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This was forwarded to me by my father.

I have never heard anything about this before, 
but it certainly wouldn’t hurt to try it………
This is from a friend

My Mom had been taking the full-stalk canned style asparagus that she pureed and she took 4 tablespoons in the morning and 4 tablespoons later in the day. She did this for over a month. She is on chemo pills for Stage 3 lung cancer in the pleural area and her cancer cell count went from 386 down to 125 as of this past week. Her oncologist said she does not need to see him for 3 months.

THE ARTICLE: Several years ago, I had a man seeking asparagus for a friend who had cancer. He gave me a photocopied copy of an article, entitled, Asparagus for cancer ‘printed in Cancer News Journal, December 1979. I will share it here, just as it was shared with me: I am a biochemist, and have specialized in the relation of diet to health or over 50 years. Several years ago, I learned of the discovery of Richard R. Vensal, D.D.S. that asparagus might cure cancer. Since then, I have worked with him on his project We have accumulated a number of favorable case histories. Here are a few examples:

Case No. 1, A man with an almost hopeless case of Hodgkin’s disease (cancer of the lymph glands) who was completely incapacitated. Within 1 year of starting the asparagus therapy, his doctors were unable to detect any signs of cancer, and he was back on a schedule of strenuous exercise.

Case No. 2, a successful businessman 68 years old who suffered from cancer of the bladder for 16 years. After years of medical treatments, including radiation without improvement, he went on asparagus. Within 3 months, examinations revealed that his bladder tumor had disappeared and that his kidneys were normal.

Case No. 3, a man who had lung cancer. On March 5th
1971, he was put on the operating table where they found lung cancer so widely spread that it was inoperable. The surgeon sewed him up and declared his case hopeless. On April 5th he heard about the Asparagus therapy and immediately started taking it By August, x-ray pictures revealed that all signs of the cancer had disappeared.. He is back at his regular business routine.

Case No. 4, a woman who was troubled for a number of years with skin cancer. She finally developed different skin cancers which were diagnosed by the acting specialist as advanced. Within 3 months after starting on asparagus, her skin specialist said that her skin looked fine and no more skin lesions. This woman reported that the asparagus therapy also cured her kidney disease, which started in 1949. She had over 10 operations for kidney stones, and was receiving government disability payments for an inoperable, terminal, kidney condition. She attributes the cure of this kidney trouble entirely to the asparagus.

I was not surprised at this result, as `The elements of materia medica’, edited in1854 by a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania , stated that asparagus was used as a popular remedy for kidney stones. He even referred to experiments, in 1739, on the power of asparagus in dissolving stones. Note the dates! We would have other case histories but the medical establishment has interfered with our obtaining some of the records. I am therefore appealing to readers to spread this good news and help us to gather a large number of case histories that will overwhelm the medical skeptics about this unbelievably simple and natural remedy.

For the treatment, asparagus should be cooked before using, and therefore canned asparagus is just as good as fresh. I have corresponded with the two leading canners of asparagus, Giant and Stokely, and I am satisfied that these brands contain no pesticides or preservatives. Place the cooked asparagus in a blender and liquefy to make a puree, and store in the refrigerator. Give the patient 4 full tablespoons twice daily, morning and evening.

Patients usually show some improvement in from 2-4 weeks.

It can be diluted with water and used as a cold or hot drink. This suggested dosage is based on present experience, but certainly larger amounts can do no harm and may be needed in some cases. As a biochemist I am convinced of the old saying that `what cures can prevent.’ Based on this theory, my wife and I have been using asparagus puree as a beverage with our meals. We take 2 tablespoons diluted in water to suit our taste with breakfast and with dinner. I take mine hot and my wife prefers hers cold. For years we have made it a practice to have blood surveys taken as part of our regular checkups. The last blood survey, taken by a medical doctor who specializes in the nutritional approach to health, showed substantial improvements in all categories over the last one, and we can attribute these improvements to nothing but the asparagus drink. As a biochemist, I have made an extensive study of all aspects of cancer, and all of the proposed cures. As a result, I am convinced that asparagus fits in better with the latest theories about cancer.

