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Dec 24 2021 Miracle! K2 Cures! etc....:
Vitamin K2 cures arthritis!! (in only a few hours to a day)

I have seen a remarkable thing which can only be described as a miracle, despite the many claims about which I have read and on which I had also already reported regarding the surprisingly little-known and superlative calcium helper Vitamin known as Vitamin K2. I am very serious about the "miraculous" sense of the meaning here, because the sudden or overnight change to my arthritis after taking the Vitamin K2 was astounding, and more so elating. It was a huge relief to realize that for all of the past decade or more the arthritis which had begun to threaten my hands (but now, I realize, perhaps my neck and hips also) can be easily attributed to a deficiency in Vitamin K2, aka "The Calcium Vitamin." This is news, although I had noticed the change in my arthritis some years ago when I first was made aware of this surprisingly unknown Vitamin. The news is that when I keep my calcium level and Vitamin D level (always with magnesium and boron) at good levels (eg. 1000-2000 mg calcium per day, not measured, but say several sizable dairy servings each day) without Vitamin K2 in the middle of winter when the sunshine is deficient at latitude 44 degrees, I suffer a horrific increase in pain from arthritis in my finger (index finger of right hand, distal knuckle). This is cured with Vitamin K2.

The reason we call something a miracle, I just realized for the first time (or at least more clearly now than ever before), is that we can never be absolutely sure of the particular or exact causes of the curative processes which seem to become rarer and rarer as we age. A "miracle" as a word used to deflect the exactness of the cause into a loving Creator Jehovah can thus avoid the need to continually correct ourselves with regard to what the actual causes of the curative event are. Of course, the more obvious reason for the use of the word "miracle" relates to the superlative and surpassing nature of the positive change. In the case of my arthritis, the latter connotation certainly applies.

Arthitis is something that, whether it be rheumatoid or otherwise in my case, can definitely when unchecked take away all of the joy of waking up in the morning, as compared to the very different feeling with Vitamin K2 of jumping out of bed with enthusiasm and joi de vivre. Ok, maybe crawling out of bed with a great deal of joy in my case and at the age of 64 in my case. I am absolutely convinced of the truth of the power of Vitamin K2. It would be a serious error to recognize something and at the same time underestimate its power, so ponder for a moment the reality here. I could feel the improvement in a matter of a very few hours after taking 300 mcg of Vitamin K2 with 3000 IU Vitamin D, and after a day the arthritis was completely gone. By the way, Vitamin D without K2 can kill you! On the other hand, Vitamin K2 without Vitamin D is useless-- it does nothing without Vitamin D. I take D3 in the standard gel cap form in addition to the Vitamin D that comes bundled in my Vitamin K2, since winter is upon us and Vitamin D3 is needed even more so in the winter at this latitude.

I would like to review the year 2021 as far as what I or we have learned:

It has been a fantastic year, truly. As I write this, I am burning in my woodstove in the basement the perfectly seasoned wood of the upper portions of an ash tree that I cut down in 2016 in my back yard. It was a tree that grew like the size of a 50-year-old tree in the space of 30 years, being situated near to (or to the side of) my septic system tile runs. It was well-fertilized. One of the things that was so great about this year was that I realized the power of Vitamin C to literally cure the common cold! More than this, Vitamin C cures every non-HIV infection (and alleviates HIV completely, it is attested), whether bacterial or viral.

If it were not that I discovered the cure for the common cold (aka corona), I also found the cure for arthritis in the same year, Jehovah be praised in Jesus' wonderful name. And of course how could I forget about my discovery of fasting and the stunning importance of its regenerative effects upon the cells of the body and brain, which I also learned about this year! This has been a triple crown year of health rediscovery indeed, at least for me, and hopefully for a great number of other people all over the world. I know it can be difficult to accept the benefits others experience to their health. Also, each of us should be extremely cautious in adopting regimens that have worked for others.

But 2021 has been a great year in many other ways as well. I have just purchased two new computers as of August and November of this year, the M1 Mac mini and M1 Max 24-core 16" Macbook Pro respectively. I buy the minimum internal SSD for my computers, because the unified nature of the newest Apple Silicon Macs calls to attention the danger of an internal drive failure which can lead to the loss of the device itself. My preference is thus to install an additional OS on an external drive and boot over Thunderbolt 3, which is actually faster in some testing than the internal drive in the case of the M1 Mac mini. The internal drive can remain as a backup boot drive after a period of initial testing and installation of the essential software on it first after the initial arrival of the computer to my hands. I don't think that virus software is very useful on a Mac, but any software problems are more transparent with a dual-boot option as far as macos goes. That the new M1 Macs are a little problematic in various ways is probably a significant understatement, but Big Sur itself is new, and Monterey even more than that, and the M1 processor has USB issues to say the least. I have had bluetooth problems, and a Thunderbolt drive (always the same one) randomly disconnecting and reconnecting more recently. What had hastened my desire to install to an external drive was the cyclical failed reboot on startup for the M1 Mac mini which caused the boot time to be increased by more than a few seconds. In the grand scheme of things, though, it works. It works really well. I just won't use bluetooth, I will boot externally, I won't use the internal drive unless absolutely necessary, I will research every issue as Jehovah allows, and I will allow for the possibility of future solutions to relieve some of my more difficult problems, endeavouring to overcome my temptation to simply throw money at problems.

During the past few weeks, my supplements regimen was changed by my reduction or elimination of supplements wherever possible, while maintaining B12 at 2500 mcg per day, and increasing Vitamin K2 and Vitamin D just the past few days. Boron has just now also been reinstated, while calcium and magnesium never were reduced. I may introduce the multi-vitamin, the glutathione, and the omega (krill), but these decisions are done by listening to my body on a day-to-day basis, which is a lot harder than it sounds. A winter in Canada without understanding of Vitamins is not something I would wish on my enemies, and thus this update has arrived.

Every family should consider keeping a pound or two of Ascorbate (Vitamin C) on hand for any viral or bacterial infections that crop up.

By the way, I discovered in the past few years that food such as older eggs and milk and improperly cooked food like eggs and bad milk can cause strep infections. Just for your information, and my opinion. Why did no one ever tell me this? The reason, apparently, is that they don't know.

I now make my own toothpaste, and it is completely edible, although I am not interested in eating it. I have been experimenting with making my own deodorant, and it has had excellent results with a caveat that it may be causing irritation due to one or more of its ingredients, which I will investigate.

The toothpaste is baking soda, xylitol, coconut oil, and peppermint essential oil, about 2 to 3 to 1 (or 2), and 10 drops per cup (or to taste). Coconut is an excellent antibacterial, by the way, and can be used on the feet or other parts of the body according to others. I have used and still use Jason Age Renewal cream for skin and tea tree oil on toenails, both of which are superb.

Reading is the primary use for my computer, for which I use only Safari for internet research, after having tried various browsers. The Governing Body has pointed out very rightly the power of reading, and its importance in our lives is illustrated by the examples of those who have learned to read for the first time and whose lives have undergone phenomenal transformation. Having said this, I believe we are greatly benefitted also by being extremely selective about what we read. There are some topics about which I do not write, just because of the sheer danger of becoming overly involved in the desperation of a world which is clearly run by the Devil, but which Jehovah only permits out of his love in granting all of us free will. Love such as comes from Jehovah is also only through Jesus Christ and is like a fire that burns to the depths of the soul. Can you imagine the joy and my immense relief at discovering just how quickly and completely my arthritis is dispensed with by the mere intake of a few 300 mcg supplements of Vitamin K2 (with dairy products and Vitamin D3 and magnesium and boron, all highly recommended!)? My God, thank you!!

