Spanish researchers have analyzed the effectiveness of salt on sports performance in triathletes. The athletes who added this supplement to their usual hydration routines during the competition took 26 minutes less to complete a medium-distance triathlon course than those who only used sports drinks.

The purpose of strengthen our immune system is to protect us
from all kind of diseases, including bacteria.

As a start, avoid any unnecessary use of  medications, especially
antibiotics and any unnecessary contact with hospitals and
medical facilities.

There are three strategies you can use to strengthen your immune
system. The first one is P’au D’Arco tea.
This is a traditional South American herbal remedy made from
the inner bark of the purple lapacho tree. It is used there against
a large variety of infections. In the 1960’s they extracted a chemical
from the purple lapacho, called naphtoquinone, which proved to
have strong anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal actions.

Watch for false P’au D’arcos sold on the herbal market.
Only the Argentinian product is effective.

The second strategy is a simple amino acid.Strong immunity
requires a lot of glutamine. Ornithine alpha-ketoglutarate (OKG)
will provide this. It is stable and doesn’t rase body ammonia levels.

The third strategy is ion exchange whey protein concentrate.
THis is a powerful immune booster. Look for a protein drink
of which the main ingredient is wey protein concentrate.

Drink clean water.
Most of our drinking water is now contaminated  with over
60,000 man-made chemicals, that pollute our groundwater.
Use a good quality alkaline filter.

Limit your Alcohol Intake.
It has been proven that some alcohol protect against cardio
and reduces the effects of stress.
Drink no more than two glasses of wine or beer or two singles
of spirits per day.

Eat an Alkaline Diet.
Acidity has become a disorder in Australia. that causes many
diseases. Look at www.nutrobalance.com and read about the
Alkaline/Acid Food Theory.

Use the “Eating Right Pyramid” as the basis for your diet.
Eat mainly grains and cereals, followed by vegetables and fruits.
Use meat,eggs, fish & dairy products as optional and kept to
15 – 20% of your daily calories. Use fats,oils & sweets sparingly.

Eat a Wide Variety of Foods, to give you the best change to
get all the necessary nutrients.

Take Daily Supplements to obtain optimum health and to
protect yourself against degraded and contaminated foods,
polluted water and air, which will get a lot worse before it will
get better.

Take a complete multi-mineral & antioxidant and some
organic flax seed oil.

Eat a Low Fat Diet.
It protects you against cardiovascular disease & cancer.
Keep your fat intake below the 15% of your total daily calories
preferably as organic olive oil & flax seed oil.
Avoid saturated & trans fats.

Eat a Low Salt Diet.
Excess use of sodium causes hypertension and increase the
risk of stomach cancer and osteoporosis.Take a potassium
based salt substitute on the table and in cooking.

Reduce your Sugar Intake.
Refined sugar causes obesity, tooth decay, metabolic & cardiac
abnormalities and also increase the risk of adult-onset diabetes.
Use a little fructose or Stevia, which is a natural sweetener made
of the leafs of the Stevia  rebaudiana and is sweeter than sucrose.

Eat Organic, Unprocessed foods.
I have mentioned the degraded & contaminated nature of foods
grown with NPK fertilizers and  foods processed for mass production.
They fail to provide essential nutrients and do more harm than good.

Your body has to rob its own tissues of essential nutrients to use
in absorption and metabolism of any refined food.

Avoid Red Meats
The number of colon cancer cases in America has exceeded
150,000 in 1990, ten times as many as in Eastern nations.

Dr. Walter Willett at the Harvard University has shown with a
clinical trial of 88,751 women, that eating beef, pork or lamb
daily can cause a 250% increase of risk of colon cancer.
Red meat consumption is now also linked to prostate cancer
in a new study of 14,916 physicians.

Avoid Processed Meats, like pickled, salt-cured,smoked,
nitrated or charcoal-cooked meats, which contain potent
carcinogens. Don’t eat them. At the barbecue, don’t allow
the meat to char and cut off any charred pieces.

Eat a High Fiber Diet
Fiber protects you against colon cancer,it lowers your
cholesterol and stabilizes your blood sugars.
Consume at least 40 – 50 gram of mixed fibers daily,
from whole-grain breads & cereals, especially from oat bran,
vegetables and fruits.

Eliminate Toxic Metals.
Lead damage our brains and so those aluminum, which is
also linked with Alzheimers.
Watch out for personal care products, such as anti-perspirants
and shampoos.

Include Weight Bearing Exercises in your fitness program,
at least three times per week. your lungs, organs, muscles,
bones and your immune system will benefit from it.

