Feed Your Genes: Express Your Health and Performance Potential!

Dr. James Chestnut explains the science and application of matching lifestyle choices with our human genetic requirements for the expression of our wellness, prevention, and performance potential. His simple yet profound concept of Eat Well - Move Well - Think WellTM as the foundation of a healthy lifestyle and a longer, better, more successful life has helped transform the practices of thousands of doctors and the lives of millions of patients and members of the public worldwide. Learn how to match your lifestyle choices to your genetic blueprint and remove the confusion about nutrition, exercise, stress, and emotional health.



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Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8

Dr Terry Wahls - Reversed her MS

“Drugs are not the answer. Let food, good, wholesome food, be thy medicine.”

                                Dr. Terry Wahls 

The Wahls Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit entity created May 11, 2011 whose mission is to educate the public and health-care practitioners about the benefits of an integrative approach to optimal health.

The initial research focus will be on multiple sclerosis.  The education sessions targeting the public and health care practitioners will stress an integrative approach for reducing chronic disease symptoms and optimizing health and vitality.

This integrative approach includes intensive directed nutrition, exercise, neuromuscular electrical stimulation and other health-promoting behaviors. 

for more information:  http://www.terrywahls.com/

Industry Icon In The Fight of His Life

Feature Article

"Twister--Industry Icon In The Fight of His Life"

By Todd Durkin, MA, C.S.C.S., Owner, Fitness Quest 10 (SD, CA)  

I need to share a remarkable story of a fitness professional in the fight of his life. He is someone I have long admired. Someone I have shared the stage with many times. One of the best presenters I have ever heard. A wildly successful entrepreneur who has earned more accolades in his storied strength and conditioning career than most can dream.

Peter Twist is one of the most successful trainers 
and performance coaches of ALL-TIME.  His business, Twist Sport Conditioning, is a world-class training & performance facility in Vancouver, Canada, with franchises in the US and Canada.

For eleven years, Pete was an NHL strength coach. And since then, has devoted his life to helping kids and adults become their very best. His passion and energy are infectious, his intelligence is incredible, and his spirit is unbreakable. As a matter of fact, Pete may be in the best shape of any forty-seven year old I know, male or female. With the fitness and conditioning of an elite pro athlete, he looks like he can still suit up and play. And dominate!

But life took a strange turn earlier this year. Out of nowhere, Pete was diagnosed with Stage 4 Nasopharyngeal cancer (head/neck) that had spread throughout his lymph system. He was asymptomatic when he first went to the doctor in January 2011 (just about a year ago), and has been through hell and back since then, fighting one heckuva fight to force this thing into remission. He would tell you himself that this has been tougher than any fight he has ever faced in his long and successful hockey career.

I recently had dinner with Pete at his home in Vancouver. It gave us some quiet time to sit and talk. About fitness. About our industry. And about life. What a conversation it was. 

I asked Pete if I could share his story, it truly is inspirational, because not many people know of his battle. As a matter of fact, for four of the hardest months earlier this year, only six people even knew Pete was sick. More know now, but the chance to share Pete's story here with you is a chance to share some of the most IMPACTFUL words I have ever heard from another person. There are "deep lessons" from Pete's journey, and I share them with his blessing and his hope that they might empower others in a similar battle for their health or other challenge in their lives.

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One of the interesting things about Pete's story is that there were no detectable signs or symptoms when he was diagnosed. He acted on his own intuition that something was wrong and asked to be tested. At first, doctors resisted because "he had nothing wrong."  His physical appearance, strong vitals, and healthy lifestyle, said (on the surface) that nothing "appeared wrong."

When the truth of the situation was revealed, doctors found a tumor the size of a baseball located about 2 mm from the brain stem. A thorough diagnosis placed the chance of survival for three-years at 25%.

What followed was brutal. Two months of chemotherapy and radiation at the highest intensity one can receive. When I asked what that felt like, Pete described it as "severe burning of my mouth, face, and neck from the inside out." Taking in nutrients was next to impossible; requiring "thirty minutes under layered pain-killers to get down a glass of vanilla protein drink." Knowing Pete, he was probably yelling like a gladiator to get it down and get it done.

I learned that the effects of head and neck radiation continue to accumulate for five to seven weeks post-treatment. That means the side-effects get worse and worse even after treatments stop. Pete said this was one of the most frustrating parts of the entire experience. 

From Pete: "My objective was to keep as much strength and physical mass as possible and to do little things HOURLY to deal with symptoms and set myself up to have a little higher starting point when I could manage to start ramping back up. A one percent difference was worth fighting for relentlessly."

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We talked about life lessons and as always, his words were deep and introspective.

*    "QUARTERBACK YOUR OWN HEALTH AND OWN THE PROCESS" Doctors: oncologists, nutritionists, naturopaths, chiropractors, you name it - all come from different backgrounds, academic paradigms, and philosophies. Many of them do tremendous work, but are often overwhelmingly busy in their day-to-day and guided by the 'system.' It is critical that YOU determine what is right for YOU and take charge at each step. Quarterback your health and quarterback the team you assemble for any acute challenge in life.

*    FOLLOW YOUR GUT, FOLLOW YOUR INTUITION. "If you're strong and healthy, you won't get looked at the same or as thoroughly by your doctors.  They make assumptions based on fitness, appearance, symptoms, and positive energy. Insist they look deeper." 

Pete went in because of a premonition, a gut-call that something "wasn't right."  He really had to press to get the right team together and get the tests done to eventually be diagnosed and then treated because he looked healthy. Had he waited until symptoms appeared, the results may have been....

*    BE PROACTIVE. How you feel, your physicality, your health metrics, your blood work, and lack of symptoms do not necessarily mean you're A-OK at the cellular level. Pete did crazy research on cancer, and believes, "We all have cancer five to seven times in a lifetime. Most we naturally eradicate from our systems... some we do not."

*    DON'T PLAY THE VICTIM CARD. It took a tremendous amount of grit and determination for Pete to get this far in the fight. He doesn't like "wearing the cancer hat." When going to the hospital for chemotherapy and radiation, he would drive his car "straight to the top" of the roof of the cancer center and park. He did not want to park where it said "PATIENT" painted on the wall. He would enter the parking garage with inspirational music cranked (AC/DC or POD if I know him!) and later would say, "Is that all you got? Give me your best shot!"  After each radiation and chemo treatment, he would attempt to exercise right away, sometimes right in the parking garage. Literally.

