My Personal Discovery of Iron Overload and Copper Deficiency

About two years ago I was experiencing severe thigh and hip pain.  Being fairly fit I couldn’t understand what was happening.  It worried me a lot, but not liking doctors too much I just suffered with it (greatly).

Then one day someone I had “friended” on Facebook, messaged me a link to his blog.  He didn’t say anything, just sent the link.  I thought, “What is this?”, and decided to explore it.  It was in that blog that I found a link titled “Poisoning of Mankind Copper Deficiency”.

Iron is NOT a nutrient, it is a poison. Iron retention is 95-100% when copper depleted/deficient. Iron replaces copper in the blood and tissue proteins, accumulating in multiple locations of the body, causing destruction, accelerating aging & death. All symptoms, disease & conditions are indications of iron poisoning & bio-available copper deficiency in the iron poisoned population. Symptoms, disease and conditions correlate to the locations of greater proportions of iron deposits (internal bleeding) and the effect on organs: CANCER,   DEMENTIA,   HEART/CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE,   DIABETES,   LUNG DISEASE (C.O.P.D.),   GASTRO-INTESTINAL DISEASE,   BLOOD DISORDERS, EYE DISEASE; to mention a few of the major problem areas. Bio-available copper must be replenished to mobilize iron out of the body and repair the DNA damage, restoring health and longevity.

Well, I’ll tell you what, I had never read anything like it.  It grabbed me at a gut level; I KNEW there was something to the copper deficiency theory.  However, it had a lot of religious stuff mixed with medical information, and as a recovering Catholic, I wasn’t so sure about the Biblical references. But, it was the iron overload and copper deficiency, and death rate that grabbed me big time.

My logic told me there must be a reason for the high death rates; something nefarious was going on.  I already knew about chemtrails, fluoride, GMOs, iron overload, Big Pharma, vaccines, etc.  This just added to my list of diabolical crimes committed by the Illuminati (The Powers that Be).

I’ve known for some time that people are dying younger, contrary to what the media tells us.  It is especially true with the White race.  The White race now only represents approximately 60% of the US population.  In order to fill in the gap The Powers that Be are bringing in minorities from Third World countries, hoping we won’t notice the dwindling White race.  Because, believe me, you WOULD notice.  You can especially see it when you drive by schools as they are letting out.  In my city, it’s a sea of darker skinned people, with a sprinkling of white skinned people.  It’s almost like, “What country do I live in”.  And it’s more true in certain parts of the Country.  This is not to be derogatory against dark skinned people, but to express a Truth.

It’s a scientific fact that iron is a heavy metal; it’s also an essential mineral, but we are being drowned in iron (overloaded), through processed foods and Genetically Modified (GMO), fruits and vegetables which contain high levels of iron.  That is the purpose of GMO food.  Without circulating in the blood and through the bone marrow, the iron settles in the organs (including the brain), and oxidizes (rusts).  This causes failing organs, sickness, and death.  It also attracts parasites better known as viruses via vaccinations.  At the same time, the AMA, FDA, and Big Pharma demonize copper.  You will not find it listed on processed food labels, or in multi-vitamins.  The only place you will find it, which is very telling, is in pet food.  WHY?  Because they know that it is an essential mineral for ALL animals, and that pets already have a short lifespan; they must have copper in their diet.

Copper Supplement

So listening to my gut instincts, I then decided to start taking the copper supplement.  My husband as well.  It was amazing that within just a few short days, the pain was subsiding!  Also, I noticed I was more alert.  My husband who has coronary issues (clogged arteries), that caused his feet to feel like they were freezing all the time started noticing that his feet were warming up!  Also, he was waking up earlier in the morning, ready to get his coffee and paper.

Copper Mugs

I then discovered the importance of drinking from copper mugs.  So I purchased 100% (unlined), copper mugs from Moscow Mule.  I then found an old copper tankard I had.  Through more research I found that you have to fill the copper vessels at least eight hours before drinking from them.

How to Take Copper Supplements

More research led me to what must be taken in conjunction with the copper which is Zinc.  There is a 7:1 or 10:1 zinc copper ratio (lack of consensus), and both must be taken at different times of the day, because zinc is an antagonist to copper, but they are both necessary.   Also, you don’t want to take Vitamin C at the same time as copper, nor more than 1000 mg of it.