A report that is good makes the bones fat (Proverbs 15:30).


All research is and must be ongoing.
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Oct 11 2021 Miracles etc...:
I feel it an important matter to list the miraculous healing benefits I have received from fasting during the last two months and 8 days, including both intermittent and extended fasts. They are so numerous that I am afraid I will leave something out.

One of these benefits is that I have been able to sleep while lying on my back for the first time in a very long time (20 years, I say), and my lower back pain is greatly reduced in many other aspects of my life. This is not due to the change in body weight (17 lbs) due to the loss of fat having caused a drastic change in my body shape, obviously, but it is apparently due to the improvement in the internal health of my body brought about by autophagy (cells cleaning house) and the subsequent cell rejuvenation and reduction of toxins associated with excess fat. This benefit alone is a fantastic improvement in quality of life.

Secondly, my eczema (dry skin patches) has disappeared completely from my facial skin above my upper lip, something that had persisted for the past 10 years or so, steadily getting worse until it vanished some time during the past 69 days. I have now reduced my dietary Iodine supplementation to the recommended amount because it is no longer needed in greater quantities. Iodine had anyway even by increasing it to double or triple not been able to eliminate the eczema. I still get small patches of skin such as one tiny numular breakout on my hand when I am exposed to outdoor allergens such as grass or plant life, but I remember getting far worse breakouts about five years ago and also in recenter years. Allergies are a difficult thing to be sure about, seeing as they can vary from year to year.

Thirdly, my ragweed and grass allergies are in fact also much better this year, meaning far less in severity. My grass allergy is so different that I can rake up cut grass without wearing a mask of any kind and I suffer no effect whatsoever! This is totally different from the past several years and more. I have been raking copious amounts of grass for two hours on two consecutive days while wearing no mask and with no allergies. Thus, this also means that my ragweed allergy is essentially non-existent this year. The indoor air quality is, as it often is, considerably worse than the quality of outdoor air. Indoors, I am suffering from what seems to be the ragweed allergy, although with almost no sneezing, and very little itchy eyes, in stark contrast to the insanely itchy eyes of the past five or six years indoors during ragweed season. (Incidentally, the best treatment that I have found for itchy eyes is to rub a film of oil on the lower eyelid and only the lower eyelid; it can be olive oil, a mixture of olive and safflower oil or olive and sunflower oil, or an ocular eye serum purchased for the purpose ($20 on Amazon), but I imagine that virtually any natural oil may work albeit perhaps with a few minutes of watery eyes while the skin adjusts and it migrates slightly into the eyes. However, the relief is long-lasting with such oils in a topical application, in the worst cases requiring repeated applications to the extent of perhaps only several times. Ice packs and cold water placed repeatedly on the eyes work wonders and relieve even the worst itching eyes, but is more temporary and may need to be repeated every 20 minutes.) I should add that I am running only two local HEPA filters this year on low speed in addition to my ever-present central HEPA, while I was running three at medium or higher speed in previous years. Also, my nose is not continually running and seems subjectively much better this year as well. Again, allergies can vary from year to year, so this should not appear conclusive, but it is very encouraging and implies that the benefits of fasting are absolutely phenomenal in my case. In every recent year apart from this one, I could not work outdoors at all without suffering enormous consequences both during and afterwards, even if I wore a respiratory mask with organic vapour cannisters on, and this discouraged me from going outdoors at all. Compare that with my working outdoors a couple of days ago without any ill effects at all, and in fact having no allergic reaction at all to the outdoor air during essentially the height of allergy season! It's truly a miracle caused by fasting and/or weight loss!

My toenails are improving in their colour, which means that my body's internal defenses have been made stronger and thus better able to fight the infections that typically take root in the toenails, which are common in many older people, the (dreaded) toenail fungus. This is not well understood, but I believe it to be an internal infection caused by everyday fungi which exist everywhere, and not just in smelly lockerrooms, which I never visited. The best way to fight any infection is of course internally, by means of the body's immune system. I have had expensive laser treatment ($1500) for this in the past, but the fungus eventually returned, and I was taught by the experts at Greenberg Podiatry how to thin the affected nails and manage the inflammation by soaking it in a warm Epsom salt solution for 10-15 minutes (1 T to a quart of water or maybe more dilute than that). I manage it with clipping the nails fairly closely along with a coating of tea tree oil after that, but redness had persisted in an inaccessible area visible under the nail itself. This may now be clearing up, as indicated by the normal white nail colour gradually moving up the nail as it grows out. This, which remained unchanged for many years, again would be yet another miracle that I can attest to as attained by fasting!

I have been able to reduce some of my supplements like Boron and Vitamins B1, B3, and B Complex, while maintaining the other supplements apart from a reduction in the Magnesium that I require to keep my bowels moving. My digestive tract is healing in a miraculous way, because I have experienced no injury for the first time in many years when today passing a larger stool that always would certainly injure and open the rectal fissure.

I also feel calmer and less anxious, which may be both a physiological response as a result of being healthier (which I undoubtedly am), but also has a psychological component caused by a general sense of fewer impending health problems. Not that I am perfect yet! No, far from it, but I may have a lot more health to gain yet! I am incredulous regarding the improvements I have already seen, let alone the future possibilities...

Of course, a good scientist is always open to a better theory, but it has to fit more of the facts in order to qualify as "better." Knowing that other physicians proclaim the enormous benefits of fasting with regard to improved human health, however, it would be only logical to conclude that the benefits I have been experiencing are due to fasting, which I began for the first time on Aug 03 of this year and have continued until now doing intermittently with periods of 14-28 hours every day of fasting (water intake only) during this whole period, interspersed with one 3-day, a 5-day, and several 2-day fasts. During this same time period of 69 days I have so far lost 17 lbs, but the visceral fat that remains is still evident by the fact that my midsection manifests subcutaneous fat, which on a man only appears when visceral fat is filling up the abdominal cavity. Women can put weight on their hips and abdomen without the overflowing of fat from the abdominal cavity first, which differentiates them from men as far as the interpretation of subcutaneous fat in the abdominal region. In men this is apparently quite dangerous, meaning the visceral fat inside the abdominal cavity surrounding the organs.

The way that the liver works is that all fructose must go to the liver before it can be utilized by the body. Sucrose, such as white or brown sugar, contains equal parts fructose and glucose, and this means that half of all the sucrose must go to the liver. In the liver this fructose is converted to glycogen, as I understand it, and only when the liver is full of glycogen does this fructose get converted to fat around the liver in men, after which it will fill up the abdominal cavity of a man. Only when the glycogen in the liver is completely used up can the body begin to burn fat, which will begin with the outermost fat which is often in the belly and hips of an overweight man. Reducing fructose intake in particular can thus assist greatly in losing weight, since the glycogen stores of the liver may then be more rapidly depleted and fat-burning then sooner facilitated in the eating/fasting cycle. Processed sugars, as mentioned, contain fructose, and are thus also things to avoid for their fat-forming potential. Fruit also contains fructose, and should be consumed in moderation (say 4 pieces of fruit per day with a preference for fruit with lower glycemic index or glycemic load). Eating in a 4- to 8-hr window each day will reduce the body's craving for food and the daily food intake should decrease naturally. However, an extended fast such as a 3-day fast can break the addiction to sugar and lead to a much healthier appreciation for the taste of sugarless and unprocessed food in general. I am not talking about artificial sweeteners, or even natural sweeteners which don't contain sugar, because they trick the body into feeling hungry. Vegetable seed oils (such as canola oil) in particular are another excessively processed food to avoid, but this does not include oil made from the vegetable fruit (such as olive oil).

