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A sampler of Articles

by Malana Ashlie

 

BONES AND JOINTS

 

Many of you already know that I dislocated my left ankle and tore the ligament last fall. I've had simple broken bones before but nothing that had the over all damaging effect that this kind of injury can do. Roger and I have spent the last few months very focused on my "structural system" and so it seemed appropriate to cover that aspect of this system and some of the things we have learned in dealing with this healing. It has been a wonderful education.

 

With any structural injury you would of course contact your health practitioner.... (I have the advantage of living with mine) ...and apply the RICE method which is rest, ice, and elevation. You would also increase your volume of water to make available all the tools your body needs to start the healing process. We applied Healing A/C CREAM right away and started taking the homeopathic SPRAINS AND PULLS. Both work with the healing properties of the herb Arnica which reduces pain and allows the tissue to release trauma. Even if the pain you are experiencing is from an old injury, these products will help give relief.

 

Blood clots are always a concern with a fall or injury and so we started probiotic therapy using PROBIOTIC ELEVEN. Probiotic therapy has brought about some amazing discoveries on the effectiveness of friendly bacteria in fighting most levels of disease. When the flora in the colon is at a healthy level the body has a greater capacity to release waste and focus on healing. We included Food Enzymes between meals as well as with meals. The elevated level of enzymes made available more enzymes to break down and discard old damaged tissue and released enzymes for rebuilding. Garlic and Vitamin E are our favorite blood thinners and normalizers so of course we included them. Vitamin E has a number of antioxidant benefits plus the selenium is important for making healthy cells. The new CLA (conjugated linoleic acid) was an amazing addition to the program. It is listed under weight loss products because it helps build lean muscle mass, but that is just what I needed for restoring ligament and connective tissue health. Roger and I were just recently invited over to the Kona side of the island to sit in on the opening assembly for the company’s TAC trip. There were some very impressive stories told about the effects of CLA and /or EPA oils for strengthening heart tissue, weight-loss and relief from neck pain. I believe that the CLA and Probiotic Eleven is what kept me from putting on a lot of weight during my 3-1/2 months of restricted movement. Remember, this was during the holidays!

 

The last supplement we used was Ever Flex tablets. This supplement is a perfect combination of glucosamine and chondroitin to stimulate the rebuilding of cartilage, plus MSM with its dietary sulfur for replenishing the connection between the cells of connective tissue and promoting circulation to speed healing. The last ingredient in this combination is devils claw herb which works as an anti-inflammatory.

 

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LET’S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT NUTRITION

 

Oh dear, I hope we didn’t lose some readers already. Many people feel that nutrition is such a BORING subject, and yet it’s actually a Sci-Fi story. Food is an alien to your system. It has lived outside your body, and developed its own defense mechanism against fungus, disease and pest. Since you willingly take this alien into your body, it’s important to understand “who’s coming to dinner” and how to make it a welcome addition.

 

You are saved from my explanation of all the food principles due to limited space. Beware trying to find this information in diet books; diets aren’t always about nutrition. I firmly believe if you understand the nutritional side of food and how your body uses it, diets are not needed. Old Testament scriptures present a number of essential laws; the best recent food publication I’ve read was The Pro Vita Plan by Jack Tips ND, PhD. It’s a simple and logical approach to using food for health and healing and was so well presented I used its information to augment the Nutrition curriculum when I traveled to teach workshops a few years ago. It may be out of print now, but Amazon can locate it in used books or contact Apple A Day Press, Austin Texas.512-328-3996.

 

Lets’ consider a possibly, higher principle of nutrition that has a profound affect on well being. Although the quality and quantity of food we consume is extremely important, how we FEEL about eating affects us more. Most spiritual and religious teachings instruct us to give thanks for our food. This “attitude of gratitude”, expressed by a quiet moment of silent communication before eating actually has a physical affect on the stomach, pancreas and adrenal glands. It causes us to be in the “PRESENT” moment which calms the central nervous system and allows those mentioned organs to prepare for the work they will do digesting what is consumed.