I’m including a link to Mad Cow Disease which is caused by a lack of copper in conjunction with an organophosphate application called Phosmet that contains Manganese. Please see “Soy, Soy, Soy” for more information on Soy and Manganese.

Finally, PLEASE do read “Poisoning of Mankind Copper Deficiency” , for an in-depth education on Iron Overload and Copper Deficiency; it could save your life, and the lives of your loved one.

 

 

 

What’s in Your Cooking Oil and Processed Food?

Do you know that unless you are eating USDA, cold pressed organic cooking oils, you are most likely consuming a certain amount of a petroleum solvent?  Why in the world would anyone want a petroleum solvent in their food?

The solvent in question is called hexane, which I have written about before, and is a petroleum by-product: n-Hexane is a chemical made from crude oil. Pure n-Hexane is a colorless liquid with a slightly disagreeable odor. It is highly flammable, and its vapors can be explosive. Pure n-Hexane is used in laboratories. Most of the n-Hexane used in industry is mixed with similar chemicals called solvents. The major use for solvents containing n-Hexane is to extract vegetable oils from crops such as soybeans. These solvents are also used as cleaning agents in the printing, textile, furniture, and shoemaking industries. Certain kinds of special glues used in the roofing and shoe and leather industries also contain n-Hexane. Several consumer products contain n-Hexane, such as gasoline, quick-drying glues used in various hobbies, and rubber cement.

Hexane is used to extract oil from certain vegetables such as soybeans, corn, sunflower, safflower, and canola oil.  Some cooking oils are from fruit; these include olive, coconut and palm oils. It is used in peanut oil extraction as well (peanuts are not classified as either a vegetable or fruit), and is more often than not, found on food packaging labels, using the term vegetable oil rather than listing the specific ingredient.  All are toxic.  It’s an inexpensive method of extracting oils.

The EPA says this about hexane:

The main use of hexane is as a solvent to extract edible oils from seed and vegetable crops (e.g., soybeans,
peanuts, corn). (6)
Commercial grades of hexane are used as solvents for glues (rubber cement, adhesives), varnishes, and
inks. (3,6)
Hexane is also used as a cleaning agent (degreaser) in the printing industry. (6)
Hexane is used as the liquid in low temperature thermometers. (2,6

Apparently, the FDA is not concerned about hexane being in our food.   I wonder if they consider how much cooking oil is consumed on a daily basis by the American public.  Think about it; you cook with it, and you eat processed food that is made with oils extracted by hexane.  Unfortunately, there is no data available from the FDA that addresses the human consumption issue.

Hexane is a volatile solvent that’s used, with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, to extract oil from soybeans (as well as from nuts and olives). Most soy protein ingredients in meat analogs and nutrition bars, which are listed on labels as soy protein isolate, soy protein concentrate or textured vegetable protein, have undergone hexane processing.

There are enough independent studies to prove that hexane can have detrimental effects on the central nervous system such as Parkinsonism.  However, we’re led to believe that it is just through inhalation that hexane is a problem.  Is that true?  Obviously not.  So who can we trust when it comes to the purity of our food?

American food has been adulterated for at least one hundred years.  It isn’t even really food anymore; it’s chemical cocktails, and it’s killing us.

Furthermore, we can’t trust a “government agency”, whose main interest is in corporations, and profit, so we have to trust ourselves by questioning what is in our food.  We do this by researching; information is all over the Internet, there for the picking, it just takes a curious mind.  We can’t afford to hand our lives and the lives of our children and grandchildren over to a corporation that is about profit over health.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Federal Reserve Strikes Another Blow to the Fragile American Economy

I recently posted an article addressing the housing and rental markets, and the fact that many middle class families cannot afford to buy or rent a home due to high costs, sky rocketing rents, and lack of availability.   As I pointed out in my article, this was all a result of the 2008 stock market crash, the subprime loan market, and increased rates by the Fed.  It resulted in at least 45 million Americans losing their homes.  Those homes went into foreclosure by the banks, and ravenous buy ups by investors (many from China), causing a very tight market for both buyers and renters .

