Even chefs are getting the message. This chef reckons he can pick an acidic individual by the way they act in his restaurant.
The international movement to ban the plastic non-recyclable water bottle is growing daily. Prepare to hear more about this issue.
Since I have been advising people on acid/alkaline balance there's always been one problem that recurs. The phone rings, and a client tells me that although his/her new alkalizer is doing great things for all aspects of her health. His/her blood pressure is still high. This puzzled me for a long time until I discovered my own gluten intolerance. It was gluten, not food stress or fat that was causing the BP problem! Later, Dr Gerry Brady, alkaline water user, reported a similar finding with one of his clients.
I guess it depends on how old you are.
It seems that latest research suggests that a good upending at regular intervals may slow the possibility of Alzheimers' Disease. This report tells me that if I stand on my head regularly, that's what will happen.
Last week I discussed George Monbiot's (author; Heat) new prediction of a sudden and catastrophic rise in sea levels as a major ice shelf loses its underpinning and falls into the ocean. I received a reply I'd like to share.
An article appeared on the weekend about a new theory of aging being considered by the US National Bureau of Economic Research. It seems they want us to be given a new age. No, not 'new age'; an actual new way of measuring age!
Andrew Cathles has featured before on my blog. He paid us a visit awhile ago with all of his family and we had a great connection. He's a naturopath in WA and runs the Thornlie Naturopathic Centre. (08-9452-0722)
A recent study discovered that the toads that jump the fastest (that is the largest toads) pay for their dominance with arthritis. The Cane toad, native to South and Central America, thrives in Australia. The toads spread rapidly to new territory, and can travel up to a kilometer in a single night. The toads that can travel fastest have an advantage because they can populate new territory more quickly. The fastest toads have longer legs and are generally larger.
But toads aren’t built for long distance movement. All the activity has been found to contribute to arthritis of the spine, as well as a higher susceptibility to a harmful bacteria.
Ian: Perhaps we could set up an alkaline water feeding station...
Overstimulated, overscheduled kids are getting at least an hour’s less sleep than they need – a deficiency that, new research reveals, has the power to set their cognitive abilities back years, writes New York mag.com. According to surveys by the US National Sleep Foundation, 90% of American parents think their child is getting enough sleep. But it has been documented in a handful of major studies that children, from elementary school through to high school, get about an hour less sleep each night than was the case 30 years ago.
Why? Overscheduling of activities, burdensome homework, lax bedtimes, television and mobile phones in the bedroom all contribute. So does guilt. Parents, home from work after dark, want time with their children and are reluctant to play the hard-arse who orders them to bed.
But we now know the true cost to children. Using newly developed technological and statistical tools, sleep scientists have recently been able to isolate and measure the impact of this single lost hour. Because children’s brains are a work-in-progress until the age of 21, and because much of that work is done while a child is asleep, this lost hour appears to have an exponential impact on children that it simply doesn’t have on adults.
The surprise is how much sleep affects academic performance and emotional stability, as well as phenomena that we assumed to be entirely unrelated, such as the international obesity epidemic and the rise of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
A few scientists theorise that sleep problems during formative years can cause permanent changes in a child’s brain structure: damage that one can’t sleep off like a hangover. It’s even possible that many of the hallmark characteristics of being a tweener and teen – moodiness, depression, and even binge eating – are actually symptoms of chronic sleep deprivation.
A little plug for my friend Lawrence Ellyard.
I don't usually take a great deal of notice when I get an email labelled VERY IMPORTANT but this one came from Laura, a trusted friend, registered nurse and all round amazing person, so I uploaded it for you to check out. It's a word document and comes from a woman with Ovarian cancer giving excellent advice about Ovarian Cancer. Given one in 55 women contract this disease it's worth passing on to 55 friends.
I came across this great idea that took off like wildfire. It's called the 100 mile diet and it's all about how to eat locally. A book is on the way and it's a hot subject. remember my post about that wonderful book 'The Omnivore's Dilemma'? Michael pollan spent a great deal of the book talking about a wonderful farm called Polyface Farm that lives the grow locally - eat locally philosophy. Now these guys are taking it to the next step.
We meet some great people through ION LIFE.
I just spent about 30 minutes listening to a great talk by Dr Chris Meletis ND. If you have sound and ADSL and suspect you may have allergies, this is a specially good talk. I promise you, you'll learn some new things from this encyclopaedic speaker.
There is a definite cycle with many good products that are introduced via Multi Level Marketing. At first expensive and only available through MLM, it seems very little time passes before many supplement products find an alternative way of being sold and at prices far more equitable. Zeolite was introduced to Australia via a US MLM company. Basically, it's a clay that has enormous absorption abilities and as such it has been sold as an excellent detox method, including its use for cancer sufferers. 
An amazing story arrived from Australian ABC's catalyst Program about the method a parasite uses to get into cats from rats- and then into humans. Worth a look and a think.
Yes, that's hail and bits of shredded tree on the trusty IonMobile. Ouch!
It's a helluva headline, I know, but I was shocked this morning to read a report that George Monbiot, author of Heat, a superb book on climate change, has changed his mind. And the worst part of it is that having bought George's book, I hadn't even finished it before it became irrelevant!
In the US, 21.7 MILLION pounds of ground beef has been recalled due to E. coli contamination.
As you know I've been publishing links to info from both sides of the fence regarding vegetarianism. As a long term vegetarian myself I have great faith in the philosophy, but when other ideas come along and need a hearing.. well, let's see just how they stand up with a little scrutiny.
I received an email from Dan Toomer, one of ION LIFE USA's distributors of Jupiter Science water alkalizers. Here's an email he received.
A NZ man has developed clothing designed to shield foetuses from cellphones and electrical appliances, but scientists say there's no proof such shields are necessary.
Neil Bullock developed the MummyWrap, a sleeveless, loose-fitting garment for pregnant women made from a light-weight copper-based cotton fabric known as Swiss Shield.
Mr Bullock said there was "mounting concern" about the effects on developing babies of what he called "electrosmog" - the electro-magnetic radiation (EMR) generated by microwave ovens, TVs, computers and wireless communications including cellphones.
"There's a lot of concern worldwide about electro-magnetic radiation and we can't get away from electronics - it's invasive and it's all around us," Mr Bullock said.
Me? I'm happy with my TalkSafe.
Cassie's favourite non-sugar sweetener, Stevia, is now classified as dangerous by the FDA, the US Food and Drug Administration.
About once a week I get notification of a new bottled water brand. In fact it seems there are so many brands now that it's only a matter of time before we give up getting tap water and buy it all in plastic.Sodium bicarbonate is the chemical compound with the formula NaHCO3. Because it has long been known and is widely used, the salt has many other names including sodium hydrogencarbonate, sodium bicarb, baking soda, bread soda, cooking soda, bicarb soda or bicarbonate of soda. The word saleratus, from Latin sal æratus meaning "aerated salt", was widely used in the 19th century for both sodium bicarbonate and potassium bicarbonate. The term has now fallen out of common usage.
It is soluble in water. Sodium bicarbonate is a white solid that is crystalline but often appears as a fine powder. It has a slight alkaline taste resembling that of sodium carbonate. It is a component of the mineral natron and is found dissolved in many mineral springs. The natural mineral form is known as nahcolite. It is also produced artificially.
SARATOGA, CA — For more than 10 years, California Dept of Transportation workers have been dumping roadkill into a ravine on the San Jose Water Co. property, despite a “No Littering” sign, and now the company is worried the water supply is vulnerable.
