May/June 2005 Issue

The Importance of Being Alkaline
by Wallace G. Heath, Ph.D.

To understand why the alkalinity or acidity of the water-based liquids is important to health, we need to understand how the body controls the ionization levels of its fluids. Different pH levels support different types of chemistry, so it's essential that body fluids be maintained within very narrow acid/alkaline limits. Your health is extremely sensitive to the slightest change in the pH level of your body's vital fluids. Stomach fluid, for example, is extremely acidic, with a pH of 1.5 (pH less than 7 is acid, more than 7 is alkaline). Pancreatic fluid, on the other hand, is quite alkaline, with a pH of 8.8. The pH inside of our cells ranges from 6.8 to 7.1. The most important balance of all is maintained in our blood, where the pH is very tightly controlled between 7.35 and 7.45.

Your body will act to neutralize acidic drinks such as colas and coffee with alkaline blood buffers, which are then unavailable to neutralize other acidic waste products continually produced by the body, including organic by-products of digestion such as acetic acid, lactic acid, carbonic acid, uric acid, and fatty acids. There are also inorganic by-products created or found in food, such as sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid. When the body's limited supply of alkaline buffers is defeated, these toxic acidic waste products accumulate in the body, causing significant health damage.

The body uses calcium to convert the poisonous liquid phosphoric acid in colas into the more stable solid phosphates, for example. But these phosphates may form into calcified kidney stones, or calcium deposits (which can also result from a urinary infection, inherited metabolic disorders, and other causes). Many people erroneously think kidney stones are caused by excessive calcium. But the real culprit may be the high level of phosphoric acid, which happens to be a primary ingredient of colas. Anyone with a concern about kidney stones should avoid colas.

Consuming acidic foods such as soft drinks may also create an ideal environment for cancer to form. Animal cells survive best in an alkaline environment with a blood pH of 7.35 to 7.45. Plant cells are the opposite; they prefer an acidic environment. As our bodies become increasingly acidic, some cells adapt through an internal evolutionary process and become more like plant cells. These abnormal plantlike cells have a high tendency to become cancer cells, which thrive in an acidic environment. So an important strategy for preventing or treating cancer is to maintain an alkaline environment in the body.

Routine consumption of soft drinks containing phosphoric acid (that is, colas) is a risk factor for bone loss. Consumption of alkalinizing mineral water helps retain bone health and improve digestive functions. A comprehensive review comparing alkalinizing diets to acidic diets reported in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition concluded that alkalinizing diets improve bone density, nitrogen balance, and serum growth hormone concentrations, whereas the low-grade acidosis resulting from acidic diets contributes to bone loss, osteoporosis, and loss of muscle.

Not all acidic foods increase the acidity inside our bodies. Orange juice, for example, has an extremely acidic pH of 3.5 because of its citric acid content, but the citric acid is burned away during digestion. Orange juice also contains potassium and magnesium, which interact with water to create alkaline ions. Thus, the overall effect of drinking orange juice is to increase alkalinity, despite its acidic content. The inability of your body to fully detoxify underlies many disease processes, including heart disease and cancer. Oxygen free radicals (molecules unpaired with electrons) are highly reactive substances that are deficient in electrons and can cause enormous damage to the body if not quickly neutralized. Adequate alkaline reserves offer a first line of defense against these oxygen free radicals by providing free electrons, which neutralize the radicals and prevent them from damaging healthy cells.

Other Health Issues with Water

Tap water can contain impurities, including inorganic poisons and pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi. The water alkalinizing devices we recommend also include filters that remove such impurities, along with an ultraviolet light system to destroy pathogens. If alkalinized water is not available, we recommend filtered water and bottled water from a reliable source as better choices than most municipal tap water. (We'll discuss the issue of removing toxins from water and other environmental sources in chapter 14 on detoxification.)

Another issue concerns the infrastructure of water. Magnetic resonance imaging reveals that most tap water is organized into microclusters of about 12 water molecules each. In alkalinized water, the microclusters are reduced in size to only six molecules per cluster. This enhances the permeability, solubility, and absorption of the water, thereby boosting its detoxification effects. Nutrients, including water-soluble vitamins such as vitamins B and C, will be absorbed more fully, and medications taken with alkaline water may be more effective.

Finally, most of us don't consume enough water to help dispose of all the waste products our metabolic and digestive processes create. Simply drinking more water can boost detoxification. We recommend drinking one-half fluid ounce of water per pound of body weight daily; that would be 70 fluid ounces for a 140-pound person, or about nine 8-ounce glasses of water each day. Of course, soft drinks and coffee don't count. It takes 32 glasses of pH 10 alkaline water to neutralize one glass of pH 2.5 cola. We recommend avoiding these acidic drinks and consuming alkaline water with a pH between 9.5 and 10.

