The many benefits of banana peels

The many benefits of banana peels



Banana peels are a bigger deal than people think. It is still the top-selling fruit in this country and Americans eating approximately 3.2 million pounds of bananas every year — which totals a whopping 304 bananas every second! The problem is that bananas do have a heavy impact on the environment: most are grown near the Equator and are picked while they are still green and go into ripening rooms, where they are exposed to ethylene gas. They are then transported over long distances to grocery stores and then to home and from there, the peels usually wind up in a landfill, where they emit methane, a gas which has been implicated in the greenhouse effect. However, there are ways to reuse banana peels and keep them out of the landfills and hopefully have less impact on environmental quality. Below are 10 simple ways to reuse these helpful peels.
Tomato Plant Fertilizer
Wrap a banana peel around your tomato plants. The peel will slowly decompose and allow your tomato to gain nutrients from it throughout the growing season.
Indoor Plant Feeder
Soak a banana peel in an airtight jar of water, then dilute one part of the banana water to five parts regular water. Put in a watering can and use on indoor plants to feed and nourish them.
Compost Additive
Add banana peels to your compost pile. They break down quickly and will add a lot of nutrients as well as good texture to your compost so you can use it on your lawn and garden.
Itch Reliever
Rub a banana peel on a rash, insect bite, poison ivy reaction or even psoriasis to help calm and soothe the skin. It will help promote healing for many minor skin irritations.
Animal Feed
If you raise animals, banana peels that have been dried up and ground make an excellent supplement to animal feed and is safe for chickens, pigs, rabbits and other livestock.
Salad Dressing
The flavor of banana-peel vinegar makes it an excellent dressing for a number of fresh vegetables. The recipe for this vinegar can be found at sustainableamerica.org/bananas.
Meat Tenderizer
The next time you make a roast, add a banana peel to the roast pan to keep meat from toughening or drying out during cooking. It will keep the meat naturally moist and tender.
Smoothie Additive
If you boil the banana peel for ten minutes, then put it through a juicer or blender, you can add this to smoothies for extra nutrients, fiber and antioxidants.
Bird and Butterfly Attractor
Lay out ripe banana peels in the garden on a raised platform. Birds and butterflies alike will come flocking in, attracted by the sweetness. It can attract bees, too, so be careful!
 
Leather and Silver Polish
Banana peels make an excellent polish for leather clothing or furniture: just rub it on then buff with a soft cloth. It is also excellent for shining silver.
So even the humble banana peel can serve a number of different uses throughout the house. Using them can save you money on household expenses and can also save room in a landfill and keep our air just a little bit cleaner. Everybody wins!

Foods to Help You Lose Weight

Foods to Help You Lose Weight

Most people would be surprised by the fact that there are several food items that not only taste great but can also help you regulate your dietary intake and help you lose weight. While it sounds too good to be true but several common food items like yogurt and toast have been known to be excellent choices for diet, as they provide the required proteins and nutrients without the excess calories. These foods not only provide a balanced nutrition to the body but also help regulate the metabolism that helps you absorb the required nutrients and prevent fat accumulation. In order to be free from the worries of getting overweight, one needs to eat smart. Here’s a list of a few foods that are delicious and help you shed off those extra pounds.

1. Eggs for Breakfast

Skipping your buttery pancakes for breakfast and eating eggs can certainly provide you with a delicious meal and keep those extra calories and sugar from putting on those extra pounds on you. It has been proven that eating eggs for breakfast can help you overcome any mid day food cravings before lunchtime. Eggs help you feel fuller for longer which will help you avoid eat any junk and processed foods during the day.

2. Yogurt

One of the age old ways to prevent milk from going bad is to add a little bacteria and preserving it as curd. The creamy and smooth tasting yogurt is not just simply delicious but contains high amounts of calcium and proteins minus the fat from milk. Calcium is also known to hinder fat absorption in the small intestine which keeps you from putting on those extra pounds.

3. Avocados

Also known in the native countries as alligator fruit, avocados have shown the best results to prevent the body from accumulating excess fat. The avocado contains unsaturated fats that help the body produce a special hormone call leptin that sends signals to the brain that help control those unnatural hunger pans.

4. Olive Oil

Known to be an essential ingredient in continental cooking and salad dressings, olive oil contains a special fat known as oleic acid which again triggers your brain into eating less and feeling more full with a smaller diet.

