Have you added coconut oil to your diet yet? If the answer is no, I encourage you to do so. The benefits can be nothing short of amazing.
I have used it for several years now to cook with and on my feet at bedtime. However, over the last few months as my reading on this food has increased – I now add it to almost everything – my morning coffee (really yummy!), my breakfast smoothie (I like to melt mine on the stove top first), as a spread on toast (gluten free or sprouted bread of course), a spoonful into a bowl of soup and certainly as I cook (a little on a sliced beet or asparagus or sweet potato in the oven is excellent).
I love that it can help to raise HDL; it is anti-bacterial and anti-viral; it can kill fungi and yeast that causes candidiasis, ringworm, athlete’s foot, thrush, diaper rash, and other infections. It also kills parasites like tapeworms, lice, giardia, and others. It’s excellent for a quick, nutritional source of energy; it boosts endurance, and enhances physical and athletic performances. It also improves digestion and absorption of other nutrients including vitamins, minerals, and amino acids; it improves insulin secretion and utilization of blood glucose. It can reduce the symptoms associated with pancreatitis and helps to relieve symptoms and reduce health risks associated with diabetes. It improves calcium and magnesium absorption and supports the development of strong bones and teeth as well as helps protect against osteoporosis. And, as if that wasn’t enough, this is just a sampling of it’s many benefits!
I have found this website – coconutresearchcenter.org – to be a wealth of information as well as offer books, recipes, great videos, etc. I hope you will check it out!
Do you realize that one of the most dangerous places to buy your food can be your local grocery store? Processed, canned, bagged, boxed food is not real food! Irradiated food is dead food. Please read the labels – in fact, buy food that does not come with a label on it!
As you read the labels, if you can’t pronounce all of the ingredients – put it back. If sugar or sucrose or high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) are in the top 5 ingredients – put it back. If it contains hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils – put it back.
Buy organic. Buy local. Buy “clean” meats if you eat meat. Drink clean water. Please support the farmers / businesses that are doing all they can to bring you and your family the best. It matters what you put into your body. It matters what you put onto your body. And parents, please make wise choices for your children.
Avoid aspartame. It is a documented neurotoxin. Avoid MSG. It is also a documented neurotoxin. Avoid fluoride. Avoid chlorine. Avoid GMO’s. Avoid refined grains (perhaps avoid grains all together – for many, even “whole wheat” is harmful). Avoid refined sugar.
Get your daily needs met for plant-based essential oils, fiber, antioxidants, water, minerals, etc … if you choose wisely, you can avoid 99% of diseases. Excellent health radiates from the inside out … So, choose well. Eat well, re-connect to the earth, relax, exhale, pray, and love those around you.
As I share information on the value of the Muscadine Grape for our health and the significant importance of the antioxidant protection that this single food supplies, people often have questions. Here are some of the most common questions ~ and the answers:
1. How are Muscadine Grapes different from table / wine grapes? Muscadine grapes has 20 pairs of chromosomes. Other grapes have 19. That may not seem like a big difference but from a genetic standpoint, I assure you it is (kinda like the difference between an ape and a human)! Muscadines are actually in the berry family – so better compared to a blueberry, raspberry, etc. than to a grape when it comes to it’s nutritional power.
2. Where are they grown and are they organic? Muscadines only grow within the Southeastern USA. It is an indigenous crop and thereby very hardy and able to thrive in our hot, moist summers. They do not need pesticides because of their inherent immunity and ability to heal themselves. They are able to defeat fungus, pests, and other “stresses” that may come against them. Growers, in fact, “stress” the grape on the vine to enhance this natural immunity. It is this natural immunity that gives this food the amazing antioxidant properties that we benefit from by consuming them. Every crop utilized by Nature’s Pearl is certified organic and every crop is tested by a independent lab (Brunswick Labs) for ORAC scoring. Only those with the highest scores are utilized in the Nature’s Pearl supplement. In fact last year, over 200,000 pounds of seeds / skins were used as compost because they did not meet the standard required.
