"The Food and Medicine of the Future".
THE 10 SUPER FOODS
"I wish to share with everyone some very necesary and healthy information about these 10
Vital Force Energy Food".
1/ SPIRULINA. Protein Queen.
Spirulina belongs to an ancient class of single-celled, blue-green spiral algae.
As one of the simplest life-forms, spirulina has an extraordinary long history of helping to sustain and develop the food chain. It is clear that ancient algae and plankton life-forms from Earth's lakes and oceans provide the fondamental nutrient and food sources for all life. They are the basis and beginning of the food chain.
BENEFITS: Spirulina contains an astounding array of nutrients, including chlorophyll, protein, vitamins, major minerals, trace minerals, essential fatty acids, nucleics acids (RNA and DNA), polysaccharides, and a vast spectrum of antioxidants.
* It's an algae superfood that consists of 65-71 % protein (the highest concentration of protein found in any food).
* It is a complete protein source. It contains all eight essential amino acids, and eighteen amino acids in total.
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2/ GOJI BERRIES. Fountain of Youth.
Goji Berries grow on a bush that develops like a vine when grown in the shade. There are an estimated eighty-five species of goji berry in Asia and fifteen species in North and central America.
BENEFITS:
Is an "adaptogen," a term used in the world of medicinal plants to describe a substance with a combination of therapeutic actions on the human body.
Longevity and Healthy Hormones, Enhancing Libido and Sexual Function, Antioxidants, healthy Vision, Inmune System Booster, Hydration, Supporting Brain and Neurological Health, Supporting Cardiovascular Health, and keeping Vital Organs Healthy.
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3/ RAW CHOCOLATE. The Food Of The Gods.
CACAO
Cacao is chocolate. All the antioxidant value, mineral benefits, neurotransmitter rejuvenating properties, and overall health-giving qualities of chocolate are found in original cacao.
BENEFITS:
Antioxidants:
Cacao has more antioxidant flavonoids than any food tested so far, including blueberries, red wine, and black and green teas. In fact, it has up to four times the quantity of antioxidants found in green tea. Health benefits of these antioxidants include:
Promote cardiovascular health - Help dilate bloods vessels, reduce blood clotting, improve circulation, help regulate heartbeat and blood pressure, lower LDL cholesterol, and reduce the risk of stroke and heart attacks.
Protect from environmental and metabolic toxins - Help repair and resist damage caused by free radicals, and may reduce risk of certain cancers.
Neurotransmitters:
By increasing the levels of specific neurotransmitters in our brains, cacao promotes positive outlook, facilitates rejuvenation and simply helps us feel good.
Serotonin - Cacao raises the level of serotonin in the brain; thus acts as an anti-depressant, helps reduce PMS symptoms, and promotes a sense of well-being.
Endorphins - Cacao stimulates the secretion of endorphins, producing a pleasurable sensation similar to the “runner’s high” a jogger feels after running several miles.
Phenylethylamine - Found in chocolate, phenylethylamine is also created within the brain and released when we are in love. Acts as mild mood elevator and anti-depressant, and helps increase focus and alertness.
Anandamide - Anandamide is known as the “bliss chemical” because it is released by the brain when we are feeling great. Cacao contains both N-acylethanolamines, believed to temporarily increase the levels of anandamide in the brain, and enzyme inhibitors that slow its breakdown. Promotes relaxation, and helps us feel good longer.
Essential Minerals: Cacao beans are rich in a number of essential minerals, including magnesium, sulfur, calcium, iron, zinc, copper, potassium and manganese.
Magnesium - Cacao seems to be the #1 source of magnesium of any food. Magnesium balances brain chemistry, builds strong bones, and helps regulate heartbeat and blood pressure. Magnesium deficiency, present in 80% of Americans, is linked with PMT, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and joint problems.
Sulfur - Cacao is high in the beauty mineral sulfur. Sulfur builds strong nails and hair, promotes beautiful skin, detoxifies the liver, and supports healthy pancreas functioning.
Essential fats:
There is a misperception that chocolate is fattening. In truth, the fats in cocoa butter are healthy fats. Cacao contains oleic acid, a heart-healthy monounsaturated fat, also found in olive oil, that may raise good cholesterol. Also, substances found in cacao are known to help reduce appetite.
Important note- To fully benefit from chocolate’s wide array of nutrients, eat chocolate that is as close to its natural state as possible. Whole cacao beans and nibs are best. You lose many of the health benefits when you eat commercially produced chocolate.
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4/ MACA. Andes Aphrodisiac
The Maca have been used for over a thousand years by poor Andean people, mainly as a food but the people soon discover their invigorant and fertility properties in humans as well in animals.
Maca it is a amazing source of natural nutrients. The synergy of so many amino acids such as vitamins and minerals as well as their natural states may increase the assimilation and absorption en use them throughout the body.
Maca it is a amazing source of natural nutrients. The synergy of so many amino acids such as vitamins and minerals as well as their natural states may increase the assimilation and absorption en use them throughout the body.
Improve libido, anti fatigue, aphrodisiac, energizer invigorant, restore the hormonal value, reduce chronic fatigue, male impotence, female hormonal disorders, hair loosing, sterility, stomach cancer, weakness. increase the fertility, promote the hormonal balance, a powerful aphrodisiac re-establishes the physical harmony of the body relieves problem of menstruation as flashes and helps to promote the hormonal balance balance.
Uses: "Maca extract increase the vitality, fatigue relief symptoms", Lack of desire, male impotence treatment, fibromyalgia, muscle weakness, Difficulty remembering, concentrating, Feeling anxious or depressed, Insomnia or waking up feeling just as tired as when you went to sleep, Tension or migraine headaches, Feeling anxious or depressed, Reduced tolerance for exercise and muscle pain after exercise, Painful menstrual periods.Side effects : There are not too many documented reports about maca side effects but it is suggested that if you suffer of some kind of hypertension, it is better that you talk with your physician before to start using maca. Do not over pass the doses of 2g/Kg weight. Maybe contra indicated in hypertensive individuals.
