Kidney/Blood Connection

About one-quarter (750-1000 pints daily) of the blood which is output by the heart is sent to the body's "filter treatment plant," where it is purified by the kidneys and circulated on to the rest of the body. 1/1000th to 2/1000th of the blood flow becomes fluid waste and is sent into the bladder for storage until it can be conveniently expelled. This toxic waste is called urine. The paired kidneys in the upper part of the abdomen toward the back balance the fluid levels of the body. They balance the body's acid/alkaline nature and the concentrations of salts, minerals and other materials. The blood is filtered, purified, cleansed and adjusted twenty-four hours every day. Hundreds of pints of blood flow through these organs daily, about one-fourth of the heart's output or approximately the body's entire volume. The blood circulates through the kidneys twenty times each hour for purification. About two and one-half pints of this flow becomes urine, although the amount largely depends on our consumption of food and drink, our physical activity and other factors. The Roman physician Galen, of the 2nd Century A.D., believed the kidney was a sieve, which filtered out impurities from the system into the urine for disposal. His idea was remarkably accurate, especially when we realise that the role of the heart and circulatory system were not known until 1500 years later. 

How much blood does the human body have (pints)?

The human body contains up to ten pints of blood. Red blood cells are formed at a rate of 2 million per second. 

The Cardiovascular System

The circulatory system is responsible for supplying the body with blood, it pumps blood from the heart to the lungs to receive oxygen and then back to the heart to be pumped through the body to the brains, kidneys, organs of digestion and reproduction and extremities returning then to the heart to begin over again. 

Artery/Vein Tissues

Arteries and veins have the same layers of tissues in their walls, but the proportions of these layers differ. Lining the core of each is a thin layer of endothelium, and covering each is a sheath of connective tissue, but an artery has thick intermediate layers of elastic and muscular fiber, while in the vein, these are less developed. The arterial wall helps to withstand and absorb the pressure waves, which begin in the heart and are transmitted by the blood. The wall expands with the force of a swell, then snaps back to push the blood forward as the heart rests. Valves in the arteries prevent the blood from flowing backwards at this time, so pressure peaks are slowly flattened out as the fluid proceeds through the arterial vessels. As blood enters the capillary network (the smallest vessels in the body), the pressure falls off. When the capillaries meet and form the veins, the blood is oozing rather than surging. There is no need now for the strength and elasticity of the arteries, so the walls of the veins are thin and almost floppy. To make up for this, many veins are located in the skeletal muscles, and the least movement of a limb squeezes the vein and drives the blood toward the heart. Valves are again used to ensure flow in the right direction. 

Fatty deposits in arteries blockage coronary heart attack?

That fatty deposits in our arteries can lead to blockage of our coronary arteries and an ultimate heart attack? As fat increase in the arteries, our heart has to work harder to supply the same amount of blood through the smaller diameter arteries. 

Pins and needles poor circulation?

The sensation of pins and needles is caused by an impairment of blood circulation. 

Brain

The brain is a jelly-like substance, which in adults weighs about three pounds. It is divided into three parts: the brain stem, which is an extension of the spinal cord, the forebrain (which consists mainly of the cerebruim) and the cerebellum. The forebrain and cerebellum are divided into two hemispheres which are linked by a thick band of nerve fibers and these hemispheres have areas, called "lobes," which perform specific functions. The brain's surface lies in rather ugly, wrinkled folds. Traditionally referred to as one's "gray matter," it does, indeed, contain gray nerve cell bodies which surround a smaller mass of white nerve fibers. The brain, like the heart, is protected by a buffer zone. This, in the form of fluid, may be the source of "water on the brain," but it is very necessary to our survival. Only these pools of fluid and the skull protect the brain from the bumps and grinds of daily living which would damage this fragile organ. With them, we are able to think, reason, love, forgive, create and remember, as well as to survive through automatic processes such as breathing and digesting, and we have reflexes which signal in case of "fight or flight" emergencies. Just think of it! 

Fiber

Food We Eat

"Fiber accomplishes many beneficial tasks not the least of which includes supporting the digestive system. As research and studies continue it is clear that you can only benefit your health by consuming a high fiber diet. Fiber has been shown in studies to help reduce the rates of some forms of cancer, namely colon and breast cancer. Certain kinds of fiber have been found to lower levels of cholesterol in the blood.  These are only a few of the major benefits of a high fiber diet.."

CARBOHYDRATES

"There seems to be a lot of misconception today regarding carbohydrates. Although our bodies need carbohydrates to survive, many of us are consuming the wrong types of carbs. Simple Carbohydrates and Complex Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates provide "fuel" for our body. Once ingested, carbs turn to glucose.  Glucose is carried by insulin, secreted from the pancreas, and fed to your cells. Your body needs glucose for energy. Unfortunately, simple carbohydrates (white refined sugar and flour) have no significant amounts of nutrients. In fact they rob your body of essential vitamins and minerals. If you consume too much sugar your body will eventually be forced to draw upon its own source of vitamins and minerals. once that source is depleted disease sets in."

ULCERS

"From a nutritional perspective, avoiding dairy products is recommended as they can aggravate the situation. Also avoid caffeine, alcohol, fatty foods, and soda pop. Recommended foods are high fiber foods (if you're dealing with a bleeding ulcer, consume nonirritating fiber like guar gum and/or psyllium seed), low fat yogurt, avocados, bananas, squash, yams, steamed broccoli, carrots and carrot juice. Blue grapes, almonds and almond milk, potatoes, and  cabbage juice can be beneficial in the healing process. Okra, papaya, persimmons, sprouts and sweet potatoes are also among the foods that are helpful.  

There are also many vitamins that can be beneficial when dealing with this condition. Vitamin E helps to relieve pain and reduces stomach acid. Vitamin A helps to heal ulcerated tissue and protects the stomach lining from irritation. Vitamin C with bioflavonoids can help to heal ulcers. Vitamin K prevents bleeding. Vitamin B complex, Zinc, Calcium/magnesium, and Potassium are all helpful in the healing process."

Vitamin C

Linus Pauling, two-time Nobel Prize winner, is no doubt the world's most famous advocate of vitamin C. His credentials, awards, and recognition in the sciences, as well as his near religious beliefs in the benefits of the vitamin, triggered the tremendous popular use of vitamin C. But over the last four decades, scientific studies are still seeking to shed light on where the use of this vitamin is best supported and where belief and hope have surpassed true scientific validation. Studies provide strong evidence that vitamin C reduces the symptoms and length of the common cold and prevents post-race colds in endurance athletes. 