*    HEAL FROM WITHIN. Look beyond traditional nutrition guidelines and organic foods and invest in a deeper understanding of all the variables affecting cellular health. 

*    WE DON'T "RISE TO THE OCCASION"; WE "SINK TO THE LEVEL OF OUR TRAINING." This is a message for trainers: Make sure you are ready for a battle and that your clients are too--one day everyone will face an immense challenge. I like what Pete says, "You can't be your best when your best is needed and you aren't in peak condition." He adds, "I believe survival is in part determined by a will to live, a will to love, and a willpower to do the hard things well every minute during challenge, pain, and suffering. Become very passionate about LIFE and engage in activities in a way that grows WILL and WILLPOWER."

WOW. Don't wait until there's a problem to start training like an animal and begin living TODAY like it's your last day on earth. Powerful words.

*    BREAK ALL THE RULES. "You must be willing to change YOUR rules: to adopt healthful strategies that give you an edge, to step up and break from the traditional medical model, to return to action."  Pete is an example that we are capable of more than we might be told. Fight to give EVERY effort any moment to build your physiology and physicality. Work at YOUR pace - not the pace of the average sick person. Not the pace expected by the disease model. Be willing to do everything it takes to get back to where you were. Act on your personal pride, conviction, and your will to live "FULL ON" for yourself and all those around you.

Pete's words really stuck with me. He is an incredible man and truly inspirational. He ended his story with this (and I will paraphrase): Growth comes from challenges and of these, there are very few that will force you to draw upon absolutely one hundred percent  of every single element of your being. One hundred percent of every personal resource within you. When one of these challenges presents itself, it will be an amazing opportunity. After the anger and fear have ripped through you, after you face your sadness and concern for loved ones, be sure to see the amazing opportunity you've been given. The battle will become a set of scars you carry with quiet pride and deeper gratitude for the chapters ahead of you. The personal growth is strong and real. Don't be bound up or held back from the beating you'll take. Springboard from it and let it ignite every single day for the rest of your life.

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My evening with Pete ended with some "HEALING FROM WITHIN." Pete's diet for this past year has been mostly raw vegetables and a concoction of organic foods, supplements, and powerful antioxidants to fortify his system. So when he asked me if I would like one of his "desserts," I willingly obliged. It was here I was introduced to what I now call "Twister's 27-Ingredient Jungle Juice." This "shake" has so many things in it I can't remember them all. Three times a day for almost a year: cabbage, broccoli, spinach, raspberries, blueberries, cranberry juice, greens mix, fish oils, and many other "goodies" in it. Sounds disgusting, huh? Pete said, "You think this tastes horrible? Try cancer and then tell me if you like it." Despite not knowing all that's in it or if there are really twenty-seven ingredients, by the end, it tasted real good! For me, that night, sharing Twister's 27-Ingredient Jungle Juice was a spiritual moment.

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Pete is now almost one-year post diagnosis. He powers UP mountains running and laughs rambunctiously as he races down; he lifts hard and heavy again in his Twist Sport Conditioning Center and does wind sprints like he did when he was competing. He's teaching again and back in the trenches making a difference. But most of all, he's enjoying life and is as vibrant and FULL OF LIFE as I've ever seen him.

Pete recently developed a CREED for himself, his team, and all the clients they touch.  Think to this as your life motto:  "Life is short...LIVE EVERYDAY.  Today I will GIVE everything I have, what I keep inside I will lose forever." 

Thank you Pete Twist for the man you are. The trainer you are. And the friend you are. I hope your story IMPACTS thousands of people to live their BEST LIFE EVERYDAY just as you do. Thanks brother!

**Note: Connect with Pete on Facebook: http://facebook.com/peter.twist13
 

Todd Durkin, MA, CSCS, is an internationally recognized performance coach, personal trainer and massage therapist who motivates, educates and inspires people worldwide.  He is the owner of Fitness Quest 10 in San Diego, CA, where his wonderful team of 35 focuses on personal training, massage therapy, Pilates, yoga, sports performance training and nutrition to help transform the bodies, minds and spirits of a broad clientele.  Todd trains dozens of NFL and MLB athletes. He is the head of the Under Armour Performance Training Council, serves on the Gatorade G-Fit Team, and is a featured presenter on the Perform Better educational circuit.  He is a two-time Trainer of the Year (IDEA & ACE).  Additionally, Todd provides motivational talks and programs to companies and conferences worldwide.  Men's Health recently named his gym, Fitness Quest 10, one of the Top 10 Gyms in the US.  Todd has appeared on 60 Minutes, ESPN, NFL Network and has been featured in Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Business Week, Prevention, ESPN the Magazine, Men's Health, Men's Fitness, Men's Journal, Stack Magazine, Self, Shape, Fitness, the NY Times and Washington Post.  Todd has authored 35 DVDs on strength and conditioning, functional fitness, massage/bodywork and business/personal growth. His book, The IMPACT! Body Plan, is a 10 Week comprehensive program designed to create world-class fitness and life performance.  You can sign up for Todd's FREE award-winning Ezine newsletter, the TD TIMES, at www.FitnessQuest10.com or www.ToddDurkin.com.

 
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-------The Sleeping Giant for Health Care Cost Savings-------

A four year study was done to estimate the cost benefit of chiropractic coverage for an insurance company. This study revealed that inclusion of chiropractic benefits in a managed care plan results in a reduction in overall utilization of health care resources and cost savings.  In this study, chiropractic care was utilized 33 times more than medical care.  They estimate an annual reduction of $16 million dollars in people with chiropractic coverage as a result of lower utilization of high cost items, and this was a conservative estimate. KEEP IN MIND THIS IS ONE INSURANCE COMPANY out of San Diego, CA - American Specialty Health Plans Inc. - 
This is only one company and chiropractic can give it 16 million a year in savings!!!



Reference: Legorreta, AP, MD, MPH...Archives of Internal Medicine 2004; 164 October 11, 2004 pages 1985-1992.


