Life is a beautiful world we coexist in, especially in the State of Florida, where the temperate climate brings forth a burst of brilliant color almost year round! I love living here and feel at one with Mother Nature’s in her myriad of forms, be it plant, animal or stone. I have been a vegan vegetarian since 1992 and have come to realize the importance of eating only fresh, organic foods not only for my physical health but also for my spiritual health and vibration or frequency.
Today’s world is filled with high tech gizmos and items to supposedly make our life easier and free up our time and energy – but is this really true or do we spend more time on the phone, the computer, watching tv, checking the pda and in so doing, have we lost touch with nature? In our quest for more time, we have created the fast food concept so that we can grab a bite here and run there. Where are we running to and have we really increased the amount of time we have and if so, what are we doing with it? Are we taking the time to appreciate nature and our life?
Today’s fare of nourishment more often than not comes from a can or is frozen or processed in some way that man deems appropriate as opposed to nature’s way of creating food. There are man-made chemicals in everything from the water we drink which is vital to our existence, to the fruit, and here in Florida, the oranges that we so take for granted, as being nourishing to the body, chemicals in shampoo and soaps, deodorants, and it goes on and on. But where did the food come from, how long has the produce been sitting around and more importantly, what has been put into the soil and/or sprayed on the food before it was sent to market and that we ultimately ingest? Bad food or chemicals in the food causes congestion and toxic conditions inside the body which causes malfunction of the cells and therefore, the organs, glands and all body systems. Chemicals are used to prolong the life of food, but do these chemicals prolong our life? I think not and the proof is in our current health crisis and the bodies of our children and their physical as well as emotional health. A scientist by the name of Francis Pottinger, Jr., MD conducted fascinating research on cats and dogs and found that when the diet of a species is altered for three generations, the species will cease to reproduce. How many people do you know who are not able to conceive naturally?
In the early 1930’s, and over the following 25 years, Dr. Pottinger conducted studies on cats using two diets. One diet consisted of two-thirds raw meat, one-third raw milk and cod liver oil. The second diet consisted of two-thirds cooked meat, one-third raw milk and cod liver oil. Studies revealed the following:
· Multiple generations of cats on the raw meat diet were healthy. They had adequate nasal cavities, excellent tissue tone, good fur with little shedding, and no facial deformities. The calcium and phosphorous content of their bones was consistent. Their internal organs developed and functioned normally. Throughout their life, they were resistant to infections, fleas and other parasites, free of allergies and miscarriages were rare. Litters averaged five kittens, with mothers experiencing no difficulty nursing.
· Multiple generations of cats on the cooked meat diet were not so healthy. They had many variations in facial bone and dental structure. Their long bones tended to be increased in length and smaller in diameter, showing less calcium; in the third generation, some of their bones were soft as rubber. Other indications were heart problems, nearsightedness, farsightedness, underactivity or inflammation of the thyroid gland (how many people are currently on thyroid medication?), infections of the kidney, liver, testes, ovaries and the bladder, arthritis and inflammation of the joints, inflammation of the nervous system with paralysis and meningitis. Infections of the bone appeared regularly, often appearing to be the cause of death. By the time the third generation was born, the cats were so physiologically deficient that none survived beyond sixth months of age. Cats on the cooked meat diet were more irritable. There was evidence of role reversal, with female cats becoming the aggressors and male cats becoming docile and passive, showing no interest in sex. Some females were dangerous to handle. Increasingly abnormal activities occurred between the same sexes. Vermin and intestinal parasites were rampant. Skin lesions and allergies were frequent and progressively worse from one generation to the next. Pneumonia and empyema (accumulation of pus) were principal causes of death in adults, with diarrhea followed by pneumonia, the cause of death in kittens.
· Females frequently had ovarian atrophy and uterine congestion. Males often failed to have active sperm development. Spontaneous abortion in pregnant females was about 25% in the first deficient generation, increasing to about 70% in the second generation. Deliveries were difficult and many females died in labor. The mortality rate of kittens was high. Some mothers failed to lactate; many failed to become pregnant, and those that did had difficulties. The average weight of kittens was 16% less than those born to mothers eating a raw meat diet.