 

Another benefit of taking a moment to bless food is supported in the theories presented by the science of Homeopathy and the recent study of information and water conducted by Japanese scientist, Dr. Emoto. In his published work, The Message of Water , Emoto shows photographs of the changes made in ice crystals depending on the information applied to the water, such as classical music, heavy metal music, the printed words of “I hate you or I love you” before freezing.

 

This is quite an amazing subject to consider, but great minds have been examining these beliefs since before the time of Hermes. It is the belief of all indigenous people that spirit lives in everything. Most religions support the belief that the energy or spirit of matter can be changed through blessing, which is why monks bless sand or water for healings, priest consecrate water and communion/sacrament, homes and even babies are blessed. It purifies the spirit by connecting to a higher source.

 

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“LET FOOD BE YOUR MEDICINE

and MEDICINE BE YOUR FOOD”

 

Those opening words are from Hippocrates, the father of Western Medicine. Are you surprised? Can food be that powerful? We used to be a people who ate to live…we have now become a society that lives to eat. Eating habits have changed so much in our country over the last 50 – 70 years, but so has our health. We have diseases now that were unheard of at that time.

 

Seventy years ago, families rarely ate out; eating some kind of meat was not always a daily practice. Bitter green vegetables/herbs were gathered and eaten in the spring to clean the liver, blood and bowel after a winter of congestive food. Water was the normal beverage; flavored drinks were special for social occasions.

Changing food and lifestyle habits are difficult to do even when we recognize how detrimental our old habits are. Breaking the emotional attachment to habits is like asking a toddler to give up its security blanket; fearful. So what would happen if we looked at a little new information over the next couple of months to see if one or two new ideas could be incorporated into our current life style?

 

Minerals are probably the highest level priority to health. These would include trace minerals as well as the major minerals like calcium or iron. Without trace minerals, B vitamins are not available to help digest food, and support the nervous system, wounds don’t heal properly, hormones imbalances occur and hair may fall out. The Genesis story says that we were created from the dust of the earth and this is where trace minerals come from. Modern farming methods have depleted the soil of these needed nutrients and even when fertilizer is used it is generally a chemical substitute and does not replace necessary trace minerals. Minerals are depleted with physical or emotional stress and high sugar diets. Supplementing with Colloidal Minerals or another organic form would help relieve daily stress and discomfort until the diet starts to include more dark green leafy vegetables such as collards, chard and spinach.

 

In the Clayton College publication, Holistic Times, Don Graves of the University of California has found that Cinnamon has an insulin-like activity and also can potentiate insulin. This could be very helpful with certain forms of diabetes, but has only been tested on mice so far. Cinnamon made into a tea will also soothe the stomach and intestines and stop diarrhea.

 

We hosted a student from California recently who is a gifted healer in her own right. She promotes raw eating as a way of restoring health. One of her staples for any skin problem or muscle reconstruction is a raw egg from a free range roaming chicken, (preferably unrefrigerated), 1 teaspoon of raw honey, beat together in a glass of raw goat or cow milk. I am using rice milk.

 

Making Ox tail soup and eating it twice a week will restore health to connective tissue and joints. Some of these foods maybe different than you’ve had and it can be difficult to try something new but it’s just in how we view them. I have a Hawaiian friend who was shocked that we would eat eggs that did not come from a grocery store…and yet she always wants to eat the turkey tail on Thanksgiving. Isn’t it just a matter of perspective?

 

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Never Too Old  

[How nutrition as well as attitude can affect aging.]

 

The aged or ancients have always been revered by indigenous cultures for their years of acquired wisdom, but our western, image-conscious society seems to link

the loss of youthful features with the inability to be of value to a community.

