Food & Nutrition, Herbal Healing

FYI Black Tea

tea_t670Growing up in a conservative Adventist community no one I knew smoked, or used coffee or black tea of any kind.  From an early age the dangers of caffeine had been drummed into my brain.  That did not stop me from becoming an avid iced tea and coffee drinker as soon as I discovered the pronounced energy pick-up these beverage’s afforded. I main-lined the stuff until in my 23th year, with a pulse of 160 and my blood pressure off the charts, the emergency room doctor explained I had just over dosed on caffeine.

Young and dumb, I stopped popping the “No-Doze” (caffeine pills) and cut back a bit on my coffee intake.  This kept me out of the emergency room until my love of iced black tea gave me a taste of the worst pain one can experience; Kidney Stones.  Thinking I was doing myself a favor I brought two big 32 ounce sipper bottles of the stuff to work with me each day.   Again the Emergency Room Doctor explained how I had done this to myself; that was enough for me; I never touched black tea again.  Finally I completely gave up Coffee several years later after realizing caffeine was not my friend.

Looking around the net for more information on black tea today I was amazed at the websites devoted to talking about the benefits of black tea.  These sites completely ignore the long understood and proven ill effects of black tea consumption.  I want to share some basic information on the dangers of drinking Iced or hot black tea.  There are excellent substitutes for those who enjoy the cool refreshing glass of iced tea or the comfort of a nice cup of hot tea.

  • The peppermint leaf makes an excellent iced tea beverage.
  • The detox or Kidney bladder teas are also excellent and tasty substitutes used hot or cold; just to name a few.

FYI: Black Tea

A cup of hot tea can do wonders after a tiring day at office. This soothing hot beverage has been used from many centuries to calm down our mind and relax our body. In various parts of the world, drinking black tea on an everyday basis is quite common. While some like to make their cup of tea very strong, some go with mild, and some take a light dose. No matter how you take it, there are ill effects of consuming black tea.

Camellia sinensis, better known as black tea, is used in dried form to make tea. Due to its properties that are quite similar to caffeine present in coffee, it works well in relaxing muscles and helping the nervous system calm down. Produced extensively in the countries of Sri Lanka and India; black tea shipments travel far and wide to be utilized by numerous people across the globe. However, before you consume your next cup of tea, take a look at the negative effects of black tea.

Increases Toxins

By drinking this tea on a daily basis, you can increase the amount of toxins present in your body. The root cause of the toxicity is Aluminum, an active component found in higher quantity in older tea leaves.

Kidney Stones

One of the ill effects of black tea is that it has the ability to trigger formation of kidney stones due to Oxalate. This compound has the capability to affect the health of the kidneys if consumed on a large scale.

Weakened Digestive System

Filled with tannins, intake of black tea regularly can unbalance the digestive system and lead to health issues such as diarrhea, etc. Constipation can also occur as a result of negative effects of black tea.

Alzheimer’s Disease

Increased intake of Aluminum, in the form of black tea, is one of the causes of Alzheimer’s disease. The disorder has the ability to affect the memory and imagination of people.

Osteofluorosis

Drinking large quantities of this tea can hinder the fluoride tolerance level of the human body. Fluoride ill effects of black tea increase the susceptibility of bone fracture as fluorine weakens bones.

Stained Teeth

Among the ill effects of black tea consumption, stained teeth is one. If you consume this tea frequently, then there are high chances that your teeth are stained and gums are injured. It also increases the formation of plaques.

Urinary Trouble

Disruption to the urinary system of the body can occur as a result of ill effects of black tea. The urinary bladder becomes heavy, thereby triggering a sensation of frequent urination.

Slowdown of Clotting

Regular consumption of black tea can actually slow the formation of blood clots upon an injury. This is one of the negative effects of black tea that should be kept a note of.

Esophagus Cancer

There is an increased risk of developing esophagus cancer with black tea. This canal that connects the stomach with the oral section is sensitive to sudden temperature changes, and also tannins, present extensively in black tea.

Food & Nutrition, Heart, Blood & Circulation, Herbal Healing

FOOD FOR THE HEART

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Today I want to share an excellent article on Heart food from the writings of Dr. John Christopher.  I just can’t say enough about the value of Cayenne.  Christopher shows it to be a “fountain of youth” for the heart, veins & arteries.

