Iodine Rich Kelp

Yesterday the Japanese increased their nuclear reactor crises to level 7, the highest there is, equal to Chernobyl.  The reason for this increase is the amount of radiation released into the environment. I gave some recommendations in this article on minimizing radiation risks.

The worst part of this story is how the Japanese and US governments have downplayed the severity of the radiation released on the northern hemisphere. Personally, I have taken action to avoid at least some of the radiation we are being dosed with.

First, I avoid dairy, which most people should do anyway. This is important as the radioactive iodine 131 that blows over from the crippled reactor is concentrated in milk. Second, I continue to use and recommend reverse osmosis purified water — RO removes 98 percent of all heavy metals. Finally, I am taking iodine supplements to protect my thyroid.

What we need to be concerned about most in the US is radioactive iodine. This is especially true for children. Infants and gestating babies are particularly susceptible as their need for iodine is much higher.

I talked with a doctor friend of mine who also studies holistic methods. She says that we only need to take a little iodine, not the massive doses that many people are taking out of fear. The larger doses have the potential of side effects that aren’t worth the risk. She asserts that a small dose taken daily is enough to protect most people from future thyroid issues.

The recommended dosage of iodine is 150 mcg for adults, and 175 mcg for pregnant women. A slightly higher dose may be needed to insure protection for the thyroid while the crisis continues.

If you do use dairy products, especially if you have children who do, you can reduce some of the radioactive iodine by storing the products for at least a week before using.

Radioactive iodine decays quickly, losing half its damaging effects in eight days. Figuring that it takes a day or two for it to travel to cow feed and then into milk, a week later the effects will be reduced by half. After a month it is almost completely gone. Milk can be frozen for that month if you want to be really safe.

Taking a little iodine, drinking water purified by reverse osmosis, and avoiding dairy products will help insure that you and your children survive this northern hemisphere crisis.

Girl Eating Food Dyed Icecream

The FDA is looking at food dyes to see if there is a connection to hyperactivity in children.

What a joke! The dyes may or may not cause problems themselves, but there is a reason for deeper concern.

What food dyes really do is make junk food more appealing to children. Childhood obesity is the real concern since many food dies have already been shown to be safe.

Of course, the science behind any study like that should be suspect. It is really easy to dupe the public with poor science, poor reporting, or spinning the facts to look better than they are.

What junk food does to the system is the subject of an article I am working on. Sorry, I’ve been a little busy lately and haven’t finished it yet. I’ll let subscribers know when it is ready.

Imagine if you would, that you’re walking the earth 50,000 years ago. A wild animal jumps out and starts chasing you. You run for your life with supper human speed because your body has dumped power chemicals into your blood stream to give you a life saving supper boost.

Eating sugar and processed foods does the same thing.

Except you don’t get to run it off. Those life saving supper chemicals are there with nowhere to go. Unfortunately, they find things to do. Like suppress your immune system, halt cellular repair, stop digestion, decrease fertility and more.

It’s not just sugar and ground up grains (processed foods) either, other stress factors cause the same issue. A near fender bender for instance, or being brow beaten by a boss or coworker. All stress causes a release of the same chemicals we evolved needing to save our lives.

Even though our life isn’t threatened so much anymore our bodies still responds to any stress factor as if death is immanent. This is how we are designed, evolution hasn’t caught up with our mere five thousand years of eating grains yet.

There are plenty of other stress factors too. Lots of hidden ones. Toxicity, loud noise, over exercising, excess light, dehydration, most low fat diets, injury, too much sex, and just about any other extreme you can think of.

Fortunately, the human body is designed to deal with stress. It’s amazing how long the body can keep going in the face of ongoing stress. Of course, that’s with a lot of drugs and often a very limited life style.

The thing we all need to do is to reduce stress in all areas of life. Living more simply is the key. Fewer packaged foods, less driving, clean air and water, more sleep and harmony in the family will go a long way towards a long and healthy life.

One of the biggest health crises facing Americans today is addiction to prescription pain medication which are killing thousands every year. Prescription drugs cause most of the 26,000 fatal overdoses every year. This startling information comes from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

The reason for this is that people are seeking relief from back pain and other issues that stem from being overweight. The excess weight causes back pain and other joint related issues.

Doctors have bought into drug companies propaganda that drugs are the way to go. It’s as though they have no choice as patients ask for pain relief but to give multiple drugs. You can read more about it here.

There is a huge gap in what doctors are taught in medical school as well as in their continuing education in the area of cause and prevention of pain. Actually, it’s quite simple.

First, take animal based omega-3 supplements. They are the only source of natural anti-inflamitories in the body.

Vegetarians mistakenly believe that plant source omega-3’s do the same job, but this doesn’t fly when the biochemistry is examined. The fats are burned as fuel long before they go through the steps necessary to convert them to prostaglandins — inflammation mediators.

Eliminate sugar and most grains from the diet. This lowers levels of insulin and leptin levels. Insulin and leptin cause the production of prostaglandins. Eliminating this need releases the anti-inflamitorys to be used to reduce painful inflammation in the body rather than being used to mitigate the byproducts of sugar and grain consumption.

Either take vitamin D or get appropriate sunlight to insure good production. Vitamin D has been shown to greatly reduce many different types of pain including back pain relief and other musculoskeletal pain, fibromyalgia, rheumatic disorders, osteoarthritis, migraines and more.

Use safer alternatives to pain like fresh ginger — a tea works well, boswellia, bromelain, oil from evening primrose, black currant and borage, and cayenne cream — also called capsaicin cream.

A few lifestyle changes are well worth the effort if it will keep you out of pain and eliminate the need for deadly prescription pain medications.

