Stories we cannot tell

I just heard an AMAZING story this morning but I'm not permitted by law to tell it to you and make any claim that it has anything to do with our products, so I'll just tell you about it with NO product references. I'm sure you'll hear more about it soon enough.

One of our distributors rang and talked about a client of his who, he said, had severe diabetes, to the point of lower limb degeneration. Steve, our distributor, also makes a bulk alkaline water processor and he passed on this story. The man told Steve said his legs were numb, his toenails were black and his skin condition, bad. A friend of his suggested he change his water supply... and he said he started feeling better. Like many men, he thought he was fixed - so stopped drinking the water.

Guess what? He said his symptoms worsened. He changed his water back to the recommended one.

His symptoms got better - and better - and better. He began using the water on his diseased skin and according to my friend, watched as it also got better.

He had made an appointment to see his doctor to check on the results of a second blood test. being a 'bloke', he hadn't bothered calling to get the results of his first one, so when he arrived at the surgery the receptionist said she had a message from the doctor that when he arrived he simply must see him. The message had been in her file since his last visit but they hadn't been able to contact him

I should say that by this time, according to my friend, his legs had lost their extreme diabetes symptoms, his toenails had begun to regrow clear, and his skin felt alive once more

The doctor called him in.

"If I hadn't seen your second test I would have been telling you that we'd either have to amputate or worse. I am amazed. Your second test is totally different. What did you do? I have to know!"

Isn't it an amazing story? It's so like this one on YouTube, which, I stress, we make no claim to in product.




So again, No, I am NOT saying the man used our product. Got it?

If you are contemplating a change in your health regimen similar to this we recommend you ask your doctor first. That's the law.

Chinese herbal expert agrees

Paul Keogh, technical director of Fusion Health called in this morning. Paul was a naturopath and Chinese herbalist who saw the need for quality ingredient control in the Chinese hebals supplied in Australia. He spent years findng a supply so clean and replicable that all of his products are TGA approved.

Fusion Health has grown from a sideline to a mainline, and you'll see his display in almost all good health food stores.

Paul dropped in to pick up a replacement filter cartridge for his Melody Alkalizer that he's had for ages. "I just don't drink ordinary water any more." said Paul. It's just the energy of my ION LIFE water that I love!"

Fusion hasjust released thei new kidney tonic - which is a pity because I just spent hundreds of dollars gettinga lesser version from a Chinese hebalist. I brew it up every morning and night and it tasted horrible and stinks, so an encapsulated version with higher proven potency is a definite yes-yes for me. Paul says that most men over 40 have low kidney chi, just as most women have low liver chi, and Cassie can vouch for his Fusion Liver Tonic. When I get rid of my huge box of herbs I'll be right onto his kidney tonic.

It's not that there is anything wrong with me; it's just that - as Paul says - we blokes start to lose it and it can appear as many symptoms including in my case, a weakness of the lungs.

Here's Paul's website

Dr Emoto and Those Pictures

I've had many calls from people about who is telling the truth about their water system and its ability to create the famous crystal formation as demonstrated in the movie 'What The Bleep' and created by Dr Masaru Emoto.

In our discussions with Dr. Emoto's Institute manager, he made it clear that Dr Emoto is indeed upset that some people are advertising that their water systems create his unique crystal form, but he does not wish to attract the karma involved with legal action.

The simple truth is that some sellers just use his crystals becasue they know they can get away with it. Other use the images becasue a previous model may have been tested, but the present benchtop model, with formlaic change in their filter ingredients, has not. remember, advertising is a game. It's all about how far the advertiser needs to - and is legally able to - go without recrimination to sell their product. Finally, it always comes down to an ethical stand that needs to be taken by the advertsier.

If you are still not convinced about who really does give you Emoto water, I suggest you contact Lawremce Ellyard, the Australia representative or Dr Emoto's Hado Institute. Lawrence is a great guy and very committed to Dr Emoto's vision. He has also just published a new book on the science behind the crystals which I found fascinating. Lawrence's email is here.

Tradeup Time in Water Alkalizers

For the next month only, I'm willing to look at trading up to the latest whizz-bang Jupiter Science Water Alphion or Melody Alkalizer. If you have an old one - (after all, we've been going since Y2K!) give us a call or email us. Also, if you've bought any other system that well... hasn't fulfilled its promises for you... we're willing to talk trade-up.
Email my team here
or call 1800-ANTIOX

Not a good time to be Baptised

DESOTO, TX — Some who live and work on a section of Interstate 35 here are saying the water smells and is dirty, and one church, which hasn’t been able to hold baptisms, is planning to sue the water company because its water is turned off for no reason.

Deacon Mel Woods of Glory Land Church said , “If anybody were to get saved, we couldn't do the baptism anyway here, without water.”

Woods said that the privately owned Cozy Water Supply shuts the church’s water on and off even though the church has paid its water bills. And because the city of DeSoto has no water rights, the church has to go through Cozy Water for its supply. According to Woods, the owner is hard to find.

The TV station said that when it spotted the owner, he hid behind a shed.

Coming soon to a kitchen near you

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No, you can't have it yet. We have a shipment of 50 arriving in about 8 weeks. Pre-Orders accepted. They are going fast - and supply is limited.

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Poor ol' Pommies; what just ten minutes of sun could do for them!