3. What antioxidants are found in the Muscadine seeds and skins? The list is long and impressive since over 100 live antioxidants are found in this food. The major ones include ellagic acid (known for it’s cancer inhibition effects), resveratrol (known for many things including cancer inhibition, anti-aging, and cardiovascular benefits), quercetin (known for many benefits including anti-cancer, ani-aging and anti-allergy), OPC’s, gallic acid, etc. The total phenolic content of the muscadine is amazing. In fact, many scientist believe that the disease fighting benefits of this food is not just because of it’s ability to provide antioxidant protection but also very likely that phenolic compounds like resveratrol, quercetin, ellagic acid, etc that produce specific responses such as reducing inflammation, inhibiting cancer cell growth, improving health of the heart and other organs.
4. Regarding the research done at Wake Forest University on the Nature’s Pearl Muscadine Seed / Skin Supplement, what did it find? The cardiovascular study found statistically significant vasodilation of the brachial artery in a study looking at vascular changes. In the cancer research, the grape seed / skin supplement was found to inhibit 7 forms of cancer. This was in human clinical trials where brain, breast, colon, prostate, lung, skin and leukemia cells were inhibited up to 92.6% in only 7 days time. These studies were repeated 9 times to ensure the results and, consistently, the results were the same. Further studies are currently underway.
5. Who else agrees the Muscadine Grape Seeds/ Skins have value? Dr. Oz has promoted the value of the Muscadine Grape Seeds / Skins on his website and show (May,’11). Found under “Quick Fixes to Prevent the Diseases You Fear Most”, he sites “Quick Fix for Cancer: Grape Seed Extract – Fight back against the second leading cause of death: cancer. Full of antioxidants, grape seed extract helps protect your cells from free radicals, which can damage cells. Lab studies have shown that grape seed extract may help prevent breast and colon cancer. Women over 40 can take 200mg of grape seed daily …”
This is just a sampling of the information on this incredible food.
It is vitally important to believe in the information / company / product (s) you share with others. Personally, I cannot share something unless I believe in it’s value and importance for health, 100%. If you find information here, it is because I have investigated it, utilized it, practiced it, trust it, and believe that it can help you – and me.
In my opinion, when you receive added validity on what you believe in, it only strengthens your resolve to share the information with others. Because it has, again, been proven correct, valuable, and health-giving. This article was recently published on Nature’s Pearl and the incredible research results at Wake Forest University. It highlights the fact of 18,000 cancer researchers discussed these findings for over four hours at the 102nd conference held in April 2011 of the American Association of Cancer Researchers.
18,000 researchers discussing these results for over four hours – wow! This is a natural, whole food, organic product that you have access to TODAY. And can even receive the first month’s supply for free. Honestly, I think that is just awesome! I hope you will take advantage of the opportunity to improve your health today. Click here to receive your free 1-month’s supply.
A few months ago, I was introduced to the Muscadine Grape and the benefits of it’s seeds / skin. Now, growing up in the south, I have eaten these grapes my entire life – but I always spit out the seeds and tossed the skins. Now I learn I threw away 97% of the benefits!
Nature’s Pearl is a company that I personally use and recommend. It provides an organic blend of the seeds / skins from the Muscadine Grape in a vegan capsule (easily opened if you prefer to add the contents to a smoothie, yogurt, etc.) with proven scientific research on the benefits – ranging from cardiovascular health to the inhibition of cancer cell growth. With heart disease and cancer being the number 1 and 2 killers of men and women world-wide, this is important information!
But, it’s not only the Nature’s Pearl independent research performed at Wake Forest University that is finding these amazing results … this article from Breaking Christian News reports on another excellent source with incredible findings. As you will read, this research from the University of Colorado Cancer Center found tremendous results with head and neck cancers.
Personally, I love the protective effects I know I’m receiving as I take the supplement daily and I can see the results every time I look into the mirror! The reporter in the article calls it a “natural face lift” – and I certainly agree! My skin has never looked better – and having just turned 51 – that’s a big deal! And, the actinic keratosis (a “pre-cancerous” skin lesion from sun exposure) that was on my face is GONE! The fine lines are lessened and my skin feels wonderful! I can only believe the same would be your experience if you applied this totally organic / toxic free line of products to your skin too! I can’t promise that lesions will disappear – but it is certainly what the research is showing and what my experience has been. And, as we age, utilizing a line of safe, clean, effective, affordable products only makes sense. I truly love it! It wouldn’t be here on my blog if I didn’t … I hope you will try it for yourself! To get your first month of the supplement FREE (you do pay postage) and to order the skin care line, click here. You have nothing to lose – only money to save and possible health benefits to claim!
