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250 sq. ft. Condo for $275,000?

When is less more? The line just got closer with this new 250 sq. ft. condo design. yes, we are all in need of downsizing, but it's a bit scary to look at actually residing in one.. until I remember that over half the world's population does every day of their lives.
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Come Work With Us!

We're up to the ears with inquiries about our products and we need another team member to work with us here in Byron Bay, assisting people to alkalize and live more vital lives. Interested?

Dr Young on acidic water

Dr Robert O. Young sent me this article this week. I think he summarizes it very well.

' No one "makes" water -- it's made for us by nature. We're all familiar with the cycle: rain, snow, snow -- melt, rivers, lakes, oceans, evaporation, condensation, clouds, rain, snow . . . The cycle is still unchanged. But what happens to the water during that cycle, at the hands of man, has changed enormously -- even catastrophically -- during the last 150 years.

That's why, for optimum health, you have to "make" water - electron rich alkaline water. Before I tell you how to do this, here's a quick review of why you should. Toxic Acidic Chemicals on the average, drinking water in the United States currently contains over 2,100 toxic chemicals that are known to cause cancerous states, cell mutation through acidic fermentation, and nervous system disorders created by these toxic acidic chemicals.

This is not particularly surprising considering that there are close to 100,000 acidic chemicals now in everyday use -- with over 1,000 new ones being added each year. In fact, according to the EPA, US industries generate some 79 million pounds of toxic acidic waste each year that is not disposed of properly - most of it ends up in our oceans leading to acid rain. 2nd Hand Acidic Water What is probably more surprising to most people, though, is the fact that, according to the EPA, 53 million Americans unknowingly drink acidic tap water that is polluted by faeces, radiation, or other acidic contaminants.

Also according to EPA, some 45 million people drink water contaminated with the parasite cryptosporidium that killed more than 100 people in Milwaukee in 1993. Or that over half of all Americans drink acid water that has been used at least once before. To summarize: You have to "make" good electron rich alkaline water because of acidic chemical residues, heavy metals, parasites, bacteria, human waste, agricultural waste, industrial waste, chlorine, fluoride -- all the insults imposed upon water by man. "Man" does it, and we -- man by man, woman by woman -- have to undo it. And in doing so, as you'll see, we can even improve a bit on nature.

There are four steps to making really good water:

1. Purify your water of all acidic impurities.
2. Energize your water with electrons.
3. Make your water wetter by breaking it down into smaller molecular clusters.
4. Mineralize your water with alkaline mineral salts of bicarbonate.

Hot water In Bottles

I knew it.. I just knew it!
Now the latest plastic bottle to hit the poison scare is the common PET bottle. You know, the one you get your 'springfed' water in? It appears that it leaches antimony, a regulated contaminant that can cause health effects such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.
Whew, at least it's not carcinogenic... yet!
Here's the report

Water, water, water!

A new WWF report shows that while each person in the UK drinks, hoses, flushes and washes their way through around 150 litres of mains water a day, they consume about 30 times as much in "virtual" water embedded in food, clothes and other items. WATER FOOTPRINTING is being used to help people understand and make use of the concept and to manage and reduce water footprints where they matter. (WWF)

The Paradox of Prayer

Here's a really nice 'take' on prayer and what it really is..

Acidic Oceans?

"Dear Ian,
I have been onto your website for a while now and saving up madly so we can purchase one of the alkalizers...as you probably are aware we are still fighting a desalination plant down here in Wonthaggi and Dalyston and Kilcunda.......I remember an article about ocean acidosis occurring around the world at the desalination sites and I just cannot remember whose site I was on. I am emailing to see if you know anything about acidosis in the oceans...I am not an internet explorer yet not up to scratch when it comes to finding what I want.If you have that article could you please do me a favour and put it on your HealtheMail...

Thank you in anticipation Rita"

Rita,
acidosis is happening worldwide. It’s pretty obvious.. keep on adding acidic wastes to any living body, be it sea or plant or human and the result will be dead areas just like the massive one south of New Orleans right now. Regarding desal plants, I have no such data. It doesn’t really make sense as the waste water from RO plants would be more alkaline than input.

