We are in our first official week of 2016, I wanted to take a moment and spell out for you a heath plan that will give guaranteed results, boundless amounts of energy and vitality, offer significant weight loss and muscle building as well as kicking the habit of popping pills for your health. I can promise you one thing - I have seen dramatic results with my own health and the thousands of patients whose lives have been transformed through Maximized Living and natural healing. May this be a year of blessings, abundance and health!
ELIMINATE ALL CARBONATED BEVERAGES
The following health conditions have been linked to the consumption of carbonated beverages: Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Kidney Failure, Liver Damage, Osteoporosis and Acid Reflux. Why? These drinks are carbonated using Carbon Dioxide (which lowers the pH) and also include a vary powerful acid ingredient (phosphoric acid). In addition, the sugar content is so high that you would naturally vomit the solution if the pH were not as low as it is (which is why they add phosphoric acid).
Its time to kick the habit. I promise you will see almost immediate results. You can begin this by switching to clean sparkling water. Yes it has the carbon dioxide but lacks the sugar and added phosphoric acid. Over time you can change to other fizzy drinks like kombucha or kevita. Eventually, as your bodies pH increases and your health changes you will find that flat water, green tea and even some coffee's are the best beverages on this planet!
INTERMITTENT FAST DAILY
Your body probably already has enough "fuel" on it to last much longer than the time between your current meals. Cutting one or two meals per day offers the fastest ability for your body to become a lean, mean, fat burning machine! Its best to restrict yourself to a 8 hour eating window with a 16 hour fasting window on a daily basis. When timed properly, this isn't as hard as it sounds. Simply sleep for the first 8, skip breakfast and replace it with water or green tea and eat for the 3rd set of 8 hours. Repeat daily and watch the guaranteed results.
GET ADJUSTED
Every organ in your body is connected to your nerve system (brain and spinal cord). A recent study demonstrated that between 77 and 80 TRILLION individual nerve fibers pass through the small hole in your skull and first bones in your neck as they travel from the brain to every square inch of your body. Adjustments to your spine, when done with the intent of opening restrictions in nerve flow (as opposed to just blocking pain) are the best and most essential for your optimum performance and health. If you have never been adjusted - make 2016 a year to have your spine de-stressed!
EAT MORE FAT
The most recent research, and even mainstream media, is now admitting their mistakes. Low fat is out, HIGH FAT IS IN! Make sure they are healthy fats (monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats which you can get from plants and well fed animals. I recommend anywhere from 60-85% of your diet overall should be from healthy fat sources: coconut products and oil, avocado and its oil, grass fed butter, nuts and their oils and grass fed/wild caught animal fats. The days of shunning butter are over - its time to have it on a stick!
ELIMINATE ALL GRAINS
Known as the "white devil" grains are composed of wheat, rice, oats and corn. Grains contain an enormous amounts of inflammatory properties for the human body - with inflammation being linked to almost every disease known to mankind today - specifically brain disease and function. Dr. David Perlmutter, MD authors "Grain Brain" and says "disease starts in your daily bread!" Eliminating all grains is a massive step towards overall health and wellbeing.
ELEVATE YOUR VITAMIN D3
By now its no secret - Vitamin D3 boosts your immunity, reverses and prevents many cancers, diabetes and heart disease and has even been linked to balanced hormones and better sleep. Before you ask how much to take, remember: DON'T GUESS, TEST! An annual vitamin D3 test needs to be part of your health regimen; just tell your doctor you want your 25(OH)D or 25-hydroxyvitamin D tested. I suggest having a level of 80-100 ng/ml as that's the cancer fighting, disease reversing level.
Dosages:
80-100ng/ml | 5,000 IU daily to maintain
50-80 ng/ml | 10,000 IU daily for 90 days, then retest
<50 ng/ml | 15,000 IU daily for 90 days, then retest
CHANGE YOUR MEATS
This one will blow you health out of the water for 2016, and no I am not saying stop eating meats. I'm simply asking you to switch them to only Grass fed for red meats, wild caught for seafood and free range for poultry. Why? All conventional animals in the US eat grains, which makes them just as fat and sick as we are! So, to have your health turn around this year, start eating healthy animals - your health will love you for it!
