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Alkaline Ionized water, its benefits and science and its stories
As my readers are aware, both Cassie and I are on a ketogenic diet, A.K.A. Alkaline Paleo Diet. We have a good friend in Chicago battling her own brain cancer on a ketogenic diet, recommended by her doctor.
This quite detailed video below is really worth persisting with.
I found this article on Joe Mercola’s site, even though Cassie and I have been also researching ti for a long time. Here’s the link to Dr Mercola’s quite excellent summary.
Hot on the heels of news that our new Indian outlet has begun, comes news of the second alkaline ionized water plant in India, in Goa.
My years in India convinced me that Indian people are amazingly inventive. My Ashram had been equipped with solar water systems many years before they became popular in the West. Here’s the article.
Indian diet, generally speaking, is acidic.
“Dosage Matters – speaking of wellness, so many leaders I know are suffering from the influenza. In a new study, HIGH dose Vitamin C and D reduced symptoms 85%. With the onset of symptoms the researchers administered 1000 mg orally (1 gram) per hour for the first six hours and then 3 grams per day thereafter, a protocol I’ve followed for years, even with our children (I take 9 grams per day normally; dogs and cats produce a body equivalent weight of 15 grams per day as a comparison). Most studies that claim Vitamin C has no impact on the common cold use such small dosages I’m never surprised of their poor results. Dosage matters with traditional pharma products, same with vitamins.Vitamin C.”
I thought this was a very good summary of why we fall off the wagon as dieters. Dr. Jessica Bartfield,MD, internal medicine who specializes in nutrition and weight management at the Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery & Bariatric Care says that despite that fact that two-thirds of Americans say they are on a diet to improve their health, very few are actually decreasing in size. “Dieting is a skill, much like riding a bicycle, and requires practice and good instruction, ” says Dr. Bartfield. “You’re going to fall over and feel frustrated, but eventually you will succeed and it will get easier.”
Top Four Reasons Why Dieters Don’t Lose Weight
According to Dr. Bartfield, here are the top four reasons why many dieters fail to lose weight.
1. Underestimating Calories Consumed
“Most people (even experts!) underestimate the number of calories they eat per day. Writing down everything that you eat- including drinks and “bites” or “tastes” of food — can help increase self-awareness. Pay attention to serving sizes and use measuring cups and spoons as serving utensils to keep portions reasonable. Food eaten outside of the home tends to be much larger portion sizes and much higher in calories. Try to look up nutrition information of your favorite take-out meal or restaurant and select a healthy meal before picking up the phone or going out to eat.
2. Overestimating Activity and Calories Burned
“Typically you need to cut 500 calories per day to lose 1 lb per week. This is very difficult to achieve through exercise alone, and would require 60 minutes or more of vigorous activity every day. A more attainable goal would be to try to increase activity throughout the day and get a total of 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise most days of the week. Buy a pedometer and track your steps; try to increase to a goal of 10,000 steps per day. But be careful — exercise is not an excuse to eat more!”
3. Poor Timing of Meals
“You need a steady stream of glucose throughout the day to maintain optimal energy and to prevent metabolism from slowing down. Eat breakfast every day within one hour of waking up, then eat a healthy snack or meal every three to four hours. Try not to go longer than 5 hours without eating a healthy snack or meal to keep your metabolism steady.”
4. Inadequate Sleep
“Studies have shown that people who get fewer than six hours of sleep have higher levels of ghrelin, which is a hormone that stimulates appetite, particularly for high- carbohydrate/high- calorie foods. In addition, less sleep raises levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, which can lead to weight gain.”
This is a fabulous interview. Dr Oz tries his best to keep his wheat-vendor sponsors happy, but Dr Davis reigns supreme.
http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/are-you-addicted-wheat?video=15895
But.. I’m only human – and I did just return from a culture whose God is coffee, whose day revolves around and begins with coffee, so give me a break if I failed to abstain for six months in Italy. After all I did manage to eat NO PASTA and NO GELATI for six months and remain ketogenic on our alkaline paleo diet…
So.. here’s a pic of my morning coffee. It’s a huge thing in the US Paleo community right now, using an organic mould-free Guatemalan coffee bean, but whilstIi didn’t even know there was mould in coffee, I couldn’t say our specially imported Bulletproof coffee was different from Vittoria.