5. Whole Grain Foods

Whole grains provide one of the most important ingredients of your diet known as roughage or fiber. It not only helps you digest the food more slowly and effectively, but also helps in a more stable bowl movement. Several researches have shown more than 3000 people have lost their excess fat by replacing their refined grains with whole grains and whole wheat bread and pastas. Brown rice, steel cut oats, whole grain cereal etc. are few of the several whole grain foods that you can easily lay your hands on.

6. Pistachios

While nuts have been known for their high fat content and have been a source of various types of cooking oils, eating them actually helps in reducing the excess fats. Pistachio nuts contain high levels of unsaturated fats and tons of hunger curbing fiber and protein. Eating pistachio nuts when you feel hungry between meals can help you provide your body with the required proteins and nutrients without the hassle of additional calories.

7. Beans

Beans are filling and inexpensive and are one of the best sources of proteins. The beans are one of the best sources of fiber and take a slow time to digest. Slow digestion helps the intestines absorb the nutrients at a regulated rate and keeps you from gorging unnecessary amounts of food. For more information on healthy foods please visit gethealthygethot.com which is the best place to find tips and tricks to manage weight and keep fit.

8. Dark Chocolate

Most people tend to eat a lot of chocolates when in stressful situations. It is scientifically proven that chocolates can help reduce depression and helps curb the irregular hunger pans. However, it must be noted that dark chocolates have proven to be more beneficial as compared to the milk chocolates in reducing stress and weight.
Eating smart is the best way to stay fit and healthy and this has been surely proven by the above food items. These food items are not just great tasting and perfect for a mid time snack but also keep you from eating gobs of fats and excessively sugary processed foods and drinks that provide bucket loads of unwanted calories in your body.

What’s The REAL Reason Blacks Are Hurt More By Vaccines?

Before you start reading this article. I Woody McManus never believe that genetics had anything to do with you getting diseases of any kind nor does it make you more likely to get and kind of cancers. All of that to me is just crazy. Check out some of the information that Richard Sacks as put into this article. Educate yourself and stop believing what you read and hear and see in the newspapers and on TV. There is alot of information packed into this Article so I encourage you to read it at least 2 more times to get all that you need out of it. Empower yourself!

Keywords: African American, autism, Blacks, CDC, children, Common Sense, Deficiencies, detox, Dr. Brownstein, health care, holistic health, medicine, mmr, Race, science, vaccines, vitamin d

