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The Health Benefits of Garlic

Being a natural whole food, but much too concentrated to eat in large quantities,
garlic can be considered as a natural supplement because of its outstanding qualities.

Garlic has many benefits, mainly due to its high natural sulphur content.
It is considered to be nature’s antibiotic and helps prevent disease.

Dr. Earl Mindell in his book: ‘Garlic, The Miracle Nutrient’, lists the benefits of garlic as:
*  acts as an antiseptic
*  helps the body overcome infection
*  stimulates the immune system
* act as a decongestant and expectorant
* contains substances that help prevent cancer
* thins he blood, reducing he risk of dangerous blood clotting:
*  tends to dissolve blood clots: *  lowers blood pressure (at least partly the result of blood thinning):
*  reduces high cholesterol:
*  helps reduce high triglycerides (blood fats)

Dr Mindell quotes a professor of medicine as saying that garlic is the most powerful agent
for preventing blood from becoming sticky, even more powerful than low-dose aspirin.
This may be part of the reason why people in Italy and France have less heart disease.

The odorous compound in garlic is a sulphur compound called allicin, a highly effective
antibiotic. However, there is no allicin in raw garlic. Raw garlic contains alliin, which, when
garlic is crushed, converts to allicin.  This is garlic’s way of protecting itself from microbial
attack after injury.

Unfortunately, allicin tends to damage not only bacteria, but healthy cells as well.
When raw garlic is consumed in very large amounts, harmful effects can result, including
irritation to the mouth, throat and stomach: anaemia: destruction of friendly gut bacteria:
reduced absorption of nutrients, and impaired liver function.

How much garlic is excessive and how much is safe to consume on a regular basis?
The long held Natural Health view is a clove or wo a day. This is well below the amount
that produces outright medicinal effects and possibly also harmful effects, which is
around five gloves per day (approximately 25 grams) or more, on a regular basis.

The bottom line is that any strong substance like allicin has to be broken down by the liver.
Too much can significantly add to the load on the liver, which is already very high in a
world of chemicals, alcohol, high-fat diet etc. One clove a day seems to be tolerable
for most people.

Advantages of a Fruit Breakfast

Orthodox nutritionists recommend that breakfast should be the main meal of your day.
However, many people following the Natural Health Lifestyle have found that a fruit breakfast
offers better health. They feel ‘lighter’ and their head is clearer during the morning.

This is because elimination of waste products is enhanced, as fruits produce negligible wastes-
it burns clean- Also, metabolism is in its elimination phase between four o’clock in the morning
till noon. If a heavy meal is eaten during this phase, it diverts energy from the elimination process and actually impedes elimination, increasing toxemia in the long term.
Accordingly, fruit is the only food that is entirely suitable to be eaten during elimination phase.

Also, according to recent research at the University of Sydney, eating only two main meals in the day adjacent to each other greatly reduces the risk of cancer. This means main meals either for lunch and dinner or for breakfast and lunch.

The suggested daily meal plan is a light fruit breakfast followed by two mean meals.
This occupies the body with full-scale digestion and assimilation for only about nine hours a day, leaving 15 hours for the elimination of metabolic wastes and reducing their tendency to build up in the body. In contrast, two main meals a day leaves only around 10 hours a day for elimination and encourages toxemia.

A manual worker having a fruit only breakfast would probably need more fruit at mid-morning,
or ‘heavier’ carbohydrate, such as bread, rice crisps or other grain food.
People may say that in the old days farmers would always have a hearty breakfast in the morning. indeed they may have done, but it was after a 4.00 or 5.00 am start and a number of hours hard work in the fields.

Breaking a lifelong habit of heavy breakfasts needs to be done gradually for physiological reasons and may require several weeks. If it is not a successful change, gradually revert to the former pattern. A fruit only breakfast may not suit everybody. This is not a recommendation, simply an option to try.

Exercise program

Exercise is important to maintain our health.
Even a moderate walk as exercise starts a chain-reaction,
and as a start it causes the skeleton muscles to become more active.
As the muscles warms up, more heat is given off.
Body temperature remains almost the same, because the body’s automatic
air conditioning system starts to disperse the extra heat through the skin.
As more blood sugar is turned into energy, more carbon dioxide gas will
be expelled in the air we breath out, and blood will flow more rapidly
through the muscles. The breathing will become deeper, and the heart beat
and blood pressure will be changed.

