG in it. They would probably not be used as food additives if there were no MSG present. MSG reactions have been reported to soaps, shampoos, hair conditioners, and cosmetics, where MSG is hidden in ingredients that include the words "hydrolyzed," "amino acids," and "protein." Low fat and no fat milk products often include milk solids that contain MSG. Drinks, candy, and chewing gum are potential sources of hidden MSG and of aspartame and neotame. Aspartic acid, found in neotame and aspartame (NutraSweet), ordinarily causes MSG type reactions in MSG sensitive people. Aspartame is found in some medications, including children's medications. Neotame is relatively new and we have not yet seen it used widely. Check with your pharmacist. Binders and fillers for medications, nutrients, and supplements, both prescription and nonprescription medications, enteral feeding materials, and some fluids administered intravenously in hospitals, may contain MSG. According to the manufacturer, VarivaxMerck chicken pox vaccine (Varicella Virus Live), contains L-monosodium glutamate and hydrolyzed gelatin both of which contain processed free glutamic acid (MSG) which causes brain lesions in young laboratory animals, and causes endocrine disturbances like OBESITY and REPRODUCTIVE disorders later in life. It would appear that most, if not all, live virus vaccines contain MSG. Reactions to MSG are dose related, i.e., some people react to even very small amounts. MSG-induced reactions may occur immediately after ingestion or after as much as 48 hours.

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Concerns Regarding Soy

History of Soybeans Soybeans come to us from the Orient. During the Chou Dynasty (1134-246 BC) the soybean was designated one of the five sacred grains, along with barley, wheat, millet and rice. However, the pictograph for the soybean, which dates from earlier times, indicates that it was not first used as a food; for whereas the pictographs for the other four grains show the seed and stem structure of the plant, the pictograph for the soybean emphasizes the root structure. Agricultural literature of the period speaks frequently of the soybean and its use in crop rotation. Apparently the soy plant was initially used as a method of fixing nitrogen. The soybean did not serve as a food until the discovery of fermentation techniques, sometime during the Chou Dynasty. Thus the first soy foods were fermented products like tempeh, natto, miso and shogu (soy or tamari sauce). At a later date, possibly in the 2nd century B.C., Chinese scientists discovered that a puree of cooked soybeans could be precipitated with calcium sulfate or magnesium sulfate (plaster of Paris or Epsom salts) to make a smooth pale curd -tofu or bean curd. The use of fermented and precipitated soy products soon spread to other parts of the Orient, notably Japan and Indonesia. Although the highly flavored fermented products have elicited greater interest among scientists and epicures, it is the bland precipitated products that are most frequently used, accounting for approximately 90% of the processed soybeans consumed in Asia today. The increased reliance on bean curd as a source of protein, which occurred between 700 A. D. and the present time, has not necessarily been a beneficial change for the populations of the Orient and Southeast Asia. Fit for Human Consumption? The Chinese, did not eat the soybean as they did other pulses (legumes) such as the lentil, because the soybean contains large quantities of a number of harmful a substances. First among them are potent enzyme inhibitors which block the action of trypsin and other enzymes needed for protein digestion. These "anti-nutrients" are not completely deactivated during ordinary cooking and can produce serious gastric distress, reduced protein digestion and chronic deficiencies in amino acid uptake. In test animals, diets high in trypsin inhibitors cause enlargement and pathological conditions of the pancreas, including cancer. The soybean also contains hemagglutinin, a clot promoting substance that causes red blood cells to clump together. Trypsin inhibitors and hemagglutinin have been rightly labeled growth depressant substances. Fortunately they are deactivated during the process of fermentation. However, in precipitated products, enzyme inhibitors concentrate in the soaking liquid rather than in the curd. Thus in tofu and bean curd, these enzyme inhibitors are reduced in quantity, but not completely eliminated. Soybeans are also high in phytic acid or phytates. This is an organic acid, present in the bran or hulls of all seeds, which blocks the uptake of essential minerals-calcium, magnesium, iron and especially zinc-in the intestinal tract. Although not a household word, phytates have been extensively studied. Scientists are in general agreement that grain and legume based diets high in phytates contribute to widespread mineral deficiencies in third world countries. Analysis shows that calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc are present in the plant foods eaten in these areas, but the high phytate content of soy and rice based diets prevents their absorption. The soybean has a higher phytate content than any other grain or legume that has been studied.
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Furthermore, it seems to be highly resistant to many phytate reducing techniques such as long, slow cooking. Only a long period of fermentation will significantly reduce the phytate content of soybeans. Thus fermented products such as tempeh and miso provide nourishment that is easily assimilated, but the nutritional value of tofu and bean curd, both high in phytates, is questionable. When precipitated soy products are consumed with meat, the mineral blocking effects of the phytates are reduced. The Japanese traditionally eat tofu as part of a mineral-rich fish broth. Vegetarians who consume tofu and bean curd as a substitute for meat and dairy products risk severe mineral deficiencies. The results of calcium, magnesium and iron deficiency are well known, those of zinc are less so. Zinc is called the intelligence mineral because it is needed for optimal development and functioning of the brain and nervous system. It plays a role in protein synthesis and collagen formation, it Is involved in the blood sugar control mechanism and thus protects against diabetes; it is needed for a healthy reproductive system. Zinc is a key component in numerous vital enzymes and plays a role in the immune system. Phytates found in soy products interfere with zinc absorption more completely than with other minerals. Literature extolling soy products tends to minimize the role of zinc in human physiology, and to gloss over the deleterious effect of diets high in phytic acid. Milk drinking is given as the reason second generation Japanese in America grow taller than their native ancestors. Some investigators postulate that the reduced phytate content of the American diet-whatever maybe its other deficiencies-is the true explanation, pointing out that Asian and Oriental children who do not get enough meat and fish products to counteract the effects of a high phytate diet, frequently suffer rickets, stunting and other growth problems. Marketing the Soybean The truth is, however, that most Americans are unlikely to adopt traditional soy products as their principle food. Tofu, bean curd and tempeh have disagreeable texture and are too bland for the Western palate; pungent and tasty miso and natto lose out in taste; only soy sauce enjoys widespread popularity as a condiment. The soy industry has therefore looked for other ways to market the superabundance of soybeans now grown in the United States. Large scale cultivation of the soybean in the United States began only after the Second World War, and quickly rose to 140 billion pounds per year. Most of the crop is made into animal feed, soy oil for hydrogenated fats margarine and shortening. During the past 20 years, the industry has concentrated on finding markets for the byproducts of soy oil manufacture, including soy "lecithin", made from the oil sludge, and soy protein products, made from defatted soy flakes, a challenge that has involved overcoming consumer resistance to soy products, generally considered tasteless "poverty" foods. The quickest way to gain product acceptability in the less affluent society," said a soy industry spokesman, " ... is to have the product consumed on its own merit in a more affluent society."" Hence the proliferation of soy products resembling traditional American foods-soy milk for cows milk, soy baby formula, soy yogurt, soy ice cream, soy cheese, soy flour for baking and textured soy protein as meat substitutes, usually promoted as high protein, low-fat, no cholesterol "health foods" to the upscale consumer increasingly concerned about his health. The growth of vegetarianism among the more affluent classes has greatly accelerated the acceptability and use of these artificial products. Unfortunately they pose numerous dangers.

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Processing Denatures and Dangers Remain The production of soy milk is relatively simple. In order to remove as much of the trypsin inhibitor content as possible, the beans are first soaked in an alkaline solution. The pureed solution is then heated to about 115 degrees Centigrade in a pressure cooker. This method destroys most (but not all) of the anti-nutrients but has the unhappy side effect of so denaturing the proteins that they become very difficult to digest and much reduced in effectiveness. The phytate content remains in soy milk to block the uptake of essential minerals. In addition, the alkaline soaking solution produces a carcinogen, lysinealine, and reduces the cystine content, which is already low in the soybean. Lacking cystine, the entire protein complex of the soybean becomes useless unless the diet is fortified with cystine-rich meat, eggs, or dairy products. Most soy products that imitate traditional American food items, including baby formulas and some brands of soy milk, are made with soy protein isolate, which is the soy protein isolated from the carbohydrate and fatty acid components that naturally occur in the bean. Soy beans are first ground and subjected to high-temperature and solvent extraction processes to remove the oils. The resultant defatted meal is then mixed with an alkaline solution and sugars in a separation process to remove fiber. Then it is precipitated and separated using an acid wash. Finally the resultant curds are neutralized in an alkaline solution and spray dried at high temperatures to produce high protein powder. This is a highly refined product in which both vitamin and protein quality are compromised-but some trypsin inhibitors remain, even after such extreme refining. Trypsin inhibitor content of soy protein isolate can vary as much as 5-fold. In rats, even low level trypsin inhibitor soy protein isolate feeding results in reduced weight gain compared to controls. Soy product producers are not required to state trypsin inhibitor content on labels, nor even to meet minimum standards, and the public, trained to avoid dietary cholesterol, a substance vital for normal growth and metabolism, has never heard of the potent anti-nutrients found in cholesterol-free soy products. Soy Formula Is Not the Answer Soy protein isolate is the main ingredient of soy-based infant formulas. Along with trypsin inhibitors, these formulas have a high phytate content. Use of soy formula has caused zinc deficiency in infants. Aluminum content of soy formula is 10 times greater than milk based formula, and 100 times greater than unprocessed milk. Aluminum has a toxic effect on the kidneys of infants, and has been implicated as cause in Alzheimer's in adults. Soy milk formulas are often given to babies with milk allergy; but allergies to soy are almost as common as those to milk. Soy formulas lack cholesterol which is absolutely essential for the development of the brain and nervous system; they also lack lactose and galactose, which play an equally important role in the development of the nervous system. I would strongly discourage the use of soy formulas. Nitrosamines, which are potent carcinogens, are often found in soy protein foods, and are greatly increased during the high temperature drying process. Not surprisingly, animal feeding studies show a lower weight gain for rats on soy formula than those on whole milk, high-lactose formula; similar results have been observed in children on macrobiotic diets which include the use of soy milk and large amounts of whole grains. Children brought up on high-phytate diets tend to be thin and scrawny.

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Fabricated Soy Foods A final indignity to the original soy bean is high-temperature, high-pressure extrusion processing of soy protein isolate to product textured vegetable protein (TVP). Numerous artificial flavorings, particularly MSG, are added to TVP products to mask their strong "beany" taste, and impart the flavor of meat. Soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein are used extensively in school lunch programs, commercial baked goods, diet beverages and fast food products. They are heavily promoted in third world countries and form the basis of many food give-away programs. These soy products greatly inhibit zinc and iron absorption; in test animals they cause enlarged organs, particularly the pancreas and thyroid gland, and increased deposition of fatty acids in the liver. Human feeding tests to determine the cholesterol lowering properties of soy protein isolate have not shown them to be effective. Nevertheless, they are often promoted as having beneficial effects on cholesterol levels. Cancer Preventing or Cancer Causing? The food industry also touts soy products for their cancer preventing properties. Isoflavone aglycones are anti-carcinogenic substances found in traditionally fermented soybean products. However, in non-fermented soy products such as tofu and soy milk, these isoflavones are present in an altered form as beta-glycoside conjugates, which have no anti-carcinogenic effect. Some researchers believe the rapid increase in liver and pancreatic cancer in Africa is due to the introduction of soy products there. The fatty acid profile of the soybean includes large amounts of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids compared to other pulses legumes); but these omega-3 fatty acids are particularly susceptible to rancidity when subjected to high pressures and temperatures. This is exactly what is required to remove oil from the bean, as soybean oil is particularly difficult to extract. Hexane or other solvents are always used to extract oil from soybeans, and traces remain in the commercial product. While fermented soy products contain protein, vitamins, anti-carcinogenic substances and important fatty acids, they can under no circumstances be called nutritionally complete. Like all pulses, the soybean lacks vital sulfur-containing amino acids cystine and methionine. These are usually supplied by rice and other grains in areas where the soybean is traditionally consumed. Soy should never be considered as a substitute for animal products like meat or milk. Claims that fermented soy products like tempeh can be relied on as a source of vitamin B12, necessary for healthy blood and nervous system, have not been supported by scientific research. Finally, soybeans do not supply all-important fat soluble vitamins D and preformed A (retinol) which act as catalysts for the proper absorption and utilization of all minerals and water soluble vitamins in the diet. These "fat soluble activators" are found only in certain animal foods such as organ meats, butter, eggs, fish and shellfish. Carotenes from plant foods and exposure to sunlight are not sufficient to supply the body's requirements for vitamins A and D. Soy products often replace animal products in third world countries where intake of B12 and fat soluble A and D are already low. Soy products actually increase requirements for vitamins B12 and D. Are soy products easy to digest, as claimed? Fermented soy products probably are; but unfermented products with their cargo of phytates, enzyme inhibitors, rancid fatty acids and altered proteins most certainly are not. Pet food manufacturers promote soy free dog and cat food as "highly digestible"
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Only Fermented Soy Products Are Safe To summarize, traditional fermented soy products such as miso, natto and tempeh, which are usually made with organically grown soybeans, have a long history of use that is generally beneficial when combined with other elements of the Oriental diet including rice, sea foods, fish broth, organ meats and fermented vegetables. The value of precipitated soybean products is problematical, especially when they form the major source of protein in the diet. Modern soy products including soy milks and artificial meat and dairy products made from soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein are new to the diet and pose a number of serious problems. The above information was abstracted from an article written by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, Ph.D. (an international expert renown in the field of lipid chemistry) for Health Freedom News in September of 1995.

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Nuke that Microwave Oven!

Toss the microwave ovens - the sooner the better! I would imagine that most of us have seen warnings about using microwave ovens for some time. The first ones I recall were way back in the radical seventies, when I learned that our standards for allowable microwaves were 100's of times less stringent than the world leading authorities in microwaves - the Soviet Union (the same folks that constantly bombarded our embassy in Moscow with microwaves). I also read reports that the incidence of cataracts among microwave users was alarmingly high - especially those that stood close to the microwave while it was in operation. And what made the cataracts really stand out was that they were "anterior cataracts" which formed further within the eye than normal cataracts which formed near the lens surface. Hard to miss the connection with microwave ovens, which cook food from the inside out. Dioxin Carcinogens cause cancer, especially breast cancer. Don't freeze your plastic water bottles with water as this also releases dioxins in the plastic. Dr. Edward Fujimoto (manager of the Wellness Program) at the Castle hospital was on a TV program explaining this health hazard. He was talking about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat and plastics re leases dioxins into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Dioxins are carcinogens and highly toxic to the cells of our bodies. Instead, he recommends using glass, Corning Ware, or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results, without the dioxins. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He said we might remember when some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons. To add to this, Saran wrap placed over foods as they are nuked, with the high heat, actually drips poisonous toxins into the food, use paper towels. Pass this on to your family & friends & those that are important in your life. I had heard those warnings before, at least the ones about dioxins from the plastic. For proof that microwaves do something to plastic, just cook a dinner a bit longer than recommended and see where the plastic melts and turns to some kind of slag, and also mixes in with your food! Of look at some of your old Tupperware so-called microwavable dishes that have been used a long time and look at the mottled and dimpled surfaces where repeated zapping has altered the plastic. What I had not seen before though was the warning about freezing water bottles. After getting this latest warning, I decided to not just put my blinders on and continue making carcinogens. I thought, OK, I will just use corning ward or tempered glass. Just to make sure, I did some checking on microwaves. What I found was startling! To put it quite simply, whereas traditional cooking heats food with temperature and cooks food from the outside in, micro waved food is cooked from the inside out by bombarding the food with microwaves. Furthermore, microwaving alters food and creates chemical compounds that the
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human body has not evolved or adapted to handle. I found that scientific clinical studies had been conducted by the Russians (THE microwave authorities) the Swiss and the Germans. In some instances these studies have been suppressed by industry, particularly where industry had charges brought against a researcher in Switzerland, and, after initially having the researcher convicted, fined and given a gag order, industry lost on appeal and had to pay the researcher for damages. Here are the consensus conclusions of the studies conducted in the three countries: 1). Continually eating food processed from a microwave oven causes long term - permanent brain damage by "shorting out" electrical impulses in the brain [de-polarizing or de-magnetizing the brain tissue]. 2). The human body cannot metabolize [break down] the unknown by-products created in micro waved food. 3). Male and female hormone production is shut down and/or altered by continually eating micro waved foods. 4). The effects of micro waved food by-products are residual [long term, permanent] within the human body. 5). Minerals, vitamins, and nutrients of all micro waved food is reduced or altered so that the human body gets little or no benefit, or the human body absorbs altered compounds that cannot be broken down. 6). The minerals in vegetables are altered into cancerous free radicals when cooked in microwave ovens. 7). Micro waved foods cause stomach and intestinal cancerous growths [tumors]. This may explain the rapidly increased rate of colon cancer in America. 8). The prolonged eating of micro waved foods causes cancerous cells to increase in human blood. 9). Continual ingestion of micro waved food causes immune system deficiencies through lymph gland and blood serum alterations. 10). Eating micro waved food causes loss of memory, concentration, emotional instability, and a decrease of intelligence." Perhaps instead of thinking of the minutes we save from the microwaves, we should think of the years and the nutrition we may be losing! My suggestion: if you want to save time, try a good convection oven. Whatever you cook with, do not overcook. It costs nutrients and causes carcinogens, even in foods besides meats.

