As most people probably know, the cells of our body are under constant attack by "free radicals," which result inevitably from the oxygen-based combustion that is occurring constantly there, as well as from the many toxins that we ingest through our food, air, and water.
This results in "oxidative stress," which--much like the rusting of iron--can (and does) cause damage, deterioration, and even death of our cells.
Our only protection against this oxidative stress consists in a constantly adequate supply of antioxidants, including vitamins A, C, and E, Coenzyme Q10, uric acid, and others. We now know that these various types of antioxidants work together synergistically to protect our bodies and that they are coordinated by glutathione, which is the only antioxidant that, unlike the others, is synthesized entirely within our cells.
This Master Antioxidant or--as Dr. Mark Hyman refers to it in the following video--is the "Mother of all antioxidants." Unfortunately, due to our poor diet, environmental toxins, inadequate sleep, and chronic stress, nearly everyone is deficient in this crucially-important protective substance. This is now known to be a major contributing factor in premature aging and in a wide range of chronic degenerative diseases.
Fortunately, through many years of devoted research, Dr. Robert H. Keller, a highly respected physician, has recently created a unique and exceptional supplement that raises glutathione levels in the body 292%, on average. This has been documented by placebo-controlled research.
This new supplement has the rare distinction of being strongly recommended by Dr. John C. Nelson, past President of the American Medical Association (AMA) with these words:
This product, in my opinion, represents the single most important breakthrough in health that I will witness in my life time. I believe it will revolutionize, change, and transform the practice of medicine world-wide and make Dr Robert Keller more famous than Jonas Salk who created the polio vaccine.
The following video by Dr. Mark Hyman provides an excellent overview of the crucial importance of glutathione for optimal health.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
The Father of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Mindfulness is an ancient form of meditation that consists in focusing completely on your present moment experience without judging or trying to change it in any way whatever.
Although it's basically very simple, it is equally challenging--especially at the outset. It has a wide range of very positive benefits, ranging from spiritual development to coping more effectively with the many adversities of life. Extensive research by Dr. Richard Davidson at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, has documented how mindfulness practice gives rise to measurable and very positive changes in the brain.
Through his Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn has been--and continues to be--one of most important leaders in bringing mindfulness into the mainstream of western society over the past 30 years.
His presentation on mindfulness to a group of Google employees in the following video provides an outstanding and comprehensive introduction to this profoundly important component of optimal health.
Although it's basically very simple, it is equally challenging--especially at the outset. It has a wide range of very positive benefits, ranging from spiritual development to coping more effectively with the many adversities of life. Extensive research by Dr. Richard Davidson at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, has documented how mindfulness practice gives rise to measurable and very positive changes in the brain.
Through his Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn has been--and continues to be--one of most important leaders in bringing mindfulness into the mainstream of western society over the past 30 years.
His presentation on mindfulness to a group of Google employees in the following video provides an outstanding and comprehensive introduction to this profoundly important component of optimal health.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
The Power Of Visualization In Improving Your Health Status
My wife, Mildred, attributes much of her early recovery after being diagnosed with MS to her dedicated use of healing visualization.
Her most debilitating symptom during the first couple of years after her sudden onset of MS symptoms was profound and constant dizziness, accompanied by nausea. This was so severe that she was unable to walk without assistance.
The only way she found to control the dizziness, even with the use of Meclizine, was to keep her head immobilized. Even while doing so, however, she became aware early on that even if she IMAGINED that she was moving her head, the dizziness would be activated.
Having been an ardent swimmer from the time she was a young child, she hit upon a simple visualization exercise that she practiced repetitively over a period of many months.
This consisted in simply imagining that she was swimming, turning her head from side to side with each stroke. Since this visualization always activated some degree of dizziness, she reasoned that if she could develop the capacity to visualize this activity very vividly WITHOUT becoming dizzy, it might then generalize to the same result when she actually moved her head in this same way.
Happily, after nearly two years of doing this practice, her intuitive theory about it proved to be correct and strongly reinforced her previous convictions about the potential power of healing visualization. Once she had achieved the ability to IMAGINE moving her head from side to side without experiencing dizziness, she was then gradually able to increase her actual degree of head movement without setting off an attack of vertigo.
This is just one small example of the potential power of using visualization to improve physical functioning, a method that nearly all Olympic athletes utilize, for example, in optimizing their performance.
This has some very important implications for people who are physically impaired due to multiple sclerosis--or through any other form of illness or disability. There is now much evidence showing that vivid visualization of any previously learned skill actually contributes to the improvement of that skill to a degree that is equal to, or sometimes even greater than, actually practicing that skill.
