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Cellular Healing Diet – Chocolate Covered Nuts

  • 1 Cup Organic Cream
  • ½ Cup Cocoa Powder
  • 1/8 Teaspoon Salt
  • ½ Teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 ½ Teaspoon Stevita brand stevia
  • ¼ cup xylitol
In a saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Remove from heat. Add cocoa, stevia, xylitol and salt. Mix well. Use the chocolate recipe above. Add 3 cups nuts (walnuts/pecans). Mix to cover nuts. Spread onto parchment paper and refrigerate until solid. Keep refrigerated.

Cellular Healing Diet – General Tso’s

Chicken: Combine ½ T tamari, egg yolk, salt and pepper. Add Chicken. Dip in arrowroot powder. Heat oil. Add chili peppers. Fry chicken until golden brown. Remove from pan.Remove most of the oil. Add broccoli and any other veggies. Cook to reach rich green color. Remove from pan. Combine all sauce ingredients. Pour in pan. Add chili peppers from chicken. Cook until glossy and slightly thick. Pour sauce over chicken and vegetables.

Sauce

  • ¼ cup Tamari ½ teaspoon Rice Vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon Sherry Cooking Wine
  • 1 tablespoon Bragg Liquid Aminos
  • 1/3 cup Xylitol
  • ¾ teaspoon Stevia
  • 1 + 1/3 cup Water
  • 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Ginger Powder
  • 2 tablespoons Arrowroot Powder
  • 3 Green Onions, chopped (if desired)
  • 5 – 10 Small Dried Red Chili Peppers (if desired)
Add:
  • Broccoli
  • Brown Rice (if you are eating grains)
  • Any other Veggie that sounds good to you!
Chicken
  • 1 lb. boneless Chicken, cubed
  • 1 ½ teaspoons Tamari
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper
  • ¼ cup arrowroot powder
  • 5 – 10 Small Dried Red Chili Peppers (if desired)
  • Grapeseed Oil to fry in

Cheesecake Pancakes

  • 2 Large Brown Eggs
  • 4 oz Horizon Cream Cheese
  • 1 tsp. Stevita Stevia
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp ground flax seed
  • 1 dash salt
  • 1 square inch of butter 1/3″ high.
  1. In a small bowl, beat egg whites with electric mixer.
  2. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth.
  3. Beat egg yolks, stevita stevia, cinnamon, salt and flaxseed meal into cream cheese.
  4. Fold in the egg whites.
  5. Heat Cast Iron or Stainless Steel pan over medium low heat. Grease lightly with butter or another healing diet approved oil of your choice.
  6. Form pancakes using about 1/4 cup of the batter for each pancake. Cook until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes on each side. Don't rush – if the temperature is too high, the butter/oil used will burn and turn into a bad fat.
  7. Note: can be served with butter or mixed with low gi fruits.

 

EMF Toxins – Invisible, Yet Powerful

What is invisible yet may be destroying our health? EMFs, AKA electromagnetic frequencies. I deal with very sick people from all over the globe, and many of them are becoming more and more sensitive to these EMF toxins. As a matter of fact, it’s a big part of their detox protocol, and something that we need to get out of their life. Comparative to living in a moldy home, we find that if they don’t fix their electromagnetic frequency input, it’s very difficult for them to detox from other chemicals. EMFs and EMF toxins have a profound effect on detoxification. Our number one priority of how we detox in the 5R’s of Cellular Healing is removing the sources. EMFs are a new source. If we don’t remove it, it seems like we can’t get rid of other toxins very easily. EMF toxins definitely effect almost every function of the cell. Even though you can’t visibly see or feel it, EMF is a big deal.

What are electromagnetic frequencies?

I interviewed EMF expert Nick Pineault to learn more about the effects of EMFs, and how we can decrease harmful effects from them. According to Nick, there are both natural and manmade EMFs. Natural EMFs come from the sun, and can help us produce vitamin D. Therefore small amounts of natural EMFs are actually good for us. Man-made EMF toxins, however, are all together a different beast.