Almost 30,000 cases of breast and colon cancer a year could be prevented if Britons spent more time in the sun, say researchers

Vitamin D, which helps protect against the cancers, is created in the body when it is exposed to sunshine.

The researchers believe vitamin D deficiency may be to blame for 600,000 cancer cases worldwide each year, particularly in northern European countries where sun exposure levels are relatively low.

The study - which comes amid the wettest summer since records began - recommends ten or 15 minutes a day in the sun to maximise vitamin D levels.

There is mounting evidence that vitamin D could play a vital role in helping prevent disease, with the sun helping top up natural levels more effectively than diet.

Ian: Poor, poor old Poms! We ahve newly employed a lovely Scot, Angela, and she's decided ona future in Byron bay. No wonder.

It's not just Pollies who fiddle Wikipedia

I was alerted yesterday that Wikipedia had some not-s0-nice things to say about alkaline water. On checking it, it was glaringly obvious that my old competitor must be having a bad month again with time to waste. He had cut and pasted great chunks of info straight off his website, ragging alkaline ionized water. We have come to expect this sort of thing over the last seven years. We've even been 'dobbed in' to the Gaming Commission for not taking out a raffle licence! Sad.

However the data he put up bears comment. He is saying that although alkaline ionized water has some antioxidant effect, it isn't really alkaline. Over the years he's tried on many claims including 'it's too alkaline', it isn't really alkaline', 'alkaline isn't natural' and 'natural alkalinity is better'.

However, back to the item.

Few people have had the opportunity to delve into what pH is all about. The common concept of acid and alkalinity is of a liquid with either lots of acid or lots of alkaline minerals in it. This is not what pH is all about. pH is about what it says it is about; 'pH - per hydrogene, the French term for the amount of hydrogen ions (positive or negative) in a liquid.

It follows that if a liquid has more negative hydrogen ions in it than positive, it will be seen as alkaline, and vice versa. The minerals that give it those hydrogen ions are irrelevant; it is the hydrogen ions that matter, and this is reflected in the reading you'll get from litmus paper or a pH Meter. Your meter isn't saying it has 'x' amount of calcium or magnesium or sulphur. It's saying you have a liquid with a number of hydrogen ions that reflect the clour or reading it is giving you. Do you see what I'm saying? Forget the chemicals. Think Hydrogen.

So saying that something isn't really alkaline because it doesn't have lots of alkaline minerals in it is to miss the point. The real power and benefit of pH is the ability to deliver loads of the right sort of hydrogen ions (atoms) to you.

The difference in effect of a positively charged hydrogen ion and a negatively charged one are huge; a positive hydrogen ion, such as you get with our acid water, has the ability to oxidize, or break down things it comes into contact with. That's why we use acid water for killing bacteria, for cleaning, and for skin and hair support. That's why the huge and famous Tokyo Fish Market uses acid water to clean up after every days' trading; it's a wonderful way of cleaning up all the fish goo without chemicals.

Negatively charged hydrogen, on the other hand, is 'reducing', meaning it donates its energy to anything it comes into contact with. If it, for instance, comes into contact with a positively charged oxygen ion (also known as a free radical) it (and one more) donates itself and unites with the oxygen ion to re-create ordinary water. (H2O)
That's how an antioxidant works!

Can you see why it isn't how much chemical in a liquid that's important in assessing its pH?

Can you see how exquisite a method this is; to create a powerful alkaline oxygen laden antioxidant out of ordinary water?

Finally, this theory is easily measurable with a $200 ORP (oxidation/Reduction Potential) meter, because the electrical potential of a liquid is affected by the amount of hydrogen ions it has. Tap water is about +150mv, meaning it robs us of net energy.

Our Wiki competitor's water filter reduces it a bit, but we've never been able to get their water filter lower than +50mv, meaning that although it is better, it just means it oxidizes less than tap water.

We've seen our ionizers give -800mv readings, meaning almost ten times better antioxidant ability in every glass. We don't always get it because it depends on the water source, but generally you'll get a reading of -300+, making it around six times more effective than our angry friend.

I guess that's the reason he had to alter WikiPedia. If your story doesn't fit science, call in the spin doctors!

Sydney Water Alert

A potentially toxic algae is covering the surface of the main source of drinking water here, reports an August 28 article in The Daily Telegraph.

The outbreak is not yet considered toxic, but an unnamed spokeswoman for the Sydney Catchment Authority said in the article it has the potential to produce toxins.

The level of nutrients in the water, which feeds the algae bloom, increased after heavy winter rains in June and July.

The authority is drawing water from below the algae and treating it in accordance with Australian drinking water guidelines. The authority’s spokeswoman said in the article, “While there may have been some differences in the taste and odor of the water, there are no health impacts.”

The Sydney water supply has faced its share of difficulties this year. The Daily TelegraphGiardia and Cryptosporidium have been found in the water supply eight times in the past year. reported that

A Six Minute Message that got Twenty Million Dollars.

It's only six minutes long.

How to catch a Junkie; LOTS of Junkies!

Researchers have figured out how to give an entire community a drug test using just a teaspoon of wastewater from a city's sewer plant.

The test wouldn't be used to finger any single person as a drug user. But it would help federal law enforcement and other agencies track the spread of dangerous drugs, like methamphetamines, across the country.

