"Tips Sehat" THE TOXIC ACID BOTOX - by Emma

The toxic acid Botox the popular treatment to counter facial wrinkles can move from the face to the brain.A study published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that the active acidic ingredient in Botox botulinum acid toxin moved into the brainstem brain of rats within three days of injection.Remnants of this acidic poison also moved from the hippocampus on one side of the brain that controls spatial navigation and long-term memory to the hippocampus on the opposite side of the brain.Researchers also found that the toxic acid Botox remnants in areas connected with hand-eye coordination the effects were still present six months later. “The idea that there could be some transmission of this to the central nervous system needs to be followed up” said Matthew Avram director ofMassachusetts General Hospital’s Dermatology Laser and Cosmetology Center.The acidic toxic Botox has been used to smooth facial wrinkles and to treat other health problems since it was approved for use in 1989.Sales topped $1.2 billion worldwide in 2007.According to Dr. Robert O. Young a research scientist at The pH Miracle Living Center states "Botox is the acidic urine or exotoxin from a bacteria.The idea of injecting an acidic poison from bacteria into the body tissues is unbelievable to me and may be a contributing factor for neurological dis-ease such as Alzheimer's Parkinson's seizures and sclerosis.Any acid including the acid Botox could potentially turn ones brain into swiss cheese and should be avoided at all cost.A more natural and healthful way to reduce or eliminate wrinkles is to alkalize energize and hydrate the skin with and alkaline lifestyle and diet.The skin is a product of the blood and the blood is a product of the lifestyle and diet.When you have healthy blood you will have healthy skin and the best way to have healthy blood is to have an alkaline lifestyle and diet."To learn more about alkalizing energizing and hydrating the skin read The pH Miracle and The pH Miracle for Weight Loss The toxic acid Botox.

"Tips Sehat" MIRACLE LIVING TESTIMONY - by Emma

Miracle Living Testimony - The following is an unsolicited pH Miracle Living Testimony for Type I diabetes: "I have been a brittle diabetic for over 20 years meaning my blood sugar readings could go from 50 to 700 anytime.I am on an insulin pump and was taking from 40 to 75 units of insulin a day.I have been a vegetarian for over 32 years.Dr.Young inspired me to cut out cheese, bread rice potatoes while eating only alkaline foods and water.My 14 day avg readings was over 200 forever. On the 3rd day on the alkaline diet my avg was down to 165 & 3 weeks into the diet I was down to an incredible 107.My doctors are in shock.My slightly high blood pressure has come down and I have not gone off of this incredible pH Miracle diet once.I am now strictly vegan and eat 2 to 3 avocados per day.I can only thank the Youngs for changing my life & hope to someday visit their retreat.I now use less than 20 units of insulin per day & achieve greater results." Thank you very much Miracle Living Testimony.

"Tips Sehat" HEALTH ENERGY FOR YOUR BODY - by Emma

Health Energy For Your Body - Yet every move we make does depend on every breath we take and every drink (or meal) we take because our movement is fueled by electrical energy that we store in the body We receive our energy from the triune sources of air food and water.Electrical energy doesn't just 'drop' out of the air food or water that we ingest.In its usual form it is not chemically available.It can't always be called upon to support every move we make because it is not always ready for chemical reaction. For any chemical reaction to occur there needs to be two molecules involved and each of these molecules must have something to 'trade' in the form of compatible atoms that are either positively or negatively charged.Positively charged molecules (and the atoms within them) will easily and naturally unite with negatively charged molecules of equivalent and compatible charge. Put simply all of your body functions rely on the electrical energy released from the unity of the 'charge' of the molecules in it and the opposite 'charge' in food water or air that enters it.  

So what is an ion? 
 An ion is any atom that has a positive or a negative charge.A positively charged ion will seek a negatively charged one to unite with have a glorious 'coupling' and then turn into something totally new and available.

So why do we rave on so much about negative ions?
Because the result of every move you move (a net spending of electrical energy) is a positively charged body.The molecules in your body are left holding a positive charge. They are unavailable for future 'couplings' unless we get a new batch of attractive and giving negative ions in quickly. As we hear so often these days things ain't what they used to be.The air is different.Putting it very frankly and unscientifically it's full of crud or acid. Positively charged crud or acid. Nothing ever 'goes away' on our little green planet and every exhaust every chimney plume every release of gas stays within our thin and fragile ionosphere. It stays in the air we gulp as we run along the beach it stays in the water we drink and it stays in the food we eat.And all of it this acidic pollution is useless for energy production within the body. The air we breath in our garden only 500 meters from the beach contains only around 150 negative ions/cc/sec.but it also contains around 700 positive ions.This means that even as we lay on the beach doing absolutely nothing our bodies are getting short-shifted by 2000 (required) plus 700 positive less 150 negative ions = 2550 ions/cc/second. Because the environment can no longer supply our basics our bodies have to negatively ionize the air water and food that enters our bodies just to get bare minimum ionization needs and lying there in the sun they are working non-stop just to supply enough available electrical energy for us to get up off the sand and walk to the car  

Did we always have to do this? 
 No We have managed to take our beautiful planet from a garden paradise to technoaicidtrash in less than a century and we have done one 'good' job.Where once clear air and spring or glacial water gave us all the negative ions we needed today the same basics actually rob our bodies of energy.

Like the idea of drinking pure alkaline rainwater? 
 Don't It robs you of electrons.It is also acidic having combined with CO 2 and pollutants as it falls from the clouds and so it only contributes to the acidic state of your body.

Want to go to the beach and reinvigorate on pure ocean air? 
That air just blew all the way from a Brazilian chemical factory and now it's your turn to breath it in. So we are suffocating in our air drying up in our water and toxifying as we eat our clean supermarket food.In a radical state, radical action is required and we are indeed in a radical state of personal bodily survival.We have lost the negative ions the life electrical energy we need to even breathe freely. It's not hard to understand how we age the way we do.Suddenly we are old and we wonder how it happened.
Yet it's been happening for years because every day our wonderful amazing bodies have been slugging it out and losing the battle to keep aging at bay by maintaining its alkaline design.Instead of performing daily housekeeping functions it is flat out ionizing water food and air to make it energetically available for energy storage.The Chinese adepts well knew the power of thi ionization process.They call the energy in the body chi and they say it comes from the air from water and from food. In his book The Tao of Health Sex and Longevity author and longevity expert Daniel Reid says'Since there exists no equivalent term in English for 'Chi' or 'Prana' we shall refer to it as 'bionic' or 'bioelectric' energy.This combines the idea of living Energy uniquely associated with living organisms (bio) with that of electricity(electric) and negatively charged ions(ionic)'In 1838, deHufeland wrote in The Art of Prolonging the Life of Man' A careful study of the phenomena of the vital force in the organized world leads us to recognize in it the following properties ands laws: the vital force is the most subtle most penetrating most invisible agent we have known until now in nature in this respect it surpasses even light electricity and magnetism with which in other respects it seems to have the greatest analogy. We find a striking analogy between the vital force and magnetism. The life force can exist in a free and latent state and in this respect has a close analogy to heat and electricity'.More recently French Scientist Dr J. Belot said 'When we consider organic life in the light of biophysics we find that electrical phenomena are at the root of all cellular life and we conclude that the end of everything is an electrical charge'.In March 1968 36 years ago Le Monde reported that the presence of negative ions or ionization facilitates oxygen absorption aids elimination of CO2 in the alveoli of the lungs yet positive ions have precisely the opposite effect Gases dust chemical fumen all enter the body as positive ions trapping the tiny negative ions in their large absorbent form rendering your air technically 'dead'. When we read the work of Dr Otto Warburg Nobel Scientist we begin to understand the absolute importance not only of oxygen sodium hydrogen and nitrogen but the utter importance for our longevity of their entry into the body in negatively charged form.We also begin to see the extent of the effect of common use substances. A plastic seat will accelerate mental fatigue, as will plastic wall coverings.Objects covered in polyethylene produce fields of between 5 and 10.000 volts/meter.In a space enclosed by polyethylene the rate can skyrocket to 100,000 volts/meter.Certain synthetic clothes are strong enough to set up a field that repels all negative ions in your immediate vicinity! Go stand on a mountain it won't help much if you're wearing your favorite synthetic ski jacket.Without adequate negative ions we are literally working ourselves to death and we don't even realize it.Yet the technology now exists to replace the Body's load to support the alkaline design of the body the white blood cells and to promote not just a long life but a strong vital electron rich life.With pH Miracle Water Ionization (ionized water) you are now able to derive huge quantities of negatively charged ions as Hydroxyl ions in a microclustered form that will flow between cell walls and react with acidic wastes that are causing energy loss lethargy and a predisposition to almost every major illness all in water direct from your tap or in a glass bottle.With the ionization of air you will receive ionized nitrogen and oxygen that gives itself away immediately to facilitate energy conversion and storage.The ionized nitrogen acts on your cellular communication system and dilates the blood vessels to maintain not only a strong nutrient transport system but an efficient messaging service allowing your body to reinstate real communication. You begin to know your own body again.The cost when we look realistically at a future that statistically means ill health cancer heart disease and bodily degeneration is incredibly small.Like the tiny negatively charged atom this technology is easy to dismiss but deceptively powerful.The technology is here and now with pH Miracle Water thank you very much Health Energy For Your Body.