WARNING: Watch out with poultry - just being vegetarian fed and/or cage free doesn't cut it. Corn/Rice/Soy/Wheat are vegetarian by definition (and inflammatory). Cage free still means fenced in. You want a chicken that's allowed to go get its own food and has no boundaries. They are NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND in grocery stores. You can get lucky and find a farm or grow your own or you can start to cut poultry all together and stick with grass fed red meats and wild caught fish.
MEDIATE/PRAY 10-15 MIN DAILY
Science has shown that meditation not only eliminates stress, but is the best for anxiety, worry, concern and depression. AND, OF COURSE, we don't need science to tell us prayer works. Its also 100% free and can be done anytime and anywhere (except while driving)
REPAIR YOUR GUT
It's been estimated that up to 90% of Americans suffer for one form of digestive/gut issues - the largest being "Leaky Gut." This doesn't mean you are leaking body fluids, but instead, leaking undigested proteins across the gut wall into your blood stream where they are seen as a foreign object (much like a virus, fungus or bacteria). While this doesn't sound too bad, its one of the #1 reasons for auto-immune conditions like arthritis, psoriasis, lupus, thyroid and the many other thousands of auto-immune diseases. The proteins that leak across are often from animal sources (the meats your are eating) and your body gets confused between the foods and your own tissues - so overtime, if not corrected, you can build an immune response against yourself and start attacking yourself!
Gut repair typically begins by calming down your intestines and changing your diet away from everything I have been talking about above, getting tested to see how "leaky" you are, and addressing the cause by replenishing the gut wall, mucosa and beneficial bacteria. This is one you may need professional help with because of the depth of causes - but I can say, speaking from experience, cleaning and healing your gut will clean and heal your health in no time (sometimes as quickly as 14 days!)
HELP OTHERS
One of the greatest things we can ever do is realize that life isn't just about meeting our needs, but about helping others. Giving back can be as easy as forwarding this email to a friend or family member or sharing your results with others as your health takes a turn for the better this year. Remember, most New Year resolutions do fail for one reason or another, to this year why not have a resolution to live a healthier live all together and teach others how you did it! It's about living a little bit differently, a little bit better, so that ultimately you’re happier and healthier for it.
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Will Adjustments Make My Spine Too Lose?
You may have heard this concern voiced by those who don’t fully understand how chiropractic works. Some call them skeptics of chiropractic, the truth is they have never been educated on what chiropractic is.
Most spinal problems come in pairs. Usually there’s an area of the spine that is not moving adequately, accompanied by another area that compensates by moving too much.
This area can even be at opposite ends of the spine! They’re called compensation reactions.
Your body is constantly dealing with the force of gravity. When one area of your spine malfunctions, an equal and opposite reaction can appear elsewhere.
This is why patients are often surprised that we examine their upper back when their complaint is in their lower back.
Our goal is to avoid the compensations and focus on the primary nerve interference. The spinal joints that move too much are avoided so muscles and ligaments can stabilize and heal. When we add motion to stuck spinal joints, areas that are too loose can properly heal.
We move the bone, God does the HEALing, and miracles happen!
#DrNickBarnes
#HealthFromWithinSTL
#MaximizedLiving
Most spinal problems come in pairs. Usually there’s an area of the spine that is not moving adequately, accompanied by another area that compensates by moving too much.
This area can even be at opposite ends of the spine! They’re called compensation reactions.
Your body is constantly dealing with the force of gravity. When one area of your spine malfunctions, an equal and opposite reaction can appear elsewhere.
This is why patients are often surprised that we examine their upper back when their complaint is in their lower back.
Our goal is to avoid the compensations and focus on the primary nerve interference. The spinal joints that move too much are avoided so muscles and ligaments can stabilize and heal. When we add motion to stuck spinal joints, areas that are too loose can properly heal.
We move the bone, God does the HEALing, and miracles happen!
#DrNickBarnes
#HealthFromWithinSTL
Sunday, December 13, 2015
5 Best Supplements for Irregular Cycles
1. Adaptogens: Adaptogens are an amazing class of herbs that help you literally adapt to mental or physical stress.
- Ashwagandha - In a few of our ML Supplements!