However… take a look at my morning coffee. Strange look, right? That’s how a dessert spoon of coconut oil looks in a long black. We drank long blacks in Italy – Cafe Americano - because we were both off dairy. What we found to our surprise was that the fat in the dairy in the cappucinos slowed down the caffeine effect. Now if that’s what you like.. that’s fine, but once we became accustomed to long black, we found a ‘high’ we’d never had before, and in my case without the big ‘downer’ I experienced with a normal capuccino. (Reading this post to Cassie, she disagrees: she says it’s my Alkaline paleo diet that had cured me of my ‘angry hour’ downer I used to have with coffee. yes, I believe she’s right! – as usual!)
Of course everyone’s reaction to coffee varies, but why the coco oil? Well, you know I’ve been rattling on about the goodness and health benefits of saturated fats ever since Cassie weaned me off the alkaline diet’s sugar secret stash.. and I have learned that good saturated fats are the BEST energy powerhouse food you can give to yourself. So a dessertspoon of coco oil in my long black is the fuel that takes me into orbit once the caffeine blasts me off. Yes, it takes a few cups to get used to it, but one thing I’ve learned in my Alkaline Paleo diet is that my food preferences are very weak when challenged with a substitution, and it’s my MIND that is the problem more than any perceived bodily reaction. In fact I have changed so many of my food preferences on the diet, recognising as I changed that so many of them were not ‘preferences’ but addictions.
BTW, If you haven’t grabbed Cassie’s new (free) Alkaline Paleo Diet food list, click here.
Here’s his latest post from his blog at waterfyi.com.
“Anyone that has read my blog knows that I’m a strong advocate of drinking ionized/energized water. If you have ever clicked on the goofy “Hello My Name is Rob” link in the top right hand corner of the home page of my blog, you will know that my life changed when I started drinking alkaline water about 4 1/2 hears ago. Prior to drinking alkaline water, I was taking a medication for arthritis, another for acid reflux, and had received a prescription to start taking a third drug to control the level of cholesterol in my blood. Within a week of drinking the water, my acid reflux disappeared. My arthritis disappeared within a month. I never did start taking the drug for cholestol and it has not been a problem.
All is good….right? Yup. For four years I faithfully drank the water and the physical problems that I had previously suffered from were no longer an issue.
Along comes the summer of 2012. Maybe I was trying to create my own personal armegeddon, or maybe I secretly wanted to see if I was “cured” of my previous health issues, or maybe life just got in the way.
With 4 of the 5 kids now living on their own, we decided that it was “our time”. We down-sized and moved closer to our cottage. A series of events beyond our control took place in the last four months that left us without a water ionizer. I could have retrieved a unit from storage, but life was busy and I didn’t really experience any significant degree of acid reflux or arthritis…until about three weeks ago.
At some point in October, my acid reflux started to act up and has been getting progressively worse. In the past two weeks or so, I have been experiencing more and more aches and pains. It suddenly occured to me that it was time to get back on the water. Unfortunately, our kitchen was being renovated until this past week. When the granite counter was finally installed, I added an under the counter natural water ionizer.
The change in my health within a couple of days of starting to drink the water again has been remarkable. The acid reflux has almost disappeared (the exception being when I had pizza with the kids late Friday night). The aches and pains from arthritis have been getting better every day.
Summary
Drinking ionized/energized water changed my life more than four years ago. It might change yours.
Don’t stop drinking ionized water after it stops working unless you have a well entrenched alkaline diet and you exercise and make a conscious effort to reduce stress in your life. Even if you do all of those things, I would still recommend drinking the water based upon many discussions I have had with vegetarians who found the water made a positive difference in their lives. Regardless of whether you drink the water or not, I still recommend that everyone eat the right foods, exercise, and reduce stress…..but I know from personal experience that it is easier said than done.”
