tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46410181228160312682023-11-15T10:54:31.785-08:00Bayside Acupuncture and Herbal MedicineOur mission is to increase the health and well-being of our community by providing quality healing treatments and a professional, caring service.Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641018122816031268.post-10121954522931612262013-09-04T04:36:00.000-07:002013-09-04T04:49:41.051-07:00A Powerful Combination for Healing Chronic Lyme Disease Pain, Fatigue, and Mental Fog <span class="tpl-content" id="tpl-content-repeat_2:3:tiwc300_content01"></span><br />
<div class="style1">
</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: tahoma;"><b>By Greg Lee<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Co-founder of the Two Frogs Healing Center </span></b></span></div>
<div align="center">
<img alt="hideseek" data-cke-saved-src="https://d2q0qd5iz04n9u.cloudfront.net/_ssl/proxy.php/http/www.twofrogscenter.com/images/hideseek1x1.jpg" height="83" src="https://d2q0qd5iz04n9u.cloudfront.net/_ssl/proxy.php/http/www.twofrogscenter.com/images/hideseek1x1.jpg" style="border: 0; display: inline; height: auto; line-height: 100%; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" width="72" /></div>
<span class="style1"><b>Did you play hide and go seek as a child?</b><br />The
kids in our neighborhood would hide in the most unusual places. Some of
the other kids hid so well that I could never find them.</span><br />
<div class="style1">
Lyme disease plays hide and seek too.<br />
And it hides in places where antibiotics could never find it.</div>
<div class="style1">
And if you can't find it, how can you eliminate it from your body?</div>
<div class="style1">
<br />
<b>Chronic Lyme disease can be very difficult to eliminate from the body</b><br />
Lyme disease is caused by a spiral shaped bacteria called, Borrelia burgdorferi.<br />
Spiral
shaped bacteria are also referred to as spirochetes. Just like the kids
that you could never find during hide and go seek, the Lyme bacteria
burrows in hard to get to places in your body. Some experts say it can
go into your nervous system, your brain, and in your joints.</div>
<span class="tpl-content" id="tpl-content-repeat_2:3:tiwc300_content01"></span><br />
<div class="style1">
<b>Lyme disease can be very painful</b><br />
You get this disease when an infected deer tick bites you and transmits
the bacteria into your blood stream. You may have flu like symptoms and
a bulls eye rash when you contract this bacteria. The main symptoms are
joint pain, fatigue, and mental fogginess. People who have this
infection for years report a loss of coordination and motor function
because of the damage to their brain. Standard treatment for this
infection is to take antibiotics. However they can’t always eliminate
these bacteria from your body.<br />
</div>
<div class="style1">
<b>Antibiotics have difficulty finding Lyme in these places</b><br />
Your joints are very difficult places for antibiotics to reach because
of a lack of blood vessels. Your also have a barrier which prevents
chemicals in the blood from entering the brain.</div>
<div class="style1">
If antibiotics kill only some of the bacteria, then some of them will
just remain hidden until the coast is clear. When this happens, people
feel better at first. A few weeks later their old symptoms come right
back. Not only can these bugs hide, they are impervious to antibiotics
when they are in different life stages.<br />
</div>
<div class="style1">
<b>Lyme bacteria are harder to eliminate in their different life stages</b><br />
Some antibiotics are effective only when the bacteria are in the
spirochete stage. Lyme bacteria have been found to create a protective
covering called a biofilm that protects it from antibiotics. Only one
antibiotic is believed to kill the bacteria in this form. In theory, the
bacteria will remain protected under their biofilm until conditions are
more favorable. Even if you are on antibiotics for years, you can have
bacteria lying dormant in your body.</div>
<div class="style1">
If antibiotics can’t eliminate Lyme disease from your system, what else can help you?</div>
<div class="style1">
<b>These herbs appear to eliminate the Lyme bug</b><br />
Some Lyme patients combine antibiotics with Chinese herbal medicine.
There is a powerful combination of Chinese herbs that reduces joint
pain, fatigue, and mental fog. As symptoms improve, these herbs are
believed to reduce the Lyme bacteria in your joints, muscles and nervous
system. These herbs have proven effective in clinical experiments with
people with chronic Lyme disease. These herbs increase your chance of
clearing chronic Lyme disease versus taking antibiotics alone.<br />
<br />
<b>Chinese herbs go where antibiotics cannot</b><br />
This set of herbs can enter places like joints and the brain where
antibiotics have difficulty entering into. There are certain herbs that
deliver anti-Lyme herbs into the nervous system and into hard to access
joints. This combination is more effective the longer you take the
formula.<br />
</div>
<div class="style1">
<b>Cure rates as high as 97% in clinical studies</b> <b>of similar infections</b><br />
Recent clinical studies in China have shown a rate of curing a
spirochete infection called leptospirosis with Chinese herbs as high as
97%. This infection is similar to the Lyme bacteria. The longer you take
these herbs, the greater are your chances of ridding Lyme disease from
your body.<br />
</div>
<div class="style1">
<b>The herbal regimen for eliminating Lyme disease is a minimum of eight weeks</b><br />
In order to catch any bacteria that are in an invulnerable stage,
patients are put on herbs every day for at least eight weeks. This is to
overlap the Lyme bacteria lifecycle which is approximately six weeks.
There are six herbs that are the base formula for the regimen:</div>
<div class="style1">
<br />
<b>Anti-Spirochete Mixture </b><span class="style5">(This herbal formula is originally published in an article by Dr. Subhuti Dharmananda titled, "<a href="http://www.itmonline.org/arts/lyme.htm" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">LYME DISEASE: Treatment with Chinese Herbs</a>.)</span></div>
<ul>
<li class="style1">
Smilax</li>
<li class="style1">
Ching-hao</li>
<li class="style1">
Forsythia</li>
<li class="style1">
Hu-chang</li>
<li class="style1">
Andrographis</li>
<li class="style1">
Lonicera stem</li>
</ul>
<div class="style1">
Patients are encouraged to take their herbs three times a day to
maintain a high level of potency in their system. Additional western
herbs like Cats Claw help to increase your rate of success. There are
other treatments that help Lyme patients to recover.</div>
<div class="style1">
<br />
<b>Detoxifying heavy metals and other toxins helps relieve fatigue </b><br />
Many Lyme patients have been shown to have high levels of mercury and
other metals and toxins. By eliminating these toxins along with
treatment, you see a decrease in their fatigue and mental fogginess.
Detoxification foot baths are very effective for removing these toxins.
This also strengthens your immune system. Other treatments like
acupuncture help too.</div>
<div class="style1">
<br />
<b>Joint pain and swelling get addressed with acupuncture</b><br />
Acupuncture helps to decrease the pain and swelling in your joints.
Many Lyme patients also have significant improvements in their range of
motion. Other side effects of Lyme disease also get better.<b> </b></div>
<div class="style1">
<br />
<b>Treatment helps you to sleep better </b><br />
Many Lyme patients suffer from insomnia due to pain and the infection
disrupting their sleep patterns. As their infection is reduced, these
patients naturally sleep better as their pain and fatigue decreases.
Also, they feel healthier and happier when their body is not fighting
against a disease it is struggling to kill. Changes in your diet can
provide relief, too.</div>
<div class="style1">
<br />
<b>Eliminating dairy, wheat, and sugar starves the Lyme bacteria</b><br />
These bacteria feed off of the nutrients in your system especially
sugars in your blood stream. If you reduce or eliminate foods that raise
your blood sugars like sweets, dairy, and carbohydrates, then the Lyme
bugs have less to feed off of. You need a powerful strategy which works
against the many defenses of these bacteria.</div>
<div class="style1">
<br />
<b>In order to find the hidden Lyme bugs, you need a comprehensive approach</b><br />
Adding Chinese herbs, acupuncture, and detoxification to your Lyme
treatment program greatly enhances the success of curing your infection
for good. Modifying your diet helps to provide less food in your blood
for these bugs. Just like someone who knows where all the hiding places
are, Chinese herbs can help to eliminate those stubborn Lyme bacteria
from your system.</div>
<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: medium;">If you haven't done so already: <a href="http://www.twofrogscenter.com/lyme_subscribe.html" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="subscribe" border="0" height="36" src="https://d2q0qd5iz04n9u.cloudfront.net/_ssl/proxy.php/http/www.twofrogscenter.com/subscribe.jpg" style="border: 0; display: inline; height: auto; line-height: 100%; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" width="72" /></a> to our Goodbye Lyme newsletter (That's a clue!) </span></div>
<u>P.S. If you like this article</u>, feel free to share it with your
own list, post it on your site, post it on your blog, or add it to your
autoresponder. As long as you leave it intact and do not alter it in
anyway. All links must remain in the article.<br />
=========================<br />
And include this at the end of the article.<br />
=========================<br />
©Two Frogs Healing Center. All Rights Reserved.<br />
Wouldn't you love to stumble upon a <a href="http://www.twofrogscenter.com/freetoolsarticles.html" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">secret library of powerful healing tools and ideas</a>?
Find simple, yet electrifying ideas on self-healing, powerful herbs,
spiritual healing, and acupuncture for resolving difficult illnesses.
Head down to <a href="http://www.twofrogscenter.com/" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.TwoFrogsCenter.com</a> today and judge for yourself.Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641018122816031268.post-33685741820815884392013-05-29T04:26:00.001-07:002013-05-29T04:30:36.176-07:00The Dangers of Soy<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Times;
panose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:auto;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"MS 明朝";
mso-font-charset:78;
mso-generic-font-family:auto;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:auto;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:auto;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:-520092929 1073786111 9 0 415 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:Cambria;
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:auto;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:-536870145 1073743103 0 0 415 0;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-unhide:no;
mso-style-qformat:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"MS 明朝";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;}
h2
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-unhide:no;
mso-style-qformat:yes;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2 Char";
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0cm;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0cm;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
mso-outline-level:2;
font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:Times;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:bold;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;
text-underline:single;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink;
text-decoration:underline;
text-underline:single;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0cm;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0cm;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Times;
mso-fareast-font-family:"MS 明朝";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
span.Heading2Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 2 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-unhide:no;
mso-style-locked:yes;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2";
mso-ansi-font-size:18.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:Times;
mso-ascii-font-family:Times;
mso-hansi-font-family:Times;
mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;
font-weight:bold;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
mso-default-props:yes;
font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"MS 明朝";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;}
@page WordSection1
{size:595.0pt 842.0pt;
margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;
mso-header-margin:35.4pt;
mso-footer-margin:35.4pt;
mso-paper-source:0;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
</style>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> By Eeka King (BA.H.ScAcu)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Many people believe they are doing a good
thing for their health when they turn to Soy over Cow’s milk or as a protein
option in a vegetarian/vegan diet. What you may not be aware of is that
choosing to consume Soy may slowly be killing you.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span lang="EN-US">You
may think…it's just a bean from a plant, right? So how bad could it really be? </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">If you take the time to look into the actual
science, <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">then the answer is<i> devastating</i></span>.
Thousands of studies link soy to malnutrition, digestive distress, immune
system breakdown, thyroid dysfunction, cognitive decline, reproductive
disorders and infertility- even cancer and heart disease.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Soy in very small and
occasional doses it is not going to do you too much damage, but once you start
ingesting an excessive amount of it, soy's evil side manifests. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And it’s easy to overdose on soy and not even
realise it. The more processed foods you’ve got in your pantry, the more soy
you are eating. “Soy is a cheap source of protein for many packaged and processed
foods, so if you are eating protein bars, cereals, bottled dressings,
mayonnaise, vegan meat substitutes, and fast foods, you are probably consuming
soy,” says Vance. You’d be surprised by how many different forms that it can
come in — you'll be able to identify it on a label as soy oil, soy protein
isolates, soy protein, soy lecithin, and textured vegetable protein (TVP),
among others.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">There is a widespread misconception that soy
was consumed for many years by Asian cultures and because they are considered
among the ‘most healthy’ race of people, if we consume soy now, we should all
be fine. While this is true, there is a glaring difference between how ancient
Asia prepared soy and how we do today. That key difference<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fermenting the soy.</i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Un-fermented soybeans, what we mainly eat
today, contain large quantities of natural toxins or “anti-nutrients”. Some of
the most important to avoid are potent enzyme inhibitors that block the action
of trypsin and other enzymes needed for protein digestion. These inhibitors are
tightly folded proteins that do not deactivate during the cooking process.