As I have shared on numerous occasions, anything (everything) we can do to reduce cellular inflammation is key to our long-term health. This includes the quality of the foods we eat, the supplements we take, being aware of the toxins we are exposed to, etc. Fortunately, there is much we can do to reduce any inflammation that exists today and prevent more in the future. And, doing so is KEY to our health.
The importance of reducing / preventing cellular inflammation is why I recommend the foods / products that I do on this site … and, my goal is to provide you with the research to support my recommendations so you can feel assured I am sharing sound, proven advice. What you then do with this advice is up to you. It is my hope that you will add it to your life becasue my goal and intent is to help you walk in health.
We are each a highly sophisticated, energetic being. Remember, we live and breath as a spirit, with a soul, in a body. Truly, the only difference between us and a corpse is the life-force flowing through our body. This life-force is based on energy flow – moving protons and electrons at the cellular level. What causes your heart to beat? The “electricity” that runs through it as the AV node fires … what do the medical professionals do if your heart stops beating? They apply the paddles of a defibrillator and they SHOCK you with an electrical current to hopefully cause the AV node to fire and get the energy to again flow … you are an energetic being.
Every minute of every day, your body is utilizing electrons to neutralize free-radicals in your body. In order to do this, “extra” electrons must be available for use. These electrons are made available by eating living foods, taking quality supplements, and the greatest source of these electrons is in connecting to the earth! We can do this by simply walking barefoot on the beach or in the park or sitting on the ground and reading a book for 30-40 minutes a day. Connecting our body to the earth! It’s FREE and it’s easy – if you have the time to do it and if the weather permits. But, really, how many of us can / do make this happen on a daily basis? … This is why I recommend Earthing products.
I have my arm resting on an Earthing pad as I type this note – electrons are flowing into my body right this minute to supply my body with an added “force” to fight the free radicals that I’m encountering simply by sitting in front of my computer … simply by breathing … simply by metabolizing the healthy breakfast that I consumed a few hours ago. Every night, Bill and I sleep on an Earthing sheet. Electons flow into our body all night long – it’s like sleeping on the ground, only much more comfortable! And the benefits are proven.
This report was in my email this morning. It again confirms the need for and benefits of these vital electrons and reminded me of the need to again share this information with those of you who visit my blog. I encourage you to also sleep on an Earthing sheet and utilize a Earthing pad at your desk if actually putting your bare feet on the ground every day is not a possibility. There are options also for your pets – they need electrons too. To order and to download a free portion of the book, Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever? click here.
To your health!
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Cancer cells can be forming in the body for a decade or more before a diagnosis can be made. Why would you not add a supplement to your daily routine that has been proven by science to inhibit cancer cell growth? Get your free month’s supply by clicking here.
Add the PEO’s needed to support your cells for optimum health and add the benefits of the Muscadine Grape to aid your body in maintaining that health through the vital nutrients and antioxidants that it provides. After all, it’s your life – you get to decide how healthy you want to be!
I have quoted the information below from Professor Brian Peskin. I urge you to read his book on this subject in it’s entirety. It can be downloaded from his website, brianpeskin.com. Please refer to my page on PEOs for more information.
Quoted from The Hidden Story of Cancer, by Brain Scott Peskin, B.S.E.E., Founder, Life-Systems Engineering Science, Houston, TX.
While discussing the evils of cancer with a colleague, I realized how to simply explain what cancer really is. First let me state what it is not. It is not an invader in our bodies like a virus or bacterial infection. It is not a genetic distortion determined to kill us. It is not an evil genius malcontent buried deep within us waiting to strike its unsuspecting host. Cancer is none of these things.
