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Many thanks to Margie, one of Your Life-Your Choice subscribers who wrote in and brought to our attention this very serious health issue. Here is an excerpt of her email to us: "Hello, I really appreciate the newsletter, Your Life-Your Choice. The information and the detail of the information is 'the best'. Hepatitis C is becoming epidemic, many people have it, and don't know they are walking around with the silent killer. Please devote one of your newsletters to this huge health problem. Meds, herbs, diet, magnets...anything and everything that can help people with HepC." Our nutritionist Andrea Lemieux has contributed an excellent article addressing this issue. I hope this is helpful to you and others. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Remember that Practitioners listed in our own Wellness Locator receive TOP PRIORITY, and are always the first to be referred through our Find A Practitioner Program. 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These companies have something new and exciting to share with you! In fact there's one in there now offering YOU a terrific deal while you're contributing to a terrific cause at the same time! Until next time Your Life-Your Choice wishes you health and prosperity. Brigitte Synesael Editor of Your Life-Your Choice Traditional Medicine Isn't Enough Any More! Your life is your choice-don't make it the doctor's choice! http://www.Life-Choices.com/yourlife ********************************************** @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ @ IN THIS ISSUE: @ @ 1. PLEASE VISIT OUR SPONSORS @ Our sponsors make this newsletter @ FREE to subscribers. Please take a @ moment to visit them. @ @ 2. Diabetes Mellitus - The Secret of @ Prevention and Reversal @ (part two) @ The Secret of Preventing and Reversing @ Diabetes is presented in a 3-part series. @ Last month in part one you got an overview @ of the problem of diabetes, and the dynamics @ that play a role in it's development. Today in @ Part two, you will find out the "secret" of @ preventing and reversing diabetes. Next month @ in part three, you will find out how to manage @ the degenerative conditions associated with @ diabetes such as - obesity and hypertension, @ vascular diseases, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic @ neuropathy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and @ infections. @ @ 3. PLEASE VISIT OUR SPONSORS @ Our sponsors make this newsletter @ FREE to subscribers. Please take a @ moment to visit them. @ @ 4. TAKING CARE OF YOUR LIVER @ Are your eyes bright and sparkling, your nails @ strong, your emotions balanced, and your @ digestive system running smoothly? These are @ some of the signs of a healthy liver. On the other @ hand, if your eyes are dull, perhaps with a yellow @ tinge to the whites; your nails soft, chipped or @ cracked; you feel depressed or irritable; or your @ digestive system is sluggish, then you can be sure @ that your liver isnit working properly. @ @ 5. RECIPE CORNER @ Kale or Collards with Onion and Garlic @ Black-Eyed Beans with Mushrooms @ @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Subscribe: You can subscribe by using the form at the Newsletter Headquarters: http://www.Life-Choices.com. Unsubscribe: You can unsubscribe by using the form at the Newsletter Headquarters: http://www.Life-Choices.com. Copyright 1997-1998 by Brigitte Synesael All rights reserved ******************************************** Section 2 Diabetes Mellitus - The Secret of Prevention and Reversal (part two) By Dr. Boyce N. Berkel http://www.uniquenterprises.com/html/mt.htm Read about Dr. Boyce Berkel on our Meet the Team page; http://www.Life-Choices.com/team.html ---------- The Secret of Preventing and Reversing Diabetes is presented in a 3-part series. Last month in part one you got an overview of the problem of diabetes, and the dynamics that play a role in it's development. Today in Part two, you will find out the "secret" of preventing and reversing diabetes. Next month in part three, you will find out how to manage the degenerative conditions associated with diabetes such as - obesity and hypertension, vascular diseases, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic neuropathy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and infections. THE SECRET OF PREVENTION AND REVERSAL OF THE COMPENSATED AND DECOMPENSATED PHASES OF THE DIABETES MELLITUS PROCESSES The secret of reversing both the compensated phase and the decompensated phases of the diabetes mellitus disease process is to initially avoid foods; chemicals and inhalants which are evoking the hyperglycemic reactions and the production of insulin resistance due to evoking edema of body cells. This is largely related to foods. These are foods that you are eating with a frequency of twice or week or more. Testing of the blood sugar before and one hour after a meal (after five days of the initial avoidance ) will demonstrate what these foods are. Another way to proceed is to assume that any food that is being eaten as much as twice a week or more, or any member of that family of foods can be evoking the swelling of cells. You can then proceed with a 4 Day Diversified Rotation Diet without food testing. This is found to be adequate for the majority of people. Chemicals do