Except from the two things we can be certain of in life: death and taxes,
there is a third most of us can count on, which is arthritis.
It effects nearly 70% – 80% of the population over the age of fifty.

The most common type is called: osteoarthritis or degenerative
arthritis, which  is an inflammatory disease.
Symptoms are:early morning stiffness, swollen joints and joint pain
over the entire body. In an advanced state, it can cause significant
pain, discomfort and even disability.

Osteoarthritis is caused by degeneration of the cartilage in the joints
or the lining of the joints. The cartilage can worn out completely by
mechanical stress, caused by excessive weight, trauma or activity.

The end of our bones is covered by articular cartilage. Our joints
have additional cartilage that act like a shock absorber between
the bones. Old cartilage breaks down, while new cartilage is formed.
This process has to be kept in balance in order to keep healthy  joints.

There are several causes of inflammation in our joints.
The cytokins are among the leading causes. These are proteins
who carry messages between cells and regulate immunity and
inflamation. Two of the most important ones are:
tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF- a) and interleukin one beta (IL-B).
They are highly concentrated in the joints of people with osteoarthritis.

The second group are the proteases, enzymes that cause the
breakdown of proteins. Proteases are under control of the cytokines.
Some have anti-inflammatory   qualities and some have pro-
inflammatory qualities, which are in the majority with arthritis.

The third group are the phagocytes (or neutrophils), which are
attracted to the inflamed joint while trying to clear this reaction and
to prevent damage to the cartilage and lining of the joint.
But this inflammatory response can actually cause more inflammation
to the joint.

The pressure caused by our weight on our joints block the blood
supply to the cartilage. This phenomenon is called Ischemia.
When we take our weight of the joint, the pressure is reduced and
blood returns back to the cartilage, this is called reperfusion.

This process causes excessive production of free radicals.
These free radicals put heavy weight on the antioxidant defence
system and cause oxidative stress and consequently damage to
the cartilage and synovial lining of the joint. When the body can’t
rebuild cartilage fast enough, deterioration occurs.

Rheumatoid arthritis is another form of arthritis. This is an
autoimmune disease. When our immune system starts to attack
the cartilage and the synovial lining of the joint, an inflammatory
process starts to destroy healthy tissue.This not only create
excessive free radicals, but also attracts TNF-a cytokines.

Production of free radicals is five times higher in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis than in patients with osteoarthritis and causes
greater oxidative stress and damage to the joints.
This damaging effect can cause severe pain an deformity.

When considering traditional treatments, it is important to know
the real causes of these diseases.

The traditional treatment of both types of arthritis, called
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDS) and aspirin, caused
severe side effects, like stomach ulcers and upper –
gastrointestinal bleeding (GI).

Because of this, pharmaceutical companies developed a group
of new NSAIDS , called COX 2 inhibitors, which significantly
reduced GI. Unfortunately, these have side effects as well, like
bowel perforation and upper GI bleeds, but less frequent.

These drugs mainly reduces the pain but do nothing about the
basic cause of the disease, which is oxidative stress.

Apart from a well balanced, high quality mineral and antioxidant
supplement patients suffering from arthritis should also take
glucosamine sulfate, which is one of the basic nutrients for the
synthesis of cartilage.

It is a simple amino sugar and gives the cartilage its elasticity.
Unlike NSAIDS and aspirin, which only reduces the pain,
glucosamine helps to rebuild the damaged cartilage.

In 1999 a large study revealed that glucosamine not only
reduced the pain and inflammation of arthritis, but actually
stopped the deterioration of the cartilage and even showed
evidence of cartilage regrowth, without any side effects.

Another important advantage was that the pain didn’t return
for weeks and even months!

Chondrotin sulfate is often combined with glucosamine in order
to make the cartilage more pliable and spongy, as chondrotin
attracts water into the cartilage. Without it, the cartilage becomes
drier and more fragile.

Cellular nutrition is the key to prevent arthritis. This is another
area in which nutritional supplements work together with your
body to maintain or regain your health.

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A description of the most common diseases, how to cure and how to avoid them
with a healthy lifestyle and supplementation.

THE MAGIC OF MINERALS

The ages-long search for the Fountain of Life may well have been discovered,
It may well be found in MINERALS.

This book from Dr. Bob L. Owen contains the most important nutritional information
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Arthritis is a disease which effects nearly 70% – 80% of the population.
It can cause severe pain and deformity and
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The simple technique of ‘deep breathing’ can make a powerful
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THE MAN WHO LIVED IN THREE CENTURIES.