Studies provide only weak evidence, however, that vitamin C assists the actual prevention of a cold except in people who are deficient in the vitamin. But not all vitamin C studies are created equal. Some are poorly controlled, some use different variations of vitamin C, and some vary the length of time vitamin C is used, or when and at what point it is measured.  Studies have also questioned the appropriate dose of vitamin C, without any clear resolution. Research suggests that blood levels do not rise after ingesting 200 mg per day, an amount found in approximately three oranges or five grapefruits. 

So why eat or take more than this amount? Because other studies suggest that blood levels are not as good a predictor of the benefits of the vitamin as tissue levels are. Some proponents suggest a daily intake of up to 30,000 mg of vitamin C, but there is little evidence to support the benefits of such large dosages, which can result in stomach cramps.  The best natural sources of vitamin C are fresh fruits and vegetables such as citrus fruits, kiwi, mangoes, green peppers, and tomatoes. Although the research isn't perfectly clear or free from controversy, the overall message is simple: Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, and take vitamin C supplements to help with cold symptoms, but not necessarily to prevent cold onset.

Avocado Solution to Heart Disease  - Good unsaturated fats in avocado fruits 

"The New Dietary guidelines of Americans" reported that avocado contians good unsaturated fats and that these do not raise blood cholesterol and should be included as part of a healthy diet. 

The Dietary guidelines 2000 Update Report developed by United States Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and Human Services States that "with increasing awareness of the inherent nutritional benefits, avocado is becoming an essential part of healthy, American diet." 

Avocado lowers cholesterol 

Australian scientists have reported that people consuming anything from half to one and a half avocado a day can lower their cholesterol more than people eating a low fat diet and the high content of monounsaturated fat in avocado is thought to be responsible for the hypocholesterol aemic property. 

High Folic Acid & Fibre 

Folic acid and fibre in avocado are higher than in any other fruit. Avocado has the highest content of monounsaturated fat which brings down cholesterol as compared to all other fruits available in Sri Lanka. Only other fruit containing higher percentage of monounsaturated fat is olive available in Mediterranean countries. 

200g of avocado has 323.61 calories and total fat content is 30-77g and has 19.31g of monounsaturated fat which is heart healthy and 3.97g of polyunsaturated fat and 4.90g of saturated fat. 

200g of avocado contains 122.61 Re of Vit A, 15.38mg of Vit C, 0.22m of thiamine (B1), 0.25mg of riboflavin (B2) 3.86mg of nicotinic acid (B3), 0.56mg of pantothenic acid (B4), 0.56 of pyridoxine (B6), 124.42mg of folic acid (B9), 22.11mg of Calcium, 2.05mg of iron and 0.84mg of zinc. 

Avocado benefits diabetic patients 

The American Diabetic Association says that avocado is the most nutritional fruit that is rightly associated with lifestyles that promote health, well-being and fitness of diabetic patients. 

Robert Atkins, creator of Diet Nutritional Program says in a issue of his Health Revelations News Letter that that avocados help guard against post prandial (after-eating) increases in blood sugar which is good news for people with insulin resistant or type 11 diabetes. It is no wonder that he refers to avocado as having "no equal in nature." 

"The health benefits of avocado have been fully substantiated which is why the avocado is now acceptable to people with diabetes as part of healthy eating habit" says Ann Coulston MS, R. D. at Standord University Medical Center. 

Avocados may help fight heart disease 

"Phytochemicals found in avocado may help fight heart disease and cancer" says Geanetle. O' Toole of California avocado. Phytochemicals are plant pigments, the chemicals that give fruits and vegetalbes their bright colour. The phytochemicals such as betasitosterol and the antioxidants such as glutathione found in avocado prevent chronic illnesses such as cancer according to Dr. David Herber, Director of UCLA Center for Human Nutrition. 

California Avocado Commission has shown that avocado contains 76mg of betasitosterol per 100g of the fruit. This is more than 4 times betasitosterol found in other commonly eaten fruits such apples, grapes, plumps, cherries and cantaloupes and olives according to California Avocado Commission. 

Monounsaturated Fat, Protection Against Heart Disease 

In conclusion, avocados are a cholesterol free, sodium-free low saturated-fat food with only 5.0g of fat per serving, a level acceptable for inclusion in a low fat diet. Most of the fat available in avocado is monounsaturated believed by scientists to protect against heart disease. Further, avocados are "nutrient dense" in that they supply more of your daily nutrient requirements for fewer calories spent. Avocados are nutrient dense in potassium, dietary fibre, Vit C, Vit E, thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, pyridoxime, folic acid and pantothenic acid and is a healty substitute for butter. 

An avocado enriched diet is expected to lead to a 10-20% decrease in coronary events and a decrease in death in patients with coronary heart disease if they are followed up for 3-5 years (Professor David Colquhoun, University of Queensland, Australia)

Diet and Nutrition

HEALTH IS A SUBJECT INCREASINGLY IN THE NEWS, WITH A HUGE AND RELENTLESS RISE IN VARIOUS DISEASES RELATED TO BOTH LIFESTYLE AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES, ALL OF WHICH CAN BE AVOIDED. THEREFORE WE WILL DIVERGE SOMEWHAT TO THE FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF DIET AND NUTRITION. WE MUST ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND THAT TOTAL WELL-BEING AT ALL LEVELS REQUIRES A COMPLETE BALANCE OF BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT.

IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE INTERESTED IN IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE GENERALLY AND RARELY, IF EVER TALK ABOUT IT DUE TO THE PREJUDICES OF SO CALLED "MODERN SOCIETY".

THE SO CALLED "DIET" OF THE AVERAGE PERSON LACKS NUTRITION AT BEST, IS TOXIC AND DESTRUCTIVE AT WORST.  THE MASSIVE AND INCREASING RISE IN OBESITY IN THE PAST FEW DECADES IS DIRECTLY LINKED TO NUTRITIONAL VARIETY AND QUALITY OF DIET. 

THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE OFFICIAL STATISTICS FOR THE USA WHICH ARE MORE OR LESS REFLECTED IN THE UK AND OTHER INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES:

• 58 MILLION OVERWEIGHT; 40 MILLION OBESE; 3 MILLION MORBIDLY OBESE

• 8 OUT OF 10 OVER 25'S OVERWEIGHT

• 78% OF AMERICAN'S NOT MEETING BASIC ACTIVITY LEVEL RECOMMENDED

• 25% COMPLETELY SEDENTARY

• 76% INCREASE IN TYPE II DIABETES IN ADULTS 30-40 YRS OLD SINCE 1990

ONE OF THE MOST DISTURBING TRENDS IS THE EXPONENTIAL INCREASE IN THE CASES OF OBESITY AND DIABETES IN CHILDREN, WHICH, EQUALLY DISTURBINGLY IS OCCURRING AT INCREASINGLY YOUNGER AGES. CANCERS TEND TO MANIFEST LATER IN LIFE AS A DIRECT RESULT.