In more strenuous exercises, these processes will be stepped up.
More heat will be generated, the heart beat will be faster, blood-pressure higher,
breather deeper and faster, and the circulation more rapid.
The limiting factor in strenuous exercises is the oxygen supply,
and when this limit is reached, oxygen fatigue is experienced and
the exercise has to stop.

Need for Exercise
Exercise has been recognized even in sickness.
Physicians are not permitting patients with organic ailments to stay in bed
as long as before. According to “The American Practitioner”,
’The evils of bed rest include the development of negative nitrogen balance and
calcium loss through the kidneys, with the possibility of developing kidney stones.’

The article also says:’nervous tension can be released at times by exercise,
either in the form of specific muscular exercise or through some form of athletics.’
Physio and occupational therapy are now standard procedures in medicine,
to restore the use of muscles and nerves that have been injured by disease or by accident.

Those who’s occupation involves standing a long time, like dentists, teachers,
shop assistants, etc., are likely to develop phlebitis, i.e. the formation
of a blood clot – usually in the calf of the leg.
These people are advised to walk more and in addition. to take vitamin E
and lecethin capsules to improve the circulation, dissolve the clot and
prevent the formation of further clots.
Sufferers from rheumatism and arthritis, also those who are overweight,
are prone to take too little exercise. When people are troubled with
rheumatic twinges it is usually a sign that more exercise is needed and
that their diet contains too many acid-forming foods.
It is well known to vets that pampered pet dogs, which receive little
exercise, are troubled by ailments of degeneration which never affect
hard working sheep and cattle dogs.

Forms of exercise
Forms of exercise is a matter of personal preference.
While exercise programs often vary from person to person based on fitness levels
and goals, each one should include aerobic exercise, and resistance and flexibility
training. Those components will help you improve your fitness level and help you
overcome obstacles that challenge your agility, balance, coordination, endurance
and strength in everyday life.
Skipping is an effective form of exercise, and one of the best exercises
for keeping fit and is very suitable for wet days, as it can be done indores.

Protein-Rich Foods

Every adult of average size needs 80 – 120 gram of protein daily. Rich protein sources are: legumes, nuts, seeds, eggs, cheese and flesh foods (flesh is not recommended).

Nutritionally, a vegetarian diet is superior above all else. However, if you have been eating
meat all your life, it may be hard to change your eating habits for physiological reasons. You will require some protein from animal sources.
People who do eat flesh may still do well provided they watch two requirements:
a) Be sure not to overeat protein from any source, by keeping within the right quantities of
total protein food.
b) compensate for the lack of fiber by having plenty of vegetables.

People who like to switch to vegetarian eating but are having difficulties adjusting to plant foods may benefit by including moderate amounts of deep-sea fish, or free range, organic white or red meat to their diet, once or twice a week.

A vegetarian diet may be strict vegetarian (or vegan) or one including small amounts of
unprocessed cheese and free-range eggs (lacto-ovo-vegetarian). These foods may provide some ‘nutritional assurance’ against vitamin B12 deficiency.

CARBOHYDRATES

Carbohydrates come in two forms: simple and complex.

Simple carbohydrates are sugars that don’t need to be broken down further, so the body can use them for quick boosts of energy. Honey, maple syrup, soda, cookies, candy, table sugar and cakes are all sources of simple sugars, but since they are also high in calories, they should only be eaten occasionally.

Instead, it is important to eat healthy sources of simple sugars, like fruit and fat-free or low-fat milk. These alternatives to sugary sweets offer vitamins, minerals and fiber as well.
Complex carbohydrates are larger, digest more slowly and provide longer-lasting energy. Foods like bread, pasta, rice, oatmeal, corn and starchy vegetables (like potatoes and carrots) contain the highest amounts. Sources you should choose most often are vegetables, beans and whole-grain, high-fiber breads and cereals. The right carbohydrates are either complex carbohydrate or fiber and generally
supply additional healthy trace elements and phytonutrients, as well as energy and should have a low-glycemic index.

Select unrefined carbohydrates – sugary and starchy foods – for energy (plus their minerals, vitamins and fibre).