Cayenne is one of the finest foods for the feeding of the heart and for keeping the veins and arteries in good youthful condition. 

It is best to begin using cayenne in small amounts and increase the volume gradually.

  • For example, start with 1/3 teaspoonful of cayenne in a little water three times a day.
  • Continue taking cayenne in these amounts for three or four days and then add another third of a teaspoonful to the original third each time it is taken.
  • Again after three or four days increase the amount of cayenne by another third of a teaspoonful until you can take at least a teaspoonful three times each day.

This herb is not a drug.  It is merely an excellent food, high in calcium, Vitamin C, etc.  Even though one senses heat and slight discomfort at first, this is due only to a stepping up of the circulation and can do no harm to the body.

The herb cayenne is a great food for the entire circulatory system because it feeds the necessary elements into the cell structures of arteries, veins, and capillaries throughout the body so that these structures regain the elasticity of youth again and blood pressure adjusts itself to normal.

Cayenne rebuilds the tissue in the stomach and will heal stomach and intestinal ulcers.  By equalizing blood circulation, cayenne produces natural warmth and by stimulating the peristaltic motion of the veins, arteries and intestines it aids in assimilation and elimination.

When the venous structure becomes loaded with sticky mucus, the heart has a harder time circulating the blood and therefore higher blood pressure is required to force the substance through the veins.

Equalizes Blood Pressure

Cayenne regulates and equalizes the flow of blood from the head to the feet which immediately relieves the heart and gradually extends its effects to the arteries, capillaries and nerves.  The frequency of the pulse though not increased is given more power.

Dr. Christopher’s Cayenne Testimony

Because of my own experiences I must tell you that I am a firm believer in the use of cayenne for the circulatory.  I suffered ill health in my youth and from my middle twenties to the middle thirties it was impossible for me to purchase life insurance, even a thousand dollar policy.  This was due in part to the hardening of the arteries and a disposition to high blood pressure which I suffered from.

During my middle forties I tried again for a substantially large policy of life insurance.  Because of the amount of the insurance I had requested, I was required to see two different doctors, each of whom gave me an examination.  After one examination the doctor exclaimed that he was astounded at my blood pressure which resembled that of a healthy teenager though I was forty-five years old.

The second doctor measured my blood pressure five times, in each instance shaking his head and repeatedly scrutinizing my case history chart.  I was becoming irritated and asked him if his equipment was broken, seeing that he had repeated the reading over and over.  He told me that the equipment had been used without trouble for some time, but since my age was forty-five and I had a perfect systolic over diastolic pressure he had to wonder if the reading was correct.  I assured him that it was and related what the other doctor had said.  I got an O.K. for the policy from both practitioners.

Last year as I neared seventy years of age I told this story to a class I was instructing.  One of the pre-medicine students asked if my blood pressure was still as good as it had been then.  So I gave him permission to take my blood pressure.  Amazingly, the group saw the blood pressure reading of a healthy young man and not the average reading of a seventy-year-old individual.  This was very gratifying to me to say the least.  The main reason for this good blood pressure of mine, besides my close adherence to the mucusless diet, was the use of cayenne as a food each day.

I take one to three teaspoons or more of cayenne every day of my life and the resulting healthy blood pressure is what I call a good pay-off for a total effort.

Never Lost a HEART ATTACK Victim

In more than thirty-five years of practice we have never lost a case when called to help a heart attack victim because we always use cayenne.  After propping up the patient and pouring down a cup of hot cayenne tea, which is one teaspoon of cayenne in a cup of hot water, relief comes quickly.  One will find a great blessing if this herb is used as a daily food, six days a week, throughout life.

Digestion & Gut, Herbal Healing

Candida Program

A little about Candida: Candida albicans is currently the most commonly isolated species, and can cause infections (candidiasis or thrush) in humans.  Antibiotics promote yeast infections, including gastrointestinal Candida overgrowth, and penetration of the GI mucosa. While women are more susceptible to genital yeast infections, men can also be infected. Certain factors, such as prolonged antibiotic use, increase the risk for both men and women.

