Log For Life for Diabetics

Diabetic? take a look at this great free diabetic log site here.

Ain't the web great!

Give Gratitude For Christmas.

Here's a really lovely Christmas gift; giving Gratitude for Christmas. It's a creation of a good friend of mine, Morthern Spears.

If you are getting around to Christmas consciousness, take a look at this. She only printed 2500 copies so one thing's for sure. They'll sell out way before Christmas!
Order and peruse here

Springtime is Detox time

I had a call from Ken this week, the guy who supplies me with VitaKlenz Herbal Anti Parasite formula. He was telling me of an HIV orphanage in Tanzania - 400 kids, all with AIDS. The South African Doctor who supported the orphanage gave all the kids Vitaklenz for the inevitable parasites they have in those countries.

The result was... shall we say.. far more amazing than he ever imagined, leading to a whole series of events that showed the very dark side of drug companies' tactics when there are no rules to stop them. Suffice to say it was NOT because the VitaKlenz didn't work!

Springtime is, according to Traditional Chinese medicine, the best time to detoxify, and I heartily recommend VitaKlenz. We get orders for it from all over the world, even though we have never advertised it in the US, but we continue to receive orders from there simply from word of mouth.

CellPhones in the news.. again!

Mobile phones are in the news AGAIN, this time because the nickel in them is causing rashes on kids' faces. Not surprising, given that kids seem to have them permanently glued to their cheeks.

But now we have a new Finnish study that reinforces the fact that living tissue responds to mobile phone radiation. Science Today reports:
"Earlier studies have shown that mobile phone radiation (radiofrequency modulated electromagnetic fields; RF-EMF) alters protein expression and activity in human endothelial cell line. STUK’s new study is globally unique, because for the first time it has examined whether a local exposure of human skin to RF-EMF will cause changes in protein expression in living people.

In the study, a small area of forearm’s skin in 10 volunteers was exposed to GSM signal for one hour. After that skin biopsies were collected from exposed and non-exposed areas of skin and all extractable proteins were examined. The analysis of 580 proteins identified 8 proteins that were statistically significantly affected.

”Mobile phone radiation has some biological effect. Even if the changes are small, they still exist”, says Dariusz Leszczynski, Research Professor at STUK.

According to Leszczynski it is much too early to say will these changes induced by the mobile phone radiation have any effect on health."

The last time I mentioned our Talksafe phone radiation protector the email nearly melted down! One lady ordered 12.

As I said last time, I have no idea how well they work, but $30 isn't too much to pay for insurance against a brain tumour!

Half of all US doctors regularly prescribe placebos.

Whoah! read more here.

So.. do they charge placebo price???

Football Hero talks about alkaline water

"I feel more 'vascular".

You know, some interviews just TALK TOO MUCH! This guy is em-barassing!
If you have ten minutes to waste, here you go.

Alkaline water for Power

I just KNEW that my alkaline water gave me energy. Now I read here that a Japanese/Indian consortium is progressing with a new form of fuel cell technology that produces hydrogen. And it's based on... you guessed it... electrolysis of alkaline water!

Queenslanders first to drink 'purified poo'

Yes, it's happening. The government is about to supplement Brisbane's dwindling water supply with poo-strained water. Check it out.

So.. what can you do?

Well, the options aren't many. The real problem is two-fold:
(a) The water has to be fluoridated after treatment. The only way you can get rid of fluoride is through an activated alumina prefilter (our water ionizers get rid of a lot, but not all) or Reverse Osmosis.
(b) The pharmaceutical compounds that have passed through the body into the sewerage system can continue through into the water supply. Even before this latest addition of filtered poo-water, pharmaceuticals are already in our water supplies. We and the experts are in the same dark room about the effects of this problem, but there are telling signs, especially in London where the water is recycled up to five times.
There are only two good ways to effectively reduce these in-solution pharmaceuticals; Reverse Osmosis and ozonation. RO reduces it through microscopic filtration, ozonation oxidizes it into harmless mineral salts.

If you'd like to learn more, just key in pharmaceuticals in drinking water into Google.

if you are thinking about a new water system to counter this problem we can assist in two ways:
(a) A water alkalizer with a fluoride-reduction prefilter or
(b) An RO system with attached alkalizing cartridge.