To Learn The Truth, Our Attitude Matters
In my decades of holistic health research, I have made the most progress in discovering how things really work by getting rid of all preconceptions and just looking for whatever is true, even when it contradicts what I might expect.  I have no loyalty to any label, no membership in any group to defend, no one that controls my research that I have to please.  For my own learning, all I have wanted is to know the truth and then to be able to share what I find with you, to give you more avenues to explore that may help you.
The Recent CDC Unpleasantness
Everyone who listens to or reads real media (NOT what’s on TV) now knows that CDC has been exposed in its criminal conduct of hiding the fact that MMR vaccines (and who knows how many others – maybe all vaccines?) can cause autism.  It should not be a surprise to anyone that the practice of injecting toxic heavy metals and a long list of other poisons directly into the bodies of children causes horrible effects, even when they’re not immediately obvious.  This should be what was once called “common sense.”  If you found your child in the backyard playing with a syringe (even a clean one) full of these ingredients (like aluminum, mercury, etc.) and injecting it into themselves or a friend, you would understandably be pretty upset and probably terrified.  Yet millions of people actually pay for adults (usually dressed up in white costumes and acting very “wise” and knowledgeable) to do this same type of thing to them and their children and babies.  The expected catastrophic effects are called “side effects” so you won’t realize that no, these are just the effects, period.
Remember “Common Sense?”
This gives a clue to what happens when common sense is abandoned in favor of what is today known as “science.”  I have looked at the last several hundred years of history of the practice of vaccination, and found no indication that I can verify that vaccines have EVER prevented disease of any kind, though they have started and spread many epidemics in the past.  “Studies” by individuals or agencies, etc. with conflicts of interest do not count, for obvious reasons.  I also found this documentary worth viewing on the subject of vaccine safety, effectiveness, history, ingredients and legal aspects:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqx8NyPVrHg .
It should be common sense that children and adults would be hurt or killed by vaccines on a routine basis.  What is somewhat less obvious is why certain groups of people, such as African-American young boys in the case of the MMR vaccine, should be hurt in even greater numbers than others.  For full disclosure in addressing this issue, I should mention here that I personally do not believe in “race.” when speaking of human beings.   I see human beings as brothers and sisters in one family, each of us a complete individual with our own unique heritage, including where our ancestors came from and all of our cultural background.  But we are individuals.  To stereotype any of us by “race,” as if everyone in that group is the same, or has the same ideas, beliefs, habits, etc., is (or should be) obviously  not only ridiculous and untrue, but also a highly dangerous oversimplification.  It is used by governments and big corporations to turn us against each other, and we could get smart enough to refuse to fall for that any time we feel like it.
Human Origins and Sunlight
To me, and from what I have been able to learn in my own studies, it is likely that all humans had a common geographical area of origin, perhaps in Africa.  But from there, human beings spread to different parts of the planet, where different climates made different diets and lifestyles develop depending on local conditions where each group came to live.  And a huge key difference in the places we ended up was amount of solar radiation in each location.
As Dr. Brownstein (www.drbrownstein.com) and other great doctors and researchers have pointed out, vitamin D (ideally from sunlight) is absolutely essential to health and our resistance to disease.  That may well be the reason the current drug-based medical system says that sunlight is so dangerous (it could be very bad for business), when actual real data we have says the opposite.  People whose ancestors came from areas of high sun exposure developed more melanin in their skin to make sure that they got enough sunlight but not too much, for optimum health.  People from areas farther from the equator developed lighter skin to allow more of the vital sunlight (we call it “vitamin D” but undoubtedly their are many other beneficial components of sunlight we don’t even know exist) to penetrate the body.
Now in modern society, almost everyone is deficient in vitamin D (actually and more accurately we are deficient in the sun exposure we need).  This means our immune systems and health in general are compromised.  And whose systems are compromised the most?  Obviously that would be people who over many generations and thousands of years have developed darker skins from ancestors that lived in high sun exposure areas.  They are most at risk, because their skins need more sun exposure than people with less melanin in their skin.  The idea of race in all of this is completely irrelevant.  What matters is how dark or light the skin is, regardless of “race.”  It is critical that people with darker skin get more sunlight, within reason of course as getting burned is not the objective.
Why Race Is Irrelevant But Useful To Those Who Would Divide And Distract Us
It should be clear that the concept of “race” is not useful at all in this analysis and is highly misleading.  Every person is a unique and infinitely valuable individual, with his or her own background, ancestors, culture, genetics attitudes and points of view.  The idea of race is mostly useful to those that want to split us into groups to hate and fight each other.  Just think about it.  Imagine a region where almost everyone seems to be of one particular race.  Then just say we use the media to convince all of those people that actually they are two different “races,” one that lives in the western half of the country, the other that lives in the eastern half, and point out some minor common difference in physical features between the two groups.  Tell each group that the other one hates them and has been the hidden cause of their suffering.  Presto, now you can set up social conflicts and hatred to completely distract the population from the real issues and events going on around them, such as the danger of government tyranny.  This is exactly what we are witnessing in the world today with races, classes, genders, religions and other artificially divided groups of human beings encouraged every day in obvious and subtle ways to fight each other.  We could rise above this any day we decide to do it, and there are a lot of reasons to do it now.  Mutual respect and love between humans of all kinds would be more than any tyrannical ruler could possibly deal with (a worse threat in their eyes than any foreign attack), and peace could become a real possibility (a tyrant’s worst nightmare of course).
Vitamin D Levels And Vaccine Damage As A Theory To Explore