Without being deactivated, they have the ability to produce serious gastric
distress, reduce protein digestion and chronic deficiencies in amino acid
uptake. Several tests were done on animals that showed diets high in trypsin
inhibitors cause enlargement and pathological conditions of the pancreas,
including cancer.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The un-fermented consumption of soy creates
an environment in the body that is unable to properly digest and
break the protein in soy. This means the soy can become toxic within the body
and create a series of adverse challenges. The Asian cultures consuming soy in
the past knew that soy needed to first be fermented and so they did not consume
it unless it was (Martino, 2013)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Another one of the primary reasons it would
be wise for you to avoid soy is that more than 90% of soybeans grown in the US
are genetically modified (GM). Since the introduction of genetically engineered
foods in 1996, we've had an upsurge in low birth weight babies, infertility,
and other problems in the States, and animal studies have shown devastating
effects from genetically engineered soy including allergies, sterility, birth
defects, and offspring death rates up to five times higher than normal. Soybean
crops are also heavily sprayed with chemical herbicides, such glyphosate which
a French team of researchers have found to be carcinogenic.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Here is a list of 10 dangers (compiled by the
Western A. Price foundation) that comes with consuming un-fermented soy;</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Soy
Dangers Summarized </span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">
<br /></div>
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">1.</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> High levels of phytic acid in soy reduce
assimilation of calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and zinc. Phytic acid in soy
is not neutralized by ordinary preparation methods such as soaking, sprouting
and long, slow cooking. High phytate diets have caused growth problems in
children.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">2.</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Trypsin inhibitors in soy interfere with
protein digestion and may cause pancreatic disorders. In test animals soy
containing trypsin inhibitors caused stunted growth.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">3.</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Soy phytoestrogens disrupt endocrine
function and have the potential to cause infertility and to promote breast
cancer in adult women.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">4.</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Soy phytoestrogens are potent antithyroid
agents that cause hypothyroidism and may cause thyroid cancer.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">5.</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> In infants, consumption of soy formula has
been linked to autoimmune thyroid disease.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">6.</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Vitamin B12 analogs in soy are not
absorbed and actually increase the body’s requirement for B12<br />
Soy foods increase the body’s requirement for vitamin D.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">7.</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Fragile proteins are denatured during
high temperature processing to make soy protein isolate and textured vegetable
protein.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">8.</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Processing of soy protein results in the
formation of toxic lysinoalanine and highly carcinogenic nitrosamines.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">9.</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Free glutamic acid or MSG, a potent neurotoxin,
is formed during soy food processing and additional amounts are added to many
soy foods.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">10.</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Soy foods contain high levels of aluminum
which is toxic to the nervous system and the kidneys.</span><br />
<br />
<h4>
<br /></h4>
<h3>
<b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Some facts on Soy Infant
Formula: Birth Control Pills for Babies</span></span></b></h3>
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Babies fed soy-based formula have 13,000 to
22,000 times more oestrogen compounds in their blood than babies fed milk-based
formula. Infants exclusively fed soy formula receive the estrogenic equivalent
of at least four birth control pills per day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Male infants undergo a testosterone surge
during the first few months of life, when testosterone levels may be as high as
those of an adult male. During this period, baby boys are programmed to express
male characteristics after puberty, not only in the development of their sexual
organs and other masculinity traits, but also in setting patterns in the brain
characteristic of male behaviour.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">In animals, studies indicate that
phytoestrogens in soy are powerful endocrine disrupters. Soy infant feeding, which
floods the bloodstream with female hormones that inhibit testosterone, cannot
be ignored as a possible cause of disrupted development patterns in boys,
including learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Male children exposed to DES, a synthetic
oestrogen, had testes smaller than normal on maturation and infant marmoset
monkeys fed soy isoflavones had a reduction in testosterone levels up to 70 %
compared to milk-fed controls.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Almost 15% of white girls and 50% of
African-Americans girls show signs of puberty, such as breast development and
pubic hair, before the age of eight. Some girls are showing sexual development
before the age of three. Premature development of girls has been linked to the
use of soy formula and exposure to environmental oestrogen-mimickers such as
PCBs and DDE.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Intake of phytoestrogens even at moderate
levels during pregnancy can have adverse affects on the developing foetus and
the timing of puberty later in life.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">So
what Soy products are good for you?</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
only soy with health benefits is organic soy that has been properly fermented,
and these are the only soy products I ever recommend consuming.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">After
a long fermentation process, the phytate and "anti-nutrient" levels
of soybeans are reduced, and their beneficial properties become available to
your digestive system.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
primary fermented soy products that can be consumed moderately are:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">* Tempeh- a fermented soybean cake with a firm texture
and nutty, mushroom-like flavour. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">* Miso- a fermented soybean paste with a salty, buttery
texture (commonly used in miso soup). </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">* Natto- fermented soybeans with a sticky texture and
strong, cheese-like flavour. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">* Soy sauce- traditionally made by fermenting
soybeans, salt and enzymes. Be wary because many varieties on the market today are
made artificially using a chemical process, so please check!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Please
note that tofu is NOT on the list.<span style="color: blue;"> </span>Tofu is not
fermented. Also BONSOY milk is the only soya milk made from fermented soybeans,
however, I am not sure if I can recommend it as it was recoiled some years back
due to excessive iodine levels (due to an ingredient- kombu) that caused
thyroid problems in hundreds of people. It may be fine now? One big nature
providing clue, which makes it very clear to me that soy, is not really meant
for humans to eat, is the fact that soybeans are horrid on the palate. No
normal person could eat them. That’s why all soymilks on the market are loaded
with fillers, oils and other ingredients so you can get it down! </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">References</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Daniel (2012) The whole soy story: the dark side of
America’s favourite health food</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Western A Price foundation- </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.westonaprice.org/soy-alert/studies-showing-adverse-effects-of-isoflavones">http://www.westonaprice.org/soy-alert/not-so-soy-healthy-for-the-heart</a><i><span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.westonaprice.org/soy-alert/studies-showing-adverse-effects-of-isoflavones"><br />
</a></span></i></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Dr Joseph Mercola- <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mercola/soy-health_b_1822466.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mercola/soy-health_b_1822466.html</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Martino, 2013- <a href="http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/02/21/confused-about-soy-soy-dangers-summarized/">http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/02/21/confused-about-soy-soy-dangers-summarized/</a>
</span></div>
Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641018122816031268.post-17178776133392612602011-08-26T03:01:00.000-07:002013-05-08T23:22:44.380-07:00Organic Farmshare-Why Everybody Needs to Own a Local Organic Farm<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 7.5pt 0cm;">
<span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Current conventional farming methods employ a host of practices and synthetic chemicals to produce our food at the cost of destroying the very source of that food: our soil and waterways. The impacts on our health from the long-term consumption of nutritionally depleted, chemically grown and processed food are also becoming increasingly evident.<br />
<br />
Our soils are being propped up with fertilisers produced from fossil fuels. The food that is grown in these depleted and chemically laden soils comes nowhere near to providing the nutrients that we need for health, reproduction and longevity.<br />
<br />
A massive 60% of our food costs goes directly into distribution and handling. In other words, $60 out of every $100 you spend on food goes on getting that food from the farm to your plate.<br />
<br />
Organic Farm Share is a local food system that utilises regenerative and integrated farming practices, which return necessary nutrients back into the soil. This is achieved through organic farming, polyculture planting, the use of beneficial bacteria, animal integration, and localised compost systems.<br />
<br />
Through Organic Farm Share’s unique and localised distribution system, food-miles and packaging are significantly reduced. Your food is brought directly to you from the farm ensuring fresher healthier food, a substantial financial saving, and regeneration of the environment.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 7.5pt 0cm;">
<span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Our farm is situated in Northern NSW 14km south of the Queensland border. Our organic farm will service owner-members in the Byron Bay, Gold Coast and Brisbane areas with our unique organic food delivery system.<br />
<br />
Organic Farm Share blends a unique form of enterprise with the values of a co-operative. Taking back the control of our food supply and establishing regional food security can only be truly achieved through participation, or more specifically, ownership. If we own the business that owns the land where our food comes from, we are directly connected to our food supply, and many of the existing barriers to establishing a successful local food system are eliminated.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 7.5pt 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><br />
Participation and its benefits</span></b><span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><br />
<br />
We currently (1 August 2011) have 148 owner-members and as membership is limited we will close the first stage of our offer on 20 October this year.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 7.5pt 0cm;">
<span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Organic Farm Share, the first of its kind, is a publicly owned farm project with<br />
the aim of ensuring food security for our community, the regeneration of land,<br />
and positive financial returns to our owner-members. <br />
<br />
Whilst there are numerous environmental, health and social benefits to<br />
participating in Organic Farm Share there are also a number of personal ones.<br />
<br />
By joining Organic Farm Share, you gain :</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0cm 15pt 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="color: #63322a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype><shape alt="http://www.organicfarmshare.com/images/stories/overview/house-image.jpg" id="Picture_x0020_2" o:allowoverlap="f" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" style="height: 103.5pt; left: 0px; margin-left: 95pt; margin-top: 0px; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-horizontal: right; mso-position-vertical-relative: line; mso-position-vertical: absolute; mso-wrap-distance-bottom: 0; mso-wrap-distance-left: 0; mso-wrap-distance-right: 0; mso-wrap-distance-top: 0; mso-wrap-style: square; position: absolute; text-align: left; visibility: visible; width: 135pt; z-index: 1;" type="#_x0000_t75"><imagedata o:title="house-image" src="file:///C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg"></imagedata><wrap anchory="line" type="square"></wrap></shape><span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">pride in ownership of a regenerative enterprise</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0cm 15pt 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="color: #63322a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">partnership in an enterprise that contributes to the local economy and employment</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0cm 15pt 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="color: #63322a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">a place you can visit, stay and enjoy with your family and other owners</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0cm 15pt 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="color: #63322a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">a share that can appreciate in value</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0cm 15pt 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="color: #63322a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">the convenience of buying your groceries from one place (one stop shopping)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0cm 15pt 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="color: #63322a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">a 5% - 7% rebate of all purchases annually & profit share</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0cm 15pt 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="color: #63322a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">supply of a comprehensive variety of organic food at the best prices.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 7.5pt 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Where to from here</span></b><span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 7.5pt 0cm;">
<span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">If you would like to know more, come along to one of our Kitchen Table<br />
Talks. A list of them can be found on our website at :</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 7.5pt 0cm;">
<a href="http://www.organicfarmshare.com/whats-happening.html" target="_blank" title="whats happening"><span style="color: #006ebf; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">www.organicfarmshare.com/whats-happening.html</span></a><span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 7.5pt 0cm;">
<span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">If you have any questions please feel free to contact us in any of the following ways :</span></div>
<span style="color: #006ebf; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Telephone :</span><span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span style="color: #006ebf; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">07 5630 3891<span style="display: none; mso-hide: all;"> begin_of_the_skype_highlighting</span> 07 5630 3891 <span style="display: none; mso-hide: all;">end_of_the_skype_highlighting</span> Email :</span><span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="mailto:hello@organicfarmshare.com"><span style="color: #695648; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">hello@organicfarmshare.com</span></a></span><span style="color: #63322a; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> </span>Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641018122816031268.post-36175620276625820262011-08-26T02:59:00.001-07:002011-08-26T02:59:56.234-07:00Fasting and Colonics: The 7 Day Detox Program<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Purging the bowels eliminates the source of poison, thereby permitting blood and energy to regenerate naturally. By cleansing the bowles we repair the body”</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Chai Yu-hua</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You will need…..</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>*</b> Psyllium seed husk (intestinal Cleanser)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Bentonite (removes toxins from your entire digestive tract)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Supplement-Organic Super Greens (wheatgrass, spirulina, barley, chlorella) or greenlife (wheat, oat, rye and barly grasses)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Colonics</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Fasting</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;"> is primarily the act of willingly abstaining from some or all food, drink, or both, for a period of time.There are many different ‘Fasts’ out there; water fasts, juice fasts, the lemon/maple syrup/cayenne fast, raw milk only fast, rice only fast etc. Why fast?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Daniel says that the modern lifestyles put tremendous toxic strain on our vital organs and glands. The stomach is perpetually stuffed with denatured foods taking in incompatible combinations, the liver is swollen and strained with the effort of breaking down massive intakes of proteins and fats as well as drugs and poisons, the pancreas balloons to abnormal size owing to the constant demand for digestive enzymes to process enzyme-less foods, and the colon gets lined with layer upon layer of glue like crud that poisons the bloodstream.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Of all the vital organs in the body, the one that suffers the most abuse from modern dietary habits is the colon.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The following "Fasting and Colonics" excerpt is from the </span><a href="http://www.detoxifynow.com/tao_of_health.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity</span></i></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fasting and Colonics</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you stand long and still enough near rivers, lakes and ponds where herons and similar long-beaked birds fish and feed, you will notice a curious habit.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">From time to time, a heron will suck up a beak full of water, twist its neck around and insert the beak into its own anus, squirting the water deep into its bowels to flush out the putrid debris and other residue from its fish-based diet.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Who taught these birds to do that? Nature did... and a Taoist respects no teacher more than nature.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The very sound of the word colon prompts embarrassment these days. Many people can't even bare to look at a picture of a colon, let alone talk about their own. Suggest that someone run 5 gallons of warm water through it, and embarrassment turns to suspicion or sheer panic.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">American doctors are reluctant even to discuss the matter, and they flatly refuse to administer colonic irrigations to patients on request. They believe, as one New York physician put it, colonics 'went out with the horse-and-buggy' a century ago.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">American doctors also reject nutritional therapy, herbal remedies, fasting, therapeutic breathing, meditation and other 'outdated' methods that they no longer understand, nor want to understand.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In Russia however, it remains standard procedure in all hospitals and clinics to administer a thorough colonic cleansing to all patients, regardless of their ailments, immediately upon entering any hospital. Russian physicians realize that no cure for any ailment can be properly administered to a filthy, highly toxic body, which simply cannot assimilate and utilize medications.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nor does a body devitalized by chronic toxemia have sufficient strength and energy to fully recover from such radical procedures as anesthesia, surgery and chemical therapy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As a case in point for colonics, take pneumonia. At the turn of the century, before cancer and heart disease replaced it, pneumonia was the biggest killer in America.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Back then, Dr. J.H. Tilden of Denver, Colorado, who specialized in pneumonia and treated more patients for this disease than any other physician on record, never lost a single patient to this dreaded ailment. He achieved his remarkable record by relying entirely on fasting and colonic irrigations, followed by strict diets of raw natural foods. Today, pneumonia still takes a heavy toll among the elderly and weak, despite all the modern drugs used to treat it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In 1935, at the age of 40, V.E. Irons suffered from a rare and extremely painful form of arthritis now known as 'ankylosing spondylosis'. This condition is caused by unassimilated calcium (such as that from pasteurized milk) being deposited on the spinal vertebrae, where it gradually builds spurs that cause the entire spine to stoop forward, until, after 10-20 years, the victim is bent over double for life.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Having been told that there is no cure, Irons went off to research his conditions on his own, and, like anyone else who looks hard and long enough for the real source of chronic degenerative disease, he found it lurking in his own clogged colon. As he recalls:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i>"Within two months I had no more pain from displacement and with 14 months practically no spurs. All done with home colonics, fasting and natural food- no drugs!</i>"</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Colonic must not be confused with enemas. At best enemas flush out the rectum and a small part of the descending colon; but they do nothing for the transverse and ascending portions where years of afoul debris, toxic waste, and impacted feces have accumulated. Enemas can also be a real mess to handle.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Colonics, on the other hand, send water coursing all the way through the entire length of the colon in a continuous flow, gently.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, if you wish to rid yourself of he 5-15 pounds of hard, rubbery, toxic waste impacted in your colon owing to a lifetime of wrong eating habits, and simultaneously eliminate the source of most of your chronic ailments, discomfort and fatigue, while also preserving youthful vitality and prolong your life, order a Colema Board.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The 7 Day detox fasting and colon cleansing programme</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is an integrated system of self-purification that combines the benefits of fasting, fibrous intestinal cleansers, nutritional supplements and daily colon irrigations. It is complete program of blood and tissue detoxification that rejuvenates each and every organ, gland, tissue and cell in the body.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why seven days? Seven is a sort of 'magic number' throughout the realm of nature.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Women's menstrual cycles occur in four units of seven, as does the moon orbit around the earth.It takes exactly seven days to cleanse the entire bloodstream by fasting, and it requires seven days to thoroughly rid the lymph of toxins.On a larger scale, it takes seven months to balance the endocrine system through proper nutrition and exercise and seven years to replace every cell in the body.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This particular program was developed by V.E.Irons, who explains it as follows:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">"For seven days, you eat nothing at all, but you won't feel hungry because you take an intestinal cleanser. This is a powder that's ground from a special grade of Psyllium seed. The cleanser clings to the colon walls, holds moisture there, and softens and loosens the waste matter. Add to that the herbal cleansing supplements that break down the mucus that lines the stomach walls, the duodenum, the small intestines and the colon, plus colonics which flush it all out of the body, and you have the essence of this program.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Intestinal Cleanser (Psyllium seed husk) should be taken five times a day, every three hours. You put a heaping teaspoon of Cleanser in a jar with a good tight cover. Add ten ounces of water, with a little bit of your favourite fruit or vegetable juice for flavour.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You also add a tablespoon or two of another product called Bentonite, which is made from volcanic ash. Bentonite is like a magnetic sponge that removes toxins from your entire digestive tract. Shake the mixture well and drink it. Then follow it with a glass of water.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A seven day fast sounds severe, but it’s really not too bad because the intestinal cleanser swells up in your system, so that you feel full. Also you take tablets of a supplement called Greenlife (you can also use Organic Supergreens), which is concentrate of the juices of wheat, rye, oat and barley grasses."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">During the 7-day fast with nutritional supplements and intestinal cleansers, you administer to yourself two 5-gallon colonics per day on the colema board, which works entirely by gravity, not pumps or attend a colonic irrigation clinic.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">To the 5 gallons of warm (100-105°F) water you add some strong boiled coffee, which stimulates the bowels' natural peristaltic contractions and contains acids that help throw out mucus and cleanse the colon wall.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you are overly sensitive to caffeine, you may substitute fresh garlic juice, fresh lemon juice, or Bentonite or Epsom salts.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Intestinal Cleanser and the Bentonite are remarkably effective cleansing agents. Powdered Psyllium seed husk is almost 100 percent pure fibrous bulk. It is not absorbed or digested but instead expands in the gut and dredges your bowels of debris as it passes through. When it reaches the colon, the warm water from the colonics helps it loosen impacted toxic wastes from the colon wall and propel it out through the rectum.