Yet Another Doctor Gets The Message.

Dr. Peter L. Kopko, D.C. has written a good article on alkaline water.

In it he says that the diet we follow today actually creates metabolic acidosis, and that the ‘tax’ on our systems is evidenced in the fact that so many of us have highly acidic urine. He says that most of his patients have a test result of around 5 to 6pH – up to 100 times more acidic than neutral.

I agree completely with Dr Kopko when he says that this is mainly caused by excess eating. On the weekend I read in our national news that we Australians have finally beaten the Americans in obesity. Yes. The tall lean suntanned aussie is no more. He’s FAT.

When we over eat proteins break down into acidic byproducts, massively increasing the load on our kidneys. We get acidic urine because our kidneys are flat out ridding us of the acids before they wreak further internal damage! Some old school medicos still say that tap water is fine for flushing the kidneys but with a pH of around neutral or less, it has no acid-neutralising power.

Further, when we are loaded up, our kidney detoxification (filtering) function is compromised. The enzymes the liver needs for detoxification are highly pH sensitive, and if you are excessively acidic, they cannot perform their function of biological transformation of toxins into water soluble form suitable for elimination.

However if you can give these Phase I and II enzymes the pH they need to work efficiently, detox will happen naturally. The same function is performed by surgeons in operating theatres all over the world every day to alleviate liver malfunction, using bicarbonate of soda. The method, called ‘ion trapping’ is designed to increase urinary elimination of weak acids in alkaline urine. So it makes simple and scientific sense to adopt a daily alkalinizing regime – simply because we already have a daily acidification regime!

Dr Kopko says that drinking alkaline water would greatly enhance these processes. Given the simple fact that we are mainly water, followed by calcium, it makes sense to adopt a regime that affects the majority part of us; water. Dr Kopko finishes his article by discussing the benefits of the microclustering that occurs with an alkaline water ionizer. This effectively reduces the size of the water molecules making the water ‘wetter’ and more effective as a hydrator. Being laden with antioxidant Hydroxyl ions, the water becomes a natural seeker of free radicals in the body, and combined with its excellent hydrative ability, it becomes an incredibly economical way to pursue an anti-ageing program.

Obama Or McCain: tell the Americans what you want!

Five Minutes That Could Change the World

I'm frustrated! very frustrated! I have watched all the debates so far and the one thing that sticks in my mind is that I have nothing I can do about this election, yet it is going to influence MY LIFE for the next eight years!

Why can't I do anything? Because I'm not American!

And when I hear that so many Americans simply aren't going to vote it makes me very, very sad that this country claims to be the home of democracy.

So here's what I'm going to do.

I'm going to send an email to every American in my inbox telling him or her what I think and why he or she must vote for the future - not of USA - but of the world. And it's going to take much less than 5 minutes per email!

I encourage.. no, I implore you to do the same. Spend five minutes and:

1. Write your own request based on who you'd like to see heading the free world for the next eight years.

2. Copy it and send it to your friends along with a link (http://ionlife-healthemail.blogspot.com/2008/10/obama-or-mccain-tell-americans-what-you.html) to this article so they can easily see the seed idea.

3. Ask them to send it on to their friends.

Depending on who you listen to, the result is either a walkover for Obama, or a lineball decision. So just imagine what a million 'foreigners' can achieve with this simple idea.

Conceive, Believe, Achieve... but it is nothing if we don't DO IT.

I thank you. I really do.

Ian Blair Hamilton

PS: let's give our American friends an idea of what we think in the free poll below!

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Alkaline Water Exposed

You may have seen the Google link promising dark secrets about alkaline ionized water 'exposed'.

It's been coming from the same guy for the last seven years, and guess what? He sells a water filter that has nothing like the ability of the Jupiter system to alkalize.

I've even seen his 'claims' regurgitated lately in popular alternative health mags. Here's our response page plus a free download of our more comprehensive rebuttal called 'The Untold Truth About Alkaline Water'

Pure Coco Oil?

I couldn't resist this.. I had to buy it just to share it with you. PURE coconut oil, right?
Here's the truth.