"Tips Sehat" WHAT HOT ROCK LYMPHATIC MASSAGE FOR HEALTH - by Emma

Hot Rocks Lymphatic Massage For Health - As the perfect compliment to an Alkavorian(TM)Lifestyle Hot Rocks Lymphatic Massage(TM) accelerates the elimination of acidic wastes and residues from the blood and tissues. One hour of effective Hot Rocks Lymphatic massage through proper strokes(going toward the heart) and short pressured lymphatic pumps can move as much lymph fluid through the body as a sedentary person can move on their own in 24 hours. Using the hot stones along with the lymphatic strokes sends penetrating heat into the muscles increasing circulation and fresh oxygen. Therapeutic Hot Rocks Lymphatic Massage is extremely soothing and takes the body to a deeply relaxed state.Long flowing strokes going in the same direction as the one way lymph valves assures new lymph plasma replacing old lymph plasma creating a cleansing effect and a refreshment to the body.Acidic fluids are then not allowed to linger in joints and connective tissues causing inflammation. This type of massage can leave a person feeling more rested revived more limber and more energetic.Also noted are greater sense of well being heightened emotional balance less depression and mood swings hormonal balancing and natural appetite control. The massage can enhance any weight loss or fitness program and is ideally used for cellulite reduction.The massage should be experienced at least once a week and even better twice or three times a week depending on each individuals condition. The Hot Rocks Lymphatic Massage(TM) is ideal for aiding in eliminating symptoms of conditions such as arthritis carpel tunnel syndrome lupus chronic fatigue headaches and fibromyalgia just to name a few. The pH Miracle Center announces the release of their new Hot Rocks Lymphatic Massage DVD with Shelley Redford Young LMT performing a complete Hot Rocks Lymphatic Massage(TM) on the beautiful island of Kauai Hawaii.Also included on the DVD is a complete overview Power Point presentation on the Lymphatic System of the body.Currently the DVD is being offered with an accompanying bottle of pH Miracle Young pHorever Lymphatic Massage Oil(TM) including cinnamon to help increase circulation and make this unique massage even more pleasurable.The Hot Rocks Lymphatic Massage(TM) is the same massage offered at all pH Miracle Retreats held in Valley Center Ca. http://www.phmiracleliving.com/3dayretreat.html This DVD is designed to train licensed massage therapists on the proper procedure of the Hot Rocks Lymphatic Massage(TM) while also offering educational material on the Lymphatic System.This is a tool that anyone can give to their existing licensed massage therapist when requesting this type of massage to be done.Call the pH Miracle Center at 760-751-8321 to order your Hot Rocks Lymphatic Massage(TM) DVD with your free bottle of pH Miracle Young pHorever Massage Oil(TM)today Hot Rocks Lymphatic Massage For Health.