My current understanding of these things to do with fasting and eating is limited, but the current belief prevalent in medicine at the moment appears to be that any excess abdominal fat (specifically in men) is dangerous as it poses an increased risk to the body for developing diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc... The fat in the body is associated with toxins that either accumulate there or are produced there, and these are apparently related to the diseases or at least the toxic burden of the body which reduces its ability to fight off illness. In women, obesity beyond some point is also harmful to a healthy body.

The health benefits that I have experienced due to the application of fasting (see Sep 21 2021 for the sources) and a few new eating choices (fewer carbs) have been nothing short of radical, I believe. At my heaviest I was 36 lbs overweight, which was on top of my usual 119 lbs. The first 16 lbs I lost one winter by reorganizing my basement. More recently, though, I had been 20 lbs overweight for a few years and I was having great difficulty losing the weight. I had tried intermittent fasting without any loss of weight, so I had pretty much given up on that approach. I had given up, that is, until I discovered Dr. Pradip Jamnadas (see Sep 21 update), who by his knowledge has once again completely changed my understanding.

It is a well-documented fact that the sicknesses of western civilization afflict equally those of formerly healthy populations when they have moved to the west, or even adopted western cultural eating habits from afar. This western pattern is the eating of processed food like sugar or carbs, and too much food of a lesser quality or processed nature that never effects nutrition in any way but a bad way. To appreciate this, you might do what Dr. Jamnadas has said: "Do one fast!" This man has affected me more than perhaps anyone with regard to human health (among many other influences are Bob Barefoot and Carl Reich ["The Calcium Factor," which book I read], Kate Rheaume-Bleue ["Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox"], and Barbara Hendel ["Water & Salt"]), although I also still believe strongly in the need for calcium supplementation and magnesium with Vitamin D, but now with the addition of Vitamin K2 (and about the importance of Vitamin K2 supplementation Dr. Jamnadas also speaks). I only regret that I cannot seem to write enough to explain all of the things I have learned during my on-and-off fasting of the past 69 days. Weighing myself every day was essential, but more recently measuring my Ketone levels in my breath (using the Ketone Breath Meter I purchased on Amazon for $50) has taught me a lot about how to facilitate the burning of fat while still eating. Also, there is such a thing as simulated fasting where a person can eat a large salad with olives every day and not kick the body out of ketosis (fat-burning). Keep in mind that a high-fibre diet is useful for hydration when the fibre is part of a water-based food like watermelon, but that fibre can and does inhibit the body's ability to process or take up the vital nutrients contained therein. Thus, fibre is not always good. When you do eat, though, enjoy your food!

When I last spoke to my Uncle Edgar, I mentioned a particular miracle to him concerning our family history and how it had been preserved, and he said something in response that has stayed with me since that time, and the more so in light of his passing in the winter following that brief summer meeting. He responded, in the self-deprecating way that was his very own: "It's all miracles." His appreciation for that fact was exemplary, and I am grateful that I spoke with him that day.

The future looks bright in so many ways, and of course the resurrection is a very real hope.

Praise Jehovah my Creator, and his son, our exemplar, Jesus Christ.


All research is and must be ongoing.
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Sep 21 2021 Health etc... (update to Sep 17 2021):
For more about fasting, see Pradip Jamnadas (eg. Amazing Fasting Benefits: "Fasting For Survival Lecture" YouTube video), Jason Fung (Canadian nephrologist [kidney doctor], eg. "Health Doctor REVEALS Why You CAN'T LOSE WEIGHT" YouTube video), Loren Lockman (extended fasting instructor, eg. "Amazing Health and Healing" YouTube video), or Thomas DeLauer (nutrition and business performance coach). Thomas DeLauer talks about using Vitamin C (garlic, matcha tea, ginger, and berries, eg. "My 100lb Weight Loss & Loose Skin" YouTube video) and using skin moisturizer when losing weight, both of which he says help the skin to retain its elasticity and not sag. Thomas is the expert whom I had lost track of who first inspired me to pursue intermittent fasting. There is also some information from William Li (eg. "Can We Eat To STARVE Cancer?" YouTube video).

Praise Jehovah my Rock, and his son, our ransom, Jesus Christ.


All research is and must be ongoing.
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Sep 17 2021 Health etc...:
Jude 3: Beloved ones, though I was making every effort to write you about the salvation we hold in common, I found it necessary to write you to exhort you to put up a hard fight for the faith that was once for all time delivered to the holy ones.

I was intending to write about my fasting, but I found it necessary to write about Vitamin C. As far as I know, AIDS is the only virus or infection of any kind (bacterial or viral, inclusive) that Vitamin C does not completely cure. (With AIDS, it can remove all symptoms of the disease, though.) AIDS or other diseases in which the person's own DNA is involved may not be cured by Vitamin C, although sufficient amounts of it does help immensely with any infection. So, how much is sufficient?

When you have taken enough Vitamin C (and I personally normally don't take it without symptoms of infection), your bowels will move violently, at which point the disease is beaten. There is no doubt that Vitamin C cures all non-DNA infections such as hepatitis, mono-nucleosis, colds, flu, and it doesn't matter at what stage of the disease a person begins to take it, except (obviously) the earlier the better.Some illness can be beaten with 10g of Vitamin C, some with 100g, and some even more than this, but taken 2g every 20 minutes (or perhaps less for extremely young children, or more for adults). One small adult woman, for example, according to Robert Cathcart III, MD, ate 1lb (454g) of Vitamin C in 3 days and it cured her mononucleosis. Of course, the drug companies make money if people don't believe this.

The elderly may need intravenous Vitamin C, which is even more effective at beating infection, including CoVid, although most people will use oral Vitamin C for all infections. Dr. Cathcart practised Vitamin C treatment in high doses and died Oct 17 2007 at age 75 at Stanford University Hospital. Please consider keeping a supply of ascorbate (Vitamin C) on hand in quantities of a lb (kg) or more for infection treatment.

Another vital healing tool is fasting.

To update you on the current state of my fasting regime, I weigh just over 125 lb currently, having reached a point now 7 lb above my normal weight of 119 lb (uncorrected scale weight, would be corrected to 128 and 122 respectively). This 7 lb resides in my abdominal region and is quite plain to see still. For virtually all of my adult life, I weighed 119 lb (on the same scale) and had no visible abdominal fat (or love handles). My fleshly father, who was overweight for most of his life, told me that his doctor told him that belly fat was an indicator for reduced life expectancy, or that those without belly fat lived much longer. I didn't begin to acquire excess belly fat until shortly before or in 2016, when my late wife Anne passed on at age 92 years (1924-2016). She outlived both of her parents (all also all four of her grandparents, although two of these also lived near to 92 years) in terms of her own longevity. At the end of her life, she had trouble processing food and didn't wish to eat much.

In my past month and few days, I have lost 13 lbs by doing (carefully controlled) both intermittent and extended fasting, my 1st-ever 3-day fast having been Aug 04-07 2021. Then I did a 5-day fast Aug 14-19, both this and all other fasts of mine until recently having been water-only (with Himalayan salt) fasts. I lost 9 lbs by the 3- plus 5-day fasts combined, or about 1 lb per day. When I ate from Aug 7-14, it was only once per day, in a window of 4-6 hours at most, and maybe only 3 hours.