WELL MEANING PARENTS OFTEN HAVE NO IDEA JUST HOW MUCH DAMAGE THEY ARE DOING TO THEIR CHILDREN DUE TO EATING HABITS. HABITS WHICH BEGIN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY FROM BIRTH IN THE FORM OF "FORMULA MILK" AND LATER THE VARIOUS "TREATS", "HAPPY MEALS" AND OTHER TYPICAL CHILDREN'S FAVOURITES INCLUDING SWEETS AND CANDIES.

BEFORE CONTINUING WE SHOULD ONCE AGAIN NOTE THAT ALL MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS  CONSUMED EXCESSIVELY HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO BE TOXIC TO THE HUMAN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. SO WE CAN ACCEPT THAT SOMEWHAT ANIMAL AND DAIRY PRODUCTS ARE DAMAGING, BUT WHAT OF THOSE WHO ARE VEGETARIAN, VEGAN OR INCLUDE PLENTY OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES IN THEIR DIETS? WE CAN CONCLIDE THAT EVERY POSSIBLE FOOD A HUMAN REQUIRES TO LIVE HEALTHILY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR IN NATURE.

MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IN ORDER TO GROW "BIG AND STRONG", ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, MEAT PRODUCTS ARE A NECESSARY PART OF THE DIET. YET IF WE LOOK AT THE VERY LARGEST ANIMALS ALIVE TODAY ELEPHANT, GIRAFFE ETC  THEY ALL EAT VEGETATION. THE VERY LARGEST FISH IN THE SEA THE BASKING SHARK FEEDS EXCLUSIVELY ON TINY PLANKTON. THE LARGEST OF THE DINOSAURS OF PREHISTORIC TIMES, THE 30, 40, 50 TON SAUROPODS, ALL EXCLUSIVELY ATE VEGETATION. THE DAILY ENERGY REQUIREMENT OF ALL OF THESE VAST CREATURES, JUST TO MOVE AROUND AND PERFORM NORMAL FUNCTIONS IS ABSOLUTELY IMMENSE, YET THEIR VEGETABLE DIET ALWAYS PROVIDED THAT ENERGY IN ABUNDANCE.

MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE, DUE TO THE MARKETING HYPE OF THE MEAT AND FOOD SUPPLY INDUSTRIES THAT MEAT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO OBTAIN NUTRIENTS NOT FOUND IN PLANTS. THE TRUTH IS VERY DIFFERENT.

THE ONLY SOURCE OF SUCH CRUCIAL NUTRIENTS ARE PLANTS. THE NUTRIENTS CONTAINED IN THE MEAT THEREFORE HAVE BEEN ABSORBED FROM THE PLANT FOOD THEY CONSUME.

NUMEROUS CRUCIAL NUTRIENTS AND AMINO ACIDS SUCH AS L-TRYPTOPHAN, WHICH IS METABOLISED TO MELATONIN AND SEROTONIN TO REGULATE WAKING, SLEEPING, MOOD AND MUCH MORE, ARE MUCH MORE ABUNDANT IN PLANT FOODS. WHILE MOST PEOPLE RECOGNISE THAT PLANT FOODS ARE HEALTHY, MOST DESTROY 90% OR MORE OF AVAILABLE NUTRITION BY COOKING.

ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE AND CRUCIAL ASPECTS OF PLANT FOOD ARE THE DIGESTIVE ENZYMES IN PLANT FOODS WHICH ARE ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL FOR EFFICIENT DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION OF ALL FOOD.

IN OTHER WORDS MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS COMSUMED EXCESSIVELY ARE TOXIC AND UNHEALTHY TO THE HUMAN BODY. WHILE COOKING PLANT FOODS DESTROYS MOST OF THE BENEFITS, AND IN FACT CAN CAUSE A CHEMICAL REACTION RENDERING HARMLESS PLANT CHEMICALS TOXIC. ADD TO THESE FACTS THAT MOST SUPERMARKET FOOD IS PROCESSED IN SOME WAY, ADULTERATED WITH CHEMICALS FOR PRESERVATION, FOOD ENHANCEMENT, AND SOMETIMES INCLUDING HORMONES, INSECTICIDES AND OTHER FARMING BY-PRODUCTS, THEN IT BECOMES EASY TO SEE WHY HUMAN HEALTH IS DETERIORATING RAPIDLY, THE SADDEST TREND BEING AMONG CHILDREN.

PLAIN AND SIMPLE, THE DIET OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE HUMAN POPULATION IS NUTRITIONALLY DEAD OR DEFICIENT AT BEST, TOXIC AND IN THE LONG TERM; LETHAL AT WORST. BUT THIS IS REALLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.

VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING THAT HUMANS PURCHASE TO EAT OR DRINK, OFTEN EVEN THE WATER FROM THE FAUCET, IS TOXIC OR DAMAGING IN SOME WAY, OFTEN CUMULATIVELY, MEANING THE BODY CANNOT RID THEMSELVES OF THESE TOXINS SO THEY BUILD UP OVER A LIFETIME WITH INCREASINGLY DAMAGING EFFECTS, ESPECIALLY IN ADVANCING YEARS WHERE THEY CAN BECOME DEBILITATING.

A VERY DANGEROUS CHEMICAL FOR EXAMPLE PRESENT IN ALMOST ALL DIET DRINKS AND FOODS IS THE HIGHLY TOXIC CHEMICAL ASPARTAME. ALTHOUGH ASPARTAME IS NOT IMMEDIATELY TOXIC UPON ENTRY IN TO THE HUMAN SYSTEM, IT VERY QUICKLY METABOLISES IN TO ASPARTIC ACID, PHENYLALANINE, METHANOL, AND THEN FURTHER METABOLISES IN TO FORMALDEHYDE, FORMIC ACID, AND A DIKETOPIPERAZINE WHICH ARE VERY HIGHLY TOXIC, COLLECTIVELY AFFECTING THE BODY AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM IN SEVERAL WAYS.