Sugary Foods
Besides high-water content fresh fruits, natural sugar comes in concentrated form dried fruit or
sparing quantities of honey, pure maple syrup, rice syrup, etc. or black/brown sugar.
Limit concentrated sugary foods to around 60 grams per day for a person of average size –
or at least no more than this amount at any one time, so as not to upset blood sugar level.
For honey, etc. the amount would only be a small portion of this.

Starchy foods
Include vegetables like potatoes, sweet potato, pumpkin and sweet corn.
also grains like wheat, rye, oats, barley, rice, millet, buckwheat etc.
With a sedentary lifestyle, limit grain foods to about 120 grams/day in total,
which is equivalent to about four slices of bread. It is better on some days
to have starchy vegetables instead of grains. As the vegetables contain less starch
than the grains, they can be eaten in much larger quantities.

Starchy foods, being ‘heating’ foods, are more suitable for cold weather,
while sweet, succulent fruits are more compatible with hot weather.

FATS
While excess fat is dangerous, some fats are essential and are good for you.
Your body needs it for proper brain development, like 0mega-3 and omega-6,
to bring certain vitamins through the brain barrier.

There are two types of fat: saturated and unsaturated.
Beneficial fats are high in essential fatty acids and low in saturated fatty acids.
Unsaturated fats is found in fish like salmon, tuna, also in nuts, seeds, avocados,
and most vegetable oils and plant fats. These are fats in liquid form.
Saturated fat may increase your risk of heart disease.
We normally get all the fat we need from protein rich foods, provided they are mainly from
plant origin.

We don’t need butter, cream or other highly saturated animal fats. Coconut and palm oils
are also high in saturated fat and can be found in many store-bought baked foods.
However, for those who like to use them, a small amount should be tolerated, provided there is not a blood-triglyceride problem. Treed these concentrated fats (including any oil) only as a garnish and limit them to a total of around 30 grams a day for a person of average size.

Select cold pressed and unrefined oil if possible – for example ‘extra virgin, cold-pressed olive oil. Unsalted butter appears to be less harmful than margarine because of the damaging trans fatty acids in the hydrogenated oils in most margarines. In any case, butter is less processed than margarine. Watch for processed foods containing added fat, especially if he fat is saturated or hydrogenated.

The Foundation of Balanced Eating

The starting point is to maintain the correct acid/alkaline balance in the body.
This is the absolute foundation of sound nutrition. If we get this right and keep it right, most of our health falls into place. While the bloodstream is strongly buffered to be slightly alkaline at a pH close to 7.4 and works very hard to maintain the 7.4 level, tissue fluids can vary in their acidity, and if they are forced to depart far from the optimum (being close to neutral), we are in deep trouble.
A body that is very acidic – and therefore in a toxic state – is prone to inflammatory conditions like colds and eventually degenerative illnesses like arthritis and worse.

The acid/alkaline balance depends mainly on what we eat. Because foods are either acid –
or alkaline forming. Generally speaking, the foods that leave an alkaline residue in the body are the fresh, ripe fruits and green, yellow and red vegetables. But foods that increase acidity are almost all the rest, like meat, cheese, eggs, nuts, legumes, seeds, grains (such as bread, pasta, rice and cakes), refined sugar, coffee, tea and so on.

Because fruits and vegetables have a high-water content, we need much more of them to balance the concentrated foods. They need to comprise three-quarters to four-fifths of total food intake (by weight), with the concentrated foods that supply protein, carbohydrate and fat comprising only one-quarter to one-fifth.

Most Australians consume nowhere near this proportion of fruits and vegetables, paying the way for illnesses ranging from colds to arthritis or possibly cancer.

One of the greatest mistakes in nutrition is the assumption that acid fruits, including citrus,
pineapples and tomatoes, are acid forming. But they are not, they are alkaline forming.
During the metabolic process in the body, their weak organic acids are broken down to release energy, and the acidic end product, carbon dioxide, is breathed out, living a residue of alkaline minerals. We get rid of the acidic part and are left with the alkaline part. So acid fruits, like other fruits, are alkaline forming.

