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THE ARTHRITIS REMEDY?

What if you found out everything you thought and believed was wrong? 

That the world was not flat but round.

That milk from cows actually does NOT do a body good.

That many, many chronic ailments you cause yourself, because of what you eat and drink or even consider...what you FAIL to eat and drink.

Let's look at arthritis.  It affects millions of people and even children now.  What has changed and how do we rid ourselves from this ailment?

Home Remedies for Arthritis
Arthritis home remedies and natural cures, Questions and answers

Arthritis Treatment using Potato Juice

The raw potato juice therapy is considered one of the most successful
biological treatments for rheumatic and arthritic conditions. It has
been used in folk medicine for centuries. The traditional method of
preparing potato juice is to cut a medium-sized potato into thin slices,
without peeling the skin, and place the slices overnight in a large
glass filled with cold water. The water should be drunk in the morning
on an empty stomach. Fresh juice can also be extracted from potatoes. A
medium-sized potato should be diluted with a cup of water and drunk
first thing in the morning.

Arthritis Treatment using Other Raw Juices

One cup of green juice, extracted from any green leafy vegetable, mixed
in equal proportions with carrot, celery, and red beet juices is good
for arthritis. The alkaline action of raw juices dissolves the
accumulation of deposits around the joints and in other tissues. A cup
of fresh pineapple juice is also valuable, as the enzyme bromelain in
fresh pineapple juice reduces swelling and inflammation in
osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Arthritis Treatment using Sesame Seeds

A teaspoon of black sesame seeds, soaked in a quarter cup of water and
kept overnight, has been found to be effective in preventing frequent
joint pains. The water in which the seeds are soaked should also be
taken along with the seeds first thing in the morning.

Arthritis Treatment using Copper

Drinking water kept overnight in a copper container accumulates traces
of copper, which is said to strengthen the muscular system. A copper
ring or bracelet is worn for the same reason.

Arthritis Treatment using Calcium

Studies have shown that calcium can help arthritis. Several patients
have discovered that joint pains have either been relieved or have
disappeared entirely after taking calcium. This mineral should be taken
in the form of calcium lactate. Two teaspoons of calcium lactate, each
teaspoon providing 400 mg of absorbable calcium, may be taken three
times daily in water, before meals for at least four months.

Arthritis Ttreatment using Garlic

Garlic is another effective remedy for arthritis. It contains an
anti-inflammatory property which accounts for its effectiveness in the
treatment of this disease. Garlic may be taken raw or cooked according
to individual preference.

Arthritis Treatment using Bananas

Bananas, being a rich source of vitamin B6, have proved useful in the
treatment of arthritis. A diet of only bananas for three or four days is
advised in treating this condition. The patient may eat eight or nine
bananas daily during this period and nothing else.

Arthritis Treatment using Lime

Lime has also been found beneficial as a home remedy for arthritis. The
citric acid found in lime is a solvent of uric acid which is the primary
cause of some types of arthritis. The juice of one lime, diluted with
water, may be taken once a day, preferably first thing in the morning.

Arthritis Treatment using Alfalfa

A tea made from the herb alfalfa, especially from its seeds, has shown
beneficial results in the treatment of arthritis. One teaspoon of
alfalfa seeds may be added to one cup of water. Three to four cups of
this tea should be taken daily by arthritics for at least two weeks.

Arthritis Treatment using Green Gram Soup

Another home remedy found useful in relieving pains in the joints is the
use of green gram soup. This soup should be prepared by mixing a
tablespoon of green gram in a cup of water, with two crushed garlic
cloves. It should be taken twice a day.

Arthritis Treatment using Castor Oil

Treatment with castor oil has been found beneficial in arthritis. The
procedure, as prescribed by a Spanish doctor, is to boil two tablespoons
of castor oil over a stove burner. The oil should then be poured into a
glass of fresh orange juice and taken before breakfast daily till the
disease is cured. It was advised to patients to take it for three weeks,
wait for another three weeks and then repeat it again for another three
weeks. It is, however, essential that the patient must take an alkaline
diet while adopting this mode of treatment otherwise the value of the
treatment will be lost.