Candida is an issue most of us deal with to some degree.  After spending nearly 15 years under medical care for bladder and Kidney Infections, which included extensive use of antibiotics, I was left with an extreme case of candida overgrowth.  The best results for me came when I used a combination of the following Natural Supports.

  • Klaire Labs – Ther-Biotic Complete Powder 2.1oz; 1 tsp. of the powder 3 times a day.
  • Echinacea: 1 ounce a day for 4 or 6 days each week. Detoxing with Echinacea
  • de-Lenolate 180 Caps; 3 capsules 2x a day or 2 capsules 3x a day.
ELF Party

Liver Flushing will be necessary at least once a month.  You can do an ELF as needed during the month but a full week of liver flushing at least once a month while doing an intense program is very important.

The Liver is the vacuum of the body.  All the die-off produced while clearing the candida will put a heavy load on the liver.  Supporting this process by flushing the liver once a month will allow you to clear your candida issue with far fewer symptoms or the detoxing backlash often accompanying a good candida program.

Getting Started, Herbal Healing, My Opinion

Understanding Dis-ease

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Trying to pass on the understanding of how to heal the body can be a daunting task.  When someone is dealing with a terminal condition the window of opportunity for healing can close very quickly in some cases.  While others with conditions may linger for years without showing much impact on their overall health.

What makes the difference?

One factor is, of course, the condition impacting the body.  Among the most serious and fast moving are Pancreatic Cancer and Lung Cancer.  The window of opportunity for clearing these conditions is often very narrow to nonexistent.  Even with the most aggressive natural healing programs often the diagnosis comes too late. By the time the condition has been discovered the disease has progressed beyond the body’s ability to deal.

Another factor would be the individual’s constitution; the vitality within the person.  Someone with a strong body, mind and spirit will likely have a much easier time clearing the disease from his system.

The Natural Healing Programs will vary little regardless the condition.   An example would be a case of hives or cancers; both are cleared through the same channels.  In most cases Hives are cleared quickly while cancer will take many months.

What is it the body does?  One of the best explanations available is posted as a pdf file on the front of our website.  It is called “Health through Nutrition” by Dr. Joel Robbins

DISEASE AND ITS CAUSE

Read entire article: “Health through Nutrition” by Dr. Joel Robbins

Disease or “dis-ease” is defined as a lack of health. Disease results when any cell is not functioning 100% of its designed duty whether due to trauma, toxicity, lack of communication or a combination thereof.  Disease is due to stress.

Whether due to ignorance or laziness, exposing the body to stress will produce a diseased state of the body. Stress is the only means of tearing down health resulting in disease, our bodies paying the price for violating the laws of nature (our wrong doings). We do not “catch” a disease or illness, we earn it.  We must “work” for disease.

Disease is nothing more than the body responding to the wrong we have done to it. It is the body’s attempt at keeping us alive in response to the wrongs we have inflicted on our bodies.

Pathological changes are the cell’s response to stress. These changes or compensations allow the body to survive -maintain homeostasis- as long as the stress continues. These tissue changes which result in disease are the outward manifestation of internal compensation to stress. Until the cause is removed, the condition will remain in one form or another.

Food & Nutrition, Herbal Healing

Superfood

superfood shakeSuper Nutritional Morning Drink or Meal Replacement

1.) How do I prepare or use my Superfood?

There is any number of ways to fix Superfood; The most common way is to mix 2 tablespoons in juice and drink. I enjoy making mine in the morning using the following plan: Blend together 1 frozen Banana, 4 or 5 frozen Strawberries, 8 oz of Apple or Orange juice, 8 oz water, and one tablespoon flaxseed oil.**  This combines to make a thick shake type breakfast drink.  Very good, and very satisfying.

**Try using a table spoon of Flax seed oil for every 100 pounds you weight.

Some of our Members tell us they mix it with plain water and find that to be just fine also.

2.) How much Superfood should I be using a day?

This depends completely on your personal needs.  If you are doing major disease work or cleansing you might want to be using as much as 2 tablespoonfuls 3 times a day.  I have known of members who have use 3 or 4 times this much in a day while they were healing their diseases.  Allow your body to tell you how much to use.  Use as much as you feel you need, there is no reason to be concerned with overdosing on Superfood, it is just Food; (GOOD FOOD).

3.) Superfood for children, pets & husbands?

