2008 Newsletter - EDITION 4

What's up?

I think this year’s theme should be, “The Cost of Ill Health” I am continually faced with people who are spending every cent they have on trying to correct the damage done to their bodies by making bad lifestyle and food choices.

I have included a few more success stories to inspire you to make better choices and save thousands.

This months DVD has an awesome interview with a teacher in orange county, Jane on how her hormones got sorted following the natural way and I talk in great detail on hormones, diet and lifestyles

I know I promised something on skincare, but am still researching it and people are nagging me for info on arthritis and other inflammatory conditions, so will do the skin update in a while. Next up I think I will take a look at some of these wonderful health scams around that has people spending thousands on the latest ‘silver bullet’ or magic cure. Seems people are falling for the old snake oil routine when it comes to slick sales people selling anything from water to glyconutrients. Getting healthy should save you thousands not cost thousands.

What's on?

In South Africa

Johannesburg West – Cooking Demos and 100 days to health support

22 May 9a.m. for 9.30a.m.

27 May 6.30pm for 7pm

Somerset West, Western Cape: Cooking demo and talk

21 June 2008

10.00am

Bev Wium Natural Way Consultant will be in Cape Town from 17 – 25 June 2008 for consultations, talks and cooking demonstrations. Should you be interested in attending or hosting a talk or cooking demonstration during this time contact Bev. (011 468 3931 / 082 888 7875 / bevwium@telkomsa.net). Talk topics include Monsters and Angels (inc. lunchbox demonstration) or Mood foods, Emotions and sugars. If you would like to book a consultation with Bev while she is in Cape Town she specialises in Mood swings, food cravings, depression, fatigue and low blood sugar disorders. She also does email and phone consultations.

Midrand Gauteng: Monsters and Angels Health Talk & Lunchbox Ideas & demonstration

Change their lunchbox – change their lives!

Saturday

31 May 2008

9.30 For 9.45am – 11.30am

R100pp

Book your space with

Bev: bevwium@telkomsa.net

082 888 7875

011 468 3931

In the USA

I have talks in Southern California on the following dates

Los Angeles - 18 May contact Alice alice@inhairbizz.com

Laguna Niguel: 22 May contact Toni toni@acresoflove.org

San Clemente: 23 May Jane mydoggirl@yahoo.com

Laguna Niguel: 27 May toni@acresoflove.org

San Clemente: 31 May mydoggirl@yahoo.com

Malibu: 4 June: merrilybright@yahoo.com

San Juan Capistrano: At Ocean Hills Fit 4 God Seminar 6&7 June mark@mary-anns.com

Las Vegas: Possibility (lianagk@yahoo.com) not confirmed or OC merrilybright@yahoo.com

Laguna: 13 June toni@acresoflove.org

Norfolk, Virginia: 21 June I will be speaking at the Aim Convention on Weight contact Aim on aimonline@aimintl.com

San Clemente: 28 June – Jane mydoggirl@yahoo.com

What's in?

Some positive results

Arthritis and other inflammatory conditions

Eating the Natural Way is one of the most beneficial things that I've done in my lifetime - providing me with a better quality of life. The benefits that I've experienced have been huge (No more sciatica, 2-week menstrual cycles w/the works, allergies, post-nasal drip, I have developed more lean muscle tissue (dropping 4 dress sizes), (these are all hormone related). The benefits that I've experienced are priceless.

A by-product of eating naturally can often cause an additional thing - GAS! (A small price to pay when it means optimal health-in my opinion.) The best way to work this out naturally, so there is minimal gas, is strict Food Combining. Food combining is based on the different amounts of time that each food group requires for proper digestion. Digestion is helped the most by using foods which have roughly the same digestion time. (Read ch.4 of Perfect Health: The Natural Way. Feel free to ask me your questions, or Google it.)

