How Important Gut Health Is To Overall Well-being?

  As a health practitioner I can definitely say that healthy Gastro Intestinal (GI) system is a very important factor to a long and healthy life. However, the GI tract is a very neglected part of our bodies - neglected until we get a touch of diarrhea or suffer from several days of constipation.

  Good intestinal health is the most misunderstood and least appreciated aspect of human wellness. If you have it, you're better able to fight off disease. You often have increased energy, more stamina and even a better complexion. The problem is that more than 80% of all people in North America are carrying around from 6 to 25 pounds of undigested waste in their colon and small intestines, resulting in:

• Constipation

• Diarrhea

• Abdominal distention/bloating

• Less frequent bowel movements

• Obesity

• Change in abdominal size and mass

• Small volume of stool

• Headache

• Decreased appetite

• Indigestion

• Rectal pain at bowel movement

Probiotics

  The GI tract is more than a tube that runs from our mouth to our anus. The inside of this tube is coated with a thin layer of sticky, viscous mucous. Covering this mucous and imbedded in it are millions and millions of bacteria. From the time we are born to the time we die these bacteria live, grow, carryout their metabolism, and excrete beneficial and non-beneficial compounds into the gut.

When we are in good health, the population of bacteria that lives in our gut is said to be in balance - the number of "good bacteria", Probiotics, outnumber the number of "bad bacteria". We feel good; we are able to resist disease and infection because our immune system that is stimulated by intestinal bacteria is functioning well. Beside digestion and absorption, interaction with the body’s immune system is perhaps one of the most important roles that the bacteria that live in our intestines play.

WHO defines Probiotics as ‘Live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host’.  The most common of these are based in Lactic Acid Bacilli (or LAB). They’ve been used in the food industry for many years. And they’re most commonly found in foods such as yogurt and certain raw (unpasteurized) cheeses.  In their perfect form, they act as a preservative by lowering the pH and creating fewer opportunities for spoilage organisms to grow. Probiotic bacterial cultures are intended to assist the body's naturally occurring gut flora in the process of reestablishing themselves. And such familiar flora as strains of the genera Lactobacillus (acidophilus) and Bifidobacterium are the most widely used and best-known probiotic bacteria.

When the friendly flora decreases in dramatic number it creates a seed bed for such invasive elements as Candida albicans to enter the human system through the digestive system.  And if you think this is a rarity, think again, because Candida is a fungus that is replete in every processed food we eat.

Excessive Candida in the system is believed to be a root cause of such conditions as chronic fatigue syndrome, endometriosis, stomach ulcers, Crohn’s Disease, and type II diabetes, just to name a few.

Normally, our intestinal tract has up to 3 pounds of probiotics or good bacteria. Whenever you take antibiotics or strong drugs, they get killed off. This can affect digestion and absorption of nutrients. These bacteria produce by-products that are natural antibiotics and keep yeast and fungi at bay. Probiotics make short-chain fatty acids, one of which, butyrate, has been linked to prevention or reduction of colon cancer. When buying them, look carefully at the brand and look for research done on it. Some brands of probiotics are really dead or contain only small amounts of bacteria. I recommend Natren’s probiotics as the best on the market.

Many factors affect the population of intestinal bacteria including diet, age, sex, and use of drugs, surgery, and some diseases. Maintaining a proper balance of bacteria in our GI tract is key to good gut health. If our guts are healthy, we will be healthy.

Prebiotics

Prebiotics are non-digestible food components belonging to the fiber family that stimulate the growth or activity a number of microorganisms of the intestinal flora – the friendly bacteria (probiotics).

Maintenance of a healthy gut flora is essential to stem this rising tide of bacteria and fungi. It is, however, dependent on many factors. It is especially influenced by the quality of food intake, including probiotic-rich foods. Unfortunately, our intake of fresh fruits and vegetables, though they may prevent additional Candida build-up, do practically nothing to get rid of it. What’s more, if you eat a probiotic rich food such as yogurt, you run a double risk. One is the fact that almost all fruit or flavored yogurts contain sugar, which is a growth medium for Candida. And, even if you ate only pure organic yogurt, you would have to partake of at least two quarts a day just to get the friendly probiotics you would get from one properly formulated strain of acidophilus.