Hope this helps, Ian

Fags: How tobacco companies do all they can to prevent cancer

I was on my morning walk on Cape Byron this morning and picked up two empty ciggie packets; one from Japan, obviously thrown aside by a Japanese tourist, and an Australian packet. Note how the tobacco company in each case has followed the directives of the government and their conscience to ensure the good citizens of both countries don't get cancer....Absolutely NO health warning on the Japanese fags. ..

So your partner has Body Odour?

Here's how you could approach the problem using NVC (Non-Violent Communication)

When Someone Doesn't Appreciate Our Honesty

Not everyone will receive your honesty with joy. If they seem unhappy, this is an indication that they have unmet needs, not that you have made them unhappy.

Remember that feelings are a result of met or unmet needs; a situation is only the stimulus of feelings, not the cause. When someone doesn't appreciate your honesty, try empathizing with them.

What if your partner has body odor that you find offensive? You could say to him, "Honey, when we are physically close and I smell your body odor, I feel kind of grossed out and it's hard for me to want to be intimate with you. Would you be willing to start wearing deodorant?" Maybe your partner won't enjoy hearing this, so he might say, "Oh come on. It can't be that bad!" Now is the time for you to empathize. "Are you feeling hurt and embarrassed because you value tolerance?" "Well, yeah. Plus, you know that I don't like to put unnatural crap on my body!" "So, you'd really like understanding that you don't wear deodorant because you value your health?" "Yeah!" "You know, I hear that you show respect for your body by not putting chemicals on yourself. I respect that too. At the same time, I am concerned because your body odor is strong enough that I resist being close to you. Would you be willing to go to the health food store and look for a more natural deodorant? Or, maybe would you be willing to take a shower and change your clothes every day?" "Well, yeah, I guess I could go the health food store and look for a natural alternative to deodorant. I'll do that tomorrow after work. And, I'll go take a shower right now."

When we withhold our truth or lie, we can create emotional and physical distance in our relationships. By being honest, we can strengthen them.

Now that it's over; what was it all about?

Here's a pic that gives one viewpoint of the Olympics:

USA, WE gotta hand it to you!

You are killing us with medals in the Ollys -especially painful from that fast food gorging behemoth swimmer. But for sheer silliness, now you've created pre-frozen plastic bottled water.

A man called Wilt has 'invented' plastic bottles of water that are (gasp, wow) PRE FROZEN! What a triumph for the world! Now you don't even have to freeze your water yourself before you defrost it and drink it!

Sometimes I shudder at the oblivion thinking of some people with regard to the true cost of product choices to the environment. But then i take another look at myself and my lifestyle and sigh...
Here's the report

Rebalancing the Earth by rebalancing our tyres.

LA Times tells us that something we have all become accustomed to is about to be phased out under the increasingly green hand of The Terminator Arnie, California's green-progressive governor. Already banned in 2005 Europe and being phased out in Japan and Korea, lead wheel balance weights are to be replaced by alternate materials. It seems that lead weights end up in landfill and as such pose a serious long term community health hazard.

Here in Aussie, it's ostrich time with our legislators' head planted firmly in our lead saturated earth.
Here's the article

Erhard's Alkaline Transformation

Erhard With is a very busy man. As one of Supreme Connections' distributors in Australia he's on the go all the time. Erhard came down to see us here in Byron Bay and has since began recommending water alkalizers for his friends. maybe this is the reason:

"The arthritis in my ankles is almost gone. For almost 10 years I had to take one stair at a time sometimes with excruciating pain. After only one month I can walk fast up and down the stairs without pain. Thank God for the Water Alkalizer”

A Web Angel

What is it that prompts some people to devote years of their life to projects that simply do good to others? When I see one me heart jumps. Here's an amazing site created by Diane Manning and friends that listed TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND food products, their ingredients, and allows you to assess their safety.
It's called Label Watch. Thank you, Diane! Got a year to spare to come over to Australia?
Go here

A Singer Sings the Praises of ION LIFE Alkaline Water

"I have been drinking alkaline water for almost a year now and the benefits have been pretty amazing...I work as a singer/entertainer and before drinking the alkaline water I was prone to catching colds and flu's on a regular basis...Constant throat infections and a general sense of not feeling very well prompted me to start doing some research......