Asparagus contains a good supply of protein called histones, which are believed to be active in controlling cell growth.. For that reason, I believe asparagus can be said to contain a substance that I call cell growth normalizer. That accounts for its action on cancer and in acting as a general body tonic. In any event, regardless of theory, asparagus used as we suggest, is a harmless substance. The FDA cannot prevent you from using it and it may do you much good. It has been reported by the US National Cancer Institute, that asparagus is the highest tested food containing glutathione, which is considered one of the body’s most potent anticarcinogens and antioxidants.

Milk from grass-fed cows healthier for hearts
June 01,2010
By: Jane Hoback
 
Milk from dairy cows that graze on pasture land rather than in feedlots might be healthier for your heart, according to a report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Dairy products are the main source of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), an unsaturated fat that some studies show could protect the heart. Pasture-grazing dairy cows have more CLA in their milk than grain-fed cows, according to the report.

In a study of 3,600 people, the researchers found that people with the highest concentration of CLAs had a 36 percent lower risk of heart attack than people with the lowest CLAs.

“CLA, which is present in meaningful amounts in the milk of pasture-grazed cows, might offset the adverse effect of the saturated fat content of dairy products,” the authors concluded in their study.

One of the study’s authors, Hannia Campos, from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, told Reuters news service that dairy products in the U.S. come almost exclusively from feedlots, where cows are fed processed grain.

“Because pasture grazing leads to higher CLA in milk, and it is the natural feed for cattle, it seems like more emphasis should be given to this type of feeding,” Campos told Reuters.

In March, The U.S. Department of Agriculture released the final access to pasture rule for organic agriculture, including dairy. The final pasture rule will require organic animals to be out on pasture for not less than 120 days per year and to receive at least 30 percent of their feed from pasturing during the grazing season.

The AJCN study was conducted in Costa Rica, where dairy cows are still pasture-grazed.

How to Read Barcodes

This was sent to me by a friend:

With all the food and pet products now coming from China, it is best to make sure you read labels at the grocery store and especially Walmart when buying food products.   Many products no longer show where they were made, only give where the distributor is located. It is important to read the bar code to track it’s origin.

  How to read Bar Codes … interesting!

 

GREAT WAY TO “BUY USA & CANADA” AND NOT FROM CHINA!!  

 This may be useful to know when grocery shopping, if it’s a concern to you. 


          
The whole world is afraid of China-made
“black hearted goods”.

Can you differentiate which one is made in  Taiwan or China?

If the first 3 digits of the barcode are 690, 691  or 692, the product is MADE IN CHINA.
  471 is Made in Taiwan. 
   
This is our right to know, but the government
and related departments never educate the public, therefore we have to RESCUE ourselves.

Nowadays, Chinese businessmen know that consumers do not prefer products “MADE IN  CHINA“, so they don’t show from which country it is made.   

However, you may now refer to the barcode – remember if the first 3 digits are:

690-692 … then it is MADE IN CHINA
00 – 09 
…   USA   &  CANADA
30 – 37 
…   FRANCE
40 – 44 …   GERMANY
47 …  Taiwan
49 
… JAPAN
50 …   UK

BUY USA & CANADIAN MADE by watching for “0” at the beginning of the number.  We need every boost we can get!

Manoah Justus has arrived!

What a blessing a new baby is, even when your sleep is few and far between.  Manoah finally joined our family on Friday, December 18th and was 8 pounds and 21 inches long. He is growing so fast and is loved by us all!

Our family thanks each of you who have supported us through your thoughts and prayers.

This was taken from Time Magazine:

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Whole Foods Vs Vitamins

WHOLE FOOD vs. VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS

Your best nutrition will come from FOOD, not synthetic vitamin tablets.
by Russell W. Shurtleff, DC.

As vitamins are only a small part of the nutritional healing picture, I have
over several years converted my nutritional practice from using isolated and
synthetic supplements to using whole-food supplements.

Although there is always much debate about which supplements are best, owing to the large numbers of companies selling them, they are different. Whether one supplement is better than another amounts to the particular physician’s goals, naturalist philosophy and food research data.

A whole-food supplement is one comprised of foods (not extracts, but entire
foods) that have been concentrated into supplemental form. Isolated
supplements are singular (or groups of individual) vitamins, minerals and/or
amino acids. Whole foods contain vitamins, but vitamins never contain the
rest of the whole-food “complex.”