Arthritis Treatment using Coconut or Mustard Oil

Warm coconut oil or mustard oil, mixed with two or three pieces of
camphor should be massaged on stiff and aching joints. It will increase
blood supply, and reduce inflammation and stiffness with the gentle
warmth produced while massaging. Camphorated oil is an ancient
rubefacient used for the purpose.

Arthritis Diet

Arthritis : Home Remedies suggested by users

Take fruits and vegetables in the form of salads
The diet of an arthritis patient should be planned so as to produce
alkalinity in the blood. It should include fruits and vegetables in the
form of salads, and, at least, two cooked vegetables. In severe cases,
it would be advisable to put the patient on raw vegetable juice therapy
three times a day, for about a week. Repeated juice fasts are
recommended at intervals of every two months.

Other Arthritis Treatments

Keep Body Warm, Don't Bandage Joints

The body should be kept warm at all times . Joints should not be
bandaged tightly as this limits movement and interferes with the free
circulation of blood.

Take Rest, Should have Plenty of Indirect Ventilation

There should be plenty of indirect ventilation in the bedroom. Rest is
advised when there is acute inflammation in the joints.

TO EAT, or WHAT TO EAT, That is the question

WHAT TO EAT:  Eat what you can eat in its natural state.  EVERY CREATURE on the planet eats the designated food for their species in it's natural state.  All but humans.  So, just because you can cook it, should you?  Is it BEST for your health?  Is it best for the planet?

Sharing Without Caring.  That phrase was in pieces in my head until I read those words in that order on a blog and a light went off inside my head (A-HA!)

That's it, I thought.  Share with them, the information to save their lives and care less if they use it or not.

Share the gift of health, of ease, of simplicity.  Share the secret of healthy children, a lifetime free of cavities, no ear infections, few if any bouts with influenza and in a normal growth range without ADD/ADHD, or childhood obesity.

My kids (growing up) were normal in every way except health.  In that way they were exceptional.  Never an ear infection, cold or flu, showed up right in the middle of those charts of height and weight, never fat; never thin...For about 5 years of my youngest son's life my mom lived with my family and boy did my husband and kids ever make good use of that time.  My mom cooked.  She ACTUALLY prepared meals.  This is the way in which I was brought up.  You as a parent, as a mate prepared meals for your family. The purpose was to ensure time together as well as KNOW what they were eating (sometimes) and that it was nutritious.

TODAY, things are different.  As a parent or even as a human you see them everyday those kids that are just too big.  Experiencing difficulty walking, you can hear them breathing, just fat.  not Husky, (like they called them back when I was a kid).  There are no big bones...just excess fat wrapped around those poor bones.  As you look to the parents you see from where it comes.  8 year old kid eating a double meat burger at Burger King in the food court, mom or dad with the 5 piece from Popeyes, extra helping of fries and a Extra-Large sugary drink.

And there I stand with my Omni Blender, some fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and almond mylk, offering samples of smoothies, trail mix and charoses.  As the parent says with an upturned nose, "Whats in it?"  He dont like vegetables, (i'm thinking...REALLY!!??)  I ask, is she/he allergic to anything?  She/he can taste the smoothie if they'd like.  Again the parent asks But, what's in it? (the child has the small cup in their hands tasting and says ummm this tastes good).  I smile to the child and again the mom, says "I want to know whats in it for me to know."  I say to the parent...pointedly...SHE LIKES IT!  SHE SAYS IT TASTES GOOD!  It's very nutritious and good for her AND she likes it. hint, hint.

Still totally blind and clueless the mother looks at me as I ignore her pleas for ingredients.  Then the child picks up the cup of apple charoses, I say to her, ooh, that's my favorite at breakfast, tastes like apple sauce..you will REALLY LIKE THAT.  the mom smells it and looks at me again and says whats in this?  So, to prove my point. I say, apples, carrots, zucchini, cabbage and cranberries.  The child immediately, puts the cup back down and says "Naw, I dont think I wanna try that one."  I look at the mother with sincere disappointment and say to her, see, thats why you NEVER do that.    