PART OF THE AFFECT ON THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INCLUDING BRAIN NEURON ACTIVITY, AND ALSO DAMAGE TO THE LINING AND OTHER PARTS OF THE BRAIN THROUGH FORMALDEHYDE. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IN RECENT YEARS HAS BEEN THE DANGERS OF AIRLINE PILOTS DRINKING DIET DRINKS BEFORE FLIGHTS AND ON AN ONGOING BASIS RESULTING IN A WIDE RANGE OF SERIOUS INCIDENTS AS REPORTED BY RESPECTED NEUROSURGEON DR. RUSSELL BLAYLOCK WHO REPORTED:

"WE CONTINUALLY RECEIVE COMPLAINTS FROM PILOTS ABOUT SEIZURES, CARDIAC PROBLEMS, VISION LOSS, VERTIGO, CONFUSION, DISORIENTATION, ETC. ASSOCIATED WITH CONSUMPTION OF ASPARTAME/NUTRASWEET/SPOONFUL/CANDEREL/E951, ETC.

ASPARTAME IS A COMPOUND OF PHENYLALANINE, ASPARTIC ACID AND A METHYL ESTER WHICH CONVERTS TO METHYL ALCOHOL IN DIGESTION: WOOD ALCOHOL, 1 OUNCE IS A FATAL DOSE, THEN INTO FORMALDEHYDE!

HAVING REVIEWED REPORTS FROM AIRLINE AND PRIVATE PILOTS CONCERNING EFFECTS OF ASPARTAME ON VARIOUS PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS. SEVERAL OF THESE ARE RELATED TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, WHICH PUTS THIS IN CATEGORY OF GREAT CONCERN TO THE PILOT AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE MORE COMMON COMPLAINTS INCLUDE DISORIENTATION, DIFFICULTY THINKING AND CONCENTRATING, VISUAL BLURRING OR EVEN MONOCULAR BLINDNESS, SEIZURES AND HEART FAILURE. IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT THE INGREDIENTS IN ASPARTAME, AS WELL AS ITS BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS, HAVE DELETERIOUS EFFECTS ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND RETINA.

DR. BLAYLOCK CONCLUDES: FINALLY, A SCIENTIFIC STUDY DEMONSTRATED THAT ASPARTAME EXPOSURE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES THE LEVEL OF FORMALDEHYDE IN ALL TISSUE, INCLUDING BRAIN AND RETINA AND THAT THIS BREAKDOWN PRODUCT OF ASPARTAME IS VERY TOXIC TO PROTEINS AND DNA, LEADING TO PERMANENT INJURY TO THESE VITAL CELLULAR COMPONENTS. EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, WAS THE FINDING THIS HIGHLY TOXIC SUBSTANCE ACCUMULATES IN THESE TISSUES WITH CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO ASPARTAME. THIS COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT INJURY TO THE BRAIN, RETINA AND OTHER ORGANS LONG AFTER THE EXPOSURE. ALSO, THE EFFECTS APPEAR TO BE DOSE RELATED. THAT IS, THE MORE ASPARTAME YOU CONSUME, THE GREATER THE DANGER. IT SHOULD BE APPRECIATED THAT FORMALDEHYDE IS A POWERFUL CARCINOGENIC AGENT.

THE EXPERTS SAY THAT ASPARTAME IS A DANGEROUS NEUROTOXIN, AS WELL AS A SIGNIFICANT CARCINOGEN TO MANY ORGANS, AND THAT IT SHOULD BE AVOIDED AT ALL COST. DIET DRINKS AND FOODS CONTAINING ASPARTAME ARE PROBABLY, IN THE LONG TERM, AS DANGEROUS AS EATING RAT POISON, AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED, AND NEVER, EVER FEED TO CHILDREN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. SO WHY IS ASPARTAME ALLOWED TO BE INCLUDED IN DRINKS AND FOODS? FOR EXACTLY THE SAME REASON THAT THE USA IS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING ORGANIC FARMING A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO MAINTAIN THE PROFITS OF THE CHEMICAL AND DRUG COMPANIES AND ONE MULTINATIONAL COMPANY IN PARTICULAR.

THIS IS ONE REASON NO DOUBT THAT THE OBAMA FAMILY HAS CREATED AN ORGANIC FOOD GARDEN IN THE GROUNDS OF THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THEIR OWN FOOD CONSUMPTION, KNOWING THESE LAWS WERE ON THE WAY, AND KNOWING THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE HEALTH OF THEIR OWN FAMILY.

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL CAUSE MILLIONS OF DEATHS AND DEBILITATING DISEASES EVERY YEAR, BUT ANYONE CAN WALK IN TO A SUPERMARKET AND PURCHASE THEM JUST AS THEY CAN PROCESSED FOODS, ASPARTAME DRINKS, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SOAKED IN TOXINS AND POISONS, AND SO ON, ALL IN THE CAUSE OF MONEY, CONTROL AND POWER IN A WORLD WHERE HUMAN LIFE IS RENDERED MEANINGLESS BY THE DARK FORCES, WHO PROMOTE ALL OF THE ABOVE PRODUCTS AS "HEALTHY" IN SOME WAY.  

LET US KEEP IN MIND THAT SWINE FLU HAS BEEN DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO PIG FARMING. MANY OF THESE TOXIC FOODS ARE TARGETED AT CHILDREN.

ANOTHER INSIDIOUS AND VERY HIGHLY DAMAGING AGENT OF ATTACK, SUPPOSEDLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN IS FLUORIDATED WATER WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO "PROTECT AGAINST TOOTH DECAY". NOT ONLY IS THIS NOT TRUE, IT ACTUALLY CAUSES A SERIOUS TOOTH DISEASE CALLED FLUOROSIS, BUT MUCH WORSE IT HAS A SERIOUS LONG TERM EFFECT ON BRAIN NEUROTRANSMITTERS, BRAIN DAMAGE GENERALLY, AND A WHOLE SERIES OF DEBILITATING DISEASES.

THE FIRST TIME FLOURIDES WERE EVER USED IN THIS WAY WAS BY THE NAZIS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHO ADDED THESE TOXIC CHEMICALS TO THE DRINKING WATER OF THEIR CONCENTRATION CAMPS. MUCH OF THE FLUORIDES USED IN DRINKING WATER ARE THE WASTE PRODUCTS OF THE ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY WHO DID A DEAL WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO PURCHASE THESE TOXIC WASTES FROM THEM FOR ADDING TO WATER SUPPLIES IN A MUTUALLY FINANCIALLY BENEFICIAL ARRANGEMENT. ANOTHER MAJOR CHEMICAL USED IN FLUORIDATION OF WATER IS SODIUM FLUORIDE WHICH IS A CLASS 2 POISON IN EUROPE, AND ACCORDING TO MERCK, IS A RAT AND COCKROACH POISON. THS IS THIS ALSO THE CHEMICAL USED IN TOOTHPASTES.