I came across a micro biologist from the states called Dr Robert Young, who said that it is imperative we bath our internal organs in alkalinity to counteract the acidifying lifestyle that the majority of us live day to day.

He highly recommended drinking alkaline water to help reduce the acidifying effects so I decided to take the plunge and purchase the Jupiter Alphion. Since drinking this water I have not caught any infections, cold, flu's, or any other debilitating disease. My mother, who is a long time sufferer of chronic arthritis has also had a reduction in swelling of the joints and an overall sense of wellbeing.

This water is nothing short of amazing and for all you skeptics out there, you will never know until you try it for yourself. Every time you drink normal water and even most of the bottle water that is on the market, you are consuming more and more acidity into your body.

Louie Veleski
Melbourne Australia

Ian: Thank you, Louis! You made my day! By the way, here's Louie on YouTube doing his thing!

'For the Times They Are A-Changin'.

I received a report today about 'MOM' My Organic Market, a Washington DC based organics chain deciding to stop supply of bottled water from afar. They've seen the ridiculous carbon footprint of these products and the lunacy of transporting water for thousands of miles.

The bottled water industry has been coming under scrutiny from the media,bconcerned citizens, and numerous non-profit organizations. Questions arebbeing raised over the negative impact bottled water is having on thebenvironment and local communities. Another aspect to the global water justicebmovement is the issue of privatization of a natural resource, which is
becoming increasingly polluted and scarce. The EPA estimates that by 2013
thirty-six US states will experience water shortages.

MOM says: "The decision to take a step towards eliminating bottled water was a fairly easy one. Once we thought about the amount of energy, oil, and waterbthat go into producing, shipping, and disposing of a product that is readily available by simply turning on your faucet, we knew it was the right decision." said Lisa de Lima, the Vice President of Grocery at MOM's. "We are hoping that by discontinuing imported waters, customers who aren't already drinking tap water will consider making the switch." MOM's has replaced the discontinued brands of bottled waters with water filter options as well as reusable bottles.

A little cold

I'm fighting a little cold right now...

Well, actually, I've been fighting it since last friday.

Well, yes, I have been in bed, and yes, I am stuffing myself with garlic capsules.

'So..?' you may ask. Well, in true Olympic spirit, me having a cold is a bit like Michael Phelps saying he can't swim. You see, I have been very, very proud of the fact that I have not had a cold for just on eight years. I've told thousands of people that I had a cold every year until I began drinking alkaline water and therefore it must be absolutely wonderful for your immunity.

I have seen it over and over again; a friend arrives laden with cold bugs, hacking his heart out.. and I get a bit of a feeling that something is trying to break in.. and then nothing. The same with Cassie. And now...

Well, I've decided to come clean. I'm sure some people will decide that alkaline water doesn't affect immunity because my amazing record has been broken. But what if I hadn't told you? Could I ever write about alkaline water in the same way again?

It might seem a small thing to you, but I'm over dishonesty. I realise that we are all dishonest to some degree, even in the name of good relations. But I'm wondering at the toll dishonesty takes. Having to remember every little biggie you told every time you meet that person again. having to remember what you said when and why. Remembering even why you told the lie in the first place!

I was in email conversation a couple of months ago with someone 'in the business' and the topisc arose. This person, in whom I had held great respect, confided in me that because the world is dishonest, he felt he had to 'go along with it' in his own advertising.

I certainly agree that the temptation to tell 'porkies' looms large in every business owner's mind. When he visited Byron Bay, David Suzuki referred to the internet as the 'information superhype-way'. I agree. It's not just the outright lies. It's also the 'sins of omission' and the downright premeditated strategy that website marketers use. They know you are only on their site for minuites. They know your attention span is short and they know the web has accustomed you to accepting answers as long as you can get them fast, so they deliberately 'fuzz' their information supply to make it just too hard to tell if they are telling the truth.