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bentonite, which is derived from volcanic ash, contains an ingredient called montmorillonite, a molecule of which is 1/500th the size of a water molecule and carries a negative charge that is 200 times greater than its positive charge. It's minuscule size enables it to reach into nooks and crannies of your tissues that even water cannot penetrate, while its strong negative charge enables it to pick up 200 times its own weight in toxic positive ions. As we have seen, pollutants always take the form of big, bulky positive ions, and these are readily neutralized by active negative ions. Bentonite works in the bowels along with the Psyllium seed powered, but it also enters the bloodstream to neutralize and facilitate rapid elimination of the toxic wastes that enter the blood from the cells.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Some advocates of fasting, such as Paul Bragg, do not recommend colonics or any supplements whatsoever during cleansing fasts. Instead, they advise nothing but distilled water. However, four, five, or maybe six water fasts are required to remove the same amount of toxic waste from the colon as one fast supplemented intestinal cleansers and colonics.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The first day is simple. It takes at least 24 hours for the body to commence detoxification and start pouring toxins into the bloodstream for elimination.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The second & third days are the most difficult. By then you bloodstream will be carrying up to ten times its normal load of toxins, as the entire body excretes accumulated poisons into the blood for disposal. You will feel weak, fatigued, stiff, light-headed and perhaps nauseous, much like a heavy hangover.This is not due to nutritional deficiency, so do not make the most common mistake of first-time faster, which is to break the fast prematurely by eating something to 'pick you up'.The moment you eat something, the unpleasant symptoms of detoxification disappear- not because of the nutrients in the food but because the food signals the body to halt the detoxification process and gear up for digestion and metabolism instead.The worse you feel during the first three days, the more toxic are your tissues, and the better the programme is working. Hang in there and you will soon feel better than ever!</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">During the first fast with colonics, the first two or three days often fail to produce the dramatic evacuations of foul toxic wastes expected.That's not because your colon is clean, but because the dried mucus and toxins are so deeply impacted in the folds of your colon that it takes six to eight colonics just to start jarring them loose. One of Ions most severe cases failed to evacuate anything of significance through four full 7-day programs, but then on her fifth fast an avalanche of black hard poisons came pouring out with every colonic. Generally, you will start passing these toxified encrustations of mucus on the fourth or fifth day and continue to do so till the end of the cleanse. This deathly junk is collected in a colander under the colemna board, and you should carefully inspect it after each session. By seeing what comes out of you each time, you will be strongly motivated to continue through to the end of the program.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If by the seventh day you are still expelling a lot of waste, you may choose to continue the program for up to 10 days, or else stop and wait for your next cleanse. Do not attempt to fast more than 10 days by yourself until you have done at least half a dozen 7-10 day fasts. The less toxic your system becomes, the easier it is to maintain fasting, and longer periods of healthy therapeutic fasting.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Don't expect to get everything out during the first cleanse. It takes about four 7-day programs, with mini-fasts in between and careful attention to diet and lifestyle to effect a thorough cleansing of the colon and completely detoxify the tissues.One Master Faster recounts how, after five years of four annual 7-day fasts, he went on a 10-day fast, on the seventh day of which "I had a terrific bowel evacuation, and at the end of this evacuation, I felt a heavy cool sensation in my rectum and out passed a third of a cup of quicksilver [mercury] from the Calomel [a medication] that I had taken during my childhood". When it comes to purifying your body from a lifetime of self-pollution, "once is not enough!"</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you are afraid to administer your own colonics with the colema board, then look for a qualified colonic therapist and have him perform the first series for you in a clinic. After that you will realize how easy and safe it is and you can do the next series at home.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The programme is safe and effective for children, women, and the elderly. For children aged 4-10, cut the dosage of supplements and intestinal cleansers by half.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Consume no solid food whatsoever during the programme. Except for an ounce or two of juices to make your intestinal cleanser mixture more palatable, avoid all solid foods. Besides cleansing your colon, you will want to give all your digestive organs and all your vital glands a complete 7-day rest so that their tissues may be detoxified and their damaged cells replaced. If you 'cheat', you'll only be cheating yourself.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Excessively obese and/or chronically ill persons should not attempt a 7-day fast the first time. Such persons are so permeated with toxins that a 7-day fast would raise the toxin levels in the blood to dangerous or even fatal levels.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pregnant or lactating women, diabetics, hypoglycemia, Wilson's disease, severe CBS, degenerative AIDS, or surgery recovery victims should not engage in this kind of cleansing. Over 65 should also not do this programme.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you feel that your body is extremely polluted with poisons, start out with several 3-day fasts spread over a period of 3-4 months, with a diet of mostly raw vegetarian foods in between (at least 50% of your food intake). This programme will detoxify your tissues sufficiently for you to tolerate a complete 7-day fast.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Everyone should always use the internal intestinal cleansers AND administer home colonics during their fasts to facilitate rapid excretion of poisons. Colonics flush the accumulating toxic debris immediately out from your system.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Break any cleansing fast with first fruit, one type only, and then a light meal of raw vegetables, especially carrots, cabbage and lettuce, followed a few hours later with either some fresh mild fruit again (apple, grape, watermelon, pear, etc., but no dried fruits or oranges) OR a couple of lightly steamed vegetables, such as squash, tomato, string beans. If need be, however it would be preferable to avoid, have a few slices of well-toasted whole-grain bread with a little bit of nut butter but no dairy butter. Thoroughly toasting bread coverts much of the hard-to-digest starch into readily digestible sugars. Brown rice and a nice salad would be preferable to any toast.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Source: </span><a href="http://www.detoxifynow.com/tao_of_health.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity by Daniel Reid</span></a></div>Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641018122816031268.post-25825872394996140292011-08-02T04:28:00.000-07:002012-11-14T22:11:34.032-08:00Sugar Poison and How to Avoid It<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">By Eeka King B.H.Sc (Acup)</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner I often give people some dietary and lifestyle advice as an adjunct to their treatment. It gives the patient the opportunity to take some responsibility of their health and also greatly enhances the good work we are doing with acupuncture and herbal medicine. Diet and lifestyle factors have a big impact on the state of our health and wellbeing (along with constitution, emotions, environmental factors etc) and can contribute too many of our imbalances and diseases. One of the most common dietary changes I encourage people to make is to avoid/reduce refined & processed sugar or artificial/synthetic sweeteners and to only choose natural whole sweeteners. Below I will have a look at why sugar is so bad (I would go so far as to say evil) for the body and give you some better sweet options.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Commercial sugar as we know it comes in many forms with varying degrees of processing and refining. Basically sugar comes from the sugar cane; the cane juice is stripped of its molasses content (the dark rich part which is full of vitamins, minerals and is extremely high in iron), then heated at extreme temperatures which kills the enzymes and everything that’s good about it. That is what is called raw sugar. The processing continues from there with more refining with chemicals such as sulphur dioxide, lime, phosphoric acid, bleaching agents & viscosity reducers to get white sugar and then more processing to get castor sugar and then more again for icing sugar. Brown, turbinado or demerara sugar is simply refined, processed sugar with some of the original molasses added back into it (unfortunately, still bad for you). When natural sugar is refined and concentrated, the life force is dispersed and the natural balance upset.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Refined sugar is an evil poison that creates havoc in the body. Only during the last century has man’s diet included a high percentage of refined carbohydrates (sugars and flours). The amount the average westernised person consumes per day is astonishing. You only have to take a look into any supermarket aisle to get a good idea-it’s in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">everything</i>. In nature, sugars and carbohydrates (the energy providers) are coupled with vitamins, minerals, enzymes, protein, fat and fibre and support life due to its body building and digestion enhancing components. Digestion of refined sugar (along with refined flour) is detrimental to life because it draws on the body’s own store of vitamins, minerals and enzymes for proper metabolism. Slowly and slowly you are robed of your good health. </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sugar heats the body up, suppresses the immune system, interferes with and lowers absorption of vitamins and minerals (especially calcium, magnesium & vitamin E), destroys fertility and feeds cancer cells and Candida. Sugar is one of the biggest contributors to all of our modern <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">dis</i>-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">eases</i>. Coronary artery disease, atherosclerosis, weight gain and obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis etc have a direct link to sugar consumption. Sugar creates mood swings, hyperactivity, poor concentration and ADHD in children as well as allergies and eczema. Sugar damages the internal organs and can cause hormonal imbalance, periodontal disease, tooth decay and premature aging. Once refined, sugar is no longer a food- it becomes a highly addictive drug. </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“The difference between sugar addiction and narcotic addiction is largely one of degree.” - William Dufty, Sugar Blues.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Natural sweeteners may be defined as a product that comes from nature that hasn’t been altered terribly and which the nutrients have not been removed, or the nutrients may be even more concentrated due to boiling down and evaporation. Therefore, if you are going to consume a sweetener, it is best if it comes from the fruit, herb, or vegetable kingdom and be as raw/living as possible (not overheated, and not overly processed) for optimum health.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 303.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rapadura Sugar- Dehydrated cane juice granules<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rapadura sugar (Gur in India), is unrefined dried cane juice which is made by simply evaporating the water from the whole sugar cane juice. This whole sugar is actually highly mineralised and nutrient dense and has a balanced reaction in the body. It has a gorgeous golden colour and a unique caramel flavour. It is the perfect product for baking and the sweetening of food and drinks. Simply substitute 1 cup of rapadura for 1 cup of other sugars (e.g. white/raw/brown) in any recipe. You can buy it from most health food stores. </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Honey</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Raw Honey has many amazing health benefits. When it has not been heated it is loaded with amylases, nutrients and enzymes that digest carbohydrates. So it is also best to only use it in desserts that do not require heating.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Maple Syrup</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The concentrated sap of huge deciduous trees, maple syrup is rich in trace minerals, brought up from below the ground by the tree’s deep roots. It imparts a wonderful flavour to cream based desserts and may be used in baked goods such as muffins and pancakes. Make sure you buy the real maple syrup (it is quite expensive) and not the common one as it is only flavoured sugar with a plethora or other nasties. </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stevia</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stevia is a highly sweet herb derived from the leaf of the South American stevia plant and can be used by those who have sensitivity even to natural sweeteners. A little goes a very long way- a pinch of stevia is equal to a spoonful of sugar. As it does not add bulk, it is difficult to use successfully in baked goods; but is a good sweetener for salad dressings, whipped cream and pie crusts etc.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Other sweeteners that may also be used in moderation include coconut palm sugar, date sugar, molasses, malted grain syrups, sorghum syrup. Please avoid all other imitation sweeteners, including Agave (way to processed and high in fructose to be good for you)-so make sure you do your homework before you buy.</span></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There are plenty of sweet foods in nature and when you get yourself off the sugar addiction you will be amazed at how sweet fruit, vegetables and grains actually are. Sweeteners (natural) can be kept to a minimum and only used on holidays or special occasions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to Chinese medicine, long as we balance the sweet taste with the other four (sour, bitter, salty and pungent), we will maintain good health!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">© Eeka King 2011 For Bayside Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine Clinic </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641018122816031268.post-7207882066910795212011-06-30T02:03:00.000-07:002012-11-14T21:06:35.266-08:00Group B Streptococcus & a Chinese herbal Antibiotic<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Written By Eeka King B.H.Sc (Acup)</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A Case Study</span></span></u></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A female patient, who I have been treating throughout her pregnancy, presents one week with a positive swab result for Group B streptococcal (GBS) Infection.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What is Group B Streptococcus?</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Group B Streptococcus, commonly known as Strep B or GBS is a common bacterium that is found in the body. It is usually harmless in adults; however, can cause serious illness and sometimes death, especially in newborn infants, the elderly and patients with compromised immune systems. Up to 30% of women carry the bacterium in their vagina or rectum. Sometimes, a woman who has group B strep can infect her baby during delivery. This can sometimes cause serious illness in the newborn. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Group B strep is not the same as other types of streptococci bacteria, such as those that cause strep throat. Most often, group B strep causes no symptoms (asymptomatic) or problems in adults; however, it can still infect a newborn during birth. Pregnant women are routinely swabbed for strep B around the 36 week mark. This involves using cotton swabs to take samples from the vagina and anus. The samples are then sent to a laboratory. The results show whether you have group B strep (GBS) bacteria in your genital area. These test results cannot say whether or not your baby will become infected with group B strep.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Statistics show that about one of every 100-200 (0.5-1%) babies born to a GBS-colonized mother will develop GBS infection. If group B strep infects your baby, symptoms may take time to appear. Early-onset infection occurs within the first week of life, usually within a few hours of birth. Late-onset infections occur after the first week, usually within 90 days of birth. The baby may have infections in the blood, lungs, brain or spinal cord, or, more rarely, in a single, isolated spot such as a bone or joint. The infection will need prompt medical treatment. The mother may also become very ill from the infection after the delivery. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Treatment for group B strep</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If a woman is at risk of group B strep infection, they will be given an antibiotic to help stop the infection. The antibiotic is given through an intravenous line during labour and delivery. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The availability of IV antibiotics has undoubtedly saved the lives of many babies. But, like many other obstetric life-savers, this intervention carries risks as well as potential benefits. The balance of risks and benefits will be different for each family, and as with any offer of medical treatment, it is up to the individual to decide whether to accept it.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In brief, the risks of antibiotics for GBS prophylaxis are: </span></div>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">IV antibiotics medicalise labour - mother is almost always restricted to hospital. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mother may have an allergic reaction to antibiotics, up to and including anaphylactic shock, which can be fatal. 1 in 10,000 women receiving antibiotics for GBS can be expected to go into anaphylactic shock, and 1 in 10 so affected will die (ref: RCOG paper on GBS). </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Baby may become more at risk of infection from other, antibiotic-resistant organisms </span></li>
</ul>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Case Report</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A 28 year old pregnant patient presents with a positive swap result for GBS. She is very upset by this news and her previous positive outlook on her impending labour was greatly diminished. She wanted a ‘natural labour’ and felt that an antibiotic drip would be invasive to the labour and would not be impacting positively on her health and for a healthy start of her baby’s life. She also felt that it was a big consideration for such a small (0.5- 1%) chance that she may infect her baby.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Other than the positive swab for GBS she was in excellent health and had experienced no pregnancy complications.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Is there a natural alternative to antibiotics in GBS infected women?</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As a traditional Chinese medical practitioner I wondered if I would be able to help eradicate the Strep B infection before the onset of labour. In TCM, infection is considered to be heat or toxic heat invasion in the body. There is a formula in Chinese medical pharmacopeia that is also known as the ‘natural antibiotic’ and has been known to treat some inflammatory heat conditions.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">From a Chinese medical perspective the patient did not present with a great deal of heat signs, she had no symptoms of having been infected with strep B and her pulse and tongue analysis indicated healthy pregnancy signs. The body is also generally slightly hotter and damper in pregnancy than normal.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I decided to try one of the Chinese Antibiotic formulas- Huang Lian Jie Du Tang. There has been no precedent for its use in GBS and it is not a formula that you would often prescribe in pregnancy. So with caution I prescribed a very small dose to be taken every day for the duration of one week. I asked the patient to schedule another swab test for GBS in one week’s time.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Result</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A few days after taking the Chinese herbal medicine the patient reported that her vaginal discharge had completely cleared up. She said that she had experienced more discharge recently; however, she had read in all pregnancy literature that it was normal to have a greater amount in pregnancy, so she didn’t think it was a symptom of imbalance. Due to this she had a very good feeling that the herbal medicine was eradicating the infection.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">One week later the patient had another swab test for GBS and the results came back negative. The patient was ecstatic.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Conclusion</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chinese Herbal medicine may be an alternative to antibiotics for woman in pregnancy to eradicate Group B Streptococcal infection and its potential risk of illness in a newborn baby.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">@ Written by Eeka King for Bayside Acupuncture Clinic </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641018122816031268.post-91474036686700278722011-06-12T02:56:00.000-07:002011-06-12T02:56:04.879-07:00Tips to keep the Kidneys strong this Winter<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">During the winter months it is important to nurture and nourish our kidney <i>Qi</i>. It is the time where this energy can be most easily depleted. Our bodies are instinctively expressing the fundamental principles of winter – rest, reflection, conservation and storage. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In Chinese medicine, there are certain symptoms associated with the kidneys becoming weak, including:</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">bladder and kidney infections</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">low back pain</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">knee pain</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">cavities in teeth</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">weak or broken bones</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">infertility</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">premature gray hair or hair loss</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ringing in the ears</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">increase of phobias or fears</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here is what you can do to keep your kidneys strong;</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">* SLEEP-ancient Chinese classics, advised people to go to sleep early and rise late in winter, after the sun's rays have warmed the atmosphere a bit. This preserves your own Yang Qi for the task of warming in the face of cold. More sleep, more rest, more nourishing food and less energy output!<br />
<br />