Recent research: There are thousand of research reports about maca and recently l peruvian universities as well international laboratories are actually studying new health applications. In addition to tabs there are in the market energizer beverages, candies, chocolates and skin creams and soap, that contain maca extract as the active ingredient but not widely distributed.
Recent findings shows that "maca have also immune stimulant properties" for the anemia, menstrual disorders as menopause, sterility and other reproductive sexual disorders. but it is a fact that one of the main characteristics is to provide more vital energy acting as invigorant and memory enhancer.
Uses: "Maca extract increase the vitality, fatigue relief symptoms", Lack of desire, male impotence treatment, fibromyalgia, muscle weakness, Difficulty remembering, concentrating, Feeling anxious or depressed, Insomnia or waking up feeling just as tired as when you went to sleep, Tension or migraine headaches, Feeling anxious or depressed, Reduced tolerance for exercise and muscle pain after exercise, Painful menstrual periods.Side effects : There are not too many documented reports about maca side effects but it is suggested that if you suffer of some kind of hypertension, it is better that you talk with your physician before to start using maca. Do not over pass the doses of 2g/Kg weight. Maybe contra indicated in hypertensive individuals.
Recent research: There are thousand of research reports about maca and recently l peruvian universities as well international laboratories are actually studying new health applications. In addition to tabs there are in the market energizer beverages, candies, chocolates and skin creams and soap, that contain maca extract as the active ingredient but not widely distributed.
Recent findings shows that "maca have also immune stimulant properties" for the anemia, menstrual disorders as menopause, sterility and other reproductive sexual disorders. but it is a fact that one of the main characteristics is to provide more vital energy acting as invigorant and memory enhancer.
Maca varieties : There are also three other varieties of “Black Maca” , “Red Maca” and “Yellow Maca”. One of the main benefits of the Red Maca is to reduce prostate problems related to the benign prostate the red Maca have strong anti oxidant properties according the Faculty of Medicine of Cayetano Heredia University Black Maca, improve female fertility, increase memory and facilitates the learning in males and females due to their natural vitamin count. Maca it is not another energy product because their unique properties to increase Maca improve the libido increasing the vital energy, it is in fact an invigorant provides life force and endurance in sports including fitness, promote mental clarity it is also used or the, other recent application is the chronic fatigue syndrome Fibromyalgia.
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5/ BEE PRODUCTS.
The history, legends, and mytology surrounding bees and bee products are so grand that they could fill volumes of books. The only food that comes close to bee products in overall richness of history and legend is chocolate (cacao).
Ancient Egypt is where one present-day beekeeping sciences began. The Egyptians were among the first peoples on Earth to keep carving, and in hieroglyphics, on papyri scrolls. Symbols of the bee and beehive appear everywhere are foundin jewelry, incribed on temple walls and tombs, woven into fabrics, carved on the famous Rosetta Stone, and next to the signature of the pharaoh on official documents products were featured in almost every ritual.
Honey products were broadly used in Greco-Roman civilization. In both the Iliad and Odyssey, Homer 0repeatedly refers to honey and pollen. The famous ancient Greek vegetarian Pythagoras enjoyed enjoyed honey daily, as has did his students. Honey and honey water featured prominently in the ancient Olympic games of Greece: they were used as food and beverage, and forbody and skin care during the games.
Consider the following facts about bee products:
* Honeybees visit about two million flowers to make one pound jar of honey.
* A hive of bees flies 55.000 miles to make one jar of honey.
* An average worker bee makes 1/12 of a tablespoon of honey in her life.
* All worker bees are female.
* Bees communicate to one another by dancing, which they can understand even in complete darkness.
* A queen bee can lay up to 3.000 eggs in one day-at a rate of 5 to 6 a minute. That is equal to 175-200 eggs thousand annually.
* One hive may hold up to 80.000 bees-one quieen, a few hundred drones (males), and the rest female workers.
* When Alexander the Great died, he was carried back to Geece in a golden coffin filled with honey.
*One gallon of honey equals the combined bee flight distance of going to the moon and back.
* Bees fly an average of 13 to 15 mph.
* Bees from the same hive visit about 225.000 flowers per day. One single bee typically visits between 50 and 1.000 flowers a day, but can visit up to serveral thousand.
* the average hive temperature is 93.5 degrees Fahrenheit.
* Beeswax prodution in most hives is about 1/12 to 2 percent of the total honey yiedld.
*Bees eat about eight pounds of honey to produce one pound of beeswax.
* Bees eat about eight pounds of honey to pruduce one pound of beewaxs.
* Honeybees are the only insects that produce food for humans.
* A bee's life span ranges from 3-6 weeks.
*The brain of a worker honeybee is about a cubic millimeter but has the densest neurological tissue of any animal.
*Honeybees are almost the only bees with hairy compound eyes.
*A bee travels an average of 1.600 round trips in order to produce one ounce of honey; up to 6 miles per trip.
* Honey
* Bee Pollen
* Royal Jelly
* Propolis
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6/ AFA Blue-Green Algae. Primordial Food.
Klamath Lake blue-green algae is a form of microalgae phytoplankton that differs from spirulina in that it prefers fresh water as opposed to brackis, salty water.
Microalgae phytoplankton form the basis of the food chain. Fossil evidence inidcates they were very likely the first organisms to populate the Earth and are still here eons later. Some scientists believe microalgae have been on Earth for appoximately 2.8 billion years.
Microalgae are responsible for an estimated 80 to 90 percent of the planets's overall food supply and oxygen supplly. Miroalgae obtain their energy through the process of photosynthesis. It is through algal photoskynthesis that the Earth's early atmosphere was converted into its present oxygen-rich state. It seems clear that algae have been the primary developers of the Earth's atmosphere sine life appeard on the Earth.
Blue-green algae contains an incredibly high concentration of nutrients. It holds 64 vitamins, minerals and enzymes (all of which are easily absorbed by the human body), and more biologically active chlorophyll than any other known source of food.
Active constituents in blue-green algae also include higher levels of beta-carotene than broccoli, and it is composed of approximately 70% vegetable protein. It's rich in calcium, iron, vitamins B12, B1, B6, C, and E, as well as the entire spectrum of eight essential amino acids and ten nonessential amino acids. Blue-green algae also contains the important minerals selenium, zinc, manganese, and copper.5 6.