So to clarify what I think is worth looking into, as a possible explanation of why people with darker skin were less able to withstand the onslaught to their bodies with the barbarous practice of “vaccination.”  I am saying that anything that undermines the natural strength and immunity is likely to make the affected group more susceptible to damage.  That would mean groups that had poorer basic health would be affected more severely by health destroying practices such as vaccination.  And a massively important health factor, as Brownstein and others have shown, is vitamin D.  The theory that this might be what has made young African American boys more affected than others in the current vaccination scandal would be quite easy to check out, by looking at their blood levels of vitamin D compared to kids that were less damaged by the vaccines (at least in terms of obvious neurological symptoms).  Another thing that might be interesting would be to see if African American boys that had spent more time than the others in the sun had lower levels of autism.
This kind of research would be harmless and easy to do.  I would suggest also that extending the research into the correlation between blood levels of vitamin D or better yet hours of sun exposure, with other diseases or negative health conditions.  If there is a widespread correlation, which I suspect there would be, then here is a body of knowledge that could be used to correct many areas where currently darker skinned people have more health problems than those with lighter skin.  Instead of using the discrepancy to fan race division and conflict among the population, it could be used to simply correct the problem, with massive implications for improved health among millions of people.
Best Effects From Vitamin D Require Nutrition And Detox
It is also important to clarify the obvious fact that vitamin D and sunlight exposure is not the only factor in health and immunity.  The public desperately needs education in nutrition and detoxification of the body, and especially how to improve everyday practices to keep unnecessary toxins (like GMO’s in food or fluoride in water) out of their lives and away from their kids.  The current system loses money and power if we stop getting diseases.  In fact health itself would be a catastrophe for them from a business point of view.  My own research has shown me that the two principles of nutrition and detoxification are critical to avoid exactly what we see now, i.e. a nation of diseased and sick people, addicted to medical drugs, deteriorating as they get older into an often hellish old age.  We are told this is totally normal, and our drug-centered medical system is cutting edge “science.”  I have found the truth to be the opposite, and that the body is designed to stay in good condition right up to the time of death.  All of these out of control diseases are a result of a health system,  food industry and toxic industry in general, that undermine the normal great state of health we were designed to enjoy with practically no need for “health care” except in accidents, certain congenital defects and rare situations like that.
Would We Even Recognize Real Health Care If We Saw It?
So outside of these special cases like accidents, trauma and a few necessary surgeries, what would real health care be?  First of all, education of course.  How to live in harmony with the ancient and timeless laws of nature so that our bodies function at their intended highest potential.  We all need to understand what foods we need and what types of food and lifestyle choices cause our bodies to break down.  We need certain kinds of exercise in appropriate amounts, with adequate rest times and healthy sleep patterns.    We need to learn how to take back our mental and emotional patterns so they come back under our own control, not the hypnosis of the media and so-called “educational” programming, so we can make them positive and life-giving again.  Good or bad thoughts and emotions change our blood chemistry immediately, and have a vast impact on our health.  Hating each other is literally suicidal.  Love builds strength and immunity.  These things are real immunization.  Putting toxic ingredients through hollow needles into our bodies and the bodies of the children that depend on us to be sane and protect them, is not.
Real common sense has been long forgotten by most of our society, which is why we even accept the fake health care we are now forced to endure.   This is allowing our rulers (no, most of them don’t deserve to be called leaders) to lead us into destruction.  Fake, pretentious patently ridiculous fake “science” and “experts” who want to control our lives have taken over instead.  The knowledge of how to maintain a very high level of health has existed for thousands of years, and is accessible today, in spite of government’s best efforts to hide it for the sake of a multi-trillion dollar “health care” system that tells us disease is normal.
So What Can We Do For Our Own Health And That Of Our Kids?
The bottom line is to start having faith in yourself.   You are an incredible being, beautiful beyond any words.  There is brilliance and creativity in every single one of us, so we need to respect and appreciate each other if we want to reach our real potential.  You can learn and explore any area of knowledge that appeals to you.  So don’t take my word on anything, but just accept my invitation to do your own research and make your own discoveries instead of memorizing the dictates of “experts.”  You can learn whatever you want, including how to take care of your own health.  Look into sunlight.  My own investigations say it’s vital for our health, not some mistake of God that is going to give you cancer (the explanation of that is more complex, and maybe we can discuss it more later).  And if your skin is darker, you need it even more.  Build up to the right amount gradually and remember to immediately start to fix your other lifestyle mistakes while you detox your body to make good use of the best nutrition you can get.  Don’t be lazy about your bad habits, your body is affected by everything you do, so start replacing your bad habits today and get addicted to good ones instead.
If you don’t get what you need from the sun you were designed to use, then attacks on your health, such as injecting toxic metals and other poisons into your body through hollow needles (not a brilliant idea) is likely to hurt you more.    Just a theory of mine, but I’m pretty sure it’s true.  Check it out, and learn as much as you can, then use it to your advantage instead of relying on others.  You will be amazed at what you can learn and how much better you can feel if you just start learning today and then use what you discover.  Observation, recognition of patterns in what you observe, and then figuring out what those patterns mean, used to be the basis of real science.  And the secret is, you can do it yourself starting now.  The education is life-long and I will bet that you’ll be glad you took the first step on that new adventure, enjoying the effects as your health and life improve.  Common sense should never have taken a back seat to what now passes for science.  Take it back and use it.
Richard Sacks
independent health scientist since 1965
specialist in ancient healing wisdom, age reversal and “incurable” disease solutions
richard@globalleadersconsulting.com
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37 lies Americans tell themselves to avoid confronting reality