The fact is no probiotics can get the job done when it comes to the two steps necessary to secure maximum intestinal health without the help of essential prebiotics. And there have been virtually no effective prebiotic formulations synthesized from a number of foods, until very recently.

Most prebiotics are carbohydrates, such as oligosaccharides, but may also be introduced into the system along with proteolytic enzymes and other amino acids.

By definition, prebiotics cannot be restricted to any particular bacterial group. But properly introduced into the system, they should act to help increase the number of bifidobacteria and lactic acid bacteria (such as lactobacillus acidophilus) into a healthy digestive system.

Typical dietary sources of prebiotics are soybeans, Jerusalem artichokes, raw oats, unrefined wheat and unrefined barley. They are also found naturally in onions, artichokes, bananas, chicory, and leeks. But the drawbacks here are twofold:

• You have to eat massive quantities of these foods (about 10 pounds a day) to get the prebiotic support you truly need to help balance your system.

• “Prebiotics” from forced commercial processing often carry sugars and preservatives that are a mixed blessing in the short term and may be simply unhealthy in the long run.

In short:

·         Prebiotics promote the growth of probiotics in the body by providing nutrients they need to survive and multiply.

·         Without prebiotics, probiotics couldn’t live for long or do their job efficiently.

Fermena – Perfect Prebiotic

Intestinal health is the doorway to longevity and a freedom from disease. If that is the case, then Fermena just may be the key that turns the lock.

Fermena is a potent prebiotic supplement originally designed and formulated by Dr. Michio Kushi (read about Dr. Kushi later) – the man universally acknowledged as the Master of Macrobiotics. Dr. Kushi's Fermena acts as a nutritional "starter kit" to work with a number of polysaccharides, oligosaccharides and other nutrients designed to powerfully activate the probiotic friendly flora in the human system.

What makes Fermena the nutritional quantum leap?  

·          It takes six months and over 50 organic fruits, nuts, beans, wild grasses, grains, herbs and vegetables for Nature to Ferment (read the benefits of fermentation below) these ingredients into a perfect whole food prebiotic formula for your body.

·         Grown in the "Brazilian Eden" – on a pristine 30,000 acre arbor in the midst of the Matto Grosso, surrounded by deep pure waters from five different lakes and streams, Fermena is the flawless, fermented blend of dozens of enzymes and beneficial bacteria.

·         Fermena is a powerful prebiotic that promotes healthy probiotic activity in the human system by developing a synergistic interaction between live enzymes from healthy food and friendly bacteria that live in the digestive tract.

·         It helps promote maximum healthy absorption in your system, for better digestion and improved intestinal health.

·         Fermena is safe for adults and children of all ages.

·         It is 100% natural, contains no preservatives, and yet requires no refrigeration nor is affected by heat

·         Taken on a regular basis Fermena works to cleanse unhealthy bacteria from the system.

·         It aids in balancing both bone density (by facilitating absorption of calcium) and appropriate levels of cholesterol.

·         It makes you regular.

·         It increases energy, gives more stamina, sense of balance and a better complexion.

·         It tastes great. It comes in a very convenient, individual pouch, the size of your index finger. It is not effected by heat therefore you can carry it with you in your purse, car and take even when on the go.

·         Take Fermena alone or with food two to three times a day.

The “Fine Art of Fermentation

The science of fermentation is known as zymology.

Fermentation is often referred to as “nature’s cooking,” the implication being that this is one of the best ways to prepare healthy food over the long term and for a long term “good” result, one that aids in digestions, high energy and better body balance. And it begins with the understanding that true fermentation is an art – a careful step-by-step process that comes with generations of understanding and proper formulation.