Toxemia, a Hidden Havoc

Understanding Toxemia
 Orthodox medicine tends to look for a germ as the cause of a particular disease (though not always for chronic or degenerative diseases). Where no germ can be found, the cause may be given as unknown. Natural health looks at a completely different picture. Realizing that almost all illnesses today are diseases of civilization – which means diseases of lifestyle- the underlying causes of our vast range of health problems, plus premature aging, become perfectly clear. We find the basic causes of illness in daily living: our modern diet, stress, lack of exercise, and man-made chemicals are the four key areas. The progression from modern lifestyle…to deterioration within the body… to disease is almost in- avoidable. When we understand this, it enables us to gain control of our physical and mental well being. This understanding is increased by three basic principles, which are considered natural laws that support human health and provide the key to the means of restoration and maintenance of our health. We can distinguish three Fundamental Natural Health Principles:

1. Good health is a normal state and should continue from birth until death. Illness and premature aging will not occur, unless we do something to cause them to occur.

2. Broadly speaking, disease is not an attack on the body by some foreign agent. Rather it is the body’s defenses at work attempting to preserve the status quo of good health.

3. The human body, given the right conditions, is an efficient, self-healing organism. We all know that a cut on the skin will heal, but damage to internal organs is another matter. They have just the same ability to heal. When we consider the phenomenal health of populations that were isolated from the Western world, it is easier to accept the first principle, which is fundamental. Arthritis, obesity, heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis, colds, flu, skin disease, etc. rarely occur because of defects in the human body: they occur because we unwittingly make them happen. Principle No. 2 depends on an understanding of the natural relationship between germs and humans. They are not the primary cause of disease. Principle No. 3 is explored in the following subject.

We will now have a look at what (according to Natural Health theory and experience),
is the cause of illness – or better still, what causes health – and look at how diet, stress, exercise and chemicals affect body and mind.

Toxemia from food and chemicals.
The typical modern way of eating is at the top of the list for most individuals.
It is usually too concentrated, containing excess fat, protein and refined carbohydrates.
It is lacking fiber, vitamins and minerals, and contains food additives, pesticides and
stimulants such as coffee, tea, salt, pepper and alcohol.

The unavoidable result of this type of eating is that toxic waste products of metabolism are
formed quicker than the body can eliminate them by the liver and kidneys, resulting in
a build-up in the body. This condition in Natural Health is called ‘toxemia’ or ‘acidosis’-
because the wastes are acidic and so tissue fluids become more acidic that they should be.

Synthetic chemicals, including air and water pollutants, pesticides, food additives and
drugs, are often toxic and contribute to toxemia.

Because of lack of exercise, circulation is sluggish and doesn’t get the r5egular boost that is
needed to flush waste products out of the tissues and for detoxification and elimination from the body.

Stress and inadequate sleep devour vital nerve energy and leave insufficient available for
normal activities that include digestion, assimilation of nutrients and elimination of waste.
As a result, waste products build up even more quickly and the toxemia increases further.

The effects of negative attitudes like anger, resentment, bitterness, intolerance, and greed
works like putting grit in the bearings of an engine: our system wear out sooner.
However, positive attitudes such as love, kindness, tolerance and generosity works like
oil on the bearings for smooth running. Negative attitudes indirectly contribute to toxemia.

While coping with the demands of everyday living – plus the toxins – overworked organs
and tissues become exhausted, or better still, enervated (depleted in nerve energy).
Enervation diminishes elimination, which further increases the toxemia.
So a vicious cycle is created. The combination of toxemia and enervation is the basic
cause underlying most diseases.

How do we know if we are toxic?
Toxemia comes in many shades of grey, ranging from a little to a lot.
And the first thing you want to know is – how toxic am I?
Unfortunately, there is no easy way to find out. In fact, it is possible to be in quite a ‘polluted’ state and be unaware of anything wrong. Probably the most reliable indication is provided by iridology (analysis of the iris of the eye), conducted by a skilled practitioner.

But there are signs you can look for to get an idea. Any of the following signs may be present:

*  Constantly feeling unwell, off color, a bit ‘crook’.
*  Always tired, like your batteries are flat. The extreme case is chronic fatigue syndrome.
*  Repeated minor ailments, like colds and headaches. You ‘pick up’ infections easily.
*  It’s an effort to drag yourself out of bed in the morning and you need coffee to get going.
*  The breath is off and it’s not due to problems with teeth.
*  There is body odor that returns soon after showering.
*  The tongue is coated, especially first thing in the morning.
*  Wound healing is poor; the smallest cuts become inflamed and remain so for days.
*  You feel persistent aches and pains, not due to physical injury or muscle or joint strain.
*  There is degenerative disease.  