- Maca
- Rhodiola
- Schisandra
- Tulsi - Can be found in tea form
- Panax Ginseng
- Eleuthero
2. Vitamin C with BioFlavinoids: The lowly vitamin C is actually a power player for our adrenal glands. It is needed to make all our steroid hormones (including progesterone, estrogen and testosterone.) I love squeezing a whole or half lemon into water and optionally adding a little liquid stevia as an afternoon pick-me-up. Peppers, broccoli, brussels sprouts are other great sources.
- Ask us about the Vit C BioFizz Powder! We can order it and get it shipped to your home
- Taking 1,000 - 3,000 mg per day is safe for you
3. Vitex (Chaste Tree): Vitex or chaste tree is a very popular female tonic these days. I read posts in online forums of women singing its praises as a miracle herb. I would caution that there is no one miracle herb, and vitex is not a fit for every woman. However I have seen it help women bring their cycles back. Vitex is thought to work on the hypothalamus pituitary axis to stimulate signaling to the ovaries. For some women, this is just the push their body needs. For other women, this approach may be too 'upstream,' and may cause some adverse symptoms like depression or irritability. Perhaps these women need more of a nutritional approach, stress reduction, etc.
4. Glandulars: Now we are journeying into a stranger hormonal option. Glandulars are processed bits of animal gland, such as adrenal gland, ovary gland or pituitary gland, distributed only through practitioners who use them. You can only get these through a prescription from a Holistic MD.
5. Magnesium: Magnesium is also needed to make your steroid hormones. It is often deficient in our diets due to soil deficiency and a lack of vegetables. We also have an especially high demand for it to calm our central nervous system, which tends to be way overstimulated in our modern world. In women, magnesium levels fluctuate quite a bit. When hormone levels are higher, magnesium is lower. This is partly why some women tend to crave chocolate before their periods; we replete magnesium through the cocoa. Choose high-quality 70% + dark chocolate though, not a Kit Kat bar that will further deplete your nutrients with all the sugar. There are many types of magnesium. Magnesium citrate is a common type, but can move your bowels. If you don't want this, consider magnesium glycinate, which is non-laxative, absorbable, and has some extra calming properties.
- ML has a liquid Pro Magnesium that makes for better absorption
Remember the most important thing your body needs to have your reproductive organs functioning and healing at 100% is proper nerve supply! Nutritional therapy is huge, but if the organs are not functioning, nutrition won’t do much. We heal from ADIO (Above, Down, Inside, Out)…Do not ignore or neglect your nervous system.
Keep your POWER ON!
- Ashwagandha - In a few of our ML Supplements!
- Maca
- Rhodiola
- Schisandra
- Tulsi - Can be found in tea form
- Panax Ginseng
- Eleuthero
2. Vitamin C with BioFlavinoids: The lowly vitamin C is actually a power player for our adrenal glands. It is needed to make all our steroid hormones (including progesterone, estrogen and testosterone.) I love squeezing a whole or half lemon into water and optionally adding a little liquid stevia as an afternoon pick-me-up. Peppers, broccoli, brussels sprouts are other great sources.
- Ask us about the Vit C BioFizz Powder! We can order it and get it shipped to your home
- Taking 1,000 - 3,000 mg per day is safe for you
3. Vitex (Chaste Tree): Vitex or chaste tree is a very popular female tonic these days. I read posts in online forums of women singing its praises as a miracle herb. I would caution that there is no one miracle herb, and vitex is not a fit for every woman. However I have seen it help women bring their cycles back. Vitex is thought to work on the hypothalamus pituitary axis to stimulate signaling to the ovaries. For some women, this is just the push their body needs. For other women, this approach may be too 'upstream,' and may cause some adverse symptoms like depression or irritability. Perhaps these women need more of a nutritional approach, stress reduction, etc.
4. Glandulars: Now we are journeying into a stranger hormonal option. Glandulars are processed bits of animal gland, such as adrenal gland, ovary gland or pituitary gland, distributed only through practitioners who use them. You can only get these through a prescription from a Holistic MD.