have to be considered, even such as car exhaust, natural gas or a drug or hormone that has been ordered by a physician. A 4 Day Diversified Rotation Diet initially leaving out these foods you commonly use, usually works quite well in reversing the disease process. The 4 Day Diversified Rotation Diet can later incorporate these foods back into the diet after three months if they are eaten on a four day rotation basis. Ninety-five percent of the time, these foods can be re-introduced without producing symptoms or hyperglycemia. The 4 Day Diversified Rotation Diet should become a lifestyle. NOTE: The 4-Day Diversified Rotation Diet was covered in the 23rd issue of the Your Life - Your Choice Newsletter. The topic is "Complementing Magnetic Therapy With The 4-Day Diversified Rotation Diet (part two). To find out about this diet, go to: http://www.life-choices.com/archive/archive98/archive98.html#magnetic FOUR-DAY DIVERSIFIED ROTATION DIET REVERSAL OF THE DEGENERATIVE DISEASE PROCESS Classically, maladaptive reaction to foods, chemicals, and inhalants are part of and central to degenerative diseases whether physical or mental. Maladaptive reaction to foods composed a majority of these acute symptoms produced, as well as the longer term degenerative disease symptoms. Comparing acute symptoms with the chronic symptoms of degenerative diseases reveals that the symptoms of chronic diseases are simply a time extension of acute maladaptive reactions. The metabolic mechanisms of acute maladaptive reactions are the same as the chronic symptoms of degeneration. Central to this biological disorder producing symptoms is the production of acidity with its associated reduction of oxygen (acid-hypoxia). MAGNETIC DYNAMICS OF THE DEGENERATIVE DISEASE PROCESS The central disorders of acute maladaptive reactions are: 1) acidity, and 2) oxygen deficit. Monitoring the biochemical disorders of chronic degenerative diseases reveals the same disorders as acute maladaptive reactions which are acid-hypoxia. Chronic degenerative diseases are observed to be acute maladaptive reactions extended in tirne to a chronic state with the resultant cellular damage. The contrast between the well cells of the healthy, functioning person and the sick cells of degenerative diseases provides valuable clues as to how magnetics can substantially aid in recovery of inflammatory degenerative diseases, infections from microorganisms and cancer. In the process of oxidative phosphorylation producing adenosine triphosphate ( ATP), molecular oxygen accepts an electron and becomes free radical oxygen ( super oxide). If not immediately enzymatically reversed, super oxide proceeds to produce other free radicals, peroxides, oxyacids, alcohols and aldehydes. These are all inflammatory. Human cells have the capacity to make ATP by either oxidative phosphorylation or fermentation. Cellular fermentation producing ATP only functions in the abnormal state of acidity and hypoxia. The enzymes catalyzing fermentation production of ATP are tranferases which are acid-hypoxic-positive static magnetic field activation dependent. There are specific ( oxidoreductase enzymes) non-phosphorus ( non ATP ) static magnetic field enzyme energy activation and specific ATP energy activated enzymes. When oxidative phosphorylation catalyzes the production of ATP this catalytic reaction makes negative static field magnetism termed oxidation remnant magnetism. This negative static magnetic field is available to energize oxidoreductase enzyme catalysis and at the same time, block tranferases and hydrolase catalysis. Besides the biological available negative static magnetic field from oxidation remnant magnetism, there is an always present electrostatic field. In an alkaline medium the electrostatic field produces a negative static magnetic field which energizes oxidoreductase catalysis. In an acid medium, an electrostatic field produces a positive static magnetic field which in turn energizes tranferases and hydrolases. Both oxidation phosphorylation and fermentation catalysis are static magnetic field energized. However, they are energized by opposite magnetic poles ATP made by fermentation with its acid-hypoxic medium cannot maintain human biological life energy. ATP made by fermentation can maintain the life energy of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites and cancer cells. The secret to reverse acute maladaptive symptom reactions, prevent and reverse microorganism infections, maintaining human biological health and providing for the reversal of degenerative diseases is to maintain a normal alkaline body pH, hyperoxia and an adequate negative static magnetic field. The biological response to a negative static magnetic field can maintain these necessary components of healthy human cells. Thus it can be understood that exposure to an external source of a negative static magnetic field supports human health and materially aids in reversal of inflammatory degenerative diseases, cancer and the defense against microorganism invasion. This external negative static magnetic field can be applied to local affected areas as well as applied systemically by such as a negative static magnetic field bed pad. *** Next month, in segment three of this series, you will find out how to manage the degenerative conditions associated with diabetes such as - obesity and hypertension, vascular diseases, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic neuropathy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and infections ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ******************************************** Section 3 PLEASE VISIT OUR SPONSORS This issue of Your Life - Your Choice is sponsored in part by: The "Pain Relief Center." For just a small cost for shipping and handling, get a full size tube of PainBreakAE, absolutely FREE! PainBreakAE is a new topical analgesic that's effective in relieving the pain of ARTHRITIS, POST HERPETIC NEURALGIA (pain after shingles), DIABETIC NEUROPATHY, as well as other CHRONIC PAIN. 