Sharing without caring.  It rolls off the tongue easy enough, but there is a point at which that 100lb 8 year old just breaks your heart and you know that you do care about what you share.  It does matter that the parent will continue to kill their kids with the type of love they know which is tied faithfully to processed, fast non-food type stuff.

So, I asked, What do you eat?  When and why do you eat it? 

WHAT:  I eat live and living foods.  Fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, berries and legumes.

WHEN:  when I am HUNGRY. 

WHERE:  just about anyplace, since it's all readily available and easily transportable.

WHY:  Because food is designed to nourish our bodies.  The vitamins, minerals, trace minerals and other elements that are in REAL foods are at the same vibrational rate as the human body and speak the right language to send what we need to the right places in our body.

Like attracts like.  Its natural to see a ripe beautiful piece of fruit on a bush or tree and want to eat it.  To pick it, feel it, smell it and then place it in your mouth checking its sweetness, its nectar.  Its not so natural to see a pig in a sty and want to bite its ear off or suckle on it's teet.  Not so natural to find a nest of any animal that nests and steal its eggs and poke a hole in it and suck the insides out right there on the spot.

See, Simple. Basic. Natural.

Raw or lightly steamed if you prefer...Fruit, vegetables, seeds, nuts, berries and legumes...That is the answer..

Eating to Live ~ do you?

 Health is the most precious possession you, personally, can have.  You cannot buy it, you have to work at it.  You have to sacrifice for it.  Health is your heritage, your freedom from illness. Just as the citizens of a nation have to work and sacrifice for the precious gift of freedom, to hold and keep it, so the individual has to work on the precious heritage of freedom from illness.  You work on it by educating yourself, changing your diet and lifestyle, changing your outlook to see the purpose of life and by believing in the universal law that states;

“As you sow, so shall you reap”.

One of the strangest things that I hear from people when they know that I have a primarily raw and whole food diet is that "Oh, I could never do that, I JUST LOVE TO EAT!"

Everything happens for a reason I believe and just after the last conversation that went that way I was reading a book and came upon a page that began with:

"But I just like to eat."  From here I will quote the Rice Diet book.. We hear this all the time.  Unfortunately, it's almost never true.  Many people think of themselves as food lovers, but their actions are speaking much louder than their words: they eat while they are talking; they eat while watching television; they eat while standing up or while driving in their car.  They eat so quickly and mindlessly that there is no way they can possibly be enjoying the food.  If we really loved food we would eat slowly, pay more attention to it, and eat with reverence.  if we liked to eat, we would use less or no salt at all and few if any condiments so that we could taste the food itself.  (this food we so claim to love to eat).

Reading that so close after that conversation made me look at other times where the similar thing happened.

Take a man, 5'10" and close to 300lbs.  Asks me about getting healthy.  Eating better, getting fit, losing fat and building muscle.  Hmmm, where would you think he should begin?  With me, I think lowering the fat is first because of the health implications.  My first thought was a detox/cleanse of the bowels and GI tract.  Stop all chewing for at least 10 days and give the digestive system a rest.  increase water intake, remove all sweets, flours, breads, dairy and meats.  Blended and juiced - fruit and vegetable nutrition until he was having 3 to 4 good bowel movements daily and had dropped 5 to 20 pounds.

His reply?  I need protein, I have to eat meat.  hmmm, I thought.  He goes on to say, I have a strength program and I eat protein 5 to 6 times a day to keep up my strength.  WOW, I thought.  So, I said, if all your body needs is 21% protein and you are eating 62% what do you think happens to the rest?  In case you don't know it turns into FAT.  Besides if your program has served you so well all this time, where is your six pack and 15% bodyfat?  Why ask for assistance and refuse to even look at it.

INSANITY:  continuing to do the same thing again and again yet expecting a different result.

Making a change to your dietary habits can be a wonderful thing for you as well as your family.  try these few recipes and see if they don't win you friends around the table

Down Home Greens

1 bunch collard greens,

1 bunch kale or swiss chard,

2 tbsp. flaxseed oil,

1/4 lemon, juiced, 

3 tbsp. unpasteurized apple cider vinegar, 

1 1/2 tbsp. unheated honey, 

1–2 garlic cloves, pressed, 

1 tsp. ground cumin, 

1/2 scant tsp. Celtic sea salt or to taste 

1) Wash the greens and cut out the rib going almost all the way down the middle of the leaf (save for juicing).