Dartmouth researcher Heinz Valtin, M.D., has criticized this liquid quota as an urban legend. Valtin's opinion, however, is based on avoiding dehydration, whereas our recommendation for drinking alkaline water is to assist detoxification.

Reprinted with permission from: Fantastic Voyage: The Science Behind Radical Life Extension by Ray Kurzweil, Ph.D., and Terry Grossman, M.D.© 2004 by Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman, M.D. Permission granted by Rodale, Inc., Emmaus, PA 18098.

The Hidden Origin
of Statin Drugs
By: Shane Ellison, M.Sc.
Copyright © 2005, All Rights Reserved.
Courtesy of www.healthmyths.net

No one would care to look twice – or even once – at the origin of statin drugs. Except, perhaps, if you needed one more reason not to use them or were an FDA-approved drug addict looking for an inexpensive alternative.

The origin of statin drugs is not a testament to the ingenuity and innovation of drug companies.  Despite enjoying an unprecedented surge of momentum in popularity, statins are nothing more than an isolated poison derived from the fungus known as red yeast rice (Monascus purpurus).^[1]

In a natural response to  the threat of a predator, red yeast produces the drug known as lovastatin (as well as other chemicals).  Utilizing fundamental laboratory research, the discovery and isolation of lovastatin from red yeast rice was paid for by the U.S. government in the 1970s.^[2]  This secured a monopoly of knowledge, allowing for the censorship of the truth behind the wildly popular cholesterol-lowering drugs.

Commercially, lovastatin is known as Mevacor.  It was the first statin drug, released in 1987 by the U.S. government-influenced company named Merck.  Using a technique known as combinatorial chemistry, other drug companies have since unleashed their own versions.  These versions include Zocor, Lipitor, Pravachol and Crestor. 

As a toxic agent, the consumption of lovastatin via red yeast rice by its predators leads to sickness and in some cases, death.  This is true for humans as well.  Lovastatin’s (and all other statin drugs) toxicity is attributed to its ability to block cholesterol and CoQ10 production. 

Low levels of cholesterol and CoQ10 limit lifespan in humans.  In 2005, the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society showed that elderly people with low levels of total cholesterol were approximately twice as likely to die as those with high cholesterol.^[3]  CoQ10 is a coenzyme necessary for the production of ATP (adenosine triphosphate). ATP is the source for cellular energy within the human heart.  As CoQ10 is diminished, the heart weakens.  Over time, this can result in congestive heart failure (CHF).

Humans appear to be so advanced, and yet they are the only species unable to recognize this simple defense mechanism of red yeast rice.  Millions are blindly consuming statins as an elixir for longevity.  Consumption of this poison fungus has grown worldwide. 

The statin craze serves as a terrific example of how a little bit of knowledge can be dangerous.  Nowhere in the history of man has an acknowledged poison been touted as a daily vitamin for every man, woman and child.  The scientific community should be proud.  Statins are the best selling drug of all time.   

About the Author

Shane holds a Master’s degree in organic chemistry and has first-hand industry experience with drug research, design and synthesis. He understands that Americans want and deserve education rather than prescriptions. His shocking e-book surrounding cholesterol-lowering drugs and HEART DISEASE can be downloaded for FREE as a pdf file at www.health-fx.net/eBook.pdf. His life saving book Health Myths Exposed is available at www.healthmyths.net.

TWELVE dynamic steps in building a holistic business from the ground up
By Charlotte Irwin

Growing Your Holistic Business, Part II

6. ENERGY FLOWS WHERE ATTENTION GOES (importance of setting goals).

Manifestation is about where you put your attention. Be truthful about how much time and energy you really spend focused on starting your business. How much are you willing to invest every day? 10% (2 hrs.), 20% (4 hrs.), etc. See if it matches up with the progress of your business plan and where you expected it to be by this time. Remember, seeing clients and business goals are very different. You have to give time and attention to planning. Start today by writing down three people who can help you start your business and a deadline when you will contact them. I found I had to identify with what I really needed to do. I could not see clients everyday and start a business. You need to take a day or two specifically for business planning.

7. BE IN THE NOW!

Wake up every day and ask yourself what exciting thing you are going to make happen today. All abundance comes from God. It shows up in the appointments people make, gift certificates people buy, and messengers calling to see if you can do a presentation. Stay in the creation of it all every day and your energy will become multiplied from the positive energy. Every morning I pray: Give us this day our daily bread (for all concerned). I show up at the office ready to do whatever the tasks are on my list and then I watch how the energy flows. Where there were no appointments on the book the previous day, the book is filled!