· When cats of the first and second generations who ate cooked meat were fed a raw meat diet, it took about four generations to return to a state of normal health.
· Improvement in resistance to disease was observed in the second generation, with allergic manifestations persisting into the third generation. By the fourth generation, most of the severe deficiency symptoms disappeared, but seldom completely. Once a female cat was subjected to a deficient diet for a period of 12 to 18 months, her reproductive system was so compromised that she was never able to give birth to normal kittens. Only when the kittens were fed a healthy diet did a gradual reversal and regeneration of health occur.
· In the wild, animals on their natural diets are relatively free of degenerative disease. When animals are put on human diets, two things consistently occur: the animal’s life span is cut by as much as 185%, and their weight increases by as much as 164%. Animals on human-type diets have lower brain weights than their wild counterparts.
Recognize any similarities in the human condition?
The human body is an amazing creation of multiple systems working together every second of every day, promoting vitality and homeostasis within itself; our cells are self-regulating, self-administering, self-correcting, and self-replenishing the tissues, the organs and thus, our existence. It is estimated that the human body is composed of over 50 trillion cells, all of which originated from a single cell. Our cells are capable of making distinctions, maintaining self awareness, managing all its functions, and reproducing itself with cellular turnover and replacement twenty-four hours a day, all without our conscious intervention. The existence of life depends on the proper levels and proportions of many chemical substances within the cells of the body. Do we want to just exist or do we want to be healthy and vital in our existence?
With the availability of the appropriate nutrition and a supportive nurturing environment, there is evidence of humans living relatively disease free for a span of time in the hundreds of years. The Hunza people who live in the remote Hunza Valley in northern Pakistan live past the age of 120 with the near absence of degenerative disease and there are many other civilizations experiencing the same lifestyle. So how do we get back to that place…
Back to pure nature. Physical cleansing is a great way of allowing our bodies to detoxify from the inside out naturally. The Master Cleanse developed by Stanley Burroughs in the early 70’s has been documented to support the body nutritionally while enabling the cells to eliminate the foreign chemicals and substances which do not support the life of the cells. The body can heal itself of whatever ailment is experienced if we give it the proper environment in which to do so. The body functions automatically according to precise laws of nature; operations, drugs, unnatural medicine, vaccines containing poisons and antibiotics can never match nor begin to duplicate the complex laws of natural healing. Man’s drugs are designed and created to alter the natural behavior of cells and, therefore, all bodily systems, based upon the presumption that the cells aren’t functioning correctly and these foreign substances will correct the situation. Does nature make mistakes or do humans? If you can’t purchase something without a prescription because you could cause harm to yourself by overdosing, why would you want to ingest something that detrimental to your life? The substances that come from the earth naturally don’t have warning labels on them; what are we thinking by our choices?
Cleansing can have powerful effects because it increases blood levels of growth hormone which is one of the most significant anti-aging hormones to be identified. It is secreted by the pituitary gland but the amount decreases with age. Cleansing depresses glucose levels which increases natural growth hormone production (Khansari et al., 1991). The Hunza people live with near-fasting conditions every year before the spring harvest begins.
Enzymes are also important to break down and digest food and every process in the body is affected. If you eat a diet consisting of predominately cooked food, the enzymes are destroyed and the body is left to overproduce its own digestive enzymes which limits the production of metabolic enzymes which help the body to repair and rejuvenate tissue that has been damaged or destroyed. Heat changes the molecular structure of the substance, whether its food or essential oils. Natural plant enzymes are destroyed when food is grown in artificial, chemical environments, when food is heated and when it is processed such as freezing and microwaving.