THIS IS AMAZING!  Chiropractic is AWESOME! 

Illustration by Nata Metlukh

A Miracle Story

Chiropractor Chris Burfield describes his wife’s birthing experience and his baby’s resultant miracles.

what is that crazy chiropractic word...Subluxation?

A subluxation causes the body to be out of balance, harmony, and ease.  

Modern living creates ever increasing stresses that cause subluxation, which in turn creates imbalance, dis-harmony, and dis-ease in your body and mind.

Chiropractors are interested in helping you replace this stress and subluxation with balance, harmony and ease in your body and mind. 

The Association of Chiropractic Colleges Position Paper states:
"Chiropractic is concerned with the preservation and restoration of health, and focuses particular attention on the subluxation."  "A subluxation is a complex of functional and /or structural and/or pathological articular changes that compromise neural integrity and may influence organ system function and general health."


Specifically, a vertebral subluxation is when the spine loses it's normal range of motion and/or alignment at any segmental level.  This loss of motion and/or alignment in the spine is a stressor and causes a 'stress response' physiology.  This 'stress response' physiology causes the body to break down at an increased rate.  Overall there is: 1) a decrease in health promoting signals to the brain (proprioception)  2) An increase in stress signals to the brain (nocioception) 3) An increase in adaptive stress physiology to the brain and body.  

Simply put, a vertebral subluxation is when the spine is not working right which causes the brain and body to not work right, ultimately causing the body and brain to break down at a faster rate than normal.

When a person is subluxated, the spine is out of balance and breaks down faster.  The spine will move too much in some areas and too little in other areas, resulting in chronic inflamation and atrophy.  Scar tissue is laid down as a protective measure in the case of atrophy, which in turn restricts motion more.  Calcification is a normal process in areas that move too much for the purpose of stabilization and or resistance.  Calcification also occurs in these areas due to the chronic inflamation.  Calcification over time leads to bone spur formation.  

Motion restriction of the spine causes a stress response in a person, a subluxation is a stressor to the body-mind as a whole.  Motion Restriction of the vertebral motor unit causes decreased mechanoreception, which causes changes in afferent nerve activity.  Decreased mechanorection to the cerebellar-cortical loops results in a decrease in function in many areas, including but not limited to: immune, endocrine, organ, vestibular, and limbic.  The stress response causes catecholamines, cortisol, and a whole array of cascading events that create destruction and break down in the body.  

Increased stress hormone levels cause: (catecholamine response) a down regulation of insulin receptors, a liberation of free fatty acids, sharpened signal detection at the cost of concentration, increased heart rate, increased cardiac output and increased blood pressure, vasoconstriction (such as vessels for organs) and vasodialation (muscles used for body movement) of blood vessels, Anxiety (which uses up serotonin substrate), and increased craving for sugar and fat...(cortisol response) increased blood sugar, down regulation of insulin receptors, down regulation of the expression of the gene for increased HDL, down regulation of the gene for the uptake of LDL, down regulated cell mediated immunity, increased heart rate (cardiac output) and blood pressure, decrease in sex hormone binding globulin.  How are we looking for Heart Disease? Cancer? Diabetes? Obesity? Anxiety and Depression?  ADD and ADHD?

To make it simple, remember this: not only does the spine physically degenerate and break down much faster when subluxated, a subluxated spine causes vast neurological changes in a persons physiology that also cause the body-mind as a whole to degenerate and break down much faster than normal...in short, when the spine is functioning poorly, you break down faster.   Adjustments restore function in the spine, therefore restore function in you as a whole.

 all references to this article can be found in James Chestnut's book The 14 Foundational PremisesTM for the Scientific and Philosophical Validation of the Chiropractic Wellness Paradigm


www.scottlloyd.info

 

I have a question for you...

I have a question for you:

What do Hypertension, Tooth decay, Cancer, and Subluxation have in common?

Feeling


That's right, feeling.


When does a person feel hypertension, tooth decay, cancer, and subluxation?

The answer is: after the dis-ease process has been breaking the body down for a long period of time, then one feels 'it'.
The point is this: basing your health on how you feel is shortsighted and often costly. Optimal health is optimal function, just as good health is good function, and poor health is poor function...
health = function = homeostasis (balance, harmony, and ease on a cellular level).

Some of you may be asking what is a subluxation anyway?

Subluxation is stress adaptation in the body that results in misalignments, tension, and/or loss of motion in one or more of the spinal segments. Simply put, when the spine is not working as good as it could.

Subluxation = misalignments, tension, and/or loss of motion in any of the spinal segments due to stress (physical stressors, emotional stressors, and chemical stressors). This stress and tension in the spine puts stress and tension in the nerve system. And when the nerve system has stress and tension in it, the brain and body communication system gets interfered with, causing the body to not work properly and breakdown. In addition, stress and tension in the spine puts stress and tension in the nerve system causing a decrease in nerve energy to the body, which in turn causes the body to breakdown and not work properly.

This is one of the reasons why chiropractors educate people about the importance of regular chiropractic care. Because damage can occur to your body without you even feeling it. I often teach this simple fact: you only feel 10% of your nerve system because 90% is for function and 10% is for feeling. This means 9 out of 10 times when there is stress and tension in the spine causing stress and tension in the nerve system you will feel nothing, zip, zero, nada!!! Subluxation, just like cancer, heart disease, and tooth decay will show no signs or symptoms for long periods of time even though damage is being done on a cellular level. People often feel great for years to only find out one day that they have some major health problem that went undetected for years. This is why we urge you to get your spine checked even when you feel great.

You see, regular chiropractic care is so important for your overall well being. Regular chiropractic care along with regular spinal hygiene exercises is like brushing and flossing the spine. Just like brushing and flossing the teeth, it is wise to 'brush and floss' the spine. Just like good dental hygiene is important, so is good spinal hygiene. As a matter of fact, it is my humble opinion that it is more important to have good spinal hygiene because teeth are replaceable and the spine isn't.

I really do hope you are feeling me on this one.

It is good spinal hygiene that prevents spinal degeneration, nerve interference and total body breakdown. If you have not already considered this, please consider making chiropractic care a healthy lifestyle choice for you and your family. Participate regularly. Regular chiropractic care is a proactive approach to being healthy, preventing disease and promoting well being.