REALISING THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE DRINKING BOTTLED WATER, MORE AND MORE BOTTLED WATER NOW HAS FLUORIDES ADDED DIRECTLY TO ENSURE THAT HUMANS RECEIVE THE INTENDED DOSE SO ALWAYS CHECK THE LABELS. FLUORIDES ALSO HAVE A "DUMBING" DOWN EFFECT ON HUMANS, ONE OF THE REASONS BEHIND THIS DARK STRATEGY. MOST OF TODAY'S ANTI-DEPRESSANTS SUCH AS PROZAC CONTAIN THE FLUORIDE CHEMICAL COMPOUND FLUOXITINE. SO WHAT IS TO BE DONE? WELL CLEARLY A BALANCED, FRESH, RAW, ORGANIC WHOLE FOOD DIET OF VEGETABLES, FRUITS, NUTS, PULSES, FUNGI ETC IS THE CORRECT AND ONLY SAFE, HEALTHY DIET FOR HUMAN BEINGS. WE SHOULD NEVER, EVER EAT PRIMARILY FOR PLEASURE. NUTRITION MUST ALWAYS COME FIRST. 

IF THE FOOD TASTES NICE THEN ALL THE BETTER PLENTY OF RAW VEGAN FOODS DO INDEED TASTE GOOD. IN THE MEANTIME IT IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA TO PURGE THE BODY OF ALL CONTAMINANTS, AND THE BEST WAY OF ACCOMPLISH THIS IS BY A FASTING.

FASTING CAN BE ALMOST MIRACULOUS FOR SOME PEOPLE. FOR EXAMPLE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY DISEASES HEALED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY BY  FASTING, BECAUSE CANCER CELLS SIMPLY CANNOT SURVIVE UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS.

THE HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEM IS ALSO BOOSTED DRAMATICALLY BY FASTING. GARLIC IN PARTICULAR HAS PROFOUND HEALTH BENEFITS INCLUDING A POWERFUL NATURAL ANTIBIOTIC. IT IS A GOOD HABIT TO CONSUME AT LEAST ONE WHOLE, RAW GARLIC BULB EACH DAY.

FASTING IS ALSO PROFOUNDLY BENEFICIAL FROM A SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE DUE TO THE ABUNDANCE OF ADDITIONAL ENERGY AVAILABLE, AND THE HIGH LEVEL OF PURITY FOR BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT. FASTING IS ALSO AN EXCELLENT TEST OF WILLPOWER. 

GOING WITHOUT SOLID FOOD WHILE PEOPLE AROUND YOU ARE STUFFING THEMSELVES WITH FAKE, TOXIC, NUTRITIONALLY DEVOID SUPERMARKET FOODS DOES TAKE CONSIDERABLE INNER STRENGTH OF THE SORT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR SPIRITUAL PROGRESS.

ANYONE WHO CANNOT GO WITHOUT SOLID FOOD FROM DAWN TO DISK IS UNLIKELY TO HAVE THE MIND POWER AND SELF-DISCIPLINE TO ACHIEVE A LIFE FULL OF BLISS IN PARADISE, WHICH IS THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE OF EVERY HUMAN ON EARTH.

JUICE FASTING - DETOXIFYING YOUR TOXIC DIET. WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR A JUICE FAST?

WELL FIRSTLY A HIGH QUALITY JUICER. NEVER USE A JUICER THAT LOOKS LIKE A BLENDER OR PROCESSOR THEY GENERATE TOO MUCH HEAT AND THE FAST MECHANICAL ACTION DESTROYS ENZYMES AND OTHER NUTRIENTS. THESE ARE NOT IN ANY CASE TRUE JUICERS, AND WILL NOT EXTRACT THE SAME BENEFICIAL JUICES. SO WHAT TO JUICE?

YOU SHOULD JUICE MOSTLY VEGETABLES OF ALL TYPES. KEEP IN MIND THAT VEGETABLES CONTAIN VARYING AMOUNTS OF WATER. USE ORGANIC CELERY AND CUCUMBER TO PROVIDE A GOOD LIQUID BASE, TYPICALLY JUICING A WHOLE CUCUMBER OR WHOLE PACK OF CELERY, AND THEN WILL JUICE TOMATOES, SPRING ONIONS, ONE OR TWO WHOLE BULBS OF GARLIC, TWO OR THREE CHILLI'S, BEETS, CARROTS, AND ANY OTHER FRESH ORGANIC VEGETABLES  YOU CAN OBTAIN. THERE IS NO "RECIPE" JUST MAKE IT UP AS YOU GO ALONG. ALSO THERE IS NO WASTE. NEVER CUT OFF THE LEAVES JUST JUICE EVERYTHING.

DRINK A PINT OF JUICE AT A TIME, ONCE OR TWICE PER DAY. THE NUTRITIONAL AND ENZYME CONTENT OF THAT PINT OF JUICE IS ABSOLUTELY STAGGERING ROCKET FUEL FOR THE BODY WITH ALL THE MOST PROFOUND BENEFITS. ALSO JUICE FRUITS FROM TIME TO TIME BUT KEEP THEM TO A NECESSARY MINIMUM BECAUSE FRUIT GENERALLY CONTAINS NOWHERE NEAR THE NUTRITION OF VEGETABLES. JUICES, PARTICULARLY CITRUS JUICES OF ORANGES ETC ARE ACIDIC WHICH IS AN ADVERSE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE HUMAN BODY.

VEGETABLES ALONE PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY NUTRIENTS INCLUDING VITAMIN C. CANCER CAN ONLY SURVIVE IN AN ACID ENVIRONMENT. MANY PEOPLE CONSUME FAR MORE ACIDIC FOOD AND DRINK THAN ALKALINE FOODS AND DRINKS. ONE OF THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS TOWARDS A WIDE RANGE OF CANCERS.

A MAJOR SOURCE OF EXTREME ACIDITY RELATIVE TO THE HUMAN BODY ARE SOFT DRINKS, ESPECIALLY COLA WHICH ARE SO ACIDIC THEY CAN BE USED TO DISSOLVE IMPURITIES AND RESIDUES FROM METALS. DIET VERSIONS OF THESE DRINKS ALSO CONTAIN ASPARTAME, SO DRINKING DIET DRINKS, ESPECIALLY DIET COLA DRINKS ARE SERIOUSLY DAMAGING TO THE HUMAN BODY.