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Things that Make Sugar Not so Sweet

The following list is taken from the Article 126 Reasons Sugar Is Ruining Your Health by Nancy Appleton, Ph.D. If you have a thing for sugar, you might want to copy this list and put it on your refrigerator or underneath your sugar bowl. 1. Sugar suppresses the immune system. 2. Sugar upsets the minerals in the body. 3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children. 4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides. 5. Sugar contributes to the reduction in defense against bacterial infection. 6. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function, the more sugar you eat the more elasticity and function you lose. 7. Sugar reduces high-density lipoproteins. 8. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency. 9. Sugar leads to cancer of the breast, ovaries, prostrate and rectum. 10. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose. 11. Sugar causes copper deficiency. 12. Sugar interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium. 13. Sugar can weaken eyesight. 14. Sugar raises the level of neurotransmitters dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine. 15. Sugar can cause hypoglycemia. 16. Sugar can produce an acidic digestive track. 17. Sugar can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in children. 18. Sugar malabsorption is frequent in patients with functional bowel disease. 19. Sugar can cause aging. 20. Sugar can lead to alcoholism. 21. Sugar can cause tooth decay. 22. Sugar contributes to obesity. 23. High intake of sugar increases the risk of Crohn's Disease, and ulcerative colitis. 24. Sugar can cause changes frequently found in person with gastric or duodenal ulcers. 25. Sugar can cause arthritis. 26. Sugar can cause asthma. 27. Sugar can cause Candida Albicans (yeast infections) 28. Sugar can cause gallstones. 29. Sugar can cause ischemic heart disease. 30. Sugar can cause appendicitis. 31. Sugar can cause multiple sclerosis. 32. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids. 33. Sugar can cause varicose veins. 34. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users. 35. Sugar can lead to periodontal disease. 36. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis. 37. Sugar contributes to saliva acidity. 38. Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity. 39. Sugar leads to decreased glucose tolerance. 40. Sugar can decrease growth hormone. 41. Sugar can increase cholesterol. 42. Sugar can increase the systolic blood pressure. 43. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.
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44. Sugar can cause migraine headaches. 45. Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein. 46. Sugar causes food allergies. 47. Sugar can contribute to diabetes. 48. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy. 49. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children. 50. Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease. 51. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA 52. Sugar can change the structure of protein. 53. Sugar can make our skin age by changing the structure of collagen. 54. Sugar can cause cataracts. 55. Sugar can cause emphysema. 56. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis. 57. Sugar can promote an elevation of low-density proteins (LDL). 58. Sugar can cause free radical in the blood stream. 59. Sugar lowers the enzymes ability to function. 60. Sugar can cause loss of tissue elasticity and function. 61. Sugar can cause a permanent altering the way the proteins act in the body. 62. Sugar can increase the size of the liver by making the liver cells divide. 63. Sugar can increase the amount of liver fat. 64. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney. 65. Sugar can damage the pancreas. 66. Sugar can increase the body's fluid retention. 67. Sugar is enemy #1 of the bowel movement. 68. Sugar can cause myopia (nearsightedness). 69. Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries. 70. Sugar can make the make the tendons more brittle. 71. Sugar can cause headaches. 72. Sugar can over-stress the pancreas. 73. Sugar can adversely affect school children's grades. 74. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha and theta brain waves. 75. Sugar can cause depression. 76. Sugar increases the risk of gastric cancer. 77. Sugar and cause dyspepsia (indigestion). 78. Sugar can increase your risk of getting gout. 79. The ingestion of sugar can increase the levels of glucose in an oral glucose tolerance test over the ingestion of complex carbohydrates. 80. Sugar can increase the insulin responses in humans consuming high-sugar diets compared to low sugar diets. 81 Sugar increases bacterial fermentation in the colon. 82. Sugar can cause less effective functioning of two blood proteins, albumin and lipoproteins, which may reduce the bodys ability to handle fat and cholesterol. 83. There is a greater risk for Crohn's disease with people who have a high intake of sugar. 84. Sugar can cause platelet adhesiveness. 85. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance. 86. Sugar can lead to the formation of kidney stones. 87. Sugar can lead to the hypothalamus to become highly sensitive to a large variety of stimuli. 88. Sugar can lead to dizziness. 89. High sucrose diet significantly increases serum insulin. 90. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increases platelet adhesion.
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91. High sugar diet can lead to biliary tract cancer. 92. High sugar diets tend to be lower in antioxidant micronutrients. 93. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents is associated with a twofold-increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant. 94. High sugar consumption can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration among adolescents with high sugar diets. 95. Sugar slows food's travel time through the gastrointestinal tract. 96. Sugar increases the concentration of bile acids in stools and bacterial enzymes in the colon. This can modify bile to produce cancer-causing compounds and colon cancer. 97. Diets high in sugar can increase fasting blood glucose. 98. Sugar combines and destroys phosphatase, an enzyme, which makes the process of digestion more difficult. 99. Sugar can be a risk factor of gallbladder cancer. 100. Sugar is an addictive substance. 101. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol. 102. Sugar can exacerbate PMS. 103. Sugar suppresses lymphocytes. 104. Decrease in sugar can increase emotional stability. 105. The body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch. 106. The rapid absorption of glucose promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects. 107. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit disorder (ADD). 108. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition. 109. Sugar can slow down the ability of the adrenal glands to function. 110. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases. 111. Adolescents consuming high sugar diets are at increased risk for delivering small-forgestational-age infants. 112. High sucrose intake could be an important risk factor in lung carcinogenesis. 113. Sugar increases the risk of polio. 114. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures. 115. Sugar is an addictive substance. 116. Intensive Care Units: Sugar limit saves lives 117. Sugar feeds cancer cells. 118. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people. 119. I.Vs (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to the brain. 120. Sugar increases estradiol (the most potent form of naturally occurring estrogen) in men. 121. Sugar can lower the amount of Vitamin E in the blood. 122. Sugar can cause free radicals in the blood stream. 123. Sugar can contribute to Alzheimer's disease. 124. Sugar given to premature babies often produces high blood sugar, causing them to lose precious sugar, water and salts through the urine, putting them at risk for dehydration and electrolyte imbalances. 125. Sugar given to premature babies can also affect the amount of carbon dioxide premature infants produce, exacerbating problems for those with lung disorders. 126. High sugar diets are linked to violence in prisoners. Good sugar substitutes: Stevia and Lo Han, both commonly found in health food stores and many grocers.

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How to Cleanse Your Liver Two Approaches

First, Doing it ALL By Yourself:
The following liver cleanse was kindly contributed by one of our correspondents who wishes to remain anonymous: Ingredients 1/2 Cup Olive Oil Extra Virgin (= 1.25 dl) 1 Big grapefruit (2 small) (Or 3 lemons) 4 tablespoon EPSOM salts = ( MgSO4 + 7H2O) (EPSOM salts = Magnesium Sulphate = EPSOMITE = Magnesium Sulfate Heptahydrate) 3 cups water (=750 dl) (1 cup = 250 ml = 2.5 dl = 0.25 l ) You can substitute 3 cups water (=750 dl) (that is used in this recipe to dissolve Epsom salt) with 3 cups freshly pressed grapefruit juice, or freshly pressed apple juice . That way you will not feel unpleasant taste of Magnesium Sulphate (Magnesium Sulfate = Epsom salt = MgSO4 + 7H2O) ] If using lemon juice, do not blend juice with oil. Drink little oil, little juice, from 2 different cups. If you mix oil and juice, it may (it doesn't happen always) slightly congeal, and get a slimy consistence that is not easy to swallow. It never happens with grapefruit juice! Choose a day like Saturday for the cleanse, since you will be able to rest the next day. Take no medicines, vitamins or pills that you can do without as they could prevent success. Eat a no-fat breakfast and lunch such as cooked cereal with fruit, fruit juice, bread and preserves or honey (no butter or milk), baked potato or other vegetables with salt only. This allows the bile to build up and develop pressure in the liver. Higher pressure pushes out more stones. 2:00 PM. Do not eat or drink after 2 o'clock. If you break this rule you could feel quite ill later. Get your Epsom salts ready. Mix 4 tbs. in 3 cups water and pour this into a jar. (You can substitute 3 cups water with 3 cups freshly pressed grapefruit juice, or freshly pressed apple juice.) This makes four servings, 3/4 cup each. Set the jar in the refrigerator to get ice cold (this is for convenience and taste only). 6:00 PM.
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Drink one serving (3/4 cup) of the ice cold Epsom salts. If you did not prepare this ahead of time, do it right now. You may also add 1/8 tsp. of powdered vitamin C to improve the taste. You may also drink a few mouthfuls of water afterwards or rinse your mouth. Get the olive and grapefruit out to warm up. 8:00 PM. Repeat by drinking another 3/4 cup of Epsom salts. You haven't eaten since two o'clock, but you won't feel hungry. Get your bedtime chores done. The timing is critical for success; don't be more than 10 minutes early or late. 9:45 PM. Pour 1/2 cup (measured) olive oil into the pint jar. Squeeze the grapefruit by hand into the measuring cup. Remove pulp with fork. You should have at least 1/2 cup, more (up to 3/4 cup) is best. You may top it up with lemonade. Add this to the olive oil. Close the jar tightly with the lid and shake hard until watery (only fresh grapefruit does this). Now visit the bathroom one or more times, even it makes you late for your ten o'clock drink. Don't be more than 15 minutes late. 10:00 PM. Drink the potion you have mixed. Drinking through a large plastic straw helps it go down easier. (Editors note- don't, just stomach the terrible taste...and it is horrendous- be forewarned...but that's part of the cleanse, you can deal with it just like we have). Take it to your bedside if you want, but drink it standing up. Get it down within 5 minutes (fifteen minutes for very elderly or weak persons). Lie down immediately. You might fail to get stones out if you don't. The sooner you lie down the more stones you will get out. Be ready for bed ahead of time. Don't clean up the kitchen. As soon as the drink is down walk to your bed and lie down flat on your back with your head up high on the pillow. Try to think about what is happening in the liver. Try to keep perfectly still for at least 20 minutes. You may feel a train of stones traveling along the bile ducts like marbles. There is no pain because the bile duct valves are open (thank you Epsom salts!). Go to sleep. You may fail to get stones out if you don't Next morning: Upon awakening take your third dose of Epsom salts. If you have indigestion or nausea wait until it is gone before drinking the Epsom salts. You may go back to bed. Don't take this potion before 6:00 AM. 2 hours later. Take your fourth (the last) dose of Epsom salts. Drink 3/4 cups of the mixture. You may go back to bed. After 2 more hours you may eat. Start with fresh fruit juice. Half an hour later eat fruit. One hour later you may eat regular food but keep it light. By supper you should feel recovered. How well did you do? Expect diarrhea in the morning. Use a flashlight to look for gallstones in the toilet with the bowel movement. Look for the green kind since this is proof that they are genuine gallstones, not food residue. Only bile from the liver is pea green. The bowel movement sinks but gallstones float
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because of the cholesterol inside. Count them all roughly, whether tan or green. You will need to total 2,000 stones before the liver is clean enough to rid you of allergies or bursitis or upper back pains permanently. The first cleanse may rid you of them for a few days, but as the stones from the rear travel forward, they give you the same symptoms again. You may repeat cleanses at two week intervals. Never cleanse when you are ill. [Editors note: I started passing chaff through normal bowel movements after my 4th colon cleansing fast, approximately after a total of 4x14= 56 days of total colon cleansing within 9 months. The chaff continued in normal bowel movements for 8 months! Thousands of tiny stones, looked like small popcorn and small bee pollen granules, others looked like moth wings. Sometime I would drop at one bowel movement 50-100 pea size stones that would float in the water. It was truly an experience. Almost daily for 8 months! When I did my first Dr. Clark's liver cleanse I immediately dropped over 200 pea size green and tan stones, and when I examined them I was shocked. They crushed in my fingers and what I found was pure fat, pure cholesterol. Can you imagine hundreds of them. Also in my second liver cleanse I had the same experience]. Sometimes, the bile ducts are full of cholesterol crystals that did not form into round stones. They appear as "chaff" floating on top of the toilet bowl water. It may be tan colored, harboring millions of tiny white crystals. Cleansing this chaff is just as important as purging the stones. How safe is the liver cleanse? It is very safe. My opinion is based on over 500 cases, including many persons in their seventies and eighties. None went to the hospital; none even reported pain. However it can make you feel quite ill for one or two days afterwards, although in every one of these cases the maintenance parasite program had been neglected. This is why the instructions direct you to complete the parasite and kidney rinse program first. This procedure contradicts many modern medical viewpoints. Gallstones are thought to be formed in the gallbladder, not the liver. They are though to be few, not thousands. They are not linked to pains other than gallbladder attacks. It is easy to understand why this thought: by the time you have acute pain attacks, some stones are in the gallbladder, are big enough and sufficiently calcified to see on X-ray, and have caused inflammation there. When the gallbladder is removed the acute attacks are gone, but the bursitis and other pains and digestive problems remain. The truth is self-evident. People who have had their gallbladder removed surgically still get plenty of green, bile coated stones, and anyone who cares to dissect their stones can see that the concentric circles and crystals of cholesterol match textbook pictures of "gallstones" exactly."

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Another Liver Cleanse: With a Little Help from Jon Barron

This plan from Jon Barron of The Barron Report and Baseline Nutritionals, cleans the liver, gall bladder, kidneys and blood. Jon's 5-Day Liver Gallbladder Flush First thing on rising, drink 8 oz of pure water to flush your digestive tract. An hour later, in a blender, mix up 8 oz of any fresh squeezed citrus juice (fresh squeezed apple juice or grape juice with all the sediment will work too), one lemon, 1 clove (not the whole bulb, just one clove) of garlic (increase by 1 clove each day), 1 tablespoon of olive oil (increase by 1 tablespoon each day), and a piece of ginger (about 1" long) along with 4-8 ounces of pure water. It helps to first slice the ginger cross-grain into 1/8 inch slices to minimize the size of the fibers. Then blend the garlic and ginger in a small amount of liquid to minimize "chunking" before adding the bulk of the liquid. Drink it down and follow with a fresh juice chaser to clear your mouth (If desired). I know this is hard to believe, but this drink actually tastes great -- sort of like a tangy Orange Julius. Here's why. Most people are not aware that fast food outlets rarely use any dairy in their "ice cream" shakes. They use vegetable oil. When you whip the oil at high speed, it gets creamy. Well, the same thing happens with the olive oil: when mixed in your blender at high speed, it makes the drink really thick and creamy -- like there was ice cream in it. Fifteen minutes after consuming this drink, follow with 2 cups of the liver/detox tea. It is also important to take 12 droppers full of the liver/detox tincture each day (spread throughout the day) while on the 5-day cleanse -- and continuing after until the bottle is gone. (Again, a dropper full is the amount that fills a dropper when you squeeze and let go -- about half the physical dropper.) The Detox Diet It is extremely beneficial to incorporate a 2-day raw food and 3-day juice-fast into your 5-day cleanse. (Actually, I usually do a 5 day juice fast while on the detox.) Day 1 During the morning (after your cleansing drink and stopping one hour before lunch), eat all the live FRESH fruit or vegetable juice you want. Beet juice is especially good. In general, do not mix your fruit and vegetable juices together, and feel free to dilute your juices. (Certain combinations such as carrot and apple work together, but unless you know for sure, dont mix fruit and vegetable). Make sure to swish all juices thoroughly in the mouth before swallowing. For lunch you can have more diluted juice, or a raw vegetable or sprout salad. Absolutely do not use bottled dressing. Make your own dressing from fresh olive oil and lemon or apple cider vinegar (organic non-distilled is by far the best) and any fresh herbs and spices you of your choice. (Even better is to use no oil in your dressing. See note on fats below.) If you are hungry throughout the day, feel free to snack on fresh vegetables or juices. For dinner eat fresh fruit or fruit juice or fruit smoothes.
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Days 2-4 After your morning flush, drink diluted juices and herbal tea throughout the day -- as much as you can drink. Try to consume 128 ounces during the day. Avoid all oils and fats. Also recommended throughout the day is to consume cups of potassium broth. Potassium broth takes advantage of the fact that the outside of a potato is one of the highest plant sources of potassium. Take the peelings (1/4" to 1/2" including the skin) of several potatoes. Do NOT use the inside. Add other well chopped vegetables to taste including carrots (with skin), celery , whole beets (including greens), fresh parsley, and lots of onion and garlic (up to 50 cloves). Simmer for 40-60 minutes in a covered pot using clean filtered water. Strain out the vegetables, cool and drink the broth. Refrigerate leftover broth in glass containers in the refrigerator for use over the next couple of days. As much as possible, do not add spices to the potassium broth. If you must, though, you can add a little "Bragg Liquid Aminos" or real Tamari sauce for flavor. Day 5 Same as Day 1 Days 6-8 Very clean diet of organic or locally grown produce fruits and vegetables. Remember, your body will suck up whatever you put into it right after the cleanse. Eating fried chicken and Ding Dongs, for example, immediately after detoxing, will almost totally nullify the entire detox. Notes on Liver Detox Tea The tea helps with the flushing process itself, but also helps minimize any discomfort or nausea. The key herb in the tea is dandelion root, one of the strongest herbal lipotropics known. That is to say, it flushes fat deposits from the liver. Other herbs that you will find in the tea include things like: ginger, clove, cinnamon, burdock root, and horsetail. Incidentally, some of the other herbs used in the tea (such as uva ursi, parsley root, and juniper berries) are also extremely beneficial to the kidneys. Two cups of the tea should be consumed fifteen minutes after drinking your citrus and olive oil flush. But several cups can and should be consumed throughout the day. In fact, consuming the liver/detox tea as a regular part of your diet is a pleasant and tasty way to continually optimize your health. (Feel free to sweeten the tea with honey or real maple syrup as desired.) You will want a small tea strainer to clean out the small tea bits in the water. I like to make my tea in a big 8 quart Dutch Oven pot. I fill the pot the night before and add 4-5 tablespoons of Tea, which I let soak overnight. In the morning I simmer for 20 minutes. Then I turn the heat to as low as it goes to keep the tea warm and scoop out cups as I want during the day. Ill drink 5-8 cups a day. At night, I turn off the heat and just top the pot off with water and add 2 more tablespoons of tea to the mix and repeat the simmering process in the morning. Each day, the tea just gets stronger and richer. Notes on Taking the Liver Tincture and Blood Cleanser To keep things simple, I use 4 droppers of both the liver tincture and the blood cleanser three times a day during the flush. Thats 12 droppers of each a day. Since each bottle contains about
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60 droppers, that means I finish the two bottles in 5 to 5 days. Theres no way to make these tinctures taste good. They are very bitter. I put my 8 droppers in about 1 oz of juice (for this, bottled apple juice works fine) and shoot it down like a shot of bad whiskey. Then I chase with a swig of plain juice to clean the palette. (Note: The blood cleanser is not actually part of the liver detox, but I like to combine my liver and blood cleanse into one operation. It's not essential to do it that way, but it makes sense.) What You Need to Know About Fats The way the flush works is that you starve your body of fats all day. This allows bile to build up in your liver and gallbladder. Then, in the morning, you have your only intake of fat (1-5 tablespoons of olive oil, depending on which day of the flush you're on). This causes the liver and gallbladder to literally "wring themselves out" in an attempt to deal with the oil -- squeezing out accumulated fat, cholesterol, and toxins in the process. The more fat that you consume during the day, the more you minimize the purging action of the olive oil drink. In other words, it's best to avoid all fats and oils during the liver/gallbladder flush. Note: the purging action gets progressively stronger each day on the flush. On the last day, when you consume 5 tablespoons of olive oil, that works out to a half cup of oil in one shot. That really squeezes the liver and gallbladder.. Needed Cleansers Liver detox tea Liver detox tincture Blood cleanser (if you choose to do the blood cleanse at the same time) Colon activator Needed for Morning Drink Whole organic oranges for juicing for 5 days. Or organic fresh squeezed orange juice from the market. (Remember, fresh squeezed apple juice or grape juice with all the sediment will work too.) 5 lemons 1 bottle of extra virgin olive oil (organic if possible) 1 big organic ginger root (about 5 inches worth) 4 Organic garlic bulbs should provide enough garlic for your morning drinks (15 cloves over 5 days) plus 50 cloves for your potassium broth. Potassium Broth 4 Large organic potatoes 4 large organic carrots (with skin) 2 sticks organic celery 3 whole organic beats sliced, plus greens 2 peeled and sliced organic onions
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50 cloves of garlic (see morning drink) Juicing Juicer. Any good juicer will do. If you dont have one, look on the net for the Miracle Juicer, which you can pick up for less than $100. (Note: a good juicer is probably the single best investment you can make in your health.) Any combination of all vegetable or all fruit will do. One exception is mixing apple and carrot. I usually make a juice of Apple, Carrot, Celery, and Ginger. (1 large apple, 1 stick celery, piece of ginger, and enough carrots to make 20-24 oz of juice.