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Many Blessings to you and your loved ones,

Scott Lloyd, Chiropractor
Cafe of Life
Helping Families Create Health, Happiness, & Well Being
www.scottlloyd.info

Hunter Gatherer Diet...in a Simple Video

The video below has some good humor in order to make a point.  It is a simple way to explain the Hunter Gatherer Diet...The Paleo Answer Book is a must have, and the Innate Diet Book is the best textbook on the subject of Nutrition.  These two books are  highly recommended. ...lastly, the video is on point and very entertaining!!! 

  
Click here for an excerpt from The Innate Diet and Natural Hygiene.







- here are the links for the books that I recommend:
http://www.thewellnesspractice.com/products/innate_diet_natural_hygiene.cfm

 http://thepaleodiet.com/store/the-paleo-answer

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Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease

Even though I have a disagreement (i do believe there is enough evidence that non-commercial grass fed free range organic wild meat is healthy for us)...This is a great interview...Enjoy.

Lifesaver Water - Truly Amazing

When I watched this video, I was so grateful and hopeful for millions without clean water.  This Lifesaver Bottle is so Amazing!

Spinal Hygiene..."All Systems Go!"

Proper structure of the spine is required for proper function of the nervous system as it relates to the control and regulation of global physiology (total body function) and health. - from the book: The 14 Foundational PremisesTM for the Scientific and Philosophical Validation of the Chiropractic Wellness Paradigm. James L. Chestnut B.eD., MSc., D.C., CCWP

The nerve system consists of the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and neurotransmitters. Your nerve system is what is used by the intelligent life inside of you to control and coordinate all functions in your body. All systems in the body communicate with each other and the brain via the nerve system. The nerve system is known as the master control system, it controls and regulates everything…the immune system, circulatory system, respiratory system, digestive system, endocrine system, muscular system, skeletal system, reproductive system, and excretory system all need the nerve system to function properly so they can function properly.

The spine protects the spinal cord and allows nerve roots to exit and branch out to all areas of the body. The spine is designed to move and be in alignment. When the spine is aligned and moving well there is clear and optimal nerve system energy and function. When the spine is misaligned and/or restricted in movement there is interference in nerve system energy and function. This is vital, since the nerve system is the master system that controls and coordinates all functions of the body, it is very important to take care of the spine because the spine directly affects the nerve system. In short, the spine affects the nerve system, and the nerve system affects the whole body!

When the spine is misaligned or restricted in movement it is called a subluxation. This loss of motion and/or alignment in the spine causes the body to break down at an increased rate. Specifically, a subluxation causes: 1) a decrease in health promoting signals to the brain (proprioception) 2) an increase in stress signals to the brain (nocioception) 3) a break down and degeneration of the spine and related structures 4) an interference in nerve system function and energy. 5) overall breakdown and degeneration of the whole body (systems, organs, tissues, and cells)

Good spinal hygiene clears out subluxations in the spine. Good spinal hygiene requires these two things on an ongoing basis: 
1) exercises that strengthen the muscles surrounding the spine (core spinal hygiene exercises) 
2) and MOST IMPORTANTLY chiropractic adjustments to remove interference to the nerve system.  The intelligent life inside of you uses these adjustments to get the spine aligned and moving properly (free up any restrictions in movement of the spine). ChiropracTIC and core spinal hygiene exercises work together to retrain the spine into optimal alignment and allow freedom of movement on each spinal level. 

When chiropractic and core spinal hygiene exercises are performed regularly it removes nerve interference, restores proper spinal function, restores proper nerve system function, which in turn restores proper function to all systems in the body…

When you have good Spinal Hygiene, you have Clear Nerve System Energy and Function, and you have "ALL SYSTEMS GO!".


for more reading, get this book: http://www.thewellnesspractice.com/products/14_foundational_premises.cfm

Gerson Therapy for People 'with' Cancer

I want to share this video with everyone. At first it seems that the US medical experts interviewed are right...however, watch the whole video...I wish the doctors and medical experts in the US would learn some valuable lessons here. I care very deeply for those suffering with physical ailments and diseases in this world, please watch, thank you.

Choices...Relief, Prevention, Wellness

In 'Health Care' you may here about relief, prevention, and wellness. Let's explore...

Relief - mostly everyone who is in some sort of pain or discomfort obviously wants relief...I certainly do whenever I have in pain. However, when relief is the only aim it becomes a shortsighted objective which often times leads to greater problems in the end. 'Relief Only' type of care is usually addressing only the symptoms instead of the cause. This is an old paradigm of care and it is outdated, costly, temporary, and shortsighted.

Prevention- Prevention is a word that gets thrown around a lot. Most people associate prevention with a more expensive/more advanced diagnostic test designed to detect a problem that has already happened at an 'early stage'. So I ask this question: If it has been detected did it get prevented? Therefore I say prevention or preventative care is a type of care that helps prevent something from happening - at any stage. This would include healthy lifestyle choices like exercise, eating nutrient dense whole foods from the earth rather than a package, thinking loving thoughts and keeping a positive affirmative mental attitude, dental hygeine, spinal hygeine (spinal exercises and chiropractic), etc. the difference I think between prevention and wellness is two things: 1) the mindset - focusing on preventing something rather than focusing on being at your best. This thinking tends to keep the focus on the 'diseases' or problems which tends to keep someones mindset 'tuned into' all the diseases and problems, which ultimately limits someone. The wellness and prevention lifestyle choices would be the same, perhaps with wellness the goal is to optimize health which leads to engaging in lifestyle choices more frequently than prevention.

Wellness- Recognition that we need to engage in lifestyle choices that create harmony and balance in mind, body, and spirit so we may be at our best and get the most out of life! Being your best! When we engage in wellness choices, then we focus on being our best, which creates a very empowering mindset. When OPTIMIZING HEALTH is the goal LOOKING GREAT and FEELING GREAT is the natural byproduct!!!

What do you want for your life? Perhaps changing your focus and paradigm when it comes to health is what makes most sense to you...GO FOR IT - this is your day - Carpe Diem!

Interview With Joe Dispenza

A Severe Accident Crushed His Spine in Multiple Places, He Healed Without Surgery-By using his BRAIN-and did the MIRACULOUS...

