Cancer Education

These are both parts of an article in the recent Health News publication by the folks at Hallelujah Acres. The topic for issue #54 is entitled Discussing Cancer. In addition to being an informative-packed little magazine this month, it is full of inspiration, education and health testimonials of those who either recovered completely from their cancer diagnosis or those who where able to extend their life well beyond what the medical profession said was possible.

Why aren't more people aware of these simple dietary steps they can take to walk a path of health and healing? Why?! I want to scream it. It breaks my heart. Why don't they seek alternatives to healing? Perhaps you already read the above article snip-it. If not, please take the time to do so now.

Huh? Amazing, isn't it? Astonishing, really. Some doctors don't know and therefore cannot offer ideas beyond their cancer education (brought to them courtesy of the pharmaceutical companies selling cancer-combat & anti-cancer drugs). What is worse, some doctors know the facts, but don't bother to research and/or present the alternatives, much like Leslie Kirchmeier's doctor in that article.

Do not despair. Please read on to find out what she did in response and how she is doing now...

Let me backtrack and give you the set-up for this amazing story. Mrs. Kirchmeier was diagnosed with stage-2 cervical cancer in June of 2000. She underwent conventional treatments (precautionary lymph node removal, 6 hours a day of chemo 1/week for 6 weeks, and radiation everyday). In her words, "In the end, the treatments were all for naught. The 'heavy hit' package of chemo and radiation that I endured did not shrink the tumor as the doctors expected."

Today her blood work continues to show she is cancer free. There are many other similar health testimonials at the Hallelujah Acres site to further support this health and healing. Are you interested? Are you curious? Are you ready to discover other ways to rid your body of cancer and disease? I hope you are hollering YES! 

Imagine, if your body would heal by just making some changes to your diet. Simple. Add in more fresh fruits and veggies. Drink fresh juices extracted in your very own home. Make green smoothies and chug 'em down. Take out the whites...white sugar, white flour, white rice, white pasta, all milk products. Avoid corn syrup and other artificial sweeteners. Don't drink caffeine. Cut out the meat. All of it. Oh, come on. You can do it! Just eat like God intended us to eat. Eat like you were in the Garden. Simple.

It is not like I am suggesting you take multiple swigs of poison or inject yourself with toxins that can eat through the floor or swallow pills with so many negative side effects you need to take a nap while reading the insert...no, I will leave that to the doctors.

If you are curious and want to learn more, please take the time to visit these links. Yes, there are other links to sites that also promote healing and raw foods, but some are tainted with New Age guru poopoo (my official term for the eastern influenced junk). I am a child of God. I will do my best to discern the good from the bad. In leading someone along a path of health and healing, I don't want to lead anyone to an eternity separated from God. Please use prayerful discernment when seeking a medical regime. 

Hallelujah Acres site

full-length health testimony of Leslie Kirchmeier

H. Acres cancer dvd series (to watch on-line)

More videos with information, food prep...

Cancer DVD I previously highlighted here last year

All I can do, no, what I must do, is present you with information, education, and pray that God will lead you along the path He intends you to take in this life. 

* And it is sad, but please read the disclaimer in the sidebar. I went to law school just long enough to know about disclaimers. People, I cannot heal you. I can help you find information and adjust your diet though... Your healing is between you and God (and the path he sets before your feet).

* Please go the H. Acres site and sign-up to receive their bi-monthly publication. You can also get a weekly email.

Healing Cancer from Inside Out--dvd

Recently I wrote about a cancer dvd--please click here for that posting. 

Above is a snip-it of that video. 

Watch it. Okay, now, please go order that dvd and watch it in its entirety! I just did this weekend and was blown away. It is a must-see video!

It is a 2-hour long show. I am quite sure that you will be upset by the information presented in the first hour--the Business behind cancer, the history of the AMA (American Medical Association), the progress (or lack thereof) in the cancer field since the 1930's, the drugs used to fight this disease, and much more. 

But hang tight, the second hour is also enlightening, as well as encouraging, inspirational, uplifting and most of all, full of hope for a real cure! Folks, you must get your hands on this dvd. I am going to order a slew of them and pass them out. I am going to share the information and the hope.

Education is the answer. 

As much as I want to save people their diseased state(s), I simply cannot do it. 

As much as I want for friends and family to listen and apply what I know to their diet and lifestyle, I cannot "want" them into good health. 

If you or someone you know is sick and tired of being sick and tired AND you really, really want a way out of that muck & mire of ill-health, then DO SOMETHING about it! 

My passion is health education. 

My mission is to get you the information so you can make an well-educated decision for your health. For your life. 

I started this blog so you would have an place to visit for simple, yet health-changing facts, guidance, recipes, encouragement, food photos, stories, and information.

I can and do want it for you, but you must want it for you too!

May God bless you and encourage you on your quest

 for health and healing.

 May He grant you the wisdom to make the changes 

He wants you to make. 