"Tips Sehat" HEALTH LATENT TISSUE ACIDOSIS - by Emma

Health Latent Tissue Acidosis - There is a curious tendency in conventional medicine to name a set of symptoms a disease.I was recently at a compounding pharmacy having my bone mineral density measured to update my health stats.I spotted a poster touting a new drug for osteoporosis. It was written by a drug company and it said exactly this: 'Osteoporosis is a disease that causes weak and fragile bones.'Then the poster went on to say that you need a particular drug to counteract this 'disease'. Yet the language is all backwards.Osteoporosis isn't a disease that causes weak bones osteoporosis is the name given to a diagnosis of weak bones.In other words the weak bones are the result of excess acidity and then the diagnosis of osteoporosis followed. The drug poster makes it sound like osteoporosis strikes first and then you get weak bones.The cause and effect is all backwards.And that's how drug companies want people to think about diseases and symptoms:first you 'get' the dis ease and then you are 'diagnosed' just in time to take a new drug for the rest of your life. But it's all an illuision there is no such disease Article Health as osteoporosis.It's just a made up name given to a pattern of symptoms that indicates you are over-acid which causes your bones to become fragile. As another example when a person follows an unhealthy lifestyle that results in a symptom such as high blood pressure, that symptom is actually being assumed to be a disease all by itself and it will be given a disease name. What disease? The dis-ease is of course 'hypertension' or 'high blood pressure'. Doctors throw this phrase around as if it were an actual dis-ease and not merely descriptive of patient physiology. This may all seem silly right? But there's actually a very important point to all this. When we look at symptoms and give them disease names we automatically distort the selection of available treatments for such a dis-ease. If the dis ease is by it self hypercholesterolemia or high cholesterol then the cure for the dis ease must be nothing other than lowering the high cholesterol.And that's how we end up with all these pharmaceuticals treating high cholesterol in order to 'prevent' this dis ease and lower the levels of LDL cholesterol in the human patient. By lowering only the cholesterol the doctor can rest assured that he is in fact treating this 'disease' since the definition of this 'disease' is hypercholesterolemia or high cholesterol and nothing else. But there is a fatal flaw in this approach to disease treatment: The symptom is not the cause of the dis-ease. There is another cause and this deeper cause is routinely ignored by conventional medicine doctorsdrug companies and even patients. Let's take a closer look at hypertension or high blood pressure. What actually causes high blood pressure? Many doctors would say high blood pressure is caused by a specific measurable interaction between circulating chemicals in the human body.Thus the ill-behaved chemical compounds are the cause of the high blood pressure and therefore the solution is to regulate these chemicals.That's exactly what pharmaceuticals do they attempt to manipulate the chemicals in the body to adjust the symptoms of high blood pressure.Thus they only treat the symptoms not the root cause.Or take a look at high cholesterol the conventional medicine approach says that high cholesterol is caused by a chemical imbalance in the liver which is the organ that produces cholesterol.Thus the treatment for high cholesterol is a prescription drug that inhibits the liver's production of cholesterol (statin drugs).Upon taking these drugs the high cholesterol(the 'disease')is regulated but what was causing the liver to overproduce cholesterol in the first place? That causative factor remains ignored. The root cause of high cholesterol as it turns out is primarily an over acidic lifestyle and diet.A person lives an acidic life or who eats foods that are acidic will inevitably cause the body to go into preservation mode and produce more cholesterol to neutralize the excess acid thus showing the symptoms of this so called dis ease of high cholesterol.Its simple cause and effect. Eat the wrong foods and don't exercise and you'll produce too much acid which will cause the body to release cholesterol from the liver to bind up that acid which can be detected and diagnosed by conventional medical procedures.You see it is not the cholesterol that is bad it is the acid producing food we eat and the lack of exercise that is bad. Reduce the acid producing foods like beef chicken pork dairy coffee tea soda pops etc and start exercising every day and you will reduce the protective cholesterol that is saving your life from acids that are not being elimnated from an acidic lifestyle and diet Health Latent Tissue Acidosis. Yet the root cause of all this is actually poor lifestyle and food choice not some bizarre behavior by the liver.If the disease were to be accurately named then it would be called Acidic Lifestyle and Food Choice Dis Ease or simply ALFCD. ALFCD would be a far more accurate name that would make sense to people.If it's an acidic lifestyle and foods choice dis ease then it seems that the obvious solution to the dis ease would be to choose a lifestyle and foods that aren't so acidic.Of course that may be a bit of simplification since you have to distinguish between Healthy alkaline lifestyles and foods and unhealthy acidic lifestyle and foods.But at least the name ALFCD gives clients or patients a better idea of what's actually going on rather than naming the dis ease after a symptom such as high cholesterol.You see the symptom is not the dis ease, but conventional medicine insists on calling the symptom the dis ease because that way it can treat the symptom and claim success without actually addressing the underlying cause which remains a mystery to modern medicine. But let's move on to some other dis eases so you get a clearer picture of how this actually works. Another dis ease that's caused by poor lifestyle and acidic food choice is diabetes.Type 2 diabetes is the natural physiological and metabolic result of a person consuming refined carbohydrates and added sugars in large quantities undigested proteins from beef chicken and pork without engaging in regular physical exercise that would compensate for such dietary practices. The name 'diabetes' is meaningless to the average person the disease should be called Excessive Acid Dis Ease or EAD. If it were called Excessive Acid Dis ease the solution to it would be rather apparent simply eat less sugar eliminate all animal proteins eggs dairy drink fewer soft drinks exercise and so on.But of course that would be far too simple for the medical community so the dis-ease must be given a complex name such as diabetes that puts its solution out of reach of the average patient. Another dis ease that is named after its symptom is cancer.In fact to this day most doctors and many patients still believe that cancer is a physical thing: a tumor In reality a tumor is the solution of cancer not its cause.A tumor is simply a physical manifestation of bound up acidic cells so they do not spoil other healthy cells.The tumor is the solution to cells damaged by acids not the problem.The truth is cancer is not a cell but an acidic liquid.When a person 'has cancer' what they really have is cancerous tissues or latent tissue acidosis.They are absorbing their own acidic urine.It would be a far better named for the dis ease: Cancerous Tisssue Dis Ease(CTD) or Latent Tissue Acidosis or LTA. If cancer were actually called Latent Tissue Acidosis it would seem ridiculous to try to cure cancer by cutting out tumors through surgery and by destroying the immune system with chemotherapy.And yet these are precisely the most popular treatments for cancer offered by conventional medicine.These treatments do absolutely nothing to support the patient's immune system and prevent the build up of acids in the tissues.That's exactly why most people who undergo chemotherapy or the removal of tumors through surgical procedures end up with yet more cancer a few months or a few years later.It's also another reason why survival rates of cancer have barely budged over the last twenty years.(In other words conventional medicine's treatments for cancer simply don't work.)The main reason is current medical science wrongly perceives cancer as a cell when in reality cancer is an acidic liquid like lactic acid. This whole situation stems from the fact that the dis ease is misnamed.It isn't cancer it isn't a tumor and it certainly isn't a dis ease caused by having too strong of an immune system that needs to be destroyed through chemotherapy.It is simply latent tissue acidosis.And if it were called latent tissue acidosis dis ease or urine in the tissues dis ease the effective treatment for cancer would be apparent. The kidneys are responsible for eliminating acids out of the blood and recycling alkalinity back into the blood.When we have an over acidic lifestyle and diet this puts stress on the kidneys which can cause them to breakdown.The result is kidney dis ease caused by circulatory acids.If acids are not eliminated out of the blood they will then be thrown out into the tissues leading to latent tissue acidosis and eventual cancerous tissue.Medical science uses dialysis to purify the blood from acidity and prevent latent tissue acidosis.If one will stop their acidic lifestyle and diet and begin to alkalize the blood and tissues this will support the kidneys and prevent kidney disease and the need for dialysis. There are many other dis-eases that are given misleading names by western medicine.But if you look around the world and take a look at how dis eases are named elsewhere you will find many countries have dis-ease names that actually make sense. For example in Chinese medicine Alzheimer's dis ease is given a name that means when translated 'feeble mind disease.'In Chinese medicine the name of the dis ease more accurately describes the actual cause of the dis ease which is caused by acids or urine on the brain whereas in western medicine the name of the dis ease seems to be intended to obscure the root cause of the dis ease thereby making all dis eases sound far more complex and mysterious than they really are. This is one way in which doctors and practitioners of western medicine keep medical treatments out of the reach of the average citizen.Because by God they sure don't want people thinking for themselves about the causes of dis ease. By creating a whole new vocabulary for medical conditions they can speak their own secret language and make sure that people who aren't schooled in medicine don't understand what they're saying.That's a shame because the treatments and cures for virtually all chronic dis eases are actually quite simple and can bedescribed in plain language such as making different alkaline food choices getting more natural sunlight drinking more alkaline water engaging in regular physical exercise avoiding specific acidic foods supplementing our diet with green foods and green drinks and alkalizing nutritional supplements and so on. See western medicine prefers to describe dis eases in terms of chemistry.When you're depressed you aren't suffering from a lack of natural sunlight you are suffering from a'brain chemistry imbalance' that can only be regulated they claim by ingesting toxic chemicals to alter your brain chemistry.When your bones are brittle it's not acidic brittle bones dis ease it's called osteoporosis something that sounds very technical and complicated.And to treat it western doctors and physicians will give you prescriptions for expensive drugs that somehow claim to make your bones less brittle.But in fact the real treatment for this can be described in plain language once again: regular physical exercise vitamin D supplementation mineral supplements that include calcium and strontium natural sunlight and avoidance of acidic foods such as soft drinks white flour and added sugars. In fact virtually every dis ease that's prominent in modern society diabetes cancer heart disease osteoporosis clinical depression irritable bowel syndrome and so on can be easily described in plain language without using complex terms at all.These dis eases are simply misnamed.And I believe that they are intentionally misnamed to put the jargon out of reach of everyday citizens.As a result there's a great deal of arrogance in the language of western medicine and this arrogance furthers the language of separation.Separation never results in healing.In order to effect healing we must bring together the language of healers and patients using plain language that real people understand and that real people can act upon. We need to start describing dis eases in terms of their root causes not in terms of their arcane biochemical actions.When someone suffers from seasonal affective disorder or clinical depression for example let's call it what it is:Sunlight Deficiency Disorder.To treat it the person simply needs to get more sunlight.This isn't rocket science it's not complex and it doesn't require a prescription. If someone is suffering from osteoporosis let's get realistic about the words we use to describe the condition:it's really Acidic Bones Dis ease.And it should be treated with things that will enhance bone density such as nutrition physical exercise and avoidance of acidic foods and drinks that strip away bone mass from the human body to neutralize the excess acids in the blood and tissues. All of this information of course is rather shocking to old school doctors and practitioners of western medicine, and the bigger their egos are the more they hate the idea of naming dis eases in plain language that patients can actually comprehend.That's because if the simple truths about dis eases and their causes were known Health would be more readily available to everyday people and that would lessen the importance of physicians and medical researchers.There's a great deal of ego invested in the medical community and they sure don't want to make sound Health attainable to the average person without their expert advice.Many Doctors want to serve as the translators of 'truth' and will balk at any attempts to educate the public to either practice medicine on their own. But in reality health (and a connection with spirit) is attainable by every single person.Health is easy it is straightforward it is direct and for the most part it is available free of charge.A personal connection with our Creator is the same if we ask humbly in prayer for a relationship with Him and guidance.Don't believe the names of dis eases given to you by your doctor.Those names are designed to obscure not to inform.They are designed to separate you from self healing, not to put you in touch with your own inner healer.And thus they are nothing more than bad medicine masquerading as modern medical practice." The following is a statement of observation from Dr. Patrick Sobota concerning the research of Dr. Robert O. Young. "Nobody on the planet nobody in the history of the world nobody on the horizon nobody ever has sat at a microscope for over a 30 year period and looked at people's live and dry blood maybe 15 times in 45 days and meanwhile between sessions adjusted modified calibrated and tweaked the person's food and drink intake.Nobody except one man - Dr. Robert O. Young. By the time you've looked at 500.000 blood slides you pretty much know what you're talking about.Add to that the approximately 100% of people who get better and reverse their serious diseases like cancer when they follow his protocol and you've got something to talk about" and thank you very much Health Latent Tissue Acidosis.

"Tips Sehat" MENGETAHUI PEMBALUT WANITA BAGI KESEHATAN - by Emma

Mengetahui Pembalut Wanita Bagi Kesehatan - Mungkin sebagian kita selaku wanita banyak yang bertanya-tanya Apakah Aman Pembalut Wanita Bagi Kesehatan atau Bagaimana Cara Mengetahui Pembalut Yang Sehat?.Hasil analisa para ahli mengatakan bahwa 40% wanita sangat was-was dengan Pembalut Wanita sekarang ini,karena tidak jarang Pembalut Wanita tersebut ada yang tidak SEHAT bagi kita. Bagaimana jika daerah kewanitaan yang kita sayangi tanpa sengaja sudah teracuni dengan berbagai macam bahan kimia berbahaya? Menurut WHO Indonesia merupakan negara dengan penderita kanker leher rahim no 1 di dunia 62% penyebabnya adalah penggunaan produk pembalut yang tidak berkualitas.DI RSCM ada 400 pasien baru yang mengidap kanker leher rahim setiap tahunnya Mengapa bisa?  

Isu Kanker Leher Rahim
Pembalut wanita yang beredar saat ini umumnya terbuat dari katun rayon atau campuran rayon dan kapas Rayon terbuat dari serat selulosa yang berasal dari pulp kayu Untuk mendapatkan bahan baku rayon umumnya perlu dilakukan proses pemutihan pulp kayu (bleaching) dan pemurnian di bawah ini ada beberapa cara pemutihan :

 1)Pemutihan menggunakan gas klorin proses ini dapat menghasilkan dioksin sebagai produk sampingnya proses ini digunakan oleh pemasok bahan baku untuk tampon dimasa lalu.Memerlukan proses yang panjang untuk menghilangkan dioksin.Di Amerika proses ini tidak boleh lagi digunakan oleh produsen pembalut wanita atau tampon dan sanitary napkins lainnya.

