Noni! A Natural Wonder!

The Polynesians have used Noni as a tonic for over 2000 years. Noni is reported to have immune enhancing effects, has been shown to help regulate blood pressure and blood sugar, relieve pain, and inflammation, reduce tumor activity, as well as help with many other conditions. We have learned that it is beneficial to the central nervous system and aids injured muscles, bones, and tissue.

Noni has been researched extensively by scientists since the 1950’s by leading institutions in Hawaii, Ireland, France, the Netherlands and more. Leading researchers to respect Noni’s healing properties.

We first heard of Noni (morinda citrifolia) on TV and became interested after hearing Dr. Richard Becker of (Your Health) say that it is perported to be 75% as affective as Morphine for pain. A cox 2 inhibitor without side effects…WOW what a claim!

I had been having muscle and joint pain while withdrawing from antidepressants. These Fibromyalgia like symptoms are common in withdrawal. So I thought I’d take a shot at it.
What I noticed is RELIEF!

As I’ve written before…your central nervous system can be affected from withdrawal for at least a year to a year and a half. I started having the muscle pain almost immediately after withdrawing, so I thought…why not try it?

It takes a couple of weeks for a real benefit but it does work! It’s amazing that at first you do not notice that anything has happened. Except that you are not in pain. And what is the general response to this revelation! For me it was...I must be well…it wasn’t the NONI!
So I stopped using it and the pain returned.

I’ve used approximately 12 (32oz ) bottles of pure Noni since withdrawing from antidepressants. It has helped me immensely, in ways I‘m sure I‘m not even aware of at this time. But, taking NONI has made me a believer in it’s pain and inflammation relieving capabilities.

When purchasing…make sure it is PURE Noni!

Some distributors add grape and other juices to their Noni to sweeten it, but you’re getting sugar and less Noni. While their may be some benefit to these products even though they are diluted, I prefer pure Noni and believe I get a greater benefit from it than I do a diluted version of the product.

If you are in pain, have inflammation, or want to increase your immune system. You may want to try Noni. It has made a believer out of me!

The Truth about Eye Health!

Ophthalmology was the topic today on a show called "OUR HEALTH"...with Dr. Richard Becker (on Family Net). His guest was Dr. Marc Rose, a practicing Ophthalmologist who has written a book called "SAVE YOUR SIGHT" which covers Macular Degeneration and other types of eye disease.

Some of the causes of eye disease that the doctor mentioned was poor circulation, lack of oxygen, macro/micro nutrients, antioxidants, essential fatty acids and protein. These deficiencies lead to inflammation, and chronic disease.

He said that prescription drugs can definately effect eye health. The over the counter drug Tylenol, was one of the worst offenders. These drugs deplete glutathoine (an amino-acid like compound that is critical to neutralizing toxins) and that this depletion, is directly connected to eye disease.

Today, with all the toxins in the environment, it’s a constant battle to avoid bad health, and bad eye health. It takes total dedication to proper diet, exercise and prayer to retain or regain healthy eyes and body.

Some of the most important supplements mentioned to support healthy eyes, were CO-Q10, ALPHA-LIPOIC ACID, L-CARNTINE and B-VITAMINS.

He also said that it is imperative that we get large daily quantities of colorful fruits and vegetables loaded with enzymes and antioxidants. Eliminating sugar was a must as well. A daily intake of FISH OIL is very important for the eyes as well as the rest of our body. He recommended that everyone take 4000mg’s daily.

He cautioned us, however to understand that here is no magic bullet. We must get back to basics and take charge of our own health. Health wise, 70% of what happens to us, is up to us. We can only blame our father for 15% and our mother for 15%. GOD gave us free will… So it’s up to us to make the right choices.

Quotes from Doctors!

"Drugs never cure disease. They merely hush the voice of nature's protest, and pull down the danger signals she erects along the pathway of transgression. Any poison taken into the system has to be reckoned with later on even though it palliates present symptoms. Pain may disappear, but the patient is left in a worse condition, though unconscious of it at the time."
~Daniel. H. Kress, M.D.

"The thing that bugs me is that the people think the FDA is protecting them. It isn't. What the FDA is doing and what the public thinks it is doing are as different as night and day."
~Dr. Herbert Ley, former FDA commissioner, 1970

"Our physical bodies are made up of [foods]. Therefore, it's logical to expect that if something is wrong with our bodies, proper manipulation of the elements of which they are made will be a major factor in reestablishing health."
~ Jonathan Wright, M.D

"There is nothing in conventional medicine today that treats chronic degenerative conditions as successfully as holistic therapies."
~Joanne Stefanatos, D.V.M.