Oregon State University scientists tested 10 unnamed American cities for remnants of drugs, both legal and illegal, from wastewater streams. They were able to show that they could get a good snapshot of what people are taking.

"It's a community urinalysis," said Caleb Banta-Green, a University of Washington drug abuse researcher who was part of the Oregon State team. The scientists presented their results Tuesday at a meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston.

One of the early results of the new study showed big differences in methamphetamine use city to city. One urban area with a gambling industry had meth levels more than five times higher than other cities. Yet methamphetamine levels were virtually nonexistent in some smaller Midwestern locales, said Jennifer Field, the lead researcher and a professor of environmental toxicology at Oregon State.

Cities in the experiment ranged from 17,000 to 600,000 in population, but Field declined to identify them, saying that could harm her relationship with the sewage plant operators.

She plans to start a survey for drugs in the wastewater of at least 40 Oregon communities.

The science behind the testing is simple. Nearly every drug - legal and illicit - that people take leaves the body. That waste goes into toilets and then into wastewater treatment plants.

"Wastewater facilities are wonderful places to understand what humans consume and excrete," Field said.

In the study presented Tuesday, one teaspoon of untreated sewage water from each of the cities was tested for 15 different drugs. Field said researchers can't calculate how many people in a town are using drugs.

She said that one fairly affluent community scored low for illicit drugs except for cocaine. Cocaine and ecstasy tended to peak on weekends and drop on weekdays, she said, while methamphetamine and prescription drugs were steady throughout the week.

More here

Dr Young on Heart Disease

As always, Dr Robert O. Young is 'on the money' about averting serious disease. Here's his latest missive about heart disease:

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"Do YOU know what sets off a heart attack or stroke?
The answer is a four letter word -

A C I D!

Heart attacks, strokes, and cardiac arrests seem like they come out of the blue, but they do not.The y usually appear after cholesterol-rich acidic plaque has festered in the arteries that nourish the heart and brain.

So what makes one happen at a particular time?

A trigger, reports the July 2007 issue of the "Harvard Heart Letter."Imp ortant triggers include:

Waking from sleep.
Before you wake up, your body trickles acidic stress hormones into the bloodstream. This helps you get up, but also slightly stresses the heart. That, along with dehydration that occurs overnight and the overnight fade in protection from acidic heart medicines, may explain why heart attacks are most common in the morning.

Heavy physical exertion is highly acidic.
Shoveling snow, running, and other strenuous activities can be acidic triggers. But don't be afraid to exercise -- exertion is much less likely to cause trouble in people who exercise and are living and eating alkaline regularly.

Anger is a highly acidic emotion.
A bout of anger can increase the chances of having a heart attack up to 14-fold during the following two hours.

Outfections of acidity.
Pneumonia, flu, and other outfections can be potent acidic triggers for heart attacks and strokes.

An acidic meal of meat, alcohol and dairy will tenderize and weaken the heart and lead to a cardiac arrest. Just like Heinz 57 steak sauce tenderizes a steak so acid from meat (especially chicken and pork), alcohol, and the lactic acid from dairy products will tenderize and weaken your heart setting you up for a heart attack or cardiac arrest.

Other triggers include sexual activity (if not alkaline), overeating (highly acidic), severe hot or cold weather, air pollution, natural disasters, drug use (always acidic), grief, lack of sleep and cholesterol lowering drugs.

Of course, most people with heart disease (or an acidic heart) get out of bed in the morning, shovel snow, make love, get angry, and suffer through the cleansing effects of the flu just fine.

Still, knowing what sets off heart attacks, strokes, or cardiac arrests can help you avoid triggers or blunt their power, says the "Harvard Heart Letter."

Your insurance policy for preventing a heart attack, stroke or cardiac arrest is very simply - get off the acidic foods, drinks and emotions and start alkalizing your body with the pH Miracle Living Plan."

~ Dr Robert O. Young

Getting Your Own 'ION' Business happening

Knowing that I have many overseas readers, I should let you know about IONWAYS, our new marketing initiative in the US.

It's a network system and has the backing of my US distributor, David Forsyth, Managing Director of ION LIFE USA. If you feel the urge to help people and c0-create out an ethical living, it might be a great idea to sign on and get in on the ground floor of this new system.
Click here to learn more and sign on (US only)

Better late than never...

Had a visit from 'John' late yesterday. He was in a state of mild abstractedness because he'd just been to the doctor and had received some unwelcome news. John is a fellow reader of my HealtheMail weekly, and has known and understood enough about alkalizing and alkaline water to accept that it would be a good idea to get his own alkalizer.

Of course, as he pointed out, he had known that for quite some time, but he had left a few points unresolved in his mind about how ION LIFE water compares to other waters. I'm guessing that these unresolved points kept him from seeing us sooner, but the visit to the Doc prompted him to come and see me.

Hey, John! You're no different to most men. we are all - me included - terrified of health changes and so we - generally speaking - do nothing until we get a health scare.

Anyway, John, welcome to the Alkalarians! I toast you!

I also had a call from Sonia, a big hearted lady with a son with intellectual diability and severe reactions to certain foods. She - as have so many parents of autistic kids - educated herself, read the books, listened to the lectures - and come to her own conclusion that alkalizing is the best fundamental support she can offer herself and her son, and so she has recently made the investment in her own Alphion Water Alkalizer.