In Addition Psyllium husks taken daily will help keep things moving and minimize toxic build up. I usually take a tablespoon of psyllium with 8 oz of water about an hour after my morning olive oil drink and at around 6 pm with my Activator to keep everything moving. (Note: if you are allergic to psyllium, use oat bran instead. Do NOT use ground flaxseed during the liver flush as it contains a lot of oil.) A couple of packets of Sun Chlorella tak

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Bowel movements are the basis of your health. If you don't have at least 1 bowel movement per day, you are already walking your way toward disease. Man's body has not changed very much in the past several thousand years... however man's diet has certainly changed a lot. All the refined sugar, white flour, hormone/antibiotics-filled meats we constantly ingest constitute an assault on our bodies. We are continuously violating our bodies by eating terrible foods. Colon cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. A constipated system is one in which the transition time of toxic wastes is slow. The longer the "transit time," the longer the toxic waste matter sits in our bowel, which allows them to putrefy, ferment and possibly be reabsorbed. The longer your body is exposed to putrefying food in your intestines, the greater the risk of developing disease. Even with one bowel movement per day, you will still have at least three meals worth of waste matter putrefying in your colon at all times. Disease usually begins with a toxic bowel. Those having fewer bowel movements are harboring a potentially fertile breeding ground for serious diseases. Infrequent or poor quality bowel movements over an extended period of time may be very hazardous to your health. A Proper Colon Cleansing Program Removes the Mucoid Plaque From the Colon. Even a thin layer of mucoid plaque weakens the body. Nature intended mucoid plaque to be sloughed off. But due to stress and diet, most Americans have many hardened layers of mucoid plaque. The healthy colon weighs about 4 pounds. One autopsy revealed a colon choked with 40 pounds of impacted mucoid plaque! A proper colon cleanse and detoxification program prepares your body for optimal health by removing the mucoid plaque. The person on a typical Western Diet holds 8 meals of undigested food and waste material in the colon, while the person on the high fiber diet holds only 3. Every One Can Benefit From A Good Colon Cleansing Program Whether or not your bowel is clean or dirty, or whether or not you have mucoid plaque inside your bowel, everyone benefits from doing a colon cleanse. It improves your health and your well being. A good cleansing program should always begin by removing the waste in your colon, the last portion of your food processing chain. If you attempt to clean your liver, blood, or lymph system without first addressing a waste filled bowel, the excreted toxins will only get recycled back into your body. So, all congestion and toxins must be removed, and it must begin with cleansing of the bowel. It takes more time and effort than a liver cleanse, but it is well worth it. It is said that death begins in the colon, and indeed colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in American men. The average person has eight meals in their colon, yet it was designed for only three. Anywhere from 5 to as many as 40 pounds of decaying and rotted matter may be trapped in your colon. For more information, and to find out how to embark on your own colon cleansing program, go to http://www.healingdaily.com/colon-kidney-detoxification/herbal-colon-cleansing.htm and http://www.healingdaily.com/colon-kidney-detoxification/colon-health.htm.

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Diet
"Six of the ten leading causes of death are directly related to diet."
Dr. Julian Witaker)

"We believe that diet is directly or indirectly implicated in almost all diseases . . . It is our serious and sincere contention that if doctors taught their patients only about the dangers of foods and (bad) practices, the medicinal drug companies would soon have to diversify their interests - or face insolvency."
The National Health Foundation

"Leave your drugs in the chemist's pots if you can cure your patient with food."
Hippocrates, 420BC It is a well-known fact that the great majority of today's processed foods are made with the primary considerations of taste, texture, appearance, shelf life and profit. Sadly, the all-important considerations, these being the nutritional value and the effect that the product will have upon the consumer are usually secondary considerations by too many manufacturers. As a result, we now have a vast number of good tasting, good looking and long lasting food products whose main ingredients are refined sugar, highly refined grains (especially bleached flour), and highly refined, hydrogenated fats. The remainder of the ingredients usually amount to little more than a combination of chemical preservatives and flavor, color and texture enhancers. If we normally ate healthy foods and only ate such adulterated products on rare occasions, it would not be so bad, but as it is, the vast majority of families are now using such foods as their primary source of nourishment - with the devastating results of increasing child obesity and increasing heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer and other debilitating diseases as we grow older. Even among many of us who have yet to experience disease, we are afflicted with lack of energy, constipation, and ever-recurring illnesses. Just about all the information you need to have a very healthy diet so that you avoid illness and disease, have more energy and live longer is contained in this book under the "Good Things to Do and Consume" and the sections that follow. If losing weight is also a concern, as it is for many of us, the formula is really quite simple, despite all of the fads that come and go: Take in fewer calories than you burn! That means eating the right foods in smaller portions and doing moderate exercise to take off weight and increase your metabolism. It really is that simple. It's just a matter of doing it, and your reward will be looking much better, feeling much better, enjoying life much more and living much longer.

A quick weight loss plan:

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From one of my favorite sources of alternative therapies and supplements, Jon Barron, here is a great short term program (2-3 weeks at a time) for losing a quick 6-8 pounds: Morning: 20 ounce glass of 50% fresh Orange Juice, 25% organic aloe vera juice, 25% filtered or distilled water. With nuts (5 almonds and 4 walnut halves). Midday: Tablespoon of flax oil along with a tablespoon of organic cottage cheese. Or 2 tablespoons flax seeds ground up and mixed with 1 cup diluted juice. 4:30: Large (20 oz shake). 2 tbs Accelerator or similar product (you many find Accelerator at www.baselinenutritionals.com) 1/2 banana Handful frozen organic strawberries or raspberries or half raspberries and blueberries 1/2 cup pineapple coconut juice 1 cup water 6:00: One tbs psyllium powder in diluted juice. 8:00: one apple, which will actually be quite filling As needed, throughout the day, Warp Speed. Obviously, you can substitute juices and fruit in the above menu as desired -- within reason. Keep in mind, berries work well because they are low glycemic fruits. Do this Monday and Tuesday. Eat normally on Wednesday (good proteins and vegetables -- avoiding refined grains, sugars, and starches). You never want to go more than two days in a row on a low calorie program in order to keep your metabolic rate up (more than 2 days in a row of low calorie and your metabolism begins to drop) and to reward yourself. Repeat shake days on Thursday and Friday. Repeat Wednesday's sensible meals on Saturday and Sunday. You'll lose weight rapidly on this program -- and feel really good in the process. Again, keep in mind this is a short term program for 2-3 weeks at a time. For more intensive weight-loss, you will have to go on a slower, more balanced, and more sustainable program.

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How to Easily Reach and Maintain a Healthy Weight for the Rest of Your Life
The four simple principals of weight loss: 1. We are designed by nature to eat a large amount of food whenever it is abundant. This is why dieting almost always fails. Let us suppose we could go back in time 10,000 years ago and snatch a newborn baby and bring it into the present. We would then proceed to raise this prehistoric baby the same way we raise modern infants. Do you realize that when this prehistoric baby grew up you would not be able to tell it apart from any other person walking the planet today? It would look like anyone else, talk like anyone else, be as smart or as dumb as anyone else and probably be overweight as well! In other words, even though our world today is so dramatically different then 10,000 years ago we are essentially the exact same animal. When our species ran around tens of thousands of years ago in the jungle food was scarce and we had to exert a tremendous amount of calories to obtain it. We only put on weight when food was plentiful because inevitably we would need these fat stores to survive when food again became scarce. This isn't the case anymore. Nowadays food is all over the place each and every day. A simple stroll to the fridge is all that's required. We inevitably fail at dieting and start eating and eating and eating simply because we are designed by nature to eat a large amount of food whenever it is abundant. It is as natural to us as taking a breath. 2. A calorie is a calorie is a calorie. Weight loss is a relatively simple physiological process. Notice I said "simple" not "easy". All that is necessary is that we burn more calories in a day than we consume. Dieting gurus have succeeded in confusing the issue beyond belief and have made themselves rich in the process. They actually have Americans convinced that eating one type of food as opposed to another will cause you to lose weight. Ridiculous! The reason people can lose weight on a high protein diet or a high carbohydrate diet or even a high fat diet is simply that they are on a diet period! They are simply consuming less calories in a day then they are burning. What types of foods the calories come from is irrelevant. One could conceivably lose weight on a "cheese cake" diet as well. If you don't believe me here's a cheese cake diet I guarantee you will lose weight on. "Eat two pieces of cheese cake a day and nothing else"! As long as you're not consuming more calories in a day than you are burning you will lose weight. What people are really doing when they are dieting is walking around all day hungry and craving food. They will inevitably give in and start eating again. In most cases they will put back on all the weight they've lost and then some. Stop worrying about the kinds of calories you consume. I realize all the dieting gurus are running around advising everyone to eat a diet low in saturated fats and high in fruits and vegetables. This is good advice for overall health but totally unrealistic. If you follow this advice you're destined to walk around all day craving fats and being hungry which brings us back to principle #1 "we are designed by nature to eat large amounts of food whenever it is abundant". But let's not forget principle #2. A calorie is a calorie is a calorie! 3. Exercise is not a natural act.
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Exercise is not a natural act. We are designed by nature to conserve our energy. Our bodies have feedback mechanisms designed to make exercise miserable. This prevents us from overexerting ourselves and helps us conserve energy. We do not like to be out of breath. We do not like to feel the burning fatigue in our muscles. We do not like to get hot, and sweaty. We feel great when it's over, I'm not denying it, but we dread having to do it. Americans spend billions on exercise equipment each year. They purchase their new "Stair Master" or "Butt Blaster" or "Soloflex" or "Nordiflex" or "The Total Gym". Or they buy the latest exercise videos such as "Tae Bo" or the latest version of videos by Richard Simmons. They enthusiastically start their exercise program and confide to everyone how much better they feel....for about a week or two. Then they discover that exercising even with their brand new exercise machine or video tape is a hard, miserable experience. So they stop. They stop until they see their next machine or video that promises a fun and easy way to fitness. Then the cycle starts again. How many pieces of exercise equipment have you bought? How many videos? How many memberships to the local health clubs? You see we are designed by nature to avoid misery and conserve energy. Running from a lion that is trying to eat us is a natural act, but exercising for the sake of exercising is not. We still must do it if we want to lose weight but we need to exercise as "smart" as we possibly can. We need to gain the maximum benefit from the most minimal effort. But please, let's stop being in denial about it. Exercise is not a natural act! 4. We must dramatically raise our metabolic rate. Anyone who succeeded in losing weight and keeping it off did so by raising their metabolic rate. Metabolic rate is the rate at which we burn calories in a given day. People with high metabolic rates tend to be slender. People with low metabolic rates tend to be fat. Metabolic rate can be increased over time with regular exercise unfortunately most people are doing the wrong type of exercise. Most people who exercise do aerobic exercise. Things like bicycling, jogging, walking, workout videos. This I feel is a mistake. It's not that you can't lose some weight this way but it is not very effective. In other words you need to do a lot of it and you still need to walk around all day starving. It's great for your overall health and stamina but for many people this exercise is time consuming and either boring or extremely miserable. Remember, exercise is not a natural act! That's why most people give up with these types of routines especially when they lose little or no weight for all their efforts. Prior to being successful at losing weight I was a devoted jogger. Though I hated it I jogged an average of 4-5 days a week for almost four years. After four years of jogging I actually weighed 20 pounds more than when I started. I went from a size 34 waist to a size 40! Aerobic exercise is a big reason why Americans are more obese than ever before. Nevertheless for us to ever succeed at losing weight and keeping it off we must dramatically increase our metabolic rate. More about this later. Let's quickly review these four principles. We are designed by nature to eat a large amount of food whenever it is abundant. A calorie is a calorie is a calorie. Exercise is not a natural act. We must dramatically raise our metabolic rate.

Now to summarize: Dieting won't work in the long run because we are designed by nature to eat a large amount of food whenever it is abundant. Eating one food as opposed to another won't work because a calorie is a calorie is a calorie. Aerobic exercise is minimally effective but we probably
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won't keep doing it because exercise is not a natural act. This leaves us with only one realistic choice. We need to significantly increase our metabolic rate, or the rate at which we burn calories in a given day. A generally excepted rule is that 3500 calories equals one pound of fat. Now suppose our bodies burn 2,000 calories a day and we eat 2,500 calories a day. That means we would be consuming 500 calories a day more than we are burning. Guess what happens. We will gain approximately one pound of fat every week. (500 calories per day x 7 days = 3500 calories or one pound). If we continue at this rate we will gain 52 pounds in one year! But let's say that instead of our body burning 2,000 calories per day we could raise our metabolic rate to 3,000 calories a day. As long as we continue to eat 2,500 calories a day we would begin to lose one pound per week or 52 pounds in one year! To significantly raise our metabolic rate we are going to have to exercise. Now since exercise is not a natural act we must do as little of it as possible so that we don't give up at it. The way to exercise without giving up is, instead of exercising the old-fashioned "dumb way", exercise the "smart way". Exercising the "smart way" requires only 12-15 minutes twice a week! First we must understand that to raise metabolic rate significantly we need to build more muscle mass in our bodies. You see muscle cells are wonderful "calorie burning" cells. Conversely, fat cells are terrible at burning calories. Therefore when we increase our muscle mass we can dramatically increase our metabolic rate or the amount of calories a day that we burn. Muscle cells burn calories 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Even when we are sleeping and not using them they still require a lot of calories. Once we raise our metabolic rate above the amount of calories that we are eating in a day the pounds of fat begin to effortlessly melt away. This is exactly why aerobic exercise usually fails to help meet our weight loss goals. It simply is not a very effective way to build muscle mass. It is also the reason why I believe that dieting without doing exercise the "smart way" is actually damaging to your health! Let me explain. Never diet unless you are going to exercise the "smart way". When you diet you are essentially starving your body of the nutrients it needs. To make up for these lost calories your body supposedly will begin breaking down your fat cells and using them for fuel. In reality this is not what really happens. If you diet without exercising the "smart way" your body does not choose it's fat stores for fuel it actually chooses your muscle cells! That's right, it starts destroying muscle cells for fuel. As time goes on your muscle mass decreases. This of course further reduces your metabolic rate. Now when you stop dieting and begin eating again you put all the weight back on and then some because you have reduced your metabolic rate by destroying your muscle mass! Yo Yo syndrome! This is the very reason why so many people lose weight and then put it all back on and more when they go off their diet. Does this sound familiar? Now if you are doing aerobic exercise while dieting the results are not quite as bad. At least you are working the most important MUSCLE in your body. Therefore at least this muscle will not deteriorate. Any idea what the most important muscle in your body is? You got it...your HEART. Now follow this logic. When you diet without exercising at all you are actually damaging your heart muscle! After all it's a muscle too. If you find all this hard to believe lets go back to principle #1. "We are designed by nature to eat a large amount of food whenever it is abundant." When our species was in the jungle 10,000 years
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ago and they were starving they were out there working hard to find food. Men were hunting for game. They were sharpening spears and making axes. They were climbing up hills and mountains. Women were digging up roots and gathering plants for food all day long while carrying their children on their hip! Their bodies chose to burn up their fat stores instead of their muscle mass because their bodies needed this muscle mass to find or hunt for food. Conversely when you diet without exercising in the modern world your body senses that it is starving but this time it realizes that it does not need all this muscle mass. Therefore it chooses to digest muscle rather than fat so that it can lower metabolic rate. By lowering metabolic rate the body can adjust to the reduction in calories and ward off starvation. It lowers metabolic rate by reducing the calorie burning cells in our bodies....our muscles. 10,000 years ago people were not watching TV and waiting until they lost 10 pounds so they could eat again! They were out in the world working their muscles in an effort to find food. How to exercise the "smart way" instead of the "dumb way". We need to maximize the benefits of exercise while reducing the misery. So, we need to do as little of it as possible because as you've probably heard, exercise is not a natural act. First we must do exercises that are designed to build muscle rather than cardiovascular conditioning. What we need to do is weight training exercises. As we build more and more muscle we burn more and more calories each and every day. Over time this causes us to begin losing fat. It was once believed that the more sets one did the more muscle one would build. This is the very reason why people who are serious about losing weight often spend hours and hours per week in the gym. This theory has now been proven totally wrong. As a matter of fact weight training too much can actually have a detrimental effect on muscle growth. If you weight train too much you can actually lose muscle mass! Now since we want to put as much muscle mass on us as possible we need to work all the major muscle groups in the body. By working the major muscles we can maximize the muscle mass we can build in the shortest period of time. Here is a weight loss workout you can easily to twice per week. Bench Press 8-12 reps one set. (Works chest and arms) Standing Military press 8-12 reps one set. (Works shoulders) Barbell bent over rows 8-12 reps one set. (Works back muscles) Lat pull downs one set 8-12 reps. (Works Lat muscles) Leg Squats 8-12 reps one set.(Works legs) Sit-ups till exhaustion one set. (Works abdominal muscles) Now this is an exercise program you should be able to live with. This workout requires no more than twelve to fifteen minutes of effort twice per week! And when I say 12-15 minutes I mean 1215 minutes. If you are in a hurry, you might be able to do this workout in as little as 8-10 minutes. When I'm in a hurry I can actually do this workout in less than 8-10 minutes! Vary the order of exercises often to keep it from getting too boring. The specific exercises you do are not as important as understanding the concept. If you don't particularly like this work out you can easily design your own workout by purchasing a "weight training" book at your local book store. Just remember to try to work as many of the major muscle groups as possible. You must also get familiar with how much weight or resistance to use with each exercise. It is important to
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use enough weight or resistance so that you can do at least 8 repetitions, but no more than 12 repetitions. Within a very few weeks you will know you're building muscle mass because you will need to add more and more weight or resistance to keep your reps between 8-12. Overtime, I guarantee you will lose more weight than starving all day long and exercising yourself half to death doing an aerobic routine. This simple 12 minute plan is an extremely powerful and effective weight loss program. This work out is effective for both men and women. You will need to purchase some equipment to do this workout if you don't already have it. Typically one can do all the exercises listed by purchasing a weight bench set that enables you to do lat pulls as well. You do not necessarily need to purchase free weights like I use. Any piece of equipment that allows you to work most or all of the major muscle groups will do nicely. More than likely you either own this equipment already or know of someone who has it and is not using it. Exercise is not a natural act, so most people don't do it. As a result, there is a lot of equipment around that nobody is using. You can also often purchase this type of equipment at a garage sale or by scanning the classifieds under "articles for sale" in your local newspaper. To be quite frank if you don't have the equipment you need or access to it you should be able to buy it in used condition for under $50. Start slowly and proceed using your common sense. Proceed with this type of routine by using your common sense. Ideally one should start out slowly. Just lifting the minimum amount of weight even if you can do a lot more that 8-12 reps. This will enable you to learn to do the exercises properly without "cheating". Gradually over time you can increase the weight until you get down to 8-12 reps. You must also be careful using "free weights". For many free weights can be dangerous because you could easily drop the weights and injure yourself. Another draw back with free weights is that you should always have a "spotter". Someone that is standing by in case you can't "eek out" that last rep so you don't get pinned down by the barbell. For many a resistance type machine makes more sense. You should always of course consult your physician before starting any exercise program. Also get into the habit of warming up first, perhaps with some mild stretching and a few "push ups". You don't have to do all these exercises in one work out. You can break the routine up. For example: Day 1, bench press and military press, day 2, barbell bent rows and lat pulls, day 3, leg squats and sit-ups. It doesn't make any difference how you group these exercises as long as you are doing them twice a week with 2-3 days rest between each muscle group. As long as you continue with this type of exercise program on a consistent basis, and eat around the same calories that you are eating now, I guarantee you will gradually trim down. A word or two about aerobic exercises: The exercise program recommended here does not mean to imply that aerobic exercise is bad for you, only that it is not necessary to lose weight. Including aerobic exercises in your weekly routine will just make your weight loss program that much more effective and also help you become healthier by toning your muscles and building your cardiovascular strength. One of the greatest side-effects of exercise is that it releases natural hormones and endorphins that make you feel better and have a better mental outlook. Exercise also causes the body to release more HGH (human growth hormone), which normally declines the older we get. With proper exercise and diet, you will feel better, have more energy, have a more positive outlook on life in general and even turn the clock back a bit.

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A diet to avoid at all costs:

The Atkins Diet. Let us make it very plain: Run as fast and far as you can from the Atkins Diet. In our humble opinion the Atkins diet is one of the worst and most unhealthy diet fads to ever sweep this country. It has created a unholy mythology about carbohydrates that has caught up everyone from ordinary people to fast food restaurants to big food companies in a rush to jump onboard the low-carb bandwagon. As a result, literally millions of people have neglected to consume the carbohydrates that are needed for good health and nutrition. Yes, you can lose weight on the Atkins diet, but the cost is poor nutrition, poor health and high levels of artery-clogging bad cholesterol. Did anyone fail to notice that when Atkins died his autopsy revealed that he was obese, had clogged arteries and poor health - or how quickly the Atkins empire covered up and excused the report? Hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, and like so much else in life, we wouldn't want the public good to get in the way of almighty profits!