5. Magnesium: Magnesium is also needed to make your steroid hormones. It is often deficient in our diets due to soil deficiency and a lack of vegetables. We also have an especially high demand for it to calm our central nervous system, which tends to be way overstimulated in our modern world. In women, magnesium levels fluctuate quite a bit. When hormone levels are higher, magnesium is lower. This is partly why some women tend to crave chocolate before their periods; we replete magnesium through the cocoa. Choose high-quality 70% + dark chocolate though, not a Kit Kat bar that will further deplete your nutrients with all the sugar. There are many types of magnesium. Magnesium citrate is a common type, but can move your bowels. If you don't want this, consider magnesium glycinate, which is non-laxative, absorbable, and has some extra calming properties.
- ML has a liquid Pro Magnesium that makes for better absorption
Remember the most important thing your body needs to have your reproductive organs functioning and healing at 100% is proper nerve supply! Nutritional therapy is huge, but if the organs are not functioning, nutrition won’t do much. We heal from ADIO (Above, Down, Inside, Out)…Do not ignore or neglect your nervous system.
Keep your POWER ON!
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
How To Treat Your Colds and Viral Sore Throats
How to Treat Your Colds and Viral Sore Throats
How Do I Catch a Cold?
The humble cold is the most common infectious disease in the U.S. It accounts for more absences from school and work than any other illness. It is the leading cause of patient visits to physicians. It is not easy to catch a cold. Your body's natural defenses usually fight off these viruses. There is a direct relation between your risk of catching a cold and the amount of time spent in contact with an infected person. That is why families tend to get sick together.
The most common route of infection is not from coughing or sneezing, or walking barefoot in the rain, but from hand-to-hand contact. That is why when you have a cold, washing your hands frequently is so important. The likelihood of you becoming a victim of the cold virus increases however, if you are overtired or physically exhausted. Children under two generally get 10-12 colds a year, especially if they are in daycare. Older children and young adults get about 6 colds per year. After the age of 30 the number starts to decrease to about two per year.
How Long Will It Last?
Most uncomplicated colds last between eight and nine days, but about 25% last two weeks, and 5-10% last three weeks.
What Should I Do for Treatment?
1. Get adjusted twice daily for the next 3-5 days then drop down to daily for a week.
2. Warm baths in Epsom salt with 2-4 drops of lavender and eucalyptus at least once per day
3. Soup, Broths, Herbal Teas does help the symptoms. Make the soup and broths hot and spicy with plenty of pepper. The spices will trigger a sudden release of watery fluids in the mouth, throat, and lungs. This will help thin down the respiratory mucus, so it's easier to cough up and expel.
4. Melaleuca Oil topically on side of throat and behind ears (mix with a little coconut oil)
5. Hydrogen Peroxide in ears and let bubble for 1-2 minutes
6. It will be very important to stop all milk products. This includes not only milk, but ice cream, all yogurts except plain, and especially cheese. Lactaid milk is NOT acceptable. This step is helpful to decrease the extra mucous that dairy products can cause you to produce.
7. Rest. It is important to rest and take it easy throughout the time you are ill. The time you are ill may be longer if you do not allow yourself to recuperate and recover completely. If you exercise regularly, you needn't stop. However, you should definitely cut back on the intensity until you feel better.
8. Wash your hands frequently and try to keep them away from your nose and eyes. Use disposable tissues as opposed to cloth handkerchiefs. If you are caring for a child with a cold, PLEASE WASH YOUR HANDS every time you have to wipe their nose. This will protect you from being infected. Dove soap is the mildest soap that you can use for this purpose.
9. Drink plenty of fluids.
Water is the best. Try to drink at least eight to ten glasses a day. This will help the stuffiness and help the secretions loosen. Avoid using tap water, use bottled or filtered water to limit your exposure to chlorine. You can put lemon juice in your water or also try green tea as a water alternative
10. Supplements exist to improve nutritional status when diet or lifestyle changes aren’t feasible. Best supplements to take are Probiotics, Vitamin C (500-2,000mg every 1-2hrs), Vitamin D, Multivitamins, antiviral essential oils
11. Eating refined sugars weakens your immune system and promotes yeast overgrowth. This includes ALL non-diet pops which have eight teaspoons of sugar per can. Honey, molasses, maple syrup, date sugar, cane sugar, corn sugar, beet sugar, corn syrup, fructose, lactose, and other refined carbohydrates are known promoters of yeast growth. Reducing or eliminating these in your diet will help your immune system.