I have been predicting for a while that interest rates would again rise, further stressing the real estate and automobile markets.  Today’s headline in The Sacramento Bee confirms my predictions.   In fact, I was told by a representative of the Golden 1 Credit Union about a year ago, that the banks were still making subprime-mortgage loans, and subprime-car loans, and that a crash was on the horizon.  This crash will be many times greater than 2008.

The increase in interest rates will be an across the board increase affecting credit card rates as well, at a time when consumer debt surges.  This could potentially push a struggling family over the edge.

“A hundred dollars can make a difference,” she said. “Sometimes they’re right on the line anyway.”

This is just one more attack by the Federal Reserve to destroy what is left of Middle Class America.  Incrementally, we are being reduced to Third World status, by the royal bloodline banking cartel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Middle Class cannot Afford to Own a Home or Rent

In 2004, everyone was encouraged to sell, and buy up.  Banks and credit unions were soliciting.  People were encouraged to apply for home improvement loans because interest rates were low, and their home’s value had increased; they were encouraged to apply for adjustable rate mortgages (ARM); so many did that!  The sky was the limit, almost anyone regardless of debt/income ratio could buy a house.  People believed that the banks wouldn’t lie; the Fed wouldn’t lie.

But it was a con game, meant to do just what it did: crash, depriving Americans of home ownership, and Middle Class status, to throw them into depression and stress; hopelessness.

The American people were just as gullible then as they are now; no logical thought, uneducated about the financial system in America, and believing in a corrupt system.  Homes were never meant to continue rising in value as they were, but the unthinking public believed they would, and they didn’t understand the concept of living within their means.  In fact, they thought that their $300,000 house would in time be a million dollar house!  Practically anyone who was breathing could get a loan, and get on the fast track to millionaire status.

Then it happened:  In 2008, the bubble burst, the bottom dropped out; the Fed pulled the plug, as was planned all along.  Most of those who foolishly bought into the lie, lost their homes when interest rates rose, and house values plummeted.  The banks repossessed (as was planned), and the investors swooped in (as was planned), and bought them up.  The approximately 45 million homeless homeowners then had to find rentals.  Now the investors knew they had a cash cow: the rent  prices were limitless because so many were desperate to find a place to live.

Let’s look at Sacramento as a case in point.  There are practically no houses to rent that the average income can afford.  As an example, a 910 sq. ft. house in a low income area in Sacramento rents for more than $1500/month.  Many that are available are owned by slumlords turning once beautiful middle class neighborhoods into blight.  If they do fix something, the rent then goes up, further stressing a struggling family, possibly forcing them to move.

Don’t get me wrong, there are still people who have solid incomes from their jobs, or from retirement accounts, for now.  You see, anyone regardless of income can lose their job, and retirement funds have been crashing all around us all over the country.

This my fellow Americans is the destruction of the American Dream of home ownership, pride in one’s self, prosperity.  If you want to know where America is going fast, look at Detroit.  In time the only areas that will be livable will be the select cities throughout the  country, that become a rich man’s playground like Sacramento, California is becoming.  You are now looking at The Hunger Games.

 

America is a Psychopathic Magician’s Illusion

America and the world are a psychopathic magician’s illusion; there is no freedom, no money, nothing tangible; you don’t even own the land your house sits on, or your car.   Truth be known, however, the only real power these self-appointed bloodline overlords have on us is through our acquiescence, our fear, our inability to critically think, and our cowardice.

Everyone is distracted by those things these overlords create, and want us focused on, i.e. chemtrails, vaccines, pedophilia, guns, economic collapse, fake terrorists attacks, wars, etc.  Never are we supposed to focus on the real meat and potatoes of the situation we are in, which happens to be a one world government controlled by the ancient, Luciferian Vatican, set upon worldwide destruction in the form of death.  Death to people, animals, trees, culture; a total culling of organic life on Earth.

The manufactured world (Matrix), we live in is broken up into a trinity (three corporations), i.e. Washington DC (military); City of London (banking); Vatican (religion).  Everyone  elected to a political position knows this (even dear Ron Paul and Donald Trump).  The political world they represent doesn’t really exist; it’s an allusion, a script written thousands of years ago called the Bible (UN Agenda 21).  There are no real elections, just selections.  There are no real political scandals, just made up theater to titillate the public; especially sex scandals.  But the dumbed down public laps it up every time because they have short memories, and can’t critically think.