*FOOD IS MEDICINE-warm hearty soups and bone broths, miso soup, whole grains such as Quinao (warms the kidney yang energy), kidney beans and black beans, spices such as cardamom, cinnamon and ginger and roasted nuts help to warm the body’s core, the kidneys and help to keep us nourished. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*KEEP WARM-The kidney meridian begins at the sole of your feet so warm feet means warm kidneys. Keeping the lower back warm and covered from the elements is also very important so that cold doesn’t penetrate the kidney organ itself. When it is windy make sure you wear a scarf around your neck to prevent getting colds and flu’s from invading through your protective (wei qi).</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ACUPUNCTURE FOR PREVENTION<b> -</b></span> Acupuncture and Oriental medicine can prevent colds and flu by building up the immune system with just a few needles inserted into key points along the body's energy pathways. These points are known for strengthening the outer defence layers of the skin and muscle (Wei Qi) so that germs and viruses cannot enter through them. <b></b></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>*</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ACUPUNCTURE FOR CURE<b> -</b></span> If you've already happened to catch that cold, acupuncture and herbal medicine can also help with the chills, sniffles, sore throat or fever in a safe, non-toxic way that doesn't 't bombard your body with harmful antibiotics. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">HERBAL MEDICINE<b> –</b></span> An ancient Chinese herbal formula; the Jade Screen Formula is a powerful<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>complement to these immune-boosting treatments. It is made up of just three herbs: Radix Astragalus, Atractylodis Macrocephalae, and Radix Ledebouriellae. These three powerful herbs combine together to tonify the immune system, strengthen the digestive system (so that we can be sure to gain the nutrients from our food), and fortify the exterior of the body so that we can fight off wind-borne viruses and bacteria. If your immune is already strong other kidney tonifying formulas may be more beneficial such as <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Liu Wei Di Huang Wan (Rehmannia 6) or Fu Gui Ba Wei Wan (Rehmannia 8)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div>Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641018122816031268.post-1105551426579066032011-04-27T18:53:00.000-07:002011-04-27T18:53:11.309-07:00Menopause- Easing the Transition through TCM<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">By Eeka Berghofer</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Whether you are going through menopause right now, or if it is still many years away, knowing what happens physiologically and energetically in your body and having some knowledge of what you can do to help yourself through this transition with ease and grace is very beneficial.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Menopause doesn’t have to be a period explosive hot sweat baths, torrid emotional outbursts, decrepit disturbances and a foreboding sense of vanquished youth. Menopause signifies the true change of life from mother to enlightened and wise being. It can be the most fulfilling, creative and sexually satisfying phase of life.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text2;">What is Menopause</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text2;">?</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">‘Menopause’ indicates the complete or permanent cessation of menstruation. The average age is approximately 51 years. The phase in a woman’s life where she makes this transition from a reproductive stage to a non-reproductive stage is termed ‘climacteric’ and this phase normally spans from 2-5 years whereby discomfort and symptoms may be present.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Symptoms vary from person to person and from mild to severe, and are brought on as our bodies try to adapt to decreasing amounts of oestrogen. Symptoms include hot flushes, night sweats, insomnia, irritability, fatigue, poor concentration, mood swings, depression, memory loss, vaginal dryness, headaches, increased urination, back pain and weight gain. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The primary basis for the progressive decline of reproductive power in woman is in the ovary itself, as ovarian follicles are greatly depleted by the time of menopause.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This decline starts from the moment of birth, so it is not an event that takes place suddenly but it is a gradual physiological process throughout her lifetime. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A woman’s lifestyle and dietary habits from childhood onwards affects this biological functioning and determines what kind of menopause she is going to have.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text2;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Menopause and Chinese Medicine</span></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Menopause is a natural process that alters the balance of Yin and Yang in the body and the distribution of kidney essence or ‘jing’ (constitutional life-force energy). After menopause many women step into the more Yang (energetic, aggressive) side of themselves. As men grow older, they tend to discover their yin (passive, yielding) side. This also fits with the stereotypical image of the strict and disciplined grandmother and the soft push over grandfather!<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Chinese Medicine considers menopause to be a time when a wo</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">man's body begins to preserve blood and energy in order to sustain her vitality and longevity and allow for the maximum available nourishment for her body, especially her kidneys. The kidney is the organ Chinese Medicine sees as the root of life and longevity. Therefore, the body, in its wisdom, reserves the flow of the energy in the channel that sends blood and energy down to the uterus. Instead, blood and essence from the kidneys are conserved and cycled through the body to nourish the woman's spirit and extend her longevity! Thus, in the Chinese Medicine, menopause is seen as true change in life from ‘mother’ to enlightened and wise being.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TCM considers all menopausal symptoms to be signs of unbalanced health. The biggest factors in determining your comfort through this time will be the dietary and emotional health you have maintained throughout your adulthood and the pre-existing state of the kidney energy. Emotional stress, overwork, poor diet, too many children too close together, or having an active sexual life at too early an age, all contribute to depleting the kidneys. However, even though it may be too late to turn back the clock, Acupuncture and Chinese herbal formulas can eliminate your discomfort and restore internal balance. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #244061; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;">Diagnosis and Treatment of Menopause</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #244061; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;"></span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">From a Western viewpoint, menopausal problems are almost exclusively related to oestrogen deficiency and the ‘cure’ is therefore the administration of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). There is much debate over HRT, which is routinely prescribed when the first symptoms of menopause appear. While they may alleviate hot flashes and allegedly prevent osteoporosis and heart disease, they will also increase the risk of breast, ovarian, endometrial and uterine cancer, and have a number of significant side-effects. But HRT isn't the only solution. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Menopause is an area in which Chinese Medicine shines. Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine have the ability to detect energetic changes that occur in the body and quickly relieve symptoms such as hot flushes, night sweats, and irritability.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chinese medicine acknowledges that ‘climacteric syndrome’ is fundamentally due to a decline of kidney essence reserves which can take the form of Kidney- Yin, Kidney- Yang or combined Kidney-Yin and Kidney-Yang deficiency. A combined deficiency of yin and yang is the most common; however, one usually more predominates over the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your Chinese medical practitioner will analyse your signs and symptoms, check your pulse and tongue to determine the best course of treatment and to ascertain if there are any other patterns of disharmony that need to be addressed. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chinese medicine with its gentle and steady tonification of the Kidney-Essence without side-effect, can offer a safe, effective and logical alternative to HRT, even though its effect will never be as rapid as HRT. Bear in mind, the two may be combined because HRT and Chinese medicine work in different ways. HRT works by ‘tricking’ the body into thinking that it is still ovulating, but it does not tonify the kidneys. Chinese herbs and acupuncture boost the kidney essence to help a woman transition through this time of life.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #244061; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dietary and Lifestyle advice</span></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Decrease sugar and all refined, processed foods</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">* Increase Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc, Vit E, Vit B3, C, CoEQ10, fish oils and phyto-oestrogens.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Avoid alcohol, smoking and stress</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Increase exercise and lose excess weight</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Get adequate rest and relaxation</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Calm the mind and settle the emotions- try yoga, meditation, tai chi and qi gong </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*receive regular massages</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*boost and balance your energy with acupuncture and herbal medicine</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div>Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641018122816031268.post-68613000896072932932011-04-27T18:51:00.000-07:002012-11-14T21:15:27.821-08:00A Program for Defeating Candida<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Written By Eeka King B.H.Sc (Acup)</span></span></i></div>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></i><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Candida is the short name used to describe yeast overgrowth in the body. The technical term is Candidiasis. Candida is a yeast that is a single cell fungi that belongs to the vegetable kingdom. One family “Candida Albicans”</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">is a fungus that is normally present on the skin and in mucous membranes such as the vagina, mouth, or rectum. The fungus also can travel through the blood stream and affect the throat, intestines, and heart valves. It is one of the billions of other friendly organisms that serve a useful purpose in the body. One of its important functions is to recognize and destroy harmful bacteria.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Candida is not intended to overgrow and get out of control while the body is alive. This is only intended to happen when the body dies, when its function and characteristics change in order to break down the body.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">When Candida Albicans is under control it poses no problem, but when it gets out of control (when there is some change in the body environment such as immune-suppression ) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it begins to overgrow causing numerous symptoms and health problems from the top of the head to the tips of the toes, from migraines to nail fungus. It can result in symptoms inside (pain and malfunction of organs, even brain lesions) and outside (eczema and hives). It can also cause problems with the mind and emotions.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Common causes of Candida overgrowth includes:</span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Poor Diet</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Depressed immune system</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Antibiotics</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Environmental Issues</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Drugs and vaccines</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Corticosteroids</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Contraceptive pill</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stress</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some of the symptoms of Candida overgrowth include:</span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chronic fatigue</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Decreased libido</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thrush</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bloating/gas/intestinal cramping</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rectal itching/altered bowel function</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bladder infections</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Menstrual complaints</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Depression/irritability/inability to concentrate/mood disorders</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Allergies or food intolerances/chemical sensitivities/low immune function</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The list goes on………….</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Successful treatment of chronic Candida overgrowth requires correct dietary choices over the long term and a strict dietary program over the short term. It also requires persistence on your behalf. Herbal medicine, nutritional supplementation and acupuncture can greatly aid treatment and prevent recurrence. At Bayside Acupuncture we have put together a program to support you to overcome candida overgrowth. Once you have eliminated the foods from your diet that feed candida, we can help you herbally and energetically build your immune system, accelerate the eradication and clearance of the yeast out of your body with specialty products and help to plant the good bacteria back in your digestive tract with probiotics and some great recipes.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There is also a Print out sheet with all the foods you are able to enjoy on the Candida cleanse!</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pop it on your fridge.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The Candida Control Program </span></u></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">(adapted from Bee Wilder)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In order to get Candida overgrowth under control four things need to be done simultaneously:</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">1.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Eliminate foods that feed Candida</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">2.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Build up the immune system</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">3.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kill off Candida overgrowth</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">4.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Plant good bacteria in the digestive tract</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Step 1 Eliminate foods that feed Candida</span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sugar of all kinds, including fruit and dairy (except butter).</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Foods high in carbohydrates.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All grains, nuts, seeds and legumes</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Candida overgrowth is mainly fuelled by:</span></span></span></div>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">sugar</span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">refined carbohydrates</span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">gluten grains</span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Sugar</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Candida’s main food supply is sugar and all forms of it such as lactose contained in dairy products (except butter), honey, maple syrup, molasses, glucose, fructose, lactose, and sugar substitutes, i.e. NutraSweet, aspartame, saccharin, etc. – see list below. Eliminating sugar is the most important part of the Candida Program. </span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Names for Sugar and Sweeteners</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Aspartame, carob powder, corn starch, crystalline carbohydrate dextrin, dextrose, disaccharides, galactose, glucose, levulose, malts of any kind, maltitol, maltodextrin, maltose (malt sugar), manitol, mannitol, mono-saccharides, sucrose, Nutrasweet, polydextrose, polysaccharides, ribose, saccharin, sorghum, suamiel, succanat, xylitol.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">BEWARE</span></u><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">- avoid all processed and packaged foods, sauces, condiments etc as sugar is in everything!</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">All fruits</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">, except lemons and limes, are also very high in sugar (fructose) and should not be eaten until you have cured your candida. Some vegetables that are also high in sugar must also be eliminated, i.e. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">carrots, yams, sweet potatoes, parsnips, beets</b> and others. Even though lemons and limes are allowed on the candida diet, providing many health benefits, they should not be consumed in large amounts because they contain fructose, which will feed candida.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Eliminate foods high in carbohydrates</span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Candida also feeds on high carbohydrate foods such as starches and grains, i.e. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">breads, pasta, pizza, cereals, baked goods, and potatoes</b>. Vegetables high in carbohydrates include <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">beans, beets, squash, zucchini, corn, peas, parsnips and carrots</b>. All carbohydrates eaten turn into glucose (blood sugar), but only 58% of the protein and about 10% of the fat eaten are converted to glucose. After being off all sugar and grains for a few days you will find your craving for both of them will decrease. A high-complex-carbohydrate diet is nothing more than a high-glucose diet or a high-sugar diet, albeit a little harder to digest.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">These are all good reasons why Candida sufferers must eliminate starches and grains, and some high carb vegetables.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Eliminate all grains, seeds, nuts and legumes*</span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Note: Legumes (French) are plants with seed pods, i.e. beans and peas, but not green, yellow or string beans.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All grains feed Candida because they have a high glycemic index just like sugar, and like sugar they feed Candida and create insulin resistance within the cells.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Also, some grains contain gluten, which is an elastic gluey protein found in wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, kamut, triticale, and it is hidden in an endless variety of processed foods. </span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Grains that are <u>safer</u> to consume are more seed-like than grain-like, and they do not contain gluten. These grains include <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">amaranth, buckwheat, millet </b>and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">quinoa</b>. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Brown rice</b> is also a safe grain. However, these grains are high in carbs, like all other grains, which feeds candida. <u>They should not be consumed until you’ve progressed far enough on the candida program so your body can handle them</u>. Some people who are losing weight too rapidly might have to eat small amounts of safe grains to stop their weight loss, but even then they should only consume a maximum of 1/4 cup per day.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Even when it is safe for you to consume grains, nuts, seeds, and legumes, they must all be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">properly prepared</b> in order to make them fit to eat. This is because they all contain phytic acid which combines with calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and especially zinc in the intestinal tract and blocks their absorption. This is why a diet high in such foods may lead to serious mineral deficiencies, bone loss and other related diseases, including Parkinson’s, and erratic unstable heart beats. Also improperly processed grains, seeds, nuts, legumes, bran, etc. can cause irritable bowel syndrome, colon cancer, and many other adverse affects.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Proper preparing involves <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">soaking </b>which allows enzymes, lactobacilli and other helpful organisms to break down and neutralize phytic acid and their protein blocking enzymes. Therefore all grains must be properly <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">soaked, spouted or leavened</b> (fermented) with sour dough, to make them fit for anyone to eat, and all nuts, seeds, and legumes must be soaked in an acidic medium or salt.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Step 2 Build up the immune system</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Building up the immune system requires:</span></span></div>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Eating the right foods-What Can I eat?!?</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Taking essential supplements</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Avoiding yeast, mold and fungus</span></span></li>
</ul>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Some guidelines to the right food choices:</span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The “Candida Control Diet” is a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">high protein</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">high fat diet</b> (good saturated fats and oils), and a diet low in carbohydrates, sugars, grains or processed foods. All foods must be as fresh and natural as possible, and free of additives, pesticides, heavy metals and irradiation.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Meats and fats should be from organic grass-fed free-range animals and from good oils such as coconut, palm and fish. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Fish</b> should be from non-farmed sources and as free of mercury and other pollutants as possible. Vegetables should be from reliable certified organic sources.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The best protein sources are meats that aren’t mass-produced, such as lamb, buffalo, bison, ostrich, venison or other wild game, or naturally-raised meat including <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">poultry, eggs, beef</b>, and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">pork</b>.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Good Fats & Oils</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> - Good fats and oils are equally important to protein in the diet and they are essential to getting Candida under control. They not only increase the body’s ability to absorb nutrients from the foods eaten but also provide the most efficient source of energy. They also provide the building blocks for cell membranes and a variety of hormones and hormone-like substances.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The more appropriate kind of fat for health is saturated fat, in spite of what we’ve been led to believe, which plays many important roles in body chemistry. But saturated fats have been given a bad name by the oil and food manufacturing industry with the sole purpose of selling their products. This is also true for drug companies who perpetuate the cholesterol myth and low-fat diets in order to sell drugs.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The truth is, natural fats and oils have components found only in them, which are health-promoting, and the newfangled trans-fats are now known to be disease-causing. These health-giving saturated fats are stable and do not become rancid easily and they do not draw upon the body’s reserves of antioxidants nor do they initiate cancer or irritate the artery walls.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Healthy saturated fats are an important part of any healthy meal. It draws nutrients out of foods and slows digestion so that natural enzymes and the assimilation process can take place. Healthy saturated fats include <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">butter, tallow, lard, </b>and<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> fish, palm</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">coconut oils</b>.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Carbohydrates</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> - Low carbohydrate consumption is an important aspect of the Candida Control Diet since high carbohydrate foods feed the Candida. Carbohydrate foods are any foods that are not protein or fat, including all vegetables, grains and fruits. Since grains and most fruit, except lemons, are eliminated on the Candida Control Diet this leaves a wide variety of vegetables that are healthy to consume. Vegetables with the lowest carbohydrate index <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">are green beans</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, turnips, spinach, asparagus, celery, peppers, kale, mustard greens</b>, and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chinese cabbage</b>. Some vegetables also inhibit the growth of Candida such as raw <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">garlic, onions, horseradish, cabbage, broccoli, turnip, and kale.</b></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Lacto-Fermented Vegetables</span></span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The best way to eat plant foods is by lacto-fermenting them, i.e. sauerkraut, kimchi, etc. Lacto-fermentation means the friendly bacteria of the microscopic world do some digesting, but in a container. Lacto-fermented vegetables are pre-digested which makes them much easier for humans to digest than raw or cooked vegetables. Lacto-fermented vegetables also stabilize stomach acid in the stomach, meaning that if acid is too high they will lower it, and if acid is too low they will raise it. It is recommended that you eat at least one tablespoon of lacto-fermented vegetables with every meal. Buy unpasteurized organic sauerkraut from the health food store or make your own.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #fdfbfb; line-height: 21.6pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.5pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #252525; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Taking essential supplements</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #252525; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Candida sufferers need to build up their immune system by supplementing with certain essential vitamins and minerals, which are yeast-free and sugar-free, including:</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background: #fdfbfb; line-height: 21.6pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.5pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="color: #252525; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #252525; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Calcium/Magnesium, 800-1,200 mgs. of calcium with an equal ratio of magnesium.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: #fdfbfb; line-height: 21.6pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.5pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="color: #252525; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #252525; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Organic<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Supergreens (Chlorella, Barley, Spirulina & Wheatgrass ) supplement </span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: #fdfbfb; line-height: 21.6pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.5pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="color: #252525; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #252525; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Vitamin B Complex (non-yeast), 50 mgs. twice a day</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: #fdfbfb; line-height: 21.6pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.5pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="color: #252525; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #252525; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Vitamin C with bioflavonoids, 1,000 mgs. twice a day</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: #fdfbfb; line-height: 21.6pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.5pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="color: #252525; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #252525; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Vitamin D (with vitamin A) - take 1 teaspoon per 50 lbs. of body weight per day Or a high quality <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>cod liver oil</u></b> or fish oil</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="background: #fdfbfb; line-height: 21.6pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.5pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="color: #252525; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #252525; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Vitamin E, containing natural alpha tocopherol, (d-alpha tocopherol is synthetic), that is not from a soy source, 400 IU twice a day.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Avoiding yeast, mold and fungus</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Elimination of yeast, mold and fungus in foods and the environment may be indicated for a number of Candida sufferers. Candida overgrowth can greatly increase the chances of an immune reaction to all types and forms of fungi. This results in an allergic response to yeast, mold and fungus, including mycotoxins. Many of our foods contain mycotoxins that are chemicals made by fungi.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mycotoxins are found in grains and other processed foods that have been contaminated with fungi and mold, including processed meats. The most commonly contaminated crops are peanuts, corn, and wheat. Often, other foods such as barley, apples, sorghum and rye can also be contaminated. Antibiotics and alcohol are also mycotoxins.