2) Lay the greens one on top of the other and then fold in half and roll the whole bunch into a tight roll. (You'll probably have to do this twice to use all the greens.) Starting at one end of the roll, cut into very thin slivers. Put the slivers into a large bowl and set aside.  

3) In a small bowl, mix the rest of the ingredients and blend well into a dressing.  

4) Toss the greens with the dressing until they are well coated. Put approx. 3 heavy plates directly on top of the greens. Cover and let marinate in the refrigerator overnight. The plates help compress the dressing into the tough green leaves. These greens could also be served just freshly prepared, but you may need time to get used to the flavor.

Dr. Kirschner's Green Drink In an Out of Print Book by Dr. Kirschner, I Found This Wonderful Recipe, which I've Modified a Little

1 pineapple, juiced

15 almonds, soaked

4 dates, soaked and pitted

2 heaping tbsp. of soaked sunflower seeds

1–2 large handfuls (or more) of fresh green leaves (see below)

1/2 tsp. kelp powder

1) Juice 1 pineapple, then put into the blender with all the other ingredients and blend well.

Makes approximately 1 quart of a delicious and nutritious drink. Best consumed the same day.

 NOTE: The green leaves can be one or a combination of watercress, parsley, spinach, arugula, beet tops, etc. or you can use wild herbs if you can get them. Dr. Kirschner had his own garden of wild edible weeds, such as lamb’s quarters, purslane, comfrey, chickweed, filaree, malva, dandelion, etc. 

VARIATION: This drink can also be made with just the pineapple juice blended with the green leaves.

   Carob (the Un-Chocolate) Sauce

1 cup raw sesame tahini 

1/4 cup raw honey 

1/2 cup (or more) of raw carob powder

1/4 cup filtered water  

1) Put all the ingredients, except the carob powder, into a bowl. 2) Begin stirring and add in 1/2 cup carob powder. Blend ingredients very well by hand, adding in more carob powder if desired. Let your own taste guide you. Also, add more water if you want it thinner, less water if you want it thicker. Makes approx. 1 1/2 cups. Keeps for up to a month in the refrigerator. NOTE: For a chunky sauce, add in finely chopped black figs and pecans.

Carrot-Apple Zinger

2 large carrots 

1 apple 

1 medium beet 

1 1-inch slice of fresh ginger 

1) Put all ingredients through a juicer.    Serves 1.

Cilantro Detox

4-6 apples 

1 medium beet 

1/3 of a fennel bulb 

juice of 1/2 lime 

large handful of cilantro 

Put all the ingredients through a juicer and enjoy. Serves 1-2.

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  • Raw Smoothies for Kids

The Dangers of Cow’s Milk - Should children drink Cows Milk?

Raising a child without cows milk seems risky to most parents. Most of us have been raised drinking it and are conditioned to believe the immense benefits it has to offer. It is believed by many, that cows milk is an absolute must to everyone’s diet, especially a growing child who needs the calcium for healthy bone growth.
Think back to as early as elementary school, do you recall the ever so popular food pyramid hanging in your cafeteria that says you need a whopping 3 servings of dairy per day? What about the “Everybody Needs Milk” ads? And the cute little cartons of milk? What child can pass on the school lunch staple - chocolate milk in a cute little carton with a cute little cow?

Our “nutritional education” starting as early as public school (which by the way is partly funded by the dairy industry), taught us that dairy products are one of the four basic food groups we all need for proper nutrition. Cows milk is promoted to be, without a doubt, the most perfect food for humans, especially for children. Being against milk almost seems wrong, and questioning its benefits is bizarre to most. We are told that milk is good, therefore you must believe it is good. But is this really the truth or part of a dairy industry myth?