The truth about carbohydrates:

First of all, the amount of carbs is NOT linked to obesity. So, go ahead and enjoy foods loaded with carbohydrates. It won't make you fat as long as you eat the right kind and shun the rest. Reuters reports that it's not how many carbs you eat, but which ones you eat that cause you to get fat. Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester say that people who are overweight do not eat more carbs than people of normal weight. The difference is in which carbs they eat. Heavier people tend to eat more refined carbohydrates, such as pasta and white bread that cause a spike in blood sugar, while those who weigh less typically eat whole grains, fruits, and vegetables that are loaded with carbs. "Total amount of carbohydrate is not related to body weight," Dr. Yunsheng Ma told Reuters Health. "It's the type of carbohydrate that's important." The big takeaway, according to Ma, is that the popular low-carbohydrate diets miss the mark. "Carbohydrates are not the enemy," he said in the interview with Reuters. "But you have to watch the kind of enemy." Refined carbohydrates are loaded with sugar, which has an immediate effect on our bodies. It causes blood sugar to rise, and the body stores that sugar in muscle. If we don't use it, it becomes fat. By contrast, the carbs found in whole grains, fruits, and vegetables don't have the same amount of sugar. "Refined carbohydrates are no good, but the total amount of carbohydrates is okay," Ma noted. A final word on carbs - it's not carbs that make you fat, it's the calories! Remember when we used to count calories, before the carb fad came along? Well, that old axiom is still the way to go.

Diet Myths:
Nearly every day, a new scientific study about diet and health makes headlines. Keeping up with the latest nutrition research -- not to mention the coffee-break chatter -- can be daunting. You may be tempted to throw up your hands in frustration and go back to your old eating habits. But don't let nutrition confusion keep you from your goals. Myth: Carbohydrates make you fat. Fact: Carbs have gotten a bad reputation ever since Dr. Atkins told his followers to avoid them. Back in the '80s, everyone was fueling up on pasta and potatoes, but today there is an unrealistic fear of anything white and starchy. The fact is that carbohydrates don't cause weight gain any
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more than proteins or fats do. If you eat too many calories -- which can only come from carbs, protein, fat, or alcohol -- you gain weight. What is true is that refined carbs (like sugar and white flour) tend to be easily digested, leaving you hungry again soon after you eat them. Our advice at the WLC is to choose smart carbs such as whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. Myth: Eating eggs regularly leads to high cholesterol levels. Fact: The egg has been redeemed. The American Heart Association's dietary guidelines no longer make any recommendation about how many egg yolks you should eat in a week. Eggs are an excellent source of protein, B vitamins, iron, and other minerals --- all essential to health. And an egg's fat content, only 5 grams, makes it a perfect breakfast food; it will keep you full and satisfied until lunch. Eggs are versatile, inexpensive, and can be eaten for any meal of the day. If you are a healthy adult, enjoy an egg a day without concern. Myth: If you eat most of your calories late at night, you'll gain weight. Fact: The old saying, 'Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper" was based on the idea that since you're more active throughout the day, you should eat more when you're most likely to burn it off. But the bottom line for managing weight is the total number of calories you consume during the day. Regardless of when you eat them, if you take in more than you burn, you will gain weight, and if you take in less, you'll lose. Our program creates a personalized eating plan based on what you like to eat, and you can eat your prescribed foods anytime of the day. That said, keep in mind that nighttime eating does tend to be centered on sedentary activities, often taking the form of mindless munching in front of the television. And calories consumed during the evening tend to be extra calories. Myth: You can eat all the fat-free foods you like without gaining weight. Fact: Fat-free foods are not calorie-free foods, so they do count as part of your day's calorie allotment. When fat-free foods were first introduced, many people forgot about controlling portion size and ate as much of these foods as they wanted -- then wondered why they weren't losing weight! Read the labels and check the listed portion size to determine how fat-free foods can fit into your eating plan. We recommend a variety of fat-free and low-fat foods on the WLC individualized eating plans to help members enjoy a greater quantity of foods.

The anti-cancer diet

This book contains many food items that help you avoid and beat cancer. These American Institute for Cancer Research recommendations on diet and lifestyle can provide a starting point for your own cancer-prevention eating plan: Don't eat more than 3 ounces of red meat daily -- about the size of a deck of cards. Limit fatty foods. Avoid salty snacks, and use herbs and spices instead of salt as seasoning. Men should limit alcoholic drinks to two per day; women, to one per day. Do not eat charred food. Avoid being overweight. Limit weight gain during adulthood.
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Take an hour's brisk walk (or get equivalent exercise) daily.

Although Americans are slowly adopting healthier diets, a large gap remains between recommended dietary patterns and what we actually eat. According to the CDC, only about 25% of adults in the U.S. eat the recommended five or more servings of fruits and vegetables each day. "Eating five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables every day will do a lot to decrease cancer risk," says Melanie Polk, RD, director of nutrition for the American Institute of Cancer Research, or AICR. Getting that many servings doesn't have to be hard, says Polk. "Make it simple," she says. "Add a handful of blueberries to your cereal in the morning. If you're having a sandwich at lunch, throw in lots of tomato slices as well as lettuce. Broccoli can be added to soups or sprinkled over pizza with olives, onions, and mushrooms. Instead of having a packaged snack in the afternoon, have an apple or banana. It all helps." Plant foods appear to be most protective against cancer. They are rich in fiber, antioxidants, and helpful phytochemicals. "Preliminary evidence supports the speculation that substances in flaxseed may help block substances that promote cancer," says Magee. "Omega-3 fatty acids, which are found in fish and certain plant foods, including flaxseed, have been shown in animal studies to slow or prevent the growth of certain cancers." Speaking of flaxseed, perhaps the most famous anti-cancer diet in the world has to be Johanna Budwig's flaxseed oil diet, now known simply as the Budwig Diet.

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Johanna Budwig and the Budwig Diet

The Flaxseed (Linseed) oil diet was originally proposed by Dr. Johanna Budwig, a German biochemist and expert on fats and oils, in 1951. Dr. Budwig holds a Ph.D. in Natural Science, has undergone medical training, and was schooled in pharmaceutical science, physics, botany and biology. She is best known for her extensive research on the properties and benefits of flaxseed oil combined with sulphurated proteins in the diet, and over the years has published a number of books on the subject, including "Cancer--A Fat Problem," "The Death of the Tumor," and "True Health Against Arteriosclerosis, Heart Infarction & Cancer." Dr. Budwig found that the blood of seriously ill cancer patients was deficient in certain important essential ingredients which included substances called phosphatides and lipoproteins, while the blood of a healthy person always contains sufficient quantities of these essential ingredients. She found that when these natural ingredients where replaced over approximately a three month period, tumors gradually receded, weakness and anemia disappeared and life energy was restored. Symptoms of cancer, liver dysfunction and diabetes were alleviated. Dr. Budwig then discovered an all natural way for people to replace those essential ingredients their bodies so desperately needed in their daily diet. By simply eating a combination of just two natural and delicious foods not only can cancer be prevented but in case after case it was actually cured. (These two natural foods, organic flax seed oil & cottage cheese) must be eaten together to be effective since one triggers the properties of the other to be released.) After more than 10 years of solid clinical application, Dr. Budwig's natural formula has proven successful where many orthodox remedies have failed. Dr. Budwig's formula has been used therapeutically in Europe for prevention of: cancer, arteriosclerosis, strokes, cardiac infarction, stomach ulcers (normalizes gastric juices), Prostate (hypertopic), arthritis (exerts a favorable influence), eczema (assists all skin diseases), and even immune deficiencies. Thousands have been helped by her protocol. Testimonials can be found for almost every type of cancer and tumors, even late stage. Dr. Budwig has assisted many seriously ill individuals, even those given up as terminal by orthodox medical practitioners, to regain their health through a simple regimen of nutrition. The basis of Dr. Budwig's program is the use of flaxseed oil blended with low-fat cottage cheese. Dr. Johanna preaches against the use of what she calls "pseudo" fats - "hydrogenated," "partially hydrogenated" and even "polyunsaturated." The chemical processing causes the oils to become a harmful substance deposited within the body. The heart, for instance, rejects these fats and they end up as inorganic fatty deposits on the heart muscle itself. They end up blocking circulation, damage heart action, inhibit cell renewal and impede the free flow of blood and lymph fluids. Science has proven that fats play an important role in the functioning of the entire body. Fats (lipids) are vital for all growth processing, renewal of cells, brain and nerve functions. Our energy resources are based on lipid metabolism. To function efficiently, cells require true polyunsaturated, live electron-rich lipids, present in abundance in raw flaxseed oil. Lipids are only water-soluble and free-flowing when bound to protein; thus the importance of protein-rich cottage cheese. When high quality, electron-rich fats are combined with proteins, the electrons are protected until the body requires energy. This energy source is then fully and immediately available to the body on demand, as nature intended.
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Budwig claims that the diet is both a preventative and a curative. She says the absence of linolacids [in the average western diet] is responsible for the production of oxydase, which induces cancer growth and is the cause of many other chronic disorders. The theory is: the use of oxygen in the organism can be stimulated by protein compounds of sulphuric content, which make oils water-soluble and which is present in cheese, nuts, onion and leek vegetables such as leek, chive, onion and garlic, but especially cottage cheese. It is essential to use only unrefined, cold-pressed oils with high linolic acid content, such as linseed, sunflower, soya, poppyseed, walnut, and flax oils. Such oil should be consumed together with foods containing the right proteins otherwise the oils will have the OPPOSITE EFFECT, causing more harm than good. The best combination is cottage cheese and linseed oil. The linseed should be freshly ground. Carbohydrates containing natural sugar, such as dates, figs, pears, apples and grapes, can also be included in the diet. Honey is also beneficial. She feels most of the synthetic vitamin A preparations are bad because they contain oxidation products, but much carotene as provitamin A (from carrot) is consumed. Vitamin B from buttermilk, yogurt, and natural yeast is beneficial. A person requires daily about 4 oz. of cottage cheese mixed well with 1.5 oz. of linseed oil. A blender or egg beater works fine. The mixture can be sweetened with honey, Stevia or Lo Han or otherwise flavored naturally. Fresh fruits can be added. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dr. Johanna Budwig Mix: Put in your blender: 1 cup Organic low fat cottage cheese 2-5 Tbsp. of flaxseed oil enough water to make it soft Optional: 1-3 Tbsp. of freshly ground up flaxseed (coffee grinder works fine) cayenne garlic red pepper For those who can't eat dairy products, you can substitute the product EFAs Companion Nutrients Complex available at Bionatures (Previously Natures Distributers) 1-800-624-7114 http://www.bionatures.com. These are capsules containing dried sulfurated proteins and enzymes which activate the essential fatty acids. They guarantee that one capsule will activate one Tbsp. of oil. Make it very soft. Eat some of it every day.
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Some people just add the above to their diet, while others follow a Program that she recommends: The patient has no nourishment on day #1 other than 250 ml (8.5 oz) of Flax Oil with honey plus freshly squeezed fruit juices (no sugar added!). In the case of a very ill person, champagne may be added on the first day in place of juice and is taken with the Flax Oil and honey. Champagne is easily absorbable and has a serious purpose here. (The champagne vehicle IS easier to assimilate and get someone almost on their death-bed going again. A retention enema of 250 ml (8.5 oz) of oil is another route to get this precious life-furthering, ELECTRONRICH oil into the body. It can also be applied to the skin for transdermal absorption.) 1) SUGAR IS ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN. Grape juice may be added to sweeten any other freshly squeezed juices. 2) Other "forbiddens" are: - All animal fats. - All Salad Oils (this included commercial mayonnaise) - All Meats (chemicals & hormones) - Butter - Margarine - Preserved Meats (the preservatives block metabolism even of Flax Oil) 3) Freshly squeezed vegetable juices are fine - carrot, celery, apple, and red beet. 4) Three times daily a warm tea is essential - peppermint, rose hips or grape tea - all sweetened as desired with honey. One cup of black tea before noon is fine. DAILY PLAN Before breakfast - a glass of Acidophilus milk or Sauerkraut juice is taken. Breakfast - Muesli (regular cereal) is overlaid with 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of Flax Oil and honey and fresh fruit according to season - berries, cherries, apricots, peaches, grated apple. Vary the flavor from day to day. Use any nuts except peanuts! Herbal teas as desired or black tea. A 4 oz (120 g) serving of THE SPREAD (directions below). This is fine to eat 'straight' like a custard, or add it to other foods taken in the day as you will see. Morning tea (10am) - A glass of fresh carrot juice, apple, celery, or beet-apple juice is taken. Lunch - Raw salad with yogurt-Flax Oil Mayonnaise (directions below). In addition to 'greens' salads, use grated turnips, carrots, kohlrabi, radishes, sauerkraut or cauliflower. A fine powder of horseradish, chives or parsley may be added for flavor. Cooked Meal Course - Steamed vegetables, potatoes, or such grains as rice, buck-wheat or millet may be served. to these add either THE SPREAD or THE MAYO - for flavor and to up your intake of Flax Oil. Also mix THE SPREAD with potatoes for an especially hearty meal. Add caraway, chives, parsley or other herbs.

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Dessert - Mix fresh fruit other than those used for breakfast with THE SPREAD, this time (instead of honey), flavored using cream of lemon, vanilla or berries. Afternoon Tea (4pm) - A small glass of natural wine (no preservatives) or champagne or fresh fruit juice with 1-2 tablespoons of honey-coated Fax Seeds. Supper - Have this early, at 6pm. Make a hot meal using buckwheat, oat or soy cakes. grits from buckwheat are the very best and can be placed in a vegetable soup, or in a more solid form of cakes with herbal sauce. Sweet sauces & soups can always be given far more healing energy by adding THE SPREAD. Only honey or grape juice can be used for sweeteners. NO white sugar (or brown!) Only freshly squeezed juices and NOT reconstituted juices (preservative danger) may be used. These must be completely natural. How to prepare 'THE SPREAD' Place 250 ml (8.5 oz) Flax Oil into a mixer bowl and add one pound (450 g) of 1% Cottage Cheese low fat or Quark) and add 4 tablespoons (60 ml) of Honey. Turn on the mixer and add just enough low fat milk or water to get the contents of the bowl to blend in together. In 5 minutes, a preparation of custard consistency results that has NO taste of the oil (and no oily 'ring' should be seen when you rinse out the bowl). Alternatively, you can use Yogurt instead of Cottage Cheese in proportions of 1 oz (30 g) of Yogurt to 1 tablespoon (15 ml) each of Flax Oil and of honey and blend as above. NOTE: When Flax Oil is blended like this, it does not cause diarrhea even when given in large amounts. It reacts chemically with the (sulphur) proteins of the cottage cheese, yogurt, etc. How to prepare 'THE MAYO' (Mayonnaise): Mix together 2 tablespoons (30 ml) Flax Oil, 2 tablespoons (30 ml) milk, and 2 tablespoons (30 ml) Yogurt. Then add 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of Lemon juice or apple cider vinegar (organic non-distilled is by far the best) and add 1 teaspoon (2.5g) Mustard plus some herbs such as marjoram or dill. Next add 2 or 3 slices of health food store pickles (no preservatives! - read label!) and a pinch of herbal salts. According to Dr. Budwig, you need to remain on this diet for a good 5 years. If you break the rules of this diet, Dr Budwig reports, (i.e. eating preserved meats, candy, etc), the tumors will sometimes grow rapidly worse. FLAX (LINSEED) OIL is readily denatured by oxygen, heat, and light. Rancid oil is bad for health, so oil MUST be carefully produced, packed under nitrogen in light-proof containers, refrigerated until used, used as fresh as possible, and stabilized with protein (THE SPREAD, etc) promptly once the container is opened..." Brands to look for include Omegaflo and Barleans. These should be refrigerated and used within a couple of months after opening. Flax Seeds may also be used. Seeds need only be cracked in a food blender, or they may be ground in a coffee grinder. One needs three times the amount of seed to get the oil equivalent. Seeds are high in calories, so one may gain weight. The seeds are also high in soluble fiber, so blending with liquid tends to produce ever-hardening "jellies". Fresh-cracked seeds can be sprinkled on muesli and should be eaten promptly.
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Let the Sun Shine on Your Health with Vitamin D3