2) Pemutihan yang bebas elemen klorin pemutihan menggunakan hydrogen peroksida disebut pemutihan bebas dioksin.Diduga dari proses pemutihan inilah isu pembalut berdioksin penyebab kanker leher rahim muncul Dioksin bisa terserap ke dalam rahim dengan cara sebagai berikut : Bila darah haid (bersifat panas) jatuh ke permukaan pembalut maka zat dioksin akan dilepaskan melalui proses penguapan.Uap tersebut pertama-tama akan mengenai permukaan vagina kemudian diserap ke dalam rahim melalui saluran leher rahim (cervix) lalu masuk ke rahim/uterus melalui saluran indung telur/fallopian tubes dan berakhir di indung telur (ovaries) sehingga menyebabkan kanker leher rahim, mioma,kanker payudara endometriosis (susah punya anak) dan lain lain.Jangan sampailah kejadian di saat masih sehat mungkin tak terasa pentingnya namun kalau sudah sakit baru merasakan pentingnya.Tapi siapa yang mau sakit dulu? walaupun tak semua pembalut sekali pakai berdioksin namun jika kita salah memilih pembalut maka akibatnya tak tanggung tanggung KANKER LEHER RAHIM yang biaya berobatnya mahal sekali dengan kemungkinan sembuhnya kecil.  

Iritasi infeksi dan Kemandulan
Dalam pembalut sekali pakai terdapat bahan plastik dan lem pelekat kedua bahan tersebut mengurangi sirkulasi udara di bagian intim wanita menciptakan lingkungan “stagnan” yang disukai bakteri memicu iritasi dan infeksi jamur di vagina.Apalagi saat nifas selama 40 hari terus menerus menggunakan pembalut kemungkinan infeksi akan semakin besar.Kemandulan dapat terjadi selain akibat reaksi dengan dioksin yang menyebabkan penyakit endometriosis (singgugut) juga dapat diakibatkan oleh perjalanan infeksi dari vagina ini yang berlanjut ke rahim dan saluran indung telur.Saluran indung telur merupakan saluran tempat bertemunya sel sperma dan sel telur saluran ini sangat kecil diameternya jika terjadi infeksi disana maka sel sperma dan sel telur tidak bisa bertemu sehingga tentu akan sulit memperoleh keturunan. Gejalanya gatal keputihan yang berlanjut jangan anggap remeh keputihan apalagi juga jika anda lama tidak mendapatkan keturunan pikirkanlah kemungkinan penyebab masalah ada di pembalut anda. Saat yang paling aman saat anda mengalami menstruasi adalah dengan “back to nature” berdasarkan sejarah pembalut orang jaman dulu menggunakan kain yang bisa dicuci sehingga bisa dipakai berulang kali ada baiknya kita mencontoh kebiasaan mereka kini dipasaran telah banyak beredar pembalut kain modern.

Pembalut Kain Modern/Menspad Apa itu?
Masih banyak wanita yang belum mengetahui tentang menspad aya hidup “Go Green” lah yang melatarbelakangi hadirnya menspad.Menspad terbuat dari kain dengan bahan stay dry (permukaan selalu kering agar tak kalah nyaman dengan pembalut sekali pakai yang selama ini ada di pasaran) bentuk sudah didesain seperti pembalut dapat dicuci ulang mudah dicuci ekonomis (dapat dipakai berkali kali) lebih ramah lingkungan (meminimalkan sampah) mencegah iritasi (yang disebabkan plastik pada pinggiran pembalut) dan yang jelas lebih sehat karena tidak mengandung bahan kimia berbahaya. Kebanyakan wanita tidak ingin direpotkan mencuci pembalut kain padahal ibu kita mengajarkan untuk mencuci pembalut biasa sebelum dibuang bukan?.Dan anda pasti tahu betapa menyebalkannya berurusan dengan gel lem dan kertas yang hancur terkena air itu mencuci pembalut kain ini jauh lebih mudah tinggal dialiri pada kran akan luntur sendiri sisanya tambah detergen biar tidak bau kucek sebentar bersih. Inilah solusi hidup sehat sampaikan ke anak perempuan ibu mertua perempuan tante,ipar,sepupu dan sahabat-sahabat perempuanmu (kalau anda sayang mereka).Jika kita bersama-sama menyampaikan ratusan ribuan bahkan jutaan wanita akan terhindar dari kanker leher rahim dan bahaya buruk lainnya untuk lebih jelasnya tenta berita pembalut wanita sebaiknya anda lihat tayangan berikut ini :

 terima kasih Mengetahui Pembalut Wanita Bagi Kesehatan

"Tips Sehat" WHAT IS HEALTHY FOR COSMETICS HEALTH ? - by Emma

What Is Health For Cosmetics Health ?I am happy to announce the release of the first alkalizing cosmetic / make-up line in the world. Check it out.There is nothing out there like these products. The best news is this make-up line is good for the skin. Do you know what acidic chemicals you may be putting on your skin or hair? Chances are you don't.If you wear make-up, moisturizing creams or use store bought shampoo or conditions there is a high probability that you are putting things on your skin or hair that are not only acidic to your skin and/or hair but may be harmful. The following ingredients are commonly found in many cosmetics, moisturizers, shampoos, conditioners, and toners - even the ones that claim to be natural or mineral based:

 Lanolin 
This is often advertised as a good thing.It technically is natural, but highly undesirable.Lanolin is a yellow greasy substance derived from the sebaceous glands generally from sheep.Not something you want on my skin.

 Formaldehyde
A common ingredient used as a preservative in cosmetics.

 Whale Wax 
Obtained from what digestive juices, or essentially vomit is often found in fragrances in cosmetics shampoos and conditioners. 

 Parabens 
In a recent Canadian study 19 out of 20 breast tumors examined had high amounts of parabens in them. If breast cancer doesn't turn you off parabens, what if you knew that parabens affect your hypothalamus, your ovaries your thyroid and virtually every single organ system in your body.Parabens also influencedevelopment of malignant melanoma and can also affect the male reproductive system when newborns are exposed to butylparaben.Remember those science labs where we were told to dissect animals? Think about the putrid formaldehyde used to preserve their bodies.Parabens are just as irritating as this acidic harmful chemical.Would you want to put something with an equivalence to formaldehyde on your face or hair twice a day 365 days in a year? Skin and hair absorbs everything andeverything your skin and hair absorbs goes directly to your blood stream.

 Urea 
Urea is excreted from aquatic organisms, reptiles, mammals, and now often synthetically made in large chemical reactors.Urea is also used as a common anti-bacterial in cosmetics.

 Mineral Oil and Paraffin 
 Not only are these petroleum by-products they clog the pores of the skin.Last year Americans spent 17 billion dollars on makeup shampoos, conditioners, cleaners, and creams, and other cosmetic products. Unfortunately, parabens come into the picture with the gross majority of these products. Read the label on the back of all your products and take every precaution you can.

For more information on YoungpHorever skin and hair products that are all natural and free of acidic harmful chemicals go to: http://www.phmiracleliving.com/c-26-health-care.aspx?pagenum=1 http://www.phmiracleliving.com/c-32-phace-mineral-make-up.aspx You may also be interested in our new acid free chemical free, alkalizing cosmetic line. It is just in time for the Holidays.
Check it out here: http://www.phmiracleliving.com/c-32-phace-mineral-make-up.aspx Remember all of our skin and hair products are good for the body both inside and you What Is Health For Cosmetics Health ?

"Tips Sehat" ARTICLE HEALTH - by Emma

Article HealthI totally agree! I was diagnosed with malignant melanoma in January of 1984... over 26 years ago... and chose to use alternative means of healing rather than 'wider excision, and possibly radiation...using diet, spiritual mind treatments, etc. It was the best choice I could possibly have made, and it's taken me on quite a journey visit : Tips Sport For Health. Being 'uninsurable due to pre-existing condition' can be a benefit if you choose to take responsibility for your own healing. Even though I knew about raw foods and was on a 'transitional diet' of 50-60% raw for several years, I still wasn't eating a predominantly raw alkaline diet... and wound up with something called 'inverse psoriasis'... for which I am deeply grateful because it led me to Dr. Young... and a much deeper understanding of the power of a predominantly alkaline diet... and the realization that raw diets aren't necessarily alkaline or even healthy just because they are raw. It only took a week or two of following a strict alkaline diet for the horrible deep red sometimes bleeding psoriasis rash to totally heal. It's not 'cured' but is typically in a state of total remission... UNLESS I decide to 'eat widely' ... with too many acidic foods Tips Kesehatan. The moment I see the rash begin to appear in the first of many places it formerly appeared on my body, I immediately go back to a highly alkaline diet... lots of green smoothies... zero sugar and refined grain products and combos... and the rash/psoriasis magically disappears within a day or two. How cool it is to have a plainly visible 'indicator' or 'danger signal' ... warning me of the acidity of my body... and even cooler to see how alkalizing ALWAYS makes it disappear. And in the process, I return to a much calmer and clearer state of mind. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the whole world knew what I've come to find out... and what so many like me know as well.Someday... hopefully soon... we will reach a 'critical mass' ... and the whole world will know. ...Thanks Dr. Young and Shelley for continuing to speak out Article Health.

