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Health and Healing with the Raw and Living Food Diet and Lifestyle

Beta Glucan Information

Beta Glucan is a unique compound derived from the cell walls of yeast. Beta Glucan triggers an immune response in the body creating a system of defense against viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic or neoplastic invaders. It also has potent anti-oxidant and free radical scavenging capabilities.... Beta glucan works by activating the macrophages, or immune cells, which trap and engulf foreign substances, similar to the way a “Pac Man” works in the popular game. Also, the activated cells start a cascade of events that cause the entire immune system to be alerted and mobilized, in an entirely naturally activated sequence. The result is an amplified immune system response until the “invaders” are defeated.

TransferPoint Beta Glucan  See video "What is Beta Glucan"  Links to Beta Glucan reference.  See also a number of articles by A. J. Lanigan.  Beta Glucan is recommended before and after oral surgery, accompanied by raw fruit and vegetable juices. 

Celtic Sea Salt

A Quote From Dr. Shamim Daya, January 1999:

"The Celtic Sea Salt™ is a wonderful, vital and essential food for the body. Today, when so many people are suffering from adrenal exhaustion, low blood pressure and mineral deficiencies, the Celtic Sea Salt™ is an ideal and invaluable remedy. What makes the Celtic Sea Salt™ so magical is that it is one of the few foods left in nature that is not man made or man interfered with. So it has a composition of minerals that is naturally balanced and also has an "energy" that is very harmonious to the body. Many chronic fatigue and adrenally exhausted patients greatly benefit from including the Celtic Sea Salt™ in their treatment regime."  CLICK HERE for more information from the Grain and Salt Society

Celtic Sea Salts are naturally harvested by a cooperative of farmers in Brittany, France. The method used for gathering these nutritional salts follows a 2,000 year-old Celtic tradition and is supported by modern quality control standards. The French Government prides itself in this unique resource and has preserved thousands of acres of pristine wild marsh, as a "National Treasure" and "Protected Site" so that these areas will continue to produce Celtic Sea Salts for centuries more. In 1991, the French Ministry of Forests and Agriculture gave its most honorable "Superior Quality Food" mention to Celtic Sea Salt.

Current scientific research reveals that there are actually very few salt-related health problems. A healthy, active lifestyle demands a sufficient reasonable salt intake. The contention that our body can function on no salt at all or on a restricted ration of salt causes more problems than it is intended to solve! Life is closely dependent upon the presence of sodium. However, to clearly understand the role of sodium in blood, we must examine it in combination with water and various ions: chlorine, potassium, calcium, hydrogen, etc. That is why it is more important to study the co-activity of sodium with these other ions, rather than the sodium element alone.

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The health benefits of whole sea salt are just now being discovered! "Water & Salt for Total Healing" -- Dr. F. Batmanghelidj, M.D. Dr. Batmanghelidj asserts that dehydration is the origin of all disease. Negative effects of table salt as opposed to whole sea salt are discussed.    Water and unprocessed salt are vitally important to disease-free health.  Water and salt deficiency causes such conditions as asthma, osteoporosis, sleep disturbances, cramps, loss of memory.  Discusses "good guy" role of histamine in body and why "anti-histamine" interferes with the water regulation of body.  Staying hydrated with water can lengthen your life... to perhaps 120 years.  Dehydration likewise shortens your life.  Hypertension is a result of dehydration... arrythmia is result of dehydration.  Cravings (alcohol, coffee, tea, drugs) are result of dehydration. Body pain is often result of dehydration.  Molecular toxic materials are the cause of pain.  Water can flush out these toxic materials. 80% of all back pain can be healed in 2-3 days if you drink enough water. ©Copyright. All rights reserved. CLICK HERE to go to Dr. B's Website. Your Body's Many Cries for Water by Dr. F Batmanghelidj, M.D.  Explains the role of dehydration in causing pain from dyspepsia, colitis, false appendicitis attacks, general abdominal pressure, rheumatoid arthritis, back and neck pressure, angina, and headaches. He also addresses water-related mechanisms for helping relieve stress, depression, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, excessive weight, asthma, chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis, angina, allergies, and diabetes. "This book was written by a medical doctor who has been published in medical journals. I found that the claims made by Dr. Batmanghelidj worked just as he claimed they would. I found that after following it my knee pain went away, my fibromyalgia went into remission, fatigue and back pain lessened, as did headache, and menstrual pain went away completely. Read this book. It could change your life. It is well-written, easy-to-read and filled with common sense. Include testimonies from his patients."  Reviewed by a reader from Azuza CA ABC of Asthma, Allergies and Lupus: Eradicate Asthma - Now! by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj Reviewed by David Brownstein, M.D. from Michigan: Dr. Batmanghelidj's book, ABC of Asthma, Allergies and Lupus is a must read for those who practice medicine as well as for those who are suffering from chronic illnesses such as asthma, allergies and Lupus. Dr. Batmanghelidj's unique premise that dehydration is the underlying cause of asthma, allergies and Lupus is supported by sound research and clinical acumen. Dehydration may be the biggest health problem affecting the western world. Conventional medicine has failed to address this simple concept and the consequences to our health have been devastating. Dr. Batmanghelidj's first-hand accounts of his success in using water to cure many chronic conditions are compelling. He further supports his theory of dehydration as the underlying cause of asthma, allergies and Lupus with rational explanations why dehydration is the cause of many chronic illnesses. In this book, Dr. Batmanghelidj provides us with a safe and natural therapy--water-- to overcome many chronic illnesses, which, until now, has been very difficult to treat. As a practicing physician, I have found the information presented in this book invaluable. As a patient, incorporating Dr. Batmanghelidj's recommendations about drinking water into my diet has significantly improved my health. A life-long condition of allergies and asthma has been improved over 90% by using this safe and effective therapy. I was able to virtually eliminate my inhalers and medications by simply increasing the intake of water and adding salt to my diet. This book has not only resulted in an improvement in my life, but in my patients' lives as well. By incorporating Dr. Batmanghelidj's recommendations about using adequate amounts of water and salt, you can learn how to overcome many serious illnesses. The most fascinating part of the book was his discussion about Lupus. Dr. Batmanghelidj dissects the different signs of Lupus and provides compelling evidence for why Lupus may be caused by a long-standing dehydrated condition and why the traditional medical model has failed in the treatment. This book builds upon the information presented in Dr. Batmanghelidj's other books, Your Body's Many Cries for Water Dr. Batmanghelidj's book is a must read for physicians and patients alike. His unique premise that dehydration is the underlying cause of asthma, allergies and Lupus is supported by sound research and clinical acumen. Dehydration may be the biggest health problem affecting the western world. Dr. Batman's first-hand accounts of his success in using water to cure many chronic conditions are compelling. He futher supports his theory of dehydration as the underlying cause of asthma, allergies and Lupus with rational explanations about why dehydration is the cause of many chronic illnesses. In this book, Dr. Batman provides us with a safe and natural therapy--water--to overcome many chronic illnesses. As a practicing physician, I have found the information presented in this book invaluable. As a patient incorporating Dr. Batman's recommendations about drinking water has significantly improved my health.  How to Deal Simply With Back Pain and Rheumatoid Joint Pain by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj "It Works! This is what he says. "Drink a lot more water and your pain will go away". I knew that was his message before I got the book but I was not convinced. The book explains why to drink more water and also offers some exercises that I was not aware of. And it works. Maybe its a coincidence but I have been trying to recover from a back problem for the last 9 months. In the last two weeks I have noticed a dramatic improvement and I have started to lose weight. It this continues this book is GREAT!! One drawback is that now I have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Small price to pay." Reviewed b y a reader from Sacramento, CA USA