(NaturalNews) Have you noticed the incredible detachment from reality exhibited by the masses these days? The continued operation of modern society, it seems, depends on people making sure they don't acknowledge reality (or try to deal with it). "Denial" is what keeps every sector of civilization humming along: medicine, finance, government, agriculture and more.

The trouble with the denial approach is that eventually the lies collide with reality. Until that day comes, however, happy-go-lucky Americans are merrily enjoying their courtship with self delusion, repeating the following 37 lies to themselves as if they were true:

Lie #1) All FDA-approved medications are safe to consume in any combination, because the FDA protects the public.

Lie #2) Food prices keep going up because inflation is a natural force that can't be halted.

Lie #3) The mainstream media is telling me the truth when it reports on world events.

Lie #4) Chemical food additives are tested for their safety before being widely used across the food supply.

Lie #5) We can all pump groundwater out of the ground forever, and it will never run out.

Lie #6) We can also pump fossil fuels out of the ground forever, and they will never run out, either. Why worry?

Lie #7) If anything bad happens in terms of a national emergency or natural disaster, the government will take care of me.

Lie #8) It doesn't matter where my food comes from as long as it's cheap and delicious.

Lie #9) GMOs must be safe to eat because a bunch of scientists paid by the biotech industry all tell each other that GMOs are safe and therefore have reached "scientific consensus."

Lie #10) Government debt doesn't matter because the government can simply create more money any time they want.

Lie #11) Mercury in vaccines must be safe to inject into children, otherwise the CDC and FDA wouldn't allow it to be used in vaccines.

Lie #12) Organic produce is a waste of money. I'll buy conventional produce treated with pesticides and herbicides because the cost of all the cancer treatments I'll need 20 years later will be covered by Obamacare anyway.

Lie #13) The history taught to children in public schools is a true and accurate history. Columbus was best friends with the Indians, too!

Lie #14) Swallowing fluoride chemicals is good for babies and children, and that's why cities put fluoride into public water supplies.

Lie #15) Flu shots prevent the flu. That's why the package inserts for flu vaccines openly state there is no scientific evidence to support any conclusion that influenza vaccines prevent influenza.

Lie #16) Whatever is backed by "science" must be true. Science is never falsified by corrupt scientists or corporate agendas, and scientific conclusions are never wrong.

Lie #17) The global ecosystem can handle unlimited human pollution without any negative consequences. We can all continue to dump unlimited toxins into the environment.

Lie #18) Cell phone radiation is harmless. The reason we know that is because the cell phone companies hired scientists to say so.

Lie #19) If everybody else is doing something, it must be the right thing to do. After all, how could so many people be wrong?

Lie #20) We don't need to store food for emergencies because there will always be more food available at the grocery store.

Lie #21) There's no need to be concerned about Ebola or other infectious diseases in America because the vaccine companies can always and instantly create a new vaccine that works 100% of the time, with zero side effects.

Lie #22) Local police departments need battlefield military weapons, armored cars and body armor because the drug war demands it.

Lie #23) If I buy something at Whole Foods, it must be healthy and free from contaminants like toxic heavy metals. (Or is it really?)
Lie #24) My vote really counts in national elections. We live in a democracy where the People have power over the government.

Lie #25) My checking and savings accounts are perfectly safe no matter what happens because my bank is FDIC insured.

Lie #26) Raw dairy products are dangerous and deadly because the FDA told me so. Those horrible farmers selling raw dairy products should be locked away in prison.

Lie #27) My oncologist recommends chemotherapy treatment for me only because he cares about my wellbeing, not because his clinic sells the chemotherapy drugs at a huge profit.

Lie #28) The government isn't secretly recording my phone calls or reading my emails. Why would they? I've done nothing wrong!

Lie #29) Commercial dog food is healthy and nutritious for dogs. Dog treats made in China are also trustworthy and free from contaminants like lead.

Lie #30) The only way to prevent infectious disease is with a vaccine. Vitamin D and healthy immune support have nothing to do with it.

Lie #31) After I pay off my house, I own it free and clear. (Think again: Property taxes mean you're only "leasing" it from the county. Stop paying those taxes and you'll find out very quickly who really owns your home.)

Lie #32) Google will do no evil, and the fact that the company is developing humanoid battlefield robots, autonomous drones and super-human quantum computing brain chips is nothing to worry about.

Lie #33) Cancer is caused entirely by bad luck (or smoking) and has nothing to do with the food I eat or chemicals in my personal environment.

Lie #34) The radiation release from Fukushima wasn't that bad. Sure, it was many times larger than the Chernobyl disaster, but authorities say we have nothing to worry about.

Lie #35) Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and the way we know is because the CDC scientist who admitted to a massive conspiracy of scientific fraud to bury the evidence linking vaccines to autism should not be believed.

Lie #36) All foods certified as "organic" are automatically free of toxic heavy metals and contaminants.