12. Many people will start to drink large amounts of orange juice when they are sick. All the simple sugars (fructose) in the juice will actually make you worse. Try to avoid ALL juices, including organic juices or ones with no sugar added; Gatorade type sports drinks also need to be avoided.
Why Should I Avoid An Antibiotic?
More than 300 different viruses can cause colds. Each time you have a cold it is caused by a distinct virus (i.e. adenovirus, rhinovirus, parainfluenza virus, coronavirus). A virus is much smaller than bacteria. It is a tiny cluster of genetic material surrounded by a protein wrapper.
Medical science currently does not have any drugs that can kill these viruses. Antibiotics, including penicillin, DO NOT have any effect on viruses.
Even the healthiest of people can be burdened with a cold or flu. Instead of running to the doctor to get an antibiotic; follow these 12 steps and you can get over most colds and flu! We want you to stay healthy during the “cold season”- so make sure to stay the course and keep up the good work!
How Do I Catch a Cold?
The humble cold is the most common infectious disease in the U.S. It accounts for more absences from school and work than any other illness. It is the leading cause of patient visits to physicians. It is not easy to catch a cold. Your body's natural defenses usually fight off these viruses. There is a direct relation between your risk of catching a cold and the amount of time spent in contact with an infected person. That is why families tend to get sick together.
The most common route of infection is not from coughing or sneezing, or walking barefoot in the rain, but from hand-to-hand contact. That is why when you have a cold, washing your hands frequently is so important. The likelihood of you becoming a victim of the cold virus increases however, if you are overtired or physically exhausted. Children under two generally get 10-12 colds a year, especially if they are in daycare. Older children and young adults get about 6 colds per year. After the age of 30 the number starts to decrease to about two per year.
How Long Will It Last?
Most uncomplicated colds last between eight and nine days, but about 25% last two weeks, and 5-10% last three weeks.
What Should I Do for Treatment?
1. Get adjusted twice daily for the next 3-5 days then drop down to daily for a week.
2. Warm baths in Epsom salt with 2-4 drops of lavender and eucalyptus at least once per day
3. Soup, Broths, Herbal Teas does help the symptoms. Make the soup and broths hot and spicy with plenty of pepper. The spices will trigger a sudden release of watery fluids in the mouth, throat, and lungs. This will help thin down the respiratory mucus, so it's easier to cough up and expel.
4. Melaleuca Oil topically on side of throat and behind ears (mix with a little coconut oil)
5. Hydrogen Peroxide in ears and let bubble for 1-2 minutes
6. It will be very important to stop all milk products. This includes not only milk, but ice cream, all yogurts except plain, and especially cheese. Lactaid milk is NOT acceptable. This step is helpful to decrease the extra mucous that dairy products can cause you to produce.
7. Rest. It is important to rest and take it easy throughout the time you are ill. The time you are ill may be longer if you do not allow yourself to recuperate and recover completely. If you exercise regularly, you needn't stop. However, you should definitely cut back on the intensity until you feel better.
8. Wash your hands frequently and try to keep them away from your nose and eyes. Use disposable tissues as opposed to cloth handkerchiefs. If you are caring for a child with a cold, PLEASE WASH YOUR HANDS every time you have to wipe their nose. This will protect you from being infected. Dove soap is the mildest soap that you can use for this purpose.
9. Drink plenty of fluids.
Water is the best. Try to drink at least eight to ten glasses a day. This will help the stuffiness and help the secretions loosen. Avoid using tap water, use bottled or filtered water to limit your exposure to chlorine. You can put lemon juice in your water or also try green tea as a water alternative
10. Supplements exist to improve nutritional status when diet or lifestyle changes aren’t feasible. Best supplements to take are Probiotics, Vitamin C (500-2,000mg every 1-2hrs), Vitamin D, Multivitamins, antiviral essential oils
11. Eating refined sugars weakens your immune system and promotes yeast overgrowth. This includes ALL non-diet pops which have eight teaspoons of sugar per can. Honey, molasses, maple syrup, date sugar, cane sugar, corn sugar, beet sugar, corn syrup, fructose, lactose, and other refined carbohydrates are known promoters of yeast growth. Reducing or eliminating these in your diet will help your immune system.
