In the past month or so I've been trying to detoxify my body of the poisons I've put into it especially working on ships in the past 3 years. All that build up was starting to affect my mood and energy. I was always changing diets based on what the latest research said about all the preservatives that are in the prepackaged foods in America as well as in other places around the world (mostly the U.S. though). After many people telling me their knowledge of nutrition and how certain foods react, digest, and how they can cause a build up leading to an acidic state, I took action. An acidic state isn't what you should be in as far as your system is concerned. Acidic states cause cancers, aches, depression, weight gain, disease, and deterioration of the body in general. The most effective state is an alkaline state. When your body is in an alkaline state, it can ward off disease better, produce muscle, digest properly, and rejuvenate your energy. It's a state that's very difficult to achieve in this modern age of preservatives and artificial substances. For instance, my uncle sent me this posting with information in it that has been told to me over and over again in various articles and by people knowledgeable of nutrition. I can't stress it enough. Dietary sugars are HORRIBLE for you no matter who makes them. Splenda, Sweet-n-Low, and Equal all have CHEMICALS in them that are not to be ingested by any digestive systems. Whenever you get a piece of electronic equipment with the little packet inside to preserve freshness it says you should not ingest the contents and if you do to contact the poison control center. The SAME chemicals in THAT packet are in Sweet-n-Low. Yet, it's okay to dump them in coffee, sweets, or any number of dietary "treats" we feel we can have because it's not real sugar. Sugar, unbleached and in it's natural form, is great!! If you don't want to have sugar, have honey or mash up some fruit and bake with that (apples are always good sources). These additives along with other poisons like high fructose corn syrup (which never digests), MSG, or partially hydrogenated oils can damage our system. Here's the article:
"In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick. She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around. Walking was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed; she was in so much pain. By March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not determine what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick she just knew she was dying. She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her oldest daughter's name, and made sure that her younger children were to be taken care of. She also wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd. On March 19 I called her to ask how her most recent tests went, and she said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS. I recalled an article a friend of mine e-mailed to me and I asked my sister if she drank diet soda? She told me that she did. As a matter of fact, she was getting ready to crack one open that moment. I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet soda! I e-mailed her article my friend, a lawyer, had sent. My sister called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me she had stopped drinking the diet soda AND she could walk! The muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100% but she sure felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her doctor with this article and would call me when she got home. Well, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed! He is going to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweeteners of any kind. In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the Aspartame in the diet soda...and literally dying a slow and miserable death. When she got to Florida March 22, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for the Aspartame poisoning! She is well on her way to a complete recovery. And she is walking! No wheelchair! This article saved her life.
If it says 'SUGAR FREE' on the label; DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on 'ASPARTAME,' marketed as 'Nutra Sweet,' Equal,' and 'Spoonful.' In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was causing this to be rampant. I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject. I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants. The methanol toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. Many people were being diagnosed in error. Although multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, Methanol toxicity is! Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The victim usually does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use; irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become a life-threatening condition. We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas. In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, most of the symptoms disappear. We've seen many cases where vision loss returned and hearing loss improved markedly. This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia. During a lecture, I said, 'If you are using ASPARTAME (Nutra Sweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting, pains, numbness in your legs, Cramps, Vertigo, Dizziness, Headaches, Tinnitus, Joint pain, Unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!' People were jumping up during the lecture saying, 'I have some of these symptoms. Is it reversible?' Yes! Yes! Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be alert for Aspartame on food labels! Many products are fortified with it! This is a serious problem.
Dr. Espart (one of my speakers) remarked that so many people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during his recent visit to a hospice; a nurse stated that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence! Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you crave carbohydrates. It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight! These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve 'tissue specimens.' Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT store it IN our body! Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free of the 'diet products' and with no significant increase in exercise; his patients lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period. Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that some physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy, in fact, had symptoms caused by Aspartame. The Aspartame drives the blood sugar out of control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are NEUROTOXIC when taken without the other amino acids necessary for a good balance. Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE. Especially with diabetics, the Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and it then deteriorates the neurons of the brain; causing various levels of brain damage, Seizures, Depression, Manic depression, Panic attacks, Uncontrollable anger and rage. Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-diabetics as well. Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their behavior when these chemicals have been removed from their diet. So called 'behavior modification prescription drugs' (Ritalin and others) are no longer needed. Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in the first place! Most of these children were being 'poisoned' on a daily basis with the very foods that were 'better for them than sugar.' It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome. Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e. mental retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early pregnancy. Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NEVER be given artificial sweeteners.
There are many different case histories to relate of children suffering grand mal seizures and other neurological disturbances talking about a plague of neurological diseases directly caused by the use of this deadly poison.' Herein lies the problem: There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was included in 100 different products and strong objection was made concerning its use. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, and still nothing has been done. The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Sadly, MONSANTO'S patent on Aspartame has EXPIRED! There are now over 5,000 products on the market that contain this deadly chemical and there will be thousands more introduced. Everybody wants a 'piece of the Aspartame pie.' I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is. And isn't it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others, the American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association and the Conference of the American College of Physicians? This has been recently exposed in the New York Times. These [organizations] cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and are required to endorse their products. Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would require label warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially regarding pregnant women, children and infants. The bill would also institute independent studies on the known dangers and the problems existing in the general population regarding seizures, changes in brain chemistry, neurological changes and behavioral symptoms. The bill was killed. It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are responsible for this, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting and uninformed public. Well, you're informed now!