The Final Word On Nutrition

After an exhaustive review of the research literature, here's the final word on nutrition and health:

1. Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.
2. Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.
3. Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.
4. Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.
5. Germans drink beer and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.
6. The French eat foie-gras, full fat cheese and drink red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than us

CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

Don't Mention The War!

You know, one does wonder about freedom sometimes. The whole US crisis appears to me to be brought on from the point in history when a smart lawyer was able to make a corporation have the same rights as a human. From that moment on, 'human-corps' (human corpses?) roamed the world feeding on every opportunity it could find with absolutely no natural ethical constraints.

I was reminded of this by a news piece that came in this morning. Nestle corporation (yes, the ones that sell powdered milk to third world mothers et al) or, more specifically, Nestlé Waters North America is threatening to sue Miami-Dade County in southern Florida if it continues to run a radio ad featuring a talking faucet that promotes the county’s tap water over bottled water.

So let me get it straight. DON'T rock the boat if you want to stay solvent, especially when you stand in the way of the mighty petrodollar. After all, that's what the bottled water industry is about. Selling petroleum based plastic bottles and adding water to the sale as a 'sweetener'!

Your Real Age vs. Your Biological Age

Robyn Backhouse, our wonderful Western Australian distributor, really understood the effects of alkalizing and detox when she underwent an online 'Biological Age' Survey. Robyn said:

"I decided to take the test to show me how ‘old’ I really was. For a 54 year old woman, the results would be very revealing. I was quite delighted when my tests revealed my biological age as being 44 when I was actually 54!! However, I still felt my general health and energy levels had room for improvement. More significantly, I had suffered from bladder problems and urinary tract infections for over 30 years that had been a cause of constant irritation. I never imagined that when I next took the test it would show that my biological age was only 29!"

I'm now 62 and people are surprised to learn my age, thinking I am much younger. I attribute it to my alkalinizing program of the last eight years. I actually have an old photo and Cassie tells me that in the old photo I look older ten years ago.. albeit with a bit more hair!

That's why this article rang bells in my head. We know now that the two supreme alkalinizing methods are water and air. Air, of course, is so often underestimated, but the process of breathing isn't just to get oxygen into the lungs; it's also to break down carbonic acid into CO2 and harmless salts. Yet even though many of us go to gym, walk, or perform other aerobic functions, we've never really looked at the lungs as a way to alkalinize. I've said before that if you want a good example of an 'Alkalarian' you need look no farther than the Dalai Lama, who meditates daily. Meditation, for those who don't know, can also be a wonderful breathing practice.

The article talks about the practice of doctors informing smoking clients of their 'lung age'. From studies, it was found that smokers told their lung age. Now we all know that smoking ios addictive, so we have come to understand that smokers will as like as not, NOT give up. But here's the results:
Of those who were not told their lung age 6.4 percent were no longer smoking, and 13.6 percent of those who knew their lung age had quit. So telling them of their lung age more than doubled their chances of quitting!

In my own case, I carry a dark secret. In my misspent but highly enjoyable youth, I was a hang glider flier, tester and manufacturer.

Part of the manufacturing process was the shaping of PVC battens for the hang glider's sail - with an angle grinder. Being young and invincible, I didn't bother with things like a mouth guard, breathing in lungfuls of carcinogenic PVC dust. Today I am paying for it with a reduced lung capacity, which doesn't seem to improve even though Cassie and I get up at 5:30, meditate, and then attack the Cape Byron Walking Track, a 5k, 400' climb. So I'm testing out an amazing little device called the Powerlung, which is basically a breath control device that puts my lungs through their own isometric workout. I have the breath into it ten breaths, three times a day. But get this: the reason I was attracted to it was a study carried out here in Australia of a group of 59 year old females for just two months. Their lung 'age' reduced from 59 to.. wait for it... 39!

So.. I'll keep you updated on how my performance goes on the Powerlung. The nice thing about it is that it is calibrated, so you will be able to measure your own improvement by your ability to 'push and pull' breath in and out.

Another great article on lung/age effect.