Click on the link to find the correct amount of Superfood to give children & pets. Use the formula provided to determine how much of the herbals to give a child or animal.

This is a very good food for Children, pets, and Husbands.  We have heard that many children and husbands don’t want to drink something that is green.  (They will try that new Green Ketchup but not a green drink.) This problem can be remedied by blending fresh or thawed strawberries, blueberries etc… into the mix.  The berry juice will make the drink an acceptable Red or Blue Color.

For your favorite 4 legged friend try sprinkling a bit of the Superfood over his food, most pets love this and it is so good for them.

Food & Nutrition, Herbal Healing

What are food allergies?

fruits_vegetablesPeople seem to be allergic to so many different foods these days.  Some of the more common are to corn, wheat, nuts and strawberries (to name only a few).  Unprocessed, natural foods right from nature are where most allergy foods come from.  So what is going on?  The idea that a food created to sustain life can cease to feed and actually destroy life does not seem right.

Over the years I have come to understand food allergies in a different light.  These foods are not a poison to the body but the nutrition they provide is too detoxifying.  Instead of being the enemy these foods are actually trying to clear toxic waste from the body.   Think of what happens when allergy foods are eaten.  A few examples would be:

  • Anaphylaxis, causes an itchy rash, throat swelling, ect… (massive movement of toxins) or
  • Hives break out over the skin, (backed-up liver trying to push waste out through the skin), or
  • Bowels turn to liquid, (body flushing toxic waste through the bowels)

With a food capable of doing such a powerful detoxing work in your body it is important to support this food in the work it is capable of doing.  Many years ago a friend shared her story with me.

Jackie’s Experiment

Jackie was dangerously allergic to strawberries.  One little bit would bring on Anaphylaxis, causing her throat to swell shut.  Trusting the natural healer’s wisdom she had studied she decided to put it to the test.  After several months deep cleansing with the liver flushes and kidney flushing she decided to take a small nibble of strawberry.

She was in the middle of a week of liver flushing when she began her experiment.  She described what happened over the next few days.

The first day after ingesting a little nibble of strawberry she broke out in a hive over her heart.  Continuing her liver flushing program the hive cleared from the heart area and reappeared over her stomach.  To make a long story short she continued consuming a small nibble of strawberry each day for the next week or so.  The hive worked its way down her trunk breaking out over every major organ.  When the process was over and the strawberry had done the extreme work of detoxing it needed to do she was able to eat strawberries like anyone else.

Breaking out in a hive while doing a liver flush indicates a huge amount of toxins are being moved out. The liver uses the skin to detox when it is unable to move the waste out through regular channels. The small amount of strawberry she consumed each day did a massive amount of detoxing.  Some nutrient in the strawberry was exactly what her body needed to accomplish the detox necessary for her to be truly well.

Proceed with Caution

This was a very serious step for her to take.  I would never suggest someone do a program such as Jackie did unless they have been doing a serious cleansing program for 3 to 6 months or longer.  If the immune system is not equipped to handle the huge amount of toxins released for removal by the allergy food the situation could become serious.

On that word of caution I will also add that lesser food allergies could be cleared more quickly and without much concern. You have found a food that has a work to do in your body.  Prepare your system to handle this work with a few weeks of good liver and kidney flushing.  God’s creation is not our enemy but at times it can be too friendly.  Learn how to allow the nutrition we have been given for our food to do the work it needs to do in your body.