....Voilent Video Games, what are they doing to Your Child's BRAIN...How does Mind over Matter really work?...What is the Mind-Body Connection...GREAT TO WATCH THIS ONE!!!

click here: http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/members/jdispenza.htm

www.scottlloyd.info

What does Science Say About Genes Controlling Your Life?

Bruce Lipton's recent advances in cellular science are heralding an important evolutionary turning point. For almost fifty years we have held the illusion that our health and fate were pre-programmed in our genes, a concept referred to as genetic determinacy. Though mass consciousness is currently imbued with the belief that the character of one's life is genetically predetermined, a radically new understanding is unfolding at the leading edge of science. Cellular biologists now recognize that the environment, the external universe and our internal physiology, and more importantly, our perception of the environment, directly controls the activity of our genes. This video will broadly review the molecular mechanisms by which environmental awareness interfaces genetic regulation and guides organismal evolution.

Watch the Spirit 2000 Conference Video Here or Below: 
http://spirit2000.com/bruceliptonretreat.htm

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Lawrence Palevsky, M.D. speaks on topics of holistic care for children including ear infections, chiropractic care and dietary considerations.

It would be nice if more and more Pediatricians caught up with the evidence, research, and logic that this medical doctor has...instead, most Pediatricians learn only from the 'trusted' AMA and pharmaceutical reps 'scientific studies'.

- The Importance of the Neuro-Spinal System -

The nerve system is the brain, spinal cord, spinal nerves, and neurotransmitters. The nerve system is the master system in the human body. Whatever you call it (Spirit for me), the Spirit/Power/Life Energy/Chi (etc. etc.) that makes us Alive uses the nerve system to control and coordinate all human physiology...it is what makes the mind and body work properly! The nerve system is the medium used to carry our Life Energy that is encoded with information, in the form of mental impulses, from the brain cells to the tissue cells and from the tissue cells back to the brain cells. It is the 'Innernet'.

It is by far the most important system of our body.

The spine and nerve system go hand in hand. The spine is loaded with mechanoreceptors (a neurological relay system to the brain that monitors spinal movement and function). These receptors greatly influence brain function. When the spine is functioning properly, the whole nerve system benefits - and when our whole nerve system benefits our whole being benefits. The spine is so important for overall health, healing and well being.

The spine houses and protects the spinal cord, which is the information highway of our being. It is not only the “health key board” of our body but also is its support structure; just like the “spine” of a building.

The spine is our back, which is what is behind us: our past! The spine harbors all the past experiences we could not properly process and integrate. It is also where we carry everything that we do not want the world to see. It is where we store our “baggage” and our stresses. Many past patterns that no longer serve us lay stagnant, stuck there, affecting our being and physiology.

Let me apply this to you and your life. Think about this: The specific chiropractic adjustment process restores the neurological connections between your brain and body back to optimal levels. The adjustments allow your 'Innernet' and 'human computer' to process and integrate the complexity in your daily life with ease and efficiency. With lifestyle chiropractic care you will increase your inner resistance and resilience, keeping yourself strong on the inside. With ongoing adjustments stress and tension is consistently released and a new physiology emerges, a new quality of life is available, a new “you” unfolds, healing is possible.

Thanks to Arno Burnier for allowing this article to be reproduced (and slightly changed with a personal touch... : )   )

Bottled Water Mania

Bottled-Water-Mania

Taken From:
http://www.newwaveenviro.com/blog/2008/11/26/bottled-water-mania/;

I recently stumbled upon a startling figure: Americans spent nearly $15 billion on bottled water in 2007, up from $11 billion the year before. That is more than the amount American spent on iPods and movie tickets! Why would American spend so much on something as simple as water. Water is the simplest of beverages and it is delivered to ever'

I recently stumbled upon a startling figure: Americans spent nearly $15 billion on bottled water in 2007, up from $11 billion the year before. That is more than the amount American spent on iPods and movie tickets! Why would American spend so much on something as simple as water. Water is the simplest of beverages and it is delivered to every household in America for one ten thousandth of the cost of bottled water.

Why do Americans continue to purchase more and more wasteful bottled water every year despite bottled water being no safer than tap water? The answer is simple: Marketing.

Water bottles have been showing up more and more in our favorite television programming. Fiji Water frequently appears of the show Brothers & Sisters while Poland Spring water is a common prop on the set of The Office. At Whole Foods, the number one item sold by unit is bottled water, above all other food sold at their supermarkets.

We always hear complaints about the cost of gasoline, but why has bottled water consumption increased so much despite it being 3 to 4 times the cost of gasoline. The intense marketing campaigns of the bottled water corporations have us mindlessly buying water in plastic bottles over and over again. Americans need to realize that we can help the environment and our paychecks by installing in-home water filtration systems, for a fraction of the cost of buying bottled water.

Scott Lloyd's Comments:
The chemicals leached into the bottled water from the plastic are toxic and problematic...tap water is toxic...so, get a filtration system. I bought a system that makes 7 types of water...this system is so great in many ways: it is the greatest health promoting system I could find, it eliminates environmental waste, it saves me thousands of dollars over the course of ten to fifteen years, and it even talks to me : )
http://www.newlifewater.info/

AMA Recognizes Chiropractic
By Arno Burnier, D.C.

With the recent recognition of Chiropractic by the American Medical Association, clarification on terminology and purpose is needed. It is my experience that the public is thoroughly confused as to what Chiropractic is and does.

To eliminate any misunderstanding let’s make perfectly clear that Chiropractic and Medicine are two separate and distinct professions.

Medicine deals strictly with sickness and disease whereas Chiropractic deals with the restoration, maintenance and enhancement of health. So at the one end of the spectrum we have Medicine which along with the pharmaceutical companies constitute a sickness and disease management industry. At the other end of the spectrum we have Chiropractic which invests itself exclusively in restoring and maintaining normal function and health.

Medicine care for the ill is based on pathology, medication and surgery. It focuses on ways to either suppress symptoms or to stimulate or inhibit effects.

Chiropractic care is based on health, correction of cause, proper function, purification and cooperation with natural processes.