More Great Stories From Alkaline Water Users

Here's a video of some new users of Jupiter Science alkaline water. Very impressive!
As usual, I have to tell you that this video is for educational purposes only, that you should go to your doctor if you are contemplating any change to your health regimen etc etc...

Joe Mercola isn't always right

Even good guys get it wrong sometimes. Dr Joe Mercola has today published a report on detox foot patches, which, in summary, says that most of them don't work.

I'm sure Dr Joe has checked his references and that the patches his source recommends work very well.

But I'm equally sure that our Footsies patches work. Dr Joe speaks about patches' inability to draw heavy metals, yet we actually tested patches from a lady who lived over an old sheep dip, finding arsenic in the used patches. And to take it MUCH further, take a look at the many hair analysis tests that have been undertaken on people using Footsies here.

It seems that every really useful product has its detractors, be they journalists, 'health crusaders' or Big Pharma.

Jerry Brunetti's 'Food as Medicine'

I highly recommend this video for anyone researching natural healing and lifestyle. It's in two parts and is hosted on Google videos The first (and link to the second) part is here. Note: It's 103 minutes long!

The Trials of A Live Reporter

This poor guy was just reporting on a local colony of finches but he got more than he bargained for.. Time for a completely unrelated share-laugh.

Don't Tell Me I Didn't Warn You...

There's a wonderful Billboard on Aussie roads, backed up by a really good TV ad, aimed at young male drivers.. Here's the ad:


Now the same logic may apply to men drinking from plastic bottles. I could be construed as having a bit of a 'thing' about plastic bottles. But this latest report just may be the one that will finish them off.

Beat The Rush

We've just finalised our Christmas Special deal for Water alkalizers and Aussies can save big.

Here's the advert we're about to publish - and because it's only while stocks last, Ausssies can get it first for what one user called 'An Incredible Gift' to give someone you love for Christmas; the gift of health.

Only Three Minutes. What a pity!

MARINO, ITALY — Human error caused wine to flow from kitchen taps in about a dozen homes during this town’s Sagra Dell’Uva, an annual Grape Festival, according to an October 8 article on news.bbc.co.uk.

Traditionally, sparkling white wine is introduced into the fountains in the town’s main square during this annual festival. This year, the wine was accidentally diverted into 10 to 12 local homes and a bar. The flow of wine lasted about three minutes, according to the article.

Festival-goers come from throughout Europe to attend the event.

Starbucks gets it from all angles

Closely following a mass shutdown of regional stores in Australia, Starbucks are now in trouble for water wasting in the land of the long drought. It seems Starbucks have this strange idea that a sink with a tap running all day is necessary for 'clean utensils'. The SMH reports that "The Starbucks spokeswoman confirmed water restrictions had no effect on the policy. "Our global standard is for [employees] to keep the dipper well flow to a minimum during operating hours. They are instructed to turn it off completely when the store is closed.""
Here's the news piece for more.

New pH Stix and a special for Aussie readers.

A quick note to announce a great little new product. As some of you know, it isn't always easy to test yourself for pH balance. The present pH litmus paper has been as good as they get, but now pH Stix have arrived!

They are more accurate, they are much easier to use, and with each $24.95 pack you get a 24 page guide to alkalizing, plus a really nifty pH test recording program that makes sure you're doing it right!

With this very important health test I'm very glad to be able to offer an introductory discount

If you'd like to check your pH balance with one of these new kits, this discount code will save you $4.95

Just go here to purchase your kit, and add 'Stix' as you check out on the Shopping cart. And if you think it's a good gift for your loved ones, you can order 3 and you'll pay for two.

Does Your Water Supply Have the Balls?

I've blogged this one before, but here's a new pic, showing the latest in an unusual strategy by L.A's Dept of Water and Power to counteract the creation of a carcinogen in the actual reservoir water. The unwanted chemical, bromate, forms when sunlight, chlorine and the naturally occurring mineral bromide intermingle. The city considered solutions, like a tarp or metal cover, but they were all too costly, labor-intensive or ugly. Then the ball idea, courtesy of LADWP biologist Brian White, floated to the top. The layer of three million black polyethylene balls prevents sunlight from completing the deadly cocktail.

And.. I'm wondering if my local water supplier has even looked at the possibility of it happening locally!