It has been proven scientifically that man-made chemicals can not prevent viruses and bacteria from mutating. It has been proven that therapeutic grade essential oils can and do prevent mutation and are an effective means of returning the state of the cells back into homeostasis. The truth has always been here but we have been blinded because we gave our power away to an outside source. People are demanding the truth now, which is why we have many effective forms of healing today which are not “alternative” since they have been around for centuries but were kept secret for fear of prosecution and are vital. The simple fact is, the alternative to the world of drugs is the world of nature and our spiritual connection.
Nature to the Rescue!
Essential oils are not simple substances but contain hundreds to thousands of different chemical compounds all of which must exist together in specific amounts in order for the oil to be therapeutic. These fragile chemicals are easily destroyed by high temperature and pressure as well as contact with chemically reactive metals such as copper or aluminum. The oils contain molecules and isomers that are impossible to manufacture in the laboratory; only nature can create these wonders in their glorious complexity.
Essential oils have a chemical structure similar to that found in our cells and tissues which is why they are compatible with human protein and are accepted by the body. The lipid-soluble structure is very similar to our cell’s membranes and the molecules are very small which means they can penetrate the cell walls bringing oxygen and ATP (adenosine triphosphate) to support the health of the cells and thus the entire body and pass through the blood-brain barrier. Therapeutic grade essential oils stimulate the secretion of antibodies, neurotransmitters, endorphins, hormones and enzymes.
A major reason therapeutic grade essential oils are so effective is because of their complex chemistry since microorganisms can’t mutate in the presence of so many different compounds. There are many chemical constituents that have positive effects on the cells and the entire body:
- aldehydes are antimicrobial and calming;
- eugenol is antiseptic and stimulating;
- ketones stimulate cell regeneration and liquefy mucous;
- phenols are highly antimicrobial;
- sesquiterpenes are soothing to inflamed tissue and can correct hormonal balance
- all of which can be found in one essential oil!
Oils containing dlimonene have been shown to prevent and slow the progression of cancer. European scientists have studied essential oils’ ability to work as natural chelators, binding with heavy metals and petrochemicals that are a predominant ingredient in our food, personal care products and water, and eliminating them from the body. Oils high in sesquiterpenes (vetiver, patchouli, cedarwood, sandalwood, Melissa, myrrh and frankincense) can increase levels of oxygen in the brain by up to 28% (Nasel, 1992) according to research conducted at Vienna and Berlin Universities. The oxygen increases the level of activity in the hypothalamus and limbic systems, which affect emotions, learning and attitude as well as immune function, hormone balance and energy levels. Monoterpenes are substances containing two isoprene units or ten carbons atoms per molecule. Monoterpenes are found in most essential oils, but especially in spruce (38%), valerian (34%), and juniper (14%) as well as cistus, fir and pine. Among other functions, monoterpenes reprogram the DNA at a cellular level which is why healings with therapeutic essential oils are often permanent, i.e. the miswritten codes in the cells are corrected.
There are also diterpens (substances containing four isoprene units or twenty carbon atoms per molecule), as well as triterpens and tetraterpens containing thirty and forty carbons per molecule each respectively. All of the terpen family of molecules are small enough to penetrate the blood brain barrier. Sesquiterpene molecules have the capability of carrying oxygen, like hemoglobin does in the blood. Hence, they are oxygenating to human tissue and are especially effective in fighting cancer cells, which cannot tolerate oxygen. However, the combination (triple punch) of phenylpropanoids, sesqueterpenes, and monoterpens is especially healing with cancers and every other type of illness. That’s because with this combination:
(1) first, you clean the receptor sites allowing proper transfer of hormones and proper information between cells;
(2) second, you deprogram or erase the wrong information from cells stored in the MRNA and DNA; and
(3) third, you reprogram the cells with the correct information so they can function properly and effect a permanent healing.
To one extent or another, most essential oils contain some of all three of these three types of terpenes which is the secret to their healing power. So there you have it in a nutshell: the blood-brain barrier and the chemistry of how therapeutic grade essential oils work to bring about healing.
Love Your Liver!