Lie #37) Human civilization is the only intelligent civilization in the entire galaxy. Anything else would simply be too scary to contemplate.

 

Special thanks go out the Michael Adams for this Article

Acid Reflux Remedies and Natural Cures                        

 

 

Acid reflux is a condition where gastric acid is regurgitated into the esophagus causing heartburn and other symptoms including indigestion, bloating, and difficulty swallowing. The overall cause of acid reflux or GERD is intra-abdominal pressure.

This increase in pressure will cause acid reflux, however, other issues such as being overweight, lying down after eating a large meal, pregnancy, alcohol, leaky gut and certain acidic trigger foods can also lead to acid reflux and heartburn.

If you want acid reflux relief fast, you must address these root causes.

Acid Reflux Diet

When looking for acid reflux cures you will want to first change your diet. There are specific foods that are essential to natural treatment of acid reflux including:
Ginger – Is anti-inflammatory and helps promote digestion.
Aloe Vera – Aloe Vera juice helps with acid/alkaline balance of the digestive system and reduces yeast fermentation. Yeast fermentation occurs when there is an overgrowth of the normal yeast balance in our gut causing a fermentation process that leads to an increase of intra-abdominal pressure.
Fennel – A perennial herb that is also categorized as a vegetable, has been shown to improve stomach function by balancing pH. Add fennel to soups and salads as a delicious way to consume this important herb.
Organic chicken or turkey – These meats are low in fat and easy to digest, just make sure you chew it well before swallowing in order to activate the proper enzymes, which aid in digestion.
Parsley – This fantastic herb has been used for thousands of years to settle the stomach and help with digestion.

Acid Reflux Foods to Avoid

If you want to reduce acid reflux there are certain foods that must be avoided including:
Alcohol – Leads to inflammation and puts stress on the liver.
Tomatoes – Contains two types of acids: citric acid and malic acid. Both are triggers for acid reflux. The cells in our stomach, known as parietal cells, create an acid that naturally lines the stomach to break down foods that have been eaten or are sitting in the stomach. For some, the consumption of tomatoes adds more of acid than the stomach needs and this gets backed up into the esophagus causing acid reflux.
Citrus fruits – As with tomatoes, citrus fruits also contain citric acid. This can trigger acid reflux when our stomach has excess citric acid produced by the parietal cells in our stomach. This acid is used to break down the foods that we eat, however; too much citric acid will cause a back up into the esophagus and cause acid reflux.
Carbonated beverages – Affects digestive system in negative way increasing growth of yeast and bad bacteria.
Refined sugar and carbohydrates – These cause bacterial overgrowth and candida.

Top 5 Natural Acid Reflux Remedies

#1 Apple cider vinegarMix 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar with one ounce of water about 10-20 minutes before a meal.

#2 Digestive enzymes (1-2 caps with meals)Enzymes amylase, lipase, and protease support the breakdown of foods.

#3 HCL with pepsin or Betaine HCL tabletsStart with taking 1 pill, 650 mg or less, before a meal and monitor your symptoms. Keep increasing the number of pills until the symptoms resolve.

#4 Probiotics (25+ billion live bacteria)Choose a probiotic with soil based microrganisms and lactobacillus strains.

#5 Chew your food well and relax while you eatMost of us just swallow food without really taking time to chew your foods properly. Thoroughly chewing our foods activates signaling messages to the rest of the gastrointestinal system that begin our entire digestive process. When our food is not properly broken down it becomes fodder for bacteria leading to indigestion.

Essential Oils For Acid RefluxSupplementing with essential oils of peppermint, ginger and fennel have proven to reduce the symptoms of acid reflux. Put two drops in water as a supplemental dose.

As you can see, there are many acid reflux remedies and natural cures for heartburn.

Stop Using Canola Oil Immediately

Canola Oil

It’s my hope that you’ll never use Canola Oil again! Why? Because of GMO’s (Genetically Modified Organism) and the harmful side effects from the processing of this oil. You know that Olive Oil comes from olives, and that Sesame Seed Oil comes from sesame seeds. It would make sense that Canola Oil comes from Canola Seeds, right? Well, there’s actually no such thing.
Canola is a made-up word which stands for “Canadian oil low acid”, and is a genetically modified product. It is a Canadian invention that is backed by the government. It’s a cheap product to manufacture, and many processed or packaged foods contain canola oil.
Canola oil was first bred in the early 1970′s as a natural oil, but in 1995 Monsanto created a genetically modified version of canola oil. By 2009, 90% of the Canadian crop was genetically engineered and as of 2005, 87% of canola grown in the United States was genetically modified.