After this I received my Ketone Breath Meter ($50, Amazon), but I have kept detailed notes for essentially all meals since Aug 07 2021.

For more about fasting, see Pradip Jamnadas (eg. Amazing Fasting Benefits: "Fasting For Survival Lecture" YouTube video), Jason Fung (Canadian nephrologist [kidney doctor], eg. "Health Doctor REVEALS Why You CAN'T LOSE WEIGHT" YouTube video), Loren Lockman (extended fasting instructor, eg. "Amazing Health and Healing" YouTube video), or Thomas DeLauer (nutrition and business performance coach). Thomas DeLauer talks about using Vitamin C (garlic, matcha tea, ginger, and berries, eg. "My 100lb Weight Loss & Loose Skin" YouTube video) and using skin moisturizer when losing weight, both of which he says help the skin to retain its elasticity and not sag. Thomas is the expert whom I had lost track of who first inspired me to pursue intermittent fasting.

The advantage of the Ketone Breath Meter is that it provides an independent check on my fat-burning, giving a breath-acetone reading in ppm (parts per million), in about 30 seconds per reading. Optimal ketosis is said in the manual of the device to be between 10 ppm and 40 ppm breath-acetone reading. Ketosis is a state where the body burns fat, but fasting is beneficial for far more than just fat-burning. I have stopped taking glutathione, because even short fasts of the order of a day increase HGH (Human Growth Hormone) dramatically in both men and women, which appears to imply that fasting possibly increases growth rates in growing children (although I'm cautious). Also, fasting is credited with inducing greater lucidity of thought (clear thinking). When I felt dizzy, it was possibly dehydration (I can't overemphasize the benefit of Dr. Jamnadas' videos on YouTube) or some vitamin deficiency (maybe a mineral like potassium too), but when I did eat I tried to take all of my Vitamins (my magnesium intake went way down though because my bowels worked much better with less food, albeit perhaps with gas or air being trapped in the periods when I ate once a day). I could reduce Boron to 3 mg/day because I was no longer using it to try to lose weight. Vitamin D is now ~5000 IU per day, Vitamin K2 300 mcg/day, with 200 mcg Selenium, 1000 mg Krill Oil, and ~2000 mcg Iodine (all of which apart from magnesium and sometime potassium I only take when eating a meal). I also take marine coral calcium (650 mg to 1300 mg) and Vitamin B12 (2500 mcg) with meals. (How much coral I take depends on whether I am eating dairy.)

However, fasting is a phenomenal state in which the body heals itself far more efficiently, in that when we eat, on the other hand, the energy needed to heal is diverted into processing food.

I weigh myself very frequently now, and this, together with the Ketone Breath Meter, gives me a good idea of my status regarding my fat-burning, which is important for health and not simple appearance, since health problems are linked by many experts to abdominal fat in particular, and since the fasting state is when most efficient healing occurs.

Loren Lockman, who works at a clinic in the tropics where he helps people fast for 40 days or more (or often much less), relates his experience of severing his wrist tendons and completing a rehabilitation in 7 weeks instead of more than 52 weeks, because he fasted for 14 days immediately following the accident until he needed to drive his car to rehab appointments.

Thus, fasting itself has many inherent benefits for health, and not just for losing weight. Now that I know this, I will hopefully not ever return to my prior eating habits of recent years, when my late wife convinced me to eat more often, this being at a time when I believed that illness was caused by deficiency (which, of course, it is).

I would conclude by saying that I personally know someone who has had two relatives die from the blood clot issue (from a single dose only, although it is worse with multiple doses) due to the CoVid vaccine.

As for me, I feel better thanks to ongoing fasting, and I keep looking better in the mirror.

Praise Jehovah my saviour, and his son the very loving Jesus Christ.


All research is and must be ongoing.
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Aug 22 2021 5-Day Fast etc...:
I did my 1st-ever 5-Day Water-only Fast from Aug 14-19 2021, and I have much good news about that, but first note that I did my 1st-ever 3-Day Fast Aug 04-07 2021, followed by 7 days of eating once a day only before my 5-Day Fast. The 3-Day Fast ending August 07 2021 was preceded by a one-day fast, and many of the benefits I am currently experiencing, like the disappearance of my eczema, the absence (so far) of any fall allergies, and weight loss were at least in part a result of the 3-Day Fast.

The only things I consumed on the fasting days, which were "extended" or "prolonged" fasts because of extending as long as 3 days or longer, were Himalayan salt and magnesium (to facilitate the bowel function). According to several experts on fasting, a person may do a fast as long as 7 days without the supervision of a physician. Fasts as long as 40 days or more have been done by some people for therapeutic reasons, but it is advised to do this with supervision.

Concerning the weight loss, I had been seeking this for some time seeing as I was about 20 lbs above my stable weight (119 lb for many years, uncorrected for scale error which makes it actually 121 lbs, although I will stick to uncorrected since the weight change is the same). However, I knew how dangerous it was to seek to lose weight with that as the sole objective. The human organism is so complex that changing one thing affects hundreds (maybe more) of other things.

What I had needed to hear and to learn was that excess fat was not a "weight" problem, but a "health" problem, and a very serious one at that. Dr. Pradip Jamnadas, in his talk "Fasting For Survival," convinced me of that as well as other things, although a faithful person would not be convinced by everything he said (such as his evolutionary ideas). "It's all about insulin" is one of his outstanding statements, but listen to his YouTube videos where they are available. The crux of what I learned was that the body can't cleanse itself when its insulin levels remain high, and that the quickest and safest way to lower insulin is to fast.

The cleansing that occurs once the body starts to burn fat is phenomenal, but I can't overstate here that research is absolutely essential in order to thoroughly enjoy the sensation of being hungry during your fast, which is actually less hungry than you feel when you eat frequently! My own research included my attempts to practise intermittent fasting, which failed to continue because I did not experience weight loss at all with 16-20 hour fasts (eating once a day during a 4- to 8-hour window). Those attempts preceded my understanding from Dr. Jamnadas that it was not a "weight" issue, but a "health" issue! Dr. Jamnadas does not espouse a vegetarian diet, and his approach is the most scientific one that perhaps I have ever heard. Others, like Loren Lockman for one, and Dr. Alan Goldhamer for another, are vegetarian approaches. My belief in the body's excretion of calcium and thus its need to consume dairy products precludes the vegetarian approach.

I know many people are interested in losing weight, so I will mention this first, although obviously health is most important. A person loses weight during a water-only fast (in my own case w/ Himalayan salt and magnesium), which carefully avoids anything that could break or stop ketosis or fat-burning, a process also connected with the body's own self-consumption (eating itself), a beneficial process called autophagy. These beneficial processes are associated with weight loss, and in my case I was able to tighten my belt one full notch and have it feel looser than before. I am now under 130 lbs (about 129), whereas I was very close to 139 lbs for many months before my first fast. Thus, I have lost 10 lbs with 8 days of fasting (139 lbs down to 129 lbs). Note that this is completely consistent with the reports of others who suggest 1 lb of weight loss for every day of an extended fast (more than 3 days) up to 14 days, and one half a pound every day thereafter. On my first fast of only three days, for full disclosure, I felt that I had been gaining weight (above 139 lb) but I didn't measure my weight prior to the 3-day fast, thinking that it was more about "health" than about "science." After that, I measured my weight at 135 lbs prior to the 5-day fast and then 129 lbs (now). A little more weight may be lost after the end of a fast because the refeeding takes several (or even many days for longer extended fasts) days to reach normal food intake levels. Rehydration may offset this additional weight loss, so that a person may appear to add weight for a fews days after a fast. This is connected to insulin.