The politicians promote the deception so that they can continue to reap the benefits in the form of prestige, big houses, fancy cars, huge retirements, good medical care as they kiss up to their masters.  They are nothing more than paid puppets.  They think they will sit at the top of the pyramid some day, but they will be slaughtered like everyone else, because they are traitors and cannot be trusted.  Some of them, however, are actual royal bloodline members such as all the selected presidents throughout the history of America (including royal bloodline member, George Washington).

The world is their playground, as they run amuck through the killing fields, bombing, burning, slaughtering everything in sight, taking the world back to the Dark Ages as depicted in The Hunger Games.  Slowly, ever so slowly do they devour life; so slowly few will really see it until it’s too late.

I don’t know how to wake people up, other than to write about what I have learned.  Those who read this may already know the truth.  I hope to reach those who have a curiosity and desire to learn the truth of things, and to share that knowledge with others.  That is my hope, that is my purpose in life.

 The world is completely taken over. The shadow of America is the corporation 10 miles square called the United States corporation. And the 50 individual states that we romantically call “America” have fallen prey to their own so-called central government, where the ten planks of the Communist Manifesto are indeed the verifiable written law. The shadow of forced unionization has destroyed an unwitting people that have no idea they are proclaimed as enemies of their own central foreign state, that their shadow military occupies each of the 50 states under Leiber Code statutes, and most importantly that their currency is and always has been nothing but debt obligation and enslavement – the land of the free subjects; a cruel joke played out through an un-winnable game of monopoly at gunpoint.

 

 

 

 

Men are Becoming more Feminine

It’s sad, but true, men are becoming more feminine.  I’ve noticed for a few years now, how men today look more like boys; they don’t mature or age the same as they once did.  Sadly, many are even more female than male (too many).  If you watch older movies like from the 60’s and earlier, you will see just what I mean.  Consider James Garner who was born in 1928, and compare him in a 60s movie at age 35 to a man today at 35.  Or look at Clark Gable as a young man.  No comparison.  With few exceptions, men today are a shadow of their former strong, muscular selves, and with a different mindset.

Men had a different status in the home and society as well, before the 70s.  They represented strength and protection.  They were the head of the home; the protector of the family.  They could fix anything from a car to a washing machine, and everything in between.  You could always depend on dad.  And when you did something wrong, he knew it, and took action.

On the weekends fathers were all out mowing lawns, barbecuing in the back yard, throwing horseshoes.  They hunted, fished, hiked, got involved in Boy Scouts.  They were the foundation of the family; the strength.  They were as Nature created them to be.

Today, a lot of men would rather play video games, or watch movies.  For many, their yards and homes take a backseat to a fancy car, truck, or sports.  And sadly enough, their wives dominate them because as the men have been feminized, women have been defeminized.  Everything is backwards now.

There’s a reason for all this.  That reason is social and biological engineering by diabolical geneticists.  The Agenda has been, for decades, to destroy the male (which destroys the family).  It started with the post WWII generation; the Baby Boomers.  But the Baby Boomer males were not as damaged as their sons and grandsons are today.

How is it being done?  By chemicals in the baby formula, food, water, and vaccines.  Soy is  a particularly potent gender bending weapon because it is a phytoestrogen, and because it contains manganese.  Together they break the blood/brain barrier, and destroy the dopamine receptors; bending gender.

It’s taken decades to reduce men to a mere shadow of their former selves.  Most don’t even know it; others are aware, especially when they loose their sex drive and develop erectile dysfunction (ED), or impotence. They then have their testosterone checked and find they are deficient, and are higher in estrogen. That’s why Big Pharma came out in the 90s with Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra; you couldn’t get away from the disgusting TV commercials.   How many wondered what that was all about all of a sudden?

Why has this crime been committed?  Because there cannot be any strong families.  The only allowable strength is within the State; Big Brother, the Pope.  In addition, if men are no longer men, there are less babies (genocide).  Everyone now turns to the State for protection and guidance.

It’s all very diabolical, and a crime against humanity.  The male has taken a beating by wars as well, by killing so many young boys and men before they even had a chance to live as men, marry and have a family.  Think how many of the best and the brightest have been sacrificed to the State (a blood sacrifice).  That’s one of the reasons for war, i.e. a culling of the White male.