This book contains  the amazing story of Eric Storm, Australian Broker.
After almost dying of a heart attack at age 34, Eric Storm changed his life style
to enjoy  another 70 years free from  illness and full of accomplishment,
with the year 2000 being the final turning point of a legendary life  across
three centuries.
Author:  Roger French

“Knowledge about nutrition and maintenance of the immune system is probably
more important than drug therapy and surgery combined ( apart from trauma repair).
Eric Storm’s astonishing example  – replicated by many followers of Natural Health
principles – is testimony of the immense value of such knowledge.

Many in the medical profession are now taking notice  – and not a moment too soon”.
Brian Wilshire, Radio 2GB Sydney.

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A small new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that, in people with type 2 diabetes, those who consume a high energy breakfast and a low energy dinner have better blood sugar control than those who eat a low energy breakfast and a high energy dinner. Thus adjusting diet in this fashion could help optimize metabolic control and prevent complications of type 2 diabetes. Read it all

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Macro nutrients should take up the largest portion of your diet. This category of nutrients includes carbohydrates,protein and fat. Your body uses macro nutrients for energy,growth and repair. Different types of macro nutrients do different things for your body, so it is important to get variety in your daily diet,so that you get the right types of each class of macro nutrient.

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 phyto nutrients, as well as energy and should have a low-glycemic index. The glycemic index is a way of measuring the rate at which carbohydrates are broken down and appear in the blood as simple

sugars. Those foods that result in a rapid rise in blood sugar often have a high glycemic index.Carbohydrates that are broken down slowly and cause only a moderate,controlled increase in blood sugar often have a low glycemic index.Some carbohydrates fall in between. High-glycemic foods provides quick energy,but it is usually short-lived and hunger soon returns.This crash stimulates many energy responses in our body chemistry,stressing our organs.Most convenience foods and many meal replacements and diet products on the market to-day are high-glycemic. Low-glycemic foods provide greater satiety and sustained energy. By virtue of their slow digestion and absorption,low-glycemic foods can help control appetite and delay hunger.

PROTEIN A healthy diet includes a variety of high-quality protein sources, including complete proteins,which contain all of the essential amino acids.Protein is what makes up bodily tissues,like the muscles,skin and organs.When you eat food containing protein,your digestive system breaks it down into smaller parts called amino acids.These amino acids are later used by the body to build and repair cells and tissues.

The two main sources of protein are: animal products,like meat,milk, fish and eggs and vegetable products,like beans,nuts,seeds and soy. To make sure you get all the essential amino acids,it’s important to eat a wide variety of these protein-rich foods,such as lean meat, fish,fat-free and low-fat dairy products,eggs,nuts,seeds and beans.

FATS Surprisingly,some fat is good for you! Your body needs it for proper brain development,like omega-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 acid.

Unsaturated fat is found in fish,like salmon and tuna,nuts,seeds, avocados and most vegetable oils.Most of the fat that you eat should come from these foods.

Saturated fat may increase your risk of heart disease. It is important to limit the amount you consume.No more than 10% of your total daily calories should be derived from saturated fat. It is found in food that come from animals,like red meat,butter,cheese, milk(except fat-free)and ice cream. Coconut and palm oils are also high in saturated fat and can be found in many store-bought baked foods.

THE IMPORTANCE OF A LOW-FAT,HIGH-FIBER DIET.
Diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol and rich in fruits and vegetables and grain products that contain some type of fiber, particularly soluble fiber,have many health benefits. Unfortunately,the normal diet in to-day’s society includes only one-half or two-thirds of the fiber necessary for optimal health. The positive impact of a high-fiber diet is increased when there is a concurrent reduction in the amount of saturated fat consumed.

Trans-fatty acids or trans fat can also raise the risk of heart disease. Trans fat is formed when liquid vegetable oils go through a chemical process called hydrogenation,which makes the oils into solid fat,like shortening and hard margarine.This process increases the shelf life of foods,including the potato chips,cookies and fried food that we consume every day.Trans fat behaves like saturated fat: clogging arteries and increasing LDL-C (bad cholesterol) levels. Trans fat may also reduce HDL (good cholesterol levels). The health risks posed by this dangerous fat have prompted many regulatory agencies to require that food manufacturers lists trans fat amounts on all nutritional labels.So when eating packaged foods, try to pick foods labeled 0g trans fat per serving.

Conventional medicine often does not recognize the early stages and symptoms of
a mineral or vitamin deficiency. Neither does it understand the havoc created
in our bodies by these deficiencies and the many ways they contribute to the
destruction of our health and the part deficiencies play in both our common
and most serious disease states. Scientists and physicians alike may wait until
a state is fully developed before they take action.

If we are to understand the importance of proper nutrition and  how devastating
deficiencies can be, we must first understand the differences between functional
mineral deficiency disease and organic deficiency diseases.