The newer EMF that we’re exposed to include:

  • Microwave radiation
  • Smart meters
  • Smart phones
  • Wi-Fi
  • Bluetooth
  • Cellular towers
  • Any kind of wireless device
  • Gaming systems
  • Even some fish tanks!

Up until about 30 years ago, no one was affected or was exposed to microwave radiation unless you were military personnel working near radar ranges. Our exposure to these EMFs are a brand-new exposure to human biology, and the effects are downright scary! Electromagnetic sensitivity is increasing dramatically, and we are not adapting to all these new exposures.

How do EMF toxins affect us?

EMFs are contributing to our toxic load. There is a very strong synergistic effect between EMF exposure and toxin exposure, especially heavy metals, or pesticides, or certain classes of chemicals. EMFs open the calcium channels, causing calcium influx into the cell. This is researched by Dr. Martin Pall1, who showed that the calcium channels in each of your cells stay open because they get disrupted by microwave radiation. This happens very fast. This calcium channel stays open, and alot of calcium ions are allowed to flow in. The downstream effect of that is we can have DNA damage. Pall suggests that this also leads to neuropsychiatric changes, including depression.

People who have other neurotoxic sensitivities are more sensitive to EMFs. With multiple exposures, comes multiple stressors that opened up these calcium channels. Now, it just takes one more exposure, and that’s the straw that breaks the camel’s back. The people who I find are reacting to EMFs in a very negative way are the people who have other neurotoxic exposures, whether it’s lead, mercury, or mold exposures. You put them all together and it’s a perfect storm.

According to Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, the number one overlooked factor when detoxing the body, is EMF exposure. Therefore people are just not healing. This is a big missing piece. Because it is not visible, it isn’t taken seriously. Klinghardt suggests there’s two types of Lyme patients: those that get better because they follow his EMF recommendations, and those who don’t. They don’t follow his recommendations, and they still sleep with a cell phone under their pillow. They do not get better. The etiology is unclear at this point. However, when you play with nature, when you play with your light environment, when you play with your EMF environment, and with junk food, you just modified the way nature intended things to be, and you end up with consequences. It looks like it’s multiple ways that these EMFs are affecting us, especially during sleep. There also appears to be a correlation between people with high levels of heavy metals, and EMF sensitivities. There is a synergistic relationship going on, that we are just beginning to understand.

How can we counteract some of the effects of EMF toxins?

Here are some actionable steps you can take right away, to decrease your EMF exposure:

  • Determine if your house has a smart meter and how to remove it: Watch the episode above, and learn how to find out if your house has one, and what you can do about it.
  • Create distance from yourself and your devices. Don’t wear your cellphone up against your body. If it is on your body, be sure it is in airplane mode. Do not sleep with your phone in the room, and put it in airplane mode at night.
  • If you are very sick, do not use WIFI in your home, or put it on a Christmas light timer.
  • Turn off the circuit breakers to the entire house at night, to reduce your exposure to electrical fields (do not do this if you/someone in the home is on any form of life support).
  • A meter can discover all the hidden sources of EMFs around the house, such as fish tanks, and printers, and X-Box machines. Unplug as often as possible! Sometimes these things will still emit EMFs, even when unplugged. Get them out of the house.
  • Anything with a bluetooth or a chip in it blankets the environment with EMFs
  • Heart rate monitors and apple watches, and Ouro rings emit EMFs. With the Ouro ring, you can put it in airplane mode until you download the information.
  • Devices that track your sleep emits signals that can disrupt melatonin.
  • Turn the bluetooth in your car off.
  • Try detox supplements to support your overall health.
  • Check to see if you have a smart meter on your home. These emit EMFs that blanket your home.
  • Get grounded! Utilize grounding pads, grounding pillows, grounding sheets, and ground outside barefoot as often as possible (that one is free!). This helps tremendously in detoxing from EMF exposure.