8. DISCOVER WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE IN THE MARKET PLACE.

Why do people come to you and not someone else? What is your uniqueness? Ask your clients or your friends to describe you. They will let you know. You may be pleasantly surprised; it may not be just the service you provide.

9. BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN BUSINESS.

Don’t look at similar businesses as competition, rather look to a support network that can enhance one another. Build those relationships with strong professional ethics and respect for each other. Help each other be better. There is room for everyone.

10. STAY FOCUSED — MANAGE YOUR TIME.

People tell me every day, “I don’t have time to...” Managing your time and staying focused is a great skill to achieve. Find a process that works for you. I write my list every day of the most important things I need to accomplish and set my sights on completing that list before the day is over. I focus on the list and stay away from people or phone calls that may cause a distraction. I don’t answer calls while I am working on an important task or project because I know that will delay me or break my concentration. I am always very courteous to people who try to drag me away from what I was supposed to do by saying the truth, “I would love to hear all about that. Can I get with you later? I need to stay focused on my project today.” I asked a woman one time during a stress class about her stressors, and she answered, “People call me all day long and I can’t get anything done.” This is a perfect example of how we allow others to distract us and become the stressor, when all we have to do is have good boundaries about what we need to accomplish.

11. CREATE RESOURCES TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.

Want to do a presentation for your business? Create it first, then the phone will ring. I write letters to a specific group telling them what I can present and a similar group will call. You put the energy forth and something will happen. When you do a presentation remember the ten people there will tell four more people, so you really had forty people there to hear about you!

12. BECOME THE TEMPLATE.

Discipline yourself to stay balanced yourself. Practice what you preach. Plan your day to include positive habits like exercising, working, loving and playing. Remember it takes a lot of energy to start and build a successful business and it can only happen if you take care of yourself. Eat right, keep in balance with yoga, massage, tai chi, or other healing modalities, and most of all be in joy with what you are doing as you are doing it, even if it’s cleaning the toilets.

Charlotte Irwin is the proprietor of Center for the Healing Arts in Sterling Heights, (586) 268-5444. Visit www.healersinabundance.com for more information and a free CD on how to build your business.

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Fantastic Voyage :
Live Long Enough to Live Forever
by Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman
 

The idea behind Kurzweil and Grossman's Fantastic Voyage is that if you can make it through the next 50 years, you might become immortal. How will that be possible? Through some rather science fictional steps, it turns out, including taking advantage of the latest in biotechnological breakthroughs and not-yet-invented nanotechnology. Is all this longing for immortality driven by an obsession with youth or a fear of death? Readers can judge for themselves, as both Kurzweil and Grossman reveal the personal histories that led them to develop this plan. Fantastic Voyage is written in an easy-to-understand tone, with lots of sidebars giving examples of what the future holds for medicine and health. Whether or not you think that science will find a way to keep our bodies or our disembodied minds alive forever, this book is full of diet and lifestyle tips. For instance, the authors suggest carefully controlling the body's overall pH at an alkaline level, meditating, eating a diet composed mostly of vegetables and protein, and taking loads of supplements (Kurzweil downs about 250 pills each day).

 

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Cereal Grain Bars with Mixed Nuts, Seeds and Fruit
(Yields 40 grain bars)

- 6 cups organic puffed wheat cereal
- 6 cups organic crispy rice cereal
- 2 cups Eden Dried Montmorency Cherries,
   chopped coarsely
- 2 cups tamari roasted mixed nuts and
   seeds, chopped coarsely
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/2 cup Eden Organic Barley Malt Syrup
- 1/3 cup organic peanut butter, almond butter,
   caschew butter, or any nut butter

Mix all dry ingredients and cherries together in a large mixing bowl and set aside. Place the syrups and nut butter in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce the flame to medium, and continue stirring for about 5 to 7 minutes until the mixture does not drip off the spoon easily.

Quickly pour the syrup mixture over the dry ingredients and mix well until all dry ingredients are evenly coated with the syrup. Take two 13” x 9” baking dishes and lightly moisten with water. Place half of the mixture in each dish. Moisten your ands with cold water and firmly press the grain mixture down evenly in the dishes until firm. Place in the freezer for 10 minutes to harden. Cut into bars or squares and enjoy!

The bars may be individually wrapped and kept in the freezer to store. Remove when ready to eat. They will thaw out quickly.

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