Sonia has many people in her life, and one lady visitors was immediately drawn to her Alkalizer occupying pride of place on the kitchen bench.

"What IS that?" she asked excitedly. It turns out that this lady is a medical professional who actually lectures her patients about the benefits of alkalizing yet had never seen a water alkalizer before.

People still need to know about alkalizing and every time I talk to anyone about it I feel good because I know it's my gift to myself; to be able to gift others with the knowledge. I love it!

Coming back to Mark's reasons not to alkalize earlier- If you have issues about, or reasons you think are still valid not to begin alkalizing in some form or other, be it food, supplemements, drops or water.. talk to one of our alkalizing specialists!

Get over it!

Fiji Water... Social comment from 'Fast Company 'magazine

The movement against plastic bottled water grows apace, especially in the US and UK.

I just read a wonderful article in fast Company mag about the problems of the bottled water industry, and here's only one of many facts it gave:
(Fron the US)
"We pitch into landfills 38 Billion plastic water bottles a year- in excess of $1 Billion worth of plastic."

I don't know about you, but I can't even imagine that sort of amount. What does a pile of 38 Billion bottles look like?

Polycarbonate Bottles Query

Shannon writes:

I regularly read Ian's blog. I was wondering if he might have an opinion on the following article. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070804101711.htm. Regards Shannon

The article Shannon refers to is all about plastic bottles. You've probably wondered about what effect plastic bottles have on us, and indeed, the standard water bottle is a very bad choice for multiple use. In hot days on the back of a truck they leach carcinigens into the water.

Polycarbonate also got a bad rap when a science lab reported breakdown of polycarbonate bottles when cleaned with strong detergent in their lab.

When we looked at the article it worried us too, especially give the fact that we'd just released our new polycarb sports bottle for carrying alkaline water. But on investigation of the report, we could see the mistake they'd made. They used strong chemical cleaner to wash the bottles every time they used them.

So the rules are simple;
1. DON'T put polycarb bottles in the dishwasher or even in with the rest of the washup.
2. If you must cleanse them, use the correct polycarb detergent. It's available from Tasman Chemicals and it's called Blue Chip.

Both Cassie and I carry our bottles everywhere including to work. Mine sits less than six inches away from my typing fingers right now.

Wow! Now alkaline ionized water to wash your clothes!

An environmentally-friendly washing machine that cleans clothes without detergent will be launched next year.

	The WasH20 should be in UK shops early next year

The WasH20 passes an electric current through the water used in the cycle to create acid and alkaline atoms that take over the role of washing powder, liquid or tablets.

Researchers at the Chinese company Haier claim their invention is greener and cleans around 25 per cent more effectively than current models.

Petroleum-based chemicals in traditional washing detergents pass via sewers into rivers and seas.

They do not completely degrade, causing pollutants to build up and damaging the natural habitats of many animal and plant species.

Some 200,000 of the detergent-free washing machines have been sold since their launch in China last year.

It is due to be in the shops in France in November, and then in the UK - priced around £500 - early next year.

It works by electrolysing water before the wash cycle begins so that by the time it comes into contact with clothes it contains OH- and H+ ions - electrically charged atoms that have lost electrons.

Gilles Montrichard of Haier France said: "The electrolysis process causes a separation of the water into OH- ions and H+ ions.

"The OH- ions remove the dirt. The H+ ions acts like bleach. They acidify the water, sterilising the clothes."

Alkaline OH- ions will penetrate the clothing more effectively than ordinary water and that H+ ions will sterilise the material - killing off bacteria.

Ian: In a Sunday paper reporting on this new use for ionized water, a chemist was quoted as skeptical because he 'couldn't understand how water could be changed this way." Take a look around, Mr Chemist. The same process is now in use in water ionizers, air ionizers and now washing machines. Get ready for the detergent free dishwasher!

Yes, I DO have a vested interest, but It's still a good idea!

CHICAGO — Mayor Richard M. Daley said he likes Alderman George Cardenas’ proposal of placing a tax of up to 25 cents on every bottle of water sold here, an August 15 Chicago Sun-Times story reported.

Daley told the Sun-Times, “Money-wise, it’s a good idea. Environmental-wise, it’s a good idea, too ... There’s so much plastic in our lives. It’s amazing. Every time you look, there’s plastic all over.”

According to the story, the state of Illinois placed No. 7 in the United States in terms of bottled water consumption.

What a great Morning!

Meditating this morning was almost halted by the cacaphony of bird celebrations outside our window. Birds of all types singing their timy hearts out is something hard not to lift the spirit!

Then down to our weekly farmer's market for our eight bunches of Tatsoi, and our other green goods, including lots of 'God's Butter'; ripe avocados!

Peter, the Avocado farmer tells us he scoops a ripe avocado into the blender, adds a little organic cocoa and some honey and blends. "it's the best fudge you've ever tasted! he said.

Down the way, a new stall had set up selling the most amazing looking cup cakes. I walked over, pretending to be deeply hurt, and said "I'm mortally wonded by your magnificent display!" "Oh, Why?" asked the lady proprietor. "Because they look so good, I want them, but I'm gluten intolerant!" "Oh, no," she replied, "this one is gluten free."