by Chris Beckett, special correspondent for The Best Years in Life

The Crucial role of Vitamin D3 and Good Health Known as "the sunshine vitamin, vitamin D3, or Cholecalciferol, is one of the single most important vitamins necessary to maintain good health and ward off disease and illness. Unlike a prescription drug, or most other vitamins and supplements, vitamins D3 is often available for free because the skin produces ample amounts with only a small amount of exposure to sunlight. And when lifestyle and climate do not permit enough exposure to the life giving rays of the sun, good quality vitamin D3 can be easily obtained at almost any vitamin and health food outlet. In spite of the ease and low expense of producing and obtaining Vitamin D3, a great many people in the United States and around the world are deficient in this vitally important vitamin, often with tragic consequences for their health. Vitamin D is a steroid hormone precursor that has recently been found to play a role in a wide variety of diseases. Current research indicates that vitamin D deficiency plays a role in causing seventeen varieties of cancer as well as heart disease, stroke, hypertension, autoimmune diseases, diabetes, depression, chronic pain, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, muscle weakness, muscle wasting, birth defects, and periodontal disease. This does not mean that vitamin D deficiency is the only cause of these diseases, or that you will not get them if you take vitamin D. What it DOES mean is that vitamin D, and the many ways in which it affects a person's health, should no longer be overlooked by the health care industry, or by persons striving to achieve and maintain a greater state of health and the prevention of both chronic and acute diseases. Vitamin D and Cancer According to the researcher Cedric F. Garland, Dr.P.H., 600,000 cases a year of breast and colorectal cancer could be prevented each year by adequate intake of vitamin D, A new study looking at the relationship between vitamin D serum levels and the risk of colon and breast cancer across the globe has estimated the number of cases of cancer that could be prevented each year if vitamin D3 levels met the target proposed by researchers. Dr. Garland, cancer prevention specialist at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and colleagues estimate that 250,000 cases of colorectal cancer and 350,000 cases of breast cancer could be prevented globally by increasing intake of vitamin D3, particularly in countries north of the equator. Vitamin D3 is available through diet, supplements and exposure of the skin to sunlight. The study was co-authored by Cedric F. Garland, Dr. P.H., Sharif B. Mohr, M.P.H., Edward D. Gorham, M.P.H., Ph.D., and Frank C. Garland, Ph.D., of the Division of Epidemiology at the UCSD Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and Moores UCSD Cancer Center; and William B. Grant, Ph.D., of the Sunlight, Nutrition and Health Research Center, San Francisco. Vitamin D and sunlight An eminent American dermatologist, Dr. Michael Holick, in his book The UV Advantage, has a powerful message: Sensible exposure to natural sunlight is the simplest, easiest and most important strategy for improving your health with vitamin D.
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In an interview with medical writer Mike Adams, Dr. Holick makes these important points about vitamin D and sunlight. 1. Vitamin D is produced by your skin in response to exposure to ultraviolet radiation from natural sunlight. The body converts cholesterol in the skin into an inactive form of vitamin D that is subsequently converted into the active form in the liver and kidneys. It is nearly impossible to get adequate amounts of vitamin D from your diet. A person would have to drink 10 large glasses of vitamin D-fortified milk each day just to get minimum levels of vitamin D into his or her diet. Sunlight exposure is the only reliable way to generate vitamin D in your own body. 2. People with dark skin pigmentation may need 20-30 times as much exposure to sunlight as fair-skinned people to generate the same amount of vitamin D. This may be why prostate cancer is an epidemic among black men - a simple, but widespread, sunlight deficiency. The further you live from the equator, the longer exposure to the sun you need in order to generate vitamin D. Canada, the United Kingdom and most U.S. states are far from the equator and the huge populations of black people (which includes many Jamaicans) in those areas are at great risk of vitamin D deficiency. But even here in sun-torched Jamaica, many people deliberately avoid the sun and may be lacking in vitamin D. 3. Sufficient levels of vitamin D are crucial for calcium absorption in your intestines. Without sufficient vitamin D, your body cannot absorb calcium, rendering calcium supplements useless. There is more to healthy bones than just calcium. 4. Chronic vitamin D deficiency cannot be reversed overnight: It takes months of vitamin D supplementation and/or sunlight exposure to rebuild the body's bones and nervous system. The healing rays of natural sunlight (that generate vitamin D in your skin) cannot penetrate glass. So you don't generate vitamin D when sitting in your car or home. Even weak sunscreens block your body's ability to generate vitamin D by 95 per cent. Excessive sunscreen use may actually contribute to disease by creating a vitamin deficiency in the body. I suggest that sunscreens be used sparingly, primarily on the sensitive areas on your body. 5. It is impossible to generate too much vitamin D in your body from sunlight exposure. Your body will self-regulate and only generate what it needs. If you feel pain when you press firmly on your breast bone, that may be an indication that you may be suffering from chronic vitamin D deficiency right now. By the way, the vitamin D that your body makes is more powerful that the vitamin D found in your multivitamin tablet. 6. Vitamin D is 'activated' in your body by your kidneys and liver before it can be used. Therefore, having kidney disease or liver disorders can greatly impair your body's ability to activate vitamin D. People with disease of those organs should take regular sunbaths. If you totally avoid the sun, recent research indicates you need about 4,000 units of vitamin D a day. Which means you can't get enough vitamin D from milk (unless you drink 40 glasses a day) or from a multivitamin (unless you take about 10 tablets a day), neither of which is recommended. Most of us make about 20,000 units of vitamin D after about 20 minutes of summer sun. This is about 100 times more vitamin D than the government says you need on a daily basis. The only way to be sure you have adequate levels of vitamin D in your blood is to regularly go into the sun, use a sun bed (avoiding sunburn), or have your physician administer a 25-hydroxyvitamin D test. Optimal levels are around 50 ng/mL (125 nM/L).
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If you don't get vitamin D the way Mother Nature intended, from sunshine, you need to take supplemental vitamin D3 cholecalciferol. Since most of us get a lot more vitamin D from sunshine than we realize, most of us need about 2,000 units a day extra. Vitamin D is one of nature's most powerful healing agents and, when you are able to take advantage of sunshine, your body makes it absolutely free. Best of all, no prescription is required! About the author: Natural health advocate Chris Beckett hails from England, where he researches, writes and blogs about natural health. In addition to being a new contributor for both The Best Years in Life website and The Silver Bulletin e-Magazine, Mr. Beckett is one of the most respected contributors to the internationally prominent natural health site, CureZone. Besides his knowledge and interest in vitamin D3, Mr. Beckett frequently contributes information based on his research, reading and personal experience in the vital areas of natural hygiene and fasting, particularly water fasting, both of which he is convinced played major roles in saving his life and leading to the good health he now enjoys.

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NATURAL HYGIENE: THE GREATEST HEALTH DISCOVERY

by Chris Beckett, special correspondent for The Best Years in Life This article is dedicated to all health-truth seekers everywhere, in the hope that the knowledge within it will inspire you as it did me; a system of health recovery/maintenance based on natural law, which saved my life from Leukemia 30 years ago, just y as one day.. it may also save yours !! Early in the 19th Century a remarkable health discovery was made that tore away the mystery that surrounded disease, revolutionized the care of the sick, saved countless thousands from premature death (so prevalent in that period), and was the advent of a period of physiological enlightenment for both medical and laymen alike. This discovery, known as Natural Hygiene, and the pioneers who fought to bring its truths to light, constituted an incredible piece of American history that involved Statesmen and World famous figures. This article is just part of the absorbing story of the evolution of Natural Hygiene, the movement which was built around it, its struggle to gain acceptance for principles that were based on natural law and a rudimentary understanding of the amazing but glorious health potential it holds for humanity as a whole. What is Natural Hygiene? Natural Hygiene is defined as being the science and fine-art of preserving and restoring health by those substances, agencies, and influences that have a normal relation to life, which are: pure food, pure water, sunlight, rest, sleep, relaxation, exercise, play, warmth, family relationships, and all healthful mental influences. Hygiene is neither a system of medicine, nor one of the healing arts, nor a system of therapeutics. It offers the client no cures, has no cures, denies all cures, does not pretend to cure; but, it permits nature or the body to heal itself. Viewed this way, Hygiene is not just fasting, or dieting, vegetarianism, food combining, or any one life- element of living, but a combination of all of lifes agencies in such manner and degree as Nature can use, to realize the maximum physical and mental healing potential of the body. The Principles of Natural Hygiene. The human body has basic physical, physiological, emotional and spiritual needs about 19 have been identified - such as proper food, sunshine, rest, sleep, exercise, water, emotional poise, gregarious social gathering etc. These needs have to be supplied at the appropriate time in the appropriate amounts for abundantly good health to be achieved. If this is fulfilled, the human body can manage and take care of itself, resulting in superb robust health. If these needs are supplied either in excess or as a deficiency, or if other alien substances are consumed by the body, sickness eventually becomes inevitable. The human body is self-preserving, self-maintaining, and self-healing. All that is required from us is to remove the causes of the problem, rest (go to bed) and preferably stop eating (fast), since the body will use the energy saved from not having to digest food, for the
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incredibly powerful healing & cleansing processes of the body to be initiated. Body processes are very complex. In most cases, any medical intervention only results in further problems and complications; so the most effective course of action is to just leave the body "intelligently alone" to handle its own problems. Only in certain life threatening cases, or in cases of accidents, trauma etc, is it possible to do something (via emergency, surgery etc) to help the body. If we also listen to our body it gives us very clear signals as to what it needs and what it does not need. For example, tiredness means it needs sleep, hunger - food, thirst - water. A coughing fit after your first smoke indicates it does not want tobacco!! We have to heed the signals of the body at all times. Lack of, or no appetite is a clear signal from Nature that food is not required from outside, but internal feeding or fasting means that you will be feeding from your own food reserves while your body heals and cleanses. Man can live for only minutes without air, days without water, and weeks without food. Even the thinnest of individuals have a store of food reserves from which they can feed from in times of deprivation, disease and/or injury. Natural Hygiene believes that adulterated Diet and improper living habits are the primary reason for sickness and disease, but by eating a diet high in natural, whole, raw organic foods (at least 50%, preferably 80-85%) we can avoid most illnesses. It is recommended that cooked food should be minimized and processed food avoided altogether. Poison habits such as smoking, drinking, and drugs also need to be eliminated. Origins 1822: Isaac Jennings, M.D. of Fairfield, Connecticut, having practiced medicine for 20 years and being thoroughly discouraged with the results, began to administer placebos of bread pills, starch powders, and colored water tonics to patients, while instructing them in healthful living. 1822 - 1832: Dr. Jennings and physiologist/minister Sylvester Graham started a healing system called "Orthopathy". During the following few decades, a group of health-conscious doctors and citizens boldly claimed that Nature knows better than the most learned physicians. Citizens of this country were fed-up with failures and contradictions of the then current medical practice and theory. The truths proclaimed by Jennings and Graham found immediate and widespread acceptance. After becoming fully convinced of the correctness of his "Let-Alone Plan," "Do-Nothing Cure," and the "No-Medicine Plan," Jennings announced his discovery to the world, but he is misunderstood. Because of his pioneering impact Jennings is credited with being "The Father of Natural Hygiene." 1830 - 1832: For several years Graham lectured nationwide on the relationship of physiology to Hygiene and gained a large following, especially among the common working people. In just a few years, he published "The Graham Journal of Health and Longevity"; established the Library of the American Physiologic Society; opened the nation's first health food stores, health book stores and health food restaurants; and founded numerous "Grahamite" health
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retreats and boarding houses. 1833: Dr. Russell Thacker Trall emerged as a great mastermind of Hygienic "Hygieo Therapy", which combined the use of all Hygienic agents into one holistic system. A brilliant thinker and articulate debater, Dr. Trall publicly challenged the entire medical establishment on their theory and practice, always emerging as the victor. 1844: Dr. Joel Shew introduced the European system of "Hydrotherapy" to the United States, a "curing treatment" which used little or no drugs while employing water as the main therapeutic agent. Hydropathists adopted the Hygieo-Therapy (Natural Hygiene) dietary and exercise plan, as well as its emphasis on fresh air and sunlight. American physicians who had lost faith in drugging but lacked belief in Hygiene adopted Hydrotherapy wholesale as both became intertwined and indistinguishable for several years. 1830 - 1860: Scores of Hygienic homes, schools and sanitariums opened throughout the country. Dr. Harriet Austin and James Jackson founded the largest Natural Hygiene institution in the world, "Our Home on the Hillside", with 250 beds. Seventy-five hydrotherapy (water-cure) institutions were founded. During this time, over 80 "health papers" effectively reached the masses which coincided with an improvement in the hygienic habits of Americans. 1852: Natural Hygiene was so enthusiastically received and popularized that its practitioners outnumbered those of allopathic, homeopathic and chiropractic medicine combined. 1853: Dr. Russell Trall founded the New York College of Hygieo-Therapy to educate competent health practitioners. This inaugurated a new era in medical science, theory, philosophy and practice that was in variance with prevailing allopathic doctrines of the time. 1861: Dr Trall, who had once been a practicing Hydropathist, announced a formal declaration separating Hydrotherapy from Hygieo-Therapeutics (Natural Hygiene) by stating "water possesses no power whatsoever to cure any disease. Nature is the remedial principle". 1862: Dr Trall delivered a landmark lecture at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. before the most distinguished medical minds of the United States entitled "The True Healing Art, or Hygiene vs. Medication". The lecture was widely published and circulated among the populace, and the health reform movement in America reached its height. Ironically, in 1861, with the onset of the Civil War, national attention focused on survival, and health reform ended. 1861 - 1865: The Civil War caused Hygienic institutions everywhere to close. The health reform movement was halted as the war impoverished the nation. Schools and sanitariums were wrecked and the common citizen could no longer afford Hygienic educational literature. 1864: French chemist Louis Pasteur fathered "The Science of Bacteriology" and "The Germ Theory of Disease" by demonstrating the existence of microorganisms. It concluded that "germs" cause pathogenic change in living cultures within laboratory experiments. With Pasteur, a new era in modem medicine was inaugurated, including sterilization,
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pasteurization, vaccination, and fear of raw foods. The prevailing "germ era" helped usher in the decline of 19th century health reform. Not only did people develop germ-phobia, but they also found complacency in blaming their ill health on malevolent invading bacteria, rather than taking responsibility for their own poor lifestyle choices. 1881: Clara Barton, student of Hygiene founds the American Red Cross and becomes its first president. 1900 - 1940: Dr. J. H. Tilden, after thoroughly reading 19th century Hygienic literature, became convinced that disease need not be experienced. Tilden conducted a private practice to teach patients how to eliminate body toxicity; he lectured widely; wrote 25 books; and widely circulated a monthly magazine both in this country and abroad. 1909 - 1910: The infamous Flexner Report ended health-care reform in the States, as alternative schools of healing were shutdown nationwide, under the influence of the Rockefeller and Carnegie Foundations. 1924-1940: Tilden opened and operated a Hygienic school and sanitarium in Denver, Colorado. In 1926, he published the famous book "Toxemia Explained", which identified the primary cause of ALL disease as toxemia (a state of internal pollution) brought on by debilitating, enervating, and unhealthful living practices. In the meantime, medical authorities strongly opposed and condemned Tilden. 1920: Dr. Herbert M. Shelton wrote the first of 40 books in his efforts to revive Natural Hygiene. Over the next 50 years, many of Dr. Shelton's books were translated into eight languages. 1928 - 1981: Dr. Shelton's Health School operated in San Antonio, Texas and included a clinic, laboratory, and educational program. Well over 60,000 fasts were professionally supervised. According to Shelton, "the sick get well, the well get better, and all gain the priceless knowledge needed to stay well". Throughout his career, Shelton was considered a threat to medicine. He is repeatedly threatened and jailed over 30 times!! 1948: The American Natural Hygiene Society was founded. Several chiropractors and laymen elected Shelton as its first president. Annual conventions were held, and 30 chapters worldwide are established, some of which are still active today. Current membership in the U.S., however, is below 10,000. 1939 - 1980: Shelton published the monthly magazine Hygienic Review popularizing and reviving Natural Hygiene worldwide for 20th century thinkers. From 1934 - 1941, Shelton also wrote and published the seven volume series entitled The Hygienic System, which became the basis for Hygienic study. 1970: At age 44, Terrance C. Fry read Shelton's book "Superior Nutrition" and became a hygienist overnight. Within a few years, he wrote and self-published several easy-to-read booklets and books popularizing Natural Hygiene, some of which were in contrast to Shelton's formidable text-books and manuals.
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1982: T.C. Fry founded the Life Science Institute and published Healthful Living magazine with a circulation of 30,000. Fry also developed a Natural Hygiene teacher training course, a 2200 page, 111 lesson home study curriculum. The Life Science Institute also produced audio and video cassettes on Natural Hygiene and offered retreats and seminars to students and to the general public. 1986-1988: Harvey and Marilyn Diamond, after years of counseling, teaching and study with Life Science Institute, wrote Fit For Life, the best-selling health and diet book in history. A second book Living Health followed. Warner Brothers published and provided extensive national coverage through media and conferences, which popularized Natural Hygiene for millions of Americans. 1990's: Many Hygienic organizations and practitioners continued operating educational programs, retreats, sanitariums, and private practices, although relatively few were directed by those with "recognized" credentials. 1995 - 1997: Art Baker serving as Dean of Students of Life Science Institute enrolled nearly 1,000 students into the Natural Hygiene correspondence program before the company veered from its Natural Hygiene roots and focused on digestive enzyme supplements, as it was sold off to a group in Canada. 1996: Inspired by T. C. Fry's Healthful Living, David Klein published the first issue of Living Nutrition Magazine, "The True Voice of Hygiene." 1999: Healthful Living International (HLI) is founded by a dynamic group of pure Natural Hygiene educators and practitioners (Healthful Living Consultants) whose mission was to incorporate knowledge of total wellness of body, mind and spirit into teaching pure true Natural Hygiene. The Healthful Living Consultants were the first international professional association of Natural Hygiene practitioners that included licensed doctors and professional health educators and counselors. Differences between Natural Hygiene and Alternative Medicine Natural Hygiene stands unique amongst all other therapies and healing sciences in that it alone insists that there is no such thing as cure - only self-healing. All other therapies try to deal with the symptoms using this therapy or that. Herbs, Magnets, Needles, lotions, potions, light, heat, mud etc. In Natural Hygiene there is no therapy, no treatment. Natural hygiene does not try to treat symptoms - it is the ONLY system that insists on discovering the cause of the disease and eliminating that cause. Natural Hygiene and Naturopathy Although these terms are used interchangeably, there is a World of difference between them. "Pathy" means "disease". Naturopathy means using natural ways to deal with disease. This includes a proper diet, massage and mud baths, water baths etc. Pure Natural Hygiene does not recognize all these treatments - only adjusting the diet, sunbaths and air baths are
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recognized. Part two of this article tells about the amazing and only system of health recovery employed by Nature that saved my life through FASTING and what it can also do for you too
About the author: Natural health advocate Chris Beckett hails from England, where he researches, writes and blogs about natural health. In addition to being a new contributor for both The Best Years in Life website and The Silver Bulletin e-Magazine, Mr. Beckett is one of the most respected contributors to the internationally prominent natural health site, CureZone. Besides his knowledge and interest in vitamin D3, Mr. Beckett frequently contributes information based on his research, reading and personal experience in the vital areas of natural hygiene and fasting, particularly water fasting, both of which he is convinced played major roles in saving his life and leading to the good health he now enjoys.

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NATURAL HYGIENE Part 2: THE MIRACLE OF FASTING

by Chris Beckett, special correspondent for The Best Years in Life "Fasting----the abstention, entirely or in part, and for longer or shorter periods of time, from food and drink or from food alone" - Dr Herbert M Shelton. D.P., N.D., D.C., D.N.T., D.N.Sc., D.N.Ph., D.N. Litt., Ph. D., D. Orthp. Fasting is Natures very own method for healing. Historical records tell us that fasting has been used as a system for health recovery for thousands of years; even Hippocrates (the Father of Modern Medicine), Socrates, and Plato all recommended fasting for health recovery. For most of human history, fasting has been practiced for therapeutic-healing and spiritual enlightenment, and our current understanding of human physiology has confirmed the powerful healing effects of this ancient remedy par excellence. Fasting is such a powerful and therapeutic process it can help almost anyone recover from very mild to very severe and even life-threatening health conditions. Some of the most common ones are high blood pressure, asthma, allergies, chronic headaches, inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohns disease), irritable bowel syndrome, adult onset diabetes, heart disease, degenerative arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, eczema, acne, uterine fibroids, benign tumors, and systemic lupus erythematosus, and in my own case Leukemia. Fasting actually provides a period of concentrated physiological rest during which time the body can devote its self-healing mechanisms to repairing and strengthening damaged organs. The process of fasting also allows the body to cleanse cells of accumulated metabolic toxins and waste products. I cannot do better than quote Dr Shelton who wrote.. Life is a master drama of nutrition and drainage under the control of the nervous system. If nerve or life-energy is abundant, the various organs of the body are well supplied and they function with due efficiency; digestion is good, respiration is normal, circulation is maintained at a high level, secretion and excretion are adequate. As a result, the cells are nourished, the fluids are kept sweet and clean and we have health in superabundance. However, if our nervous batteries have been permitted to run down, if our nerve or life-energy is low, ALL the functions of the body are correspondingly lowered. Digestion is then poor, secretion and excretion lag, circulation is below par, respiration is not efficient. The fluids and tissues of the body become sour and we have impaired health Fasting restores that lost life energy, and cleanses the body of waste products that have been allowed to accumulate over the years, through improper living habits and faulty diet. Fasting also gives the digestive tract time to completely rest and strengthen its intestinal lining. A healthy intestinal lining is necessary for preventing leakage of incompletely digested proteins into the bloodstream, which then offers protection from autoimmune conditions. A healthy digestive tract also helps to protect the blood and inner organs against the majority of environmental and metabolic toxins. Fasting though is NOT Starving
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"WANT OF APPETITE is not always a morbid symptom, nor even a sign of imperfect digestion. Nature may have found it necessary to muster all the energies of our system for some special purpose, momentarily of paramount importance. Organic changes and repairs, teething, pleuritic eruptions, and the external elimination of bad humors (boils, etc.), are often attended with a temporary suspension of the alimentary process. As a rule, it is always the safest plan to give Nature her own way." - FELIX L. OSWALD MD. Fasting then is a nutritional state whereby we live on our own ample food reserves through a process known as Autolysis until these are depleted. This can take many weeks if not a few months. Starvation begins when this process ends, and we then begin to consume ourselves and feed on our internal organs for nourishment. Fasting means lifeStarvation means death. My Personal History and Voyage of Health Recovery Soon after birth in 1953 I was diagnosed with what was then referred to as Consumption. My first two years were spent mostly in sleep and was awoken only for feeding. The Doctors of the time said I would eat when hungry and there was nothing to be unduly concerned about. The legacy of this disease left me with weakened lungs and an aversion to food, resulting in a malnourished body and an underdeveloped physique and mental capacity. In my middle teens I was diagnosed with Leukemia at the Boston Pilgrim Hospital in Lincolnshire UK. Refusing to believe this, my family sought a second opinion from the Lincoln County Hospital only 30 miles away, which they confirmed. My family and I agreed to the regular treatment of chemotherapy, but the prognosis was not a good one: six months at best they said, because it was too far advanced. Soon after treatment had begun, (which I abandoned) and entirely by chance, I came across an article on fasting in the Daily Mail (a National UK Newspaper) written by a Leslie Kenton who was the then Beauty Editor of Harpers & Queen Magazine. What I read made much sense, and wrote to her personally requesting more information. She introduced me to Natural Hygiene, and I avidly devoured everything I could on the subject, to the point today where I have a quite a large library on the subject. I took it upon myself to undergo self-treatment and water-fasted for 25 days, (although already underweight|) and I just went along with the wishes and signals of my body and what it was actually telling me. I broke the fast very carefully (as advised from the literature I had bought) on organic fruit juices and then vegetable juices. I also sunbathed moderately every day (weather permitting) sought fresh air daily and rested throughout. Within weeks my appetite returned and I wanted to eat solid food again, consisting exclusively of organic salads and fruits in season. The Boston hospital had disowned my case for not following their advice, but after 9 months of this NH regime I returned to the same Hospital for a follow-up investigation. The Doctors who had overseen my case were, in their words, shocked and amazed at my recovery, as there was no evidence at all from all of the tests they performed that the Leukemia had ever existed!