If You Love The Earth

Here's a fabulous set of photos of the earth from above.

Breed Your Own Superbugs

Chemicals used in the environment to kill bacteria could be making them stronger, according to a paper published in the October issue of the journal Microbiology. Low levels of these chemicals, called biocides, can make the potentially lethal bacterium Staphylococcus aureus remove toxic chemicals from the cell even more efficiently, potentially making it resistant to being killed by some antibiotics.

Biocides are used in disinfectants and antiseptics to kill microbes. They are commonly used in cleaning hospitals and home environments, sterilizing medical equipment and decontaminating skin before surgery. At the correct strength, biocides kill bacteria and other microbes. However, if lower levels are used the bacteria can survive and become resistant to treatment.

"Bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus make proteins that pump many different toxic chemicals out of the cell to interfere with their antibacterial effects," said Dr Glenn Kaatz from the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Detroit, USA. "These efflux pumps can remove antibiotics from the cell and have been shown to make bacteria resistant to those drugs. We wanted to find out if exposure to biocides could also make bacteria resistant to being killed by the action of efflux pumps."

The researchers exposed S. aureus taken from the blood of patients to low concentrations of several biocides and dyes, which are also used frequently in hospitals. They looked at the effect of exposure on the bacteria and found that mutants that make more efflux pumps than normal were produced.

"We found that exposure to low concentrations of a variety of biocides and dyes resulted in the appearance of resistant mutants," said Dr Kaatz. "The number of efflux pumps in the bacteria increased. Because the efflux pumps can also rid the cell of some antibiotics, pathogenic bacteria with more pumps are a threat to patients as they could be more resistant to treatment."

If bacteria that live in protected environments are exposed to biocides repeatedly, for example during cleaning, they can build up resistance to disinfectants and antibiotics. Such bacteria have been shown to contribute to hospital-acquired infections.

"Scientists are trying to develop inhibitors of efflux pumps. Effective inhibitors would reduce the likelihood of additional resistance mechanisms emerging in bacteria," said Dr Kaatz. "Unfortunately, inhibitors evaluated to date do not work on a wide range of pathogens so they are not ideal to prevent resistance."

"Careful use of antibiotics and the use of biocides that are not known to be recognised by efflux pumps may reduce the frequency at which resistant strains are found," said Dr Kaatz. "Alternatively, the combination of a pump inhibitor with an antimicrobial agent or biocide will reduce the emergence of such strains and their clinical impact."

Is there an answer? Yes there is and it's here.

Vitamin C and cancer Therapy Clash

It must be really hard sometimes for 'establishment' medicine to admit they are wrong. It appears that one way of admitting they are wrong is to commit the ultimate 'turnaround'.

What do I mean? Let's take a look at the latest report on the 'adverse' effect of vitamin C on chemotherapy.

But first, let's set the context. Ever since Dr Linus Pauling received a drubbing from establishment medicine on his theory of the benefits of large Vitamin C intake, report after report after report has spewed forth condemning his theory and 'disproving' his claim that vitamin C is a fabulous immune-supporting supplement.

So now researchers have confirmed that Vitamin C's powerful antioxidant ability, we get:

"Vitamin C appears to protect the mitochondria from extensive damage, thus saving the cell," said lead researcher Dr Mark Heaney. A BBC article adds, "Vitamin C appeared to protect tiny structures inside the cancer cells called mitochondria from damage."

Why is this now presented as bad, thereby confirming medical authorities prior condemnation?

Here comes the big turnaround. Vitamin C is bad.. because it's good at protecting the cell. Got that? It's BAD because chemotherapy wants to kill cells, and Vitamin C protects them.


The FDA, the official USA arbiter in all matters medical, has publicly stated as policy that vitamin siupplements are inert!

So.. an 'inert' vitamin' is 'badl' because it protects the cells, which officially, it doesn't.


Ya gotta laugh.. Or cry.

Free Water Classes

If you live in Western Australia, Robyn Backhouse, our local alkaline specialist has been persuaded to conduct a series of free seminars on reclaiming your alkaline balance.
I have watched Robyn's progress to health over the years I've known her and I think it would be a night well worth investing in.

Here's the link