There it sat; a picture from cupcake heaven, with a thick layer of creamy icing and even a little edible flower. We bought two... and if I can ever get her to disclose her recipe, you 10,000 readers will have it. Deee Lishuss!

And then she said something that hit me like ... well...

She said, "Thank you for supporting me. I really appreciate it."

Isn't that what local business is all about? And since when did you get something as heartfelt as that from your local Wollies?

Gina, Cassie's sister called in for lunch today. She's a dedicated Alkalarian too and recently joined us in giving up coffee totally. Her comments were interesting. She said that she isn't reacting to things that would have easily triggered her while on coffee. She has become mellower, and was able to see that coffee was indeed an emotional addiction that kept her in a lesser state of peace.

Many newcomers to this HealtheMail seem to think that alkalizing is what they have always done; take a few pills, a supplement, buy their own alkalizer, but after seven years I can say it's so much more. Like Gina's 'coffee awakening', alkalizing is an ever-deepening process of purification and revitalisation. I know, I know, you've heard all the words before, but this is a real thing. We get cleaner, we get smarter, we get deeper, we get more sensitive and we get happier. We seem to be able to watch the world go past with less emotional trauma.

Alkalizing isn't just a health remedy, nor is it just a strategy. it's a way of life, it's riding a wave of change towards new consciousnes levels!

Video of the week.. perhaps the year!

We've all heard of maggots being used as a wound cleaner. but few humans have seen it. If you have a need to know, and are not squeamish, here's your big chance.

A New V______?

ROME - An Italian doctor has reconstructed vaginas for two women born with a rare congenital deformation, using their own cells to build vaginal tissue in the lab for the first time.

Dr. Cinzia Marchese of Rome’s Policlinico Umberto I hospital, giving details of the operations on Wednesday, told Reuters a 28-year-old woman who underwent the first such operation a year ago now has a healthy vagina.

“She has got married and is living a normal life,” said Marchese, whose study has been published in the journal Human Reproduction.

Natural Dandruff Cure

Had a call from a reader this week about a unique use for our Tropical Traditions Organic Virgin coco oil.

She has been helping her daughter to overcome persistent dandruff. She added ground fenugreek seeds to our Tropical Traditions coco oil, heated it up and applied it to her daughter's hair, massaged it in and wrapped her head in a towel for 1/2 an hour to keep it warm. (I assume she strained it before use) Voila! Dandruff Free!

I must admit I love controlling dandruff with the acid water from my Alkalizer, but it's great to know there is another way for people without one.

How Lucky We Are In Australia!

Ordinary tap water is causing some Tenessee residents to feel nauseous, a result of algae blooms in the Cumberland River.

But according to Kenny Vaughan, the water treatment plant superintendent, the water is “perfectly fine,” but is “a nuisance to people, particularly with a sensitive sense of taste and smell,” he told the newspaper. Oh yeah, Kenny! You'll get to keep your job!

Resident Peggy Kuhn said the water smells “of worms in their dirt” and said, “I just spit it back out. You can't drink it; it will literally make you gag.”

The algae blooms are a result of low river levels and high temperatures.

The treatment plant is adding more activated carbon to take care of the algae.

City officials are recommending to residents to loosely seal a glass container of water in the refrigerator and let it sit overnight to make it drinkable.

Can a Treadmill Heal Brain Damage. It seems so!

This is so amazing. By splitting the treadmill into different belts per foot, and varying the speed and irection as a user attampts to run, pathways in the brain are miraculously rebuilt.
The combined results demonstrate there are distinct brain modules responsible for right/forward, right/backward, left/forward and left/backward walking.

Please tell me; who thought of that! I want to personally congratulate them!
Here's the report... and you might like to check the videos there.

Caffeine again and again....

Now we learn that if you're a dear old lady, you can aid your thinking skills and memory by quaffing more than three lattes a day. But if you're an old chap - forget it. 4197 women and 2820 men were tested for coffee consumption over 4 years.

Neurology magazine reports that caffeine had no protective function for the men (even though they got to really love their morning strong black) Benefits for women, however, increased with age. They had 30 percent less memory decline at age 65, rising to 70 percent over the age of 80.

Ian: Right. I'm instructing Cassie to start drinking coffee again the day she reaches 65!

Green Tea and Colon Cancer revisited

We've visited the green tea topic often in this Blog.

Now we hear that green tea stops small tumours in their tracks, but has no effect on developed ones.

Moral: Drink green tea NOW!
Here's the report

And now for Cats. Acid or Alkaline?

Fleur wrote to me last week:
"Thank you for your news letter I really enjoy it and learn a lot from it. Do you have any information on what kind of water cats should drink?"

Fleur, my vet tells me cats have an acidic constitution. My cat likes water from the base of my shower after I get out, and the occasional acrobatic drink from the toilet bowl. He does not like our alkaline water!

Does this help?
~Ian

Flora on your skin? Repeat after me. Acid outside, Alkaline inside.

The latest New Scientist has a piece on skin flora. Of course the majority of us are such healthy critters that we probably have very little skin flora because we use alkaline soaps to kill them and gallons of precious water to wash it off after we kill them.

But is this how we should do it? Is it really best for our skin?

Our skin has a naturally acid mantle, and so washing it off with alkaline soap is.. well... dumb. The purpose of the acid mantle is to create an environment in which flora flourish. The purpose of the flora (friendly bacteria) is to eat incoming nasty bacteria. Take a look at the back of your hand. It's a battle royal down there!