Insulin is a hormone that causes the body's retention of water, and after an extended fast the body's insulin remains lower for some time after the fast and as a result of the fast. Lower insulin, when not so low as to cause water loss through frequent urination or passing water (diuresis), is still low enough to permit fat-burning to continue after the fast is broken. During a fast, when insulin is low, dehydration is a danger, but so is overhydration (through overconsumption of water). During my 5-day fast, I felt I could not continue after 5 days or I would be too weak to carry out necessary household activities such as walking to get to the bathroom, and I also felt slightly nauseous, which is a sign mentioned as a reason to terminate a fast immediately.

I ended my 5-day fast (plus 5.5 hours, for 125 hours total, my longest ever fast) Aug 19 with 4-1 water and apple cider vinegar, followed by 1.5 cups (0.35 litres) of watermelon, then a thick crust of dark rye bread with a half Tablespoon of butter. It is essential to eat slowly, and Loren Lockman stresses that water should be sipped during refeeding. About an hour and 20 minutes after the 5-day fast was broken, I ate 10 small black olives. Then, an hour after that, another 1.5 cups of watermelon. Dairy products are not recommended during fast-breaking, although this apparently does not include yoghurt, which has bacteria, and is recommended by some. On my 2nd day of fast-breaking, I had a little brain fog from eating, but not nearly as much as after my 1st-ever 3-day fast. This may be caused by the eating of cooked foods, as I seem to recall from my 1 year of eating only raw food like fruits, nuts and salads.

Now to the benefits:

My eczema is non-existent. What eczema? I had eczema on my fast above my upper lip on both sides and above my eyebrows for many years prior to fasting. So I can conclude that my eczema was caused by my body's inability to cleanse itself when eating one or two meals per day. My theory has been that blood flow to the outer layers of the skin is impaired somehow, and that bacteria then attacks the skin unchecked. My skin cream worked against eczema, but the better solution is the body's cleansing by fasting (obviously). The white blood cells in the blood can attack invaders, but it is only a theory of mine that cited lack of blood flow as the cause of eczema. According to Dr. Jamnadas, the health of cells in the body is greatly improved after refeeding following a fast, at which time the machinery of the cell is rebuilt.

My hayfever allergies have not shown up yet this year. There is still time. It's usually the middle of August that they hit, and I have not used a medication for that since I was a youngster and didn't know any better. I have a strong feeling that my 1st-ever 3-day fast was sufficient to eliminate what was causing them, if they are truly gone.

Oh, yes, I look better in the mirror.

Praise Jehovah my God, and his son Jesus Christ.


All research is and must be ongoing.
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Jun 08 2021 Arthritis etc...:
First of all, the iodine increase continues to be working well as reported in the last update, and I have tried increasing it to triple with no ill effects (I don't count 50 drops, I just estimate it), while I am now going back to double the recommended daily allowance to observe long-term effects. My skin has continued to improve, so that it takes even longer to develop dryness and eczema, although it depends on seasonal conditions which are changing at this time of year and therefore is not expected to be an indicator. It is not a controlled experiment, so I am not quantifying the improvement, but it is substantial enough (like 10 times better than without iodine supplentation or maybe now 20 times better). Under the credo of avoiding even the slightest harm to my health, I prefer caution and prayerful consideration to unrestrained experimentation. Alex Jones put me onto iodine, so thanks to Jehovah for Alex.

I continue to take all of my nutritional supplements every day, except that I tried abstaining from Vitamin B supplements for a few days (but I continued Vitamin B12), and eventually suffered dizziness which was apparently due to the lack of B1, B3, or the B Complex. I now no longer feel the need to supplement these B Vitamins (B3, B1, and B Complex) every day, but study is always ongoing.

I mentioned rheumatoid arthritis previously (Dec 06 2020), and in that update I also mentioned that the mainstream ideas are always wrong, which is an important point. I will address the arthitis in this update, but I also want to address many other things as well, including this mainstream criticism.

Mainstream is typified by what we see (unless we choose not to look) in the mainstream media, with headlines designed to titillate, but it is also in commonly used phrases such as "eat a balanced diet." The problem with mainstream media and with these common phrases is that they are generally accepted as being true, regardless of what the truth really is, so it is better to avoid exposing ourselves to many of the sources of this information. In the book The Calcium Factor, the importance of scientific studies was covered with regard to nutrition. This means double-blind, controlled studies done with large numbers of people over many years, and which come to definite conclusions. The last item, "conclusive" studies, is important because the vast majority of scientific studies are inconclusive, and are reported in the media with statements like "may cause..." or similar phrases, all of which are meaningless and should cause the study to be mostly disregarded.

The idea about "experts" saying to "eat a balanced diet" is very problematic, because an expert in one field may know absolutely nothing about another field which is also important, so that to be truly an expert you would have to know everything about everything. Who are these experts, and how long do they live? The mainstream is associated with the general population, we may suppose, so that people listening to the "mainstream" may be expected to live no longer than the "average" life expectancy, and to contract one of the typical diseases that people are expected to contract, such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc... This topic is a can of worms, because experts even disagree on many points, and frequently, which is why we need superior wisdom like God's Word the Bible. Isaiah 55:2 says: "Eat what is good." However, the idea of a balanced diet may not necessarily be a bad one, for the following reasons: Firstly, one food source may be contaminated with harmful substances or toxins. Secondly, the body does need many different elements for good health, including calcium, magnesium, vitamin D, and vitamin K2, iodine, boron, selenium, vitamin B in all of its forms, vitamin C, and many other vitamins and minerals as well as elements the list of which is too long to produce. Thirdly, based on the second point, deficiencies in any one vital nutrient is a major problem in health, and a balanced diet may reduce the deficiencies in any one crucial element, but the complexity created by trying to eat every food group every day makes meaningful study impossible, and reduces one to the mainstream advice like: Eating this could cause that...etc...etc...etc... which is clearly worthless. Thus, a simpler approach is not only superior, but is far superior, and leads to learning and improvements in one's own health, which one can then share with others who are seeking to learn about health as well. Freedom is also a very important concept, here (hear), for the Bible clearly states: "Where the spirit of Jehovah is, there is freedom." (2Co 3:17) One logical approach would be to study each nutrient in the order of importance, but this is only if it works for you. More important than experts is the idea that "in the multitude of counselors there is salvation" (Proverbs 11:14 cf. Proverbs 15:22). Also, "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings (or children and infants) you have furnished (or brought forth) praise (Matthew 21:16)." When our bodies need a certain nutrient, as I found in the case of vitamin B3, eating even the smallest amount of it can produce instant, radical changes in the body in the way one feels. When we don't overeat, we have the incredible advantage of knowing and feeling how each food item affects the way we feel, and thus our health. Today, for example, I am enjoying with exquisite delight a rare breakfast of two pieces of bacon and about an ounce of old cheddar cheese (not the only food I ate this morning, as I later had some six ounces of 10% cream with Japanese matcha tea and maple syrup). The concept of a balanced diet also fails to account for the limited amount of room in the stomach. Some elements are needed by the body more than others, so that attempting to get enough of these "superfoods" would require excessive eating of a balanced diet, perhaps even an unrealistic seven meals a day. Vitamin K2 is an example of a superfood, in this case a nutrient essential for the proper metabolism of calcium, and difficult to obtain in food because of the modern production of dairy products, with cows not being fed fresh grass often enough.