Cures for Cancer and other Serious Diseases using Raw Foods... or almost exclusively Raw Foods

100% Cure Rate in Terminal Pancreatic Cancer. Provided patients follow this protocol to the letter, William D. Kelley DDS has developed a cancer healing protocol which claims a 100% cure rate for supposedly incurable Pancreatic cancer... and 97% for other types of cancer.  Involves an almost 100% raw diet for at least 6 months.

Dr. Kelley's Do-It-Yourself Answer to Cancer: an online book.

Cancer: Curing the Incurable by William Donald Kelley DDS.  A book with 30 years of planning for 33,000 patients and developing the scientific paradigm for the proper cure and treatment of cancer without surgery, chemotherapy or radiation. This book is not about remission. It is about a cure. This book will teach one how to beat cancer and other age related diseases so you can heal your body now and live a longer and healthier life.

See the CNN article Unusual Dietary Treatment May Fight Pancreatic Cancer.  See Dr. Tate's review of CNN Article.

How Cancer Politics Have Kept You in the Dark Regarding Successful Alternatives

Dr. Lorraine Day  Diagnosed with breast cancer and given six months to live, Dr. Lorraine Day adopted a healing regimen which included many raw juices and other raw foods.

Gerson Institute - Non-profit organization dedicated to holistic treatment of degenerative diseases. The Gerson Therapy is an intensive, nutrition-based and detoxifying medical treatment for cancer, heart disease, diabetes and other chronic, degenerative diseases. Incorporates many raw juices and foods.

Enzymes

Food Enzymes for Health and Longevity by Dr. Edward Howell "This book takes the view that the human body is totally dependant on Enzymes for health and longevity. Whilst not rejecting orthodox nutritional principles it concludes that the body utilizes food enzymes for digestion and converts spare enzymes for the 1001 other metabolic processes our body undergoes each day. Dr Howell establishes through copious(!) references tot he literature that our body has a limited capacity to store and produce enzymes and that cooking food effectively destroys the enzyme content of foods. He reaches the conclusion that the Western Diet of cooked and processed food sustains us for only so long and begins to poison us from a fairly early age...."

Enzyme Nutrition by Dr. Edward Howell 
"This book turned my conceptions of food, nutrition, disease, disorder, and digestion up-side-down. If you have doubts about *why* a raw food diet is a good idea, and why in many cases it can save a person's life, then this is the book to start with. "Enzyme Nutrition" is pretty much a scientific book. It is not a manifesto, or a how-to book, but rather a presentation of one man's life-long research into the role that food enzymes play in human digestion. Don't let that scare you away, however, because the language is very easy to understand, and the book is easy to read. In fact, this book is a condensation of the author's unpublished 700 page book, a book that supposedly took him 20 years to write." Daniel Read, Atlanta, GA  "... For all the cynics who think a raw food diet is a silly fad, they might have difficulty arguing the facts present in this book. For those who follow a diet such as the Hippocrates Diet, or who realize the value of adding fresh and uncooked or minimally-cooked foods to their meals, this book will be a valuable source of information as to precisely why, in a scientific sense, your endeavor to eat living foods is not only justifiable, but very wise. " Ratmausse,  reviewer.

Enzymes and Enzyme Therapy: How to Jump-Start Your Way to Lifelong Good Health by Dr. Anthony J. Cichoke.
Dr. Cichoke shows how every life process depends on enzymes. He covers a broad range of subjects starting with digestion, elimination, co-enzymes, how to obtain more enzymes in your diet and through supplementation. He has a 5-step program of do's and don'ts, including avoidance of aluminum cookware, refined sugars and salt, coffee, and so on. He also tells you how and what to eat and how to prepare foods or the best utilization of enzymes. Dr. Cichoke addresses a large range of health problems from extending life to AIDS and cancer.

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