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Other yeasty foods and sources of fungi that must be avoided are:</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Leftover foods</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Vinegar and vinegar containing foods like mayonnaise, pickles, soy sauce, mustard and relishes</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Edible fungi: including all types of mushrooms and truffles</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Most commercial soups</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Processed and smoked meats: sausages, hot dogs, corned beef, pastrami, smoked fish, ham, bacon</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fruit juices: all packaged fruit juices may potentially contain molds</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dried fruits: raisins, apricots, prunes, figs, dates, etc.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pickled foods and most cheeses (moldy cheeses like Stilton are the worst), buttermilk, sour cream and sour milk products, including yogurt </span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dry roasted nuts</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Environmental molds can also adversely affect Candida sufferers and the only way to minimize exposure is to remove as much as possible from your home. Molds are simple, microscopic organisms, like Candida Albicans, whose purpose in the ecosystem is to break down dead materials, and they are everywhere.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Step 3 Kill off Candida overgrowth</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There are many anti-fungal agents that kill off Candida overgrowth, including:</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">foods such as garlic</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">herbs such as olive leaf extract</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">chinese herbal medicine (prescribed individually for your condition)</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kandi-plex and Parex and/or anti-fungal medications </span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Garlic</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">- Adding fresh garlic to food (raw and crushed), or crushing and swallowing raw clove is a cheap and powerful anti-fungal treatment. Garlic also stimulates the immune system, improves circulation, lowers high blood pressure, kills intestinal parasites, and is a powerful antioxidant and antibiotic, in addition to many other health benefits.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">To obtain the most benefit from garlic buy certified organic garlic and crush it. Crushing breaks the cell walls releasing garlic’s beneficial properties. To kill off Candida overgrowth take 4-5 average sized cloves per day mixed in foods or with meals. Another alternative is to drink 3-4 cups of garlic tea per day.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Olive Leaf Extract</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> - Olive leaf extract can kill invading fungus rather than just inhibiting its growth. It contains a a phenolic compound called oleuropein, which has antiviral, anti-fungal, antiprotozoal, and antibacterial properties. Take as directed on the product label.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Nystatin</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> - Nystatin is a broad spectrum fungicidal (kills fungus) drug available only by prescription in some countries. It is fast acting and well tolerated. It is easier to take than Caprylic Acid at the beginning of the Candida Control Program because it is not absorbed to any significant degree (Caprylic Acid penetrates the walls of the intestines), and therefore it is wonderful at attacking intestinal yeast. It is virtually free of side effects and drug interactions and is safe to take during pregnancy and while breast feeding. It comes as a cream for topical use, suspension (liquid) and tablets, but powder can be used both externally and internally. The suspension form is usually prescribed in amounts of 2 ml 2-4 times per day for infants and children. The tablets are prescribed in the amount of 2-3 tablets 2-4 times per day for older children and adults. Enemas with Nystatin are also beneficial.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Parex</span></span></b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">-</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> prescribed to some individuals at Bayside Acupuncture, Parex is a herbal formula specifically designed to assist in managing dysbiosis and helping to rid the body of intestinal worms and parasites. Parex contains extracts from traditional bitter, antimicrobial, antifungal, antiparasitic and antihelmintic herbs such as black walnut, Chinese wormwood, barberry and gentian, as well as powerful antimicrobial essential oils. The potent herbs in this formulation help remove gastrointestinal organisms that may contribute to gut inflammation and increased intestinal permeability. They may also assist in the maintenance of healthy digestive function and reduce the risk of further infestation. Parex is the ideal supplement for the initial stage of a detoxification program.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Kandi-Plex-</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">A herbal formula especially designed to kill Candida is available at the clinic.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Step 4 Plant good bacteria in the digestive tract</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As the yeast overgrowth is being killed off by anti-fungal agents it is important to ingest a constant supply of probiotics. These are the ‘friendly’ or ‘beneficial’ bacteria, or micro organisms, that live in the digestive tract. As yeast colonies are reduced space becomes available for colonizing the other healthy bacteria. A ‘practitioner range only’ probiotic is recommended.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Healing Crises</span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The Healing Crisis is an acute reaction that is the result of the activity of nature’s healing forces in overcoming chronic disease conditions. It is brought about when the body becomes overcrowded by wastes and toxins. Cells and tissues begin to throw off the waste and carry it from the bloodstream to various eliminating organs.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> When high numbers of candida are being killed off, any symptoms experienced while candida was out of control may intensify. This is different person to person, depending upon areas of their body that were most affected by candida overgrowth. Women who have had vaginal yeast infection will find these symptoms will become more intense and they may change as well. If someone has experienced a lot of digestive problems, their digestive upsets and disturbances will increase. If someone had a lot of head-related symptoms, their symptoms will become worse. And so on. Symptoms will get worse before they get better. Eventually your good days will increase and your bad days will decrease. Natural healing takes time, patience and persistence on your healing program.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Handling die-off symptoms</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Die-off symptoms are caused by high numbers of yeast being killed off which releases a high number toxins into the system. In medical terms this is called the Herxheimer’s reaction, or yeast die-off phenomenon.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Die-off symptoms resemble the flu and can be very uncomfortable. They can be alleviated by:</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Taking 1,000 mgs of Vitamin C (preferably in powdered form in pure water) several times a day or whenever needed.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Taking an Epsom salts bath also draws toxins out through the skin and helps minimized die-off symptoms (add two cups, or 500 grams, of Epsom salts to warm bath water).</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Often taking more Nystatin or Kandi-Plex, instead of less, will help alleviate symptoms.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Herring’s Law of cure and retracing</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Knowing hering’s law of cure can help you to continue to overcome your candida; it is very important to understand the difference between a disease crises and those of a healing crises.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Hering’s law of cure states; “All cure starts from the head down, from within out, and in reverse order that the symptoms appeared throughout the person’s life”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">This is nature’s way of righting some internal wrong; it is also known as retracing.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How long do I need to do the Candida control program for?</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Most candida programs ask that you avoid sugar in all of its forms for at least 1 month to successfully kill off the yeast. It does vary from person to person and the rule of one month of healing for every year of the onset of symptoms can also apply. Hopefully after being on this diet for awhile some of these food choices and preparation practices will remain with you, as these are very good tips for achieving long term robust health. When your symptoms have disappeared you can add back natural sugars to your diet; Fruit, Honey, Maple syrup and properly prepared grains, nuts and legumes, yoghurt, kefir etc. Always be gentle with your body and slowly making changes to your diet is also important. If you have a big sugar addiction it may be beneficial to first remove this evil drug out of your diet for sometime before you go on to removing ‘natural’ sugars from fruits and grains.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anyway, Good Luck!!!!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">© Eeka King for Bayside Acupuncture Clinic 0266 851088</span> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Remember, we are always here to answer any questions you have x</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
</div>
Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641018122816031268.post-48057546711573502852011-03-01T23:35:00.000-08:002013-10-16T18:14:10.337-07:00Cosmic Cycles of Conception- Wisdom of Conscious Fertility and Planned Parenthood<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">By Eeka King (B.H.ScAcu)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Have you ever wondered if it was possible to be so completely in tune and aware of your fertility, that you had complete control over whether or not you conceive during intercourse or not, naturally? </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Have you pondered why is it that, humans, the divine children of God are creating new beings when in fact they should not, and have no desire to; terminating them even though it doesn’t feel so good to do so or alternatively filling their bodies with toxic, cancer-causing chemicals to override the natural working of nature?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">As a fellow divine being that is connected to all life everywhere, I would like to tell you that God had greater plans for us, the inhabitants of this great planet earth. Ancient knowledge from our distant forbears has been re-discovered and it is my pleasure to share with you the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">secrets</i> of our body, the celestial bodies and the cycle<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">s</i> that govern our fertility and conception.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Understanding the Moon and Fertility</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">In every culture, religion and indigenous society the moon has always been a linked to woman and the feminine qualities she represents and fertility- reproduction in the animal world and growth in the kingdom of plants. The moons influence has always been considered as necessary for growth. This applies to a woman’s capacity to bear children in relation to both conception and birth, the reproductive ability of animals, and the germination and growth of seeds and plants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Indeed modern research demonstrates that different phases of the moon have different influences on plant growth and germination and these beliefs have become part of agricultural practice today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The waxing moon is known to coincide with a period of growth for all things and the waning moon as being the time to gather, prune and harvest and prepare the ground for the nest planting. This also corresponds with the common experience of ovulating in tune with the full moon and bleeding at the new. I can just sense now how powerful and healing it would and should be sharing the ‘Red Tent’ with other woman, bleeding out the old and immerging refreshed, cleansed and renewed to create at the beginning of a new moon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women’s connection with the moon is undeniable. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Francesca Naish, wrote “let us, as women-‘cyclical lunatics that we are-use this connection with the moon to understand our bodies better. Let us use it to create a situation where we can express ourselves sexually without detriment to our physical and psychological health and in tune with natural cycles, both personal and planetary”. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">To be fully in tune with the moon, with nature, your body and your own cycle is to be totally in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">power</i> of woman.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">The effect of the moon on breeding cycles in animal life is clearly apparent. The metabolic and sexual activity of cows, monkeys, bats, rats, mice, worms and even some vegetables has been found to vary with the moon. It is now obvious that animals as well as plants, respond directly to the moons phases. Many different forms of marine life such as fish, seaweed and coral breed with specific phases of the moon. Dr Eugen Jonas in the 1950’s who gave rise to our understanding of the lunar cycles effect on human reproductive capacity said,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Up to the present, science has recognised the influence of the moon on lower order animals. This influence affects their capacity for existence and reproduction…….This possibility has not yet been investigated in respect to Man. However, should the possibility that the moon affects the reproductive function of man be completely excluded?...The unicellular ovum of the mother’s womb in no way differs from the most minute living creatures which are so strongly affected by the moon. On this basis alone, it no longer appeared impossible to establish a correlation between the influences of the moon and the reproductive ability of Man.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">After several years of research it was possible for him to verify and demonstrate this connection.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">There are 2 Cycles of Conception within 1 lunar Month</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">There is a reason why so many women conceive outside their normal mid-cycle ovulation. It is the same reason why there is a common notion that Catholics tend to have such large families! Woman who abstain from intercourse during their personal cyclic ovulation are still falling pregnant. It is also common for a woman to conceive during the time she thinks she is the safest-menstruation. Why?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Our personal fertility cycles are extended into the cosmos to include the cycles of the phases of the moon- the lunar phase cycle.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">The time of a woman’s fertility depends on the recurrence of the angular relationship between the sun and the moon that occurred at the moment of the woman’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">own birth</i>. In other words a woman is fertile at the same phase of the moon that she was born at, e.g. I was born 4 days before the full moon (when the sun made an angle of 132 degrees ahead of the moon) and I will experience fertility 4 days before every full moon regardless of where this falls in my regular hormonal menstrual cycle. Wow!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">This is a recurring biorhythmic cycle which affects your body. The cycle commences at birth, becomes effective at puberty, and will continue to influence your fertility throughout your entire fertile life. The moon-phase cycle has an effect on the hypothalamus, pituitary, glandular hormones and nervous state and it is possible that increased levels of agitation aroused from physical sexual activity can trigger a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">spontaneous ovulation</i> and lead to conception.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 315.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">The Discovery of the Lunar Cycle<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">The lunar cycle was discovered (or re-discovered) by Dr Eugen Jonas in the 1950’s in Czechoslovakia. He was a practicing psychiatrist, a Catholic, with an interest in astrology. It was this exact combination of interests that fuelled his discovery. He started to wonder about what seemed to be a cyclical emotional problem afflicting some of his more high-strung female patients, an edginess that did not seem to follow the recognised pattern of pre-menstrual tensions. With the pill still in the experimental stages and the recent legalisation of abortion he began to get concerned about the emotional trauma that these practices might reflect in his patients. Jonas pondered how the creation of a new human being could just be a matter of chance and found solace in the astrological dictum ‘as above, so below’. In a library of very old astrology books, Jonas discovered an Assyrian-Babylonian claim, ‘Woman is fertile during a certain phase of the moon’. After spending a long time researching, testing, re-working, and finally verifying, he formulated 3 rules;</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Gisha;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">The time of a woman’s fertility depends on the recurrence of the lunar phase cycle</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Gisha;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">The sex of the child depends on the position of the moon at conception</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Gisha;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Certain configurations of the nearer celestial bodies at the time of conception can affect the viability of the embryo.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">The aspect of Jonas’s work which has received most attention worldwide and been tested most thoroughly is Rule 1 and its use for natural contraception and conception methods.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">It is with great luck that I first became aware of the lunar phase fertility cycle whilst studying astrology when I was 18. I totally disregarded the application of this form of natural birth control then until some years later when I met a woman whilst studying acupuncture, a fellow student (also a gynaecologist and obstetrician) who had an extremely successful career helping seemingly infertile women conceive via the Jonas’s method of fertility. She introduced me to Francesca Naish’s book ‘Natural Fertility- the complete guide to avoiding or achieving pregnancy’. It was just the extra nudge I needed from the universe to step into the connection with my fertility as I was at the beginning of a new relationship. For 5 years my partner and I successfully used the Jonas’s system of natural contraception until the time we were ready to consciously conceive our first child. We conceived that very first moment.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Evidence & Effectiveness</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Jonas was amazed by the patterns he uncovered. For 2 years he collected data to investigate this cycle. As well as receiving much support he was also met with a great deal of opposition; the unconventional nature of his ideas touched a few raw nerves.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">In 1958, Dr Kurt Rechnitz, a professor of gynaecology in Budapest, tested the combination of abstinence at the lunar phase return with the rhythm method and verified Jonas’s findings. The normal success rate of the rhythm method (between 30 and 85 percent) jumped to approximately 98 percent. In 1968, Jonas opened the Astra Clinic, a centre for Planned Parenthood in Nitra, Czechoslovakia. In the first few months of the Astra Clinic opening, almost 10 000 applications flooded in, 2300 of which was for birth control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Evaluation indicated the success rate was 98.5 %. In 1970, the board at Astra evaluated 1252 cases of women using its method of contraception for a year. These women abstained at both their lunar days and at mid-cycle as calculated by them using the rhythm method. Only 28 cases proved negative, which gave a success rate of 97.7 percent.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Nowadays, by combining observance of the lunar cycle with the more scientific and precise sympto-thermal method (vaginal mucus analysis and temperature readings) instead of the rhythm, we can expect an even greater degree of reliability. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several other findings are also of interest…</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Many if not most, of the pregnancies reported in the tests on the use of the method for contraception were in woman whose menstrual cycles were not regular and who were relying on the rhythm method to calculate when ovulation occurred. Since rhythm method relies on regularity to work, it is very likely that these conceptions happened at the mid-cycle ovulation.</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Woman who were trying to conceive were also asked by Astra for information regarding the times when intercourse occurred. Many who were successful (often after years of failure) had intercourse only on the lunar cycle days, showing that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">some ovulation must have occurred at that time.</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Monthly charts kept by woman attending F. Naish’s Clinic, the Jocelyn centre for Natural Fertility Management also show that a significant number of conceptions seem to be due to the lunar peak. These charts also often show symptoms of ovarian activity (such as changes in mucus and temperature, and ovulation pains) that normally accompany mid-cycle ovulation, recurring at a woman’s lunar return.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">The benefits of woman being aware of her lunar phase fertile time and being able to assess her mid-cycle fertility is immeasurable. Some of these include self-sufficiency (go anywhere and do anything without relying on manufactured goods), self-knowledge and mind-body awareness, no side-effects, shared responsibility (no need to harm health for sake of relationship), no danger to future pregnancies or fertility, morally and ethically impeccable, reliability (same success rate as the pill when used correctly), no overkill of contraception when it is not needed, low cost maintenance free method (once system is established) and most of all having children when they are wanted.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Natural Contraception</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">For natural contraception to be highly effective you must avoid unprotected intercourse when the moon is in the same phase as it was at your birth and also avoid unprotected intercourse at your mid-cycle ovulation. You must also have the desire to be in tune and in touch with your body and have the dedication to learn the fertility awareness techniques and rules which tell you when you can and can’t have unprotected sex. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">The first step is to have your natal lunar phase calculated (by an astrologer and/or someone familiar with Lunar phase fertility calendars) Safety margins will also be added for sperm and egg life, giving a total of 4 days each lunar month where protection is necessary for this phase.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Learning how to read and assess the signs of your mid-cycle fertility can take at least a few months (cycles) as experience is what gives you confidence in your ability. Natural fertility awareness involves the observation of the changes in your cervical/vaginal mucus to tell you when you are fertile, the charting of your at rest basal body temperature (timing of your hormonal cycle) and understanding of the rhythm method as a back-up and fail-safe role. You can also teach yourself through reading the right material or by having a consultation with a natural fertility awareness practitioner to help you on your way.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">A Conscious Conception</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Every child deserves to be created with intention and love.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">If your lunar time does not coincide with your with your mid-cycle ovulation, you have two chances per month to conceive. If it does coincide then you have one super chance. If you do want to conceive, fertility seems to be greatly enhanced if the mid-cycle ovulation coincides with the lunar peak. Also menstruation, far from being an infertile time, is a likely time for conception to occur-if it coincides with the natal lunar phase. This is important information for those who are trying to avoid or achieve pregnancy.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">The lunar peak combined mid-cycle ovulation is the most fertile combination and the menstruation/lunar comes second.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">In certain circumstances there is a marked tendency for the two cycles to synchronise. There is a higher tendency in….</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">In women who are trying to conceive, especially when efforts have been ongoing for at least 6 months. Conception is often successful when the synchronisation finally occurs.</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">In women who are in tune with their bodies with their bodies (especially those using natural birth control methods involving body awareness) who are unstressed, in good health and have rhythmic lifestyles, there is a marked trend towards the hormonal cycle ovulation occurring at the lunar phase fertile time.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">The lunar cycle is of course fixed, however your hormonal cycle is constantly affected by all manner of influences. Stress, trauma, travel, ill-health, sudden changes in weight or diet, drug taking and excessive exercise are some of the things that can affect timing of ovulation and therefore, your cycle. It is also common that women tend to tune into the cycles of other women in their environment- friends, house and workmates and can begin to ovulate and bleed in synch with each other. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">The lunar cycle may well be a blueprint for the hormonal cycle. If this is so, it would mean that in a truly natural state we would only have one fertility cycle. It seems that when the rhythms of life are disturbed and the hormonal cycle subjected to the stress and strains of our modern lifestyle, the cycles are less likely to come together.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">It is possible to consciously synchronise your cycles. The most effective way is to raise awareness of your lunar peak time consciously, and use suggestions to affect your subconscious such as auto-suggestion, watching the moon and looking for ‘your moon’, and having your lunar calendar on the wall.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">The Future of the Powerfully Aware Woman</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">It is not known exactly what happened to Jonas and the Astra clinic in Czechoslovakia. It was shut down in 1969 and it is not known if it was political repression or medical backlash. In Astra’s last announcement in 1970 from Hungary, the Astra scientific board published statistics that the wide-spread practical use of astrological birth control proved highly effective. Even though Jonas is no longer working with these ideas any longer his systems of birth control and sex selection continue to be used all over the world including Australia, USA, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Germany, England, Italy, The Netherlands and many more.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">When I first learned this ancient knowledge and started to apply it in my life, my first thought was- Why is this not mainstream knowledge and why is this not taught to every woman and man?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Well as you can imagine there has been much opposition in medical and scientific circles to accepting Jonas’s theories and findings and the main reason is that there was reference to it being termed ‘Astrological birth control’, even though it really has to do with the phases of the moon and not to do with personal growth and fortune telling. As how could the stars really influence us, human beings? Surely we are beyond and completely separate to the motions of the world above. These suggestions are simply an attack on certain scientific viewpoints. Most women know that their cycles are connected to the moon and find nothing strange in his ideas. Perhaps if science and medicine were less-male dominated there might be less resistance and some funding would go into scientifically validating it beyond doubt on a biological and physiologic level. I can also logically theorise that the big pharmaceutical companies and other organisations of the world would find that some of these ideas to be detrimental to the longevity, power and control that they hold. Can you imagine if all women collectively began to become more fully connected to the cosmos, their cycles both personal and planetary and the health of their mind, emotions and physical bodies? Can you imagine the world free from over population and what affect it would have on the world if every human being was born consciously, intentionally and into a space of love? <br />