"Tips Sehat" MIRACLE MESSAGE OF HEALTH - by Emma

Miracle Message of HealthMy guess is that many of you feel some sort of concern about financial issues whether it is the daily budget, dwindling savings, credit card bills, money for college bills, mileage and gas prices for the aging family automobiles, and so on. Its the same at the Young homestead here at Rancho Del Sol. Every year I pray for more rain and try to figure out how to save money on the expensive California water we need for thousands of avocado and grapefruit trees. I am always trying to figure out where to save money so I can use that money to reach more people around the world with a pH Miracle message of health and well-being. If you read my email letters on a regular basis, you will know that I am quite positive that following a healthy, organic, alkaline diet with many raw, green vegetables will save you money over time. Whether you have 50 more years to live or 25, most medical expenses have traditionally occurred in the later years of life. And those expenses can be a thing of the past. Once your body is alkaline, and once you have rebuilt your blood with my C.O.W.S. program, and once the pH of your urine is around 7.4 on a consistent basis, you are well on your way to permanently increased health and vigor as well as great financial savings. Remember, the #1 reason for bankruptcy in America for many years has been medical bills. That will not happen to you. I hear from people all the time that pretty much the only reason they visit the doctor anymore is to gloat a bit, to follow-up on some old ailment now in the rear-view mirror, to lecture the poor old besieged doc on the importance of nutrition in health, or to give him a copy of The pH Miracle book. By the way, if you write to me and tell me that you really did get your doctor to read The pH Miracle book that Shelley and I wrote, I'll send you a free copy to replace the one you gave to your physician. I will also be fascinated to hear your story. In fact, I may share it with everybody in one of these emails. Many people who have been following a balanced pH 80/20 alkaline/acid diet for many years tell us about all the different ways they save money. Some people have replaced their health insurance with a combination of self-insurance, accident insurance, a hospital indemnity policy, and disability programs. Some people on Medicare have not purchased the supplemental insurance because they have not visited the former family physician for several years and are hoping not to for the rest of their lives. Besides, they tell me, they aren't likely to go the drug route anyway now that they know the cucumber and avocado route. Many have told us that they have saved money because they no longer have doctor visits, co-pays, pharmaceutical drugs, deductibles, tests, clinic and lab fees, medical gadgets, lost time and sick days, and so on. Not to mention the increased energy, creativity, and productivity How To Sport For Health. Now lets talk about stress. About two years ago, I emailed you an article about Mother Theresa whose level of consciousness allowed her to function in love, joy, peace and enlightenment. Many of you said that you enjoyed that article. Such states of mind--whether they are linked to experiences that are primarily sensory, emotional, psychological, intellectual or spiritual--can only be accompanied by an absence of stress at the physiological or body level. If you read my emails with any consistency, then you know that there is a solid scientific link between the mind and the body, the psychosomatic or the "somatopsychic." It goes both ways. We started hearing the world psychosomatic at least 40 or 50 years ago. The mind can cause the body to suffer and the body can cause the mind to suffer. Therefore, it makes good sense to take care of both. I have discussed from time to time the importance of minimizing stress in our lives. When our minds are filled with thoughts and feelings that include the negative perceptions and experiences of fear, anger and sadness, we are vulnerable to the creation of excessive bodily acid. Toxic acids are actually secreted from various parts of the body directly into the bloodstream when we are in a negative emotional state. On the other hand, leading a life that includes more experiences in what we might call the love zone can be a challenge. I forget who coined the word love zone, but this state of being includes feelings of affection, joy, compassion, empathy, kindness, happiness and bliss. But living in this zone you may have noticed is easier said than done. The world seems so often to pull mightily at the most vulnerable areas of our lives. Our preoccupation with the outer world and things over which we have no control can keep us from entering into those precious moments or hours in the stress-free love zone. There is one thing in particular that we can do to help us frequent this zone as much as possible. And I will back into this concept with a little story which I enjoy. I call this the 1,000 avocados for God story. It goes like this: A plantation owner, somewhat foolishly accustomed to bartering with God, prayed for a good harvest. He pleaded thusly: "Dear God, if You would please bring me a great avocado harvest, as a service I will give You 1,000 avocados from the harvest."God granted him a great harvest. Thus, the plantation owner loaded up a thousand avocados in his wagon and had his foreman deliver them to the temple. Along the way, the foreman was pestered by two little beggar boys who pleaded for an avocado to ward off their hunger. "Shoo, shoo, go away," said the foreman, knowing that the plantation owner had loaded exactly 1,000 avocados. The hungry little boys ran alongside the wagon and continued to beg. Finally, the hired hand relented and gave each of them an avocado. He thought to himself, who would count all these avocados and know that two are missing from a thousand? But the plantation owner had warned the chief overseer of the temple to count the avocados to make sure that the foreman had not sold some along the way. He found out that two were missing and had been given to beggars and the plantation owner fired the foreman. That night the plantation owner had a dream. In his dream, God came to him and said, I have granted your prayer for a great harvest, but you have not kept your agreement. The plantation owner pleaded his case, But God, I took the avocados to you just as I said. God replied, Well, I am sorry that you are in error my friend, because so far, I have received only two. I think you can see why I enjoy this story. And it has many implications far beyond the simple notion that Divine Providence and charity are related. In fact, we might say that Divine Providence resonates to charity. There is a great deal of emerging evidence and a wonderful new area of study which says that there is a human field of energy which is very subtle, yet powerful, pervasive and immortal. There is a field of energy which connects every one of us to every one of us. Some refer to this energy as levels of consciousness and the study of this energy focuses especially on various states of higher consciousness.Regardless of our personal level of consciousness, we are not only connected to this field of energy, but we are influencing it just as it influences us in return. There is emerging evidence, both experiential and research, that says that as our level of consciousness rises, our body has an increasing ability or tendency to heal itself. There are increasing numbers of prayer studies that show that healing is affected by prayer. In Dr. David Hawkins book, Power Vs. Force, he designates and describes our levels of consciousness from low to high levels. In the pathological area, he lists (low to high) shame, guilt, apathy, grief, fear, desire, anger, and false pride. The ascending corresponding emotions at those lower levels are humiliation, blame, despair, regret, anxiety, craving, hate, and scorn. As we pass from pathological states into higher states of health and well-being, Hawkins designates and defines (low to high) courage, neutrality, willingness, acceptance, reason, love, joy, peace, and enlightenment. The ascending corresponding emotions at these higher levels are affirmation, trust, optimism, forgiveness, understanding, reverence, serenity, bliss and ineffable. By contemplating upon these two hierarchies of human levels of consciousness and corresponding emotions, you can easily see the beauty that unfolds as we achieve higher and higher levels of consciousness. Higher levels mean less stress, or course, which means less acid in your body. The simple question then becomes, what is it that I can do to help myself achieve an increasing degree of health, happiness and serenity in my own life? As I have written before, a healthy and peaceful lifestyle includes choosing an alkaline and nutritional diet, exercise, rest and relaxation, good company, doing work which we enjoy, body massage, meditation, sincere gratitude, a reverence for all life, and so on Health For Life. Some will argue that these conditions are difficult to achieve in a world of economic disarray. Just viewing the problems of hunger and homelessness in the world is frightening. In America, we are told that more than a million people are now losing or have lost their homes due to mortgage default. And so, how can we ascend to levels of peace in such a world with so much apparent negativity? What else is it that we can do to ascend our own levels of consciousness and somehow feel a greater sense of love, the absence of fear, and more acceptance of so many people with whom we seem to have nothing in common, little understanding, a different set of values, and with whom we perceive ourselves to operate from a completely different belief system about the world? How do we come to a sense of peace and diminish our reflexive stress--the same stress that causes acidic reactions in our body to the many seemingly unacceptable political, economic, unhappy human elements that surround us? I believe that science will soon confirm what some have known over the millennia. Virtually all Holy Scripture from all the major religions are in accordance with the idea that the highest devotion to God man's greatest gift to the energy field of the world in which we are all encompassed is SERVICE TO MANKIND. Research into higher consciousness tells us that the energy of loving service is recorded in the universe on into infinity. Thus, this Thanksgiving Day approaches in the problematic year of 2009, one of the greatest stress-releasing gifts we can give to ourselves is to give the gift of service to others. And nothing fosters charitable feelings like charitable actions. Nothing fosters more the acceptance of other people than lending a helping hand. Nothing will bring forth the peace and wisdom that we need to create within ourselves more than providing service to the poor, the needy, the uneducated, the downtrodden, and the afflicted Tips Health For Family. Look for service projects in your area and take your family into the world to help others. And over time, nothing will help you to diminish the stress inside your own body more than helping to diminish the stress in those around us. What goes round comes round, and to whatever degree your load of avocados means abundant energy, creativity, intelligence, leadership, money, or time for everyone in the world, I know that you can figure out how to deliver more than two Miracle Message of Health.