The increase of calcium in my diet through the eating of plain yoghurt added to fruit, the consumption of cream or milk, and eating of cheese, all of these together making several daily portions, does seem to have benefitted my arthritis significantly. Now, although the nodule on my left thumb (which I associated with rheumatoid arthritis) has decreased in prominence while manifesting less redness, and while I feel a lot better generally about my prognosis now, arthritis may yet be an ongoing problem into the future. Of course, I will strive to learn more about this condition. It is joyful to find that positive results are once again associated with calcium.

Teeth are strengthened by calcium, as dentists have been telling us for years, and as I recently discovered when I suffered some breakage in a lower molar (36) and in an upper pre-molar (15). These seem reasonably to be associated with the same calcium deficiency that caused my recent arthitis flare up. I had unwittingly caused my calcium intake to be reduced by reducing my dairy intake in an effort to lose stomach (and lower back) fat. My fingernails are a good indicator for calcium deficiency, as they become brittle and fly off when I clip them when I am deficient in calcium. I currently use moderate calcium supplementation with marine coral calcium, I eat several dairy-rich portions of food each day, and I take magnesium, boron, and Vitamins D3 and K2 as supplements to enable proper calcium metabolism. I am not immune to the common dental problems like dental caries and the possible need for a root canal in cases such as to relieve ongoing pain. Nobody is exempt from the need for calcium, because the body discharges calcium, and calcium cannot be produced by the body, but is required for many bodily functions. In the case of bones and teeth specifically, calcium intake may improve the health of the bones and teeth, and even the health of the mouth, I believe, is improved by improvements in tissues of the gums and teeth caused by calcium.

I recently have begun to make my own toothpaste, which uses baking soda, coconut oil, xylitol, and peppermint oil to create an edible (although I don't swallow it) toothpaste which has apparently enormous benefits for the health of the mouth and teeth, due to the enormous benefits of coconut oil, including its excellent antimicrobial properties. With this homemade tootpaste, I am much more eager to brush my teeth, knowing that the poisonous chemicals found in commercial toothpastes are not going into my mouth, and knowing that my mouth will feel much better after I have brushed my teeth with my own toothpaste. It really feels a lot better! So far, no cavities after one checkup.

Earwax can be a problem which can be serious if it is not attended to regularly. In my case, it meant a trip to the hospital or clinic to have it removed using a syringe to pump warm water into my ear canal. This was done to melt the wax plug that had formed there. Later, I bought my own bulb syringe and used it on my own ear-- but there is a better way! I found that my index finger wrapped in a single layer of slightly wet Kleenex fits nicely into my ear and can be pressed downward onto the wax deposit to drag it out of my ear in the early stages of wax formation, thereby preventing the formation of a plug in the deeper, unreachable part of the ear. First, I wet the Kleenex with my tongue and use a dry finger behind it to remove the larger part of the wax. I do this several times. Then I wet my finger and use a dry part of the same Kleenex to get the remaining wax. This second procedure is also done several times. I do this for both ears, using my right index finger for my right ear and left index finger for my left ear. If my index finger is bandaged for some reason, I use a smaller finger. This has kept my ears trouble-free for many years now!

WiFi is a common thing these days, but people don't always appreciate the health hazard it creates. The detrimental effects of WiFi and of other microwave frequency EMF's are established by numerous studies (see, for example, the article "Wi-Fi is an important threat to human health," in Environmental Research, Volume 164, July 2018, Pages 405-416). After doing some research, I decided to try wrapping a sheet of aluminum foil around the front of my WiFi source, in order to reduce my exposure to the direct radiation of the electromagnetic waves. This was some weeks ago, and I have seen no reduction in the performance of my WiFi, while feeling a lot better about my exposure risk. Hallelujah!

Himalayan salt lamps are believed to emit small quantities of negative ions into the air around them, thereby improving the air quality for the inhabitants of the house in which they are used. The effects have not been scientifically proven to be significant or beneficial according to the mainstream, but neither are they believed harmful, and the lack of proof may only prove that the researchers are not studying the right things. How many things do we know about that are proved scientifically to be beneficial for health? Nature is much more complicated than science will ever discover. I have used Himalayan salt lamps in my home in several places, and they seem to have a positive effect in ways that are not at all quantified. The lack of scientific proof does not concern me, since the idea of negative claims is the same thing as acknowledging unknown effects and not the same as proving harm. If we avoided doing anything that were not proven to be "scientifically" beneficial, what would we do, if anything? Positive uses of salt lamps is as night lights and mood lighting, and these uses alone may justify trying them. Not all benefits are proven nor can they be proven by science. In these cases, we trust our subjective, non-scientific judgment. I find I am willing to continue thus far using my Himalayan salt lamps, as they seem to provide me with immeasurable benefits.

I am glad to be able to update my state of health after a period of time when I was not reporting. Arthritis is something that I suffer at night when I wake up from sleep and find my right hand has become stiff. I recently have noticed that I frequently sleep on this hand, thereby cutting off the circulation in it, and it is not always clear to me when I wake up whether I was sleeping on it or not. I have also woken up and had this hand be free of arthritis at the moment of waking, and this happens more when I make a special effort not to sleep on this hand. Therefore, I believe that my arthritis is not easily to assessed based on the effects suffered immediately following sleep, except that when I was younger I did not suffer these arthritic effects at all. I do believe that I have rheumatoid arthritis, as indicated by the nodule on my left hand, by my experience with my right hand getting stiffer after using it to do work, and by my ability to feel it slightly in my bones when rainstorms are imminent. However, it does appear now that calcium helps to manage this illness, as it also helps the functioning of the body in so very many other ways. Different people may react differently to different nutrients depending upon their genetic makeup and current deficiencies, and Carl J. Reich also presented this idea in the book "The Calcium Factor (2002)," as I understand it (that book was cowritten by Robert R. Barefoot). But we should encourage different interpretations of something as complex as the human organism, within the limitations only of the practical considerations of "what works." I have been surprised to discover on several occasions simple ways to improve my health, and of these calcium is foremost, followed by magnesium, Vitamin D, and Vitamin K2, the last of these being truly outstanding in its benefits. I also have found glutathione to be apparently very helpful for increasing energy. Everything has a cause, I believe, and therefore the search for the causes goes on.

I must give the credit for all good things to Jehovah my God, and his son Jesus Christ.


All research is and must be ongoing.
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Feb 14 2021 Iodine etc...:
Some months ago I began using an Iodine supplement consisting of drops of Potassium Iodide in water, which had a recommended daily allowance of 16 drops, which I added to water and drank. At that time, I also had begun taking 200 mcg of Selenium in a single tablet per day, so it was not clear whether the it was the Iodine or the Selenium when my skin improved radically. It was only recently that I decided to double the Iodine to about 32 drops per day, and I discovered an even greater improvement in my skin, which used to get dry in places on my face near my mouth (upper lip) and above my eyes (eyebrows). I now believe it is probably safe to conclude tentatively that Iodine is the cause of the improvement in my skin. So the question becomes, how much Iodine is beneficial, and is it possible to take too much?

This is just one more thing to add to the list of supplements that have changed my health significantly for the better. Skin is important as the body's defense against external organisms. Dry skin is a danger to the integrity of this defense system, since bacteria or fungus can feed on dead skin causing inflammation which I surmise is closely connected to certain forms of eczema.