We may not visibly see EMFs, but they are there, affecting our ability to properly sleep, detox, and feel good. We have to keep ourselves well. We can’t forget about these extra stressors, that are both man-made and fairly new in our biological history. We need to minimize these harmful effects as much as possible! 1. Pall, Martin L. “Microwave Frequency Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) Produce Widespread Neuropsychiatric Effects including Depression.” Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics. August 21, 2015. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891061815000599.

Flatbread Pizza

flatbread-pizza

  • 1/2 cup arrowroot powder
  • 1/4 cup, plus 2 tbsp. coconut flour
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. sea salt
  • 2 tbsp. olive or avocado oil (plus extra for sauteing)
  • 1/2 cup warm water

Topping ideas:

  • Sautéed grass-fed ground meat, caramelized onions, mushrooms, garlic, leafy green strips, carrot shreds, grass-fed cheese, no-sugar tomato sauce, your favorite herbs and spices…
  • The options are endless!

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 425°. Line baking sheet with parchment paper or grease with avocado or coconut oil.
  2. In a bowl, whisk arrowroot flour, coconut flour, baking soda and salt. Once combined, stir in oil then warm water. Gently mix with hands until dough ball has formed.
  3. Place dough on lined or greased baking sheet and roll out into a flat circle or square.
  4. Bake crust for about 12 minutes or until golden.
  5. While crust is baking, saute ground meat and veggies in coconut oil or avocado oil for topping.
  6. Once crust is baked, remove from oven, top crust with toppings and bake another 5 minutes until warm.
  7. Slice and enjoy!

Leaky Gut: An Interview with Dr. Zach Bush

I recently had the opportunity to interview Dr. Zach Bush, MD regarding the much sought after topic of leaky gut. Although I did write a very comprehensive article on leaky gut in 2014, Dr. Bush pointed out many interesting facts that I know will be of much interest.

Dr. Bush is a triple board certified physician and the founder and director of Revolution Health Center in Virginia. Dr. Bush has had much experience with gut inflammation and resulting symptoms. Because of the needs of his patients, he was looking for answers regarding healing the tight junctions (cells whose membranes join together forming a virtually impermeable barrier) of not only the gut, but of all the organs and glands. As a result of exhaustive research regarding how to facilitate the rebalancing of the ecosystem in the gut, he is the co-founder of a novel product called ION that I have been using very successfully with compromised clients.

Before the creation of ION, because of recession and budget cuts for his cancer research, Dr. Bush moved to a very small town to educate the residents on how to change their diet. There was no grocery store in the town, and most residents were eating fast food from the gas station mini mart. Needless to say, Type 2 Diabetes ran rampant, and he spent 2 years educating his patients about the need for a healthy diet.

Many complied, but he didn’t always see the results he hoped for: some Type 2 patients responded well to the changes in diet, but some of didn’t. Why? Because some patient’s cells were not able to do the necessary cell repair: in other words, they didn’t have enough mitochondria (the powerhouse of the cell) to do the job.

Miracle Mitochondria and Gut Health

As discussed in past articles, inside every cell the mitochondria act as the powerhouse. The reason why our body is able to repair is because the mitochondria are functioning at top performance. And the more mitochondria we have, the healthier we become.

The mitochondria are also vital when it comes to feeding our bodies. If you eat kale, the body can’t directly absorb those nutrients. Friendly bacteria liberate the kale nutrients; those nutrients are transported to the liver where they are turned into fat and sugar. The mitochondrion consumes the fat and sugar, turns the fat into electrons and pumps them through the electron chain to produce ATP energy. It goes without saying that if you want to fix the cell, you have to fix the mitochondria.