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For the last thirty years I have been free from any disease, thanks to the life-changing premise of a health system based on Natural Law, given to us by God and provided by Nature. As I write and relive this experience, it has brought tears to my eyes, and I am finding it difficult to rationalize my thoughts, but I am eternally grateful and thankful for the extra years that I have been privileged to witness, and that would have been denied if I had followed the path of conventional medicine. Of that, I have no doubt whatsoever. On that note, and in the words of my mentor Yours in Health-Truth and Medical Liberty. Http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020127shelton.III/020127.toc.htm Chris R Beckett PS. As a cautionary note, it is not deemed advisable to water fast for longer than 7 days without experienced and qualified supervision, as there are some contraindications to fasting. However, fasting is deemed very safe for the vast majority of people who wish to undergo the experience for health maintenance and recovery.
About the author: Natural health advocate Chris Beckett hails from England, where he researches, writes and blogs about natural health. In addition to being a new contributor for both The Best Years in Life website and The Silver Bulletin e-Magazine, Mr. Beckett is one of the most respected contributors to the internationally prominent natural health site, CureZone. Besides his knowledge and interest in vitamin D3, Mr. Beckett frequently contributes information based on his research, reading and personal experience in the vital areas of natural hygiene and fasting, particularly water fasting, both of which he is convinced played major roles in saving his life and leading to the good health he now enjoys.

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Browning's Blended Spirits Blood Tonic Recipe

(Natural News) Blood tonics today are used for cancer prevention; cancer treatment; liver health, viral and bacterial infections. In the days of old blood tonics were called Spring Tonics and farmers would religiously take them come Spring Time after a long sedentary winter to get their sluggish blood in shape for the upcoming season of farming. A custom that has been lost in todays world. Why? And why arent blood tonics readily available for purchase from holistic healers or from health food stores? Could it be that pharmaceutical companies dont want any competition from herbal and botanical medicines? In Dr. Wrights Newsletter dated September 17, 2007, he talked about Washington State's war on holistic M.D.s. Sad but true. Holistic healers are still being attacked in the USA that spouts that we are a Free Nation...except when it comes to health care, of course. The onslaught on alternative healers is brought about by Big Pharma, Big Business, the American Cancer Society, the AMA and our elected politicians who are bribed by lobbyists. They dont want you healthy! Instead, they want the path cleared of anyone who can heal you so they can keep pushing their legal high-profit drugs. In todays world where the propaganda mantra is There is no cure, holistic healers are being harassed, arrested and charged with moral turpitude, and put out of business simply because they can cure what ails you. With the attacks on Natural Medicine it can be hard to find an Herbalist who can make up blood tonics for their cancer clients. Herbalists can be hard to locate, especially those who specialize in cancer treatments because they do not advertise since it is against the law in the USA for any health care practitioner to claim they can heal cancer; or any other illness for that matter, yet, it is not against the law to heal yourself. Therefore, why not learn to make your own? In this article I will give the recipe for the very first blood tonic I made. Browning's Blended Spirits is a blood tonic I formulated years ago for an 80 year old man who had been diagnosed with Invasive Bladder Cancer that had spread to his lymph. During surgery it was found that his tumor had grown outside the wall of the bladder and the surgeon was unable to remove it all. He refused chemotherapy and radiation treatments and was given only 3-6 months to live. His family called me to see if I could help him. After hearing his case I couldnt recommend herbal capsules because he had difficulty swallowing so I made him this blood tonic. Also included in his treatment was a Bladder and Kidney tonic along with diet changes. His cancer was eliminated in 6 months and was verified by a cat scan his doctor did in the hospital. The doctors were mystified when they could not find any cancer in his body, yet they never asked what he did to eliminate his cancer. That alone suggested that his doctors not only didnt care how he healed himself; but that his doctors werent the least bit curious about alternative medicine and how they might learn from his recovery. The gentleman is no longer living, but he did not die of cancer. He died of old age from natural causes. I continued to use this blood tonic recipe for several types of cancer and bacterial illnesses in my
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About the Ingredients: Brownings Blended Spirits Blood Tonic contains a comprehensive blend of all-natural ingredients of herbs that are effective for blood purification and detoxification. The ingredients in this blend provide nutritive support to the body and are historically proven to provide both cleansing action and detoxification of the cells throughout the body including the lymph, lungs, liver, heart, colon and bloodstream. Many of the ingredients like burdock root, chaparral, poke root, red clover and yellow dock have been used for years to treat cancer. What ingredients you will need make the tonic: 3oz each of the following dried herbs: Anise seed (pimpinella anisum) Blue violet (viola odorata) Burdock root (arctium lappa) Chaparral (larrea tridentate) Dandelion root (taraxacum officinale), Fennel (foeniculum vulgare), Licorice root (glycyrrhiza glabra), Oregon grape (mahonia aquifolium), Poke root (phytolacca Americana), Red clover (trifolium pretense) Yellow dock root (rumex crispus). 40 oz of Honey or Black Strap Molasses, your choice. 16 oz of Vegetable glycerin. 4 Tablespoons of Citric acid which can be found in health food stores or from herb companies on-line. 5 gallons of distilled water
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Purchase the whole herb (cut root and cut leaf) instead of the powdered herb if you can. The reason for this is two-fold. First, the powder absorbs more water leaving you with less liquid; second, the powder takes longer and is harder to strain. I purchase most of my dried herbs from Mountain Rose Herbs. Their herbs are processed and handled according to strict organic standards and they will sell individual herbs in a 4oz quantity so you will not have to purchase a full pound. I am sure there are many other herb companys and health food stores that carry the herbs you will need. Just make sure they are organic. What cooking tools you will need: You will also need two stainless steel or glass 20 quart pots with lids. A large strainer. A candy or water thermometer. Cheesecloth. For bottling you can use regular canning jars. If using pint jars you will need about 24 28 jars. If using quart jars you will need about 14 jars. This is a large recipe that will provide one year worth of tonics for the cancer patient, or, if using for a preventative go together with friends or family and share it. How to make the tonic: Making this tonic is like canning fruit from your garden. If you can cook you can make it. It takes a few days but is well worth it. You will not find this tonic on the market because it is time intense. The cost would be prohibitive to manufacture it, yet you can make it in your home for around $3.00 a pint. This tonic stores for up to a year if placed in a dark cool closet. They key to keeping tonics fresh is to prevent them from exposure to extreme temperature fluctuations. Dont let them freeze and dont let them sit in temperatures above 75*. In one pot add: Anise seed, burdock root, chaparral, dandelion root, fennel, licorice root, oregon grape root, poke root, yellow dock root and add 3 gallons of distilled water. Cover with lid and set on stove on warm heat overnight so that the roots can be softened for extraction. In the morning turn up the heat and bring the water to a low simmer for about 4 hours then bring to a boil for 15-30 minutes. After boiling turn off heat and strain the liquid into a clean container by laying a layer of cheesecloth over your strainer.
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In another pot add: Blue violet, red clover and add 1.5 gallons of distilled water. Set on counter and let soak in water over night. In the morning place the pot on the stove on warm/medium heat to steep (not boil) the herbs like you would a cup of tea. Let them steep for at least 4 hours then strain the liquid by laying a layer of cheesecloth over your strainer. Compost the strained herbs in your garden. Mixing the pots: Once the liquid is strained from both pots mix it together in one of the 20 quart pots and let it simmer for about 30 minutes. Then add 16 oz of vegetable glycerin, 40 oz of honey (or black strap molasses for those allergic to honey) 4 heaping tablespoons of citric acid Stir and let the mixture mingle for 15 minutes or so. When ready to bottle use a candy thermometer to check the temperature of the liquid. You want the temperature between 185* - 190* to prevent any bacteria to grow in the tonics. Maintain this heat temperature throughout bottling. While waiting for your liquid to reach the accurate bottling temperature prepare your canning jars. Sterilize jars and lids. Once your bottles are sterilized and your herbal liquid is at the right temperature add the tonic liquid to the hot jars. Fill to from top of jar and cap. Let cool overnight. Check to make sure all the jars are sealed properly then store them. Once you open a jar of tonic for use you must Refrigerate it. The tonic will last for a month in the refrigerator once it has been opened. Sediment in the bottom of the jars is normal. Give the jar a little shake or stir to mix the sediment before taking.

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Adult Folklore Dosage: 2 Tablespoon 2 times a day for cancer, tumors, liver, viral and bacterial infections. In my practice I recommended that cancer patients take this tonic for at least a year and then drop to a maintenance dose of taking it once a day for another year. Some of my cancer patients continue to take it on and off throughout their life to keep their blood and lymph clear of toxins. For cancer prevention use a bottle of this tonic every 3 months taking 1 Tablespoon 2 times a day. Do use if you are pregnant. Do not use if you are taking blood thinning agents like Warfarin (also known under the brand names of Coumadin, Jantoven, Marevan, and Waran). DisclaimerThe information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from your health care professional. You should not use the information in this article for self-diagnosis or to replace any prescriptive medication. You should consult with a healthcare professional before starting any diet, exercise or supplementation program, before taking any medication, or if you have or suspect you might have a health problem, suffer from allergies, are pregnant or nursing.

About the author

Leslee Dru Browning is a 6th generation Medical Herbalist & Nutritionist from the ancestral line of Patty Bartlett Sessions; Pioneer Mid-Wife & Herbalist. Leslee practiced Medical Herbalism and Nutritional Healing for over 25 years and specialized in Cancer Wellness along with Chronic Illness. She now devotes her career to teaching people, through her writing, about Natural Healing from An Herbal Perspective. Note: As an option to making your own cancer fighting tonic, a commercial version containing very similar ingredients named Blood Support may be purchased at Baseline Nutritionals.

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The oleander and related studies of MD Anderson Researcher Dr. Robert Newman
Newman studies involving oleander extract and the patented oleander medicine Anvirzel 1: Newman RA, Kondo Y, Yokoyama T, Dixon S, Cartwright C, Chan D, Johansen M, Yang P. Autophagic cell death of human pancreatic tumor cells mediated by oleandrin, a lipid-soluble cardiac glycoside. Integr Cancer Ther. 2007 Dec;6(4):354-64. PMID: 18048883 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 2: Ni D, Madden TL, Johansen M, Felix E, Ho DH, Newman RA. Murine pharmacokinetics and metabolism of oleandrin, a cytotoxic component of Nerium oleander. J Exp Ther Oncol. 2002 Sep-Oct;2(5):278-85. PMID: 12416031 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 3: Smith JA, Madden T, Vijjeswarapu M, Newman RA. Inhibition of export of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) from the prostate cancer cell lines PC3 and DU145 by Anvirzel and its cardiac glycoside component, oleandrin. Biochem Pharmacol. 2001 Aug 15;62(4):469-72. PMID: 11448457 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 4: Pathak S, Multani AS, Narayan S, Kumar V, Newman RA. Anvirzel, an extract of Nerium oleander, induces cell death in human but not murine cancer cells. Anticancer Drugs. 2000 Jul;11(6):455-63. PMID: 11001386 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 5: Wang X, Plomley JB, Newman RA, Cisneros A. LC/MS/MS analyses of an oleander extract for cancer treatment. Anal Chem. 2000 Aug 1;72(15):3547-52. PMID: 10952541 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 6: Manna SK, Sah NK, Newman RA, Cisneros A, Aggarwal BB. Oleandrin suppresses activation of nuclear transcription factor-kappaB, activator protein-1, and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase. 116

Cancer Res. 2000 Jul 15;60(14):3838-47. PMID: 10919658 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Newman studies involving cardiac glycosides 1: Newman RA, Yang P, Pawlus AD, Block KI. Cardiac glycosides as novel cancer therapeutic agents. Mol Interv. 2008 Feb;8(1):36-49. PMID: 18332483 [PubMed - in process] 2: Newman RA, Kondo Y, Yokoyama T, Dixon S, Cartwright C, Chan D, Johansen M, Yang P. Autophagic cell death of human pancreatic tumor cells mediated by oleandrin, a lipid-soluble cardiac glycoside. Integr Cancer Ther. 2007 Dec;6(4):354-64. PMID: 18048883 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 3: Newman RA, Yang P, Hittelman WN, Lu T, Ho DH, Ni D, Chan D, Vijjeswarapu M, Cartwright C, Dixon S, Felix E, Addington C. Oleandrin-mediated oxidative stress in human melanoma cells. J Exp Ther Oncol. 2006;5(3):167-81. PMID: 16528968 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 4: Newman LS, Feinberg MW, LeWine HE. Clinical problem-solving. A bitter tale. N Engl J Med. 2004 Aug 5;351(6):594-9. No abstract available. PMID: 15295053 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 5: Pinter A, Dorian P, Paquette M, Ng A, Burns M, Spanu I, Freeman M, Korley V, Newman D. Left ventricular performance during acute rate control in atrial fibrillation: the importance of heart rate and agent used. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther. 2003 Mar;8(1):17-24. PMID: 12652326 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 6: Ni D, Madden TL, Johansen M, Felix E, Ho DH, Newman RA. Murine pharmacokinetics and metabolism of oleandrin, a cytotoxic component of Nerium oleander. J Exp Ther Oncol. 2002 Sep-Oct;2(5):278-85. PMID: 12416031 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 7: Nasu S, Milas L, Kawabe S, Raju U, Newman R. 117

Enhancement of radiotherapy by oleandrin is a caspase-3 dependent process. Cancer Lett. 2002 Nov 28;185(2):145-51. PMID: 12169388 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 8: Smith JA, Madden T, Vijjeswarapu M, Newman RA. Inhibition of export of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) from the prostate cancer cell lines PC3 and DU145 by Anvirzel and its cardiac glycoside component, oleandrin. Biochem Pharmacol. 2001 Aug 15;62(4):469-72. PMID: 11448457 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 9: Harjai KJ, Nunez E, Stewart Humphrey J, Turgut T, Shah M, Newman J. Does gender bias exist in the medical management of heart failure? Int J Cardiol. 2000 Aug;75(1):65-9. PMID: 11054508 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 10: Pathak S, Multani AS, Narayan S, Kumar V, Newman RA. Anvirzel, an extract of Nerium oleander, induces cell death in human but not murine cancer cells. Anticancer Drugs. 2000 Jul;11(6):455-63. PMID: 11001386 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 11: Wang X, Plomley JB, Newman RA, Cisneros A. LC/MS/MS analyses of an oleander extract for cancer treatment. Anal Chem. 2000 Aug 1;72(15):3547-52. PMID: 10952541 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 12: Manna SK, Sah NK, Newman RA, Cisneros A, Aggarwal BB. Oleandrin suppresses activation of nuclear transcription factor-kappaB, activator protein-1, and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase. Cancer Res. 2000 Jul 15;60(14):3838-47. PMID: 10919658 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 13: McConkey DJ, Lin Y, Nutt LK, Ozel HZ, Newman RA. Cardiac glycosides stimulate Ca2+ increases and apoptosis in androgen-independent, metastatic human prostate adenocarcinoma cells. Cancer Res. 2000 Jul 15;60(14):3807-12. PMID: 10919654 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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14: Weightman WM, Gibbs NM, Sheminant MR, Whitford EG, Mahon BD, Newman MA. Drug therapy before coronary artery surgery: nitrates are independent predictors of mortality and beta-adrenergic blockers predict survival. Anesth Analg. 1999 Feb;88(2):286-91. PMID: 9972742 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 15: Davey CL, Thakkar H, Newman DJ, Price CP. A simple, automated, nonextraction assay for serum digoxin using particle-enhanced immunoassay. Ther Drug Monit. 1997 Feb;19(1):108-11. PMID: 9029759 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 16: Rautaharju PM, Manolio TA, Furberg CD, Siscovick D, Newman AB, Borhani NO, Gardin JM. Ischemic episodes in 24-h ambulatory electrocardiograms of elderly persons: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Int J Cardiol. 1995 Sep;51(2):165-75. PMID: 8522413 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 17: Fletcher SE, Fyfe DA, Case CL, Wiles HB, Upshur JK, Newman RB. Myocardial necrosis in a newborn after long-term maternal subcutaneous terbutaline infusion for suppression of preterm labor. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1991 Nov;165(5 Pt 1):1401-4. PMID: 1843619 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 18: Newman WH, Lee JT Jr, Webb JG. Persistent desensitization of the heart to the inotropic action of isoproterenol by adenosine. Res Commun Chem Pathol Pharmacol. 1989 Nov;66(2):233-54. PMID: 2602656 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 19: Daut J, Mehrke G, Nees S, Newman WH. Passive electrical properties and electrogenic sodium transport of cultured guinea-pig coronary endothelial cells. J Physiol. 1988 Aug;402:237-54. PMID: 2853223 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 20: Grupp G, Grupp IL, Newman G, Schwartz A. Effects of a new positive inotropic agent, 3,4-dihydro-6-[4-(3,4-dimethoxybenzoyl)-1-piperazinyl]-2(1H)- quinolinone (OPC-8212) and its solvent sulfolane on isolated heart preparations of the rat, guinea pig, and dog. Arzneimittelforschung. 1984;34(3A):359-63. 119

PMID: 6540089 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 21: Newman WH, Webb JG, Privitera PJ. Persistence of myocardial failure following removal of chronic volume overload. Am J Physiol. 1982 Dec;243(6):H876-83. PMID: 6756171 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 22: Newman WH, Ellison DM. A differential effect of ouabain and beta-agonists on contractility and lactic acid production in the hypertrophied heart. Eur J Pharmacol. 1980 Dec 19;68(4):437-42. PMID: 6110553 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 23: Newman WH, Webb JG. A differential inotropic responsiveness to isoprenaline and ouabain in dogs with heart failure. Cardiovasc Res. 1980 Sep;14(9):530-6. PMID: 7214396 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 24: Newman WH, Webb JG. Adaptation of left ventricle to chronic pressure overload: response to inotropic drugs. Am J Physiol. 1980 Feb;238(2):H134-43. PMID: 6444783 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 25: Newman PJ, Sherman LA. Isolation and characterization of photosystem I and II membrane particles from the blue-green alga, Synechococcus cedrorum. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1978 Aug 8;503(2):343-61. PMID: 99171 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 26: Spector R, McGrath P, Uretsky N, Newman R, Cohen P. Does intervention by a nurse improve medication compliance? Arch Intern Med. 1978 Jan;138(1):36-40. PMID: 619829 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 27: Bagwell EE, Custy J, Steen RG, Newman WH. Beta receptor blocking and antiarrhythmic properties of tolamolol. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1974 Dec;191(3):496-505. No abstract available. 120

PMID: 4154378 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 28: Reves JG, Newman WH. Cardiovascular response to hemorrhage after alcohol in dogs. Q J Stud Alcohol. 1972 Jun;33(2):464-75. No abstract available. PMID: 5064203 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 29: Lasser R, Haft JI, Newman BJ, Allen DF, Ishigura J, Friedberg CK. Chronic left heart failure--an experimental model in the dog. Mt Sinai J Med. 1971 Sep-Oct;38(5):440-9. No abstract available. PMID: 4255995 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 30: Hollister RM, Newman W. The Wotman test for digitalis toxicity: a preliminary report. J Tenn Med Assoc. 1971 Aug;64(8):679-80. No abstract available. PMID: 5141165 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 31: Newman WH, Valicenti JF Jr. Ventricular function following acute alcohol administration: a strain-gauge analysis of depressed ventricular dyamics. Am Heart J. 1971 Jan;81(1):61-8. No abstract available. PMID: 5099692 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Note: Some of these studies are more in-depth presentations of previously listed studies by Dr. R. A. Newman.