Where you need to be sick to utilize Medicine, you do not need and preferably you should not be ill to undertake Chiropractic care. Where Medicine studies disease processes. Chiropractic studies health and living processes. Where Medicine is at war to fight, attack, bombard, destroy, and eliminate bacteria, microbe, virus and disease, Chiropractic recognizes that a harmonious symbiotic relationship with our environment is possible, by allowing the body to function properly and adapt within the framework of nature’s laws. Where Medicine fights disease, Chiropractic turns on life.

As much as there is a time and place for Medicine, there is a time and place for Chiropractic. Today Medicine is abused, misused and overused: countless unnecessary surgeries are performed every year and hundredths of thousands of live could be saved by carving out the use of prescription medications and over the counter drugs.Where Medicine shines is in the arena of emergency, first aid and crisis care.

Chiropractic is misused and underused by many as well, frequently used as a last resort when it should be first choice. Common sense dictates that the sequence of care needs to be from the least invasive to the most invasive. So, Chiropractic first, Medicine second and surgery last.

In conclusion both professions are fully separate and distinct in principle, reasoning and method of practice. One is not exclusive of the other.

The American Medical Association - Guilty of Federal Crimes against Chiropractic

"I don't believe in chiropractic"

"I don't like chiropractic, even though I never tried it"

"I am against chiropractic" 


"Chiropractors don't have real schooling" ...

etc. etc. etc.

Did you ever hear these kind of comments from people or physicians?
The sad thing is most people who have a bias against chiropractic have never tried it, really read up on it, or evaluated the philosophy, art and science of chiropractic.  




Did you ever wonder why the undertones of this bias seems to perpetuate in our society? I have friends that practice in Ireland, Italy, Spain, South America and other places overseas. They tell me that the bias seems to be the opposite...chiropractic is highly revered or at least the people are completely open to it.

Most people don't know where this bias came from in our country.  Most people are unaware of the truth about the AMA's conspiracy against chiropractic. Yes, conspiracy...organized medicine spent decades and millions of dollars trying to discredit and destroy chiropractic.  This created a very strong mis-information case against chiropractic before the day and age of the internet and information at our fingertips.  This took place in the day and age when my 'Grandfather would have jumped off a bridge if his medical doctor said so' (well I hope not, don't think he really would have, probably would have come close though).

Here is a summary of the facts about the conspiracy to contain and eliminate the chiropractic profession.

On August 27, 1987, Judge Susan Getzendanner, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, found the American Medical Association, The American College of Surgeons, and The American College of Radiology, guilty of having conspired to destroy the profession of chiropractic in the United States. In a 101-page opinion, Judge Getzendanner ruled that the American Medical Association and its co-conspirators had violated the Sherman Antitrust Laws of the United States. Evidence at the trial showed that the defendants took active steps, often covert, to undermine chiropractic educational institutions, conceal evidence of the usefulness of chiropractic care, undercut insurance programs for patients of chiropractors, subvert government inquiries into the efficacy of chiropractic, engage in a massive disinformation campaign to discredit and destabilize the chiropractic profession and engage in numerous other activities to maintain a medical physician monopoly over health care in this country.

It is a shame that hundreds of thousands of caring medical doctors and millions of their patients were deceived by the AMA. This deception perpetuated ideas and concepts against chiropractic founded on dogma, not science, not clinical outcomes...not results... it stemmed from criminal corruption.


The fact is that chiropractic care is so great, powerful, and helpful for people that the AMA felt threatened.


Read up on this, here is the link: http://www.chiro.org/Wilk/

Happy reading!


...and next time you hear someone who is biased against chiropractic you can say to them..."really, can I get a copy of that? I would like to read the science that supports your statement." or you can say..."Hello it is not the dark ages, get with the times" or you can say..."let me take you to my chiropracTOR, it is my treat, I promise you will love it!"
 EXPERIENCE CHIROPRACTIC!!!


blessings
scott

My Health Shake

Here is a shake recipe that is a TRUE HEALTHY MEAL.  This shake is packed with great nutrition!!!  This recipe can be used as a meal replacement for those interested.  For the dozens of people that have tasted this, they all seem to be pleasantly surprised that it actually tastes good and is very 'filling'.

1 whole organic banana or frozen berries (you can peel banana's and put them in the freezer.  This makes for a colder shake)

1 organic granny smith apple (need to remove the seeds and core)

3 leaf and stem of organic Kale (recommended for Vitamix, Blendtech, etc,  only)

1 cup of organic Spinach or Mixed Greens (recommended for Vitamix, Blendtech, etc,  only)

1 cup of organic Broccoli (can be frozen too)

1 - 2 Tbsp of organic unsalted almond butter

1 serving of a green powder product - I think Vitamineral Green is the best! (www.healthforce.com)

1 serving of an organic protein powder - I use sun warrior (www.sunwarrior.com) or Defense Nutrition (defense whey)

1 serving of organic sufficiency (certified organic, 100% naturally occurring, 100% whole-food sourced, 100% unheated, superfood vitamin mineral supplement) (www.innatechoice.com)

1-2 capsule of cayenne (http://us.naturalfactors.com/search.asp)

1 digestive enzyme (http://www.transformationhealthsystems.com/index.html)

1- 2 probiotic (www.innatechoice.com)

20 tablets of Wuji Chlorella (http://www.wujichlorella.com/)

10-16 ounces of Kangen Water (www.newlifewater.info) or 10-16 ounces of Almond Milk (amount variable to desired thickness).  If you feel the need to make it sweeter, use rice milk.

mix in a blender and drink up!  Remember, for healthier digestion and assimilation, chew your liquids as if they were solid and chew your solids into they turn into liquid.

supplements can be purchased online or at natures nutrition in Brick, NJ

Five Core Principles for Your Health and Well-Being

1. You are more than your physical body. Your physical body is the temple of your spirit...the vehicle you have been given, in which you experience and express your true purpose and full potential in life.  You are a unique divine intelligent creation – a loving energetic being – there is intelligent miraculous Life Energy inside of you that is designed to help you be your best.

2. Life is a continuous process. Everything in life is constantly changing, including your body. In every moment you are either growing stronger or weaker. In every moment you are either moving towards greater levels of health, wellness, and wholeness or away from health, wellness, and wholeness.