The Dairy Industry got this part right - Everyone Needs Milk. That is, during infancy, everyone needs milk. Milk is Mother Nature’s most perfect creation. Not only does it provide a baby with the proper nourishment, it also serves as golden medicine. It swarms with antibodies and white blood cells drawn from the body. By drinking it, a baby shares its mothers immune system and much more. Milk provides just the right balance of fats, proteins, vitamins, hormones, and enzymes for the developing baby. Sounds perfect right? It is.. the only catch is that this wonder food is perfect only for the baby whose mother provides it with. In other words, cows milk is perfect… for the calf.. until it is weaned. Dog milk is perfect too, for the puppy of course, as rat milk is for the rat, etc etc etc. Does it make sense to feed a human baby, or adult, with milk that comes from a different species?

To get a better understanding of why cows milk is not meant for humans, lets analyze the difference between a human baby drinking the milk of its mother versus the milk from a cow. The type of milk an animal produces reflects the nutritional needs of its babies. In other words, the milk of each species appears to have been specifically designed to protect the young of that species. In human babies, the high levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) provided in breast milk is responsible for rapidly developing the brain; tripling in size by the age of one. Cow’s milk contains a significantly lower amount of PUFAs and a higher level of body-building saturated fats contributing to the rapid growth in body size, rather then brain development. Human milk is 5 to 7 percent protein and it takes an infant approximately 180 days to double their birth weight, whereas a calf requires only 45 days to double their birth weight since the cows milk is 15 percent protein. See the major difference?

Besides the amount of protein present in the two milks, the composition is completely different. Cows milk contains 20 times more casein, the primary type of protein, then human milk, making it nearly impossible for us to assimilate. Also, a large majority of us are lactose intolerant. What does this mean exactly? Being lactose intolerant means that we cannot digest lactose which is the sugar in milk (cow’s milk and human milk). An enzyme known as lactase is responsible for digesting lactose. It has been learned that we lose the lactase enzyme activity between the ages of one and a half and four years old. This appears to be a normal process of maturation and shows that in nature, we were never intended to consume lactose containing foods after the normal weaning period. Having proteins that are not assimilated by our body leads to a weakened immune system causing a wide array of problems such as allergies, asthma, skin rashes, arthritis, heart disease and more.

You might be wondering, what about calcium? You will be surprised to learn that although cows milk contains a large percentile of calcium, it is very hard for us humans to assimilate it due to a different composition of enzymes. As a matter of fact, those that are daily dairy consumers have less calcium in their blood when compared to those that do not consume any dairy. Green leafy vegetables are a great source of calcium as well as other essential nutrients.

Besides all this, you must know that nearly all cows, unless you have raised it yourself, are full of toxins such as pesticides, antibiotics, hormones and growth favtors. Just like in human milk, toxins pass through the cows milk. You might say, well, pasteurization takes care of that. Yes, Pasteurization kills most, but not all of these toxins. Pasteurizing milk also greatly diminishes its nutrient content. After pasteurizing, cows milk has up to a 66 percent loss of vitamins A, D and E. Vitamin C loss usually exceeds 50 percent and vitamins B6 and B12 are completely destroyed. Pasteurization also destroys beneficial enzymes, antibodies and hormones. Pasteurization destroys lipase, an enzyme that breaks down fat, which impairs fat metabolism and the ability to properly absorb fat soluble vitamins A and D. (The dairy industry is aware of the diminished vitamin D content in commercial milk, so they fortify it with a form of this vitamin.)

Basically, we are pretty much left with a nutrient-less, chemical full concoction that is high in fat content that gets stored in our cells and contributes to a wide range of health conditions. Does this sound like the perfect food for our developing children? If however, you still firmly believe that cows milk is a MUST in your diet, please find a reputable farm where you can purchase RAW cow milk products from Grass Fed Cows. Raw Cows Milk still contains all the enzymes that are needed for our body to assimilate the proteins found in milk. Grass Fed Cows are treated humanly, do not get any antibiotic or hormones, and therefore provide a safer dairy option then a store bought Organic milk.

Who would of thought that something so basic to the American diet be so harmful? Do you know that Westerners suffer from many more alignments then Easterners? Is it a coincidence? I believe not, but don’t take my word for it. Think through all of this thoroughly and come to your own conclusion. What makes the most sense? How can the much “needed” food contain so many minuses to it? How can any perfect food cause such an array of health conditions? If cows milk was so necessary by the human body, would it cause colic, ear infections and eczema in infants? What do you think?