In purely scientific terms, fermentation is the process of releasing energy from a carbohydrate without oxygen by producing alcohol or lactic acid. Generally, Fermentation refers to the conversion of sugar to alcohol using yeast under anaerobic conditions. A more general definition of fermentation is the chemical conversion of carbohydrates into alcohols or acids. Fermentation is also employed in preservation to create lactic acid in sour foods such as pickled cucumbers, kimchi and yogurt. Historically, fermentation is the studied use of microorganisms in a positive way as a means of nourishing and sustaining life.

• Fermentation is "breaking down into simpler components” - nature’s “chewing”.

• Fermentation makes the foods easier to digest and the nutrients easier to assimilate. In effect, much of the work of digestion is done for you.

• Produces important nutrients - more vitamins...especially B-vitamins...and minerals, like iron are released from the chemical bonds that would otherwise prevent them from being assimilated.

• In effect, the nutritional value of a food goes up when it has been fermented.

• Fermentation doesn't use heat therefore it retains enzymes, vitamins, and other nutrients that are usually destroyed by food processing.

• The fermentation process also preserves the food. You start with a wholesome, raw food and preserve it in a way that leaves its nutrients intact, so you have the health benefits of raw food...

About Dr. Michio Kushi

Born in 1926 in Wakayama prefecture. Graduated from Department of Political Science, University of Tokyo Faculty of Law, and University of Tokyo Graduate School. Dr. Kushi studied the possibility for establishing world government and world federation for global peace. He moved to the United States in November 1949 and started to study at Department of Political Science, Columbia University Graduate School. The dietary culture of the ancient Greek and China, and thoughts of Yukikazu Sakurazawa of Sekai Seifu Kyokai had impacts on him. Dr. Kushi decided to devote himself to significant modification of the human life and global dietary pattern. He drew up the standard macrobiotic diet focusing on a grain- and vegetable-based meal, with his wife, Aveline (1923 to 2001).

Over 50 years, he has been vigorously engaged in teaching and educational activities in the entire US.  In 1978, he founded the Kushi Institute in Brookline, Massachusetts. In 1995, Dr. Kushi received the Award of Excellence from the United Nations Society of Writers. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize with recommendation from volunteers of the American Bar Association. In 1999, the National Museum of American History in the US (more widely known as the Smithsonian Institute) acknowledged permanent preservation of Kushi's family collection. Currently, Dr. Kushi holds various important positions such as the President of Kushi Foundation, Inc., and President of the Green Cross Group, Japan.

Dr. Michio Kushi carefully evaluated and selected the ingredients for Fermena based on the macrobiotic theory and the Yin-Yang philosophy. Dr. Kushi discovered that by adding Fermena to our normal diet, one could get some of the same benefits of macrobiotics without adopting a completely macrobiotic lifestyle.  

Dr. Kushi says:

"I selected over 50 kinds of plants for the ingredients of Fermena based on the macrobiotic theory, principally focusing on the Yin-Yang balance. I combined the materials with a grain and bean base while placing an emphasis on intestinal absorption of vitamins and minerals of wild grasses, herbs, vegetables and fruits.

As far as I know, this is the first enzyme having such a wonderful taste and nutriment. If Fermena is incorporated in the daily meals, anyone can start improving his or her dietary habits without understanding the difficult concepts of macrobiotic diet. I hope that this attempt can help promote human health."

Gut Facts

• It's not something you may think about often but your digestive system is over 27 feet long and in your lifetime your gut will process about 65 tones of food and drink, the weight of a dozen elephants.

• Acid found inside the stomach is strong enough to dissolve a razor blade.

• Muscular contractions of the esophagus are so powerful that you could literally drink a glass of water standing on your head.

• The mass of bacteria in the gut weights about a kilo, roughly the same as a bag of sugar.

• If you stretched the surface area of your gut, it would cover a tennis court.