Emotional Healing, My Opinion

Do Something New

Dara Dietz
2025 is slipping into history.  All the days are nearly used, the time, talent, and resources invested into the year 2025 will now write its history. Was it a good year for you?  Did you do all you had planned?  Are you leaving your mark on history or just allowing the hours, days, and years of your life to dribble into eternity without much thought or concern. It is too easy today to become mindless drifters. This year I challenge you to create something new in your life.  Clear the old junk from a place in your world and build something new.  What do I mean?  A new habit.  A new invention.  A new attitude.  You are the creator of your destiny.  Make something new and fresh out of the new year ahead.  You can do it.  When you make space and create you become someone new and exciting.  You will expand your life into new sensational dimensions.  Just do it, create something new in 2026. Life is full of second chances. Our Father in love has filled each minute, hour, day, year, and life time, with opportunities to wipe the present clean from our past mistakes and begin again. Through my own experiences I’ve learned that the fallout from our past mistakes does not have to darken our present joy. When we learn to embrace all that has made us who we are today, the mistakes and failures of yesterday no longer have the power to annoy. Praise the Lord for the growth and wisdom those experiences have brought to your life. There is no shame in making mistakes. Do not allow the trials and abuses of yesterday to dampen your joy today. Shame is a killer that can only live in the dark recesses of a secret, an unaccepted mistake, a misunderstood intention. Let go of the past, allow this new day to be your new beginning. Each day offers us the promise of another chance, a free do over for all the mistakes the sun set on only a few hours earlier. The dark of the night has once again covered our mistakes, renewing us with its sleep, enabling us to go forward refreshed. Seasons come and go each one moving us toward our future. In the Spring we are drawn outside, we look to the mountains covered with the richness of new life, and are drawn to new heights as we feed on the power surrounding us. The renewing of Spring flows into the activity of the Summer season. This is the time of year we get things done. The Summer is full of useful activity, these are the days of preparation a time when our powers are strong. All too soon the days begin to cool down, a hint of coldness drifts into the night air. It is then that the wisdom and beauty of the fall burst into color all around us as nature again draws us into her arms. In the fall we discover beauty in death, a sense of completeness that the work of the summer is over and it is time to rest. Days become shorter as Winter invites us to come away and rest awhile. Buried in the dark night of W inter we find time for reflection, healing and growth. Amid this time of inactivity can be found the perfection of the yearly round of life. In the cold recesses of the Winter Season is found a place to bury the mistakes of the year that is ending, a place to find forgiveness and to learn to forgive. It’s time for a new year, a new beginning. We are not who we were last year. We are not who we will be next year. We are each on a road that twists and turns us through the experiences of our lives. At some point our roads have crossed and we have shared a few precious minutes. The words of encouragement that have passed between us have meant the world to me. Words mean things, they are all we have and if used correctly they can convey, hope, encouragement, and love. On the other hand when we act rashly and without concern for the feelings of others our words can deeply cut and wound the spirits of those we come in contact with. The Father has filled our lives with so many places to begin again. It is my prayer that this year will be a new beginning for each of you. That this precious time you have been given will not be wasted, left unimproved and barren. My wish is that each of you will renew with the Spring so your Summer will be fruitful and you Fall full of wisdom and bounty. Then in the Winter your hearts will be warmed as you reflect with satisfaction on a job well done, a life well lived. Best Wishes from all of Us at H.E.A.L. Marketplace To All Our Wonderful Members
Cleansing & Flushing, Digestion & Gut, Herbal Healing

Effect of Gallstones on the Liver

digestive system organsOver the next few weeks I want to share some great information on how important flushing the liver is and how a backed up liver affects every system of the body.  The health of the body and quality of life depend to a large degree on how well the liver is functioning.

The liver acts as a filtering or cleansing device for the blood; it even deactivates a limited amount of hormones, alcohol, and medicinal drugs. Its task is to modify these biologically active substances so that they lose their potentially harmful effects–a process known as detoxification. Specialized cells in the liver’s blood vessels (Kupffer cells) mop up harmful elements and infectious organisms reaching the liver from the gut. The liver excretes the waste materials resulting from these actions via its bile duct network.

A healthy liver receives and filters 3 pints of blood per minute and produces 1 to 1.5 quarts of bile every day. This ensures that all the activities in the liver and in the rest of the body run smoothly and efficiently.  Obstructive gallstones in its bile ducts greatly undermine the liver’s ability to detoxify any externally supplied and internally generated harmful substances in the blood. These stones also prevent the liver from delivering the proper amounts of nutrients and energy to the right places in the body at the right time. This upsets the delicate balance in the body, known as homeostasis, thus leading to disruption of its systems and undue stress on its organs.

Effect of Gall Stones on the Liver

A clear example of such a disturbance is an increased concentration of the endocrine hormones estrogen and aldosterone in the blood. These hormones, produced in both men and women, are responsible for the correct amount of salt and water retention. When stones congest the gallbladder and the liver’s bile ducts, these hormones may not be broken down and detoxified sufficiently. Hence, their concentration in the blood rises to abnormal levels, causing tissue swelling and water retention. Most oncologists consider elevated estrogen levels to the leading cause of breast cancer among women. In men, high levels of this hormone can lead to excessive development of breast tissue and weight gain.