Fortunate for us,we can turn to delicious plant based alternatives to get our nutritional requirements such as calcium. Enjoy some Hemp Milk, Almond Milk or Coconut Milk and be assured that no health alignments will arise from them. Indulge in some almonds, spinach, swiss chard, collards, broccoli, sesame seeds, chia seeds, sprouted sunflower seeds and many more, and you will more then meet your nutritional requirement.

Here is a list of conditions Cows Milk has been associated with:

Acne
Allergies,
Asthma
Arthritis
Colic
Eczema
Bloody Stools
Colitis
Respiratory Conditions
Sinusitis
Pulmonary Infiltrates
Osteoporosis (Might be surprising since Milk is supposed to prevent this condition!) Americans drink the most milk, have the highest rate of osteoporosis.
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Mental Depression
Hives
Diabetes
Cancer
..and many more.
Think wisely, don’t follow the herd, make your own decisions and protect your family.

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Master Cleanse and Raw Food, what's the connection?

Health, weight loss, energy, detoxification, vitality, positive mental attitude, and longevity are some of the reasons people choose to eat more raw fruits, nuts, seeds and vegetables than cooked food.

A more positive mental attitude was the most surprising result for me. I had a very positive mental attitude to begin with. However, when I began eating more raw fruits and vegetables and then did the Master Cleanse, I discovered that it is man's natural state to have a positive mental attitude.

As for making it easier to switch to a raw food diet, I recommend doing the Master Cleanse.   It's an easier way to move to a raw food diet. Hundreds of people have discovered that detoxifying from unhealthy food additives and the consumption of more food than the body can successfully eliminate, removes the cravings for food that's not good for you.

Why don't more people eat a raw food diet? It's difficult to give up cooked food. 12 Steps to Raw Foods below not only gives some great, proven recipes, the author, Victoria Boutenko, gives her 12 step plan to give up cooked food. I highly recommend the book.

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The Hallelujah Diet should be considered a flexible concept rather than a fixed meal plan. Feel free to customize it to suit your life and schedule.

The Hallelujah Diet Is Not Set In Stone

This isn’t the 100% club, so relax. Make changes that work for you at a pace that you can handle, so that the changes are lasting. The rewards and blessings are for those who persevere and make life-long changes in their diet and lifestyle.

Does the Hallelujah Diet work if you bend “the rules” so that it fits your own life better?

Yes, it does. For example, getting that BarleyMax in 30 minutes before a meal is optimal—but easy to forget. Nutritionally speaking, you still receive almost all of the benefits if you take BarleyMax right at the beginning of the meal.
One of the main hindrances of absorption is the release of the nutrients from the inside of the plant cells. This has already been done for you with BarleyMax. So, go ahead and take the BarleyMax right at the beginning. It will begin to be digested and absorbed right away, even before you are done eating.

What if you would like your BarleyMax in apple juice, or orange juice instead of water or carrot juice?

BarleyMax will still leave an alkaline ash, regardless of the acidity of the juice you take it with. The benefits of BarleyMax far outweigh the bit of acidity from the fruit juice.

What about waiting until noon to eat anything with fiber in it?

It is true that our bodies operate on a circadian 24-hour cycle and that a lot of cleansing takes place early in the morning. So, it would be best to wait until 10:00 a.m. or so to eat fiber for optimal cleansing to take place.
Try making a smoothie in the morning before work and take your juice along with you for later in the morning. You will still get a lot of cleansing and a lot of good nutrition to get you going and keep you going through the morning.

What about cooked food before dinner? For breakfast?

Remember that the guidelines in The Hallelujah Diet are intended to help you transition to a menu of mostly raw foods. However, if a bowl of oatmeal works for you in the morning and you can stay almost raw for the rest of the day, then you will still get great results.

What if you can’t stand straight carrot juice?