According to Vic Shayne,PhD, author of Whole Food Nutrition: The Missing
Link in Vitamin Therapy, “Vitamins never exist in isolation, but rather
within an interwoven complex of food nutrients and substances along with
myriad cofactors and synergists.” For instance, a vitamin A supplement is
usually vitamin A palmitate, a synthetic form of vitamin A. Or, the
supplement may consist of beta carotene, an isolated precursor to vitamin A.

Conversely, a whole-food supplement contains the food(s) which not only
consists of vitamin A, but particularly vitamin A1; vitamin A2; retino;
retinal; retinoic acid; carotenes (there are more than 500 carotenoids in
nature); essential fatty acids; fiber; grass factors; pigments; natural
sugars; minerals (such as zinc and copper); lipids; bioflavonoids; and
nutrients that fall under the broad spectrum of “phytochemicals,” ranging
from terpenes to isoflavones. Doctors using whole-food supplements in their
nutritional practices look not only for vitamins, but, more importantly,
rely on these cofactors to bring the body back into biochemical balance.
Ultimately, whole-food supplements provide the “chemical” part of the
equation needed to meet the needs of the subluxation complex (chemical,
physical, mental) taught as a fundamental of chiropractic.

Many biochemical researchers, nutritionists and herbalists have noted that
without the whole-food complex, the body will never achieve whole nutrition,
as vitamin supplements lack the rest of the complex. Richard Murray,DC, an
avid biochemical researcher and lecturer for the past 30 years, taught that
isolated vitamins eventually lead to biochemical imbalances and
consequential nutritional deficiencies, as the body is forced to surrender
its stores of nutrients in order to make any isolated vitamin work. Dr.
Murray went so far as to state that the use of isolated/synthetic vitamins
amounts to the practice of “chemistry,” wherein the use of whole-food
supplements translates into the practice of biochemistry. Whole foods are
alive with enzyme activity, while isolated vitamins are not living
substances in the least. Vitamins do not resemble foods, but they resemble
parts of foods.

It is the rest of the food complex – the other parts – in which proponents of whole foods are interested. Retired USDA botanist, James Duke,PhD, author of The Green Pharmacy, agrees: “Vitamins and phytochemicals are better taken in their evolutionary context – as they occur in plants – not isolated and out of context.” Although it is true that isolated vitamin supplementation “works,” we must define the word “work.”

Certainly, experiments have shown the efficacy of vitamins against
symptomatology, but some experts claim that this is a matter of practicing
pharmacology, not nutrition. Nutrition relates to nourishment by foods, not
isolated chemicals. Whole foods work biochemically and harmoniously, while
isolated vitamins always run the risk of creating biochemical imbalances.
When speaking of minerals, there is the added risk of toxicity, as minerals
must enjoy a biochemical balance to promote health. Zinc; copper; iron;
calcium; magnesium; phosphorus; and other minerals are easily upset and
offset by an improper ratio of minerals in the body. Taking isolated
minerals and mineral toddies, even in a multivitamin/mineral supplement, is
a biochemical risk. Too much magnesium or phosphorus may imbalance calcium; too much copper may imbalance vitamin C; zinc; manganese; molybdenum; vitamin B6; and iron; too much zinc can lead to copper deficiency, and so on. Because nutrients in foods are balanced within the food complex, the risk of toxicity is very low.

Conversely, trying to balance the body’s biochemistry with mineral and
vitamin supplements is very difficult because of the dynamic complexity of
the human organism; the daily diet; exposure to environmental poisons;
stress factors; genetics, etc. If my patient needs minerals, I use a
whole-food complex supplement containing a multitude of plant foods known to be mineral-rich, and also include synergistic vitamins; amino acids; trace
mineral activators; and enzymes. I have found that nature’s design is a
safer choice due its inherent intelligence in providing a variety of
nutrients, synergists and low dosages. When using whole-food supplements,
doctors must realize a paradigm shift and the need to stop regarding foods
as chemicals. We have to give up the reductionist line of thinking and grasp
the holistic perspective, understanding that the “more is better” attitude
does not apply to food; vitamins; minerals; or amino acids. The quality of
the food complex becomes more important than the quantity of individual
vitamins, minerals or amino acids.