The liver is the most overworked organ in the body, especially due to the chemicals we ingest, as well as apply topically. A chemical called propylene glycol is in everything from toothpaste to shampoo to antiperspirants – which has been proven to cause cancer, hormone disruption and other side effects – and this is just one chemical of which there are many contained in all personal care products. These chemicals are toxic and detrimental for humans, animals and the environment as well as future generations.
Think about the chemicals contained in suntan lotion; we put it all over the skin, which is the largest absorbing organ in the body, and then we bake in the sun for hours! Remember, temperature changes the molecular structure of any compound.
The main ingredient in many mass-produced bar soap is sodium tallowate and/or potassium tallowate. Do you know what this is? Your soap contains the fatty remains of slaughtered cows, sheeps and horses consisting of brains, fatty tissues and other discarded parts of dead and sometimes diseased animals! These chemicals change the DNA but t they also have to be processed by the liver.
When the liver is damaged due to an overload of ingested chemicals, viral hepatitis, chemicals applied topically or poor diet, the liver can’t process the toxins the blood brings to it for cleansing with the result being an excess of toxins that then leaves the liver through the blood contaminating all body systems. The liver is crucial to the health of your entire body because it filters and processes all food, nutrients, alcohol, drugs and other materials that enter the bloodstream (breaking them down or storing them), manufactures bile to emulsify fats for digestion, makes and breaks down many hormones including cholesterol, testosterone and estrogen, regulates blood sugar, and produces immune cells to stop infection. The liver is also where we store emotions of a negative nature.
Mother Nature to the Rescue!
Therapeutic grade essential oils and products made with these oils are wonderful for helping the liver detoxify. Cleansing takes the burden off the liver and allows it to regenerate itself. I recently completed a five day liver cleanse and was amazed at how clear and younger my skin was, especially on my face. When you think about all of the chemicals we are bombarded with on a daily basis from the food we eat, the personal care products we use, the chemicals we inhale from the carpet and paint in our homes, etc., year after year, its no wonder we experience declining health and disease. The most unfortunate result of our chemical world is the declining rate of reproduction in our society and the children who are born with damaged DNA because their parents’ hormone levels were extremely low because of high cellular toxicity. When parents conceive, they pass their DNA on to their children, damaged or not. Check out http://lindachae.com/, The Toxic Free Foundation is committed to providing healing solutions for a toxic-free world and empowering integrity in lifestyle choices for all generations.
Its time to stop and smell the roses! Nature is simple, whole and complete by definition; man creates complexity and confusion by trying to make nature better. Nature never produces anything it doesn’t need and it never keeps anything it doesn’t use. All aspects of our self must be addressed for health and longevity since health is more than just physical, it is mental, emotional and spiritual as well. We need proper nutrition, adequate exercise, positive mental attitudes and a connection to spirit to ensure the survival of our species on this planet. Investigate the ingredients in your food, water and products you use if you want to stop the current cycle this world is experiencing. Read Stanley Burroughs book and complete the cleanse for the health of your body. Support your body with organic foods and therapeutic grade essential oils – do it for you but also do it for future generations. Get in touch with your spirit and your connection to nature. You will experience a vitality, security and peace of mind you have never known before!
Resources:
- Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, W. A. Price, D.D.S., Price-Pottinger Nutrition Foundation Publisher, La Mesa, Ca.; Eleventh Printing 1982.
- Healing for the Age of Enlightenment, Stanley Burroughs, Burroughs Books Publisher, Reno, NV; Sixth Edition, © 1976.
- Essential Oils Desk Reference, Essential Science Publishing; Third Edition, © 1994.
Diana is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Licensed Minister, Reiki Master, CranioSacral Therapist, Star Flower Essence Practitioner, Spiritual Healer and Teacher, Young Living Essential Oils Distributor and founder of Pillars of Light Center in Winter Park. Please visit her web site for more information on how you can improve your quality of life: www.dianaewald.com and start your own successful business in the wellness industry or call her at 407-399-8562. Copyright 2008, Diana Ewald.