BENEFITS:
The known benefits of organic blue-green algae are extensive. If these small bacteria are responsible for all oxygen-breathing life as we know it, imagine the powerful effects it can offer to the human body! It's been said that the nutrients in just one daily tablespoon of the algae have been known to reduce eye problems associated with Vitamin A deficiency. The same amounts have also been shown to add to levels of the essential fatty acid GLA (Gamma Linolenic Acid), and eradicate iron and protein deficiencies in infants.²
Currently, there are many well-known, well-documented benefits of organic blue-green algae, including:
Powerful energy booster due to its incredibly high nutrient concentration., allowing the body to rid itself of toxins and free-radicals more easily.
Anti-aging effects on skin, hair and organs.
Immune system strengthener. Clinical studies show that Blue-green Algae sends the Natural Killer (NK) cells into the blood stream. From there, these NK cells can find damaged tissues and begin to fight free-radicals.
Stimulates stem cell release and movement, helping to regenerate damaged body tissue.
Very absorbable to the body. Around 97% of the vitamins, minerals and enzymes found in blue-green algae are easily absorbed into the system. Most vitamin supplements are only 5-25% absorbable.
Reduction in headaches and pain.
General Rejuvenating qualities.
Improves digestion. Blue-green algae creates a coating effect on the stomach.
Powerful detox effects allow us to rest easier, as they body does not have to work so hard to cleanse while we sleep.
Weight reduction. Helps to balance food cravings.
Improves mental focus, increases concentration.³
High protein content strengthens the hair, nails and skin.
Beneficial effect on brain development, reducing in depression and anxiety.
Helps us to cope with stressful situations more easily.
Regular consumption has been linked to improved memory recall.4
Powerful field of action over the immune system, as well as gastrointestinal functioning, endocrine system, nervous system, and cardio-vascular actions.
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7/ MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON. The Basis of all Life
Marine Phytoplankton is one of the most powerful foods on Earth, loaded with super antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and protein in microscopic form. It is a tiny plant (about the size of a red blood cell) that grows in the ocean and is the beginning of the food chain in the ocean, whereas all other living creatures in the ocean feed on phytoplankton or on other living things that feed on this tiny little plant. Essentially, it is a comprehensive whole food that can nutritionally sustain all living creatures on Earth with phenomenal nutritional benefits potentially exceeding all other foods. It is responsible for over 70 percent of the planet’s oxygen and because of its unique nutritional properties and microscopic size, it is believed to penetrate the cellular level of the body to provide fast nutritional support to multiple health conditions.
Marine Phytoplankton is a complete source of nutrition which includes proteins, vitamins, antioxidants, minerals, trace minerals, pigments, enzymes, chlorophyll, essential fatty acids, including omega 3 fats, and more.
An incredible breakthrough in human nutrition has astonished medical experts: "When you give your body everything it needs to build healthy new cells, you then become well..." It is logical to assume that most people who are in a state of imbalance (feeling less than 100%) are missing valuable daily nourishment.
Over-reliance on land-based food sources often leads to deficiencies in micronutrients and trace elements. Our bodies need these elements to perform as nature intended. Left to its own devices, the human body has a marvelous internal system called "homeostasis" which keeps all systems in balance. Take away certain critical components and the body experiences malfunction which cause suboptimal performance. Too many malfunctions cause disease.
Over-reliance on land-based food sources often leads to deficiencies in micronutrients and trace elements. Our bodies need these elements to perform as nature intended. Left to its own devices, the human body has a marvelous internal system called "homeostasis" which keeps all systems in balance. Take away certain critical components and the body experiences malfunction which cause suboptimal performance. Too many malfunctions cause disease.
Phytoplankton serves as a valuable source of nourishment for many sea animals. Of particular interest, phytoplankton provides fish with the healthy omega-3 fatty acids, such as EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid). Omega 3 fatty acids are essential to human health, and proven to reduce one's risk for cardiovascular disease, auto-immune disorders, and behavioral disorders.
Phytoplankton is also a rich source of antioxidant nutrients and pigments, including the carotenoids astaxanthin, canthaxanthin, and zeaxanthin. Because carotenoids work together to prevent disease and provide healing in the body, it is believed that the only truly effective way to benefit from the carotenoid family is through whole foods because they represent the intricate balance that can only be found in nature. Marine phytoplankton has been shown to provide the same level of antioxidants as found with cruciferous vegetables. Cruciferous vegetables are amazing health protectors, detoxifiers, and provide a nutrition powerhouse. However, the astounding health benefits reported with marine phytoplankton may indicate that this whole food contains unique antioxidant pigments unavailable in other common foods. Alternatively, it may be working at a cellular level to produce a stronger antioxidant effect within the body.
Phytoplankton is also a rich source of antioxidant nutrients and pigments, including the carotenoids astaxanthin, canthaxanthin, and zeaxanthin. Because carotenoids work together to prevent disease and provide healing in the body, it is believed that the only truly effective way to benefit from the carotenoid family is through whole foods because they represent the intricate balance that can only be found in nature. Marine phytoplankton has been shown to provide the same level of antioxidants as found with cruciferous vegetables. Cruciferous vegetables are amazing health protectors, detoxifiers, and provide a nutrition powerhouse. However, the astounding health benefits reported with marine phytoplankton may indicate that this whole food contains unique antioxidant pigments unavailable in other common foods. Alternatively, it may be working at a cellular level to produce a stronger antioxidant effect within the body.
8/ ALOE VERA. Essene and Egyptian Secret of Immortality
Aloe vera is a stemless or very short-stemmed succulent plant growing to 60–100 cm (24–39 in) tall, spreading by offsets. The leaves are thick and fleshy, green to grey-green, with some varieties showing white flecks on the upper and lower stem surfaces. The margin of the leaf is serrated and has small white teeth. The flowers are produced in summer on a spike up to 90 cm (35 in) tall, each flower pendulous, with a yellow tubular corolla 2–3 cm (0.8–1.2 in) long. Like other Aloe species, Aloe vera forms arbuscular mycorrhiza, a symbiosis that allows the plant better access to mineral nutrients in soil.