The lines and wrinkles on our face are actually the report card of our soul. The

changes that occur in our appearance are just subtle communication from your body to indicate adjustments that need to be made in your lifestyle and belief system. We sometimes try to discount this information by claiming that we look like our father or mother, but belie systems are passed down through

families.

 

Over a period of years we notice a weakness in our collagen levels. Collagen is the fibrous protein found in connective tissue, bone, cartilage and skin. It becomes most apparent to us in skin when we start to loose the definition of our jaw line or develop a soft sagging chin. I believe most of this loss comes from depleting our supply of enzymes. Without spending a lot of time explaining what these little proteins do, I'll refer you to Dr. Edward Howell's book Enzyme Nutrition. Simply stated, every living thing contains enzymes. They are Instrumental in the building of new cell network, plus breaking down and discarding old, dying tissue.

 

Enzymes are also needed for the digestion of food. Dr. Howell explains that we are born with an enzyme potential - an allotment that is to supply us with what we need for our lifetime. Since all plants and animals contain their own enzymes, these can be used to aid us in the digestion of their tissue. The flaw in this plan is that we

have become a society that eats primarily, processed food. All processed food has been exposed to heat of 110° or higher which destroys enzymes. Without these necessary enzymes to aid with digestion we have to make withdrawals from our allotment. The body's highest priority is to have energy, so it will sacrifice the making of new tissue to help produce the energy it needs. We look to sugar for energy but it only adds to the enzyme problem. Processed sugar depletes our body of minerals that are necessary for enzyme activation.

 

The nervous system comes into play now, because it is the super highway that carries messages through the energy patterns of our body. Nerve endings are also like an artist's pencil, drawing lines which allow hidden feelings to manifest in our appearance. Einstein's theory on matter vs. energy proved that we humans are energy.

Thoughts and emotions are energy also. All energy is in motion and that movement affects the tissue that it is housed in. Higher positive emotions - for example, laughter, pleasure, joy - move through our body easily due to the deep breathing associated with them. However the lower, heavier, negative emotions become locked into organs and glands related to the situation. This is due to the lack of breathing

experienced during trauma, such as anger, grief, fear. Over time the vibration will weaken the organ that it has become housed in, and that information travels along the central nervous system and appears in facial tissue.

 

Chinese medicine has used this `body' information to diagnose illness for years. Even though I do not diagnose, using the information that people's faces, bodies and hands

presents gives tremendous insight as to how to guide them to find the state of wellness. Weakness in the thyroid, pancreas and liver create just a few of the subtle facial messages that we associate with "just getting older." The poorer our nutrition and genetic background, the earlier these signals appear. If you don't like the messages you are receiving, remember they are not carved in granite. Soft tissue can be changed gradually by addressing the emotional issue that is at the root of its deterioration; nutritionally supporting the gland or organ showing weakness; and incorporating extra enzymes into the diet. This can be done as digestive supplements plus lots of raw fruits and vegetables to take stress off of digestiveenzyme production. Proper food combining, such as promoted in Your Health... Your Choice by Dr. Ted Morter, also relieves the heavy burden our western diet places on the pancreas.

 

One more aspect of aging is our state of mind. How old is `old' to you? Last year I spoke to a man of average health, in his 70s, who was explaining that he couldn't visit an out-of-state family member because he would be too far away from his doc or and hospital; two months later John Glen, in his 70s, took off in a space ship. It amazes me sometimes to hear clients speak of themselves as "aged" when they are only in their forties. This outlook generally comes from not being happy with the direction their lives are heading. Feelings of being trapped in a situation, job, or relationship will often give us a feeling of being `old.' If the situation can't be changed, we have to change our perspective of it. This is not new information. It was written in ancient sacred scripture.

 

Mae West was a great example and her words "You are never too old to start getting younger" carry a lot of truth. Each of us will decide if we are `old' and it is up to each one of us to bring about the changes we want in our lives. A little attention to your diet and some nurturing of yourself can make an amazing difference in your physical appearance in just a matter of months.

 

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