I have already mentioned Jason skin cream in my Aug 23 2020 update. Everyone is undoubtedly different, but I am thrilled with both this cream as well as the prospect of having Iodine in my body to help eradicate my dry skin. Iodine is important for other bodily functions such as thyroid, and is implicated in raising the IQ or intelligence.

On another subject, I want to share a new way of wrapping cheese which I have been trying. This is to take the cheese out of the plastic wrapper, wrap it in paper towel, and put it into a ziplock bag in the fridge. This keeps the cheese drier and thereby prevents mould from growing. I have read that you can soak the paper towel in vinegar, but this does not appear to be necessary.

I am currently using cheese as recommended by Andrew Saul, which is to eat it as the last food eaten in a meal, because it is reputed to assist the oral balance of acidity and bacteria in order to prevent dental decay (cavities). The other thing is that cheese has some beneficial bacteria in it which assists digestion. Calcium is always taken with magnesium, Boron, Vitamin D and Vitamin K2 for optimal results, but I take enough magnesium each day (over 1 g) to be sufficient for the amount of calcium that I take in currently. Boron (9 mg) and D and K2 I take once a day, and I am adding an extra 2000-3000 IU Vitamin D3 (total of 4000-5000 IU) because of winter conditions. I had stopped Boron recently for a week or so and noticed no benefit of stopping so I started again.

On the subject of calcium again, I have just added Marine Coral Calcium back into my supplement regime, since I discovered that I was calcium deficient using food alone. I take about 600 mg of calcium from coral per day in addition to my milk products. I have just started this, so it is too early to know much. Vitamin K2 is vital for the proper utilization of Vitamin D, so I take 240 mcg once a day of K2 as an MK7 supplement. It's important to continue to learn every day, but my arthritis is better on my left thumb and worse on my right index finger (tip knuckle) since I increased my calcium intake. My right hand seemed better at first, and the challenge seems to be how to get the calcium into the body in a way which can be handled correctly by the metabolism. Moderate supplementation may work better than higher doses for the reason that food is better assimilated by the body and so safer. I still have enormous hope for calcium because I know that a deficiency of it is worse than too much and a lot more problems come with deficiency of calcium than with a surplus. The question is, is it possible to have too much calcium, the answer to which is very uncertain.

Praise Jehovah, our loving, heavenly Father, in Jesus' holy name.


All research is and must be ongoing.
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Jan 24 2021 Calcium etc...:
The benefits of calcium are well-known and documented in the following article as well as in many other places in this world, but when my teeth started breaking I was not aware at first of how much my calcium intake had been gradually declining over the past few years or months, which is long since I first learned about calcium. So I have increased my calcium once again, and have noticed immediate benefits, such as an increase in stamina, and just overall a feeling of strength. The teeth and fingernails, both of which had been fragmenting more than is usual for me when I am in optimal health, will take a little while to prove, but I have little doubt that they too will improve now that I am more conscious of my calcium intake again. I believe that the problem was caused by the fact that I had been trying to get all of my calcium from natural foods like milk, cream, cheese and yoghurt, and when I began to add other foods to my diet in recent days I fell prey to the need to reduce my dairy intake to make room in my stomach. So, just to be safe, I have decided to add back some calcium supplementation in addition to the dairy that I was taking, and to also resume my dairy consumption at the highest rates that I can tolerate, as least until I can learn how much calcium works best. Calcium is always taken with magnesium, Vitamin D, Boron, and Vitamin K2, for optimal results.

My rheumatoid arthritis which has clearly manifested itself in the knuckle of my left thumb has been slightly improved by my recent increase in calcium uptake, so I am also interested to see if calcium intake can reverse rheumatoid arthritis. The thing to remember about calcium is that it has health benefits in all respects in the whole body, because it is the body's main mineral and works with Vitamin K2, the body's main Vitamin. In my case, there is no one else watching me to remind me to keep monitoring my calcium intake. However, there are always Jehovah's checks and balances that work to naturally correct us when we stray from the path of healthy nutrition, and this was just one of those checks. Now I am more certain than ever that I need calcium. Another problem is that other people are not taking calcium, evidently, which means that associating with them is bad association since it results in a lack of calcium awareness or forgetfulness, although we are all prone to error.

I have had rheumatoid arthritis from quite a young age, and I believe this because I sometimes could feel when it was going to rain-- it was a sort of a peculiar feeling in the bones that people who have rheumatism often mention when they feel rain is in the offing. At that time, though, I didn't believe that I had rheumatism, despite the fact that I appreciated my rain-detecting abilities. Looking back now, I suppose it was inevitable that I was going to develop rheumatoid arthritis, at least based on the nutrition of my younger years, while I believe that calcium has postponed it slightly. There is a lot more to nutrition than calcium, and yet calcium is so crucial to health that it is difficult to avoid mentioning it in every discussion.

Headaches is another thing that I used to have a lot more of when I was younger, and I believe that this is also related to calcium or to the supporting Vitamins, since I don't have headaches at all in recent years, except for very slight headaches very recently with regard to my recent calcium deficiency discussed above. I believe that headaches are much more serious than I used to think, so I don't tolerate them these days without a very diligent query as to their cause. This is something very likely related to calcium, which the correlation to calcium deficiency in this case indicates as probable.

I mentioned Vitamin C in the previous update, but I failed to mention Isaiah chapter 1 concerning wounds, where the advice is to squeeze out and bind up the wounds on the human body, something which I also do to prevent infection and because God's inspired Word advises it in Isaiah chapter 1. Also, I have found that it works very well to prevent infection in practice. One could theorize that the infectious agents are being eliminated by "squeezing out" of the wound, but the complexities of blood are such that it is wiser to just do it because it is advised in God's Word, and because it works extremely well. It might hurt a little, but an infection hurts a lot more.

Concerning blood tests, this reminds me that a very serious mistake is being made by many practitioners by doing such testing, as they don't realize that the levels of substances in the blood have absolutely nothing to do with the levels of these same substances in the body or the tissues of the body, and in fact the blood may have greatly elevated levels of things in which the body is greatly deficient at the same time as the blood is trying to supply those same things to the body. So, it is a huge mistake to use blood tests at all, in both my own opinion and also in the Word of God, which prohibits the consumption or the use of blood. To my mind, this very obviously includes blood tests, for the reason just given. But, more importantly, Jehovah himself has prohibited its use for a reason, and it is his wisdom that knows the reason better than we do. We are wise to accept this counsel, even if we may try to learn more about the reason without overstepping the admonition itself. The life itself is the blood, as Jehovah's Word states, and this implies to me that we lose the opportunity to live life if we attempt to analyze aspects of its workings which are beyond our understanding. A great many doctors have also lost the ability to develop a diagnosis using symptoms and logic alone, and this is due to the misuse of blood in the way just described, to ascertain substance levels in the body. Logic is through Jesus Christ, the Logos, and Jehovah can help us only when we are faithful to his Word personified by the son of God, Jesus himself.

I believe now that my increasing of my Glutathione intake and my Vitamin K2 intake had been premature as it was before my realization about my latest recurrence of calcium deficiency, so I will be resuming my previous levels of these substances, although I am trying a doubling of Iodine as a new endeavour, since it had possibly been the element responsible for an improvement in my dry skin. Further study is needed in this area, also.

In the pursuit of good health it is important to be humble, because prayer helps more than research and knowledge in an area where no human possesses anything close to mastery. Mistakes are to be expected almost every day, and humility is very helpful for correcting these mistakes so as to be better prepared to observe the signs that will then indicate the next mistake. Life is assured only by responding in a highly effective manner to the many challenges of nutrition which occur on a daily basis.