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For more information on probiotics, prebiotics and Fermena contact:

Ela Corcoran MS LCH RSHom EFT-ADV

Homeopathic and EFT Practitioner
Proactive Health Center
20101 SW Birch St., #150-A
Newport Beach, CA 92660
www.ocproactivehealth.com
Tel. 714.315.3190

You can purchase FERMENA at http://www.diamondtreelive.com/starinus/

November, 2007, Newsletter

Cancerous tissue, above all other consequences of choice, has countless secondary causes. But even for a cancerous condition there is only ONE PRIME ORIGIN and CAUSE.

The prime origin and cause of cancerous tissue is the over-acidification of the blood then the tissues due to lifestyle and dietary choices. A cancerous tissue begins with our choices of what we eat, what we drink, what we think and how we live.

Cancer is a liquid and this liquid is a toxic waste product of diet and metabolism or energy consumption.

In 1966, Dr. Otto Warburg, who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1931 for his discovery of the cause of cancer delivered a lecture at an annual meeting of Nobelists at Lindau, Germany. In his speech he described the primal cause of cancer as follows:

"The prime cause of cancer is the replacement of the respiration of oxygen in normal body cells by a fermentation of sugar. All normal body cells meet their energy needs by respiration of oxygen, whereas cancer cells meet their energy needs in great part by fermentation. All normal body cells are thus obligate aerobes, whereas all cancer cells are partial anaerobes. From the standpoint of the physics and chemistry of life this difference between normal and cancer cells is so great that one can scarily picture a greater difference. Oxygen gas, the donor of energy in plants and animals is dethroned in the cancer cells and replaced by an energy yielding reaction of the lowest living forms; namely, a fermentation of glucose."

The following is a summary of understanding cancerous tissues:

1) Cancer is not a cell but a poisonous acidic liquid.

2) A cancer cell is a cell that has been spoiled or poisoned by metabolic or gastrointestinal acids.

3) A tumor is the body's protective mechanism to encapsulate spoiled or poisoned cells from excess acid that has not been properly eliminated through urination, perspiration, defecation or respiration.

4) The tumor is the body's solution to protect healthy cells and tissues.

5) Cancer is a systemic acidic condition that settles at the weakest parts of the body - not a localized problem that metastases.

6) Metastases is localized acids spoiling other cells much like a rotten apple spoiling a bushel of healthy apples.

7) There is no such thing as a cancer cell. A cancer cell was once a healthy cell that has been spoiled from acid.

8) The tumor is not the problem but the solution to protect healthy cells and tissues from being spoiled from other rotting cells and tissues.

9) The only solution to the acidic liquids that poison body cells causing the affect that medical savants call cancer is to alkalize and energize the body.

10) In conclusion, the human body is alkaline by design and acidic by function!

If we desire a healthy body we must maintain that alkaline design.

Does diet and lifestyle have anything to do with cancer?

Absolutely! Cancer is not something we get it is something we do as a consequence of daily choice of what we eat, what we drink, what we think and how we live. We either have an alkaline lifestyle and diet and enjoy a fit and healthy body or we have an acidic lifestyle and diet and experience the aches, pains and suffering from metabolic acids.

The former US Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop, had this to say about diet:

"YOUR CHOICE OF DIET CAN INFLUENCE YOUR LONG TERM HEALTH PROSPECTS MORE THAN ANY OTHER ACTION YOU MIGHT TAKE."

If cancer is preventable how do we prevent it?

The cure for cancerous tissue will not be found in its treatment but in its prevention. That prevention can only be obtained by making healthier lifestyle and dietary choices. A cancerous condition is the consequence of choice. For example, if you want to reduce your risk for cancerous tissue of the lung by 100%, then stop smoking and stop associating or working around people that do smoke. Secondary smoke is just as acidic and damaging to the lung tissue. If you don't want a cancerous liver then stop drinking alcohol and carbonated drinks. If you don't want a cancerous pancreas then stop eating the acid sugar. If you don't want a cancerous bowel then stop eating animal protein.
It is that simple.