12. Many people will start to drink large amounts of orange juice when they are sick. All the simple sugars (fructose) in the juice will actually make you worse. Try to avoid ALL juices, including organic juices or ones with no sugar added; Gatorade type sports drinks also need to be avoided.
Why Should I Avoid An Antibiotic?
More than 300 different viruses can cause colds. Each time you have a cold it is caused by a distinct virus (i.e. adenovirus, rhinovirus, parainfluenza virus, coronavirus). A virus is much smaller than bacteria. It is a tiny cluster of genetic material surrounded by a protein wrapper.
Medical science currently does not have any drugs that can kill these viruses. Antibiotics, including penicillin, DO NOT have any effect on viruses.
Even the healthiest of people can be burdened with a cold or flu. Instead of running to the doctor to get an antibiotic; follow these 12 steps and you can get over most colds and flu! We want you to stay healthy during the “cold season”- so make sure to stay the course and keep up the good work!
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Ketones Killing Cancer
This is an article that was just published on The Truth about Cancer website...
Ketone Bodies Feed Your Brain, Not Cancer
The brain needs glucose 24 hours a day to function. Since sugar feeds cancer, the brain is taking in sugar 24 hours a day and the cancer is being fed 24 hours per day. However, if you understand the brain, you will also know there is another FUEL the brain will use and prefers over sugar – it’s ketone bodies or keto acids. Ketones are what your body produces when it converts fat (as opposed to glucose) into energy.
I made the switch immediately to get my body in ketosis, so the only fuel my brain was getting was ketone bodies. Normal healthy brain cells use ketones for fuel but cancer cells (because their mitochondria is damaged) cannot use ketone bodies and the cancer begins to die. I still monitor my body to make sure my sugars are low and I am in ketosis.
Toxins Destroy the Brain
There are many toxins that can pass the blood brain barrier and affect the brain. You have to minimize your exposure to toxins immediately.
Example: Environmental toxins, heavy metals, household products and cleaners, perfumes, colognes, lotions, etc. One of the hardest toxicities that damages your brain are artificial sweeteners, sucralose, Splenda®, Sweet N Low®, etc. Say NO to sugar-free processed foods that contain these artificial sweeteners, along with diet sodas, diet drinks or pretty much “diet” anything. You must read your labels. But then again, whole foods such as fruits, vegetables, salad greens, etc. don’t need labels. They are real foods. Eat more of those and minimize the processed foods!
Test....Don’t Guess
Cancer is always secondary. You need to run tests to find the cause(s) of your cancer and monitor those.
Here is a brief list of some of the more important tests to do:
Toxicity Tests
Vitamin D
Hormone Panel
Thyroid panel
Fatty Acid Ratio
Leaky Gut
Leaky Brain
Food Sensitivities (IgG, IgA)
Fat Doesn’t Make You Fat – It Makes You Healthy
My favorite healthy fat I eat all day long is coconut oil. Coconut oil contains medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) and they are a great source of ketone bodies, since coconut oil is about 66 percent MCTs. Every meal and snack has to include lots of healthy fats as well as drinking a ketogenic shake 3-4 times per day. This is the easiest way to stay in ketosis and produce ketone bodies.
Stop Inflammation!
Whatever affects the colon, affects the brain immediately! I ask my patients this, “if you were to drink 3 shots of whiskey, how fast would your brain feel it?” They say, “immediately.” That’s because the colon affects the brain immediately. You have to stop inflammation and stop damaging your colon immediately and repair it.
What will damage and create inflammation in your gut and then in your brain?
Gluten
Dairy
GMOs
Food sensitivities
Medications (NSAIDs, birth control, pain medications, etc.)
Bad fats, caffeine, processed soy, and alcohol
High and low cortisol (excess stress)
This is just the beginning steps to reversing brain cancer. All cancers are a multi-factorial and multi-system failure. You didn’t get cancer and then get sick, you have been sick and toxic for years and THEN you got cancer. The cancer is secondary, not primary. The only cure for cancer is to get to the cause(s).
To see the full article click the link below:
http://thetruthaboutcancer.com/ketone-bodies-brain-cancer
Ketone Bodies Feed Your Brain, Not Cancer
The brain needs glucose 24 hours a day to function. Since sugar feeds cancer, the brain is taking in sugar 24 hours a day and the cancer is being fed 24 hours per day. However, if you understand the brain, you will also know there is another FUEL the brain will use and prefers over sugar – it’s ketone bodies or keto acids. Ketones are what your body produces when it converts fat (as opposed to glucose) into energy.