Cancer is the body, at the cellular level, attempting to survive by reverting to a primitive survival mechanism. Surprisingly, it’s that simple.
Over 80 years ago, Nobel Prize-winner Otto Warburg, M.D., Ph.D., proved that a 35% reduction in oxygen caused any cell to either die or turn cancerous. American experiments from 1953-1955 confirmed the result. We all know that heart attacks can stem from lack of oxygen. Well, so does cancer. You need to know this. You also need to know that normal, healthy cells get most of their energy by using oxygen in a process called “respiration.” This can be contrasted with the way cells utilize energy without sufficient oxygen, called “fermentation.” Fermentation of sugar provides a way for cells to keep going even in the presence of partial oxygen deprivation. In the presence of oxygen deficiency, cells that can’t obtain enough energy through fermentation perish. But the cells which succeed in utilizing fermentation exhibit their innate will to survive; these are the ones that don’t die from the oxygen deficiency.
As directed by Nature, in using this alternative source of energy, our cells are fulfilling their primary mission, which is to stay alive and reproduce. This takes place on all levels for all living things, and in the case of oxygen deficiency, cells are struggling to survive in a hostile environment of humans’ own making. That’s right; we unknowingly have forced our own cells to become cancerous.
After it begins, the disease worsens, since most humans hosting it never feel the cancer growing and so we don’t take corrective measures. Once it shows up in lab tests, you’ve hosted the cancer for years, often decades.
Nature has given every cell the potential to survive without oxygen, through fermentation. If that potential is not developed enough, then the cell will die when the oxygen drops below the 35% threshold. If none of our cells run without oxygen, they would die immediately with no possible chance of future survival. Chronic deficiency of oxygen damages the mitochondria (energy producers) of the cell so the cell, if it can, reverts to the ancient energy source of fermentation of sugar. A cancer cell running on fermentation can stay alive (without growing) with just 20% of a normal cell’s energy.
But one major problem is that this method is very inefficient. The cells that can run on fermentation without oxygen stay alive and become more prevalent as other cells die. But there is a huge price to be paid; lack of cellular intelligence – these cells have the intelligence of “dumb yeast.” Cancer is not an “ultra intelligent” entity, as many misled researchers portray; instead, it is the “idiot cell” that can survive but do little more than reproduce more “idiot cells.” So these cells lose their differentiation as functional parts of the body and spread as useless masses of tissue, eventually interfering with and shutting down the body’s functions if nothing is done to prevent it.
This book details the molecular biochemistry of why cancer develops and shows that no genetic cause need be found. We have described above how cancer is not a foreign invader, but is rather a primitive defense mechanism for survival. But it is easy to see how earnest, well-intentioned researchers went down the genetic path by mistake. They understood that cancer comes from within our own bodies. But they viewed our bodies’ cells as being somehow genetically programmed to “turn on themselves.” This is where they make their mistake. The body is not turning on itself; instead, it is struggling to survive in the only way it can. The cells that can, will survive using fermentation and the remaining cells, if unable to use sugar as fuel to survive and reproduce, will perish. Again, it isn’t a genetic message, but simply our bodies sending an SOS that we are sinking ourselves.
Looking in the wrong direction for decades is why cancer researchers have made trivial progress over the last 30 years in comparison with other fields like computer science and physics. I couldn’t resist the following illustration because it makes the point well … (photo of merry-go-round).
It is a sad state of affairs. With all the money, time, and brainpower dedicated to going down wrong research paths INSTEAD of finding a practical, usable solution to cancer and its prevention, the “experts” resemble little children on a merry-go-round. They go round and round in a fantasy world and end up in the same place where they started … regardless of their failures.
Surprise: Cancer is a Systemic Problem, Not a Local One!
Many physicians think that cancer is a localized issue, meaning only the affected tissue is the problem because the genes are ruined there. This is incorrect. Cancer is not and has never been genetic in origin. What is correct is that the cancerous tissue is the MOST OXYGEN DEPRIVED TISSUE; that’s why that particular tissue became cancerous. However, you’ve got much more to worry about than only the one cancerous ones. I’d like to acknowledge Homer Macapintac, M.D., chair and professor of nuclear medicine at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center for stating this truth that women need to know: “Breast cancer is not a local problem. It is a systemic (whole body) problem.”