If I have cancerous tissues do I have to do radiation, chemotherapy or surgery?

Now that you understand that cancer is not a cell(s) but an acidic liquid that spoils cells it doesn't make a lot of sense to radiate or chemically destroy cancerous cells with more poison. Logic should tell you that radiation or acidic chemical therapies may only make things worse. But there are situations where the tissue has become so cancerous or acidic that it needs to be cut out so it doesn't spoil more of the healthy tissue(s). This is when surgery can save lives and should only be used as a last resort.

Cancerous tissue is not something you get -- it is something you do as a consequence of daily choice of what you eat, what you drink, what you THINK, and how you live.

You either have an alkaline lifestyle and diet and enjoy a fit and healthy body, or you have an acidic lifestyle and diet and experience or will experience the aches, pains and suffering from metabolic acids -- your own toxic waste products that are absorbed into your tissues.

This is your life and it is your free choice -- choose wisely. Prevention is the key to a healthy and fit body.

If I have cancer, such as colon, lung, or prostate cancer can I reverse it naturally?

The answer to this question is absolutely! Once you understand the cause of ALL cancerous tissues as latent tissue acidosis you can then begin the process of reversing, regenerating and preventing the consequences of acidic choices by making healthier alkaline choices. 

Is there an inexpensive way to prevent or reverse cancerous tissue?

The cure for cancer is found in its prevention not in its treatment. It has been said that an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure. An inexpensive way to prevent and/or reverse cancerous tissue is to maintain the alkaline design of the human body through lifestyle and diet.
 
When you understand that there is only one sickness and one dis-ease caused by the over-acidification of the blood and then tissues due to an acidic lifestyle and diet -- then you can understand why there is only one treatment. And that treatment is to alkalize and energize the body with the right alkaline lifestyle, foods and drinks.
 
What is the formula for preventing and/or reversing cancerous tissue?

Here is the secret formula - I call this formula the five (5) "B's":

A healthy BASE diet and lifestyle = healthy BOWELS = healthy BLOOD = healthy BRAIN = healthy BODY.

A healthy BASE diet gives rise to healthy BOWELS. Healthy BOWELS creates healthy BLOOD. Healthy BLOOD creates a healthy BRAIN and a healthy BRAIN creates a healthy BODY.

What impact do your emotions have on preventing, causing or reversing cancerous tissue?

Emotions are energy in motion - "E" motion. NO "E" motion can take place without energy and when energy is being consumed acids are produced as a by-product. Just like a car when it consumes gasoline for "E" motion, an acidic waste product is produced - carbon monoxide. It is common knowledge that carbon monoxide is a toxic acid and if not eliminated through the exhaust system of the car the car would immediately shut down.

And so it is with us. Our thoughts, our "E"motions require energy and energy consumed produces metabolic acids. If acids from our thoughts are not eliminated through urination, perspiration, respiration or defecation (our exhaust systems) they will make us sick, tired and cancerous. Since you know that cancer is an acidic liquid you now know that you can cause cancerous tissue with your thoughts, or should
we say your "E" motions.

When you are constantly in your thoughts - negative thoughts - they give rise to feelings like hatred, revenge, anger or fear. These thought provoked negative feelings can lower the pH of your urine (the urine pH indicates tissue pH) by over 100 times. This can cause the body to go into preservation mode 24/7, using up your alkaline buffering reserves. Once the alkaline reserves are used up the body goes into body wasting from all the acids. Your body is being tenderized and fermented by your own acidic waste products generated from "E" motions.

The "E" motion formula is as follows: thoughts = feelings or "E" motions = acids or negative thoughts = negative feelings or negative "E" motions = excessive acids which can effect the alkaline design of your body.

Your alkaline or healthy thoughts create less acid then your acidic or negative thoughts.