So here's one for the record. I, Ian Blair Hamilton, alkaline specialist, recommender of alkaline balance to all and sundry, have a cold! So there!

..and it stinks. I almost forgot just how ratty a cold can be!

So You Think You Can eat?

My friend David flicked on the box and watched the latest So You Think You Can Dance episode; an hour of whirling energy, enthusiasm and youthful vitality.
'But' said Dave. 'The ads! First you have the fast food ads, then you have the colds anf flu ads, then the pharmaceuticals ads. 'So..' said Dave, who does look after himself, 'It was patently obvious! First they sell you the rubbish food, then they sell you the drugs to take after you get the colds and flu you have to get when you eat the rubbish food!'

Which brings me to the next bit of bloggery. Some smart (?) food technologist has worked out how to make pasta meals simpler. Instead of pasta and minced meat, why not make pasta OUT OF MEAT! Well, Du-Oh!
Seriously, some people need their heads unscrewed and rethreaded! See the report here.

Some People really have some B_____s.

This week I had an article emailed to me from a dealer for a competition water alkalizer. It was from the distributor, and the email was advertising their alkalizer. Only one problem: the article was mine!
Just now I happened upon the website of Kangen Water, a marketing company MLM selling a Japanese water ionizer. It had a button titled "Terrific Water Story" so I couldn't help but click. There was the story of dave perkins, my old friend who overcame cancer with the support of alkaline water (and everything else). Being on the Kangen company home site one would assume that dave used a 'Kangen' water alkalizer. Not so. Dave used an EmcoTech Jupiter water alkalizer the basic Technos model, actually. But hey, what's a few facts got to do with a sale?

Now here's a company that 'believes' in the power of their water. Billed as capable of all sorts of miraculous cures, Crazy water has been creating stories (and Myths) for a long, long time.

What's so special about it? Well, well, it's well water.

The water was first discovered when settler James Lynch drilled a well on his property in 1880. When his family began to drink the odd-tasting water, their health problems, such as frailty and rheumatism, reportedly were cured. Legend has it that a woman with mental problems was cured by the water over a century ago, earning the water the name “Crazy Water,” according to the article.

The company’s Web site lists dyspepsia, neuralgia, sore eyes, paralysis, insomnia, liver and kidney problems, rheumatism, scrofula, and blood problems as some of the maladies that could be cured by Crazy Water.

But if you take a look at the mineral analysis it's pretty clear that apart from the lithium, which may explain its mental cure stories, it's good ol' alkaline water!
Here's the site

Asthma again!

And another report from an ION LIFE user!

(Note that this is for information purposes only and does not represent the promise of a therapeutic outcome. Contact your registered medical practitioner before making any change to your usual health regimen etc etc etc.)

"I think it's great! I was on medication every day for years however my asthma has just disappeared over the past 6 days.. My kids love the water!" Nichole Engel NSW
11 Aug 08

And Dr Robert O. Young's Take on the Fungus theory

The Internet has certainly reducuing the size of our virtual world. No sooner had I posted Dr Somincini's theory of cancer as a fungus.. I received an email from Dr Young saying it wasn't. In an email headed "The True Cause of Cancer - And It's Not A Fungus"
Dr Young had this to say:

"Question One: What is the origin of cancer or where does cancer begin?
Cancerous tissue, above all other consequences of choice, has countless secondary causes. But even for a cancerous condition there is only ONE PRIME ORIGIN and CAUSE.

I have simply summarized this origin and cause of cancerous tissue in a few words. The prime origin and cause of cancerous tissue is the over- acidification of the tissues then in the blood due to lifestyle and dietary choices. A cancerous tissue begins with our choices of what we eat, what we drink, what we think and how we live. Cancer is a liquid and this liquid is a toxic acidic waste product of metabolism or energy consumption, diet and especially our thoughts or emotions.