"Tips Sehat" SPORT FOR HEALTH - by Emma

Sport For HealthMore Americans than ever drink sugary drinks daily, according to government statistics, and the increase has fueled the rise in heart disease and diabetes over the past 10 years. Scientists used a computer simulation called the Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Policy Model to estimate that the rise in consumption has contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes and 14,000 new cases of coronary artery disease in adults age 35 and older. Sodas sweetened with the acid sugar, sport, and fruit drinks (not 100 percent fruit juice) contain between 120 and 200 calories, and play a role both in the development of obesity and diabetes visit here : Health Holiday. “The CHD model allows us to incorporate data from other studies that demonstrate an association between daily consumption of sugared beverages and diabetes risk," Dr. Litsa Lambrakos, study lead investigator and internal medicine resident at the University of California, San Francisco, said in a statement. "We can then translate this information into estimates of the current diabetes and cardiovascular disease that can be attributed to the rise in consumption of these drinks.” Experts suggest that imposing an excise tax of one cent per ounce of beverage would reduce consumption by 10 percent. “If such a tax could curb the consumption of these drinks, the health benefits could be dramatic,” said Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, senior author of the study and associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. "The soda tax is a fix that just makes sense," said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a radio address and visit here :Tips Health For Life. The American Heart Association recommends women limit added sugar to about 100 calories a day and that men limit their added sugar to 150 calories daily. Sugar-sweetened beverages should be limited to 450 calories or less each week (36 ounces), based on a 2,000 calorie per day diet. Dr. Robert O. Young, Director of the pH Miracle Center states, "all sodas, sport drinks, fruit drinks, exotic fruit drinks primarily sold by network marketing companies are highly acidic and will contribute or even cause the acid conditions of diabetes, heart disease and even cancer. My best advice is if the beverage tastes sweet and/or carbonated spit it out and through it away, it is poison to the body." tahnk you Sport For Health.

"Tips Sehat" HEALTH HOLIDAY SEASON WITH FAMILY - by Emma

Health Holiday Season With FamilyHoliday Season lifestyleand dietary conditions (called diseases by allopathicmedicine) for which I have given new names:

 1) Traveler's Acidic Consequence is a result of thesum total consumption and behaviors of a travelerduring their more unusual or somewhat differentfrom normal lifestyle than when they were not traveling. A typical traveler's day will upset one's normalmetabolism and digestive habits. They eat anddrink different foods at different times and differentvolumes than usual, which creates an over-acidic stateand a need for more alkaline buffers (bicarbonates likepHour salts) leading to indigestion, nausea, acid reflux,heartburn, belching, flatulence, vomiting, constipation,dehydration and further problems of acidity,depending on the degree of irregularity. "Traveler's Acidic Consequence" is commonly blamed byallopathic medical science on a particular site onthe traveler's path as if he/she caught something. This current medical ideology is based onPasteur's germ theory and is a scientific myth/illusion. The true cause of this condition is the result of thetraveler's acidic dietary choices and the lack ofalkaline hydration, nutrition and hygiene that canresult in this over-acidic condition. All the abovesymptoms is the body in preservation mode trying itsbest to reestablish the alkaline pH of the internalenvironment at 7.365 to 7.4.

2) Holiday Season - "I Ate and Drank Too Much "S!!!"Dis-Ease" is a result of the sum total consumptionand behaviors of a person during the Holiday seasoneating and drinking everything in site from "swine towine." This over indulgence may cause belching andflatulence and eventual heart burn, acid reflux,nausea, constipation and even brain, breast, lung,liver and bowel parasites for which medical sciencewill often prescribe the purple pill. This HolidaySeason condition may then lead to the third HolidaySeason consequence.

3) Holiday Season Food Drunk is a result of over-eatingand over-drinking acidic foods and liquids and then fallinginto a drunken state on the sofa or bed for several hours oreven days to sleep off all the acidity. Falling asleepafter a heavy Holiday meal is a common occurrence foracid over-eaters and acid drinkers.

4) Holiday Season Influenza (The Flu) is a result of thesum total consumption and behaviors of a person duringa so-called Holiday acidic feasting. A person will consumeacidic foods and drinks that they may not know or knowthat are not healthy or alkalizing, i.e., more sugar orsugar substitutes than normal, alcohol, meats (especiallythe tape and flukd worm favorites such as pork, beef,turkey, chicken and fish (especially raw fish) and muchof this at greater volumes than normal. This person becomesdetrimentally influenced physically and emotionallyby Holiday acidic foods and drinks. According to medical savants, "Holiday Season Influenza"is commonly blamed on a particular virus contracted fromanother person(s) and not from acidic lifestyle anddietary choices of that person. Like the acidic traveler,a person chooses to consume on their own as many acidicfoods and drinks during the Holiday Season and as a resultare suffering from the consequences of their poor dietaryacidic choices -- not from some phantom (does not exist)flu virus! The flu is nothing more than the bodyincreasing body temperature to improve circulation toremove excess acidity through perspiration, respiration, defecation and urination. Also, please keep in mind it doesn't take eithertraveling or Holidays for someone to express thesymptoms of "Traveler's Acidic Consequence,"and/or "I Ate and Drank Too Much S!!! Disease,"and/or "Holiday Season Food Drunk," and/or "HolidaySeason Influenza." All you need to do is consumeexcessive amounts of acidic meats (especially pork,turkey and chicken), chocolate, ice cream, cake,alcohol or other acidic mind boggling thrillers. Any of these four non-contagious lifestyle anddietary conditions can happen anytime during theyear. But,the Holiday Season seems to be thetime when most people over-indulge in highly acidiclifestyles and diets! This coming Holiday Season may you resolve not tosuccumb to the acidic choices that lead to "Traveler'sAcidic Consequence," or "I Ate and Drank Too MuchS!!! Dis-ease," "Holiday Season Food Drunk" and/or"Holiday Season Influenza." In love and healing alkaline light, Dr. Robert O. Young PS This year before sitting down to a highlyacidic Holiday Season meal, watch the followingyoutube video. You cannot kill parasites withheat. All you can do is put them to sleep and riskthem waking up inside your body. Also, watchingthis video might change your mind about eating thatleft-over Thanksgiving ham or even urine laced turkey. It is by no coincidence that turkey and chicken arereferred to as "foul." Birds like turkey andchicken have no urinary tract system and aretherefore more likely to adsorb their own urine intotheir tissues. But, that's what makes them so juicy Health Holiday Season With Family