Redox Molecules

But the mitochondrion’s work doesn’t stop there. As they produce ATP energy, they produce redox signaling molecules. When these redox molecules are stable, they are a vital part of healing the body. They act as the 911-communication system to your immune system. But the loss of mitochondria equals advanced aging. And with each decade that passes, we lose precious mitochondria.

The electrical charge of the mitochondria (the making of ATP) pulls water and thus nutrients into the cells. The higher the electrical charge, the more water enters the cells. As we age, all our organs and glands, including the digestive tract becomes increasingly more dehydrated. And of course, compromising dehydration is partly due to the dramatic loss of mitochondria from unhealthy foods and toxic exposure. Dehydration is also due to the opening of tight junctions, which I will review shortly.

Friendly Bacteria and Redox Molecules

As most of us are well aware, a balanced gut microbiome, with a multitude of friendly bacteria is vital to the healthy workings of the gut. Redox molecules and friendly bacteria work as a team to protect the gut. The communication of these bacteria with redox signaling molecules is the front line of defense for the tight junctions (the firewall between us and the outside world).

Gut in Review:

But let me back up and give a brief overview of leaky gut. Leaky gut encompasses many different challenges, but certainly uncontrolled inflammation leading to the opening of the protective tight junctions in the gut is primary.

Tight junctions function as an intelligent gateway for the intestinal tract. Its job is to keep out toxins, inorganic fiber, chemicals and foreign invaders. Gluten’s gliadin molecules and glyphosate from pesticides (specifically, Roundup and GMO foods) are its biggest enemies and loosen those tight junctions causing intestinal permeability known as leaky gut.

Learn more about glyphosate’s impact on the gut here and here.

In these instances, the gliadin molecules and/or the glyphosate causes widespread inflammation to the gut lining and the tight junctions remain open. If the tight junctions remain open long term, it can lead to a compromised immune system and/or autoimmune responses, where the body starts attacking itself.

How Do We Protect Against Glyphosate?

Right now in the US, we are dumping 300 million pounds of glyphosate on our soil per year: two times as much as last year. But can we keep ourselves safe from glyphosate and by eating only organic foods? Unfortunately, that does not provide 100% protection. It is estimated that approximately 65% of all the rainfall over the globe contains glyphosate. So what can you do to protect yourself and your precious tight junctions from the devastating effects of glyphosate?

Close Those Tight Junctions

Tight junctions are not limited to the intestinal tract. They are found everywhere in the body, including the brain, blood vessels and renal (kidney) tubules (they reabsorb selected materials back into the blood and secrete, collect and conduct urine: Mosby’s Medical Dictionary: 9th Edition: 2009).

Anywhere that tight junctions remain open, glyphosate will compromise that area. When the tight junctions open, you start leaking water out of your body and into your colon. The colon is supposed to absorb the water from food and direct it back into your body. But when you have a leaky colon, you have a little bit of water tracking back into the colon, which leads to even more dehydration in your cells and then chronic dehydration.

If the tight junctions in the kidneys remain open, toxins can get stuck, and it may be difficult for certain people’s kidneys to flush adequately. When the kidneys are weak, the kidney mitochondria can’t mount the electrical charge across the renal tubules, so the kidneys become a dry sponge for toxins, and that can be a disaster. It is obvious that we need protection for our tight junctions. Can probiotics offer a solution?

Probiotics: Friend or Foe?

The probiotic industry is huge, with sales of $30 billion per year. So many of us have read about the glories of probiotics and many of us have a bottle sitting in our refrigerator. And it is true that in certain instances, they can help. But, unfortunately, what we know is that if you take the same 3-7 species of friendly bacteria over and over again, your gut will turn into a monoculture of limited species.

Why is that a problem? Because in a healthy gut microbiome it is estimated that there are between 20-30,000 different species of friendly bacteria working their magic and keeping our whole body balanced and healthy. In a gut species study Dr. Bush noted, it took 44 participants to collectively get to 10,000 species!