Some people love carrot juice, and others, well… Not to worry. Leafy greens are by far more nutritious than carrots. Ever had a green juice with some lemon in it, or with some orange and lemon? Ever put a little bit of fresh orange juice in your carrot juice?
There are lots of ways to make vegetable juice and it doesn’t have to have carrot in it. Many people like carrot juice, but maybe that isn’t you. Don’t let that stand in your way of adopting The Hallelujah Diet.
Written by Michael Donaldson, PhD
Research Director, Hallelujah Acres Foundation
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you eat a cow to get protein. The cow eats grass to get it's protein. hmmm

Where do you think the gorilla, the rhino, the hippo, the elephant, the giraffe or any number of fellow mammals get their protein?  They are as big, or bigger than you, stronger and are very, very muscular without any excess fat, diabetes, high blood pressure or cancer.  They most certainly do not eat other mammals!  second hand protein (from green leafy vegetables) Which the mammals all eat.  You eat them to get their protein???  second hand vegetables are about as good as second hand smoke.

I choose to keep my diet 95-99% raw.  Thats a choice.  I have none of the diseases that every member of my family has and have died from.  So, they all have INHERITED IT and I did not?  no, I dont eat what they eat and I dont get what they got.  simple as that..I am not obese because I choose to eat in line with what human/mammals eat - vegetation. 


My motto has become this:
TO THOSE THAT UNDERSTAND NO EXPLANATION IS NECESSARY.  FOR THOSE THAT REFUSE TO UNDERSTAND NO EXPLANATION IS SUFFICIENT.

So, to provide you some REAL knowledge here are the parts that make sense.  Just because you have believed it for a long time does not make it right.  Just because I know something as a truth and you do not does not make it wrong.  We are where we are and live how we live in spite of our collective ignorance, stupidity or stubbornness.  READ ON MY PEOPLE!! 

Vegetable protein, oft maligned as "incomplete" is a a vital part of nutrition. It is also the only type of protein the body needs to build muscle and carry out many other functions.So much misinformation about protein needs is floating around that it's hard to figure out what to do. If you're interested in the healthiest way to get enough protein, keep reading.

What Protein Does

Vegetable protein, or any kind of protein, is used by the body for enzymes, structural tissue, hormones, and transplant molecules. Protein wears out relatively quickly and must be replaced, and the source of those replacement proteins is our food. After being digested, proteins give us a new supply of amino acids from which the body continuously rebuilds itself.

How Much Protein Do We Need?

Around 10 percent of calories from protein is the figure you most commonly hear listed by health organizations as optimal. The recommended daily allowance (RDA) on food packages also lists protein requirements at 10 percent. Americans, however, average around 15-16 percent of calories from protein.So what's a good amount? According to respected nutrition researcher Professor T. Colin Campbell, "...Only 5-6 percent of dietary protein is required to replace the protein regularly excreted by the body (as amino acids). About 9-10 percent protein, however, is the amount that has been recommended for the past fifty years...The relatively few people consuming more than 21 percent protein mostly are those who "pump iron," recently joined by those on high protein diets." (1) This makes a lot of sense if you stop to think about it. The greatest period of growth that the human body goes through is just after birth, and yet the sole food during this period is mothers milk, which happens to have six percent of its calories from protein.  (As do all mammals -the female feeds the young the mothers milk until the young are weaned and able to eat the designated diet of the (mammal) species which is vegetable based.)  no mammal drinks the milk of another mammal EXCEPT HUMANS.  only because the dairy association tells you to.

Protein does not start having a detrimental effect on health until it rises above 10 percent of calories, so you should view that as a safe maximum.

What About Protein Deficiency?

If you're eating fruits and vegetables and getting enough calories, protein deficiency is virtually an impossibility. In developed countries, protein deficiency is unknown. In cases of starvation, the body will start digesting muscle for energy, but this can be corrected by simply feeding a person simple vegetable matter, with will supply enoughvegetable protein for all of the body's needs.

More Protein For Muscles?

Body builders and those interested in putting on more muscle often eat protein far in advance of what is considered optimal. The question is whether all those whey protein shakes do them any good. No scientific study has ever shown the consumption of protein beyond 10 percent of calories to have any affect whatsoever on muscle growth. That's because no food will ever "build muscle." According to athletic trainer Dr. Douglas Graham, "In reality only weight-bearing exercise builds muscle. When insufficient carbohydrates are supplied, it is true that protein requirements go up, as the body transforms the protein into carbohydrate (an energy-expensive process) and utilizes it for fuel. This does not, however bring about the result (body builders) desire." (2)

So what is happening to all that protein? What the body can't use it stores as fat, meaning those protein shakes are layering fat on top of the muscle weightlifters are trying to accentuate.