"Tips Sehat" TIPS HEALTH FOR LIFE - by Emma

Tips Health For LifeDr. Prabhala's research sparked my interest and led to a search for current information on vitamin D, how it works, how much we really need and how we get it. The following is a small part of the important information that I found. Any discussion of vitamin D must begin with the discoveries of the Canadian-born dentist Weston A. Price. In his masterpiece Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, Dr. Price noted that the diet of isolated, so-called "primitive" peoples contained "at least ten times" the amount of "fat-soluble vitamins" as the standard American diet of his day.2 Dr. Price determined that it was the presence of plentiful amounts of fat-soluble vitamins A and D in the diet, along with calcium, phosphorus and other minerals, that conferred such high immunity to tooth decay and resistance to disease in nonindustrialized population groups. Today another Canadian researcher, Dr. Reinhold Vieth, argues convincingly that current vitamin D recommendations are woefully inadequate. The recommended dose of 200-400 international units (IU) will prevent rickets in children but does not come close to the optimum amount necessary for vibrant health.3 According to Dr. Vieth, the minimal daily requirement of vitamin D should be in the range of 4,000 IU from all sources, rather than the 200-400 currently suggested, or ten times the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA). Dr. Vieth's research perfectly matches Dr. Price's observations of sixty years ago! Vitamin D From Sunlight Pick up any popular book on vitamins and you will read that ten minutes of daily exposure of the arms and legs to sunlight will supply us with all the vitamin D that we need. Humans do indeed manufacture vitamin D from cholesterol by the action of sunlight on the skin but it is actually very difficult to obtain even a minimal amount of vitamin D with a brief foray into the sunlight.4,5 Ultraviolet (UV) light is divided into 3 bands or wavelength ranges, which are referred to as UV-C, UV-B and UV-A.6 UV-C is the most energetic and shortest of the UV bands. It will burn human skin rapidly in extremely small doses. Fortunately, it is completely absorbed by the ozone layer. However, UV-C is present in some lights. For this reason, fluorescent and halogen and other specialty lights may contribute to skin cancer. UV-A, known as the "tanning ray," is primarily responsible for darkening the pigment in our skin. Most tanning bulbs have a high UV-A output, with a small percentage of UV-B. UV-A is less energetic than UV-B, so exposure to UV-A will not result in a burn, unless the skin is photosensitive or excessive doses are used. UV-A penetrates more deeply into the skin than UV-B, due to its longer wavelength. Until recently, UV-A was not blocked by sunscreens. It is now considered to be a major contributor to the high incidence of non-melanoma skin cancers.7 Seventy-eight percent of UV-A penetrates glass so windows do not offer protection. The ultraviolet wavelength that stimulates our bodies to produce vitamin D is UV-B. It is sometimes called the "burning ray" because it is the primary cause of sunburn (erythema). However, UV-B initiates beneficial responses, stimulating the production of vitamin D that the body uses in many important processes. Although UV-B causes sunburn, it also causes special skin cells called melanocytes to produce melanin, which is protective. UV-B also stimulates the production of Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone (MSH), an important hormone in weight loss and energy production.8 The reason it is difficult to get adequate vitamin D from sunlight is that while UV-A is present throughout the day, the amount of UV-B present has to do with the angle of the sun's rays. Thus, UV-B is present only during midday hours at higher latitudes, and only with significant intensity in temperate or tropical latitudes. Only 5 percent of the UV-B light range goes through glass and it does not penetrate clouds, smog or fog. Sun exposure at higher latitudes before 10 am or after 2 pm will cause burning from UV-A before it will supply adequate vitamin D from UV-B. This finding may surprise you, as it did the researchers. It means that sunning must occur between the hours we have been told to avoid. Only sunning between 10 am and 2 pm during summer months (or winter months in southern latitudes) for 20-120 minutes, depending on skin type and color, will form adequate vitamin D before burning occurs.9 It takes about 24 hours for UV-B-stimulated vitamin D to show up as maximum levels of vitamin D in the blood. Cholesterol-containing body oils are critical to this absorption process.10 Because the body needs 30-60 minutes to absorb these vitamin-D-containing oils, it is best to delay showering or bathing for one hour after exposure. The skin oils in which vitamin D is produced can also be removed by chlorine in swimming pools. The current suggested exposure of hands, face and arms for 10-20 minutes, three times a week, provides only 200-400 IU of vitamin D each time or an average of 100-200 IU per day during the summer months. In order to achieve optimal levels of vitamin D, 85 percent of body surface needs exposure to prime midday sun. (About 100-200 IU of vitamin D is produced for each 5 percent of body surface exposed, we want 4,000 iu.) Light skinned people need 10-20 minutes of exposure while dark skinned people need 90-120 minutes.11 Latitude and altitude determine the intensity of UV light. UV-B is stronger at higher altitudes. Latitudes higher than 30° (both north and south) have insufficient UV-B sunlight two to six months of the year, even at midday.12 Latitudes higher than 40° have insufficient sunlight to achieve optimum levels of D during six to eight months of the year. In much of the US, which is between 30° and 45° latitude, six months or more during each year have insufficient UV-B sunlight to produce optimal D levels. In far northern or southern locations, latitudes 45° and higher, even summer sun is too weak to provide optimum levels of vitamin D.13-15 A simple meter is available to determine UV-B levels where you live. Vitamin D From Food What the research on vitamin D tells us is that unless you are a fisherman, farmer, or otherwise outdoors and exposed regularly to sunlight, living in your ancestral latitude (more on this later), you are unlikely to obtain adequate amounts of vitamin D from the sun. Historically the balance of one's daily need was provided by food. Primitive peoples instinctively chose vitamin-D-rich foods including the intestines, organ meats, skin and fat from certain land animals, as well as shellfish, oily fish and insects. Many of these foods are unacceptable to the modern palate and are highly acidic. For food sources to provide us with D the source must be sunlight exposed. With exposure to UV-B sunlight, vitamin D is produced from fat in the fur, feathers, and skin of animals, birds and reptiles. Carnivores get additional D from the tissues and organs of their prey. Lichen contains vitamin D and may provide a source of vitamin D in the UV-B sunlight-poor northern latitudes.16 Vitamin D content will vary in the organs and tissues of animals, pigs, cows, and sheep, depending on the amount of time spent in UV-B containing sunlight and/or how much D is given as a supplement. Poultry and eggs contain varying amounts of vitamin D obtained from insects, fishmeal, and sunlight containing UV-B or supplements. Fish, unlike mammals, birds and reptiles, do not respond to sunlight and rely on vitamin D found in phytoplankton and other fish. Salmon must feed on phytoplankton and fish in order to obtain and store significant vitamin D in their fat, flesh, skin, and organs. Thus, modern farm-raised salmon, unless artificially supplemented, may be a poor source of this essential nutrient. Modern diets usually do not provide adequate amounts of vitamin D;17 partly because of the trend to low fat foods and partly because we no longer eat vitamin-D-rich foods like naturally reared poultry and fatty fish such as kippers, and herring. Often we are advised to consume the egg white while the D is in the yolk or we eat the flesh of the fish avoiding the D containing skin, organs and fat. Sun avoidance combined with reduction in food sources contribute to escalating D deficiencies. Vegetarian and vegan diets are exceptionally poor or completely lacking in vitamin D predisposing to an absolute need for UV-B sunlight. Using food as one's primary source of D is difficult to impossible. Vitamin D pH Miracles Sunlight and vitamin D are critical to all life forms. Standard textbooks state that the principal function of vitamin D is to promote calcium absorption in the gut and calcium transfer across cell membranes, thus contributing to strong bones and a calm, contented nervous system. It is also well recognized that vitamin D aids in the absorption of magnesium, iron and zinc, as well as calcium. Actually, vitamin D does not in itself promote healthy bone. Vitamin D controls the levels of calcium in the blood. If there is not enough calcium in the diet, then it will be drawn from the bone to help maintain the alkalinity of the blood. Receptors for vitamin D are found in most of the cells in the body and research during the 1980s suggested that vitamin D contributed to a healthy immune system, promoted muscle strength, regulated the maturation process and contributed to hormone production. During the last ten years, researchers have made a number of exciting discoveries about vitamin D. They have ascertained, for example, that vitamin D is an antioxidant that is a more effective antioxidant than vitamin E in reducing lipid peroxidation and increasing enzymes that protect against oxidation.19;20 Vitamin D deficiency decreases biosynthesis and release of insulin.21 Glucose intolerance has been inversely associated with the concentration of vitamin D in the blood. Thus, vitamin D may protect against both Type I and Type II diabetes.22 The risk of senile cataract is reduced in persons with optimal levels of D and carotenoids.23 PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) has been corrected by supplementation of D and calcium.24 Vitamin D plays a role in regulation of both the "infectious" immune system and the "inflammatory" immune system.25 Low vitamin D is associated with several autoimmune diseases including multiple sclerosis, Sjogren's Syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, thyroiditis and Crohn's disease.26;27 Osteoporosis is strongly associated with low vitamin D. Postmenopausal women with osteoporosis respond favorably (and rapidly) to higher levels of D plus calcium and magnesium.28 D deficiency has been mistaken for fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue or peripheral neuropathy.1;28-30 Infertility is associated with low vitamin D.31 Vitamin D supports production of estrogen in men and women.32 PMS has been completely reversed by addition of calcium, magnesium and vitamin D.33 Menstrual migraine is associated with low levels of vitamin D and calcium.81 Breast, prostate, skin and colon cancer have a strong association with low levels of D and lack of sunlight.34-38 Activated vitamin D in the adrenal gland regulates tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate limiting enzyme necessary for the production of dopamine, epinephrine and norepinephrine. Low D may contribute to chronic fatigue and depression.39 Seasonal Affective Disorder has been treated successfully with vitamin D. In a recent study covering 30 days of treatment comparing vitamin D supplementation with two-hour daily use of light boxes, depression