As with all supplements, buyer beware. If you don’t read and understand
what’s on a supplement label, then you may be contradicting yourself to your
patients. The truth is that many companies tout their products as whole
foods when they’re offering mixtures of foods along with isolates. And some
so-called “whole-food” supplements are not grown in soil, under natural,
traditional farming conditions. The way to tell the difference is rather
simple: A whole food is just that – a food like a carrot, beet, celery or
potato flour, for instance. Isolates are stated on the label by their
chemical names, such as vitamin A palmitate; mixed tocopherols; ascorbic
acid; pyridoxine; niacin; niacinamide; etc.

Russell W. Shurtleff,DC,
Phoenix, Arizona
http://www.natureswellness.com

How much water do you drink?
(polls)

The Power of Fruits and Vegetables by Dr. Santillo

Years ago, I was inspired by the power in natural, whole foods to develop JuicePlus+®, which is now sold and distributed by NSA, Inc. and has become the best-selling line of encapsulated fruit and vegetable products in the world. Juice Plus+® works well in several ways: it has been proven to be bioavailable, to improve digestion, and to increase the levels of phytochemicals, vitamins, and minerals in the bloodstream. One of the major reasons for these benefits is that Juice Plus+® powders are nutrient-dense, predigested supplements with enzymes added. Another reason is that the ratio of combined fruits and vegetables makes them easy to absorb. Furthermore, Juice Plus+® powders contain the phytochemicals from every food source that’s in their formulas.

In his best-selling book Nutripoints, Dr. Roy Vartabedian presents the overall nutritional value of thousands of foods based on an analysis of 26 key nutrients.This analysis determines each food’s Nutripoint score in a range of 0-100, reflecting the food’s nutrient density, or nutrition per calorie; the higher the score, the better. (For details on Nutripoints calculations, see www.Nutripoints.com.) In his evaluation of the ingredients in Juice Plus+® capsules, he found that the formula’s fruits, vegetables, and grains yielded up to five times the nutrient density of the average, fruit, vegetable or grain. Dr. Vartabedian states that Juice Plus+® is just about the most nutrient-dense of any naturally occurring foods he has analyzed.

The various knock-off products on the market don’t have the supporting research base. Primary research has been done for Juice Plus+®, as opposed to “borrowed research” in which information is given on the effects of each separate plant or other constituent in a product’s formula, but no research has been conducted on the whole formula combined. Knowing about each separate fruit or vegetable or herb in a formula doesn’t mean the combination is going to work as stated-research should be done on the whole formula as embodied in the product.

When you buy any supplement or other health product, look for primary research or similar information that proves its efficacy. Get your money’s worth. Simply throwing a bunch of foods or nutrients into a capsule and calling it a nutritional supplement, without considering the energy aspect of each ingredient and their ratio to each other, is called “poly-pharmacy.” It looks good on paper, but does it work when it’s taken into the body? Don’t be fooled by poly-pharmacy or borrowed research. Go with what has been proven.

Some natural remedies, of course, have proven their effectiveness over hundreds of years-maybe not scientifically, but by intuition and actual usage. Nowadays, however, we have technology at our disposal to prove the effectiveness of historically used plants, herbs, and homeopathic combinations. I’ve done energetics research on Juice Plus+® myself, using sensitive energy-measuring equipment. My formulas were used in clinical practice for ten years before NSA brought them to the marketplace on a large scale. The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates was correct when he said, “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.”

Learn more about Juice Plus+ and watch online videos about what health professionals are saying!

The Future of Food

This is an online movie that has been highly recommended from a customer. Knowing that many of our readers are concerned about how their food has been made and processed, I thought I would pass this along.

The Future of Food Movie

Two of my favorite DVD’s from leading physicians talking about health and the benefits of Juice Plus+ is now available to watch online!  Four Doctors is 12 minutes and The Whole Truth, Revisted is just over 14 minutes.  Take some time and watch them now or when you have some free time! 

https://www.juiceplus.com/nsa/content/RelatedInfo.soa

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