Behold the new age of the powerfully aware woman and the rise of Man who hasn’t forgotten who he really is. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
© Eeka King<br />
__________________________________________________________________________________ </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Eeka is an Acupuncturist at Bayside Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Clinic. She also does Natural Fertility consultations and prepares Lunation Phase fertility Calendars. To request an appointment please phone 02 66 851088</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">References</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Ostrander & Schroeder (1972) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Astrological Birth Control</i>, Prentice-Hall, INC., Englewood Cliffs, N.J</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">F. Naish (1989) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Lunar Cycle- A guide to natural and astrological fertility control</i> Prism Press</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">F. Naish (1991) Natural Fertility- <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The complete guide to avoiding or achieving pregnancy</i> Sally Milner Publishing, Australia</span></div>
Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641018122816031268.post-89326622874528533462011-01-27T03:09:00.000-08:002012-11-14T21:22:42.424-08:00Ayurvedic Nutritional Healing & Kichadis<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">By Chania Adam</span></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In Ayurveda the body is made up of three body types, Vata, Pitta, Kapha</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Every person has an individual combination of these body types and often a predominance of one or two of these body types. The purpose of using various foods and spices in Ayurveda, is to bring balance and sense of health and well being to the body and soul.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<u><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ABOUT KICHADIS</span></span></u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kichadis are at the core of Ayurvedic nutritional healing. They are a relatively, simple stew of basmati rice and slit mug dal, which are suitable for almost every dosha (body type). Kichadis take on endless variations depending on the herbs, spices and vegetables used in them. They are the primary food in Pancha karma. They are considered Ayurvedic cleansing therapy because of their ease of digestion and assimilation. The Chinese have a similar dietary food therapy called congees.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The kichadis which follow are designed for specific purposes. They are best eaten fresh when used therapeutically. Let your own sense of the herbs and your constitution guide you as you create healing modifications.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">BASIC FORMAT</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ghee: for lubrication and assimilation</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Warmed with: Spices, any of the following</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Asafoetida (hing): cals Vata, aids assimilation, potent carminative</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bay leaf: Warms, digestive</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Black mustard seeds; digestive with pronounced warming effects</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Black Peppercorns; warms, digestive, carminative</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cardamon; calms and stimulates digestion</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cinnamon; warms and sweetens, a digestive</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cloves; quite heating, digestive</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Coriander; cooling, soothing, carminative and digestive</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cumin; carminative, digestive, balances all doshas</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fennel; cools, sweetens, digestive, tonifying to the stomach</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fenugreek; warming, digestive tonifier, reducer of mass</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Garlic; warming, strengthening, reduces ama</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ginger; warms, potent digestive stimulant</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kombu; non-traditional ( a seaweed); digestive, removes heavy metals</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Neem (curry leaves), cooling, bitter, clears and removes wastes</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saffron; cooling, tonifying, digestive, balances all doshas</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tumeric; tridoshic, Specific for adding protein digestion</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">COMBINE THESE WITH : Split mung/ mooing Dal, basmati rice and vegetables. This is sometimes varied; other beans and grains can be usd specific healing purposes, if they are very well-cooked. For example here we use aduki beans in kidney kichadi, as adukis are outstanding in their ability to support the kidneys. Similarly, we utilise non-traditional herbs or spices when they are especially useful, e.g., dandelion root to promote the excretion of fluids or burdock root to cool and purify the blood. Again, allow your intuition and self-knowledge to guide you in these adventures.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">COOK: Cook until both beans and grain are very soft, but not gummy.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A COOLING KICHADI FOR SUMMER</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Preparation time: about 2 hours</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Half a cup Basmati Rice</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A quarter of a cup split Mung/Moong Dhal</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Half burdock root, (about 8 inches)</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 and a half cup green Beans</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2 Tablespoons ghee</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">half a teaspoon Fennel seeds</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 teaspoon Cumin seeds</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 Tablespoon amaranth (optional)</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 Stick Kombu</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6 to 10 cups of water</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Half a teaspoon of Sea Salt</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 Tablespoon Coriander powder</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Garnish: Chopped Coriander Leaves</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wash raise and Mung until the water is clean; drain. Wash Burdock root and peel it; then slice in inch slices like a carrot. Wash green Beans; Chop into 1 inch pieces.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Warm ghee in medium saucepan. Add fennel and cumin seeds and saute for 1 to 2 minutes. Add rice and mug and saute for another couple of minutes. Put burdock and green beans in immediately after the rice and beans, stir saute for 1 minute. Add 6 cups of water and bring to boil, and reduce to medium-low heat. Cover and cook until tender, 1 to 1 and a half hours, adding water as needed to keep the mixture moist. Before serving, add the Coriander powder, stir well. Garnish with fresh chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Comments: This dish is a potent blood purifier: Burdock clears the Kidneys and Blood, while the green beans act as a diuretic. This is a good one for the summer sin breakouts, or excess water retention. Useful in diabetes, as well as in increased Pitta States.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;">
<br /></div>
Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641018122816031268.post-32197110431266376792011-01-27T03:07:00.001-08:002012-11-14T21:20:03.878-08:00Seasonal allergies & Acupuncture<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Written by Eeka King B.H.Sc (Acup) </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Prescription and over-the-counter medications are widely available, but do nothing to help overall health and prevention of allergies, plus come with a host of not so lovely side effects. Natural remedies such as acupuncture, however, not only clear symptoms of allergies, but they also help the body come into balance: clearing the underlying condition causing allergies and improving overall health.<br />
<br />
Seasonal allergies occur when someone reacts to the pollen of flowers in trees, grasses and weeds, and causes symptoms such as itchy eyes, sneezing, runny nose, headaches, and fatigue. Allergies are a sign of an imbalance in the body and a weak immune system. Strengthening the body and the lungs can be the best thing to decrease or even rid oneself of seasonal allergies altogether.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text2;">Some natural tips include: </span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Eat local and organic, seasonal foods. This keeps us in tune and in balance with the natural cycles around us.</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Eat local raw honey, and - if you do not have a reaction to it, test by having only a tiny granule at first - local bee pollen. The local honey and bee pollen is made from pollen of local flowers, in a form that is utilized by the body. Thus, when the body is later exposed in the environment, the immune system does not see it as an invader and react against it.</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Take a regular multivitamin/mineral supplement year round to ensure that your body is functioning at its best.</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Eat more raw foods, especially in the warmer months. This puts us in tune with the seasons, and helps our body function at its best.</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Receive acupuncture and take a Chinese herbal formula specifically tailored to your presentation</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">How Acupuncture Helps Treat Allergies</span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Acupuncture and Chinese medicine is a great way to treat symptoms of seasonal allergies such as itchy eyes, stuffiness, headaches and fatigue and to also treat the underlying cause or imbalance in the body to begin with. When your body is balance one need not suffer seasonal allergies in the future. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Treating the symptoms</span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Acupuncture is excellent at treating symptoms of allergies. Many allergy symptoms are located above the neck, that is, in the head (stuffiness, headache, itchy eyes, etc.) This means the energy is not flowing smoothly from the head into the rest of the body, and vice versa. All the yang meridians flow from the hands up to the head, or from the head down to the feet. We need to open the channels in the neck and shoulders and allow the energy to flow.<br />
<br />
Acupuncture can also treat the symptoms very locally: by placing small, sterile needles right on points of pain or symptoms like the head or side of nose, allowing the stuck energy to dissipate and move more smoothly throughout the body.</span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><br />
<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text2;">Treating the root cause</span><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Secondly, though most importantly, acupuncture helps balance the body in general. Acupuncturists treat very specifically and individually, making sure the underlying cause of allergies (and any other symptoms) is cleared. When the body is in balance, symptoms disappear and health is restored. This is the main benefit of acupuncture: bringing a person into balance so that the body may heal itself of any ailment physically, mentally or emotionally.<br />
<br />
While allergies can put a damper on enjoying the best the season holds, there is natural relief for allergy sufferers. And the relief need not be temporary. In fact, when the body is brought to a higher level of health, we enjoy renewed energy, flexibility and joy of</span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> living.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">© Eeka King 2011 for Bayside Acupuncture Clinic</span><br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641018122816031268.post-8467880208150664042011-01-27T03:06:00.001-08:002013-08-28T23:03:20.911-07:00Chinese Cupping for Cellulite Reduction<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">By Eeka King (B.H.Sc(Acu)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I was a student of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture I read in some old text that Chinese cupping may be beneficial in reducing cellulite. At that time I had a busy massage business on the Gold Coast, a great many of whom where dancers and who needed to maintain fit and beautiful looking bodies. Could Chinese Cupping be the natural solution for women who have cellulite on their legs and thighs?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chinese Cupping is a therapy in which glass or plastic jars or cups create a vacuum when applied to the skin. The vacuum is created by introducing heat; usually a swab or cotton ball dipped in alcohol and lit, to create a negative pressure within the cup. Many years ago the Chinese used horns or bamboo cups.</span><span style="color: #fcebd7; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The cupping method has the function of warming and promoting the free flow of Qi and blood in the meridians, dispelling cold and dampness, diminishing swellings and pains.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In western terms it also breaks up muscles fibres and increases blood circulation to areas of contraction and stiffness. Occasionally a cup may be placed over the top of an acupuncture needle or often they are moved up and down a channel or large muscle (migratory or sliding cupping). Sliding cupping is done with oil and feels like an amazing massage when done on your back to relieve muscle tension and knots. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I began trialling sliding cupping on the problem areas of some of my clients to see if this could really reduce or clear cellulite. I was utterly blown away, the results where amazing! I spent months working on and formulating cellulite cupping procedures and techniques to see what worked the best. I began to refine the techniques, positions and strengths to suit the individual needs of the client.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">What I found was that the vacuum affect of the cups broke up the fatty tissues or cellulite deposits and increased blood circulation to the area, clearing away any stagnation. The cellulite and dimples are ironed out and the thighs and butt begin to feel firm and toned. The other advantage I found with the treatment was that muscle tightness and knots in the area where also releasing and the women were reporting increased flexibility and suppleness.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The results and number of sessions varied from woman to woman, depending on body type and lifestyle factors. Some women I would treat 2-3 times and their cellulite would be completely cleared. Some needed a few more sessions. I had some clients that were requesting a regular weekly maintenance treatment to keep the cellulite at bay. One client I had would come every 6 months when some cellulite returned, have a few sessions and not have any more problems for another 6 months. That woman discovered later though that when she gave up drinking so much alcohol and coffee the results would last a lot longer for her.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">An interesting fact is that now all the latest cellulite machines are all working with this same vacuum concept. After having tried these new devices I am even more impressed with the traditional cupping method. It is done with glass, and a proper flame and more importantly, and individual who can adapt to your pain tolerance and needs. Cellulite cupping is achieving good results and is giving women more confidence. If you are feeling self-conscious in your bikini this summer and you want to feel better about your body, why not give it a try?</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hi Eeka,<br />I just wanted to say thank you for the wonderful treatments that you provide, especially the cupping.<br /><br />This is the first time that I have tried alternative therapies and I have been delighted with the acupuncture and the cupping cellulite treatment.<br /><br />I really didn't believe that I would see such a dramatic change in my cellulite and my husband was amazed at the results. Even after the very first session, I was back wearing shorts and reinvigorated to exercise.<br /><br />One of the major benefits, apart from the visible changes, is that the circulation in my legs has improved and my legs feel warm - for the first time in years!<br /><br />I have thoroughly enjoyed my sessions in the warm and relaxed atmosphere you have created and would definitely recommend your service to anyone.<br /><br />Thank you again, regards<br /><br />Helen Duddington<br /> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Phone the clinic on 02 66851 088 or email heal@baysideacupuncture.com to make an appointment with Eeka</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641018122816031268.post-11418234687529393332011-01-27T02:54:00.000-08:002012-11-14T21:21:06.902-08:00The Five Elements; what personality type are you?<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Written by Eeka King B.H.Sc (Acup) </i></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">According to ancient Chinese philosophy, the Five Elements - or the five pillars of Creation - are the building blocks of the universe. In order, the elements are: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.<b> </b>The five elements are considered to be phases of a cycle of change. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Each person's physical and mental constitution can be described as a balance of the elements in which one or more may naturally dominate.</span><br />
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">The proportion of the elements in a person determines his or her temperament. Oriental medicine considers the ideal condition as one in which all the five elements are in balance or in harmony. Wood is said to be the mother of fire and the son of water. (Water allows wood to grow, wood provides fuel for the fire). Using these relationships one can describe all possible yin-yang imbalances within the body.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">The thrust of five element acupuncture and diagnosis is to isolate and treat the patient’s imbalanced constitutional element. An imbalanced element is like a weak link in your energetic chain that can undermine the strength of your mind, body and spirit. Strengthening the weakened element will bring you back to centre or back ‘into your element’ and any resulting signs and symptoms of disease or disharmony will ultimately disappear.</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: auto 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: page; mso-table-left: left; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 107.3pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 616px;"><tbody>
<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.4pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">FIRE</span></b></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.4pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">EARTH</span></b></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.45pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">WOOD</span></b></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.45pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">METAL</span></b></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.45pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">WATER</span></b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.4pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Wizard</span></div>
<div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Emotion:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joy</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.4pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Peacemaker</span></div>
<div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Emotion: Sympathy</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.45pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Pioneer</span></div>
<div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Emotion: Anger</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.45pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Alchemist</span></div>
<div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Emotion:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grief</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.45pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Philosopher</span></div>
<div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Emotion:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fear<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.4pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Reddish Face, pointed head/chin, curly hair or not much hair</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.4pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Darkish face, large head, wide jaws</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.45pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Darkish face</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.45pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">White face, triangular shape</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.45pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">White face and skin, round face </span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.4pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Soft willowy physique, long neck, arms and legs</span></div>
<div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Strong point; blood and blood vessels </span></div>
<div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">*walks fast</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.4pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Round, firm physique,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>strong thighs, soft, peachy skin</span></div>
<div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Strong point; muscles</span></div>
<div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">*walks without lifting feet high</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.45pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Tall, muscular, square physique strong and straight back, </span></div>
<div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Strong point: bones and sinews<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>*walks with determination</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.45pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Broad and square shoulders, strongly built body</span></div>
<div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Strong point; lungs & voice </span></div>
<div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">*walks slowly &deliberately</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.45pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Round body, loves movement Spine is longer than normal</span></div>
<div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Strong point; digestive system</span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.4pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Seeking magic and excitement</span></div>
<div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<br /></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.4pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Constantly arranging and harmonizing the world</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.45pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Determined to make things happen</span></div>
<div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Strong sense of vision, hope and purpose </span></div>
<div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<br /></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.45pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Meticulous, rational, independent and strong-willed</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 92.45pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 107.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Relentlessly in pursuit of truth</span></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-indent: 18pt;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">WOOD TYPES</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt;">
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wood people either excel or have trouble in planning, decisions, and action. <br />