Aloe is also an excellent treatment for skin conditions such as burns and eczema. It is often reported that burns can be healed remarkably quickly and the pain reduced very quickly with topical application of Aloe Vera to the burn area. As well as applying topically, Aloe can also be taken internally so it is just as useful for internal epithelial tissue as it is for the skin. For example, mouth and stomach ulcers, nasal and sinuses, bowels, lungs and genital tracts. Aloe works on membranes and surfaces.
Aloe also seems to be excellent at regulating the immune system (an immunomodulator). This means it can both stimulate the immune response for those with weakened immune systems either from exisiting conditions or post-illness fatigue. It can also calm the immune response, such as for Hayfever where less immune reation is beneficial.
Although Aloe is about 99% water, the remaining 1% is extremely powerful and it is thought this is because the close to 100 ingredients work extremely well together (synergistically). The ingredients in Aloe can be grouped into the following categories: Vitamins, Minerals, Sugars, Enzymes, Lignins, Amino Acids, Anthraquinones, Saponins, Fatty Acids, Salicylic Acid.
Each of these categories could be discussed at length in their own right regarding individual molecules and ongoing studies into their remarkable effects. Combined together it's easy to see why Aloe Vera is such an effective healing plant.
Aloe vera is one of the only known natural vegetarian sources of Vitamin B12, and it contains many minerals vital to the growth process and healthy function of all the body's systems. Numerous studies worldwide indicate that it is a general tonic for the immune system, helping it to fight illness of all kinds. Various research studies are underway to explore the potential of the components to boost immunity and combat the HIV virus, and to treat certain types of cancer (particularly leukemia). It may even have a role to play in managing diabetes.
Over 200 worldwide scientific research papers have been published on the effects. The three main categories of research include anti-inflammatory, anti- bacterial, and anti-viral actions of the plant. The juice is said to soothe digestive tract irritations such as colitis, ulcers and irritable bowel syndrome. It's ability to encourage the release of pepsin (a gastric juice enzyme necessary for digestion) when the stomach is full is a possible reason for its ulcer-healing effects (Journal of the American Osteopathic Society, 1963, vol.62). In one study, oral use for six months helped mitigate asthma symptoms in almost half of the participants. Eleven of twenty-seven patients studied who drank Aloe reported feeling better at the end of the study. Researchers think that results might be due to stimulation of the immune system, as well as naturally occurring anti-inflammatory agents in the plant.
In 1994, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Aloe vera for the treatment of HIV. On-going studies worldwide show that taken in highly concentrated doses can stimulate the production of white blood cells that may help fight viruses and also tumours.
BENEFITS:
Aloe vera contains protein, calcium, magnesium, zinc, vitamins A, B12 and E, essential fatty acids and is naturally rich in:
Vitamin C which helps maintain tone of blood vessels and promotes good circulation and is essential to the health of the adrenal gland which supports our body in times of stress.
Amino acids which are chains of atoms constructing protein in our body.
Enzymes, which are the life-principle in every live, organic atom and molecule of natural raw food, rejuvenate aged tissues and promote healthy skin.
Germanium which is a mineral that some health authorities claim therapeutic benefits for: immunodeficiency, pain, cardiac disorders, circulatory disturbances and eye problems.
The juice is said to be one of the finest body cleansers, cleaning morbid matter from the stomach, liver, kidneys, spleen, bladder, and is considered the finest, known colon cleanser. Studies have shown that it is healing and soothing in the relief of indigestion, stomach distress and ulcers. People claim relief from arthritis, bladder and kidney infections; leg cramps, constipation, hemorrhoids, insomnia, and for vaginitis, it is said to be an excellent vaginal douche. An excellent internal tonic for energy and well being Aloe juice may add greatly to the strength of the food fed, digestive tract, skin, and overall good health and happiness.
It is also used to ease heartburn, ulcers, diverticular disorders, and other types of digestive upset. It is used as an anti-inflammatory and may be taken internally as a remedy for certain digestive complaints. European folk medicine calls for using the juice to relieve heartburn and ulcers. Preliminary research has shown promising results. Clinical trials in Japan indicate that certain compounds in the herb reduce the secretion of stomach juices and the formation of lesions.
Animal studies and anecdotal reports claim that drinking the juice or taking it as a tablet or capsule can reduce swelling and inflammation in arthritic joints. Drinking the juice may also help those asthmatic patients who are not dependent on cortico-steroids.
In 1997, University of San Antonio researcher Jeremiah Herlihy, Ph.D., conducted a study to observe any negative effects of drinking it daily. Rather than exhibiting negative effects, however, test animals receiving daily Aloe showed a remarkable reduction in leukemia, heart disease, and kidney disease. Dr. Herlihy concluded, "We found no indication of harm done to the rats even at high levels." In fact, the Aloe-drinking animals actually lived 25 percent longer than those in the control group (IASC Conference, Texas, 1997).
There is no single ingredient that makes it very potent and healthful. Researcher Robert Davis, Ph.D., an endocrinologist-biologist, explains that fifteen different compound groups of nutrients work together to make the plant effective. This means that Aloe vera's effects cannot be synthesized easily in a laboratory. On the upside, this makes the plant useful across a wide spectrum of circumstances. And because the various elements that make it effective are nutrients rather than drugs, the juice may complement medical treatments. In fact some cancer patients state that Aloe vera seems to reduce nausea, increase energy, and may help to minimize low blood counts caused by chemotherapy or radiation.
Aloe vera may help adults, children, and even pets receive more value from daily foods and supplements.
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Suggested Properties:
Anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-viral and energy tonic.
Indicated for:
Digestive tract irritations such as colitis, ulcers and irritable bowel syndrome, cleansing stomach, liver, kidneys, spleen, bladder and colon, arthritis, asthma, bladder and kidney infections, cancer, constipation, diverticular disorders, haemorrhoids, heartburn, heart disease, HIV, immune stimulation, indigestion, insomnia, kidney disease, leg cramps, leukemia, skin health, stomach distress, tumours, vaginitis, vaginal douche, viruses, white blood cell production and general health tonic.