Obesity and Liver Congestion

Over 85% of the American population is overweight or obese. Men, women, and children in this condition suffer mainly from fluid retention (with relatively minor fat accumulation). The retained fluid helps trap and neutralize noxious substances that the liver can no longer effectively remove from the body.  This unsightly side effect, however, helps the overweight or obese person to prevent or even survive a major toxicity crisis that could otherwise lead to a heart attack, cancer, or massive infection.

The problem with prolonged fluid retention in the tissues, though, is that it causes these toxins and other harmful waste matter (metabolic waste and dead cell material) to accumulate in various parts of the body and further congest the pathways of circulation and elimination. Whenever in the body that storage capacity for toxins and waste is exceeded, symptoms of illness begin to show up. These symptoms merely indicate that the body is desperately trying to correct these imbalances and heal itself.

Stones inside the Liver: Intrahepatic gallstones

Gallstones in the liver, which John Hopkins University and some medical schools referred to as intrahepatic biliary gallstones or biliary stones, tend to cluster together and form large obstructions that can lead to dilation of bile ducts. Intrahepatic gallstones are composed of mostly cholesterol and other bile constituents.

What makes bile so important?

One of the liver’s most important functions is to produce bile, about 1 to 1.5 quarts (0.95 – 1.4 liters) per day. Liver bile is a viscous, yellow, brown, or green fluid that at a pH of 9.5 is highly alkaline and has a bitter taste. Without sufficient bile, hydrochloric acid entering the small intestine from the stomach can cause burns throughout the gastrointestinal tract. Also, ingested foods will remain undigested or only partially digested. For example, to enable the small intestine to digest and absorb fat and calcium from the food you eat, the food must first combine with bile.

Bile Needed for Calcium Absorption

When bile secretion is insufficient, fat is not absorbed properly. The undigested fat remains in the intestinal tract. When undigested fat reaches the colon along with other waste products, intestinal bacteria break down some of the fat into fatty acids or excrete it with the stool. Since fat is lighter than water, having fat in the stool may cause it to float. When fat is not absorbed, calcium is not absorbed either, leaving the blood in a deficit. The blood subsequently takes its extra calcium from the bones.

Most bone density problems (osteoporosis) actually arise from insufficient bile secretion and poor digestion of fats, rather than from not consuming enough calcium. Few medical practitioners are aware of this fact and, hence, merely prescribed calcium supplements to their patients without addressing the underlying reason for the calcium deficiency.

Bile Needed For Proper Digestion

Likewise, the body also requires fats to help digest and make use of proteins and carbohydrates. To digest these fats, the liver and gallbladder must release sufficient amounts of bile. Poor bile secretion leaves these foods largely undigested, which subjects them to decomposition by bacteria. Persistent abdominal gas, discomfort, and bloating are among the first indications to show that this important liver function has been seriously compromised.

Besides breaking down the fats in our food bile also removes toxins from the liver. The liver is the most important organ of detoxification, and the health of every cell depends on how efficiently it rid itself of these toxins.

The bile constituents, bilirubin and biliverdin, process significant antioxidant and anti-mutagenic properties. Higher concentrations of bile pigments in the body have been linked with reduced prevalence of cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Bile: Natural Laxative

One of the lesser-known but extremely important functions of bile is to deacidify and cleanse the intestines. Bile serves as the body’s natural laxative. Constipation and sluggish bowel movements are the commonest consequences of impeded bile secretion.

When gallstones in the liver or gallbladder have critically obstructed bile flow, the color of the stool will be tan, orange-yellow, or pale as in clay, instead of the normal brown.

Gallstones are a direct product of an unhealthy diet and lifestyle. Even if someone has successfully dealt with all other causes of chronic illness, if gallstones are still present in the liver or gallbladder, recovery may be short-lived or impossible.

Gallstone’s detrimental effects

Gallstones pose a considerable health risk and may lead to illness and premature aging. Over the next few weeks our newsletter will carry a description of some of the detrimental effects of gallstones on the different organs and systems in the body. When these stones are removed the body as a whole can resume its normal, healthy activities.