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It's Fast, it's Easy, and best of all it's FREE! http://www.special-report-network.net/specialreports.cgi/BS9662 (If the above url does NOT appear on one line, you will have to copy each part and paste into the location bar of your web browser.) ******************************************** Section 4 Taking Care of Your Liver by Andrea Lemieux, RNCP Read about Andrea Lemieux on our Meet the Team page; http://www.Life-Choices.com/team.html ---------- Are your eyes bright and sparkling, your nails strong, your emotions balanced, and your digestive system running smoothly? These are some of the signs of a healthy liver. On the other hand, if your eyes are dull, perhaps with a yellow tinge to the whites; your nails soft, chipped or cracked; you feel depressed or irritable; or your digestive system is sluggish, then you can be sure that your liver isn't working properly. When the liver functions well, the whole body functions well. The liver is essential to life. It is often considered to be the most important organ in the body. It is so critical to our physical, mental and emotional health that it has been given the ability to regenerate itself if a part of it is damaged. The liver performs hundreds of different functions. First and foremost it filters toxins in the blood stream and de-activates them. Therefore, it stands to reason that if our bodies are overloaded with poisonous substances, the liver will become overburdened and will not be able to adequately perform all its other duties. Since the liver regulates so many body processes, anything that improves liver function can also help prevent or improve digestive problems; fatigue, anxiety, and depression; weight problems; allergies; hormonal imbalances; infertility; cardiovascular disease; auto immune diseases; and cancer. A build up of poisons from pesticides, drugs, preservatives, nicotine, and environmental pollutants will impair the liver. Emotions like anger will also greatly disturb liver energy. Other challenges come from inadequate nutrition. A diet high in processed foods, junk food, alcohol, caffeine, refined white flour products, and white sugar products will contribute to liver malfunction. Excess animal fats, fried foods, rancid oils and hydrogenated oils like margarine, are particularly detrimental to health. With so many ways to pollute the body, we need to focus on the positive choices that we can make to support liver health. As well as an excellent nutritional program, an overall health- promoting lifestyle with regular exercise, proper breathing, adequate rest, and a positive mental attitude is essential to good health. Here are some nutritional guidelines to keep your liver happy: - Don't overeat. Overeating is probably the most common cause of liver malfunction. It creates excess work for the liver, leaving less energy for detoxification. - Ideal sources of fat are butter; extra-virgin olive oil; and the naturally occurring fats in eggs, fish, poultry, lean meats, raw unsalted nuts and seeds, and avocado. - Adequate dietary fiber is the most important agent in supporting the liver. This is easy when you focus on whole, natural foods and avoid processed foods. Your diet should consist of fresh vegetables and fruits, whole grains, legumes, raw nuts and seeds and adequate protein from eggs, fish, poultry, and lean meats. - Richly coloured fruits and vegetables, are most important as they contain phytochemicals that will protect the liver against cellular damage. - Cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, kale, cauliflower) are particularly valuable foods as they actually activate enzymes responsible for liver detoxification. - Bitter greens (watercress, chicory, dandelion, kale, collards) will help promote the flow of bile for digestion. Our diet favours sweet, salty, and a little sour, but we tend to avoid bitter tastes. This trend creates an imbalance. So the next time you chop up some celery for a salad, don't throw out the bitter leafy tops, and add some dandelion greens. Your liver will love you for it. - If you like curry, have it often. Turmeric, a curry spice, contains a yellow pigment called curcumin that has been shown to increase bile flow. - Drink eight cups of purified water daily; this is essential for detoxification. - Some supplements that are beneficial to the liver are the vitamin B-Complex, vitamin C, vitamin E, and coenzyme Q-10. For anyone suffering from poor liver function or diseases such as hepatitis (inflammation of the liver), the approach to treatment should involve detoxification and regeneration, supporting the liver's own power for regeneration and self healing. Nutritional deficiencies need to be addressed. People with hepatitis will generally not be able to tolerate many vitamin and mineral supplements. Homeopathic and botanical remedies that stimulate bile flow and open the channels of elimination can help the liver to dispose of wastes. Chelidonium majus is one remedy with a long history of use. Dandelion, both the roots and leaves can be taken as a tea, tincture or capsule. Because these remedies will increase bile flow, they should not be used if there is bile duct obstruction. Regeneration is dependent upon reversing free radical damage and removing fat accumulation in the liver. Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) is the best botanical for regeneration and for protecting the liver, and has long been used as an agent for liver and gall bladder ailments. It can be taken safely for extended periods of time. Proper nutrition with adequate dietary fiber and plenty of pure water is essential for detoxification and regeneration. Below, in our Recipe Segment, is a recipe to introduce you to the benefits of some liver-healthy bitter greens. ************************************************************* Section 5 Kale or Collards with Onion and Garlic by Andrea Lemieux, RNCP Read about Andrea Lemieux on our Meet the Team page; http://www.Life-Choices.com/team.html ---------- This is a recipe to introduce you to the benefits of some liver-healthy bitter greens. The food combinations in this recipe can help the regeneration process of your liver. This is especially helpful for those suffering from health issues relating to liver damage, like Hepatitis. Serves 4 to 6 1#189# lbs. kale or collard greens, or a mixture of the two Water for boiling Pinch of Celtic sea salt (gray salt) 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil, butter or ghee 1 large onion, sliced (or 1 bunch scallions, sliced) 2 to 5 cloves garlic, minced Pinch of cayenne pepper (Optional) Pinch of Celtic sea salt Dash of hot pepper sauce Dash of fresh squeezed lemon juice Wash kale and/or collard greens and allow to drain. Remove tough central stem, then slice the leaves any size you like. Fill a large pot with water (large enough so greens won't be crowded), and bring to a boil. Add a pinch of salt. Add greens. Boil, uncovered, at medium heat for 5 to 15 minutes, depending on how soft you like your greens. With a slotted spoon, strain the greens out of the cooking liquid. When cool enough to handle, gently squeeze the liquid out. Then ifluffi them out again and separate them. Set aside. In a large skillet, heat the oil, butter, or ghee, diluted with a little water. Add the onions and saut#233# over medium heat until soft and wilted. Add garlic and cayenne if desired. Saut#233# until garlic is fragrant. Add cooked, squeezed greens and stir to heat through. Remove from pan and season with salt, hot pepper sauce, and a dash of lemon juice. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Black-Eyed Beans with Mushrooms by Andrea Lemieux, RNCP Read about Andrea Lemieux on our Meet the Team page; http://www.Life-Choices.com/team.html ----- In the Southern United States, black-eyed beans are traditionally served with collard greens. They originated in Africa, but are also prominent in Indian and Chinese cooking. This recipe from India is particularly delicious. Adapted from Madhur Jeffrey's Indian Cookery Serves 6 1#189# cups dried black-eyed beans 4 cups water 1/2 lb. fresh mushrooms, sliced 3 tablespoons butter, ghee or extra-virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon whole cumin seeds A 1-inch stick of cinnamon 1 medium onion, chopped 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 medium tomatoes, peeled and chopped (to peel, immerse in boiled water) 2 teaspoon ground coriander seed 1 teaspoon ground cumin seed 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric Pinch cayenne pepper (to taste) 1/2 teaspoon Celtic sea salt Freshly ground black pepper 3 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander (or parsley) Pick over beans for stones or broken beans. Soak overnight or at least 8 hours. Drain and rinse. Put beans in a heavy pot with water to cover by 1 inch, bring to a boil, drain and rinse again. Put beans in a heavy pot with the 2 pints of water and bring to a boil. Turn heat to low, cover and simmer gently for 1 hour. Meanwhile, heat butter, ghee or olive oil over medium-high heat, put in whole cumin seeds and cinnamon stick, let sizzle 5 secs. Add onions and garlic, stir until the onion are soft. Add the mushrooms, stir until mushrooms wilt. Add the tomatoes, ground coriander, ground cumin, turmeric and cayenne. Stir and cook for a minute. Cover, turn heat to low and let this mixture cook in its own juices for 10 minutes. Add the mushroom mixture, salt, pepper and fresh coriander to the beans and water. Stir to mix, simmer uncovered for another 30 minutes. Stir occasionally. Remove cinnamon stick before serving. Serve over brown rice or a baked potato. Freezes well. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Disclaimer All material appearing in this newsletter is provided for educational purposes only. It is provided with the understanding that authors and contributors are not offering medical advice or services. 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