If you are using oral corticosteroids, such as beclomethasone, methylprednisolone, or prednisone, it is important not to overuse or misuse Aloe vera juice. A potassium deficiency can develop, and you may experience toxic effects from the medication.
Although it is removed, in practice Aloe vera juice may sometimes still contain tiny quantities of the laxative compound found in aloe latex. Should you begin to have cramps or diarrhea do not ingest any more of the juice.
Allergies to aloe vera are very rare. Yet any food can be a potential allergen. Test a small amount on the inner arm to see if any reaction takes place. If no irritation on the skin is observed then it is generally tolerated. If ingestion causes diarrhea, then reduce the amount you ingest, increasing use slowly over several days until the desired amount is tolerated.
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9/ HEMPSEED. Superfood of the Future.
Hemp belongs to the same family of plants as mulberry (otherwise known as Moraceae). The mulberry family is known for its genetic and chromosomal complexity, which is likely what allows this family of plants to survive in nearly every climate on Earth.
Hemp is a tough plant believed to orinignate in Central Asia. It can be grown in practically any ecosystem in the world. Altough usually three to sis feet in height at full growth, hemp can reach a height of over fifteen feet. Hemp does not require any of the pesticides or herbicides that are used to keep weak plants alive. And on top of all of this, the hemp plant produces a superfood as a seed.
Hemp prodution is probably the oldest industry on the planet, going back more than ten thousand years. The Columbia History of the World states that the oldest relic of human industry is a piece of hemp fabric dating back to approximately 8000 BC. The oldest Chinese agricultural treatise, the Xia Xiao Zheng, written in the sixteenth century BC, discusses hemp as one of the primary crops grown in ancient China. Since the beginning of human history , the cultivation and use of hemp has also occurred in the native cultures of North America an Europe and in the great civilizations of India, Smeria, Mesopotamia, Persia, Egypt and Central America.
Hemp falls into a Cannabis genus. The Persians calles hemp kanab, and the Greeks kanabis . The Germans called it hanf or hampf; the Dutch hennep; the Danish hamp; the Swedes hampa; and the Chinese huo ma ren.
Hemp has . New Hampshire, Hampstead, Hampton, etc.) references locations where hemp was once grown.
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew hemp on their farms and Ben Franklin owned a hemp paper mill. Hemp continued as a massive agicultural crop in North America until the late 1930s. Hempseed is literally as American as apple pie.
Hemp and Marijuana are both classified as Cannabis sativa, a species with hundreds of subspecies varieties.
That the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa, may be used as a superfood inittially surrprises some people. The government and media have largely restricted knowledge of hemp to its unique variants of marijuana. Marijuana, with its leaf and flower content of the psychoactive substance delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), has become illegal in most of theWestern wourld and labeled a "drug" while other very serious and extremely dangerous drugs such as hard liquor and pharmaceuticals (with known dangerous side effects) are legal.
Industrial hemp is bred to maximise fiber, seed, and/or oil, while marijuana varieties seek to maximize THC. Hemp has a typical THC level of between 0.05 and 1 percent in its flowers . Marijuana has a THC level that ranges from 3 to 20 percent in its flowers. Because of the low THC content of hemp flowers, it would take over a dozen joints smoked in a dozen minutes to feel even a slight effect.
We are often told that hemp looks so similar to marijuana that hemp growers could hide marijuana plants in their fields. The truth is that hemp´s low levels of THC immediately ruin marijuana´s THC levels and female bud prodution. If hemp does pollinate any nearby marijuana, the result will always be lower THC marijuana. Marijuana cultivated outdoors must be grown far away from hemp to avoid producing poor quality, seedy flowers (buds) and to prevent cross-pollination.
THE MANY FACETS OF THE SUPERPLANT HEMP.
Hempseed and Hemp Leaves.
Hemp Body Care
Hemp Textiles (clothing and Fabrics)
Hemp Paper
Hemp Rope
Hemp Plastics
Hemp Building Materials
Hemp Fuel
Hemp Vehicles
Saving the Planet with Hemp
BENEFITS.
Leading researchers and medical doctors consider hemp to be one of the most nutritious food sources on the planet. The hardiness and nutritional power of hempseed could significantly address the planet´'s protein needs and starvation problems.
As exposure levels no artificial chemicals, pesticides, and radioactive materials increase, more and more people are becoming interested in eating low on the food chain (as opposed to eating animal products such as meat, large ocean fish, cristaceans, and dairy that are high on the food chain shere toxins accumulate)- this means eating more and more plants.
The side effects of eating animal products, such as excessive cholesterol, saturated fat, and weight gaiin, along with increasingly poor quality and taste as well as artificial chemical use (pesticides, injected hormones, animal vaccinations, etc.) are becoming an overwhelming problem, causing millions of people to seek more humane, sustainable alternatives with vegetarian, vegan, and raw-food sources of protein and fat. One of the best sources of plant protein and fat is found in hempseed.
It terms of its average nutrient content, shelled hempseed is 35 percent protein, 47 percent fat, and 12 percent carbohydrate.
Hempseeds contain all the essential amino acids and essential fatty acids necesarry to maintain healthy human life. No other single plant source has the essential amino acids in such an easily digestible form, or has the essential fatty acids in as perfect a ratio to meed human nutritional needs.
Packed with 33 to 37 percent pure digestible protein, raw hempseed, with all their original life-force energy and enzymes intact, are one of nature's riches sources of complete protein. Only algae such as spirulin, AFA blue-green algae, and marine phytoplankton exceed hemp in protein.
Approximately 47 percent of each hemseed is comprised of "good fats," with an ideal balance of omega -3 (alpha/linolenic acid) and omega 6 essential fatty acids (linoleic acid and gamma-linolenic acid).