How do I deal with this by-product. I take FloraFood. (Barley Life, Aimega & FloraFood daily) I probably forget to tell people this cause... It doesnt make for good conversation, but on email it's OK ; ) I am attaching a data sheet from the AIM company on their probiotic that helps to aleviate the GAS issue - and yes, it's an issue. Probiotics release the good flora into our digestive system. When unfriendly bacteria dominate, the effects include diarrhea, gas, bloating, intestinal toxicity, constipation, and malabsorption of nutrients.

I encourage you to read through it. (go to www.theaimcompanies.com or www.aimafrica.co.za )

How can you access the AIM data sheet bank?
You just go to the AIM website and click on MEMBER RESOURCES - DOWNLOAD MATERIALS -DOWNLOAD DATASHEETS (no login required).

Ta ta for

Jane Pamphile

Teacher OC, California

Arthritis and Similar Degenerative Diseases

Basically, from a Natural Health perspective (which now seems to be the general consensus among many dietary researchers), all degenerative disease is as a result of incorrect lifestyle and diet.

Arthritis is defined as any one of more than 100 inflammatory joint disorders, characterised by pain, swelling, and limited movement. According to current research, more than 31 million people of all ages suffer from some degree of the disease JUST IN THE USA! The three most common forms of arthritis are osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and gout.

Osteoarthritis

It is also called degenerative joint disease, and occurs when a joint wears out. Most common areas are the knees, the hips, and the spine. Pain is usually associated with all types of arthritis.

Allopathic treatment: anti-inflammatory medication and painkillers. Aspirin is also often used.

Rheumatoid Arthritis

It is a painful swelling of the joints, together with destruction of tissues around them. In children it is often referred to as Stills Disease. Eventually the joints can become calcified and fused resulting in severe restriction of movement.

Allopathic treatment: physiotherapy, Aspirin, anti-inflammatory medication, injections of gold salts, and the use of corticosteroid drugs.

Gout

This is a state of disease in which the body cannot rid itself of all the uric acid it produces. The uric acid builds up in the joints as well as in the soft tissues. This can cause extreme pain.

Allopathic treatment: usually some type of anti-inflammatory medication and painkiller. The average doctor advises patients that no change in the diet helps!

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia was also previously known as fibrositis or fibromyositis, but as inflammation is not always present, it is now known as Fibromyalgia.

This condition is a type of muscular arthritis, which can be quite painful. Basically, there is pain originating in the fibrous connective tissue components of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and other so-called white connective tissues. Various combinations of these conditions may occur together and is often termed muscular rheumatism. According to the Merck manual:

“... the conditions may be induced or intensified by physical or mental stress, poor sleep, trauma, exposure to dampness or cold, … sometimes toxaemia … Fibromyalgia is particularly likely to occur in healthy young women who tend to be tense, depressed, anxious, and striving, but may also occur in children and older adults,”

Symptoms of this condition are usually a feeling of muscular stiffness and soreness that is generally quite uncomfortable, many people complain of aching all over.

Allopathic treatment is usually with anti-inflammatory medicine.

It is important to remove products containing gluten, especially wheat. Caffeine is often also a contributing factor.

Whatever the type of arthritis or gout, it has now been conclusively shown that a “period of fasting followed by a gluten-free vegetarian diet” (Lancet, October 1991), is the only eating programme to follow.

Following the 5 Basic Steps of The Natural Way and excluding all animal products (although butter, cream), and gluten (wheat, rye, barley, and oats), will help to correct and reverse arthritis. It is also important to remove any foods that might upset the endocrine system, such as artificial sweeteners, caffeine, heated fat, too much animal fat, refined sugar, and carbohydrates, including alcohol and vinegar. Essential fatty acids should be included on a regular basis. See chapter on fats in The Natural Way and in Perfect Health. A diet high in natural vitamins and minerals is vital; these nutrients must be from raw fruit and vegetables as supplements especially Vitamin C is known to actually cause arthritis.

I have found that many arthritic sufferers tend to be petite, and because of their emotional predisposition tend to be nervous of fasting, so a period of dietary adjustment is needed and education before fasting is contemplated.