I HOPE THIS HAS PROVIDED YOU WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT TO TAKE A LONG, HARD LOOK AT YOUR OWN DIET, OR AT LEAST THE DIET OF YOUR CHILDREN WHO RELY ON YOU FOR THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. THE ONLY TRUE FOOD IS NATURAL, WHOLE, ORGANIC PLANT BASED PRODUCTS NOTHING ELSE WILL REALLY DO. EATING FOR NUTRITION SHOULD ALWAYS COME BEFORE EATING TO GRATIFY THE SENSES OF TASTE AND SMELL.

BEFORE EMBARKING ON THIS NUTRITIONALLY CORRECT DIET, A THOROUGH DETOXIFICATION THROUGH A 30 DAY FAST WILL BE PROFOUNDLY BENEFICIAL.

"HAPPINESS CANNOT BE TRAVELLED TO, OWNED, EARNED, WORN OR CONSUMED. HAPPINESS IS THE SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE OF LIVING EVERY MINUTE WITH DEVOTION TO WORSHIP OF ONE GOD, AND BEING THANKFUL TO HIM."

BreakFast

DO YOU LEAP OUT OF BED READY FOR A FEAST OR DO YOU GROGGILY GROPE YOUR WAY TO THE KETTLE? 

   

STRAWBERRIES AND YOGHURT: A HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVE TO A FRY-UP   

WHILE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT WE SKIP BREAKFAST OPTING INSTEAD FOR A RUSHED COFFEE AND HIGH CALORIE SNACK, BREAKFAST MAY BE THE KEY MEAL, WHICH CAN MAKE OR BREAK OUR DAY. ALL TOO OFTEN WE DON’T EAT FOOD WHICH WILL FUEL OUR BODIES AND INSTEAD SNACK ON THE RUN AS WE TRY TO BEAT THE CLOCK.

STEP FORWARD, BREAKFAST GURU NOORA WHO’S ON A MISSION TO CONVERT US INTO TRANSFORMING THOSE EARLY-MORNING STARTS. 

ACCORDING TO HER, “THERE ARE SO MANY MAKE-IN-A-MOMENT DISHES WHICH ARE MOUTH-WATERING AND CAN LITERALLY KICK-START OUR ENERGY LEVELS AND SUSTAIN US ALL DAY.

“MOST IMPORTANTLY I THINK THERE’S NOTHING NICER THAN WAKING UP AND TASTING SOMETHING REALLY GOOD. 

“GIVING YOURSELF A TREAT FIRST THING CAN BOOST YOUR MOOD, AND LITERALLY MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GOOD DAY AND A BAD DAY.”

EVEN THE LAZIEST STOP-IN-BEDS COULD SURELY TAKE A FEW SECONDS TO SHAKE UP A FRUIT JUICE SUCH AS WATERMELON AND STRAWBERRY JUICE.

ALTERNATIVELY DIP INTO SMOOTHIES LIKE RASPBERRY AND BANANA YOGHURT OR MAYBE MAKE-UP A WEEK’S SUPPLY OF HEALTHY FRUIT AND NUT PACKED GRANOLA OR MUESLI.

SHE’S GIVEN A TWIST TO CLASSICS SUCH AS HOT SANDWICHES AND KEDGEREE AND INCLUDED A COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF RECIPES FROM BOILED EGGS TO BENEDICT WITH SMOKED TROUT, TO SCRAMBLED DUCK EGGS WITH CREME FRAICHE AND CAVIAR.

MOROCCAN-BORN NOORA CHEERFULLY ADMITS SHE’S SUCH AN ENTHUSIAST OF BREAKFASTS THAT SHE ENTERTAINS FRIENDS TO BRUNCHES INSTEAD OF DINNER PARTIES. 

“I FIND IT SO MUCH EASIER AND LESS STRESSFUL LAYING ON A MID-MORNING SPREAD WITH MAYBE BOWLS OF FRESH FRUITS, HOME-BAKED BREAD AND PLATTERS OF EGG.

“IT CAN TURN INTO A DAY-LONG PARTY AS FRIENDS COME AND GO. 

“YOU CAN EITHER BE VERY HEALTHY AND DRINK FRUIT JUICES OR BE INDULGENT AND DECADENT WITH CHAMPAGNE AND LOTS OF WAFFLES.”   

NOORA’S TOP CHOICES FOR THOSE OCCASIONS CAN BE A SAVOURY TREAT SUCH AS QUAIL’S EGG FLAN WITH CREME FRAICHE AND CHIVES, OR A SWEET DELIGHT SUCH AS RASPBERRY YOGHURT PIKELETS WITH VANILLA MASCARPONE.

SO OPEN YOUR EYES TO BREAKFAST TO TWO OF NOORA’S FAVOURITES - ONE QUICK AND ONE LEISURELY AND MORNINGS WILL NEVER SEEM THE SAME AGAIN!

WILD STRAWBERRY AND VANILLA YOGHURT

(SERVES 4)

INGREDIENTS

200G/7OZ WILD STRAWBERRIES (OR SUPER SWEET STRAWBERRIES IF YOU CAN’T GET WILD)

500G/1LB 2OZ GREEK YOGHURT

SEEDS OF ONE VANILLA POD

2 HEAPED TBSP ICING SUGAR, SIFTED

METHOD

PLACE MOST OF THE BERRIES IN A FOOD PROCESSOR, RESERVING A FEW FOR GARNISH. WHIZZ UNTIL YOU GET A THICK PUREE AND SET ASIDE UNTIL NEEDED.

PLACE THE YOGHURT IN A LARGE MIXING BOWL. BEAT IN THE VANILLA SEEDS AND ICING SUGAR UNTIL WELL COMBINED. 

POUR IN THE STRAWBERRY PUREE AND GENTLY FOLD IT INTO THE YOGHURT TO GET A SLIGHTLY RIPPLED EFFECT. 

SPOON INTO FOUR SMALL BOWLS AND TOP WITH THE RESERVED BERRIES.

THE BREAKFAST CAN BE PREPARED THE NIGHT BEFORE AND KEPT CHILLED IN YOUR REFRIGERATOR.

Berries

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN OUR POWER EXCEPT OUR OWN THOUGHTS.