The carbohydrate content of shelled hempseed is 11.5 percent and its sugar content is 2 percent. Of the shelled hempseed carbohdrate, 6 percent is in the form of fiber. The fiber content of hempseed flour is the highest of all commercially grown seeds. In addition to containing the basic human nutrient groups, hempseed have a high content of vitamin E (three times higher than flax) in the form of alpha-, beta-, gamma- and delta-tocopherol and alpha-tocotrienols.
Hempseed are also an outstanding source of monounsaturated omega/9 fatty acids, which are considered a healthy energy source and a quality beautifying oil.
Hempseed is a good source of brain building liver-supporting lecithin. Licithin is a lipid substance (fat-oil) composed primarily of choline and inositol. It is found ins all living cells as a major primarily of choline and inositol. It is found in all liveng cells as a major component of cell membranes. The term "lecithin" is derived from th Geek word lekithos mean/ing "egg," as licithin was first discovered in eggs.
Hempseed is one of the few seeds that contains chlorophyll. Present inside each hempseed are infant green leaves that will eventually open and grow aas the seed sprouts.
The THC found in various concetrations in the hemp genus is medicinally useful to individuals with chronic pain and nausea such as cancer patients.
Protein
Amino acids are chemical units of "building block" that make up protein. Next to water, protein makes up the greatest portion of the body's weight. Protein builds muscles, ligaments, tendons, organs, glands, nails, hair, body fluids, and nearly all aspects of microscopic cellular machinery. Protein is essential to the growth of bones.
Protein themselves can act as neurotransmitters or precursors to neurotransmitters enabling all of our cells to receive and transmit messages.
Protein is useful not just for building muscle and strength, but also for endurance, balanced blood sugar and brain chemistry, neurological health, rapid healing, building strong bones, detoxification, and nearly every other aspect of healthy living.
The challenge we face is that "high-protein" animal foods are becoming more and more difficult to obtain. High-protein "wild game" is increasingly rare, and factory farmed beef, chicken, and fish are lower ni protein and higher in fat and toxins. Factory animal farming is environmentally, emotionally, and psychologically dysfunctional, the impact of which is making us all aware that we must move away from toxic sources of protein.
Protein
Amino acids are chemical units of "building block" that make up protein. Next to water, protein makes up the greatest portion of the body's weight. Protein builds muscles, ligaments, tendons, organs, glands, nails, hair, body fluids, and nearly all aspects of microscopic cellular machinery. Protein is essential to the growth of bones.
Protein themselves can act as neurotransmitters or precursors to neurotransmitters enabling all of our cells to receive and transmit messages.
Protein is useful not just for building muscle and strength, but also for endurance, balanced blood sugar and brain chemistry, neurological health, rapid healing, building strong bones, detoxification, and nearly every other aspect of healthy living.
The challenge we face is that "high-protein" animal foods are becoming more and more difficult to obtain. High-protein "wild game" is increasingly rare, and factory farmed beef, chicken, and fish are lower ni protein and higher in fat and toxins. Factory animal farming is environmentally, emotionally, and psychologically dysfunctional, the impact of which is making us all aware that we must move away from toxic sources of protein.
Hempseed, unlike commonly available animal protein, is a pure, raw source of complete protein. It never needs to be cooked to kill bacteria, so all of its vital components remail intact.
Hempseed protein can aslo be more readily absorbed than animal protein because it blends easily into water, beverages, smoothies, shakes and salad dressing without coagulation or heat. Hempseed is easy on the digestive system.
Of the protein fraction of the total hempseed, 65+percent consists of globular edestin-the highest concentration found in the plant kingdom. The word "edesstin" comes from the Greek word edestos, which means edible. Edestin is considered by many scientists and researchers to be the most edible and easily digestible form of protein in the food chain.
The other 35 percent of the protein in hemp is albumin, which is also considered one of the more easily digested forms of protein.
Edestin and albumin are "soft" broad-spectrum proteins that are hypoallergenic (low in allergy/forming reations within the population). many people are allergic to common high-protein foods such as whey ans soy.
Edestin and the Immune System
Edestin is a plant globulin. Globulins are simple globular proteins constructed entirely from amino acids. Nearly all anibodies, enzymes, hormones, hemoglobin molecules, and fibrogin (wich converts to the blood-clotting agent fibrin) are globular proteins and can be constructed ou of edestin.
Globulins are divided into three classes: alpha, beta, and gamma globulins. Alpha and beta blobulins are super-transporters that carry protein and information from one part of the body to another via the blood.
They cart the raw materials required to build new tissues as well as replace injured tissues.
Gamma globulins work on the immune system and are divided into five classes of antibodies called immunoglobulins. All are formed to combat specific cell-invading microbes. These globulins are responsible for both the natural and acquired immunity a person has against foreign microbes. They are essential to a healthy immune system.
Gamma globulins comprise the first line of defense against infection. They are antibodies programmed by white blood cells and replicated by white blood cell clones known as plasma cells. These gamma globulin antibodies destroy antigens (microbes) such as nanobacteria, viruses, bacteria, toxic fungi, cancer cells, toxins, dead tissue, and internal waste debris. Antibodies are custom designed to neutraliza or disintegrate only one specific type of antigen. These antibodies circulate in he lymph fluid and the blood (sometimes for years) awaiting near contact with the antigen they are made to destroy. Once they come within the vicinity of the antigen, the antibody initiates the release of a cascade of corrosive enzymes that pulverize the antigen surface.
One white blood cell can give birth to hundreds of clone plasma cells in just a few days. A mature plasma cell produces about two thousand antibodies every second during its few days of life. The body's ability to resist an recover from illness depends upon how rapidly it can produce massive amounts of antibodies to fend off an initial attack. This is how we develop and acquire immunity.
If the globulin protein-starting material is in short supply, nutrient transport is impaired and the army of antibodies may be too small to prevent the symptoms of sickness from setting in.
Because hempseed is the workd's best source of globulin-building materials (edestin), eating hempseed will ensure the body has the reservoir of globulin resources necessary to transport raw materials ans support the
immune system and immune response.
Essential Fatty Acids.
Essential fatty acids (EFAs) are considered "essential" because our body does not manufacture them idependently, nor can they be created from other fats or oils in our diet. The presence of essential fatty acids ins our diet is now considered a critical aspect of mainstainging great health for a lifetime.