In 1966, Dr. Otto Warburg, who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1931 for his discovery of the cause of cancer delivered a lecture at an annual meeting of Nobelists at Lindau, Germany. In his speech he described the primal cause of cancer as follows: "The prime cause of cancer is the replacement of the respiration of oxygen in normal body cells by a fermentation of sugar. All normal body cells meet their energy needs by respiration of oxygen, whereas cancer cells meet their energy needs in great part by fermentation. All normal body cells are thus obligate anaerobes, whereas all cancer cells are partial anaerobes.

From the standpoint of the physics and chemistry of life this difference between normal and cancer cells is so great that one can scarcely picture a greater difference. Oxygen gas, the donor of energy in plants and animals is dethroned in the cancer cells and replaced by an energy yielding reaction of the lowest living forms. Namely, a fermentation of glucose." The following is a summary of understanding cancerous tissues:

1) Cancer is not a cell but a poisonous acidic liquid from diet, metabolism and emotional stress. 2) A cancer cell, is a cell that has been spoiled or poisoned by metabolic or gastrointestinal acids. 3) A tumor is the body's protective mechanism to encapsulate spoiled or poisoned cells from excess acid that has not been properly eliminated through urination, perspiration, defecation or respiration.
4) The tumor is the body's solution to protect surrounding healthy cells and tissues.
5) The tumor is the body protecting itself from systemic acidosis.
6) Cancer is a systemic acidic condition that settles at the weakest parts of the body - not a localized problem that metastases.
7) Metastases is localized acids spoiling other cells much like a rotten apple spoiling a bushel of healthy apples.
8) There is no such thing as a cancer cell. A cancer cell was once a healthy cell that has been spoiled by dietary and metabolic acids.
9) The tumor is not the problem but the solution to protect healthy cells and tissues from being spoiled from other rotting cells and tissues.
10) All tumors are encapsulated cells that are spoiling like a banana.
11) All tumors are sitting in a mote of acidic fluids. This is what forms the cyst that is generally attached to the tumor.
13) Cancer is NOT genetic! Lifestyle and dietary choice is what causes cancer.
14) The only solution to the acidic liquids that poison body cells causing the effects that medical savants call cancer is to alkalize and energize the body.
15) The best way to alkalize the body is to infuse natural alkalizing fluids into the body to force the hyper-alkalization of the tissues.
16) The cure for cancer is in alkalizing the fluids of the body not treating the tissues. In conclusion, the human body is alkaline by design and acidic by function! If we desire a fit and healthy body we must maintain that alkaline design.

Question Two: Does diet and lifestyle have anything to do with cancer?
Absolutely! Cancer is not something we get it is something we do as a consequence of daily choice of what we eat, what we drink, how we think and how we live. We either have an alkaline lifestyle and diet and enjoy a fit and healthy body or we have an acidic lifestyle and diet and experience the aches, pains and suffering from metabolic and dietary acids.

The former US Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop, had this to say about diet: "YOUR CHOICE OF DIET CAN INFLUENCE YOUR LONG TERM HEALTH PROSPECTS MORE THAN ANY OTHER ACTION YOU MIGHT TAKE."

Question Three: If cancer is preventable how do we prevent it?
I have said many times that the cure for cancerous tissue will be found in its prevention not in its treatment. That prevention can only be obtained by making healthier lifestyle and dietary choices. A cancerous condition is the consequence of choice. For example, if you want to reduce your risk for cancerous tissue of the lung by 100%, then stop smoking and stop associating or working around people who do smoke. Secondary smoke is just as acidic and damaging to the lung tissue as primary smoke. If you don't want a cancerous liver then stop drinking alcohol and carbonated drinks.

If you don't want a cancerous pancreas then stop eating the acid, sugar. If you don't want a cancerous bowel then stop eating animal protein. It is that simple. The following are a few research studies from around the world that substantiate my own findings:

Study: Human study at Harbin Medical College in China
Results: CABBAGE was the most important single food in reducing the risk of stomach cancer.