3. The strength of your body at any given moment is determined by how fully you are expressing your Life Energy. Maximizing the expression of your Life Energy in your body automatically brings increased levels of health and so much more.

4. Three things are necessary to maximize the expression of your life energy in your body and keep you growing stronger. These three things are: a positive mental focus, a healthy lifestyle, and clear neurological connections between your brain and body.

5. A spine that is functioning properly (aligned and moving well) is necessary to maintain clear neurological connections and a free flow of life energy in your body.


The purpose of chiropractic care is to help you maximize the expression of your life energy in your body. 

www.scottlloyd.info

Cultural Doubt and Unbelief Needs to be Shattered

I was reflecting on the intentions I have, in regards to my ChiropracTIC career.  I am leading as many people as possible to higher levels of health and well-being through chiropracTIC and sharing the truth about health, healing and well-being. These intentions are not so easy to attain. For a few underlying reasons there is a tremendous amount of doubt and unbelief about what chiropracTIC is and does. My level of passion and commitment to the community is high, however, much bias and cultural hypnosis exists.

After reflecting on this I have realized a unique thing about people this day and age. It is an abnormally high level of doubt and unbelief that high levels of health and well-being are obtainable.  People have lost the understanding that health is our natural state. Also, there is an unusual amount of cynicism towards health, healing, and well-being.

People seem to be clueless that they were born to be healthy and vibrant. They really are being led to believe that their bodies are weak and broken, life is sickness, and that they will most likely crawl into the grave after suffering some life robbing illness. That’s the way they see most other people going, so they don’t expect anything else. Not only do they expect nothing better but … they do nothing to change the ‘normal’ path to sickness, degenerative disease and death.

This has caused me to realize the seriousness of my work – literally - people are dying because of faulty beliefs about how the body works, how health is cultivated, and what healing is! No Joke, most people are slowly ‘wilting and withering’ over time into a sickly state and continue to get worse over time. This kind of living robs most people of the quality of life they deserve and moreover puts them to any early death. ChiropracTIC offers a ABOVE DOWN INSIDE OUT PHILOSOPHY that allows anyone to choose a paradigm of Vitalistic Living as a solution to health and well-being!  People need to hear it this! The cultural hypnosis, cynicism, doubt and unbelief needs to be broken by the truth. It needs to be shattered by changed lives, restored health, and vibrant living.

I am ensuring you that I am committed to helping people get a higher quality of life that is healthy and vibrant! I am even expecting that YOU will pick up the ball and work with me to break through the attitudes that are killing people (killing most people slowly and steadily -- Chronic Degenerative Disease).

There is a reason that our country spends the most on ‘health’ care yet ranks 37th in overall health performance. The current mindset of doubt and unbelief about health and healing has become a cultural paradigm towards health and 'health care' that is really 'sick care'.  This 'sick care' model is perpetuated by the pharmaceutical industry which advertises to the general public by the tune of over 19 million dollars a day, along with the pharmaceutical reps educating and influencing medical doctors about the ‘benefits’ of their drugs (through sloppy science that gives relative data, not absolute data).

For the record, of course drugs and surgery are necessary and valuable and have a absolute place in helping people...i.e., in crisis, first aid, emergency, traumas etc... however, the current way drugs and surgery are practiced in our society is a major problem..it is out of control. For instance, What drug or surgery is going to cure a sickness or disease that results from vertebral subluxation? What drug or surgery is going to cure a sickness or disease that results from being deficient in nutrition?  What drug or surgery is going to cure  a sickness or disease that results from not exercising?  What drug or surgery is going to cure a sickness or disease that results from chronic emotional stressors?

Your family, your neighbors, your co-workers and your friends all need to be lead to higher levels of health. Let’s commit to showing them the love and encouragement necessary so they give up their old beliefs that are not working and open up to a new and better life. Transformation is possible!  Let’s help people get well and stay well!

Whatever needs to be done, to get the people in our community under regular chiropracTIC care and Above Down Inside Out lifestyle wellness education…let’s do it.  Their life, in this life, depends on it. My intention is to help as many people as possible live a life with higher levels of health and well-being, and to do that I need your help too! Keep encouraging your friends and family and together we will see attitudes and lives transformed!

God Bless!

.

www.scottlloyd.info

references in these books:

http://www.thewellnesspractice.com/products/14_foundational_premises.cfm

http://www.thewellnesspractice.com/products/books.cfm

Three R's

Kevin Donka and I were talking on a coaching call and he shared the concept of the three R's. I thought how simple and profound the three R's are. So here it is: Restore, Reestablish, and Resume.

Consistent ongoing chiropractic care restores spinal function, which will reestablish the connection between you and your body, so the body can resume healing.

www.scottlloyd.info

Cleansing and The Master Cleanse

Cleansing is a great part of any health promoting lifestyle. To start, pick a day and eat only raw local grown organic fruits and vegetables...this will be cleansing. Then pick a few days or even a week and do the same. From here you can move on to juicing, pick a day and juice raw local grown organic fruits and vegetables...this is cleansing. Then pick a few days or even a week and do the same.

Some points of information:
Use greens when juicing: kale, swiss chard, mustard greens, parsley, beet greens, etc.
Those with blood sugar challenges will usually do fine with the 'liquid food' cleanse.  If not, eat a teaspoon to 2 tablespoons of avacado with each serving of 'liquid food'.
Below is a cleanse I do twice a year.  It is a very easy cleanse to do, because you can make everything you need in the morning, and take it with you all day long (see bottom of this blog for details), and it will satisfy your physical appetite...it will fill you up if you try to drink a gallon a day (most people find impossible to get in a whole gallon a day...they are too full)

THE MASTER CLEANSE OR LEMONADE DIET

for the whole book in pdf format click here: http://www.blackdoctor.org/TheMasterCleanse.pdf

Purpose:
To dissolve and eliminate toxins and congestion that have formed in the body.
To cleanse the kidneys and the digestive system.
To purify the glands and cells throughout the entire body.
To eliminate all unusable waste and hardened material in the joints and muscles.
To relieve pressure and irritation in the nerves, arteries, and blood vessels.
To build a healthy blood stream.
To keep youth and elasticity regardless of our years.