completely resolved in the D group but not in the light box group.40 High stress may increase the need for vitamin D or UV-B sunlight and calcium.41 People with Parkinsons and Alzheimers have been found to have lower levels of vitamin D.42;43 Low levels of D, and perhaps calcium, in a pregnant mother and later in the child may be the contributing cause of "crooked teeth" and myopia. When these conditions are found in succeeding generations it means the genetics require higher levels of one or both nutrients to optimize health.44-47 Behavior and learning disorders respond well to D and/or calcium combined with an adequate diet and trace minerals.48;49 Vitamin D and Heart Disease Research suggests that low levels of vitamin D may contribute to or be a cause of syndrome X with associated hypertension, obesity, diabetes and heart disease.50 Vitamin D regulates vitamin-D-binding proteins and some calcium-binding proteins, which are responsible for carrying calcium to the "right location" and protecting cells from damage by free calcium.51 Thus, high dietary levels of calcium, when D is insufficient, may contribute to calcification of the arteries, joints, kidney and perhaps even the brain.52-54 Many researchers have postulated that vitamin D deficiency leads to the deposition of calcium in the arteries and hence atherosclerosis, noting that northern countries have higher levels of cardiovascular disease and that more heart attacks occur in winter months.55-56 Scottish researchers found that calcium levels in the hair inversely correlated with arterial calcium-the more calcium or plaque in the arteries, the less calcium in the hair. Ninety percent of men experiencing myocardial infarction had low hair calcium. When vitamin D was administered, the amount of calcium in the beard went up and this rise continued as long as vitamin D was consumed. Almost immediately after stopping supplementation, however, beard calcium fell to pre-supplement levels.27 Administration of dietary vitamin D or UV-B treatment has been shown to lower blood pressure, restore insulin sensitivity and lower cholesterol.58-60 The Battle of the Bulge Did you ever wonder why some people can eat all they want and not get fat, while others are constantly battling extra pounds? The answer may have to do with vitamin D and calcium status. Sunlight, UV-B, and vitamin D normalize food intake and normalize blood sugar. Weight normalization is associated with higher levels of vitamin D and adequate calcium.61 Obesity is associated with vitamin-D deficiency.62-64 In fact, obese persons have impaired production of UV-B-stimulated D and impaired absorption of food source and supplemental D.65 When the diet lacks calcium, whether from D or calcium deficiency, there is an increase in fatty acid synthase, an enzyme that converts calories into fat. Higher levels of calcium with adequate vitamin D inhibit fatty acid synthase while diets low in calcium increase fatty acid synthase by as much as five-fold. In one study, genetically obese rats lost 60 percent of their body fat in six weeks on a diet that had moderate calorie reduction but was high in calcium. All rats supplemented with calcium showed increased body temperature indicating a shift from calorie storage to calorie burning (thermogenesis).61 The Right Fats The assimilation and utilization of vitamin D is influenced by the kinds of fats we consume. Increasing levels of both polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids in the diet decrease the binding of vitamin D to D-binding proteins. Saturated fats, the kind found in butter, tallow and coconut oil, do not have this effect. Nor do the omega-3 fats.66 D-binding proteins are key to local and peripheral actions of vitamin D. This is an important consideration as Americans have dramatically increased their intake of polyunsaturated oils (from commercial vegetable oils) and monounsaturated oils (from olive oil and canola oil) and decreased their intake of saturated fats over the past 100 years. In traditional diets, saturated fats supplied varying amounts of vitamin D. Thus, both reduction of saturated fats and increase of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats may contribute to the current widespread D deficiency. Trans fatty acids, found in margarine and shortenings used in most commercial baked goods, should always be avoided. There is evidence that these fats can interfere with the alkaline buffering systems the body uses to convert vitamin D in the liver.80 Vitamin D Therapy In my clinical practice, I test for vitamin-D status first. If D is needed, I try to combine sunlight exposure with vitamin D and Vitamin D3 supplementation. Single, infrequent, intense, skin exposure to UV-B light not only causes sunburn but also suppresses the immune system. On the other hand, frequent low-level exposure normalizes immune function, enhancing NK-cell and T-cell production, reducing abnormal inflammatory responses typical of autoimmune disorders, and reducing occurrences of infectious disease.26;67;68-71 Thus it is important to sunbathe frequently for short periods of time, when UV-B is present, rather than spend long hours in the sun at infrequent intervals. Adequate UV-B exposure and vitamin-D production can be achieved in less time than it takes to cause any redness in the skin. It is never necessary to burn or tan to obtain sufficient vitamin D. If sunlight is not available in your area because of latitude or season, sunlamps made by Sperti can be used to provide a natural balance of UV-B and UV-A. Used according to instructions, these lamps provide a safe equivalent of sunlight and will not cause burning or even heavy tanning. Tanning beds, on the other hand, are not acceptable as a means of getting your daily dose of vitamin D because they provide high levels of UV-A and very little UV-B. If you have symptoms of vitamin-D insufficiency or are unable to spend time in the sun, due to season or lifestyle or prior skin cancer, consider adding a supplement of 50,000 IU daily. Higher levels may be needed but should be recommended and monitored by your health care practitioner after testing serum 25(OH)D. Supplementation of Vitamin D3 is safe as long as you diet is alkalizing and contains adequate alkalizing minerals such a sodium, calcium, magnesium and potassium. Adequate calcium and magnesium, as well as other minerals, are critical parts of vitamin D therapy. Without calcium and magnesium in sufficient quantities, vitamin-D supplementation will withdraw calcium from the bone and will allow the uptake of toxic minerals. Do not supplement vitamin D and do not sunbathe unless you are sure you have sufficient calcium and magnesium to meet your daily needs. I suggest a minimum of 1,200-2,400 mg of calcium daily. Research suggests that 1,200-1,500 mg is adequate as a supplement for most adults, both men and women. (Magnesium intake should be half that of calcium.) Higher amounts of calcium are important for anyone diagnosed with bone loss. Total daily calcium as a supplement may range from 1,500 mg to 2,000 mg depending on current bone status and your body size. Make the effort to split up your daily dose. Do not take all your calcium and magnesium once a day. A higher percentage of the calcium dose is absorbed if delivered in smaller, more frequent amounts.82 Patients on vitamin-D therapy report a wide range of beneficial results including increased energy and strength, resolution of hormonal problems, weight loss, an end to sugar cravings, blood sugar normalization and improvement of nervous system disorders. A paradoxical transient and non-complicating hypercalciuria (more calcium in the urine) may occur when the program is first initiated. This resolves quickly when adequate calcium and other minerals are consumed. Two other temporary side effects may occur during the first several months of treatment. One is daytime sleepiness after calcium is taken. This usually resolves itself after about one week. The other condition is the reappearance of pain and discomfort at the site of old injuries, a sign of injury remodeling or proper healing, which may take some time to clear up. Toxicity Issues Doses used in clinical studies range from as little as 400 IU daily to 10,000-500,000 IU, given either as a single onetime dose or daily, weekly or monthly. Such large doses are given either as a prophylactic or because compliance is considered a problem. There seems to be some evidence that vitamin D works better, without toxicity, when given in lower, more physiologic doses of 2,000-4,000 IU daily rather than as 100,000 IU once a month. However, a single monthly dose of 100,000 IU did replete low levels of vitamin D in adolescents during winter.77 The Many Forms of Vitamin D There are two types of vitamin D found in nature. Vitamin D2 is formed by the action of UV-B on the plant precursor ergosterol. It is found in plants and in was formerly added to irradiated cows milk. Most milk today contains D3. Vitamin D3 or cholecalciferol is found in animal foods. Both forms of vitamin D have been used successfully to treat rickets and other diseases related to vitamin D insufficiency. Many consider D3 the preferred vitamin, having more biologic activity. Vitamin D3 as found in food or in human skin always comes with various metabolites or isomers that may have biological benefit. When humans take in vitamin D from food or sunlight, it is converted first in the liver to the form 25(OH)D and then in the kidney to 1,25(OH)D. These active forms of vitamin D are available by prescription and are given to patients with liver or kidney failure or those with an hereditary metabolic defect in vitamin-D conversion. Assessing Vitamin D Status Blood Testing: Currently there are two tests available for physicians to assess vitamin-D status. One is for the somewhat biologically active precursor 25(OH)D and another for 1,25(OH)D, the most active form, which is converted in the kidney and other organs. The latter is often normal in the blood even when the precursor 25(OH)D is low or deficient. The precursor is a better marker of vitamin-D status (or reserves) than the most active 1,25(OH)D form. It is the optimum level of 25(OH)D that is most strongly associated with general good health. (The test values given in this article are for 25(OH)D.) For many years the acceptable level of 25(OH)D has been at least 9 ng/ml (23 nmol/l). Some researchers believe that 20 ng/ml (50 nmol/l) should be the lower acceptable limit72 but Dr. Vieth presents a large amount of data to support his claim that this is far from optimal.3 Optimal levels are certainly at least 32 ng/ml (80 nmol/l) and preferably closer to 40 ng/ml (100 nmol/l). Salivary pH Testing for calcium sufficiency: A method of assessing ionized calcium levels has been used by Weston Price, DDS and Carl Reich, MD and has confirmation in current research.73 After determining your serum-D status (testing) and undertaking a program of supplementation with vitamin D3, calcium and magnesium, morning salivary pH should read 6.8-7.2. Lower values may indicate insufficient vitamin D (retest), or low levels of calcium in the diet. Look for pH paper with a range of 5.5-8.0 and increments of 0.2 on our website at www.phmiracleliving.com. pH papers with 0.5-degree increments are not sensitive enough to monitor progress. Sources * UV-B Meter: Sunsor, Inc. (800) 492-9815 Sunsor * pH Testing Papers: www.phmiracleliving.com * Vitamin D3: (888) 880-3055 www.phmiracleliving.com * Sperti Sunlamps: (800) 544-3757 www.sperti.com References 1. Prabhala A, Garg R, Dandona P. Severe myopathy associated with vitamin D deficiency in western New York. 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