That's why the Atopia shower head is such a good idea. It converts alkaline tap water to acidic water, leaving your skin at the right pH to support the good bugs.

We have been brainwashed into thinking that constant washing is good. The body has been protecting itself for thousands of years and it makes sense to support its proven methods of germ control rather than eliminate them on a daily basis in the shower.

When we really 'click' that we should be alkaline balanced within and acid balanced on the outside, we begin to see the marvel of the body's master plan, including using acidic sweat as a way of maintaining our precious acid mantle skin defence system.

The New Scientist article refers to a claim by a shampoo that it supplies friendly flora. Here's what they said:

My new shower gel proclaims: "New! Stimulates skin flora." Is there any benefit in this?

It sounds like advertising hype to me. Your "normal" flora don't need any extra nutrition if your skin is in a generally healthy condition. Each distinct zone of healthy skin has its own stable, dominant flora and meddling with it is risky.

The ideal flora for each zone form an even, adherent coating of a particular combination of strains that perform all sorts of different functions, such as tuning your personal and family varieties of body odour. It also crowds out or repels rival strains that might threaten your health. Over large areas of skin your normal beneficial flora form what amounts to a protective non-stick coating.

Growing too vigorously does no good because overcrowding might cause them either to harm your skin or flake off, leaving footholds for alien pathogens. Furthermore, in microbial ecology one of the most important competitive weapons is the denial of food to rivals. Leukocytes in pus, for example, inhibit germs partly by absorbing iron, and therefore denying it to invasive bacteria and fungi. If your shower gel supplies excess nutrients to your skin, that surplus might fuel an alien invasion."

New Scientist article here

Angela's Angelic Brocco Salad

Dear Ian,

"I love reading your articles in your healthemail and I thought your readers may like this recipe for broccoli salad. I know kids find it hard to eat but they may like it this way.

5 cups chopped broccoli
1/2 cup sultanas
1/2 cup chopped red onion
1 cup toasted sunflower seeds
3 tblspns vinegar
2 tblspns mayo

mix it altogether and eat, YUMMY

Regards Angela"

Ian: Thank you so much, Angela! One point: is the brocco steamed, or raw? Cassie and I are committed to a green revolution in the kitchen and we're consuming vast quantities of 'Doc Brocc' and Tatsoi (Chinese Greens). We'll be definitely giving this one a tryout!

Shi Tzus Ain't Dumb Animals...an Alkaline Story

Over the years I've become used to hearing stories about dogs and their alkaline water preferences, to the point where I advise people in doubt to put down two bowls of water; one tap water and one alkaline water and see what the dog chooses.

After Barry's story last week of his Great Dane saved by alkaline water, Margie from Ireland sent me this email.

"Hi Ian,
I adopted my Shih Tzu, Miescha as a puppy, straight from the nest. I have only ever given her Alkaline water in her woof bowl. Recently we were on a trip for a few days from home, with the last of our water supply gone, I gave her ordinary "clean" tap water, thinking that she was be thirsty enough to drink anything. How wrong I was, Miescha would not drink the tap water... she turned her nose up at it, walked away and waited till we got home. When we got home I gave her the usual Jupiter Alkaline water, and she drained the whole bowl, normally a full days supply. I have since tested her to see if it was a one off situation, but she will not drink tap water. I thought that I was the picky one in this family, but now I have been outdone by my pooch! She is more like a human than most humans, but she has proven to me that there is no substitute for quality.... and maybe dogs have a more respect for their body than most humans!"

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Natural Nicotine Approach

Here's one way without the high priced chemicals to work on reducing your smoking habit.

At bedtime, every night before retiring, drink a medium glass of orange juice with 1/2 tsp of cream of tartar. The cream of tartar apparently helps flush out the nicotine from your system while the orange juice replaces Vitamin C. Do this for 30 days and chances are your cravings will minimize. It's more natural and cheaper than the "patch" or prescribed medications.

Dr Janet Starr-Hull has this to say about the idea:

"The benefit of the cream of tartar in the cessation of smoking appears to be, 1) the replacement of potassium that smoking robs from the cardiovascular system, and 2) balancing body pH, which typically becomes too acidic when toxins from cigarettes are present.

Each cigarette you smoke robs your body of about 25 milligrams of vitamin C. Orange juice, NOT from concentrate, helps replace this much-needed vitamin C. Actually, all toxins demand extra vitamin C to remove the toxic load found in your cells. When toxins are elevated, more vitamin C is needed to maintain health during Detox."

Does it work? I don't know but it sounds a good alternative, especially because the routine sets up a habit change!

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The Colour Orange may be nice BUT...

Windham, New Hampshire residents Andre and Joanne Vignos complain that orange is affecting everything their well water touches, even the couple themselves. Andre’s toes are orange after bathing with water from their private well, and Joanne’s hair turned orange.

Recent sampling of the Vignos’ well indicates a level of arsenic many times over the maximum contaminant level, and iron and manganese levels substantially in excess of recommended limits, the article said.

How lucky we are in Australia!

The cost of Acidosis

Here's an amazing story about the cost of acidosis from Dr Young, alkaline balance pioneer and Jupiter water drinker.

And here's a special deal for some lucky reader out there... along with a story.