FYI: at the end of that video clip it says to visit the RAVE diet website for more information. Theirs is a plant-based, whole food diet. I have also linked the Hallelujah site in the right side panel. I prefer the H. Diet site for it's Christian influence, ease of use, well-rounded content, and free information. In addition the H. diet is primarily a raw food diet and it is my belief that we need to eat living foods for a living body!

Cancer dvd

Today I am thinking of a friend of mine who recently lost her battle to cancer. Praise the Lord that she knew Jesus and she is pain-free today while she sits at her Father's feet.

All around us people are sick. People are dying. While Jesus offers true salvation, I can offer some education. I want people to have knowledge and power to make informed decisions about their health. I want people to thrive, not just survive! I want people to know some or all of what I know.

Recently I read this statement by Charles Swindoll:

"Others won't care how much we know until they know how much we care."

People, I care. I really do. The purpose of this blog is about you and me living the life God intended for us to live. It is about being the best and healthiest people we can be.

I could be angry about all the friends and family who are touched by cancer. I could be angry about all the time and life lost due to this disease. I could be angry at the medical profession for not looking to simplicity for the answer and most times even the cure for cancer. And then I could sit here and spew for all the world to see. 

Or I could offer information, education, compassion and empowerment for you to make the best health and medical choices possible. 

So, in honor of my friend, I give you a link to a dvd on a site that I completely trust. Click here and go to the Hallelujah Acres site to preview an enlightening dvd. If you or someone you know is suffering from cancer, please explore all of your options for a complete recovery. 

Switching to a plant-based diet that primarily consists of raw fruits, veggies, nuts & seeds is the track many choose to take for healing this disease. It is simple. The theory takes you back to the Garden. It is the way God intended us to eat.

Simple...

Change what you put into your body 

and you change how your body reacts. 

Simple...

Living foods for a living body!

As you become an informed advocate for your own health and as you take healing into your own hands, know that I care.

"Carry each other's burdens, 

and in this way 

you will fulfill the law of Christ."

~ Galatians 6:2 (NIV)

Healing Crisis

Howdy All! No, I haven't fallen into a big ole vat of a green smoothie or moved off-the-grid with no internet connection. We have had some excitement around our place with the birth of a new foal. And to tell you the truth, I have been experiencing some symptoms of a "healing crisis." It is a much better term than "detox," don't you think?

Anyway, in our pursuit of health and vitality, we will all experience some unpleasant symptoms every now and then. This is a good thing! It means our bodies are healing and getting stronger. I imagine the way I recently felt was the "normal" way most people feel on a daily basis. I had been so used to my high energy, illness-free, and ready-set-go body, that going through this healing crisis knocked the wind outta my sails. It was a struggle to keep up with my regular go-go-do-do-do-it-all routine. 

Now, after some encouragement from another raw foodist, I feel like I am not losing my mind or my health. I just need to hang in there, pray, and listen to my body. If I am not hungry, I should not eat just because the clock says it is breakfast time or dinner time. Sometimes our bodies need a period fasting (drinking water and/or fresh juice) so that energies can go to healing, not digesting. 

We all have some sort of health issue now or have suffered from some ailment or another, right? It is amazing these bodies we have. God made us so great. As improvements are made in our eating and in-turn our health, our body wants to get rid of the stuff sickness left behind. Hence a headache or aches and pains or low energy or sometimes even flu-like symptoms occur as we purge junk from our systems.

Yes, even healthy-eating raw foodists have yucky stuff lingering in their bodies and are exposed to toxins in the environment, home, workplace, or even food. No one is exempt from this. My theory is that when your body is functioning at the high end of the scale, you notice all the wibbles and wobbles in your health. But if your body is at the low end of the scale (meaning your not feeding it enough "living" foods and are exposed to environmental toxins) then you don't necessarily feel it when you detox for a day or even a week. You are just used to feeling kinda sluggish all of the time. 

I know that the latter was true for me. Each time I made an adjustment to my diet, I did feel better. I went from SAD (Standard American Diet) to vegetarian to dairy-free vegetarian to vegan (all animal product-free) to partial raw foodist to complete raw foodist. At each step I felt a noticeable increase in energy and vitality. And at each step I could feel it when my body was ridding itself of the nasties. 

* I would like to say that I am not promoting leaving your medical advice or prescribed medication out of your health regime! I am an insulin-dependent diabetic and although I have seen a decrease in my insulin needs, I still need medication to live. And some of you may be taking prescriptions that also enable you to function and survive. In addition, do take into consideration food. We put so much of it into our bodies, shouldn't we do it to the best of our ability? *

So, if you are making a step or a leap into great eating, be ready to catch the vitality! But when you have a healing crisis, know that it shall pass and you will come out on the other side feeling even better. And able to do even more!

I have to share with you another green smoothie recipe I did this morning.

1+ cup cold water

spinach in the blender to the 3-cup mark

1 small apple or pear (cored)

1 handful frozen mango

~ if you like it sweet, add 1/2-1 frozen banana

Blend the water and the spinach. Add in the rest of the fruit and blend away. It is awesome and the most lovely spring green color you have seen. Please use organic produce folks.

Drink up and cheers to good health and vitality!