The future and their ability to see it can be their strength. When out of balance they may procrastinate, become indecisive or have a sense of no hope.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Seeks challenge and pushes to the limit<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Enjoys and does well under pressure<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Admires speed, novelty and skill<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Loves action, movement and adventure<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Likes to be first, best and only<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Typical problems</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Intolerance and impatience<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Volatile emotions<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Extremism; impulsive or over-disciplined, self indulgent or self punishing<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Vascular headaches, muscle spasms, high blood pressure, nerve inflammations, migratory/moving pain<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The power of wood comes from the capacity to rapidly expand and build up pressure. Wood types need to modulate their intensity and stay flexible, to be able to retreat and yield as well as serge forward and be undaunted<b><br />
</b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><br />
Wood types tend to be ambitious have strong Type A personalities, and high vitality. They love life, and are so eager to succeed they can be highly competitive. Wood types are apt to be leaders in their fields, CEOs of big companies, or elite athletes. They are extroverted, and have a strong sense of hope, vision, and purpose. However, Wood types are so driven they tend to manifest conditions due to stress—such as high blood pressure, premenstrual syndrome, breast and ovarian cysts, headaches, and tight muscles. On an emotional level, too much work may thwart their usual sense of purpose in life, and they can become angry or depressed.<br />
<br />
If you are a Wood Type, keep your element balanced by taking time to replenish your energy with relaxing activities that quiet your mind like yoga, tai chi, and meditation. Create playtime in which the journey is more important than the goal, eat healthy food, avoid alcohol, and indulge in sour-tasting foods (which are beneficial to Wood types). As I often tell my patients who are Wood types, the most important thing to remember is that attaining and maintaining great health will allow you more success in reaching your life goals.<br />
<br />
<b>FIRE TYPES</b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Fire people love to reach out and be in relationship with all people. They enjoy having a laugh and sometimes they carry a sadness or lack of joy deeper in themselves.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Relishes excitement and change</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Delights in intimacy</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Intuitive and passionately empathetic</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Believes in the power of charisma and desire</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Loves sensation, drama and sentiment</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Likes to be hot, bright and vibrant</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Typical problems</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Anxiety, agitation and frenzy</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Bizarre perceptions and sensations</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Nervous exhaustion and insomnia</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Palpitation, sweating, hypoglycaemia, rashes, pasly</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Abuse of mind-altering substances- addictive personalities</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">The power of fire comes from the capacity to liberate heat and light and realise joy and fulfilment. Fire types need to temper their chemisty and contain their resources, withdrawing and separating as well as embracing and merging.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Fire types are fun, charismatic people who have a great deal of enthusiasm for whatever they are involved in. They are full of love and passion, seek out drama, and thrive on travel. They also enjoy expressing themselves verbally, and often speak rapidly. Fire types tend to laugh a lot, even when they are talking about something that isn’t funny. When it comes to relationships, Fire types have an enormous amount of social energy; a seemingly boundless capacity for interacting with others.<br />
<br />
When Fire types have too much excitement in their lives, they can experience anxiety, heart palpitations, insomnia, and depression. When women who are Fire types are in peri-menopause or menopause, they are likely to have hot flashes or night sweats more often than other women. If you are a Fire Type, I recommend you balance your element by creating a schedule that includes time to nurture yourself. Spend time alone each day to write in your journal or meditate. It’s also important to stay clear about what is important in your life and what isn’t. Remember to eat regular meals, don’t allow yourself to get too hungry, and limit your intake of spicy foods.<br />
<br />
<b>EARTH TYPES</b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Earth people have the ability to nourish like a mother can nourish a child. Thus food and understanding are important. Sometimes an Earth person can feel a sense of emptiness or neediness in their own life.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Wants to be involved and needed<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Likes to be in charge but not in the limelight<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Agreeable and accommodating; wants to be all things to all people<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Seeks harmony and togetherness<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Insists upon loyalty, security and predictability<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Typical problems</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Worry, obsession and self-doubt<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Meddling and overprotective<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Overextended and inert<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Lethargy, indigestion, unruly appetites, water retention, muscle tenderness<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Unrealistic expectations and disappointment<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">The power of earth comes from the capacity to link, nurture, and sustain. Earth types need to balance their devotion to relationship with solitude and self-expression, developing self-reliance as well as building community.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><br />
Earth types are compassionate, loving people who are apt to be nurturers and caretakers. They have a tendency to feel deeply compassionate toward other people, even strangers, and welcome all types of people into their lives. Because of their understanding nature, they are natural arbitrators who can resolve disputes between others quickly and effectively. Earth types have a strong connection with the earth, and they feel a great sense of comfort and peace when they are in nature. As a result, they are inclined to be environmentalists and conservationists. They also find solace in eating, and have a sweet tooth.<br />
<br />
When Earth types give too much and neglect themselves, they are prone to digestive problems, food allergies, heartburn, fatigue, PMS, and easy weight gain. If you are an Earth type, imbalances in your life can also cause you to become excessively needy for love, affection, and attention. At the same time, you can become so sympathetic to other people’s needs that you try to take care of them in ways that may ultimately prevent them from figuring out how to take care of themselves. To keep yourself in balance, I suggest you surround yourself with loving friends, maintain healthy emotional boundaries between yourself and others, say “no” when you need to, and avoid eating too many sweets.<br />
<br />
<b>METAL TYPES</b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Metal people search for what is pure and spiritual. They set the highest standards for themselves and others, respect is important. Sometimes they live in a sense of what could have been.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">likes definition, structure and discipline</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">organised and methodical</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">seeks to live according to reason and principle</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">holds self and others to the highest standards</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">reveres ceremony, beauty and refinement</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Typical Problems</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Indifference and inhibition</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Autocratic, strict and difficult to please</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Formal, distant and unnatural</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Stiff joints and muscles, dry skin and hair, shallow breathing, poor circulation</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Self-righteousness and disillusionment</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The power of metal comes from the capacity to shape and refine. Metal types need to compensate for their rationality, self-control, and meticulousness with passion, spontaneity and social involvement.<b><br />
</b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><br />
Metal types are quiet, meditative, intellectually sharp, spiritually inclined, and unusually creative. They seek perfection in everything that they do, and they are likely to be serious artists and craftspeople. They are self-disciplined, detail-oriented, and will naturally spend endless hours in a deep, almost trancelike state of concentration while they are involved in the creation of their art. In their personal relationships, they dislike small talk and they are usually very committed to a small number of people. Physically, Metal types have a fast metabolism and they often crave spicy foods.<br />
<br />
If you are a Metal type, when your life is not in harmony you are apt to have upper respiratory infections and skin conditions like eczema or psoriasis. I highly recommend that you keep yourself in balance by doing regular aerobic exercise to enhance the health of your lungs, exploring your creativity, eating regular meals, and making sure that you maintain creative outlets for stress.<br />
<br />
<b>WATER TYPES</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Water people have a persistence and determination and will often excel in situations that others find too scary. Sometimes they may hide a deep sense of being frozen or washed away by their own fear. <b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Articulate, clever and introspective<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Self-contained and self-sufficient<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Penetrating, critical and scrutinizing <b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Seeks knowledge and understanding<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Likes to remain hidden, enigmatic and anonymous<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Typical problems</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Emotionally inaccessible and undemonstrative]<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Isolation and loneliness<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Tactless, unforgiving and suspicious<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Hardening of the arteries, deterioration of the teeth and gums, backache, chilliness and loss of libido<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The power of water comes from the capacity to conceive, concentrate and conserve. Water types need to offset their toughness, bluntness and detachment with tenderness, sensitivity and openness, risking softness and contact, exposure and attachment.<b><br />
</b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><br />
Water types are. In their youth, they typically possess a quality of being “wise beyond their years.” As adults, Water types are known for being unusually deep thinkers, always searching for truth and meaning. If you are a Water type, you are a philosopher, comfortable in the world of your mind, and you often prefer your own thoughts to a superficial dialogue with other people. You are strong-willed, and seek out quiet, tranquil environments. Physically you are healthy, vigorous, and have enormous willpower and a tremendous capacity for endurance.<br />
<br />
If you are a Water type and you spend too much time alone, or in “survival mode,” you tend to manifest conditions associated with the kidneys and bladder. On an emotional level, when imbalanced your normally deep reservoir of inner strength can spill over into fear. I frequently advise my patients who are Water types to keep themselves in balance by drinking plenty of fluids and socializing regularly so they don’t become too emotionally isolated.<br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Knowing which of the five elements dominates our personality can guide us in taking better care of ourselves. Discovering the personality type of intimate partners or friends is also fun and important as this knowledge can lead to better relationships and a greater understanding of each other’s flaws and weaknesses and why we sometimes act the way we do. By keeping our five element personality type in mind, we will be able to make choices about our health that will help us create a lifetime of wellness.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18pt;">
<br />
©Eeka King 2011 for Bayide Acupuncture Clinic<br />
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641018122816031268.post-59489741071884275772010-12-06T15:53:00.000-08:002012-11-14T21:22:21.291-08:00Dietary guidelines for your family; healthy foods and foods to avoid<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> <i>Written By Eeka King B.H.Sc (Acup)</i></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">In our rapidly changing society, people have lost their instinctive nature in the ways of eating and rely instead on their taste buds and visual sensations for choosing sustenance. People today tend to eat to live instead of eating to live. The fast paced life gives nutritious eating a low priority. It comes as no surprise that the food processing industry is one of the largest manufacturing industries in the world and also the most powerful. This industry naturally uses its financial clout to influence the slant of university research and the dictates that come from government agencies. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">We need to go back to a clean, vital and healthy diet that our ancestors thrived off. A healthy diet is one that sustains robust health and produces healthy and constitutionally strong children generation after generation. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">There are many diet fads going around at this time so it is very important to educate yourself and most importantly listen to what your body is telling you. Diets such as ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">all raw vegan food diets</i>’ are relatively new and when you do your research there has never been a culture, tribe or village which has sustained a healthy population of children generation after generation on this diet. If you maintained an all raw vegan diet throughout pregnancy and breastfeeding you could very possibly be giving your child a genetically weak start to life and delayed or hindered development. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Let’s have a look at what foods have kept our ancestors strong and what foods best be avoided.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Unhealthy foods……</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Sugar</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> is one of the worse drugs for your body. Sugar is also known as sucrose, dextrose, corn syrup and fructose. It heats the body up, suppresses the immune system, interferes with and lowers absorption of vitamins and minerals (especially calcium, magnesium & vitamin E), destroys fertility and feeds cancer cells. Sugar is one of the biggest contributors to all of our modern <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">dis</i>-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">eases</i>. Sugar creates mood swings, hyperactivity, poor concentration and ADHD in children. Sugar is not just in lollies, chocolate, ice cream, biscuits and soft drinks it is in just about every single processed or packaged food in the supermarket. Nearly all cereals, fruit juices, sauces, dips, table spreads, yoghurts, muesli bars and snacks contain large amounts of sugar. Look at the back of the labels and avoid at all costs.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">White Flour</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> together with sugar has contributed to the demise of good health and the explosion of today’s degenerative diseases. Most breads, pasta, cakes, cookies, baked goods are made with refined, bleached flour.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Soy</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> is actually a dangerous food to consume. It is high in phyto-estrogens which disrupts endocrine and thyroid function and can cause disturbances such as infertility, breast cancer and hypothyroidism. Soy inhibits the absorption of calcium and can make your bones weak. Soy milk, soy cheese, Margarine, soy protein bars, soy burgers and tofu are made with soy. Some infant formulas are made with soy and it is the equivalent of giving your baby 5 birth control pills per day. Soy is damaging for young children. Miso (soybean paste) and tempeh are okay to eat occasionally because they are fermented. Be sure they are organic.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Milk, eggs, chicken and meat from animals that are raised in factories;</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> When animals are given growth hormones, antibiotics, grains that have pesticides (or contain soy) and are not allowed to graze freely from pastured fields, these chemicals are passed on to the consumers. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Caffeine</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> causes exhaustion, fatigue and addiction. Caffeine lowers sperm count and can make it difficult for a woman to get pregnant and stay pregnant. Caffeine is in coffee, black tea, soft drinks and chocolate.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Trans- <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fats</i></span></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> are hydrogenated vegetable oils that have undergone an unnatural chemical process. Trans- fats are in most processed foods, bakery goods, cookies and pastries, chips, margarine and fried foods. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Modern-day diets high in hydrogenated vegetable oils instead of traditional animal fats are implicated in causing a significant increase in heart disease and cancer. Beware of the diet-decorates and the ‘food processing industry’ which lead you to believe that margarine is better for you than butter. Margarine is bad!</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Canola, corn, cottonseed, safflower and soy oils</span></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> go bad before they are even bought; a chemical process that make them smell ok. These oils can destroy your DNA and deplete vitamin E. Store bought salad dressings and mayonnaise are usually made with canola or soy oil. Read labels before you buy.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Low-fat foods </span></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">such as reduced fat milk and yoghurt are <u>not</u> good for you because we need fat to digest protein. We need cream to digest the protein in milk. It is best to avoid the bad fats mentioned above.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Healthy Foods…..</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<u><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Proteins:</span></u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Eggs</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">that are organic and from free range pastures</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Fresh organic pasture raised meat</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> including beef, lamb, game, chicken, turkey, duck and other fowl; </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Organic organ meats</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> from pastured animals </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Bone broths</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> and stews made from organic chicken, fish, beef or lamb bones. A slow cooker is an excellent appliance for slow cooking meat on bones over a long period of time. Organic broth is full of vitamins and minerals, calcium and marrow.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Wild caught seafood</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> of all types from deep sea waters; fresh shellfish in season; oysters; fish eggs </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">*Wild salmon, tuna and sardines that are canned in olive oil are ok in small amounts. ‘John West’ is the only brand that offers canned fish without vegetable oil and sugar</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Fermented soy products</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> (miso and tempeh) in small amounts </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<u><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Fats:</span></u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Fresh butter and cream</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> from pasture-fed cows, preferably raw and cultured</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Lard and beef, lamb, goose and duck fat</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> from pastured animals</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Extra-virgin olive oil and unrefined flax seed oil in small amounts</span></i></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Coconut oil</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">; the benefits of coconut oil are endless. This is one fat that will help you lose fat!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Cod liver oil</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> is an excellent source of vitamins A and D. Take a spoonful each day.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<u><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Dairy:</span></u></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Raw, whole milk and cultured dairy products</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> from pastured-fed cows or goats such as unsweetened yoghurt, piima milk, kefir and raw cheese</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">*Raw milk</span></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> from pastured cows; “Raw” means that the milk has not been pasteurised. When a cow receives mainly green grass and hay and if her milk is kept in clean containers, then raw milk is an extremely healthy, safe food. When milk is pasteurised (heated above 118 degrees), all the goodness and beneficial enzymes that we need to digest it are destroyed. “Whole” means that the milk has the cream in it (unhomogenised) yum yum! Processed milk actually leashes calcium from your bones and many people have developed allergies to processed dairy. Raw milk is actually much easier to digest and most people who have allergies to dairy can tolerate raw milk. If you still have a slight reaction to it, fermented milk called ‘Kefir’ or the addition of other fermented foods in your diet such as sauerkraut make it tolerable and readily digestible as you begin to build up the enzymes and healthy gut flora throughout your digestive tract. I get my raw milk straight from the vat at a local farm. You can also buy it from some health food shops (Cleopatra’s milk) or you can look into options such as local farm shares or herd share to access this amazing food. If you are a vegetarian it is highly recommended to have some raw dairy in your diet to maintain exuberant, robust health. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<u><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Carbohydrates</span></u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Fresh fruits</span></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> that are organic whenever possible and not canned with sugar</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Fresh organic vegetables</span></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">; variety is important. Aim to eat more raw salads and vegetables in spring and summer and lightly cooked, baked or steamed vegetables in autumn and winter.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Whole grains, beans, nuts and seeds</span></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> that have been soaked, sprouted or fermented before cooking or consumption. The general rule for nuts is; if it’s bigger than your fingernail, soak it. Our ancestors and virtually all pre-industrialised peoples soaked or fermented their grains before making them into porridge, breads, cakes and casseroles. Check out recipes and food preparation methods in the book Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon for more information.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Fermented foods such as sauerkraut</span></b><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> (fermented cabbage), homemade chutneys and pickles add many beneficial enzymes to aid digestion. Fermented foods have a long history of use from cultures all around the world and are one of the biggest health promoting additions lacking from the modern diet.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<u><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Beverages</span></u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Filtered, clean, high mineral <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">water</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lacto-fermented drinks</b> made from grain or fruit; meat stocks and vegetable broths.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<u><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Condiments</span></u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Unrefined <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sea-salt</b>; raw vinegar; <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">fresh herbs</b>, spices in moderation, naturally fermented soy sauce and fish sauce, homemade dressings and mayonaise</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<u><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Sweeteners:</span></u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Use these sweeteners in moderation; <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">raw honey</b>, real organic <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">maple syrup</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">rapadura sugar</b> (dehydrated cane juice) and stevia. Never heat honey or maple syrup or use in cooking as it destroys all the enzymes and vital nutrition. For cooking or baking always use rapadura sugar instead of commercial sugars (even brown sugar). Rapadura sugar can be purchased from all health food stores.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">OTHER HEALTHY EATING TIPS</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Aim for a diet which is 50% raw or enzyme enhanced. Raw foods include vegetables, fruits, meats, fats and milk products</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">When preparing a meal, always think ahead to what must be done for the next two meals; put grains and pulses to soak and meats to marinate, as necessary.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">If you want to see weather food makes a difference in your family’s health, try and experiment. For a few months, do not eat sugar, refined flours, processed foods, or food that contains hydrogenated or polyunsaturated vegetable oils. Do not drink coffee of soft drinks. Find a farmers market or organic health food store near you.