Study: Italian study on Smokers
Results: Smokers who consumed GREEN LEAFY and other VEGETABLES had a THREE FOLD REDUCTION in their risk of lung cancer with smokers who rarely ate vegetables. Study: Hebel Cancer Institute in China Results: GARLIC, ONION AND TOMATO had the ability to INHIBIT the CELL MUTATION caused by common chemotherapeutic drugs... this is based on conclusive evidence that chemotherapy drugs cause cell mutations and lead to other types of cancers later in life.

Study: Mayo Clinic
Results: Cancer patients receiving radiation therapy can benefit dramatically from optimal VEGETABLE based diets. Study: University of Athens School of Medicine in Greece Results: Women who consumed the LOWEST level of vegetables had 10 TIMES the rate of BREAST CANCER compared to women consuming the HIGHEST level of vegetables.

Study: Human study in Australia
Results: Consumption of CABBAGE, CARROTS AND GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES substantial protection against COLON CANCER.

Study: Aichi Cancer Institute of Japan
Results: Eating VEGETABLES reduced the risk of CERVICAL and BREAST CANCER in women.

Study: Cancer Control Agency of British Columbia
Results: Eating VEGETABLES dramatically reduced incidence of BREAST CANCER.

Question Four: If I have cancer, such as colon, lung, or prostate cancer can I reverse it naturally?
The answer to this question is absolutely!!!!!!! Once you understand the cause of ALL cancerous tissues as latent tissue acidosis you can then begin the process of reversing, regenerating and preventing the consequences of acidic choices by making healthier alkaline choices."

Dr Tullio Simoncini's Bicarb Cancer Treatment

Professor Gorge Mathe once stated, “If I were to contract cancer, I would never turn to a certain standard for the therapy of this disease. Cancer patients who stay away from these centers have some chance to make it.”

So, how effective is chemotherapy?

One study published in the journal Clinical Oncology in December 2004, showed that chemotherapy has an average 5-year survival success rate of just over 2 percent for all cancers!

So many of you have asked me about Dr Simoncini's article I posted some time ago that when I found this video I just had to share it with you.

If you haven't seen the article, Dr Simoncini is talking about his work as a cancer specialist and his theories of the effectiveness of alkalizing bicarbonate of soda in cancer treatment. Here's the video.

CellPhones: The worry just won't go away.

Do they cause brain cancer?
Don't they?
Do they?
The UN and the US Cancer Society says they don't, the scientists closest to the action say they do. Here's the latest report to update you.. and no, it isn't going away!
Me? I'm hedging my bets with a $29.95 Talksafe on my cellphone.

Acid Reflux and Psoriasis story from Anne-Marie

Another day, another story. They just keep coming.
"First and foremost I would like to thank you for the emails and all the helpful info regarding the alkalizer.

I have been using the Melody for over one year now and I don't know what I would do without it. I often go away for a few days and fill up a big 10 lt plastic (that used to hold water) to take it away with me.

I use it for everything.....making my coffee, over vegies, soup,anything. I used to suffer with bad psoriasis and arthritic pains as well as bad acid reflux and I was on Nexium medication for high acidity, but the Nexium only brought on more problems as I ended up with really bad Candida and I was feeling like it was slowly eating me alive.

I used to wake up at night almost choking with a black gooey stuff coming up from my stomach. I somehow knew that sooner or later I will have really bad problems if I don't do something about bringing my body back into balance naturally. Our bodies are not created to live on chemicals.

Then one day, surfing the net for possible solutions to my acid reflux, I came across your site, and I thank god for it. My life has changed in so many ways. I live a normal life again. Slowly but surely, over one year, my psoriasis diminished, I don't have acid reflux anymore nor do I take the Nexium anymore. The pains have eased and I feel more alive."
-Anne-Marie, AU

Remember, folks, Anne-marie's response to alkaline water is individual and will not necessarily be repeated if you do the same. Always consult a qualified health practitioner when contemplating a change to your current health regimen etc, etc. etc...