Most arthritics cannot tolerate citrus fruit and pain can result on consumption. This is because the natural acids in fruit, which a healthy body usually “burns” up during digestion, seem to get into the blood and can cause problems (referred to as free acid radicals) by aggravating the arthritis rather than causing it. This is usually sorted out by a fast of seven or more days or a period on vegetable juice only. The best vegetable juice programme is 4-6 glasses of carrot leaves are one of the most alkaline foods you can eat, on e of the many reason I recommend BarleyLife from Aim to be taken on a daily basis), for anything from 1-6 weeks. This is often very beneficial to people who cannot fast due to work, time, family factors, or if they are too nervous.

The medical fraternity do not know what causes arthritis, but what we do know is that the more refined carbohydrates, tea, coffee, protein, and heated fats you have in the diet, the more chance you have of developing the disease. The Hunzas do not suffer from any of this or any other degenerative diseases. Their diet is high in fresh, raw, and dried fruits and vegetables and low in protein. It is also essential that attention to one’s mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being is paid.

I my opinion arthritis stems from a faulty lifestyle which affects the Endocrine or hormonal system.

The Hormonal (Endocrine) system is a collection of interrelated glands that produce hormones. Hormones are chemicals that travel through the blood to cause an effect on distant parts of the body. The entire system works very delicately and a fine balance of hormones is needed for the whole system to function properly.

One pair of these glands, the adrenal glands plays a major role in arthritis besides functions such as controlling mineral salt levels controlling blood pressure, blood sugar, mobilize fats for energy, stimulate protein use, help the body cope with stress including flight or fight, they also control inflammation and immune responses and produce oestrogen after menopause.

Any disease in which the body is having problems in this area is helped by feeding the adrenals correctly as you would the whole endocrine system. From a dietary perspective, there are many factors affecting the Endocrine System food & stress being major ones. People most likely to have arthritis are A-type personalities who are more prone to worrying incessantly. Stress (worry) will cause chronic strain to the adrenal glands and so a major factor is controlling stress, starting with the right diet.

1. Aspartame (Trade names are Nutrasweet, Candarel and Equal):

Aspartame, it is claimed by independent scientists, causes neuro endocrine disorders, i.e. disorders of the Central Nervous System (CNS) and the endocrine system. Aspartame can upset any of the endocrine glands, but is suspected of slowing down the function of the thyroid thereby slowing down metabolic rate which defeats the reason for taking it. Because of the close links with the CNS, foods that affect the endocrine system could in unknown ways affect the CNS.

2. Refined sugar

Refined sugar affects the pituitary gland by causing a drop in blood sugar, which in turn, causes the pituitary, adrenal and thyroid glands to malfunction. This could result in a number of endocrine disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis.

Refined sugar also causes 'reactive' hypoglycaemia resulting in an adrenaline rush with consequent explosive temper, panic attacks, fainting, epileptic seizure and migraines. This reaction also causes a ravenous appetite and food cravings.

Refined sugar also affects the adrenal glands as it affects the blood sugar levels, which puts an unnatural strain on both glands. Typical Premenstrual Tension (PMT) symptoms can result, making people comment that it is just your hormones! As if your hormones misbehave on their own. Typical PMT symptoms are hostility, aggressive behaviour, panic attacks, epilepsy, headaches, food cravings and increased appetite and these don't just happen to women! Recent research also shows reduced progesterone levels in women with PMT. Progesterone helps control menstrual bleeding, has a calming effect and helps prevent asthma, skin eruptions, acne and herpes. A high raw fruit and vegetable diet controls all these aspects too, so you could conclude that a high raw diet helps the body produce sufficient progesterone.