So what do we do now?  What’s the answer?  Well, there are bio-identical hormones that are safe and effective in increasing testosterone.  And, it’s not too late for the babies who have not yet been conceived to be protected from Soy and vaccines.  Knowledge is power; fathers and mothers must learn about these Truths in order to save the human species.  It can be done.

Who is to Blame for Homeless Blight and Crime?

The homeless are causing blight and crime across the US.  However, does the blame really belong to them, or somewhere else?

Before you can fix a problem, you first have to identify what the problem is:  To start with, you have to ask Who is the problem?  In this case, is it the HOMELESS (who consume malt liquor that contains manganese that’s turning them into seemingly subhumans), or is it a POLITICAL AGENDA that is to blame?

Then you have to ask What is the problem that’s causing homelessness?  Is it a manufactured, full blown DEPRESSION (which you hear nothing about on the “news”), that is greater than the Great Depression of the 30’s?

Then you have to ask Where is the homeless problem?  Is it mostly in certain cities and towns in California, or is it being seen growing throughout the United States?

The following are answers to those questions:

  • Who is the problem?  The politicians (they make the decisions)
  • What is the problem?  Homelessness because of an economic depression
  • Where is the problem?  Throughout the United States, and the world
  • Why is there a problem?  A political agenda called UN Agenda 21.

You should be able to use your critical thinking skills to connect the dots, and see who the responsible party is.  If you still can’t see it, I’ll tell you:  WORLD GOVERNMENT, run by ruling political psychopaths.

No, it’s not really complicated.  Remember, Everything is Backwards; think how they tell us “war is peace”.  The media tries to pin the problem on The People, when in reality, The People are the victims of a diabolical, tyrannical war against organic life on Planet Earth.

As an example, do you think it was the people of the world who made the decisions to massacre themselves in all the wars since the beginning of time?  At least 108 million people were killed in wars in the twentieth century.  Why would people want to destroy their own world and slaughter themselves?  They wouldn’t, but psychopathic, tyrannical people in power would, and do.

The destruction is done, in part, by a politically philosophy called Fabien Socialism, but it really goes much farther back; that’s another post.  It’s stealth, covert destruction of humanity.  It’s also called “gradualism”, because it happens so slowly, few see or feel it until it’s too late.  And it is guaranteed to work on a society that is unable to critically or logically think; a society dumbed down by compulsory education, media, TV, movies, over medication, poisoned food and water, and psychological warfare.

No one likes homeless people who are multiplying everywhere, bringing blight, filth, and crime.  It lingers and taints the community.   But, WHY is it happening?  Until we stand up and face off with the REAL CULPRITS (our elected servants), who are following a political agenda called UN Agenda 21, the chaos will continue to escalate, taking with it more jobs and pensions, and the quality of life once admired, and held dear by Americans.  Ultimately it will lead to societal chaos, and the total destruction of the United States.

The Virginia Company, United States, and the NWO

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Contrary to what we have been trained to believe, the United States was not created so The People could be free.  It was, in fact, created by the British Empire in order to establish the New World Order (NWO).  For all intents and purposes, that has been accomplished.  But first we begin with the Virginia Company.

Historically, the Virginia Company of London, was a “joint-stock company chartered by King James I, in 1606”.  Expeditions were arranged by King James to establish a British colony.  The first colony to be established was Virginia .  Captain John Smith, played an important role in the establishment of the Jamestown colony in Virginia. Captain Smith, was a soldier, explorer, colonial governor, admiral of New England, and author.

There were, however, other explorers before the establishment of Virginia. One of the most well known is Sir Walter Raleigh.  In 1587 he explored from North Carolina to present day Florida, and named the region Virginia, after Queen Elizabeth I, otherwise known as “The Virgin Queen”, due to the fact that she never married, and had no children.  Furthermore, Virginia is a feminine given name, and is derived from the Ancient Roman family named Virginius, which is derived from the Latin word Virgo, meaning maiden or virgin.  And so, Sir Walter Raleigh named the colony, after his Virgin Queen.