The deal:

One only Jupiter Alphion Water alkalizer new price AU$1795, this one? Save $200!.

The story:

This Alkalizer was returned by a new client after a confusing phone call. As my present clients know, you can get a higher alkaline pH just by touching a button on the Alphion. This client rang and told us that the Alphion worked very well on the first three settings, but on the highest one, they received a lower pH. They had used the standard liquid reagent pH test supplied with the kit, and instead of a more intense purple (indicating higher pH), they received a blue colour, indicating less pH.

Well... we told them to send it back, and sent them a new system. And sure enough, when we got it back and tested it, the same thing happened. We were mystified. The Alphion is so dependable.

We decided to re-test the Alphion with our electronic pH meter. Guess what? The high setting that seemed to be faulty, read perfectly; the highest pH setting gave the highest pH.

So come on, you techno sleuths! What was happening?

The Alphion was working so well that it went beyond the capability of the reagent liquid. When it was used for higher pH than it was capable of reacting to, it gave a lower colour reading. The Alphion was working so well it surpassed the ability of the test kit! When we tested it with the electronic system, it read perfectly!

Another day, another problem.... One mountain scaled, so many more to be seen from the summit!

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Doc Broc Roolz!

Dr Robert O. Young is ALWAYS going on about the joys and benefits of broccoli. Broccoli smoothies even!
Now I see why!

Eating more than one serving of broccoli and cauliflower a week may reduce the risk of prostate cancer by up to 45 per cent, says a new study.

Epidemiological and animal studies have shown that diets high in cruciferous vegetables result in less instances of certain cancers, especially lung, colon, breast and ovarian cancer, while the new study suggests the veggies may also benefit prostates.

Writing in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers from Canada and the US report that an increased intake of cruciferous vegetables was associated with a 40 per cent reduction in prostate cancer risk, with broccoli and cauliflower singled out as offering most protection.

"High intake of cruciferous vegetables, including broccoli and cauliflower, may be associated with reduced risk of aggressive prostate cancer," wrote lead author Victoria Kirsh from Cancer Care Ontario.

This week's Doomsday Moment: Water in the future

Have a look at this graphic prediction of the politics of water supply in our near-future world. ...If you dare.

The Real Culprits; Sugar and its partner, yeast

Had a call from Trevor today who has been alkalizing with his own undersink Jupiter Science Water Alkalizer and we began to talk about weight loss.

He has supported his partner in her weight loss efforts and found an angel naturopath who told her to get off yeast and stop feeding what's left with sugar.
No fruit.
No wine.
No chocolate
No bananas.
No carrots!
And guess what? The pounds fell away. I've long been fascinated by the connection between yeast, sugar and alkalinity. These three subjects seem to me to hold the secret of not just weight loss but abundant health. I've been supported in my theory by my reading of Robert O. Young because he advises keeping away from all fungus and choosing alkaline foods and water.

Yeast, of course, either in the form of blood fungii or candida, lives on sugar. Lower the yeast first and you have a chance of lowering the sugar intake because there's ten million less mouths to feed. Alkalize and you'll begin to return your sugar-sweeet, fungal cavity you call your body back to the healthy, clean and functional machine it was designed to be.

Trevor's wife also used a herbal supplement to assist in getting rid of the yeast, and he's promised to send me details of the product to pass on.

The way yeast craves sugar is, to my mind, so like an addiction that this report coming in this week makes sense. Rats fed sugar and cocaine picked sugar.
Here's the report.

Coffee: That most controversial of drugs/godsends.

If you've been following this HealtheMail for any time you'd be aware that I publish the many and usually conflicting reports on coffee. It's like some form of pingpong research contest. No sooner does one report get published about how coffee is good for you - than another appears saying how bad it is for you. here's the latest that goes so far as suggesting coffee prevents cancer.

Together, the studies included 2,260 people with liver cancer and nearly 240,000 people without liver cancer. Participants lived in Greece, Italy, or Japan.

Participants reported their coffee-drinking habits. The data show that coffee drinkers were 41 percent less likely to have been diagnosed with liver cancer than people who don't drink coffee. For every daily cup of coffee people drank, their odds of having been diagnosed with liver cancer dropped by 23 percent, compared with people who never drink coffee.

People who drank a lot of coffee were 55 percent less likely to have been diagnosed with liver cancer than those who didn't drink any coffee.
Here's the Report

Quote of the day: Do it Anyway

As Ralph Waldo Emerson teaches us, "Always, always, always, always, always do what you are afraid to do."

He also advises, "Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain."

I guess he felt pretty strongly about it.

I wonder; what would I do if I wasn't afraid of the outcome?

Deep Fried Chips. Is there a place for them in a healthy diet?

I just received an email from reader Andrew.

"Ian, just deep fried some potato wedges in Tropical Traditions Virgin Organic Coconut Oil and we think they are sensational!!!!!"

Me too, Andrew. I never thought I'd own a deep fryer but our little Sunbeam unit full of coco oil works a treat!

Want to learn more? Download my free book 'Untold Truth About Coconut Oil' A great read, if I say so myself.
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Brat camp; the underlying cause.

Anyone watching 'Brat Camp' on the ABC? Take a group of terribl e English teens, put them out in the wilds of Arizona (or somewhere similar) on a ranch manned by Cowboys and watch the transformations occur. It's into its third week and some of the kids are really changing, but other have a long, long way to go. Is it all related to how 'delinquent' they want to remain, or is there more?