Essential fatty acids are powerful antiosidants that protect our skin from exessive sun exposure. They also play an important role in improving our immune system due to their potential anti-inlammatory properties. They help us burn excess fat by delivering readily available energy that helps carry and remove toxins from the skin, intestinal tract, kidneys and lungs. EFAs nourish and feed the brain and eyes, which are made up of alarge fraction of omega-3 fatty acids. EFAs also lubricate our cardiovascular system, reducing the threat of heart disease and stroke.
Hemp is one of very few plants that contains significant amounts of the following essential fatty acids: omega-6 (linoleic acid and GLA) as well as omega-3 (ALA). The oil fraction of the overall hempseed normally contains about 80 percent of these essential polyunsaturated fatty acids, with omega-6 and 3 in the ideal ratios of approximately 3:1 or 4:1. The perfect ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 is 3.38:1, closely approximating the 3:1 ratio recommended for the human diet by America's leading dietary fat and oil expert Udo Erasmus and the 4:1 average ratio recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), Sweden, and Japan. Hempseed are the only food known that contain these ideal ratios. Fish oil and flaxseed oil are rich ni omega-3, but not omega-6. Almost all the commonly consumed nuts and seeds are rich in omega-6, but not omega-3.
The omega-3 content of hempseed increases when the plant is grown in the extreme northern or southern hemispheres. The cooler the climate, the higher the need for polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially omega3s, which are well-represented not only in hempseed but also in cold-water fish, marine phytoplankton, krill, faxseeds, walnuts, noni seeds, sacha inchi, blue-green algae, and many other interesting sources.
Omega-3 fatty acids also protect us from overexposure to the sun, shich is particularly strong in the exteme northern and southern hemisperes in the summer.
Scientific research has found that coconut oil appears to increase the effectiveness of the omega-3 fatty acids in hempseed, so consuing hempseed with raw organic coconut oil is recommended.
Gamma-Linolenic Acid (GLA)
Hempseed, like spirulina, contains the super anti-inflammatory, essential fatty acid known as gamma-linolenic acid (GLA).
GLA has been shown to inhibit the formation of inflammatory prostaglandins (short-lived hormones) and fatty arachidonate metabolites of digestion.
GLA is also known to help balace hormones. This means that hempseed may positively improve premenstrual syndrome (PMS) symptoms as well as mood swings. A deficiancy of GLA has been shown to cause women to become oversensitive to their own prolactin hormone, causing breast pain.
Minerals
Hemp excels at absorbing minerals from the soil. Hempseed is an excellent source of major an trace minerals. Hempseed have been found to contain the following minerals *:
Phosphorous (an energy "batery" mineral, needed to improve bone density).
Potassium (an energy "action" mineral).
Magnesium (opens over 300 different detoxification pathways in the body).
Sulfur (primary beauty and longevity mineral).
Calcium (relaxes the digestive tract and muscular system, removes toxins).
Iron (a Blood builder and oxygenator).
Manganese (a blood builder and oxygenator).
Zinc (a beauty mineral, needed to improve bone density).
Copper (part of the vitamin C complex, reverses gray hair).
Platinum (an enxymatic master mineral).
Baron (assists with calcium assimilation, normalizes hormones during menopause).
Nickel (plays a key role in enzyme metabolism).
Germanium (an antiviral, immune supporting mineral).
Tin (helps reverse male pattern baldness).
Iodine (a thyroid mineral, reverses hypothyroidism).
Chromium (a pancratic mineral).
Silver (an anti viral, antifungal, antimicrobial mineral).
Lithium (an alkaline, mood-improving mineral).
* This mineral list is derived from Drugs Masqueralding as Foods by Suzar. The parenthetical comments have been added by David Wolfe.
Sulfer-Bearing Amino Acids
Hempseed protein delivers a balaced array of eighteen amino acids. An important aspect of hempseed protein is a high content of arginine (123 miligrams per gram of protein) and histidine (27/g protein), both of which are important for growth during childhood, and of the sulfurcontaining amino acids methionine (23 mg/g protein) and cysteine (16 mg/g protein), which are needed forproper enzyme formation.
Sulfuer-bearing amino acids such as cysteline and methioine help the liver and nervous system detoxify poisons. They also improve the immune system, physical strength, flexibility, agility, complexion, hair luster, speed of healing, and the funcionality of the liver and pancreas.
Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
Of all the kinds of hemp worldwide, only 2 or 3 percent is considered to be high enough in THC to be labeled "marijuana". Most of the THC and other psychoactive cannabinoids are found in the leaves and flowers.
Do Hempseed Contain THC?
In some cases hempseed do contain trace amounts of THC . Studies indicate that a dose as high as 5 milligrams of THC causes no psychoactive effects in an individual weighing 150 pounds. To ingest five milligrams of THC from hempseed containing two parts per million of RHC, you would have to eat five pounds of hempseed in a day-an almost imposible feat that would still not cause a marijuana "high".
Hempseed Product Types
To be imported into the United States of America, hempseed must be cracked out of their shells (hemp agriculture is illegal in most of the U.S. although the laws are shifting quickly as the general realized value of this plant continues to grow).
Imported hemseed and hemp protein products from Canada are curently available in the U.S. via the Internet, by mail order, and in some health food stores. Hemp food and body-care products currently available in the world market include:
Hempseed (shell removed).
Hempseed (whole)-Currently legal in many countries including the United Kingdom, but not legal in the United States as of this writhing.
Hempseed protein.
Hempseed cold-pressed oil.
Hempseed butter.
Raw hempseed chocolate bars, protein, and energy bars.
Raw hempseed ice cream.
Hempseed salad dressings.
Hempseed breads.
Hempseed beer.
Hempseed oil topical body/care products (soup, shampoo, etc.)
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10/ COCONUTS. Symbol of Paradise.
The term "coconut" refers to the giant seed of the coconut palm. An alternate spelling for coconut is cocoanut-which is not to be confused with cocoa or cacao (chocolate.