Note: Rob’s story is Rob’s story. We don’t imply that you will get similar results and you should always check in with a qualified quack er… doctor before modifying your present health regime. And never run with scissors.
Just Breast cancer?
Hmm. what about underpants that detect prostate or testicular cancer?
A trendy chapeau that detects brain cancer. A scarf that detects throat cancer, or an undershirt that detects lung cancer?.. any other great ideas? or.. what about living a life that isn’t making you a statistic? Our friend Lillian Davenport is recovering from breast cancer with the assistance of her enlightened doctor, Tom Cowan who has followed his years of personal experience and recommended paleo diet rather than the usual virtually unworkable Gerson diet. So why don’t we know about the paleo diet and cancer?
Because – as usual – no studies have been done.. and as usual the ‘why’ is in the fact that the corps can’t make money from a diet.
It appears that we the people have to take our future health into our own hands, and a small investment in good research that creates outcomes for the people rather than the corporations is the way to go. Cassie found a great initiative put out by these folks to make it happen for the paleo diet. We’ve donated $100. Care to match us? With only a couple of thousand of like minded future-lovers we can achieve great things for all people.
I hate scrolling to find things.. and I’m sure you do too, so here’s a summary of the significant posts I’ve added to this blog about alkaline diet since my last Healthemail Newsletter.
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Here’s my list with comments:
IS THERE NO LIMIT TO THE WAYS THEY TRY TO CONVERT US TO BOTTLED WATER?
A look at how far the advertising industry is prepared to take us to sell us something as basic (and profitable) as bottled water?
HIDDEN GLUTEN: A GUIDE
Gluten isn’t just in bread, as we found out. This report on how to look for those sneaky sources is a summation of what we’ve learned over our years of coming down from the bread addiction.
‘SANGUE’ MEANS ‘RARE’ IN SPAIN: OR IS IT ‘RAW’ IN SPAIN?
OK, OK, I’m going Paleo and most of it is great. This? Well, It’s a bit of a speed bump!
WHAT IF ALL FOODMAKERS LABELLED THEIR PACKS LIKE GM PRODUCTS?
Well it’s a fair question, and here’s a fair answer!
CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTATION AND HEART ATTACKS. WHAT ABOUT WATER IONIZER CALCIUM?
Does the calcium we all love so much from our electric water ionizers do us good or not?
GROSS NUTRITION ON $80 A WEEK
If the video doesn’t load, refresh the link supplied. This video shows the level of food consciousness some of us still live within.
CHINA’S NEW HIGH TECH SPERM HARVESTER.
Yes, it is real and no, there is no truth to the rumour.
DUST BUNNY ALERT: TOXINS IN EVERYDAY HOUSEHOLD DUST.
Next time you lay on the carpet watching TV, think of this..
GROUNDWATER AND DRINKING WATER, AND A GOOD REASON FOR A GOOD WATER FILTER.
The massive dilemma US authorities are faced with in the latest loss of essential groundwater reserves. Take a look at the satmap
and cringe.
NO WORRIES ABOUT B12 ANYMORE. I GET IT IN MY TOOTHPASTE…
Yes, I do have a sample and yes, it tastes good. Should we import it for you? You tell us!
SUGAR = ACID = HEALTH = NOT! ALKALINE DIET LOOPHOLES.
Why we’re off the SAD (Standard Alkaline Diet) and into the APD (Alkaline Paleo Diet)
A SIMPLE QUIZ TO CHECK YOUR FOOD ADDICTION
Who, me? Addicted? Naw!! So how about this? Sugar has been shown to be FOUR TIMES more addictive than cocaine. Take this test and see how you stack up against everyone else.
AMERICANS, JUST TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR REAL ADDICTION!
A good one to check straight after the above. It might just let you know you have many, many friends in a similar situation.
Have you seen our Alkaline Video Library yet? It takes the pain out of watching really bad YouTube Videos that have seduced you into opening them. Here you go and please comment !