Why are Cancers so resistant to Treatment Once They Return Years Later?
Oncologists will tell you that if cancer returns, then chemotherapy often won’t work again. It fails. The cancer will “outsmart it.” Never forget that cancer isn’t foreign, like a viral or bacterial invader. Therefore, there is nothing to “outsmart.” The reason for the returning cancer’s virulence requires understanding these technical points you will discover in this book:
- All cells require, utilizing oxygen for energy. All cells can also ferment to a lesser or greater extent. This cellular capability to ferment existed from the beginning of time when life existed without oxygen.
- Chemotherapy and radiation kill cells, both respiring (normal) ones, and cancerous (fermenting) ones. If respiration (oxygen transfer) falls below a specific minimum, even for a cancer cell, it will die. Normal cells survive chemo and radiation better than cancer cells, because they start with a better respiration; therefore they have better residual respiration after chemo / radiation treatments.
- However, during cancer’s latency period (the time where fermentation takes the place of the cells’ ruined respiration, causing full-blown cancer), the surviving descendents of the normal cells compensate for the decreased respiration with increased fermentation capability. Therefore, the cells that live and haven’t been killed are NOW prime candidates for a continued oxygen deficient environment. Lack of oxygen won’t kill these cells, because they thrive in a de-oxygenated environment. Therefore, they can easily become fully cancerous; they possess the EXACT CONDITIONS needed (high fermenting cellular capability bred through “treatment”) to cause more cancer in the future. The chemo and radiation will be much less effective this time around because we have created (through “treatment”) a more efficient cell that can better utilize fermentation with decreased respiration capability, i.e. cancer.
Remember, our cells are trying to stay alive, but they can’t get the necessary oxygen for respiration. In it’s absence, they run on sugar (carbohydrates), the energy source for fermentation. Cancer is the cells’ last-ditch effort to survive. (And when cancer patients consume carbohydrates, they are feeding the cancer.)
How Do We Become Oxygen Deficient?
How do we become oxygen deficient at the cellular level? Simple: through eating adulterated oils and fats from the food processing industry and from your supermarket’s cooking oil section. These adulterated oils have a long shelf life but have lost their oxygenation ability. They started out containing the functional, vitally needed oxygen-transferring PEO’s (Parent Essential Oils), but they were ruined by processing and refining. We are giving ourselves cancer by eating common, everyday processed foods! Transfats are only the “tip of the iceberg” of the methods used by food processors to obtain long shelf life and ruin the oxygenation capability of fats.
Yet Nature, in her wisdom, has also provided us with an opportunity to fix this problem. Because full-blown cancer takes many years to develop, we have the opportunity to remedy the cells’ oxygen deficiency. The great news is that it has been proven that these pre-cancerous cells can be kept in check so they either stay benign or are killed as a result of the re-supply of cellular oxygen through sufficient amounts and proper ratio of PEOs.
You are about to discover the amazing but unpublicized discoveries of Nobel Prize winner Otto Warburg, M.D., Ph.D. that can place you firmly on the path to remaining cancer-free.
The Nature’s Pearl Muscadine Grape Supplement has recently under gone extensive study at Wake Forest University. The results of the study was so strong in showing the inhibition of seven types of human cancer cells that additional studies are currently underway.
In the trial completed in the spring of 2011, breast (triple negative), colon, prostate, lung, skin, brain cancer and leukemia cells were inhibited during the in vitro study. The results were so strong that in vivo studies are now underway. In my opinion, this is a supplement that every man, woman and child can benefit from by taking it on a daily basis.