Many of the following studies and papers refer to the use of the patented oleander extract Anvirzel. It should be noted that the homemade oleander soup is essentially the same as Anvirzel, differing primarily in the freeze-drying process, or lipholization, used to preserve Anvirzel and convert it to a crystallized form that can be re-constituted for injections or oral dosage. I know of no evidence that oleander soup is any less effective than Anvirzel. From an MD Anderson Cancer Center Paper Describing Oleander Extract: An extract of oleander (Nerium oleander) that contains oleandrin is efficacious in the treatment of tumors. This use is species-specific and is correlated with Na,K-ATPase isoforms. Human, rabbit, and dog tumor cell lines are sensitive. Also, oleandrin is degraded by rodent plasma, but not by human plasma. Additionally, oleandrin raises the intracellular calcium level, releases cytochrome C from mitochondria, and induces apoptosis through a caspase-dependent pathway. Also, oleandrin inhibits the release of the tumor growth factor bFGF from tumors. bFGF has many tumor-proliferating effects including promoting angiogenesis. Oleandrin was determined to block the activation of NF-?B, which in turn blocks the cell-survival function of NF-?B. Further, oleandrin and oleander extracts inhibit the activation of Akt, a cell survival component. In addition, a non-water-soluble fraction of oleander is able to produce oxygen free-radicals in tumor cells, which may contribute to tumor cell injury and death. Oleandrin, particularly when in the context of oleander extract, is able to cross the blood-brain-barrier. Evidence suggests that oleandrin and oleander extract have antiviral activity. Development continues as the oleander extract is nontoxic to normal cells and exhibits multiple anti-tumor activities such as inducing apoptosis, reducing molecular mechanisms of cell survival, and inhibiting tumor-promoting factor bFGF-2. --------------------------------From the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center CLINICAL SUMMARY A hot water extract prepared from the aerial leaves of the Nerium oleander plant. Patients use the proprietary product, Anvirzel, to treat cancer, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and psoriasis. The plant contains cardiac glycosides, primarily oleandrin, which is similar to digitalis (or digoxin). Raw leaves from the plant are toxic. In vitro studies indicate that Anvirzel causes apoptosis in various cancer cell lines (2) (3) (5). One in vitro study shown Oleandrin increases the sensitivity of human prostate cells to radiotherapy . . . --------------------------------From the study "Cytotoxic Effect of Nerium Oleander Extract (Anvirzel) in bladder Cancer Cells"
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AM Kamat; JI Dehaven; DL Lamm; Morgantown, WV (Presented by Dr. Kamat) Objectives In 1998, 54,400 new cases of bladder cancer and 12,500 bladder cancer deaths will occur in the United States. Despite complete transurethral resection, tumor recurs in 66% and 88% of patients by 5 and 15 years respectively and tumor progression occurs in 24-56% of patients. In Turkey, a water-soluble extract of Nerium (N.) oleander has been used as a remedy against human malignancies with subjective success but without corroborating laboratory data. We attempted to critically evaluate the N. oleander extract as a candidate agent for adjuvant therapy. Methods Three human cell lines, T24, HTB9 and tccSUP, and one mouse cell line, MBT2, were used to test an extract of N. oleander, supplied as Anvirzel[TM] (Ozelle Pharmaceuticals). Doses of Anvirzel[TM] ranging from 0 to 1000 g/ml (0 g/ml being control), containing 0-210 g/ml N. oleander extract, were applied to cell cultures for 1, 2, 24, and 96 hours, with evaluation by MTT (colorimetric assay for living cell number) at 96 hours (hrs). The t-test was used to evaluate statistical significance (p<0.05) with 6 wells per data point. Results At 96 hrs exposure, 210 g/ml had produced cellular proliferation inhibition rates of 88.111.88% (T24), 86.811.03% (HTB9) and 77.160.78% (TccSUP). Significant results were also produced by brief exposures to lower concentrations: 42-84g/ml (1hr), 4263g/ml (2hrs), 11-42g/ml (24hrs), and 11g/ml (96hrs). In the MBT2 cell line 210g/ml achieved 88.61.2% kill after 1, 2, 24 and 96 hr treatments (average of 4 assays). Cytotoxicity at 21ug/ml (1, 24, 96 hrs), and 42g/ml (2 hrs) also reached significance. Conclusion N. oleander extract has significant dose and time-dependent cytotoxic effects on transitional cell carcinoma cell lines. This effect seems to be independent of the p53 status or grade of the cell line. The cytotoxic effects of brief exposure to the extract (1-2 hrs) suggest clinical application as an adjuvant intravesical therapy to prevent recurrences of bladder tumors. ------------------------------------From the Salud Integral Website: Cytotoxic Agent for Cell Proliferative Disease (Cancer) Immunomodulatory Agent for Immune Disorders The Product ANVIRZEL is an internationally patented non-toxic aqueous extract of Nerium oleander
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composed of both polar and non-polar compounds, and containing at least five polysaccharides, two cardiac glycosides, and five proteins. It is packaged in 10ml vials as a lyophilized powder for reconstitution with bacteriostatic water. Mechanism of Action Extensive laboratory and clinical experience indicate both cytotoxic and immunological activities for the drug. In developing a protocol for clinical trials, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center states, "It is thought that the polysaccharides present in ANVIRZEL are capable of activating the immune cells, which in turn can recognize the epitopes present on the cancer cell surfaces, thereby enhancing the efficacy of the immune response. It is believed that the cytotoxic action present in the extract may be essential for synergistic activities. It is believed that the cytotoxic action both arrests tumor growth and prevents cancer cell reproduction as well as having and/or producing a Tumor Necrosis Factor like activity. It is essential that all the constituents in ANVIRZEL be administered to invoke a synergistic effect on the stimulation of the immune system." Tumor Necrosis Factor Liberation Tests have been conducted according to Stimpel, et al on ANVIRZEL, and the results are preserved in the company files. Continuing research has proved conclusively that Anvirzel is active on dual pathways at the cellular level to both inhibit the growth of tumor cells and to promote apoptosis of the tumor cells. Research Extensive in vitro research has been conducted by Dr. Robert Newman, Chief of Pharmacology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center(MDACC), Houston, Texas. Dr. Newman has tested ANVIRZEL. against a broad spectrum of human malignant cell lines, and has demonstrated that ANVIRZEL has a high order of efficacy. In addition to the research being conducted by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, concurrent research is being conducted by Dr. Wendell Winters, a noted immunologist with the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Winter's work has confirmed that ANVIRZEL has been "shown to stimulate the immune system by stimulation of the function and capability of specific subsets of mononuclear cells." In addition, Dr. Winters' research has shown that ANVIRZEL specifically stimulates T and B lymphocytes, the cell-mediated and the humoral mediated immune systems. United States Food and Drug Administration Approved Clinical Trials In April 2000, a USFDA approved study entitled "Phase I Study of ANVIRZEL in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors" was commenced under the direction of Ronald Buckowski, M.D. at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Indications Because of its strong cytotoxic effect in combination with an equally strong immunomodulatory effect, ANVIRZEL is indicated as a therapy, both primary and adjuvant,
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for cell proliferative disease (cancer), certain viral disease, and autoimmune/inflammatory disease. Clinical application of ANVIRZEL in the United States, Ireland, and Honduras have demonstrated efficacy against various neoplastic disease, hepatic disease such as Hepatitis C, late and early stage HIV/AIDS, as well as autoimmune/inflammatory disease such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. The results have been determined both by the clinical practitioner and independent laboratory analysis using PET, CT scan, MRI, and hematological screening. International Clinical Experience Using ANVIRZEL Therapy International clinicians have been treating patients suffering from the above referenced disorders on a compassionate use basis since 1997. Many of these patients were previously diagnosed as terminal. These clinicians have experienced a very high level of success with disease stabilization, partial remission, and complete remission, almost always accompanied by a very marked improvement in the patients' quality of life. The company is directing all new patients to the Honduran clinic. Dr. Anibal Villatoro of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Former Executive Director of the Honduran Institute of Social Security (administrator of the public health system) has since January of 1999 been conducting a compassionate use trial with ANVIRZEL for HIV (SIDA) patients in Tegucigalpa. His early results indicate a strong level of response to ANVIRZEL therapy with a feeling of homeostasis (feeling of well being) and an improved quality of life, as well as significant improvement in their immune systems. Observed Side Effects No negative side effects have been reported by clinicians and patients undergoing Anvirzel therapy. One case of X-ray potentiation while undergoing adjuvant Anvirzel therapy has been reported. One case of tachycardia, which may or may not be related to use of ANVIRZEL, has been reported. "Common Thread" in Clinical Experience with ANVIRZEL The "Common Thread" running through almost all of the clinical records of the patient population using ANVIRZEL on a compassionate use basis has been the marked improvement in the "quality of life" of those patients. This includes, but is not limited to, homeostasis, marked improvement in pain management with elimination of or marked reduction in use of analgesics, positive response to antibiotics, increased appetite with concomitant weight gain, and increase in energy with reduction of fatigue. Standardization and Testing of ANVIRZEL Every production run of ANVIRZEL is subjected to six tests for assay, contamination, and standardization in independent laboratories subject to U.S. F.D.A. testing. The standardization test is a proprietary test developed in conjunction with M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Additionally, each production run is tested for efficacy in vitro against melanoma (BRO).
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Toxicity Studies A toxicity study was performed by Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, AL, on 28 beagle dogs, and the study states, "No clinical signs of toxicity were noted in any of the dogs in this study..." Another lethality assessment of ANVIRZEL in a murine (laboratory mouse) population was conducted by Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX., and the study states, "On the day of NOI (Nerium Oleander Extract Injectible) administration and over a subsequent 14 day post dose period, none of the treated animals showed any pathological signs or ill effect of the injections as assessed by daily morbidity and mortality observations." No reports of toxicity have been received from clinicians supervising patients experiencing Anvirzel therapy. Conclusion ANVIRZEL, in both in vitro and in vivo experience has demonstrated a very high order of efficacy against a broad spectrum of cell proliferative disease (cancer), viral disease, and autoimmune/inflammatory disease. --------------------------------Oleandrin Suppresses Activation of Nuclear Transcription Factor-B, Activator Protein1, and c-Jun NH2-Terminal Kinase1 Sunil K. Manna, Nand K. Sah2, Robert A. Newman, Angela Cisneros and Bharat B. Aggarwal3 Cytokine Research Laboratory, Department of Bioimmunotherapy [S. K. M., N. K. S., B. B. A.], and Pharmaceutical Development Center [R. A. N., A. C.], The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030 --------------------------------Cardiac Glycosides Stimulate Ca2+ Increases and Apoptosis in Androgenindependent, Metastatic Human Prostate Adenocarcinoma Cells David J. McConkey1, Yun Lin, Leta K. Nutt, Huseyin Z. Ozel and Robert A. Newman Departments of Cancer Biology [D. J. M., L. K. N.] and Experimental Therapeutics [Y. L., R. A. N.], University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, and Ozelle Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Antonio, Texas 78230 [H. Z. O.] --------------------------------Phase I Study of Anvirzel in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors. Tarek Mekhail, Colleen Kellackey, Thomas Hutson, Thomas Olencki, G Thomas Budd, David Peereboom, Robert Dreicer, Paul Elson, Ram Ganapathi, Ronald Bukowski, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.
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---------------------------------Inhibition of export of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) from the prostate cancer cell lines PC3 and DU145 by and its cardiac glycoside component, oleandrin. Smith JA, Madden T, Vijjeswarapu M, Newman RA. Biochem Pharmacol. 2001 Aug 15;62(4):469-72. PMID: 11448457 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] ---------------------------------Murine pharmacokinetics and metabolism of oleandrin, a cytotoxic component of Nerium oleander. Dan Ni, Timothy L. Madden, Mary Johansen, Edward Felix, Dah H. Ho, and Robert A. Newman Journal of Experimental Therapeutics and Oncology Volume 2 Issue 5 Page 278 - September 2002 doi:10.1046/j.1359-4117.2002.01052.x

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Some of the case histories, testimonials and success stories refer to the patented oleander extract Anvirzel and others refer to the homemade oleander soup. It should be noted that the homemade oleander soup is essentially the same as Anvirzel, and that there is no evidence that oleander soup is any less effective than Anvirzel.
Success Stories DD in Houston, Texas had stage III melanoma four years ago which had spread to the lymph nodes. He elected to forgo surgery or any other traditional treatment and instead took the Anvirzel oleander extract. His tumors disappeared and today he is healthy and cancer free. BH, aged 86, had liver and small cell lung cancer. Her lung tumor shrunk 60% in only three weeks and after only a few months of taking first Anvirzel and then oleander soup, all of her tumors were gone and she was cancer-free. DP is one of the original Anvirzel users. She had Stage IV leiomyosarcoma and was given up for a goner before she started using Anvirzel. She is remains alive and healthy today and lives in California Katrina had hepatitis-C until she made her own oleander soup and then it was gone within a matter of months. She has introduced several of her friends to oleander soup and has had medical doctors from Mexico travel to her home to watch her make oleander soup in her kitchen. A 71 year old retired biochemist had prostrate cancer, and at last check, after taking "oleander soup" orally for two years, his PSA is normal and complete remission has been confirmed. He later persuaded his wife, age 70, to take it as a preventative. Liz in New York began with Anvirzel and later switched to oleander soup and her psoriasis is now gone. She gave some of the oleander soup she made to a friend with hepatitis-C and it is now in remission. Ray in Washington DC has been taking oleander soup for brain cancer for the past three months. His tumor has shrunk over 50% and he is now combining the oleander extract with three super potent herbal items from the South American rainforest for the best results possible. (Editors note: Readers of this book can obtain those rainforest items at a special 10% discount see page __ for details.) After the first several months, scores of individual being monitored in South Africa who are also taking the oleander soup along with herbal extracts from the rain forest in Brazil report shrunken tumors, cancer remission and stabilization and even regression in HIV/AIDS.

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3/23/01 My name is PG (Male), and I have hepatitis C. In 1999 I relapsed rapidly after completion of interferon combination therapy. I began what is euphemistically called "watchful waiting", a period of doing nothing for my disease. After a year of feeling fairly bad most of the time, I was preparing for another year of teaching school, and wondering if I would be able to make the year, teaching and maintaining the little farm my wife and I own in West Texas. In August of 2000, I found out about Anvirzel from a family member who is acquainted with a Textract Labs employee. I was steered to the website for Salud Integral in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. I filled out the application for treatment and received a prompt reply the next day, from the Director of Patient Services. I began Anvirzel treatment on the 26th day of August 2000. Within the first couple of hours after my first dose I noticed, quite by accident, that my eyes were the correct color for the first time in over a year. They had briefly been the sea green color I was born with, in October of 1999, after I finished interferon combination therapy, but since I had relapsed, they were the muddy brown color they had been since I first got sick. So, with my eyes the correct color for the first time in awhile, I settled into the routine that daily injections entail. Within the first week of the treatment, I noticed, about 4 days into it all, that the "full" feeling on my right side (a common complaint among sufferers of hepatitis C) was gone. To use my words at the time," There is room inside for my insides!" Within the next couple of days, I noticed that my abdominal swelling, (as cites), was much reduced and two days later, gone completely. I have suffered some of the effects of gout over the years and I also show symptoms of pseudo-gout, which are high phosphates in the blood. I had lost some height to joint degeneration and had a thumb brace to wear so I could sleep without pain. I took the brace off in September when my joint pain receded. That took about three weeks to really be felt. I have not had pains in my joints since. The joint pain I experienced was the result of cryoglobulinemia, an immune system response suffered by Hepatitis C victims, involving eyes, kidneys and joints and the blood circulation inside these organ systems. By the end of the first month's treatment with Anvirzel, my enzyme levels were approaching normal and, more importantly, my liver function counts reached the "normal" range and they have stayed there. My liver function counts have not shown in the normal range since late 1994. In the course of the next five months treatment, I experienced some ups and down with my enzyme levels, and while they are still slightly elevated at this point in time (some three weeks after ending the entire regimen), my liver function counts are still well within the normal range. My eyes are still sea green; my joints are still in fine shape. The best part of this treatment was twofold. For one thing, there are no side effects to the treatment. I did not become suicidal, my hair did not fall out, there was no psychosis or depression, I just feel better than I did when I started the treatment, the entire time I was undergoing the therapy. The second thing about this regimen was the obvious effects the drug has ...good effects. I knew within a few weeks that I would be able to teach throughout the course of the treatment and still take care of things around the farm. I was not sure in August before I started that I would be able to do that, treatment or no treatment. I was sick, felt sick, looked sick. I had darkness under my eyes; green shading around my temples, a true pallor, a noticeable limp due to the constant unending pains in my body and joints. During the course of the treatment, the whole course, I could feel myself getting better, feeling better, performing better. I would recommend the Anvirzel protocol to anyone suffering from hepatitis C.

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Case Studies
METASTATIC CARCINOMA OF PROSTATE
Dr. Patrick J. Kelly
MB BCH BAOMICGP

Specialist in Palliative Care Medical Director Milford Hospice Johnsgate House, John St., Limerick.