IT IS IN VAIN TO EXPECT OUR PRAYERS TO BE ANSWERED, IF WE DO NOT STRIVE TO CORRECT OUR KNOWLEDGE BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NOBLE QURAN AND THE SUNNAH OF PROPHET MUHAMMED (PBUH)

BERRIES LINKED TO IMPROVED MEMORY

NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT CONSUMING A DIET RICH IN BERRIES MAY HELP IMPROVE BRAIN FUNCTIONING AND MEMORY. THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED BY SCIENTISTS WHO TESTED THEIR THESIS ON RATS. RESULTS SHOWED RATS THAT CONSUMED BERRIES PERFORMED BETTER ON MEMORY EXERCISES AND HAD HIGHER LEVELS OF DOPAMINE. THOUGH THE FINDINGS ARE ENCOURAGING, MORE RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE RESULTS APPLY TO HUMAN BEINGS AS WELL.

IN BOTANY, THE BERRY IS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF SIMPLE FLESHY FRUIT; A FRUIT IN WHICH THE ENTIRE OVARY WALL RIPENS INTO AN EDIBLE PERICARP. THE FLOWERS OF THESE PLANTS HAVE A SUPERIOR OVARY AND THEY HAVE ONE OR MORE CARPELS WITHIN A THIN COVERING AND VERY FLESHY INTERIORS. THE SEEDS ARE EMBEDDED IN THE COMMON FLESH OF THE OVARY. 

IN THIS SENSE, THE TOMATO IS A BERRY AND THE STRAWBERRY IS NOT; RATHER, EVERY STRAWBERRY ON A STRAWBERRY PLANT MAKES 1 BERRY AS A WHOLE. OTHER EXAMPLES OF BOTANICAL BERRIES INCLUDE THE GRAPE, DATE, AVOCADO, PERSIMMON, EGGPLANT, GUAVA, UCHUVA (GROUND CHERRY) AND CHILLI PEPPER. THE FRUIT OF CITRUS, SUCH AS THE ORANGE AND LEMON, IS A MODIFIED BERRY CALLED A HESPERIDIUM. THE FRUIT OF CUCUMBERS AND THEIR RELATIVES ARE MODIFIED BERRIES CALLED "PEPOES." A PLANT THAT BEARS BERRIES IS REFERRED TO AS BACCIFEROUS. 

IN COMMON PARLANCE AND CUISINE, THE TERM "BERRY" REFERS GENERICALLY TO ANY SMALL, SWEET FRUIT; IN THIS SENSE, THE STRAWBERRY IS A BERRY AND THE TOMATO IS NOT. OTHER BERRIES IN THIS, BUT NOT THE BOTANICAL SENSE INCLUDE AGGREGATE FRUITS SUCH AS THE BLACKBERRY, THE RASPBERRY AND THE BOYSENBERRY. 

THESE FRUITS TEND TO BE SMALL, SWEET, JUICY AND OF A BRIGHT COLOUR CONTRASTING WITH THEIR BACKGROUND TO MAKE THEM MORE ATTRACTIVE TO ANIMALS THAT DISPERSE THEM AND THUS SCATTER WIDELY THE SEEDS OF THE PLANT.  

WHEN YOU REMEMBER ME, IT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE CARRIED SOMETHING OF WHO I AM WITH YOU, THAT I HAVE LEFT SOME MARK OF WHO I AM ON WHO YOU ARE. IT MEANS THAT YOU CAN SUMMON ME BACK TO YOUR MIND EVEN THOUGH COUNTLESS YEARS AND MILES MAY STAND BETWEEN US. IT MEANS THAT IF WE MEET AGAIN, YOU WILL KNOW ME. IT MEANS THAT EVEN AFTER I DIE, YOU CAN STILL SEE MY FACE AND REMEMBER MY VOICE AND SPEAK TO ME IN YOUR HEART. FOR AS LONG AS YOU REMEMBER ME, I AM NEVER ENTIRELY LOST. IF YOU FORGET ME, PART OF WHO I AM WILL BE GONE.

TO GET SOMETHING YOU NEVER HAD, YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING YOU NEVER DID.'  WHEN GOD TAKES SOMETHING FROM YOUR GRASP, HE'S NOT PUNISHING YOU, BUT MERELY OPENING YOUR HANDS TO RECEIVE SOMETHING BETTER.  CONCENTRATE ON THIS SENTENCE... 'THE WILL OF GOD WILL NEVER TAKE YOU WHERE THE GRACE OF GOD WILL NOT PROTECT YOU.'  

Go Bananas

NEVER PUT BANANA IN THE REFRIGERATOR! !!

BANANAS CONTAIN THREE NATURAL SUGARS - SUCROSE, FRUCTOSE AND GLUCOSE COMBINED WITH FIBER. A BANANA GIVES AN INSTANT, SUSTAINED AND SUBSTANTIAL BOOST OF ENERGY.

RESEARCH HAS PROVEN THAT JUST TWO BANANAS PROVIDE ENOUGH ENERGY FOR A STRENUOUS 90-MINUTE WORKOUT. NO WONDER THE BANANA IS THE NUMBER ONE FRUIT WITH THE WORLD'S LEADING ATHLETES.

BUT ENERGY ISN'T THE ONLY WAY A BANANA CAN HELP US KEEP FIT.

IT CAN ALSO HELP OVERCOME OR PREVENT A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF ILLNESSES AND CONDITIONS, MAKING IT A MUST TO ADD TO OUR DAILY DIET. 

DEPRESSION: ACCORDING TO A RECENT SURVEY UNDERTAKEN BY MIND AMONGST PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM DEPRESSION , MANY FELT MUCH BETTER AFTER EATING A BANANA. THIS IS BECAUSE BANANAS CONTAIN TRYPTOPHAN, A TYPE OF PROTEIN THAT THE BODY CONVERTS INTO SEROTONIN, KNOWN TO MAKE YOU RELAX, IMPROVE YOUR MOOD AND GENERALLY MAKE YOU FEEL HAPPIER.

PMS: FORGET THE PILLS EAT A BANANA. THE VITAMIN B6 IT CONTAINS REGULATES BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS , WHICH CAN AFFECT YOUR MOOD.

ANEMIA: HIGH IN IRON, BANANAS CAN STIMULATE THE PRODUCTION OF HEMOGLOBIN IN THE BLOOD AND SO HELPS IN CASES OF ANEMIA.

BLOOD PRESSURE: THIS UNIQUE TROPICAL FRUIT IS EXTREMELY HIGH IN POTASSIUM YET LOW IN SALT, MAKING IT PERFECT TO BEAT BLOOD PRESSURE. SO MUCH SO, THE US FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION HAS JUST ALLOWED THE BANANA INDUSTRY TO MAKE OFFICIAL CLAIMS FOR THE FRUIT'S ABILITY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF BLOOD PRESSURE AND STROKE.