Stephen Pierce, a highly successful online entrepreneur, is an outstanding exemplar of somebody who has transformed himself amazingly through the application of positive visualization, which he associates with the now well-known "Law Of Attraction." (This has recently been promoted by Oprah Winfrey and many other highly successful people.)
He has recently developed and released a new CD, called the OptiMINDzation CD, that systematically activates key parts of the brain to increase one's power of visualization in the service of helping to actualize whatever kind of change one desires in life.
You can get more information about Stephen Pierce and this remarkable CD by clicking here.
Her most debilitating symptom during the first couple of years after her sudden onset of MS symptoms was profound and constant dizziness, accompanied by nausea. This was so severe that she was unable to walk without assistance.
The only way she found to control the dizziness, even with the use of Meclizine, was to keep her head immobilized. Even while doing so, however, she became aware early on that even if she IMAGINED that she was moving her head, the dizziness would be activated.
Having been an ardent swimmer from the time she was a young child, she hit upon a simple visualization exercise that she practiced repetitively over a period of many months.
This consisted in simply imagining that she was swimming, turning her head from side to side with each stroke. Since this visualization always activated some degree of dizziness, she reasoned that if she could develop the capacity to visualize this activity very vividly WITHOUT becoming dizzy, it might then generalize to the same result when she actually moved her head in this same way.
Happily, after nearly two years of doing this practice, her intuitive theory about it proved to be correct and strongly reinforced her previous convictions about the potential power of healing visualization. Once she had achieved the ability to IMAGINE moving her head from side to side without experiencing dizziness, she was then gradually able to increase her actual degree of head movement without setting off an attack of vertigo.
This is just one small example of the potential power of using visualization to improve physical functioning, a method that nearly all Olympic athletes utilize, for example, in optimizing their performance.
This has some very important implications for people who are physically impaired due to multiple sclerosis--or through any other form of illness or disability. There is now much evidence showing that vivid visualization of any previously learned skill actually contributes to the improvement of that skill to a degree that is equal to, or sometimes even greater than, actually practicing that skill.
Stephen Pierce, a highly successful online entrepreneur, is an outstanding exemplar of somebody who has transformed himself amazingly through the application of positive visualization, which he associates with the now well-known "Law Of Attraction." (This has recently been promoted by Oprah Winfrey and many other highly successful people.)
He has recently developed and released a new CD, called the OptiMINDzation CD, that systematically activates key parts of the brain to increase one's power of visualization in the service of helping to actualize whatever kind of change one desires in life.
You can get more information about Stephen Pierce and this remarkable CD by clicking here.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
The Seven Keys To UltraWellness By Dr. Mark Hyman
This is the first in a series of videos in which Dr. Mark Hyman introduces a truly "outside the box" approach to optimal health or, as he calls it, UltraWellness.
His cutting-edge and highly innovative application of knowledge arising from human genome research bears great promise for the future of healthcare. He definitely is shining a very bright light into the current darkness of chronic, degenerative diseases that are taking such an incredibly heavy toll in all of the world's developed countries.
He, like others whose inspiring healing stories have been presented on this blog, exemplifies how remarkably the human body can heal itself when provided with all of the necessary conditions and nutrients.
His cutting-edge and highly innovative application of knowledge arising from human genome research bears great promise for the future of healthcare. He definitely is shining a very bright light into the current darkness of chronic, degenerative diseases that are taking such an incredibly heavy toll in all of the world's developed countries.
He, like others whose inspiring healing stories have been presented on this blog, exemplifies how remarkably the human body can heal itself when provided with all of the necessary conditions and nutrients.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Fish Oil Helps Ease Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 (EST)
"A new study has found that the intake of fish oil, containing Omega-3 fatty acids could provide relief for those suffering with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a chronic, inflammatory and cureless disease that affects the central nervous system. . ."
Read the full story here.
"A new study has found that the intake of fish oil, containing Omega-3 fatty acids could provide relief for those suffering with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a chronic, inflammatory and cureless disease that affects the central nervous system. . ."
Read the full story here.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
The Downsides of Mainstream Medicine
There is evidence that a growing number of Americans are becoming disenchanted with mainstream medicine as the only or best way to address chronic disease. In this series of News Target articles on About.com, Mike Adams points out some of its many shortcomings. In a related article, he focuses on "The Hoax Of Modern Medicine."
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