In the book, Outsmart Your Cancer by Tanya Harter Pierce, M.A., M.F.C.C., she includes a chapter on Ellagic Acid, one of the primary components of the Muscadine Grape. In this chapter, she states. “A natural anti-cancer compound that has been used by itself to cure cancer and can be an excellent adjunct to just about any cancer therapy is ellagic acid. …. Many scientific studies on the benefits of ellagic acid were carried out and published in the 1970s and 1980s. But the best research on its anticancer action was done in the 1990s by Dr. Daniel Nixon at the Medical University of South Carolina’s Hollings Cancer Institute. … His research showed ellagic acid to be effective against colon, cervical, breast, prostate, lung, esophageal and pancreatic cancer, as well as melanoma and leukemia. … foods containing ellagic acid include (the Muscadine grape), red raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, walnuts, pecans, cranberries …. 46 different fruits and nuts.” (my note – in varying amount – the muscadine and raspberry and known to be of the highest and the Muscadine is the only one known to also contain high amounts of other cancer-inhibiting substances like quercetin, OPCs, resveratrol – it’s the extra chromosomes that set it apart – 20 vs 19 for the others – These plus other compounds in the grape have been shown to work synergistically to control the path by which cancer cells die. The book Muscadine Medicine details this science).
Outsmart Your Cancer continues, “So, how does ellagic acid work? It is commonly known that one of the characteristics to all cancer cells is uncontrolled growth. Ellagic acid has been scientifically proven to be able to stop or slow the uncontrolled growth of malignant cancer cells in two ways: 1. By supporting the P53 gene so that it can induce “apoptosis” (normal cell death), and 2. By inducing “G-arrest,” which means that it stops the process that causes cancer cells to mutate and start dividing out of control in the first place. In fact, Dr. Nixon at the Hollings Institute was able to induce G-arrest within 48 hours and apoptosis within 72 hours for breast, pancreatic, esophageal, skin, colon and prostate cancer. …”
Doesn’t this sound like something you would want to put into your body on a daily basis … and also those you love. Get your first month for free by visiting my site – http://www.naturespearlproducts.com/ATG.
Our digestive health is KEY to our overall physical health. We have all heard “you are what you eat.” Well, really you are what you eat AND what your body can digest and utilize. There is a BIG difference.
Because the majority of the world (certainly the American “world”) lives on chronically nutrient depleted “foods” – foods that have been refined and overly processed with basically all of the nutrition removed and man-made chemicals and preservatives added – I believe that many are basically starving at the cellular level. Add to this “insult” the toxins that we are exposed to in our environment or through the medicines we take or through the utilization of synthetic supplements and the stress that we live under and we can truly end up in quite a “mess”. And we wonder why we get sick! Did you know that your intestines are the largest immune organ in your body? So, if your bowels aren’t healthy and functioning properly, it’s real hard for the rest of you to be healthy.
So, when someone who has consumed the “Standard American Diet” (SAD) for basically all of their life – their cells will be living and functioning in a overall unhealthy environment (kinda like bathing your cells in very dirty water – or worse).
Then, they may decide to “clean up” their diet and add healthy, raw, organic foods to their diet. This is overall a good thing! But, some may experience a little “discomfort” in the beginning.
One reason for this is because of a detoxification process. As someone adds a high level of nutrition to their life, their cells begin to “clean house”. This causes a “dumping” of the toxins and “sludge” that have been within the cells. If this happens too quickly, a person can feel worse before they feel better. This can be anything from a headache to joint pain to diarrhea. The addition of nutrition is vital – but a s-l-o-w addition for some may help the body adjust to this very important influx of nutrition. So, if it happens to you, consider decreasing the initial amount, cooking the food rather than consuming it raw, hydrate properly and give your body time to comfortably accommodate this very positive change. When these changes are enjoyed, more changes can be made. Over time, your cells will love you for it!
Most of us live under significant stress. Add to that the overall poor quality of our diets (coffee, tea, soda, processed/fast foods, smoking, stress, etc), aging, and because of medicines we may take, the overall “environment” of our gut is not always ideal. We may be lacking in digestive enzymes and /or probiotics. For some, the addition of a digestive enzyme and/or probiotics is what may be needed. And, it’s generally something we can benefit from as we age. Again, the overall poor condition of our food / water supply; environmental toxins; medicines, etc can all negatively impact our ability to properly digest and utilize food – even the healthiest foods. Remember, your body must be able to utilize the food that you are giving it. If you can’t digest and absorb it – you can’t utilize it at the cellular level.