A functional disease is a condition whereby one or several organs, or groups of
organs, begin to suffer an impairment of function. For instance, the legs might
not function well, the heart may malfunction, vision may be reduced, or one’s
balance may be less stable tthan it used to be.

On the other hand, an organic disease refers to a definite, specific breakdown
of some kind. For example, a heart arrhythmia would be considered an impairment
of function, or functional disease. A heart attack would be a tissue or organ
breakdown, thus an organic disease. Arthritis, which is aa tissue breakdown,
and diabetes, which is an organ failure, are both organic diseases.

The symptoms between the two disease types are different. If a person has
learned to be aware of his or her body, an evident reduction of energy would
be the body’s signal that a mineral deficiency is making it impossible to
operate at peak levels.

The normal sequence of a mineral deficiency is: the less than adequate intake
of minerals, followed by depression and/or loss of energy, insomnia and/or
anxiety, followed by muscle cramps. Any of these symptoms could indicate
a calcium deficiency.

Next, there will be a measurable lowering of minerals in the blood and extra-
cellular fluid. In order to maintain steady levels of minerals in the fluids,
and thus preserve life, the body robs the bones and tissues of minerals.
Since the cells can no longer perform at peak levels, the above symptoms increase.
At this point, tissues themselves become inflamed, deformed or deranged, and
organic disease is the result.

At first, a calcium deficiency might appear as a functional disease; though
depression may be present, the bones have not yet deteriorated to the point of
osteoporosis. Depression or insomnia, since they inhibit the person’s usual
functions to a certain degree, are classified as functional diseases.
If the deficiency is not halted, osteoporosis will develop and would be
considered an organic disease. Similar progressions may develop with other
mineral deficiences.

If you want to obtain optimal health from nutrition, you have to understand first,
how much what you put in your body effects your health.
The human body was designed with lots of care in order to transform a mixture of certain compounds that are found in nature into muscles, bones, organs, glands and our brain. The interactions of these nutrient compounds are the hairy bags of chemical soup what we call human beings.
Every time we mass around with them, they will mass around with you.

People who consume fatty burgers with nutrient poor fries don’t realize how much they
are disturbing the excellent precision of nutrient use by their bodies.
Let’s look at some examples in order to make clear how that precision makes the engine
of a Masserati look like a child’s toy.

Let’s look at a good one: vitamin B12. You need only a few micrograms (millionths of a gram) of vitamin B12 each day: the RDA (Recommended daily Allowance ) is only
2 micrograms. Your blood contains only about 5 nanograms (billionths of a gram) per liter,
less than a speck of dust. Even under a microscope you couldn’t see such amount.
It represents less than one part per trillion of your body weight.
But if you lack that tiny speck , your whole body declines into a serious disease, called
pernicious anemia, which gradually destroys the myelin sheaths, which protect your nerves, leading to blindness, insanity and death.

A second example is iodine. A daily intake of about 50 micrograms is considered to be sufficient for most people. This amount is still so tiny that you could hardly see it on the
head of a pin. Every day your body separates the few molecules of iodine that occur in
different foods with a precision that goes for beyond the most advanced computer and
transport them straight to the thyroid gland. There they convert an enert chemical
called thyronine into powerful thyroid hormones. These hormones then control your
energy supply, your mood and even how well you can think.

The same applies to other micro nutrients. It is still a mystery how such minute amounts
of these substances can hold the keys to health, to sanity and even to life itself.
But they do and if they are deficient in your food, you are asking for disease.

We need a daily dose of a precise mix of 59 nutrients for optimal bodily function
as shown in the following table.

Elements required in large amounts daily:
Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, Sulphur, Nitrogen

Elements required in medium amounts daily:
Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, Chloride

Elements required in small amounts daily:
Iron, Manganese, Chromium, Fluoride, Arsenic, Germanium, Zinc, Silicon,
Selenium, Molybdenum, Boron, Copper, Cobalt, Iodine, Nickel, Tin.

Vitamins (common form names):
A (retinol), B3 (niacin, niacinamide), B12 (cobalamin), C (ascorbic acid),
K (phylloquinone), B1 (thiamin), B5 (pantothenic acid), Folic Acid, D (calciferol),
B2 (riboflavin), B6 (pyrodoxine), Biotin, E (d-alpha tocopherol).