3. Essential Fatty Acids - best found in natural unheated foods such as avocados, nuts, seeds, olives and cold-pressed oils. EFA's help the hormonal system in males and females to function properly. EFA's help us to produce prostaglandins, which help to produce progesterone, which helps prevent PMT and associated pain with menstruation, heavy bleeding and menopausal symptoms. Over and above eating foods with natural fats, we take Aimega, (Contact any of our natural Health consultants for info on where to obtain the Aim products at the wholesale price) a blend of natural fats with the right Omega 3 and Omega 6 blend. I never advocate

4. Milk and milk products, alcohol (consumed or manufactured by the body through bad food combining), processed and heated fats, low vitamin intake and excess animal fat intake can compete for the Linoleic Acid (an EFA) available, which the body requires to manufacture several prostaglandins.

This in turn, can upset this delicate hormonal balance in some people. This explains why many women improve drastically with hormonal problems when their diet changes to exclude animal fats and combining properly (no alcohol) and including a high intake of raw plant food (high vitamin intake). A deficiency in prostaglandins can lead to a breakdown in the immune system resulting in asthma, hay fever, sinusitis, Candida albicans and eczema.

5. Other substances are:

Caffeine - found in tea, coffee, chocolates and colas.

Vinegar

Any drugs or medication (remove only with medical supervision)

Foods containing mustard oil, which tends to slow, down the function (onion and garlic family, kale, cabbage and watercress).

Alcohol has a similar effect on the body as refined sugar (only worse) Remember that alcohol is made in the digestive tract when your food ferments. To avoid fermentation combine your food properly. See chapter 3 in my book “The Natural Way” or chapter 4 in Perfect Health

Gluten – the protein found in wheat, rye, oats and barley grain not the leaf. Remove these.

To sum up:

Basically a 75% raw, alkaline diet with a maximum of 25% acid forming and cooked food, with the removal of unnatural foods and substances is the only way to get the hormonal system to function properly. Remember that in some people, the balance is extremely delicate and can be easily thrown out by the consumption of animal products - one of the reasons why many people's overall health improves drastically when they become vegetarian or vegan.

It is also important to get at least 30 minutes of sunshine (no glasses or contacts) every day as well as enough Essential Fatty Acids, which you can get from 1/4 - 1/2 cup nuts or seed and 1/2 - 1 avocado a day or 1 - 2 Tbs. of cold-pressed vegetable oil. Flaxseed oil contains more Omega 3l Fatty acids than other oils and it is suggested that you take 1-3 tbsp per day, depending on the severity of your problem. 1 tbsp a day is great just for maintenance.

Barleylife (dried juice of sprouted barley leaves) and sprouted green leafy foods, contains a vitamin E succinate that helps the Pituitary gland work efficiently. I suggest 2-4 tsp. each day just for maintenance more if your condition is serious.

Renewed balance is a natural progesterone cream, made from wild yam that can be used very effectively to help correct hormonal imbalances, but must be used with the right lifestyle to be fully beneficial. I would only introduce this once all the lifestyle changes have been made.

Another very important issue is exercise. Exercise for 20 minutes at least, per day, helps the endocrine system regulate at least 16 different hormones, so get moving!

My book Perfect Weight covers the endocrine system in great detail and both recipe books 1 & 2 have many gluten and animal protein free recipes in them and so can help you regain your health.

When it comes to worry and stress, prayer is your most powerful tool, so get down on those knees and ask God to first give you wisdom in making better choices regarding you food and secondly to help you to let go and allow Him to take your burdens. I have found every time, that God does not need my help. So all I can do is stand and and Barley grass juice or celery (as much celery or barley grass juice as you can cope with as celery and barley

pray!

What's to eat?

CAULIFLOWER & PEA SALAD

1 small cauliflower cut into florets

2 cups thawed frozen peas

(tomatoes or red pepper can be added for colour)

4-6 radishes julienned

Mary-Ann’s seasoning salt

Dressing

½-1 cup Egg-Free Mayo

1 tsp. Mustard powder

½ tsp. Cumin seeds

1 Tbsp. Tomato Pesto, see Recipe Book 1or Chilli pesto – see 100 days to health week 3

2 Tbsp. fresh chopped Cilantro

Blend and pour over salad.

What's inside?

Proverbs 16:3
Roll your works upon the Lord, commit and trust them wholly to him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and so shall your plans be established and succeed