WHEN TO USE IT?
When sickness has developed— for all acute and chronic conditions.
When the digestive system needs a rest and a cleansing.
When overweight has become a problem.
When better assimilation and building of body tissue is needed.

AND HOW OFTEN?
Follow the diet for a minimum of 10 days or more— up to 40 days and beyond may be safely followed for extremely serious cases. The diet has all the nutrition needed during this time. Three to four times a year will do wonders for keeping the body in a normal healthy condition. The diet may be undertaken more frequently for serious conditions.

HOW TO MAKE IT?
One serving:
-2 Tablespoons juice from fresh organic from lemons
-2 Tablespoons organic grade b 100% maple syrup
-1/10 Teaspoon(400 mg) cayenne pepper (40,000 heat units or more, buy capsules-open them up)
-10 oz purified water, room temp, (purified water or distilled—distilled is best for this cleanse)

One quart:
You can combine 3 servings: (juice, maple syrup, water and cayenne pepper) in a glass quart jar (30oz of the drink). Shake it up and drink. (Cold water may be used if preferred.) Must use glass!!! Plastic will leach harmful toxins.

*(you can use a product called cool cayenne if needed)

HOW MUCH DOES ONE DRINK?
Take six to twelve servings of the lemonade drink daily during the waking period (at least six). Drink one glass at least every hour and a half for best results. As you get hungry just have another serving of the lemonade drink. NO OTHER FOOD SHOULD BE TAKEN DURING THE FULL PERIOD OF THE DIET. As this is a complete balance of minerals and vitamins, one does not suffer the pangs of hunger. Do not use vitamin pills. All solid food is turned into a liquid state before the blood can carry it to the cells. The lemonade is already a food in liquid form. For those who are overweight, less maple syrup may be taken. For those underweight, more maple syrup may be taken. For those who are underweight and worried about losing more weight, REMEMBER, the only things you can possible lose are mucus; waste, and disease. Healthy tissue will not be eliminated. Many people who need to gain weight actually do so near the end of the diet period. Never vary the amount of lemon juice per serving. About six servings of lemonade a day is enough for those wishing to reduce. Extra water may be taken as desired.

ELIMINATING
As this is a cleansing diet, the more you can assist Nature to eliminate poisons, the better. IF YOUR SYSTEM FEELS UPSET, IT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT HAVING SUFFICIENT ELIMINATION. Avoid this possibility by following these directions completely (laxative tea and salt water cleanse-see next page). Above all, be sure you have two, three, or more movements a day. This may seem unnecessary not eating solid food, but it is Nature’s way of eliminating the waste it has loosened from the various cells and organs in the body. They must leave the body some way. It would be just the same as sweeping the floor around and around and never removing the dirt from the house if the wastes were not passed out. The better the elimination, the more rapid will be the results.
-A LAXATIVE HERB TEA is found to be the best helper for most persons. It is a good practice to take a good laxative herb tea right from the beginning— the last thing at night and first thing in the morning. There are several good laxative teas. They are best taken in a liquid form. Buy them in your health food store.
-INTERNAL SALT WATER BATHING
As it is necessary to bathe the outside of our bodies, so it is with the inside. Do not take enemas or colonics at any time during the cleansing diet or afterwards. They are unnecessary and can be extremely harmful. There is a much superior method of cleansing the colonic tract without the harmful effects of customary colonics and enemas. This method will cleanse the entire digestive tract while the colonics and enemas will only reach the colon or a small part of it. Colonics can be expensive while our salt-water method is not. DIRECTIONS: Prepare a full quart of lukewarm water and add two level teaspoons of uniodized sea salt. Do not use ordinary iodized salt, as it will not work properly. Drink the entire quart of salt and water first thing in the morning. This must be taken on an empty stomach (you can lick a cut lemon to make your taste buds tart, then drink the salt water - this is a trick that makes it a lot easier to drink the salt water). The salt and water will not separate but will stay intact and quickly and thoroughly wash the entire tract in about one hour. Several eliminations will likely occur. The salt water has the same specific gravity as the blood, hence the kidneys cannot pick up the water and the blood cannot pick up the salt. This may be taken as often as needed for proper washing of the entire digestive system. If the salt water does not work the first time, try adding a little more or a little less salt until the proper balance is found; or possible take extra water with or without salt. This often increases the activity. Remember, it can do no harm at any time. The colon needs a good washing, but do it the natural way—the salt water way. It is quite advisable to take the herb laxative tea at night to loosen, then the salt water each morning to wash it out. If for some reason the salt water cannot be taken in the morning, then the herb laxative tea must be taken night and morning.

REMEMBER THESE MUSTS:
-You must use all organic ingredients!!! 
-You must use purified water (distilled, reverse osmosis, or KDF w Carbon is also good), I use kangen water 8.5 for my mixture. 
-You must use glass containers (mason jars are good). 
-You must drink at least six servings of the lemonade drink a day (6 to 12 servings a day). 
-You must eliminate 2 or more times a day, by the aid of laxative teas and the salt water flush. 
-You must also drink additional purified water throughout the day (www.newlifewater.info) drink 6 to 12 glasses (8oz).

If you follow all these steps you are going to have a successful cleanse, and will do a world of difference to help clean out and rebuild your body.

Lastly, a quick and easy way to make the drink each morning:
--Start with a gallon jug, I bought an amber gallon jug (amber blocks light)  http://www.sks-bottle.com/340c/fin1d.html , or you can buy a gallon jug of wine and dump it out, clean the bottle and you are ready to go.
--Juice 6 organic lemons in a juicer, put in gallon jug
--Put 4.5-9oz of maple syrup in a measuring cup (1tbs=1/2oz), as stated above if you desire more weight loss you may cut back to 1tbs per serving, and for our purposes with a gallon jug, we are getting 9 servings total...pour maple syrup in gallon jug
--Take 5-10 capsules of cayenne, depending on preference (remember you can use cool cayenne too). I use natural factors cayenne, because my friend Pete at Natures Nutrition always has it.  I break the capsules open and put in gallon jug.
--Fill the rest of the jug with purified water.  Now you have 9 servings for the whole day!!! Shake well before each use.

So, there you have it.