If you want to stop the pain; if you want to stop the degeneration; if you want to stop the fermenting from your own acidic waste products you have to slow down or even stop the "e" motions, especially the negative "e" motions. Your negative thoughts could be killing you. When you are continually in your thoughts you are having a "thought attack." And "thought attacks" can lead to heart attacks and cancerous tissue.

In the case with your thoughts or "E" motions, less is more and more is less.

To prevent or reverse cancerous tissue you must turn off the negative thoughts, the stories, the movies running in your head. When you turn off the thoughts you reduce acidity, and when you reduce acidity you prevent or reverse sickness, disease and even cancerous tissue.

How do your thoughts impact the success for the treatment of cancerous tissue?

It has been said that out of 20 people diagnosed and treated for cancer, 90% of them will die from the fear of the cancer rather than the dis-ease.

F.E.A.R. is an acronym that stands for, False Evidence Appearing Real. Many of us live our lives in F.E.A.R. rather than in F.A.I.T.H. - the First Attribute In Thoughtful Health.

When your thoughts move away from F.E.A.R. and move towards F.A.I.T.H., your tissue alkalinity increases and your tissue acidity decreases making your treatments for cancerous tissue more effective.

When you are living your life in F.A.I.T.H. you are living in the present, or in the NOW. Living in the NOW is alkalizing, energizing and healthful. YOU are not concerned with the past nor are you concerned with the future. Living your life in the past or in the future is a F.E.A.R. based life and is highly acidic. Living in the past or the future creates "e" motions that lead to the feelings of regret, worry, and anxiety that can make you more sick, tired and cancerous. Your treatments for cancerous tissue will not be effective, or as effective when you are thinking in the past or future living in a state of "E" motions of F.E.A.R. rather than the "E" motions of F.A.I.T.H. - hope, love and charity.

Cancerous tissue is not something we get. It is something we do as a consequence of daily choice of what we eat, what we drink, what we THINK, and how we live. We either have an alkaline lifestyle and diet and enjoy a fit and healthy body, or we have an acidic lifestyle and diet and experience the aches, pains and suffering from metabolic acids.

Can you cause cancerous cells and tissues with your thoughts?

Absolutely! Our thoughts require energy and energy metabolized creates acid. If the acidic waste products from your thoughts are not eliminated through urination, persperiation, respiration or defication they will be absorbed into your tissues to protect and maintain the delicate pH of the blood at 7.365. Acids absorbed into the tissues will burn, ferment, spoil and even rot any cells and tissues they come into contact with. Therefore, metabolic acids when absorbed into the tissues will cause cancerous tissues.

How does my personal relationship with friends, family and/or spouse prevent or cause cancerous tissue?

Eckhart Tolle had this to say about our thoughts which can affect your personal relationships that in turn may either prevent or cause cancerous tissues:

"The beginning of freedom is the realization that you are not "the thinker." The moment you start watching the thinker, a higher level of consciousness becomes activated. You then begin to realize that there is a vast realm of intelligence beyond thought, that thought is only a tiny aspect of that intelligence. You also realize that all the things that truly matter - beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace, arise
from beyond the mind. You begin to awaken."

This awakening comes through a process of making alkaline lifestyle and dietary choices. When you become more alkaline in your thoughts, words and deeds, you begin to reconnect to your true self - you are less acidic or less cancerous. When you are reconnected physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually you will begin to awaken. When awake, your "e" motions turn to feelings of joy, hope, love and charity for self, and then for your neighbors, friends, family and spouse. You realize that you are a spiritual being having a physical experience rather than a physical being having a spiritual experience. You are whole! You are alkaline! You are healthy!

It's very simple and gives you valuable information about the state of your body.

Testing your pH will help you determine if your body is in an acid or alkaline state-  

The thing to remember is acid equals poor health - Alkaline means being healthy!

So test your pH - Take responsibility for maintaining and improving your health.

It's easy to test your pH, just wet a testing strip with saliva or urine and compare with the color chart for a quick and accurate reading.