What is Canola Oil Made From?

Canola oil is actually made from the rapeseed. The name of canola oil was originally LEAR (Low Erucic Acid Rapeseed) but for marketing purposes was changed to canola oil. This word was derived from the combination of the phrase, “Canadian oil.” Canola oil is a much more appealing name than LEAR oil or rape oil. But is the oil appealing for you and should you be using it in your foods?
Canola Oil is produced from the rapeseed plant, which is a part of the mustard family. It works well as an industrial oil, not a food, and has been used in candles, soaps, lipsticks, lubricants, inks and biofuels. In it’s hybridized and modified state it can cause a large number of health issues that you will see below.
Now that we have figured out how to genetically modify rapeseed oil, we sell it as an edible product. It has been brought to market with the claim that it is a wonder oil, that is low in saturated fats, and has omega-3 fatty acids.

Why is Canola Oil Bad for You?

Originally, rapeseed oil may not have had so many negative health effects but for two main reason’s most canola oil today is harmful to you body:
#1 Over 90% of Canola Oil is genetically modified
#2 Canola Oil is a partially hydrogenated oil
It’s for these two reasons I recommend you switch to healthier oil alternatives that I list at the conclusion of this article.
What can it do to you? There have been NO long term viable studies done on GMO canola oil, but there are reports on the internet that it has caused many kidney, liver, and neurological health issues. This would make sense since there are other reports that GMO products like corn and soy also can cause negative health effects.

Canola Oil Dangers

The side effects of canola oil cannot be overstated. A 2011 review published in Environmental Sciences Europe, 19 studies of mammals fed GMO soybeans and corn were evaluated. The 90-day long trials indicate liver and kidney problems as a result of GMO foods.  Kidney’s were disrupted by 43.5% and liver by 30.8%.
Rapeseed Oil is a monounsaturated oil, and has high levels of erucic acid. Erucic Acid is a fatty acid that is associated with heart damage, specifically Heshan’s Disease, a disease that manifests itself with fibrotic lesions of the heart.
In the 1970′s, food manufacturers came up with a method to genetically modify the rapeseed plant by seed splitting. This process produced a canola oil with less erucic acid, and higher amounts of oleic acid, which lead to additional concerns with canola oil, like:

• Blood Platelet Abnormalities
• Retards Normal Growth (Illegal in infant formulas)
• Free Radical Damage
• Higher Cancer Risks Due To The Hydrogenation Process

It’s also important to understand that this new processed oil goes through many steps, most of which harm the nutritional value and actually change the oil’s structure causing it to become hydrogenated oil. As you can see canola oil dangers are immense!
According to the Weston A. Price foundation and Fat Experts Sally Fallon and Mary Enig state:
“Like all modern vegetable oils, canola oil goes through the process of refining, bleaching and degumming -all of which involve high temperatures or chemicals of questionable safety. And because canola oil is high in omega-3 fatty acids, which easily become rancid and foul-smelling when subjected to oxygen and high temperatures, it must be deodorized. The standard deodorization process removes a large portion of the omega-3 fatty acids by turning them into trans fatty acids. Although the Canadian government lists the trans content of canola at a minimal 0.2 percent, research at the University of Florida at Gainesville, found trans levels as high as 4.6 percent in commercial liquid oil. The consumer has no clue about the presence of trans fatty acids in canola oil because they are not listed on the label.”
Those are the types of oils you want to avoid like the plague: Hydrogenated and Partially Hydrogenated oils!
Trans fatty acids are the result of this hydrogenation process. These are hazardous by-products, and are health destroyers. You should stop cooking with these oils as well: Corn Oils, Safflower Oils, Soy Oils, and Vegetable Oil.
Food manufacturers are not required by law to tell you if their products contain GMO’s. It’s up to us to be well informed, and read the labels. Monsanto has been incorporating genetically modified organisms in its canola oil seeds, and now we know that Monsanto has also been selling GMO seeds for the following plants:

• Canola
• Alfalfa
• Corn
• Cotton
• Soybeans
• Sugarbeets

How to Choose A Good Oil

When you’re buying a cooking oil, consider these things:

1. Choose a “Cold Pressed” or “Extra Virgin” type.
2. Should be available in glass containers.
3. The bottle should be a dark color for olive oil, and kept in a dark place once opened.
4. Make sure it is GMO-free.
5. Go with Organic.