I made the switch immediately to get my body in ketosis, so the only fuel my brain was getting was ketone bodies. Normal healthy brain cells use ketones for fuel but cancer cells (because their mitochondria is damaged) cannot use ketone bodies and the cancer begins to die. I still monitor my body to make sure my sugars are low and I am in ketosis.
Toxins Destroy the Brain
There are many toxins that can pass the blood brain barrier and affect the brain. You have to minimize your exposure to toxins immediately.
Example: Environmental toxins, heavy metals, household products and cleaners, perfumes, colognes, lotions, etc. One of the hardest toxicities that damages your brain are artificial sweeteners, sucralose, Splenda®, Sweet N Low®, etc. Say NO to sugar-free processed foods that contain these artificial sweeteners, along with diet sodas, diet drinks or pretty much “diet” anything. You must read your labels. But then again, whole foods such as fruits, vegetables, salad greens, etc. don’t need labels. They are real foods. Eat more of those and minimize the processed foods!
Test....Don’t Guess
Cancer is always secondary. You need to run tests to find the cause(s) of your cancer and monitor those.
Here is a brief list of some of the more important tests to do:
Toxicity Tests
Vitamin D
Hormone Panel
Thyroid panel
Fatty Acid Ratio
Leaky Gut
Leaky Brain
Food Sensitivities (IgG, IgA)
Fat Doesn’t Make You Fat – It Makes You Healthy
My favorite healthy fat I eat all day long is coconut oil. Coconut oil contains medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) and they are a great source of ketone bodies, since coconut oil is about 66 percent MCTs. Every meal and snack has to include lots of healthy fats as well as drinking a ketogenic shake 3-4 times per day. This is the easiest way to stay in ketosis and produce ketone bodies.
Stop Inflammation!
Whatever affects the colon, affects the brain immediately! I ask my patients this, “if you were to drink 3 shots of whiskey, how fast would your brain feel it?” They say, “immediately.” That’s because the colon affects the brain immediately. You have to stop inflammation and stop damaging your colon immediately and repair it.
What will damage and create inflammation in your gut and then in your brain?
Gluten
Dairy
GMOs
Food sensitivities
Medications (NSAIDs, birth control, pain medications, etc.)
Bad fats, caffeine, processed soy, and alcohol
High and low cortisol (excess stress)
This is just the beginning steps to reversing brain cancer. All cancers are a multi-factorial and multi-system failure. You didn’t get cancer and then get sick, you have been sick and toxic for years and THEN you got cancer. The cancer is secondary, not primary. The only cure for cancer is to get to the cause(s).
To see the full article click the link below:
http://thetruthaboutcancer.com/ketone-bodies-brain-cancer
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
4 Drinks You Must Avoid!
Here are 4 drinks YOU MUST avoid as much as possible if you want to be truly healthy:
1. 100% Fruit Juice - Sugar, sugar and more sugar...While 100% fruit juice is a better choice than drinking some fake high-fructose corn syrup juice, it still has almost all of the blood sugar regulating fiber stripped out of the fruit, potentially creating a fat storing bonanza in your body, lowers the immune system and sets you up for disease.
2. Soy Milk - Without question, most soy milk has become too sugary and is controlled by the same food and beverage giants that are still manufacturing and marketing other products that promote degenerative disease. Also MOST soy is genetically modified (GMO) and making you sicker not healthier.
3. Frappuccino – This tempting choice of HIGH SUGAR coffee also hides several hundreds of calories in one drink, and before you know it you might down up to 500 calories while talking with friends at the coffee shop making yourself SICK!
4. Zero Calorie Flavored Waters – Trying to trick you with 0-calorie claims, most of these still use artificial sweeteners that have been proven to block the absorption of nutrients into your body in a variety of studies and also destroys your health.
1. 100% Fruit Juice - Sugar, sugar and more sugar...While 100% fruit juice is a better choice than drinking some fake high-fructose corn syrup juice, it still has almost all of the blood sugar regulating fiber stripped out of the fruit, potentially creating a fat storing bonanza in your body, lowers the immune system and sets you up for disease.