Coconut palms are prehistoric plants that are distantly related to grasses. Because they are a grass, coconut palms are extremely salt-tolerant and can grow right next to the ocean. Inland coconut palms can be directly fertilized with ocean water. Also like grasses, coconut palms can absorb nearly every mineral known to be useful in human nutrition.
Coconuts can safe your life. In Sanskrit (the language of ancient India), the coconut palm is known as kalpa vriksha, meaning "the tree that supplies all that is needed to live."
Coconuts are one of the greatest gifts on this planet. No matter where you are, what you have done, how much you have mistreated your body, fresh young coconut flesh, coconut water, coconut cream, and/or coconut oil can save your life.
The coconut is a natural water filter that takes almost nine months to filter each liter (quart) of water in the shell. To get there, the water rises upward through innumerable fibers, which purify the water before it ends up in the sterile nut. This clear coconut water is one of the highest sources of electrolytes found in nature.
Young coconut water is nearly identical to human blood plasma, making it a universal donor. During the Pacific battles of World War II, between 1941 and 1945, both sides in the conflict used coconut water-siphoned directly from the coconut- to give emergency plasma transfusions to wounded soldiers. Plasma makes up 55 percent of human blood. The remaining 45 percent of our blood consists of hemoglobin-which is essentionally transformed plant blood (chlorophyll). When we consume a drink consisting of 55 percent fresh coconut water and 45 percent fresh green-leaf juice (or wheatgrass juice, as Dr. Ann Wigmore recommended) we give ourselves an instant blood transfusion.
Cocunuts are the most health enhancing in their young stage of growth. They contain a soft "spoon-meat," consiting mostly of a pure saturated fat that has the remarkable ability to rejuvenate age-related oxidative tissue damage , improve the funtioning of the nervous system, increase breast-milk production, and restore male sexual fluids.
BENEFITS:
The following benefits may derived from coconut products such as fresh young coconut flesh, coconut cream, and coconut oil:
* They improve digestion and absorption of fat soluble vitamins and amino acids.
* They are valuable to the immune system as they contain healthy antiviral, antifungal, and antimicrobial saturated fatty acids, helping to naturally fight off viruses, bacteria, and fungal overgrowth.
* They improve the utilization of blood sugar and can lessen the sympotoms of hypoglycemia.
* They improve the absorbation of the right kinds of calxium amd magnesium ions.
* They consist of 90+ percent raw saturated fat - rare and important building block of every cell in the human body. Unlike long-chain saturated animal fats (that have been associated with crating poor health), the saturated fat in coconut oil is in the form of medium-chain fatty acids (MCFASs). MCFAs support the immune sysem, the throid gand, the nervous system, the skin, and provide fat energy.
* They contain powerful antioxidants in the form of raw saturated fats and oils. Coconut oil contains the most lauric acid (a powerful antiviral substancee) of any plant source.
* They help the body use the essential fatty acids (omega-3, omega-6 and other fatty acids and phospholipids (e.g. choline, lecithin, etc) more efficiently. You can and should take coconut oil at the same time as omega-3 fatty acids or superfoods rich in omega-3 fatty acids such as hempseed, Oceans's Alive Marine Phytoplankton, AFA lgae, etc.
Coconut oil and omega-3 fatty acids are twice as effective when taken together as shen talen alone.
* They help regulate and support healthy hormone production.
* They are a nutritional precursor to the anti-aging hormone compound known as pregnenolone.
*They increase the speed of the thyroid, thus allowing the body to drop excess weight and accumulated toxins. Contrary to some previosly held beliefs, coconut cannot be stored in the body as fat; it actually needs to be burned up on the spot, which helps fire up our excess fat-burning metabolism immediately.
*They help displace toxic hydrogenated trans-fatty acids (e.g., partially hydrogenated soybean oil).
* They restore natural saturated fat levels to the skin, subcutaneous fat layers, and to the individual cell membranes. The saturated fats in coconut products are also vital for the health of growing nervous systems in children.
* They increase metabolism and help with weight loss due to the presence of medium-chain saturated fatty acids present in coconut products. Farm animals fed coconuts and coconuts oil are never obese. Ehen fed partially hydrogenated soybean oil and other rencid fats, the animals gain weight.
* They contain no appreciable levels of cholesterol and actually support cardiovascular health. This is based on research compiled by Dr. Bruce Fife in his books and other researchers in the field, including this author.
*They support healthy cholesterol formation in the liver. This high density lipoprotein (HDL) is the kind of cholesterol we want and that is essential to healthy hormone production. HDL cholesterol is not implicated in calcification deseases like coronary heart desease. Cocunut products have never been implicated in any coronary diseases. The saturated fat that comes from cooked animal products (cooked meat and pasteurized dairy milk and cheese) can actually be dangerous because they are so sticky that they become a growth medium for calciumforming organisms that hook onto them like barnacles and then plug up the capillaries and eventually the entire cardiovascular system. In addition, factory-farmed animal products (meat, chicken, cheese, milk, etc) are themselves already contaminated with calcium-forming organisms, thus teir consumption increases calcification rates in our bodied. Calcification inevitalbly becomes the main contributing factor in nearly every chronic desease condition.
The following benefits may be derived from consuming fresh, young, wild coconut water:
* An excellent nutrition source for infants.
*Great for rehydration.
*Contains organic compounds possessing growth-promoting properties- coconut is excellent for improving muscle size and general physical growth in children.
*Cooling effects on the body (reverse pitta aggravation in the Ayurvedic system of medicine).
*Topical application on the body helps soothe and even prevent slin eruptions and rashes.
*The presence of organic sodium and albumin in coconut water makes it a good drink for cholera cases.
*Helps to calm urinary tract infections (applying my Ormus Gold product topically is recommended for urinary tract infections).
* An excellent tonic for all ages.
*Effective in helping to alleviate the pain of kidney and urethral stones. Cocunut water helps to fight nanobacteria and the produtions of bad calcium in the kidneys.
*Used as blood plasma substitute because it is sterile, does not produce heat, does not destroy red blood cells, and is readily accepted by the body.
The author, David Wolfe talks about the 10 superfoods in his book: "SUPERFOODS" .