PATIENT: DATE OF BIRTH:

Patient A 26th, January 1943

HISTORY: I first met Patient A on the 26th, June 1997 when he came to Limerick to see me from Kildcare. He has a history of carcinoma of the prostate gland since 1995 when he was diagnosed in the Mater Hospital. A bone scan carried out in June 1997 showed that he had metastasis to the left side of L2 vertebrae of body and also to the posterior spinal process of L.12. vertebrae. There is also a suggestion that he had some metastasis to the left superior pubic ramus. EXAMINATION: At the time Patient A presented with backache and general malaise. His appearance was of a man who was unwell. He had a pallor which is very often associated with patients with prostate cancer and his energy levels were low. Prior to attending me he had been commenced on Prostrap SR monthly and Casidex daily by his Urologist. He commenced on Anvirzel treatment and has been on 0.5 mls of Anvirzel daily since commencing on the 26th, of June this year. I reviewed him on the 25th of July 1997 and he appeared very well. He had a good color and good energy and he was pain free and was feeling very well. His PSA was now reduced from 8.9 to 0.5. He was referred back for a repeat bone isotope scan on the 28th of October 1997 to the Mater Hospital in Dublin. Dr. Stafford has reported on this isotope bone scan and compared it to the bone scan carried out on the 3rd of June this year. The overall opinion was very favorable in that there had been a great reduction in the areas of uptake suggesting that his bone cancer had reduced significantly. He remains very well, works daily on his farm and is totally pain free and his quality of life is excellent. This man is doing very well on the present regime of Anvirzel0.5 mls. daily. He will continue on this for a further two months. After two months we will review his medication with the possibility of reducing the dose to three times weekly. In finishing it should be stated that a patient of his young age with prostate cancer has a very poor prognosis and usually the condition rapidly advances to bone destruction and spinal cord compression. In contrast Patient A condition is improving rapidly and I expect a complete recovery. SIGNED Dr. Patrick J. Kelly DATE OF REPORT: 13th, November 1997

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BRAIN STEM / TEMPORAL LOBE GLIOMA

CENTRAL TEXAS MEDICAL FOUNDATION 601 East. 15th Street Austin, Texas 78701 March 12, 1999 I am writing you about my patient Patient D, who, as you know, was diagnosed in 1993 with brain cancer. The tumor involved the brain stem (pons) and the right temporal lobe. Over the years, on the basis of several MRIs, he was diagnosed with a low-grade "glioma". In 1997, he began to experience significant neurologic symptomatology, including left-sided hemiparesis, dysarthria, left facial droop, severe impairment of fine motor function, and so complete inability to play the piano (as you know, he is an accomplished and well-respected Austin jazz pianist/composer). At that time, Patient D was not my patient. He was seen by Austin neurosurgeons and neurologic oncologists, who recommended variously chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery. Reluctantly, in the summer of 1997, when his symptomatology was most severe and disabling, Patient D accepted a single course of XRT. Subsequently, he brought to the attention of his doctors your experimental drug Anvirzel and, essentially, was "fired" by his doctors for not accepting their more traditional recommendations. Since that time, Patient Ds symptoms have all resolved, and his tumor has progressively diminished in size, as documented on at least three post-XRT MRIs. In my opinion, it is unlikely that the degree of improvement and the sustaining of that improvement are attributable to XRT. Rather, I believe that his use of Anvirzel has contributed significantly to sustaining his improvement, if not actually accelerating or even producing it. Patient D has experienced absolutely no side effects from the drugspecifically, no cardiopulmonary, gastrointestinal, or genitourinary symptomatology. It is almost as if he were on placebo. Even though I cannot prove that Anvirzel has produced the remission of his tumor activity. I can certainly say categorically that, in this patient, it is an extraordinarily safe and well-tolerated drug. I fully support your attempts to enter into Phase I trials with this experimental medication. In the end, as a clinician, I am most interested in Patient Ds quality of life. That quality of life, since starting Anvirzel, has been absolutely terrific. He is playing and composing again! I look forward to future dialogue with you as we collaborate in Patient Ds care. Sincerely yours, Joseph E. Mills, M.D.

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UTERINE SARCOMA
Dwight L. McKee, M.D.
Diplomate American Boards of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology and Hematology March 19, 1999 This is in response to your request for a clinical summary of my clinical experience with Anvirzel in the treatment of Patient E, M. D. Patient E is a 51-year-old female physician who developed a uterine sarcoma that was found at surgery for what had been presumed to be a fibroid tumor of the uterus in 1994. She has had multiple recurrences and multiple surgeries for this, all of the recurrences being pelvic and abdominal. She came under my care in the Fall of 1997. She began Anvirzel injections in the spring of 1998, which she continued into August of 1998 when she was no longer able to obtain the drug. During this period of time, she had disappearance of a mass in the right pelvic region on MRI and decreased uptake on PET scanning in the mediastinum and the liver. She was also monitored for levels of tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNF soluble receptor-R2) which decreased from 2-3 times normal down to nearly normal, as measured by Rigdon Lentz M. D., a research oncologist in Nashville, Tenn. She has had increased palpitations during treatment with Anvirzel, and had a treadmill stress test done in July 1998 on which she was noted to have trigeminy during her recovery phase, a cardiac arrhythmia associated with cardiac glycosides. She restarted Anvirzel injections at .5cc IM in January of 1999. In early March she had an episode of forceful tachycardia, which interfered with sleep. She had also been aware of increasing palpitations after starting back on Anvirzel treatment. She had a digoxin level performed on the day after she was kept awake by forceful tachycardia, which was negative (oleandrin, the cardiac glycoside present in small quantities in Anvirzel cross reacts with the serum test for digoxin). She has also noticed that she seemed to have a little trouble sleeping when taking the Anvirzel injection in the late afternoons and so has switched the injection to mornings. She recently has increased her intake of magnesium and has had fewer problems with palpitations and has not had a recurrence of the tachycardia. A 12 lead EKG taken after resolution of the tachycardia was entirely normal. Her serum magnesium was normal when measured after this episode. Because her last surgery in May of 1997 had been an incomplete resection, Patient E underwent an extraperitoneal abdominal-pelvic resection done by Dr. Patient D Fraker at the University of Pennsylvania in Dec. 1998, accompanied by an infusion of photofrin and photodynamic therapy with coverage of the peritoneal lining with red laser light to activate intracellular photofrin causing cell death in cells with significant uptake of the photofrin (greater uptake of this compound in malignant cells vs. normal cells). A specimen of her tumor was also sent to the Weisenthal Cancer Group Laboratory in Huntington Beach Ca. for in vitro drug response testing. The tissue was processed with a minimum of light exposure because of its prior exposure to photofrin. There were very dense clusters of spindle-type cells, not typical of benign fibrous or fibroadipose tissue. There were also abundant lymphocytes and macrophages. the cells were cultured for 7 days in the presence or absence of a panel of biological and immunomodulating compounds, including Anvirzel. This revealed a high level of in vitro sensitivity to Anvirzel with 95% of the cells killed at a 100 g/ml concentration of Anvirzel, and 60% of the cells killed by a 33 g/ml concentration. Interferon alpha was the next most active agent with a 70% cell kill at 10,000u/ml and a 65% cell kill at 3,333u/ml. There appeared to be additive or possibly synergistic effects between Anvirzel and interferon alpha, with Anvirzel, at a 50 g/ml concentration combined with alpha interferon at 5,000u/ml, producing a 95% cell kill. With Anvirzel at 16 g/ml and interferon at 1600u/ml there was still a 50% cell kill. Patient E has been adding alpha interferon to her Anvirzel treatment since her recovery from surgery and is currently taking .5 million units daily. She has not escalated her dose above this because she appears to be quite sensitive to the flu-like side effects of alpha interferon. She recently had an MRI of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis on 3/5/99, which showed a stable 5.0-millimeter mediastinal lymph node, which is thought to represent the site of prior uptake on PET scanning. No abdominal, pelvic, or inguinal masses or adenopathy were identified on the MRI. She is scheduled to have a hybrid PET/CT scan in August of this year, to monitor her status. She recently had delayed type hypersensitivity testing which showed 30 millimeters of induration to the candida antigen, which is the strongest cell-mediated immunity response that she has had since being in my care. In summary, Patient E has had clinical evidence of responsiveness of her recurrent uterine sarcoma to Anvirzel, which has been corroborated by in vitro sensitivity testing of her tumor specimen. She has had some mild cardiovascular 132

palpitations and tachycardias, which may be related to the cardiac glycoside content of Anvirzel. She will be very cautious escalated from .5cc to 1cc and will obtain a 12 lead EKG if she again develops symptoms of tachycardia. She will continue on increased magnesium supplementation. She will plan to remain on combined Anvirzeland interferon therapy for the next year and then Anvirzel alone if she remains without evidence of recurrence. I feel that Anvirzel therapy offers her the best chance of prolonged remission from a tumor which has previously been multiply recurrent, and for which no other therapy has been shown to be curative. If she remains in remission it will be somewhat unclear what contribution the surgical procedure at University of Pennsylvania (extraperitoneal resection/photodynamic therapy) will have contributed versus the effect of Anvirzel. If her previously positive areas outside of the abdomen on PET scanning become negative, however, this would be presumptive evidence of resolution of extraperitoneal metastatic sites which otherwise would be expected to be progressive. If I can be of further assistance regarding Patient Es clinical history and/or treatment, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Dwight L. McKee, M.D.

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Anvirzel Study Follow Up Visit for Patient E

Exam Date: June 24, 1999 Name: Patient E Date of Birth: October 29, 1947 Weight: 130 Temperature: 98.4 Pulse: 66 Resp: 12 Blood Pressure: 106/66 EXAM HEENT NORMAL YES ABNORMAL COMMENTS

Respiratory

YES

Cardiovascular

YES

Occasional PVC

Abdominal

Rgroin-small node Ringuinal creaseSmall mobile cystic structure 1x3 cm.

Genitourinary

NE

Neurological

YES

Extremities

YES

Tumor Marker

NE

PET Scan-Completely Clear

OTHER NOTES: NO MAJOR SIDE EFFECTS FROM ANVIRZEL GREAT RESPONSE PET SCAN METS DISSAPPEARED! SHE SHOULD CONTINUE ON ANVIRZEL! Dwight L. McKee, M.D.

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MENINGIOMA OF CERVICAL SPINE

Dr. Patrick J. Kelly
MB BCH BAOMICGP

Specialist in Palliative Care Medical Director Milford Hospice Johnsgate House, John St., Limerick. Cathy Vega Ozelle Pharmaceuticals Honduras 6th, February 2001 RE: Mrs. MK Dear Cathy; Mrs. MK suffers with meningioma of her cervical spine. Sha has undergone chemotherapy, radiotherapy without major success. She has recently commenced on Anvirzel with wonderful response. I would welcome your interest in this lady and hope that you can supply her with Anvirzel as it appears to be extremely urgent and necessary for her survival. Yours sincerely, Dr. Patrick J. Kelly

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The Importance of Saving the Worlds Rainforests

"In the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught." -Baba Dioum, Senegalese ecologist It is no accident that many of the very best supplements used to fight cancer and other diseases come from the Amazon rainforest. Rainforests are Mother Earths ultimate gift to mankind, natures true Garden of Eden, and they play an invaluable role in sustaining life on earth. They are quite literally the lungs, natural pharmacy, and temperature moderator of the earth. Although rainforests cover no more than 2% of the surface of the earth (just 6% of the landmass), they produce over 20% of our oxygen and store vast amount of carbon dioxide. A typical four square mile patch of rainforest contains as many as 1500 species of flowering plants, 750 species of trees, 125 mammal species, 400 species of birds, 100 of reptiles, 60 of amphibians, and 150 different species of butterflies. In one study, one square meter of leaf litter, when analyzed, turned up 50 species of ants alone. (National Academy of Sciences.) One fourth of the medicines available today owe their existence to rainforest plants. Seventy percent of the plants identified by the National Cancer Institute as useful in cancer treatment are found only in the rainforest. Drugs used to treat leukemia, Hodgkin's disease and other cancers come from rainforest plants, as do medicines for heart ailments, hypertension, arthritis and birth control. Rainforests support 90,000 of the 250,000 identified plant species. Scientists estimate that there are at least 30,000 as yet undiscovered plants, most of which are rainforest species. Yet less than 1% of tropical forest species have been thoroughly examined for their chemical compounds. Tragically, just as modern science and modern medicine is finally beginning to discover and admit to what indigenous cultures have know for thousands of yearsthe awesome natural healing power of plants such as those found in the rainforest, we are in danger of destroying what nature has provided for us. Not very long ago, rainforests occupied 14% of the land area of the earth. Now that is less than 6% and every day, 200,000 acres of rainforest are lost to burning, cultivation, cattle farming, timber harvesting, and exploration for oil, gas and minerals. That adds up to more than the entire area of Britain, Scotland and Ireland each year. If deforestation continues at current rates, scientists estimate nearly 80-90 percent of tropical rainforest ecosystems will be destroyed by the year 2020." So alluring are the mysteries of indigenous medical knowledge of the Amazon rainforest that over 100 pharmaceutical companies and even the US government are currently funding projects studying the indigenous plant knowledge and the specific plants used by native shamans and healers (Raintree Nutrition) . Some facts about the Brazilian Rainforest: Brazil contains 30% of the world's tropical forests 5.4 million acres (estimate averaged for period 1979-1990) of Brazilian rainforest are destroyed each year. If deforestation continues at current rates, scientists estimate nearly 80-90 percent of tropical rainforest ecosystems will be destroyed by the year 2020.
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According to projections by James Alcock, a professor of environmental sciences at the Abington campus of Penn State, Amazonian rain forests could reach a "point of no return" by 2011-2016 if deforestation continues at the present rate of about one percent a year. The model further shows that rain forest in Brazil could be wiped out entirely within 40 to 50 years. Forest destruction from 1995 to 2000 averaged almost two million hectares a year, equivalent to seven football field a minute, and is comparable to the 1970s and 1980s, when forest loss in the Amazon was catastrophic. See: "Smithsonian Researchers Show Amazonian Deforestation Accelerating." 6-9 million indigenous people inhabited the Brazilian rainforest in 1500. In 1992, less than 200,000 remain. In a four mile by four mile square of Brazilian tropical forest there are over 750 species of trees, 125 species of mammals, 400 species of birds and 100 species of reptiles. Most of these species are found nowhere else in the world. There are as many species of ants in a single Peruvian tree than in the entire British Isles.

While the outlook for our rainforests appears bleak, research shows that it does not have to be so if only people and governments can be educated to the value to both the indigenous peoples of the rainforests and to the entire world of managing rainforests sensibly. Properly managed and preserved, a wild forest can yield all sorts of sustainable crops - timber, fruit, nuts, fiber, pulpwood, gums, resins, oils, veneer - and there are many more treasures yet to be discovered. For example, at least 3,000 fruits are known from rainforest plant collections, but only 200 of these are now in the marketplace. There are thousands of timbers, resins and oils that we've never analyzed. The projected economic value of one hectare in the Peruvian Amazon is $6,820 per year if intact forest is sustainably harvested for fruits, latex, and timber; only $1,000 if clear-cut for commercial timber (not sustainably harvested); and a very meager $148 if used as cattle pasture. And yet clear-cut timber and burning to produce cattle pasture cost millions and millions 60. However, if these renewable and sustainable resources are harvested, the land will yield the land owner $2,400 per acre. This value provides an income year after year for generations to come while still protecting the forest. Just as important, by wild harvesting the sustainable rainforest resources effectively local people and indigenous inhabitants are employed. Today, entire communities and indigenous tribes earn 5 to 10 times more money wild harvesting medicinal plants, fruits, nuts and oils than they can earn by chopping down the forest for subsistence crops - another reason why so much rainforest land is lost year after year. Besides the value of the rainforest to local landowners and indigenous peoples, we must all consider the value of rainforests to the entire world. Rainforests purify our air and water, prevent floods and drought, pollinate crops, control pests, fertilize our soil and reduce the effects of global warming by storing carbon. If the rainforest disappears, we'll have to pick up the tab for all of these services, and this means that each time a hectare of forest is felled it actually costs each of us money. The rainforest is actually worth more whole than in pieces. Each time another hectare is removed, humanity effectively takes a loss. Besides the loss of lifesaving medicines and millions of species of plants and animals, loss of the rainforests and their ability to store carbon dioxide, combined with the carbon dioxide released when the forests are burned, will inevitably lead to global warming. While there is much to still be learned about global warming, virtually every scientist in the world agrees that it is a very real problem and threat. Here are some of the major consequences we can expect from loss of our rainforests:
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Widespread extinction of plant and animal species. Most plants and many animals thrive under specific climatic conditions in particular habitats. With global warming countless ecosystems will be forced to migrate in hopes of survival. During the move many species will not be able to survive the change or be able to continue life in a new habitat. Many ecosystems may simply disappear. Surviving ecosystems are expected to be less diverse and complex and present networks of parks and natural reserves may no longer be habitable in a greenhouse world. In addition, migration routes will be either blocked or made difficult by human land use patterns. Sea level rise and coastal flooding. By 2050, the sea level will rise approximately 1.5 meters, flooding low lying areas. With as much as 50 percent of the world's population settled in coastal communities, it is estimated that by this time 150 million people in countries like Bangladesh, Egypt, Holland, India, and the Pacific Islands will be driven from their homes and become environmental refugees. They would all irreversibly lose their land and homes. In addition, salt marshes and wetlands, the essential habitat of countless birds and aquatic life would be permanently flooded. A more catastrophic possibility is the melting of glaciers, the collapse of Antarctic ice shelves, and the retreat of polar ice caps, which could raise the sea level a total of 200 feet. Adverse impact on agriculture. The world's most important food exporting nations, including the U.S., Canada, and France are likely to suffer drought and drier soil conditions, along with a proliferation of weeds and other agricultural pests because of heat stress and drought caused by global warming. The result would be a substantial drop in crop yields, world wide food shortages, and the loss of billions of dollars in revenues. Increases in severe storms such as hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons. Salt water intrusion. Fresh water aquifers could be contaminated by salt water intrusion from a sea level rise, placing dwindling fisheries that lie near the ocean at risk. Rainforest clearance

Today finds the entire world in a vital race against time to preserve our vital rainforests and educate peoples and governments about the value of properly managing and preserving the forests. I urge each of you who read this book to educate yourselves tooand then do what you can to help. For all of our sakes, the sake of our children, and the sake of our childrens children, please help. Those of you who read this book, may also be helping to save the source of supplements and medicines that save your lives. Recommended organizations and websites: Rainforest Action Network: www.ran.org Rainforestweb: www.rainforestweb.org Amanaka'a Amazon Network: www.amankaa.org World Resources Institute: www.wri.org Worldwatch Institute: www.worldwatch.org Gaia Forest Conservation Archives: www.forests.org and, Raintree Nutritions excellent links page: www.rain-tree.com/links.htm

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The National Cancer Society National Cancer Institute Harvard Library Mayo Clinic MD Anderson Cancer Center Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center The Cleveland Clinic Health Foundation U.S. Government National Health Library National Health Institute American Journal of Epidemiology US FDA The Cancer Cure Foundation The American Heart Association Ozelle Pharmaceuticals Phoenix Biotech Salud Integral The Journal of Experimental Therapeutics and Oncology PubMed Web MD The Barron Report Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients Third Age Wellness Directory of Minnesota The Annie Appleseed Project The Health Forum The India Times Blue Cross Blue Shield Diet Plan DNA Gardens The Natural Health Foundation ConsumerLab Biological Research for Nursing (medical journal) Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention Agaricus Net Raintree Nutrition The National Cancer Society Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Rainforest Action Network

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Favorite Links:
The International Wellness Directory www.minwelldir.org, Raintree Nutrition, www.rain-tree.com, The Annie Appleseed Project, www.annieappleseedproject.org, Jon Barron and the Baseline of Health Foundation www.jonbarron.org, Herbal Musings www.herbalmusings.com, and The Cancer Tutor www.cancertutor.com

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About the Author

Tony Isaacs

Tony Isaacs, is a natural health advocate and researcher and the author of books and articles about natural health including "Cancer's Natural Enemy" as well as song lyrics and humorous anecdotal stories. Mr. Isaacs also has The Best Years in Life website for baby boomers and others wishing to avoid prescription drugs and mainstream managed illness and live longer, healthier and happier lives naturally. He is currently residing in the scenic Texas hill country near Utopia, Texas where he is working on a major book project due for publication next year. In 2005, Mr. Isaacs helped a multi-agency government probe expose a fake cancer drug scheme. He also assisted in exposing a string of fake medicine websites promoting fake cures for Cancer, the flu and other illnesses that led to a three part feature of the week special on Fox News and action by the FDA in shutting down the bogus operations.

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