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The Healing Power of Garlic

The Healing Power of Garlic

 
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A lot of research has been done on this great bulb, and the results have been amazing. Dozens of medical benefits have been linked to garlic. • Studies have shown that garlic lowers cholesterol and thins the blood, which may help prevent high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke. • According to laboratory studies, garlic appears to block the growth of cancer cells. Population studies show that people who eat lots of garlic have fewer stomach and colon cancers than those who eat the least. In a study at Boston City Hospital, garlic was successfully used to kill 14 strains of bacteria taken from the noses and throats of children with ear infections.In additions, research has shown that garlic can help boost immunity and reduce high blood sugar levels. It may also relief asthma symptoms and keep individual cells healthy and strong, potentially delaying or preventing some of the conditions and cellular breakdown associated with aging. For thousands of years the healing power of garlic has been recognized. It has been used to treat wounds and infections to digestion problems.During World War II, when Russian soldiers ran out of penicillin for their wounds, they requisitioned garlic gloves. Which is where garlic got the nick name “Russian penicillin” from. And now-a-days, in Germany, Japan, and other modern countries, garlic formulas are sold as over-the-counter treatment for a variety of conditions.Benefits for the heart So far, researchers have identified two important ways in which garlic is good for the heart and circulation. At first, it contains many sulfur compounds, including diallyl disulfide (DADS), which appears to promote a smooth blood flow by preventing platelets from sticking together and clotting.Researchers at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, gave 45 men with high cholesterol aged garlic extract – about the equivalent of five to six gloves of fresh garlic. When they examined the men’s blood, they saw that the rate at which platelets clumped and stuck together had dropped anywhere between 10 and 58%. Garlic is also good for the heart as it lowers cholesterol levels and blood fats called triglycerides in the bloodstream. Garlic has also some blood-pressure lowering properties, and it can lower homocysteine (a protein that can cause plaque build-up in the arteries.Protection against Cancer The evidence is rising that including garlic in your diet may play a role in preventing and treating cancer. Studies indicate that garlic can help block cancer in several ways: By preventing cell changes that lead to cancer From stopping tumors from growing or By killing the harmful cells outright.“Garlic is an immune system booster”, according to Janet Maccaro, PhD, ND, a holistic nutritionist in Ormond Beach, Florida. “So it may help the body zap cancer cells before they can grow out of control.” A compound in garlic called s-allylcysteine appears to stop the metabolic action that causes a healthy cell to become cancerous.The substance called DADS, which we discussed earlier, appears to stop the growth of cancer cells by preventing their ability to divide and multiply. DADS chokes cancer cells until their numbers are reduced, and they start dying. Another substance in garlic called diallyl trisulfide (DATS), which is 10 times more powerful than DADS at killing human lung cancer cells. It’s effectiveness is comparable to that of 5-fluorouracil, a widely used chemotherapy agent. And since garlic is vastly less toxic to healthy cells than the chemotherapy drug, there is hope that some day garlic could form the basis for a gentler chemotherapy. Garlic contains compounds that help prevent nitrites – common substances found in foods such as bacon and other cured meats, as well as in a variety of everyday pollutants – from transforming into nitrosamines, harmful compounds that can trigger cancerous changes in the human cells.Not only are garlic’s benefits seen in laboratories. Researchers have noticed that people in Southern Italy, who eat a lot of garlic, develop less stomach cancer than the people who don’t eat much (or any) garlic in the north.A study of 41,837 women living in Iowa found that those who ate garlic at least once a week had a 35% less risk of colon cancer than women who never ate garlic. Eating three gloves of garlic a day might reduce your risk of many cancers by 20%.“Garlicillin” A frightening trend in recent years has been antibiotic resistance – the ability of bacteria to minimize the effects of drugs that were once effective in killing them. Luckily, there is a new superhero when it comes to fighting bacteria. Research suggests that garlic may be effective where traditional drugs have failed or are too toxic.To get the most out of garlic Eat it fresh, crushed raw garlic contains allicin, a compound that breaks down quickly into a cascade of healthful compounds, like DADS and DATS. Cut it fine. Whether you cook garlic or eat it raw, mincing, crushing, or pressing it greatly expands its surface area, which releases the maximum number of healthful compounds.

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