"We are prone to thinking of drug abuse in terms of the male population and illicit drugs such as heroin, cocaine, and marijuana. It may surprise you to learn that a greater problem exists with millions of women dependent on legal prescription drugs."
~Robert Mendelsohn, M.D.

“What hope is there for medical science to ever become a true science when the entire structure of medical knowledge is built around the idea that there is an entity called disease which can be expelled when the right drug is found?"
~ John H. Tilden, M.D

"Even if conventional medicine tells you that your condition is incurable or that your only option is to live a life dependent on drugs with troublesome side effects, there is hope for improving or reversing your condition."
~ Leon Chaitow, N.D., D.O

“The cause of most disease is in the poisonous drugs physicians superstitiously give in order to effect a cure."
~Charles E. Page, M.D.

"Every drug increases and complicates the patients condition."
~ Robert Henderson, M.D.

"Every educated physician knows that most diseases are not appreciably helped by medicine."
~Richard C. Cabot, M.D. (Mass. Gen. Hospital)

“One-quarter of what you eat keeps you alive. The other three-quarters keeps your doctor alive.”
(Hieroglyph found in an ancient Egyptian tomb.)

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."
~ Thomas Edison

"Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food."
~ Hippocrates, the Father of Modern Medicine

"All diseases are curable, but not all people!"
~ Unknown

NEED WE SAY MORE!

Corn Syrup - A Dietary Staple?

High fructose corn syrup (also known as levulose and fruit sugar) is as bad for the body as Sucrose (table sugar) and sugar in one form or another has become a staple in the American diet. Of course we all have the occasional indulgence, a snack at the movies, a doughnut or piece of cake. But in recent decades we have become a nation, whose individual consumption of sugar averages some 140 lbs a year.

In the 1970’s HFCS was discovered to be cheaper to make and sweeter than table sugar (processed fructose is 20 times sweeter). Since that time HFCS and sugar in general has become a corner stone of the American Diet.

High fructose corn syrup is made from cornstarch and is used to sweeten many common and frequently consumed products, like fruit juices, canned fruits, cookies, baked goods, and dairy products. It is also the only caloric sweetener used in one of the most consumed products in modern times…Soft Drinks.

Fructose has no vitamins, minerals or enzymes so it takes micronutrients from the body while it assimilates itself for use. Of course fresh fruit contains natural fructose, but fruit also contains the nutrients that are needed to be assimilated in the body.

Again, the occasional indulgence is understandable…but since sugar is an immune suppressant, has no nutritional value, and stimulates the appetite…it is best to limit it.

Eating Healthy is Difficult!

In today’s society it is extremely difficult to eat healthy. Even those with the money and time to do so, are still probably are not getting the nutrients that they should.

You can eat organic fruits and vegetables if you can afford it or clean your food with a natural cleanser, but there are no guarantee‘s there. And then there is the depletion of the soil. Although we need 76 minerals daily for our bodies to function properly. Only nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium commonly replaced in our soil today.

Cattle and chickens are injected with hormones and antibiotics, and are fed grain. This of course is not their standard diet and grain can often be contaminated with fungus. So, unless you can afford to eat grass fed beef and poultry etc, that are not injected with these poisons then you are not getting the correct level of nutrients there either.

We all know that fish has a potential for mercury contamination. And eating farm raised fish have been linked with contamination as well. Farm raised fish are also fed grain.

Then we have processed foods, devoid of any real nutrients, hydrogenated fats, excessive use of sugar, caffeine, artificial preservatives and colors. Trying to avoid all of this can really be difficult.

Of course we are occasionally going to indulge in these foods. Who can keep from it really. Since they are often times our only option in some settings, especially when we are on the go.

Anyway, my point is that we are bombarded with things in this environment, which taxes our natural systems. And yes, we can be diligent. But I personally don't even think that is enough.

Therefore we choose to take a food source vitamin, mineral supplement, and probiotics along with changing our diet to one that is higher in more natural healthy foods and less of the man made processed variety. Starting to do these small things along with exercising, drinking lots of clean water and other healthy habits are just some of the things we can do to regain our health.