2. Soy Milk - Without question, most soy milk has become too sugary and is controlled by the same food and beverage giants that are still manufacturing and marketing other products that promote degenerative disease. Also MOST soy is genetically modified (GMO) and making you sicker not healthier.
3. Frappuccino – This tempting choice of HIGH SUGAR coffee also hides several hundreds of calories in one drink, and before you know it you might down up to 500 calories while talking with friends at the coffee shop making yourself SICK!
4. Zero Calorie Flavored Waters – Trying to trick you with 0-calorie claims, most of these still use artificial sweeteners that have been proven to block the absorption of nutrients into your body in a variety of studies and also destroys your health.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Alkaline Water, Good or Bad?
A Special Message from Dr. Charles Majors...
Alkaline water! Scam or Cancer Prevention?
The alkaline sales people will tell you that drinking alkaline water will prevent and reverse cancer (I used to believe that as well). Why? Because a majority of cancer patients are acidic, so if they're acidic, then creating an alkaline environment would reverse their cancer, right? Wrong!
1. Cancer cells will make their own acidity even in an alkaline environment.
2. Cancer cells are killed by ACID, this is why IV vitamin C (ascorbic acid) works so well.
3. Your stomach is ACID and drinking alkaline water does nothing but ALKALIZE your stomach creating hypochordia (low stomach acid) Acid in your stomach is essential to break down foods, kill parasites, kill H-pylori bacteria, prevent ulcers and help liver in methylation.
4. One of the problems with extremely alkaline conditions (called alkalosis) is that normal, healthy cells die when conditions become too alkaline.
You cannot make your body ALKALINE by drinking alkaline water, your body is designed to adjust to its optimal pH balance no matter what you eat or drink. Once you drink alkaline water and it enters your stomach, your body simply pours in greater amounts of acid to neutralize it.
Your body is designed to keep itself in BALANCE. Too acidic or too alkaline is not healthy, the body HAS TO HAVE a pH of 7.25, slightly alkaline. Regardless of what you eat or drink, the body maintains its pH balance. Your urine might be affected by the pH of what you eat, but your blood will not be. Too bad the marketers for alkaline water don’t share that little fact with you.
If someone, even a doctor, tells you Cancer can be reversed or prevented with a few simple steps, RUN! Every cancer is multi-factorial, multi-system failure and requires and multi-system approach to get to the Cause(s)- read, Cancer Killers- The Cause is the Cure!
Have a blessed day!
Alkaline water! Scam or Cancer Prevention?
The alkaline sales people will tell you that drinking alkaline water will prevent and reverse cancer (I used to believe that as well). Why? Because a majority of cancer patients are acidic, so if they're acidic, then creating an alkaline environment would reverse their cancer, right? Wrong!
1. Cancer cells will make their own acidity even in an alkaline environment.
2. Cancer cells are killed by ACID, this is why IV vitamin C (ascorbic acid) works so well.
3. Your stomach is ACID and drinking alkaline water does nothing but ALKALIZE your stomach creating hypochordia (low stomach acid) Acid in your stomach is essential to break down foods, kill parasites, kill H-pylori bacteria, prevent ulcers and help liver in methylation.
4. One of the problems with extremely alkaline conditions (called alkalosis) is that normal, healthy cells die when conditions become too alkaline.
You cannot make your body ALKALINE by drinking alkaline water, your body is designed to adjust to its optimal pH balance no matter what you eat or drink. Once you drink alkaline water and it enters your stomach, your body simply pours in greater amounts of acid to neutralize it.
Your body is designed to keep itself in BALANCE. Too acidic or too alkaline is not healthy, the body HAS TO HAVE a pH of 7.25, slightly alkaline. Regardless of what you eat or drink, the body maintains its pH balance. Your urine might be affected by the pH of what you eat, but your blood will not be. Too bad the marketers for alkaline water don’t share that little fact with you.
If someone, even a doctor, tells you Cancer can be reversed or prevented with a few simple steps, RUN! Every cancer is multi-factorial, multi-system failure and requires and multi-system approach to get to the Cause(s)- read, Cancer Killers- The Cause is the Cure!
Have a blessed day!
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