So should you be supplementing your protein intake? Besides making you fat, excess protein puts acidifies the body and brings on various diseases, as mentioned below. No body builder should supplement.
Check out Charlie Abel, a raw body builder who does not supplement and uses only raw vegetable protein, for more info.

What Type of Protein

An interesting argument over vegetable protein, (aka plant protein, or protein found in fruits and vegetables) has raged for years. Some say that it's incomplete. Here's what they mean:There are nine essential amino acids. Those nine cannot be synthesized by the body, and so must be taken in through what we eat. No one fruit or vegetable contains all nine, though protein taken from animals does. However protein taken from animals also do not contain any enzymes therefore cause it to simply rot in the intestines thereby allowing re absorption of the toxic rotting meat in the colon.  Therefore, some have concluded that vegetable protein doesn't meet the body's requirements for protein, and that animal protein is necessary.
This is something that was dismissed by nutrition experts years ago. The author of the 1970s-era "incomplete protein theory," Frances Moore Lappe, admitted in the 1990s that she had been completely mistaken in her assertion that combining protein is necessary. We now know that while we need to get all of those nine amino acids, we don't need to get them together, or even in the same day.  (the truth is that when you dont know any better you do what you do.  Once you know better you ought to change to reflect the new information learned.)
So where can we get protein? All plant matter contains protein. By eating a variety, we meet out needs.
Protein Comparison:
Bananas- 4 percent
Cucumbers- 11 percent
Oranges- 7 percent
Green Leaf Lettuce- 22 percent
Watermelon- 7 percent
Eggs- 37 percent
Whole Milk - 23 percent
Beef - 50 percent.

No one questions the speed and strength of a monkey, or the overwhelming force of a charging Rhino, but people can't imagine muscle building from fruits and vegetables. These creatures eat only raw fruits and vegetables, and it has served them well.

Vegetable Protein Better Than Animal Protein?

But if you can get all of your amino acids from animal protein, and have to worry about variety for vegetables, why shouldn't you go with animal protein?The protein found in other animals is very similar to our protein needs because they mostly have the right amount of each amino acid. They can be synthesized very efficiently by our bodies. However, efficiency isn't best, in this case.
According to Dr. Campbell, "The concept of quality really means the efficiency with which food proteins are used to promote growth. This would be well and good if the greatest efficiency equaled the greatest health, but it doesn't and that's why the terms efficiency and quality are misleading. In fact...there is a mountain of compelling research showing that "even low-quality plant protein, which allows for slow but steady synthesis of new proteins, is the healthiest type of protein...Plant proteins may be lacking in one or more of the essential amino acids, as a group they do contain all of them." (3)
The problem with animal protein is that it's a known carcinogen. In studies, rats exposed to carcinogens and then fed a diet of whey protein developed cancers and died quickly. "So the next logical question was whether plant protein, tested in the same way, has the same effect on cancer promotion as casein," writes Campbell. "The answer is an astonishing No. In these experiments the plant protein did not promote cancer growth, even at higher levels of intake.".(4)
Vegetable protein does not cause cancer, unlike animal protein, and so should be the source of all your protein requirements.
Animal protein is also far to high in fat and cholesterol for optimum nutrition. Eggs are 60 percent fat, as is ground beef. Cheddar cheese is 72 percent fat.
Extra protein is also extremely acidifying for the body, which must strip calcium from the bones to counteract the acid. Above 10 percent of calories from animal protein, autoimmune disease, cancer, and impaired liver and kidney function are often the result, according to the China Study.

Vegetable Protein For Health and Fitness

If you eat meals of just raw fruits and vegetables, as is being suggested on a healthy raw food diet, then you'll likely average about 5 percent of calories from protein.If you add a small quantity of nuts and seeds. this will boost your number a percentage point or two, but you'll still be safely within the limits of 10 percent of calories from protein, and won't need to fear the many debilitating diseases that an excess can bring on.