As we are exposed to pesticides, herbicides and chemicals of all sorts, we are devastating our gut microbiome and killing off the good guys. And if we have the wrong bacteria proliferating like e Coli, klebsiella, pseudomonas, candida, etc., it can wipe out our whole ecosystem. Add to that an unhealthy diet, and that is a recipe for an inflamed gut that never seems to heal.

So again, if we just keeping take the same probiotic products over and over again, we may have an improvement for a while after antibiotic use or an infection. But over time, it does no good to repeat these same cultures. We need to find a way to re-populate our gut without the overuse of probiotics. How is that possible?

Restore

It all comes back to the communication between redox molecules, the mitochondria and our friendly bacteria.

We know that we need many stable redox molecules to improve health. But how can we provide them in supplement form? Dr. Bush knew that carbon redox molecules were present in healthy soil and he needed an ecosystem of carbon redox molecules that was huge. But unfortunately, our topsoil has tragically degraded over the years. In yesteryear, when soil was healthy, the topsoil was 8 feet deep. Now it is mineral deficient, saturated with pesticides and herbicides, and only 12 inches in depth. He knew this denatured soil could not provide the kind of carbon redox molecules needed to change the ecosystem of the gut.

Ancient Soil Lignites

After searching far and wide for a good source, he went to the desert where ancient fossil soil called lignites, estimated to be 50 million years old, existed in abundance. Not only is this lignite soil rich in minerals: it is rich in carbon redox molecules.

Through a special water extraction process and the addition of other minerals, and amino acids passed on from a brilliant colleague in New Mexico, he was able to “wake up” the carbon redox potential of this rich soil mix, and created the liquid product called ION.

These carbon redox molecules communicate with the 30,000 potential species of microflora in a healthy gut. And in a sterile gut (with very few friendly species) these carbon redox molecules have the potential to mix with bacteria that is present in our every day environment. In fact, most of the ecosystem (multitude of friendly bacteria) that we depend on every day does not come from probiotics or fermented sauerkraut. It comes from walking out into your garden and turning over some soil and planting your seeds; all the airborne bacteria are there and you breathe them in. Or you reach over and you pet your dog and bacteria go airborne. So pet your dogs more often and kiss your cat! Remember: ION is a communication network of carbon redox molecules that form the front line of defense for our gut. It is NOT a probiotic.

Documented Changes

Sixteen minutes after taking ION, the product closes tight junctions and changes their integrity. In 6 days, tight junctions in the small and large intestines become stronger. But what does this mean in the body? Because the tight junctions are closed, you can absorb water and nutrients much faster, there are better tissue integrity, and tissues, glands and organs throughout the body get rehydrated because of the closing of the tight junctions. When you take ION, the difference is in the hydration state. Also, closed tight junctions stop the over-production of zonulin, a protein that modulates their permeability.

But the best news is that ION can protect our gut from the toxicity of glyphosate and gluten. Taken 30 minutes before a meal, tight junctions will NOT open if these damaging substances are ingested. It also has the potential to repair the gut wall after glyphosate insult.

How to Take ION

The label suggests taking 1 tsp. 30 minutes before each meal. But if you forget to take it before your meal, you can take 1 tsp. 3 times a day. However, if you have a toxic or inflamed gut, it is suggested that you START VERY SLOWLY. Begin with 1-2 drops per day and ease your way into using this amazing product.

With re-hydration of organs, glands and your brain,  you may experience temporary symptoms. If that is the case, reduce the amount taken. For Dr. Bush’s sickest patients, 1 drop per week was tolerated and then very slowly they increased to tolerance. But for many, the recommended dose is causing rapid changes in gut health. One of my chronically constipated docs saw dramatic changes in her bowel movements in a matter of days. Before she had to take many things to assure regular bowel movements, but now has 2-3 bowel movements per day taking only ION. I’m excited for you to try ION and please let me know what you think in the comments below. Here’s to your healthy, happy gut!

To purchase ION now, click here.