BRAIN POWER: 200 STUDENTS AT A TWICKENHAM (MIDDLESEX) SCHOOL WERE HELPED THROUGH THEIR EXAMS THIS YEAR BY EATING BANANAS AT BREAKFAST, BREAK, AND LUNCH IN A BID TO BOOST THEIR BRAIN POWER. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT THE POTASSIUM-PACKED FRUIT CAN ASSIST LEARNING BY MAKING PUPILS MORE ALERT. 

CONSTIPATION : HIGH IN FIBER, INCLUDING BANANAS IN THE DIET CAN HELP RESTORE NORMAL BOWEL ACTION, HELPING TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEM WITHOUT RESORTING TO LAXATIVES. 

HANGOVERS : ONE OF THE QUICKEST WAYS OF CURING A HANGOVER IS TO MAKE A BANANA MILKSHAKE, SWEETENED WITH HONEY. THE BANANA CALMS THE STOMACH AND, WITH THE HELP OF THE HONEY, BUILDS UP DEPLETED BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS , WHILE THE MILK SOOTHES AND RE-HYDRATES YOUR SYSTEM.

HEARTBURN: BANANAS HAVE A NATURAL ANTACID EFFECT IN THE BODY, SO IF YOU SUFFER FROM HEARTBURN, TRY EATING A BANANA FOR SOOTHING RELIEF.

MORNING SICKNESS : SNACKING ON BANANAS BETWEEN MEALS HELPS TO KEEP BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS UP AND AVOID MORNING SICKNESS. 

MOSQUITO BITES: BEFORE REACHING FOR THE INSECT BITE CREAM, TRY RUBBING THE AFFECTED AREA WITH THE INSIDE OF A BANANA SKIN. MANY PEOPLE FIND IT AMAZINGLY SUCCESSFUL AT REDUCING SWELLING AND IRRITATION.

NERVES: BANANAS ARE HIGH IN B VITAMINS THAT HELP CALM THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 

OVERWEIGHT AND AT WORK? STUDIES AT THE INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY IN AUSTRIA FOUND PRESSURE AT WORK LEADS TO GORGING ON COMFORT FOOD LIKE CHOCOLATE AND CRISPS. LOOKING AT 5,000 HOSPITAL PATIENTS, RESEARCHERS FOUND THE MOST OBESE WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE IN HIGH-PRESSURE JOBS. THE REPORT CONCLUDED THAT, TO AVOID PANIC-INDUCED FOOD CRAVINGS, WE NEED TO CONTROL OUR BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS BY SNACKING ON HIGH CARBOHYDRATE FOODS EVERY TWO HOURS TO KEEP LEVELS STEADY. 

ULCERS: THE BANANA IS USED AS THE DIETARY FOOD AGAINST INTESTINAL DISORDERS BECAUSE OF ITS SOFT TEXTURE AND SMOOTHNESS. IT IS THE ONLY RAW FRUIT THAT CAN BE EATEN WITHOUT DISTRESS IN OVER-CHRONICLER CASES. IT ALSO NEUTRALIZES OVER-ACIDITY AND REDUCES IRRITATION BY COATING THE LINING OF THE STOMACH.

TEMPERATURE CONTROL : MANY OTHER CULTURES SEE BANANAS AS A "COOLING" FRUIT THAT CAN LOWER BOTH THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL TEMPERATURE OF EXPECTANT MOTHERS. IN THAILAND, FOR EXAMPLE, PREGNANT WOMEN EAT BANANAS TO ENSURE THEIR BABY IS BORN WITH A COOL TEMPERATURE.

SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER 

(SAD): BANANAS CAN HELP SAD SUFFERERS BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN THE NATURAL MOOD ENHANCER TRYPTOPHAN.

SMOKING & TOBACCO USE: BANANAS CAN ALSO HELP PEOPLE TRYING TO GIVE UP SMOKING. THE B6, B12 THEY CONTAIN, AS WELL AS THE POTASSIUM (K) AND MAGNESIUM (MA) FOUND IN THEM, HELP THE BODY RECOVER FROM THE EFFECTS OF NICOTINE WITHDRAWAL . 

STRESS: POTASSIUM IS A VITAL MINERAL, WHICH HELPS NORMALIZE THE HEARTBEAT, SENDS OXYGEN TO THE BRAIN AND REGULATES YOUR BODY'S WATER BALANCE. WHEN WE ARE STRESSED, OUR METABOLIC RATE RISES, THEREBY REDUCING OUR POTASSIUM LEVELS. THESE CAN BE REBALANCED WITH THE HELP OF A HIGH-POTASSIUM BANANA SNACK.

STROKES: ACCORDING TO RESEARCH IN "THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 'EATING BANANAS AS PART OF A REGULAR DIET CAN CUT THE RISK OF DEATH BY STROKES BY AS MUCH AS 40%! 

WARTS: THOSE KEEN ON NATURAL ALTERNATIVES SWEAR THAT IF YOU WANT TO KILL OFF A WART, TAKE A PIECE OF BANANA SKIN AND PLACE IT ON THE WART, WITH THE YELLOW SIDE OUT. CAREFULLY HOLD THE SKIN IN PLACE WITH A PLASTER OR SURGICAL TAPE! 

SO, A BANANA REALLY IS A NATURAL REMEDY FOR MANY ILLS. WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO AN APPLE, IT HAS FOUR TIMES THE PROTEIN, TWICE THE CARBOHYDRATE, THREE TIMES THE PHOSPHORUS, FIVE TIMES THE VITAMIN A AND IRON, AND TWICE THE OTHER VITAMINS AND MINERALS . IT IS ALSO RICH IN POTASSIUM AND IS ONE OF THE BEST VALUE FOODS AROUND SO MAYBE ITS TIME TO CHANGE THAT WELL-KNOWN PHRASE SO THAT WE SAY, "A BANANA A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY!" 

SHINE YOUR SHOESJ TAKE THE INSIDE OF THE BANANA SKIN, AND RUB DIRECTLY ON THE SHOE...POLISH WITH DRY CLOTH.......

SHINE YOUR FACE = MIX BANANA WITH HONEY AND A BIT OF LEMON JUICE, MAKE PASTE, APPLY ON YOUR FACE (BEWARE OF SKIN ALLERGY- SO MAKE A TEST DOZE FIRST), KEEP FOR HALF AN HOUR EVERY DAY BEFORE SUN-RISE AND WASH OUT... AND YOUR FACE WILL SHINE LIKE FRESH BANANA.... 

PS: BANANAS MUST BE THE REASON MONKEYS ARE SO HAPPY ALL THE TIME!