What does Extra-Virgin Mean? It’s simply another way of referring to “cold pressed”, which means that the oil was made by using pressure to extract the oil from the seeds, grains, nuts, etc., and there was no heat utilized during the processing. Heat causes a degrading of the nutritional value of the oil. Extra Virgin also means that no chemical solvent was used, nor was it deodorized or altered in any way.

What to Substitute for Canola Oil

Here are the top oils I personally use as a substitute for canola oil:
Coconut Oil – coconut oil is best when it’s cold pressed and virgin. Do NOT buy refined coconut oil. Your coconut oil should smell like you’re on a beach in the Caribbean. It has a high heat threshold and contains MCFA’s Medium Chain Fatty Acids that can support fat-loss and your nervous system.
Olive Oil – I don’t recommend Olive Oil for cooking but it has tremendous health benefits and is at the heart of the Mediterranean diet. Look for extra virgin olive oil and use it on salad’s and other cold dishes.
Organic Pastured Butter / Ghee – Contains ALA and CLA which can promote weight loss. Also, contains healthy short chain fatty acids and has a higher heat threshold. Stick with Organic only when buying butter.
Red Palm Oil — Red palm oil is made from the palm fruit instead of the palm kernel, and in its unrefined state, it is high in vitamin E and beta-carotene. It’s also stable under high heat and great for cooking.  Make sure when buying palm oil that it is certified sustainable.
Now that you’re armed with the facts, use them to guard your health! Stay clear of Canola Oil.

Top foods, herbs and supplements to keep on hand in the event of a nuclear crisis

Aug 25, 2014       

With the situation heating up between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine, as well as ongoing concerns about a potential power grid failure affecting domestic nuclear reactors, preppers nationwide are turning their attention to antidotes for radioactive fallout. Likewise, with Fukushima continuing to spew radioactive harm, having a few select storable remedies readily available will protect health, regardless of what the future holds.

Have a look at the following supplements that will help shield the body internally and assist with maintaining equilibrium:

Apple pectin. During the Chernobyl reactor crisis in 1986, physicians and researchers searched for a method to reduce the effects of radioactive exposure in the population’s most vulnerable segment. Apple pectin came to the forefront as a workable remedy.

The results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, [PDF] using a powder containing 15-16 percent pectin on 64 children, showed that the powder reduced Cesium-137 counts by an average of 62 percent, compared to 13.9 percent in the placebo group. Moreover, Dr. Mark Sircus, Ac, OMD, DM (P), reports:

“From 1996 to 2007 a total of more than 160,000 Belarussian children received pectin food additives during 18-25 days of treatment (5 g twice a day). As a result, levels of Cs-137 in children’s organs decreased after each course of pectin additives by an average of 30-40%.”

Potassium iodide (KI). Recommended by emergency contingency plans involving a nuclear event, potassium iodide helps block the absorption of radioactive iodine and protect the thyroid from damage. Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM) advises:

• KI is highly effective if taken several hours before inhaled contamination with radioactive iodine.
• Taking KI within 1 to 2 hours after inhalation of I-131 can block more than 90% of the radioactive iodine uptake by the thyroid.
• If KI is taken more than 4 hours after inhalation of I-131, much less thyroid uptake of I-131 is blocked.
• KI is even less effective at preventing radioiodine uptake by the thyroid if taken more than 12 hours of a time-limited contamination episode.
• Since the protective effect of a single dose of KI lasts approximately 24 hours, repeat KI administration may be indicated for some members of the public where contamination is continuing or ongoing.

Information on dosage can be found at the REMM website.

For day-to-day protection, and to ensure proper functioning of the thyroid, nascent iodine and seaweed like wakame are two excellent choices. To learn more about the benefits and application of nascent iodine, Global Healing Center offers a detailed overview.

Vitamin C. The protective properties of vitamin C were demonstrated in several Fukushima workers. Each was given intravenous vitamin C (25 g) before exposure to radiation
 and subsequently did not have any significant change in free DNA or apparent increase in cancer risk. Even those who didn’t receive vitamin C beforehand — and who exhibited a heightened cancer likelihood due to radiation exposure — were able to return their free DNA to normal levels and decrease cancer risk scores after two months of intravenous vitamin C, along with oral antioxidant supplements. The recommended dosage of (oral or intravenous) vitamin C is 50ml or 25g
Further protection
Other beneficial additions: garlic, ginger, miso, vitamin D3, American ginseng, rhodiola, ginkgo biloba, reishi and cordyceps mushrooms, alpha-lipoic acid, vitamin E, selenium, melatonin (applied to the skin) and turmeric. Also, Aloe arborescens, Nigella sativa (black cumin seed) and Tinospora cordifolia (amrit) have radioprotective properties as well.