The colony of Virginia was just the beginning of the creation of what we now call the United States.  The Freemasons also had a big hand in the creation from the beginning.  In fact, almost all of the Founding Fathers were Freemasons, including George Washington.  They were highly educated men of their time; educated in what’s called a Classical Education.  This type of education was not shared with the common man.  Why?  Because a classical education is a higher form of  education, i.e. literature, poetry, drama, philosophy, history, art, and languages.  These aristocratic and royal bloodline men actually didn’t think that the common man was smart enough to learn from classical studies.  Sadly, that’s certainly true by today’s artificially dumbed down society.  Let’s expand that a littler further into the conspiracy realm, and consider that a population of people who could think critically could not be dominated by a few diabolical overlords.

Today, everything needed for the creation of a NWO has been accomplished. The only thing left to do is destroy society and eliminate millions of people in the process;  that’s currently underway with the genocide of Whites in America (currently 60% and dropping); more Whites are dying than are being born.

The fact of the matter is, the curiosity, creativity, and innovative abilities of the White European race that created the civilization we know and enjoy today, are not needed any longer, since all the science and and military might has been created by them.  America, now, is the  goose that laid the golden egg, and is going to the chopping block.

Finally, the following article is a good read, for anyone wanting more information:

The Virginia Company was transformed into the United States corporation during the Revolutionary War by Freemasonic Founding Fathers like George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Hancock, and Benjamin Franklin who were working under the Grand Lodge of England.

The Virginia Company was issued by the British royal family from the City of London Corporation for North American settlements. Around 1213 King John surrendered the Kingdom of England to the Holy See under the Golden Bull or Bulla Aurea. In 1215 under direct papal authority King John issued the Magna Carta (Latin for Great Charter) and this officially established the one mile square block called the City of London Corporation as a sovereign entity from England and London.

The Holy See uses Latin for official documents and the Vatican uses Latin as its official language. Novus Ordo Seclorum is Latin and translates to New Order of the Ages and is on the United States Great Seal and United States one dollar bill. Washington DC is located in both Virginia and Maryland.

That is Virgin Mary Land. DC was originally called Rome in 1669 which is stated in the Catholic Encyclopedia. DC is Roman architecture and Capitol Hill is named after Capitoline Hill in Rome. The ancient Roman fasces symbol is all over federal buildings and federal seals. This is all fraudulency…

LECTINS: What’s in your Bread, Pasta, and Chips?

Lectins are a new and important subject for me, thanks to a friend having shared a video about them recently.  Now I want to share what information I have gathered regarding lectins with my readers in order to educated them.  Especially those who are suffering  gut problems when ingesting certain grains and legumes.  This post will focus on grains.

WHAT ARE LECTINS?

Lectins are a type of protein that can bind to cell membranes.  They are thought to play a role in immune function, cell growth, cell death, and body fat regulation.  They are commonly found in legumes and grains.

PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH CONSUMING LECTINS

Because we don’t digest lectins, our bodies can create antibodies to them.  However, at the same time, our bodies also use lectins for cell to cell adherence, inflammatory modulation and programmed cell death.

Consuming lectins in their raw form can cause flatulence, nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting.   Not a pleasant experience!

This is what is called GI Distress, Leaky Gut, or Wheat Belly.  Whatever you want to call it, it is happening because the intestinal lining of the gut is being damaged.  When our gut rejects the lectins, and expels them in the form of diarrhea, it also expels good things like vitamins and minerals, leaving us vulnerable to a weakened immune system.

Grain, cereal, dairy, legumes, peanuts, and soybean lectins are most commonly associated with reports of digestive complaints.

LECTINS AND GRAINS

It’s true, we should be consuming unrefined grains which contain more nutrients. Unfortunately, they also contain lectins.

SOAKING, FERMENTING, OR SPROUTING GRAINS

Modern processing of food such as grains does not include soaking, fermenting, or sprouting them.  WHY?  Because that would cut into PROFIT (more time consuming).

Our ancestors, on the other hand, knew how to grow and prepare grains; they knew from thousands of years of survival experience.  Before the invention of modern agriculture, grains were a minor and seasonal crop, and they knew how to rotate, store, and prepare their grains from one season to the next.  Now, food processors take grains grown by huge agribusiness corporations, into processing plants without the benefit of proper preparation.  The consumer then goes to the store, and buys processed grain products in the form of whole grain pasta, bread, rice, quinoa, kamut, amaranth, oats, barley, spelt, soy, and chips, unknowingly potentially harming themselves.  Even if these products say “USDA ORGANIC”, they still contain lectins, unless they also say “sprouted” or “fermented”.