It was Cassie who picked the 'other' problem. The food they are still being fed on the ranch is totally acidic. It might be capable of creating energy for them to work, but no wonder they are moody, angry and on a roller coaster of emotions! Where are the GREENS in their diet? It's not just the ranch. I'm betting that some of the kids have an equally noxious diet at home in Merrie England.

What a story! Alkaline dog reclaims life!

I just have to share this amazing story with you.

Barry, one of our clients, rang this morning. He's totally convinced about the value of alkalizing, but didn't think he's learn an even bigger lesson about it from his Great Dane.

When the vet told him his beloved 'woofer' was bound for happy cat-hunting heaven in a very short time due to cancer, and that it might happen any day, Barry decided that anything he might do for his faithful companion couldn't hurt at this late stage.

So Barry decided to use Alkaline drops. The dog was a big drinker of water anyway, so Barry just added the drops to his water.

Yes, you guessed it. The Great Dane is greater than ever. He's up, he's around, and Barry is a total convert to the Alkalarian living principle.

Jet Fuel in your water, Antibiotics in your Lettuce.

We had a call from a lovely chap out at Blue Knob, near Nimbin, this week. He had just had his rainwater tank tested and guess what? Expended jet fuel; kerosene, falling from the heavens above, or more accurately, the flightpath of the Coolangatta airport.

Now I read that the antibiotics fed to cattle and pigs are coming through their manure and into our lettuces, when used as a fertilizer. At this stage it's a US report only, but it's hard to believe that similar use of similarly 'laced' manure isn't happening on a daily basis right here.

A study funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, evaluated whether food crops accumulate antibiotics from soil covered with antibiotic-containing manure. Corn, lettuce and potatoes were grown in a greenhouse setting on soil that contained pig manure with a commonly used veterinary antibiotic added.

Antibiotics were found in all three crops, in both their leaves and tissue. The antibiotics also transferred to the potato tubers, suggesting that root crops like carrots, radishes and potatoes may be particularly at risk of antibiotic accumulation.

Though the researchers said the effects of consuming plants that contain antibiotics are “largely unknown,” it’s thought that the contamination could cause allergic reactions or the development of antimicrobial resistance (which renders antibiotics ineffective).

The findings certainly have implications for organic farmers, who often use manure as their main source of fertilizer.
Source: Journal of Environmental Quality July/August 2007, 36:1224-1230

Detailed Directions. You guess what it is for!

The sterilization and disinfecting effect is superior.

With the general germ army of water inside from the fresh fish gadfly which it gets up the rain which is septicemia parasitic and to sterilize effectively disinfect to the hour when it is short five germs. Also the general germ army back which is included in six of the cold noodle or noodles backs sterilizes and is positively disinfected test result of the korean chemical examination research worker who is a national official recognition agency is giving proof the thing.

With the remaining agricultural chemical which is attaching in the vegetable fruit tableware type it disjoints the characteristic material only and to remove. Namely, it reacts with the poisonous chemical material and with the co2 and the o2 which are a harmless material it changes. According to the result which it tests from the laboratory with the captain the multi branch remaining agricultural chemical of the carbaryl back the ozone the result which it controls it gave proof the removal ratio which is positive.

Really?

Are We Treating the Cacncer but Killing the Patient?

We seem to be hearing quite a few reports on improving cancer survival rates in the pet press these days. Having read a great deal about how survival rates are calculated I am hesitantly skeptical. I really would like to believe that cancer recovery rates are improving but in my daily work here I am exposed to so many people with cancer, and so often they attribute it to toxic decisions they made in their life.

So this article by Dr George Giorgiou is an important one for anyone trying to work out how to strategize their life around the story given us by established medicine.
Read it here

One Only Special This week

If you'd like to save money on a water alkalizer, here's your chance. We had a client return a Jupiter Melody this week with slow water flow. We gave him a new one and checked it out; there was a kinked hose inside! So it's as new, but we'll give it to you with a savings of $300 or a free Fresh Air car and Home Air Ionizer. But be quick.
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While we're on the subject I'll give you the lowdown on our new ad campaign. We're asking people to join you here - and receive my HealtheMail as you do, and if they do, they'll be in the running for a free prize; a new alphion Water Alkalizer! We're not organised yet, but I'll let you know. So if you have friends whom you think may enjoy my words of ...er.. wisdom, pass on this link and they may be able to win the mighty Alphion.

Feelgood moment: check the one-legged salsa dancer

Ama-a-a-zing Videos of how we work.

This link takes you to a pagefull of simply amazing animations of what happens at the microscopic level in our bodies, right down to the creation of new DNA. If you don't want to click yet, here's a sampler.

Looking at the Health Consumer's mind

I'm letting you into a secret today. I subscribe to trade journals. Yes, I admit it. I do have an interest in how the health consumer's mind works so we don't throw good money after bad on advertising.

The information these journals give me are often very useful. look at this chart that tells you the most unpopular ingredients in a health food shopper's mind. It's an interesting one because it's rather like a 'top ten'. Once upon a time it was fat, then it was saturated fats, and cholesterol.

Now it's trans fats. Take a look and see where you align with the mass consciousness!