SUBJECT:
Natural Solutions: Your
Body’s Detoxification Pathways
Heartland
Products, Inc. presents
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NATURAL SOLUTIONS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Volume
2, Issue 3
May 14, 2002
Welcome to Heartland's
NATURAL SOLUTIONS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY newsletter. We
are excited to share relevant news about natural health
topics and offer alternative and complimentary options for
you and your family. We are committed to helping you find
more complete answers to your health concerns, and look
forward to being a friend as you seek greater health through
innovative natural products, ideas, and educational resources.
For personalized direction, call our helpline at 1-888-772-2345.
TOPICS IN TODAY’S ISSUE:
-Did You Know? Your Body’s Detoxification Pathways
-Q&A: Can Diet Help With Breast Cancer Risk?
-Alkalizing Your Body
-Recipes for Health
“Chronic disease is the price we pay for chronic adaptation.”
- Sherry A. Rogers, MD in her book Chemical Sensitivity
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DID YOU KNOW?
You can completely
lose one of your body’s detoxification pathways if
you cumulate too many toxins. This can happen to ANYONE
through ongoing exposure to common household cleaners, pesticides,
pet products, and any of the 100,000 chemicals that have
been introduced into our environment over the past 50 years.
For more and more people every day, having compromised detoxification
pathways results in a debilitating condition called MCS
or “Multiple Chemical Sensitivity”, also known
as environmental illness. Besides MCS, other environmental
illnesses include asthma, brain cancer, and autoimmune diseases
like lupus – all of which have increased side by side
with our culture’s increased use of chemicals.
Your body has two main
detoxification pathways. They are also called xenobiotic
pathways. “Xeno” means foreign – that
is foreign to the human body, like synthetic chemicals,
drugs of all kinds, and xenohormones (petrochemicals, pesticides
and air fresheners that imitate estrogen in your body).
Your xenobiotic pathways are responsible for getting these
foreign elements out of your system. When you become chemically
sensitive, your detoxification pathways are either clogged
or overloaded. Even when you are not chemically sensitive,
your body still uses a lot of energy and resources to process
toxins as they come in – you don’t notice it
on the outside, but on the inside EVERY “BODY”
is chemically sensitive!
Since toxins hurt every
“body” every time they are breathed, absorbed
or consumed, common sense dictates that any reduction is
important and well worth the effort. You never know how
close you, someone you love or someone down the street is
to becoming chemically sensitive. The easiest way to reduce
toxins is to stop spending money on them. At the store,
products with a warning on the label indicate the level
of toxicity. The three signal words to alert consumers of
lethal toxicity are “CAUTION”, “WARNING”
and “DANGER”. Check out your cabinets at home
to see how many signal words you can find. These are the
products to replace with natural soaps and organic pesticide
alternatives.
Heartland Products
can help. Our helpline is ready to answer your questions
about natural solutions for cleaning your home, keeping
your pets bug-free, and protecting your xenobiotic pathways.
Call us toll-free at 1-888-772-2345 and ask about our All-Purpose
Solution, Bug Arrest and Lice Arrest products.
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Q & A
Can diet help with
breast cancer risk?
In his book What Your
Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer, John R. Lee,
MD dedicates an entire chapter to how nutrition affects
your breast cancer risk. On page 262 he states, “Experts
agree that environmental risk factors, such as diet and
exposure to toxins and pollutants, account for about 80
percent of breast cancers” and that “among the
environmental risk factors for breast cancer, diet is probably
at least as important as exposure to toxins.”
He doesn’t recommend
the same diet for everyone, but that each woman find the
combination that includes cancer-fighting foods, excludes
cancer-causing foods, and works best for her particular
physiological makeup. Here are his general guidelines:
DOS AND DON’TS
OF THE ANTI-CANCER DIET (from page 289)
DON’T eat lots
of meat; use it as a condiment rather than a main course.
DON’T eat meat, eggs, or dairy products from conventionally
raised animals.
DON’T use hydrogenated or otherwise trans-fats and
–oils.
DON’T eat refined grain products or foods with added
sugar.
DON’T drink too much alcohol, but don’t deprive
yourself if you can be moderate about it.
DO eat plenty of a wide variety of vegetables, especially
of the Brassica (cruciferous) and Allium genera.
DO eat whole fruits when you want something sweet.
DO eat deep-water fish two to three times a week.
DO eat whole grains and legumes.
DO take a daily multivitamin and mineral supplement.
DO drink eight to ten glasses of clean water a day.
DO use small amounts of olive oil or butter for cooking.
DO eat plenty of garlic.
DO choose organic whenever possible.
DO eat a high-fiber diet. (If you don’t move your
bowels at least once a day, add extra fiber to your diet
in supplement form, drink more water, and get more exercise.)
A lot of people have switched from vitamins and minerals
in pill form to liquid form for greater absorption. Now
there is an even faster way to absorb them: Spray Vitamins.
Check out Heartland’s newest addition to quality natural
solutions for you and your family. Spray Vitamins are especially
convenient for children, elderly and anyone on the go. For
more information, call us toll-free at 1-888-772-2345.
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ALKALIZING YOUR BODY
Following John R. Lee
MD’s guidelines above is another way to maintain an
alkaline environment in the body. All vegetables are alkaline,
while meats are highly acidic. Keeping your alkaline reserves
(calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, iron and manganese)
from depleting is also critical to the functioning of your
xenobiotic pathways – your body’s ability to
detoxify from chemicals, poisons, and medications.
ALKALINE HIGHLIGHT:
Garlic. Well known as a healing food, garlic is a 6.0, or
a moderately alkaline forming food. Among the special endowments
of garlic is its ability to elevate acid food 0.5 in an
alkaline direction!
ACID HIGHLIGHT: Meat.
Beef, goat, lamb and pork are the most acid forming at a
1.0 on the scale. Chicken, deer, rabbit and turkey are a
1.5, while fish and shellfish are a 2.0. As a whole, meat
is taxing on the body’s alkaline reserves. It also
has the highest concentration of pesticides since it is
higher on the food chain. “Clean” meat is a
priority for optimal health – look for kosher and
organic whenever possible.
Ref: Alkalize or Die,
by Dr. T. Baroody
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RECIPES FOR HEALTH
HUMMUS – A classic
garlic recipe.
From Don Colbert, MD’s newest book What Would Jesus
Eat?*
Soak chickpeas or garbanzo
beans overnight. Drain them well. For every two cups of
chickpeas, add one quart of fresh water, and bring the chickpeas
to a boil, then allow them to continue simmering for one
to two hours (until tender).
Drain off the water,
and place the chickpeas into a blender or food processor.
Puree. Then for every two cups of chickpeas, add:
½ cup of tahini
(sesame butter) or less (depending on taste)
2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
1 clove of garlic (finely minced)
juice from 2 medium-sized lemons (freshly squeezed)
½ to 1 teaspoon of Celtic salt
½ teaspoon ground cumin
Thoroughly blend until
smooth. Adjust seasoning as desired. Place in an airtight
container, and refrigerate. The mixture should last approximately
five days.
*Recipe contributed
by Martha Shulman, Mediterranean Light (New York: Harper-Collins,
1989).
Send
us your own favorite recipes for keeping your family healthy
naturally! E-mail to recipes@heartlandnatural.com
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