Lectins and Immune Response

Our immune systems are designed to protect us from “invaders”.  However, our immune systems can only take so much, and wears out, just like anything else.  Because we don’t digest lectins, we often produce antibodies to themAlmost everyone has antibodies to some dietary lectins in their body. We may not know this for some time, until we start showing symptoms of  immune system overload in the form of skin rashes, joint pain, flatulence, nausea, diarrhea, inflammation, vomiting, cancer, diabetes, and Chron’s Disease, etc.  The list goes on and on.

Researchers are also looking at autism as a symptom due to the fact that many children with autism have high rates of leaky gut and other inflammatory GI tract diseases.

Finally, when lectins affect the gut wall, it may also cause a broader immune system response as the body’s defenses move in to attack the invader.  In fact you could be dying without realizing it until it is too late.  Why chance it?  The answer: know what you are eating at all times.  Don’t assume that the FDA is looking out for  you.

 

 

The Forgotten Longevity Benefits of Taurine

My readers are going to attain medical information on this blog site that they won’t hear from any medical doctor, and that is one of the main reasons I am doing this blog.  So I hope they will check back from time to time to see what has been added.

Today, I want to write about the amino acid, taurine, which is one of those important bits of medical information.  I actually found out about taurine when researching feeding my furry family raw food.  Specifically my cats.  As it turns out, cats MUST have taurine in their diet.  Without it they risk severe health repercussions, such as blindness and tooth decay, amongst other things.  So processed cat food does contain taurine.

I then took my research one step further to find out if humans need taurine.  What I found out is that humans require this amino acid as well.  So I decided to incorporate it into my diet.  I purchased from “Now”, in the form of pure powder that is vegan, and non-GMO.  I take it every day adding it to my supplement regimen.

The recommended dosage is 500 – 2000 mg per day.  One quarter teaspoon equals 1 gram (1,000 mg).

Finally, the following are important excerpts from Life Extension Magazine to help you in your decision as to whether or not to take taurine; I think you’ll be surprised.

The Japanese have a life expectancy that is among the highest in the world. In fact, Okinawa, Japan’s famous “Island of Longevity,” likely has the world’s highest percentage of people over 100 years old.1

Undoubtedly, there are many factors that play into the life spans of the longest-living populations, but evidence shows that they all have one thing in common: high dietary intake of an amino acid called taurine.2

The connection between taurine and a long life is so strong that researchers have dubbed taurine, “The nutritional factor for the longevity of the Japanese.”3

Taurine promotes cardiovascular health, insulin sensitivity, electrolyte balance, hearing function, and immune modulation. In animal research, taurine protected against heart failure, reducing mortality by nearly 80%.4

Its benefits are so broad and extensive that scientists have described taurine as “a wonder molecule.”5

Taurine is found abundantly in healthy bodies.6 However, certain diets, particularly vegetarian or vegan diets, lack adequate amounts of taurine.7,8 Disease states—including liver, kidney, or heart failure, diabetes, and cancer—can all cause a deficiency in taurine.9-11 And aging bodies often cannot internally produce an optimal amount of taurine, making supplementation vital.12

That’s why those interested in longevity should consider this vital and super low-cost nutrient. In this article, you’ll learn how boosting taurine levels can contribute to better cardiovascular, metabolic, and neurologic health.

Taurine: Bountiful Benefits

  • Taurine is the most abundant amino acid you’ve never heard of; it is found throughout the body, but especially in tissues containing excitable cells, like nerves and heart muscle.
  • Strong epidemiological evidence suggests that certain groups with the longest life spans consume higher amounts of taurine than those of us in the rest of the world.
  • Taurine supplementation can prevent diabetes and obesity in animal models, and can mitigate the effects of both conditions in humans.
  • Taurine supplementation strengthens heart muscle cells, extends their life spans, and protects them from damage, while reducing many of the factors that produce atherosclerosis and its deadly consequences.
  • Taurine protects retinal and inner ear cells from damage, normalizing the flow of calcium ions they require for proper function.
  • Evidence is growing for taurine’s role in preventing epileptic seizures and liver disease, two conditions that can be attributed to toxic effects on delicate tissue.
  • If you are interested in a longer, healthier, and more active life, consider supplementing with taurine.