If you want to live your life the way you want rather than being distracted by forces you don’t seem to have any control over, then I have a book recommendation for you. It’s inexpensive, and I don’t get anything for telling you about it.

This doesn’t have anything to do with health, but this work is so profound that I had to tell you about it. And, it can have an affect on your health as it takes apart the mind in a way that can really help you have the healthy lifestyle that you know you really want.

I have been following Kevin Hogan for some time now. He is absolutely brilliant in the field of influence and body language. His latest book “The 168 Hour Week: Living Life Your Way 24-7″ has already had a profound affect on me and I am not even half way through it! This is one I’ll be digesting for a long time to come.

I hope you get the book and read it, I am sure it will benefit anyone that does.

It’s Almost Impossible For Vegetarians To Heal

I got an email from a woman who’s having quite a few problems. She bought Self Adjusting Technique from me, and can’t get her neck to adjust. 

She also has trouble with panic attacks that a chiropractic adjustment on her neck helps, but not for long. 

She doesn’t eat sugar, but is vegan and only eats whole buckwheat, quinoa ad other non-glutinous grains. 

She also uses a massager and take detox and nervine herbs to relax her, and to help clear Candida.

I thought I’d post my response to her since I run into so many vegans. It really isn’t a dietary model that works for humans, especially when ill already. 

In case you don’t know, a vegan eats nothing that comes from animals including eggs and dairy. 

Hi (name withheld),

I have quite a few suggestions.

First, there is a video on my youtube channel, Kalidasab, that teaches a massage technique for the neck. It’ll really help you out.

Second, the yeast isn’t going away for two reasons. First, you almost definitely have heavy metal toxicity which masks pathogens from the immune system. You’ll have to eliminate the metals before the yeast will clear up. Unless….

Now, this is a big unless for you as a vegan. Our bodies evolved eating animal protein, 90 percent according to recent archaeological discoveries. Most people simply can not be healthy unless they eat animal protein. I eat what is sometimes called the paleolithic diet, called that because it’s what our ancestors ate prehistory, in very ancient times. I eat only animal protein, fish, chicken, turkey and limited beef and pork with plenty of vegetables and some fruit. You see, grains feed Candida as do oranges and other really sweet fruit. This also keeps the adrenal glands stronger which leads to my comments about panic attacks.

You can sweat to help get rid of the toxins you’re dealing with. Dry sauna is best, but a hot bath works too. 30 minutes is the ideal time to sweat. You might have to build up to it.

Panic attacks are caused by brain chemistry imbalance. I know you said that you get relief when your neck is adjusted, but the root is still in the brain. And, the brain gets that way from the adrenal glands producing too much cortosol which attacks the hypothalamus which influences the rest of the brain causing the imbalance. I really doubt that you will be able to get really healthy unless you eat animal protein.

Now, I realize this may not be possible for you for philosophical reasons. I’ve known plenty of people with that. If that’s the case, then only eat the grains whole and take bromalain. Bromalain is a digestive enzyme that most people lack that turns legumes (beans) and grain into usable protein. You don’t mention that you eat beans, so you definitely won’t be getting sufficient protein regardless. You simply must include all the amino acids, and make them usable with each meal. It takes two extra strength capsules of bromalain with each meal to make the combination work.

I say whole grains, because processed grains — grinding is processing, have a high glycemic index, that is they cause a lot of insulin to be released which causes a biochemical nightmare in your body that can result in the issues you have. There’s a fair amount of info on my blog about all of this, you can read or listen to the posts in the adrenal category.

There’s a lot more you might like to know, but this is a really good start. 

Best,

Kalidasa

It seems that everything out there on the market is full of harmful toxins. We wonder why we get sick so much more frequently and we usually just blame the healthcare industry for over-diagnosing us. Then we blame the pharmaceutical companies as an industry looking for the almighty buck. But the fact is: we are an unhealthy nation. It may not be your ideal way of dealing with an illness to throw more medicine down your throat, so consider these tips to living holistically:

Watch what you put in your body. Â
This is the most obvious way you can improve your lifestyle, but is a tip that most of us consider and disregard with regularity. With organic grocery stores popping up all over the place it’s easier than ever to abide by the golden rule of eating organically. It’s important to know what you’re allergic to before you jump into this lifestyle.

Vitamin intake is crucial.
If you’re someone that has an aversion to fruits and vegetables, don’t fret. Take vitamin supplements to ensure you’re reaching your daily requirement.

Exercise, exercise, and exercise. Â
Try to get your heart rate increased for at least thirty minutes a day. This is the recommended, minimum number. It’s as easy as jogging or walking for a half hour a day.

Quit the butts and cool down on the beers. Â
If you’re a smoker: quit. That’s as simple as it gets. Drinking alcohol isn’t as bad for you, but should definitely be monitored. As with anything, moderation is the key. We’re not saying: don’t drink ever; just be smart. In fact, a glass of wine a night has proven to be most beneficial for your heart.

Stress is your enemy. Â
It’s never easy to relieve stress as it comes in many different forms: family, job and friends are all common causes of stress. Take a ten-minute break every now and again to regroup your thoughts. Stress plays such a detrimental role in our overall health. You’ll never eliminate it, but it can be reduced.

Spend quality time with…yourself. Â
You have so many demands on your time. This goes back to number five. Your friends, family and job can lead to a never ending stream of responsibilities and demands on your time. Make sure you can squeeze in enough time for yourself. Always have a book going that you’re reading. If you don’t like to read, then go to the movies by yourself. This is not selfish.

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This article is contributed by Heather Johnson, who regularly writes on the topic of Nurse. She invites your questions and writing job opportunities at her personal email address: heatherjohnson2323 at gmail dot com.