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!"
That is just crazy!!! Consumerism and capitalism are our biggest killers. Money is what it all boils down to. Drug and chemical companies have power because of all the food additives and chemicals they create for a "better life" when all they do is kill. Yet, they sell because we eat up the marketing. We give them power by catering to our addictions and unwillingness to change. The even bigger picture is information and communication. Conflicting information and lack of communication to be specific. We are an ill-informed society who'll believe what people in power tell us as truth. It doesn't matter if they have the market in something like dangerous chemicals in food additives. Fast food chains being the biggest culprit. Our fast lifestyle buys right into it too. It's the same problem with the environment. Oil companies have the power and the market. There's NO WAY a cleaner way of energy will come out if we don't take action in the little things we do like installing solar panels for energy, windmills, etc; Biking or walking to work; Public transportation if necessary to get far distances; Buying fuel efficient cars no matter how unattractive they are and a variety of other things to cut down on these unclean sources of energy. This is a whole other topic of discussion, but it's the same reason why U.S. citizens are the unhealthiest people in the world: consumerism, capitalism, convenience and ignorance.
I've heard all different sorts of complaints from people of how they have no energy, they aren't happy with their bodies, or they get sick all the time. Most relate it to stress, which is a factor, but not the whole story. These same people I see enjoying the additives and preservatives in prepackaged and ready to go foods, fast food chains, diet sodas, and chips upon chips upon chips. Since I've been on this detoxifier I went as raw as I can be on a ship. Raw being uncooked vegetables, fresh meats (not chemically induced cold cuts), no milk whatsoever (again another story), and whole grains for snacks. I treat myself to chocolate or a sweet once in a while. Dark chocolate being the best. Also an occasional glass of wine and maybe once or twice a month an indulgence in spirits to share a good time, but not nearly as much as most do while on a ship. I've cut out coffee since I only like it with all those additive creamers and lots and lots of sugar. The first day was hell (like coming off a major drug), but now I'm so much better. I have no soda whatsoever, but if I do, I'll go whole hog and have a real soda. Not a diet soda. No soda can be good for you so I don't understand the concept of a "diet soda." My complexion has gotten tons better, I feel more energetic, and I sleep better at night. Most aches and pains are gradually subsiding and I haven't really been sick despite all the sickness around me. Rashes I used to get from heat or shaving have been nonexistent. If I caught the slightest tinge of a tickle in my throat, it was gone the next day. It all takes change. This detoxifier is a full 3 months and contains more algae in it than most detoxes you buy over the counter. It's a prescription-formulated detoxification. So far it's doing good and I've heard from others who are currently on it that it only gets better as the program moves into the next few months.
Out here I'm really cut off from the news and all the commercialism on TV. I can see my primetime dramas commercial free thanks to iTunes. Once in a while I get one of these articles that just sparks my attentiveness to the things that bug me in the world. I do see my share of capitalism, but in different forms. It does disturb me how much emphasis we place on money. It causes events like I discuss above to happen. Poisons get marketed as ways to improve our health because they sell. People make money and it creates this mass market on key words like convenient, diet, fast, healthy, weight loss, and all sorts of buzzwords. This article as well as another article a friend told me he read on the subject of food additives sparked my attention to the matter. He read of a study that took a healthy specimen of animals and fed them the U.S. diet of fast foods, foods with additives, dietary aides, and the like and the other group a diet of raw foods. The group with the raw foods diet lasted twice as long as the other group and died with no health problems other than a natural death to life expectancy. The other group developed diseases like cancers, diabetes, heart problems, liver problems, and so forth. Another experiment was conducted giving a group the U.S. artificial diet until halfway through their normal life expectancy. At this point they were given a raw diet and the animals warded off diseases they acquired in the first half and lived to beyond life expectancy once again dying of natural causes with no apparent disease. It opened my eyes to the junk that lines our grocer's shelves from dehydrated foods you add water to cook to the processed substances you find in the deli (Spam for instance or Velveeta). They are cheap, but are they providing you with anything different than eating out of a garbage can?
Life is what you make of it. In these days of a fast lifestyle, it's nice to just come down once in a while and think about things or look at them from a different perspective. On the subject of what we eat: when we were put on this planet, artificial sweeteners and chemical preservatives didn't exist in our diet. We ate from the earth. It's something to think about before purchasing "food" that doesn't deteriorate for over a week or so (did you know a McDonald's fry despite their incredible taste doesn't deteriorate for MONTHS in the open air!?!?). You might just be eating a load of chemicals that taste good instead of food for your well being. At this rate it won't be long before a meal consists of a handful of pills. After all, we are looking for THE MOST convenient and smallest forms of things in our lifestyle. With the power behind the food and drug companies, they would make a killing marketing the fastest meal ever: one you can swallow with a glass of water. No messy clean ups or long preparation. Just a trip to your local drugstore. As for tasting things, at this rate evolution will take care of that by eliminating taste from our senses. Besides, why have a farm when there could be a huge entertainment complex full of places to spend money?