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">©Eeka King 2010 for Bayside Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine Clinic </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641018122816031268.post-73185347202201613752010-12-06T15:42:00.000-08:002012-11-14T21:23:51.291-08:00Balanced Emotions; the fringe benefits of acupuncture<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"><i>Written by Eeka King B.H.Sc (Acup)</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">A lot of people do not realise that acupuncture can help with issues of our mind and emotions. Most people know that acupuncture can treat conditions of the body, pain and a sore back. However, acupuncture can also help with other aspects of our well being, outlook on life and how we cope with stress. I was inspired to write this article as a man came barging in our clinic the other day, demanding “Is there an acupuncture point that will stop my wife from being a moody b***h?” David looked up calmly from the desk and chuckled, “well yes sir, there just so happens to be a point prescription just for that”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Acupuncture can actually balance your moods, put the fire out of your anger, lift sadness, ease grief, abate fear and conquer the feeling of panic. It can pull you out from a lost dead-end street and put you back on the right path. It is amazing how you can be stuck in an emotion of frustration with everything in your life and after 30 minutes of acupuncture the world has changed. Many people feel a warm fuzzy sensation all over, as if they are about to float off the table. They walk out of the clinic like they have just had a heavy duty pain killer. They’re on cloud 9, asking themselves, “What was that feeling I was having before?”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">In Chinese medicine, mental activity has always been considered to be inseparable from bodily functions, and mental diseases were generally not treated differently from any other disorder. Mental energy is simply regarded as a more refined form of physical energy. More ‘refined’ just means another level of vibration or another plane of our being. Our thoughts are simply energy vibrations that trigger our nervous system to release chemicals in the brain which are then felt in the body as emotions. Quantum physics has been exploring this phenomenon for some time and now science is just beginning to understand the implications of what the wise ancient Chinese inherently knew. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">In TCM each emotion has its own vibration and each vibration affects specific organs.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Anger</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> affects the <i>Liver</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Joy </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">affects the <i>Heart</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Worry </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">affects the <i>Spleen<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Sadness </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">affects the <i>Lungs </i>and <i>Heart</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Fear </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">affects the <i>Kidneys</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Pensiveness </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">affects the <i>Spleen</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Shock</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";"> affects the <i>Kidneys </i>and <i>Heart<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Emotions become causes of disease only when they are excessive or prolonged or both. You cannot avoid being angry and a temporary state of anger does not lead to disease. Sometimes anger is beneficial in life to create change. However, if a person is constantly angry about a certain situation in life for many months or years, this emotion will definitely alter the balance of the internal organs and the harmony of our ‘yin and yang’ and ‘Qi and blood’. Emotional stress is an internal cause of disease which injures the internal organs directly. On the other hand, the unbalanced condition of our internal organs due to other causes will also in turn affect our emotional state.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">For example, in Chinese medicine, anger affects our liver energy. The liver is responsible for the free flow of ‘Qi’ within our body and anger therefore will cause the Qi to get stuck. This could result in something like gall stones, polycystic ovaries or liver disease. A lighter manifestation may be irregular periods, tight neck and shoulders and migraine headache. However, the balance of the liver energy may also be affected by eating a diet which is too heating. Consuming large amounts of deep fried fatty foods, cigarettes, coffee and alcohol will definitely heat up the liver. The liver doesn’t like to be hot. A hot liver will surely make a person frustrated and angry without even knowing why. Someone who is frustrated and angry will find that nothing in life is going their way. Their ‘Qi’ is not flowing.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">This example clearly shows that on the one hand, emotional stress injures the internal organs and, on the other hand, disharmony of the internal organs causes emotional imbalance.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">When you come for an acupuncture treatment it is our job to uncover any imbalances in the body’s energy. We do this through reading your pulse and tongue and checking with you of any signs and symptoms you may be experiencing. If it so happens that you are having digestive issues, a course of acupuncture will also help clear away emotions of worry, confusion, obsession and poor memory and focus.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">In China, Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine has had a long history of treating people with mental emotional disturbances such as clinical depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. It is nonexistent that you will come across someone experiencing these mind disorders to have complete vital and vigorous health in the rest of their bodily systems. They may show signs of low energy; excessive perspiration, dizziness, palpitations and of dampness; loose stools, diarrhea, heaviness and a foggy head. Acupuncture and Chinese herbal prescriptions may need to be performed for some time to remove these imbalances in the organs and ultimately calm the mind so that new healthy thoughts of life and emotional outlooks will begin to emerge. Changing our Qi changes our emotions.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">Generally, it is important to have treatments on a regular basis as a form of preventative medicine. Just like you would service your car and insure your house. You can then keep your emotional state in check and ensure your body is providing you with enough energy and that you are vital and full of life. When you do this and you do happen to go out of balance a little bit in your emotional state- life throws something at you, or you get lazy with your diet, it may only take a couple of treatments for you to be feeling happier again and peaceful in your mind. Don’t leave it until you are so deep in depression that you will not even be able to see past the fog to know that there is a way out of it.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: "Gisha", "sans-serif";">©Eeka King 2010 for Bayside acupuncture & Herbal Medicine Clinic</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<b></b>Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641018122816031268.post-50351187781495594052010-12-06T15:36:00.000-08:002012-11-14T21:18:34.978-08:00Acupuncture for a Natural & Efficient Childbirth<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Written by Eeka King B.H.Sc (Acup)</span></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Preparing for the birth of your child is a massive journey. Well for me it definitely was. For the first time mother childbirth is an enigma. There is so much about birthing to explore and on all levels physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually we as women must delve deep inside and transform, transmute and open ourselves so that a new being may enter through us out into this world. It’s extraordinary. For some the whole concept of childbirth is so terrifying, consciously or unconsciously that they want to be numbed to the whole thing and opt to go under the knife, or alternatively just put on a brave face and go into complete denial about the fears and the emotions going on inside of them.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When I became pregnant I suddenly became aware of how much our society breeds <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fear</i> into us about childbirth. The biggest fear of all is the ‘pain’. Birthing is considered to be unnatural and labour is treated like an illness, with drugs and admission into hospital. Birth has become medicalised, impersonal and detached. Rates of intervention and caesarean sections are rising at a phenomenally rapid rate and account for up to 50% (and climbing) of births in some areas, with Australia leading the way. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Most women today have lost contact with their birthing power, belief and faith in their body and the memories and birthing rites of our foremothers. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I believe the way we enter the world and our first emotional imprint from this birthing experience sets up our psychological blueprint for life and ultimately effects how we experience and go out into the world. I have a huge desire to help change the ‘perception’ of birth in our motherland because as we heal birth we also heal the world. The more children born with love and into love, the more loving and peaceful our world will be.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There is a way acupuncture can help bring back the power of birth to women. Acupuncture can replace drugs as a natural pain reliever to those who do feel they would like to have some support available and also offers a natural approach to inducing labour. Acupuncture can also help so many more women achieve natural labours by helping to prepare your mind and body for labour. Also, the success rates for turning breech or mal-positioned babies with acupuncture and moxibustion (moxa) is very high, reducing the amount of breech related caesareans in hospitals. <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Breeched babies are not dangerous births in themselves, just more painful and possibly distressing. However, our<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>maternity departments never advocate or encourage breech natural births. </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Breech Presentation</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Studies have shown that the optimum time for turning breech babies with moxa is around 34 weeks, before the baby has grown too large. Since close to 50% of babies will have turned spontaneously by 36 weeks, many women don’t present for acupuncture until the midwife or doctor discusses the prospect of the foetus remaining breech until this time. We encourage women to have treatment and learn the moxa technique earlier (34 weeks) rather than later, however some babies still may turn as late as 38 or 39 weeks.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Acupuncture as a routine Pre-birth treatment</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pre-birth acupuncture refers to a series of treatments in the final weeks (from 36 weeks) of pregnancy to prepare a woman for childbirth. Acupuncture helps to ‘ripen’ the cervix for birth and certain points can be added to help the baby’s head fully engage in the pelvis, promoting a natural and efficient labour. Treatment can also be given to deal with other medical conditions that may arise at this time during pregnancy, such as pregnancy induced hypertension<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and symptoms such as heart burn, back pain, energy levels and general well-being. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Clinical studies show a trend in woman who receive pre-birth<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>acupuncture to either go into spontaneous labour on or around their due dates, or, if an induction was required, to respond well to acupuncture treatment for induction and progress efficiently into a natural birth.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pain Relief during labour</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The analgesic (pain numbing) effect of acupuncture normally takes about 20 minutes after the pins have been inserted. Ear acupuncture can also be performed which frees up the woman to have an active labour. The pain sensation is not completely taken away, but it is made more bearable so that the woman is able to better breathe through the contractions without the extreme intensity that is sometimes experienced. Woman often report that they feel calm and relaxed from the acupuncture.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you are unable to have an acupuncturist available at your birth, acupressure on these specific points can also be taught prior to childbirth to the woman’s partner or attending support person. Women who have experienced acupressure during labour also report a numbing effect on their pain levels and greater relaxation levels.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Difficult or prolonged labour</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In certain circumstances, acupuncture would be the treatment of choice if contractions have weakened in strength, rhythm or regularity or if they are totally absent. Labour can go on for days for women when there are energetic imbalances in the body, emotional blockages or the woman is holding on to deep fears. Long labours are tiring and if uterine contractions are insufficient for too long, intervention is often required.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Studies show that acupuncture greatly reduces the duration that women spend in labour by stimulating regular, rhythmic and efficient contractions.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Preparing emotionally and mentally for labour</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Is birth meant to be painful? Or is it just our fears, emotions and inability to surrender and breathe into sensation that causes our muscles to tighten up and our bodies to feel pain? </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Throughout my first pregnancy I felt the most important thing to do was explore deeply all the fears that I had surrounding birth and motherhood and to talk about and express all emotions as they came up. Acupuncture also supported me to balance my emotions and abate any fears which were stored in the organs, tissues and glands of my body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a powerful therapy to clear and calm my mind in preparation for labour. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Women have been given the most precious and priceless gift; creation. We must take back the power of birth and rejoice its magnificence. Conscious birthing provides women with the greatest opportunity to open up spiritually and connect and merge with the divine.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Acupuncture is helping more women and babies achieve a natural, efficient and harmonious birth. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">©Eeka King 2012 </span></span><br />
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you are pregnant and would like to book in an appointment or find out more information, call 02 66851088 or email Eeka at Bayside Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine clinic in Brunswick Heads.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<br /></div>
</div>
Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641018122816031268.post-87803178281666117582010-11-17T01:18:00.000-08:002010-11-17T01:20:35.208-08:00Chinese Dietary Therapy and the Dao of Nutrition<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b><i>Written by Eeka Berghofer</i> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The wise ancient Chinese were very much in tune with their bodies and their environment. They lived by the principle of being in harmony with nature and maintained balance in every aspect of their lives, especially diet. Their knowledge and experiences were preserved through generations and further refined into what we now know today as Chinese nutrition or dietary therapy. This is both a healing system and a disease prevention system. The advantage of Chinese nutrition lies in its flexibility in adapting to every individuals need in the prevention against disease, and the treatment of the whole person.<br />
<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chinese nutrition uniquely differs from western nutrition in that it determines the <i>energies </i>and<u> </u><i>therapeutic properties</i> of, foods instead of the analysing the chemical constituents of them, for example:<br />
<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">*<b style="color: purple;">Celery</b>, by being cool, sweet and slightly bitter can reduce high blood pressure when eaten regularly and 3 cups of lightly boiled celery juice is consumed daily. </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">*<b style="color: purple;">Potato</b>, a stomach harmoniser, can relieve stomach ulcer by taking 2 tablespoons of potato juice on an empty stomach.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">*<b style="color: purple;">Walnut</b>, a kidney tonic, can treat impotence when 20 walnuts are eaten per day for a month.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">*incorporating <b style="color: purple;">millet</b><span style="color: purple;"> </span>as a staple can help morning sickness and vomiting, through its soothing quality. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
Furthermore, Chinese nutrition takes into consideration such factors as method of preparation, body type, season and one’s geographical location in determining the appropriate diet.<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is a body type example; the latest ‘super food’ fad the Goji berry, also known as Wolfberry fruit or lycium fruit is a Chinese medicinal herb that has a long history of use over thousands of years. The lyceum fruit was discovered by the west and put under the microscope and marketed for having high vitamin C content and its antioxidant and cancer fighting constituents. It is recommended that everyone consume them also to boost the immune. In Chinese Medicine the goji berry is used to strengthen (tonify) the liver and kidney yin or fluids. It is beneficial for those who are often thin and dry and have symptoms such as dizziness, blurred vision, soreness of the lower back and knees. A very plump woman friend of mine was consuming them and could not understand why she felt so heavy and lethargic and she experienced greater bouts of diarrhea and bloating. She was already a heavy damp person and the goji berry kept on building her dampness and fluids. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
The following information will give you an understanding on how Chinese medicine has classified and interprets the nature of food and how it interacts within our bodies.<br />
<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Food and the elements of climate<br />
</b>According to TCM; <i>damp</i>, <i>heat</i>, <i>wind</i>, <i>cold</i> and <i>dry</i> are the environmental elements that cycle with the seasons and create our weather. These same elements exist within the body at any time of year. What happens inside our bodies is influenced by the weather and the effects of the seasons, and also by our food intake, genetic makeup, body type and emotional and mental well-being. So to have a balanced diet we need to consider our body and the effects of the environment.<br />
<br />
<b>Energies of Food<br />
</b>Different foods have different natures or capacities to generate different temperatures within the body and these can affect our internal organs and their balance. Foods are selected according to their energetic qualities such as </span> <span style="font-size: small;"><i>warming</i>,<i> cooling</i>, <i>drying</i> and l<i>ubricating</i>. Thus, Chinese nutrition would seek to warm the coldness, cool the heat, dry the dampness, and lubricate the dryness and so forth. The nature of food isn’t necessarily connected to the temperature of food at the time of consumption, and it is the foods nature that has a more lasting effect on our internal temperature. Warm and hot foods warm the body; cool and cold foods have the opposite effect.<br />
<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> For example alcohol can be full of ice blocks, but still due to its nature will heat us internally. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Most people do best by consuming a predominately gentle, warming diet. Cold and hot foods have certain roles to fulfil within the body and should be used in moderation. While many vegetables, legumes are neutral, the cooking process tends to make them warming.<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here are some guidelines on how to guess whether a food may be warming or cooling.<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">*Plants that takes longer to grow, such as carrots, cabbage and parsnips, are often more warming. Lettuce and cucumbers are more cooling pants.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">*Raw food is more cooling than the same food will be after cooking</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">*Foods cooked for a longer time tend to be more warming</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
Like the natures of food, our bodies can be hot, warm, cool or cold. Or even a mixture. A person can have heat signs in the upper body such as and cold in the lower body presenting as mild lower back pain, frequent urination and low libido.<br />
<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Flavours and directions of food<br />
</b>All foods have a flavour. The five flavours of food are <i>sour</i>, <i>bitter</i>, <i>sweet</i>, <i>pungent </i>and <i>salty</i>. Many foods are a combination of more than one flavour. Eg. Grapes are sweet and sour. Bananas are cold and sweet. Honey is warm and moistening. Once in the body, each flavour enters a different organ. In small amounts these flavours benefit and strengthen their corresponding organs. The salty flavour affects the kidneys and bones and comes from foods such as salt, seaweed and crab. The sour flavour affects the liver and comes from foods such as lemons pears, plums and mangoes. The bitter flavour affects the heart and blood and comes from flavours such as alfalfa, rye and lettuce.<br />
<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A Balanced diet that takes all five flavours into account does not mean an equal percentage of each flavour. A balanced diet is a diet is a diet dominated by ‘sweet’ foods and includes small amounts of each of the other flavours each day. Sweet refers to most grains, legumes, vegetables, nuts, seeds and fruit.<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What determines the way food moves is a mixture between temperature and flavour. Hot and pungent foods move out, sweet and warm foods move up, cool and salty or sour foods move down and cold and bitter foods move in. So why does direction matter? Because seasons, body types and ailments all have particular directions. For example, hiccupping is considered an upward ailment and should be treated with a downward moving food such as an orange or tangerine. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">An appropriate mix of the 5 tastes creates a diet that strengthens the bones, makes the tendons flexible, promotes the circulation of blood and qi, and keeps the skin and muscles in good condition.<br />
<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Eating with the seasons<br />
</b>Each season has a corresponding organ that is more sensitive during this time. <br />
A season for each organ;<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Spring</b>- Liver<br />
<b>Early summer</b> </span><span style="font-size: small;">-Heart<br />
<b>Late summer</b> </span><span style="font-size: small;">-Spleen<br />
<b>Autumn</b> </span><span style="font-size: small;">- Lungs<br />
<b>Winter</b> </span><span style="font-size: small;">- Kidneys</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Each season is also balanced with the awareness of what came before it and what will come after. If you eat inappropriately in one season, you will suffer in that season and you will also increase your health risk in the next season as you will be badly prepared. By eating foods that move the energy down to the core of the body to regenerate and repair in winter, we take advantage of the strength of winter. In the warmer months of the year, we can eat foods that move energy up to support increased activity and elimination (such as perspiration and regular bowel movements) so energy and blood can circulate well.<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Even within each season you can respond to specific weather patterns.<br />
<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Guidelines for a balanced diet<br />
</b>Traditional Chinese medicine believes how we eat our food is also very important. It is very common these days to eat in our car on the way to work, eat at our desk while working or have the television on while eating, this weakens our digestive energy.<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is important to</span></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sit down to eat</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chew food well</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pay attention to eating, turn off the television, get away from the work desk</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Eat organically and locally</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Eat seasonally</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do not skip meals</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stop eating before the ‘full’ point</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Never eat within 3 hours of going to sleep</span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">The best ways of preparing foods are steaming, stir frying in water, stewing (boiling, as in soups), or baking. Steaming leaves the food in its most natural state, while baking creates more heat and would be the best method for cold conditions.<br />
<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Traditional Chinese medicine views the stomach and spleen as a cooking pot that breaks down the food that is eaten and turns it into energy and blood for the body. The stomach is the cauldron and the spleen is the digestive fire that warms up the pot. The stomach cooks and breaks down the food, sending the pure part of the food to the spleen to be distributed to the rest of the body and eliminating the waste as faeces and urine. It is important to maintain this digestive fire and too many cold and raw foods can put out the digestive fire, weakening and slowing the digestive system and the assimilation of nutrients.<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Follow us on our <b style="color: purple;"><a href="http://www.baysideacupuncture.com/acupuncture_recipes.php">recipe page</a></b> with food for the seasons.<br />
<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Information from;<br />
Medicinal Herbs, Geng Junying et al<br />
Food for the Seasons- eat well stay healthy the traditional Chinese way, professor Lyn Wong<br />
The tao of nutrition, Maoshing Ni, Ph.D</span></div>Bayside Acupuncturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211451574565522061noreply@blogger.com0