Co-factors (common form names):
Choline, Para-amino-benzoic acid (PABA), Pyroloquinoline quinone (PQQ),
Inositol, Bioflavonoides, Co-enzyme Q10

Essential amino acids:
Isoleucine, Methionine, Tryptophan, *istidine, Leucine, Phenylalanine,
Valine, Taurine, Lysine, Threonine, *Aginine,
* Conditionally essential

Essential fatty acids:
Linoleic acid, Linolenic acid
From some you need a lot, others you need only tiny amounts. But they all have to
be provided in the correct amounts. The first five, which you need in large quantities,
are plentiful present in foods and in the air we breath, so supply is not often a problem.

The remaining 54 nutrients we need in medium or small quantities and are less readily
available in the environment. More important, they may be deficient or entirely absent
in any of the degraded foods, which we now find in most of our food supply.

We know that 13 vitamins, 22 minerals, 6 co-factors, 8 amino acids ( plus 3 more in certain
circumstances) and 2 essential fatty acids are required for optimal bodily function.

All these essential substances interact with each other in precise synergy to produce, maintain and renew your body. IF one is missing or in short supply, the functions of
all the others are impaired.

Although the essentiality of co-factors is still controversial, they are included, because
recent evidence all points in that direction. The meaning of the word ” essential”
in science means:
(a) The nutrients have to be present in adequate amounts or function is impaired.
(b) The body can’t make the nutrients or can’t make enough of them for normal                          tissue function.
(c) You have to get them from your diet.

If you can’t get them from your diet, you have to supplement them from a high quality source. These are the facts on nutrition.

The connection between good nutrition and long term health is beyond dispute and backed by a wealth of scientific evidence.
What you  eat and how you eat effects your health on the long term.

Our diet fails in supplying the essential nutrients we need for optimum health.
We have put good nutrition on the back burner and as a result our diet fails in
supplying even the minimum levels of nutrients that we need for long term health.
Only 9 % of people consume the five daily servings of fresh fruit and vegetables
as recommended by the National Cancer Institute.

Until the 1940’s,farmers used to practice “crop rotation” and returned essential
nutrients back into the soil by mulching,manuring and churning.
Because of growing population it was no longer possible to grow crops this way.
So the farmer use large farms and make use of artificial fertilizers.
But crops can’t make their natural insect repellents with artificial fertilizers.
So the farmer has to use chemical pesticides,which are sprayed on the crop and fruits.
But when we consume those fruits and veges,the chemical pesticides accumulates
in our body and causes disease.

Most of us today are suffering from certain dangerous diet deficiencies,which cannot
be remedied until the depleted soils from which our food come,are brought into proper
miniral balance. The alarming fact is,that fruits and vegetables now being raised on
millions of acres of land that no longer contain enough of certain minerals, are starving
us,no matter how much we eat. In other words,we can’t get the necessary nutrients
out of our food.

In 2006, 90% of the Australian population died of a degenerative disease,like cancer,
stroke,diabetes,heart disease,Alzheimer disease etc.
Over 70% of Australian male  adults are overweight or obese .
We are not even getting the minimum of RDA levels of vitamins, minerals and anti-
oxidants. The RDA levels were designed in the early 1920’s and 1930’s as minimum
requirements of TEN essential nutrients to protect against acute deficiency diseases,
like Scurvy (deficiency of vit.C), Rickets (deficiency of vit.D) and Pellagra (deficiency
of niacin).

The RDA’s did a good job to eliminate Scurvy and Rickets, but consuming the RDA’s
will not even come close to helping prevent a degenerative disease and our EPIDEMIC
health stats prove that.
To protect us against degenerative diseases we need OPTIMUM levels of nutrients.

Just to make a comparison between the RDA levels and Optimum Levels:
The RDA level for vit.C is 60mg.However,the optimum level is 1300mg.
The RDA level for vit.E is 15 IU’s.But the optimum level is 450 IU’s.
The RDA level for vit.D is 200 IU’s, but the Optimum Level is 600 IU’s.
(IU stands for International Unit).

To be able to get the Optimum Level of vit.C (1300mg) out of our food,we have to
consume 17 medium kiwifruits or 16 medium oranges daily, which is unpractical.
Can you even come close to consuming any of them on a daily basis?

So, what’s the solution? We have three choices:
1.Do nothing and pay the price.
2.Become an old fashion farmer.
3.Take a 1st. grade supplement.

It’s been scientifically proven that there are substantial health benefits in taking
nutritional supplements. The benefits of nutritional supplements are scientifically
verified over the past two years. Hundreds of scientific studies have proved that
nutritional supplements can significantly reduce the risk of degenerative diseases.

Supplements provide a convenient and effective means of achieving good nutrition
every day for a lifetime.
Chronic degenerative diseases are not diseases of old age. Heart disease starts at
childhood. It appears prudent for all children and adults to take vitamin supplements.

Never before has the need for supplementation been greater than in our present time.