One such challenge is the size of the stomach and the limitations caused by this, which limitations necessitate the proper choice of food at all times so as to minimize the possibility of needing a specific nutrient and not having the space in one's stomach to accommodate the needed nutrient without overburdening the digestive system.

On the adult Recommended Daily Allowances for calcium, magnesium, and Vitamin D, please see the article below under the section entitled Supplements:, and note that for Vitamin K2 the adult Recommended Daily Allowance is approximately between 120 mcg and 360 mcg (micrograms). Note that the RDA's given in the section mentioned are for a person weighing 160 lb, and that they are also proportionally less (according to weight) for smaller people and for children. Boron is an open question, although it has been suggested that the RDA has been set at too low of a level for this element, and that adult males may benefit from approximately 10 mg (milligrams) of Boron daily. Be cautious and research different aspects before embarking on a course of supplementation, because once starting you may possibly not want to stop, and thus it is wise to start on the right course.

Psalms 102:8 states: "All day long my enemies taunt me. Those who mock me [footnote: or make a fool of me] use my name as a curse."

But then at 102:17, we read: "He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer."

Praise Jehovah, our Father, in Jesus' holy name.


All research is and must be ongoing.
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Dec 25 2020 Vitamin C:
Would you believe me if I told you that you will never have an infection, and you only have to learn how to eat as much as you can? No, silly. Not everything, just Vitamin C. All you can eat of Vitamin C is how you can be sure you have rid yourself of an infection. I used to think that you have to catch it early, and take enough Vitamin C at the critical juncture. But Andrew Saul and the late Robert Cathcart have convinced me otherwise, and I now realize that any infection is destroyed by eating enough Vitamin C, no matter when you begin ingesting it. You just have to learn how much to eat, and when to eat it, stopping when your bowels begin to move. If your bowels don't move and you just can't eat anymore at the moment, you wait until you can eat more of it, and resume in a few minutes or 20 minutes or whenever you can. That's all there is to it! Keep eating Vitamin C until your infection is cured naturally, by your own body!

There was a small woman who ate a pound of vitamin C in three days and cured her mononucleosis. Even AIDS sufferers have been known to completely relieve their symptoms with Vitamin C, taking it regularly in high doses. AIDS itself is in the DNA, so it can't be cured completely in this way, but all symptoms can be removed!

These are facts which mainstream medical practitioners deny continually, which is why doctors who follow the pattern of using Vitamin C are sometimes left looking for a hospital who will embrace their protocols. For example, Dr. Robert Cathcart was banished from one hospital and ended up at Incline Village where his patients came to love him as he cured them using Vitamin C.

There is no infection that this doesn't work on! I will admit, though, that every time I am coming down with a sore throat I think, "Oh, Vitamin C is not going to work this time," and I worry about how I will suffer through the strep throat or cold or something else. But, praise Jehovah, I have never had to find out which particular illness I have been contracting in the past 15 years or so, because I have always found Vitamin C to work for me! This is truly a gift of gigantic proportions, friends. There are many accounts of Vitamin C curing infection in this way, from hepatitis C to the common cold, and the list is truly all-inclusive, except for AIDS which is not cured but has the symptoms completely removed. It is so hard to believe this, that I have not been taking Vitamin C every day, but only therapeutically (meaning when I am starting to get infected). I am including also skin infections or infected wounds, here, but I haven't had any of those either for the same period of time. Before I learned about Vitamin C, I got sick every winter with colds or flu or strep throat, but not since that time have I had anything develop into a full-blown illness. This is important, because I am clearly still contracting the infections in their early stages, and the Vitamin C is clearly and powerfully wiping out those same infections without exception.

I don't think you can do better than Vitamin C, and we should know about the dangers of using antibiotics and other medications, which are things to avoid as much as possible because they alter the natural processes of the body, while Vitamin C enhances the body's natural function and immunity to an extraordinary degree.

Just recently, I had two instances of a sore throat coming on, first on Dec 16 2020, which was the kind of sore throat that didn't go away by repeated swallowing (12 g Vitamin C taken in about 10-15 minutes wiped it out), and then Dec 19-21, 2020, when I had a sore throat the was more seriously beginning to cause that malaise common to colds/flu/strep (36 g of Vitamin C was needed this time, but it allowed me to work continually, in designing a bicycle stand as it so happened, and the third day it was the final 8g of Vitamin C that brought my full energy back). The danger on the second occasion was that I so busy in my design and construction work that I really barely had enough time to stop and take the Vitamin C, which I was generally taking in 6 gram quantities, in one case two 6-gram quantities eaten 10 minutes apart. In this case, I truly believe that I got through a one- to two-week infection in three days, and without letting up work for even a minute!

So, yes I believe I will be exploring Vitamin C and its benefits in the future, and am doing so these days by adding 2g of Vitamin C to my mandarin orange slices (from a can). It is an incredible Vitamin, but I believe that food is always the best way to get Vitamins-- it's just not possible for food to have enough Vitamin C for healing infections with efficacy, or at least not as far as we know. We do benefit from other supplements, I believe, as I have also outlined elsewhere. We can't usually take Vitamins without food, though. It also means a lot more preparation is required, for the food to have the Vitamins added before eating meals, but I have learned that that preparation is time extremely well spent.

So, do you think that I am unworried about Covid or other infections now that I have discovered Vitamin C? No, in fact the opposite is true, because it has been so long since I have had any infection at all that I fear catching something even more, and I value even more having my health and saving others from the discomfort and in some cases fatality of having an illness like an infection. So, listen to Brother Lett's update and the other Governing Body updates either here or on JW.org and take heed of the advice, so as to benefit you and your neighbours by applying sound Bible advice in valuing life.

I continue to explore new avenues in my daily food regimen. I am trying a mixture of evaporated milk with 18% cow's milk cream, water, goat's milk protein powder, chocolate powder, sugar, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B3, and Vitamin B complex, just to give one example of a recipe. The quantities are not for this case like it is with Vitamin C. With Vitamin C, it's: All. You. Can. Eat. I have to add a couple of very important things here. First, you can get infections from food. For example, strep bacteria in sour milk or eggs. Vitamin C is once again victorious here, but it is something to be aware of, and it explains how someone can contract an infection at home without any exposure to the outside world at all. When you tune in to your own body, you will begin noticing that you can learn many things about what causes what and how infection is contracted. We should know by now how it's cured: Vitamin C! Another thing is that viruses can be stored in your body, sometimes possibly in the bones, and when you start taking more Vitamins and eating good things, your body no longer needs some of its stores or cleanses itself of some very bad things, causing you to experience what is rightly called a "healing crisis." This healing crisis is caused by viruses (and perhaps bacteria) leaving your body, and it is a good thing because once you cure those you won't have them ever again, because they are no longer in the body to infect you! How do cure these bad viruses that come from within (or for that matter, from without)? I think we ought to know the answer to that by now: Vitamin C.

Please consider purchasing a subtantial supply of Vitamin C to have on hand in the event of infections in your household. The least expensive is ascorbate powder which can be mixed with a (preferably natural) sweetener and put into juice or water and then drunk.

Make sure of all things, hold fast what is fine. (1Thessalonians 5:21)

Praise Jehovah, in Jesus' holy name.


All research is and must be ongoing.
End of Dec 25 2020 Vitamin C update.
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Dec 06 2020 Magnesium Update etc... Arthritis:
Magnesium is ineffective unless taken with calcium, and more magnesium is required the more calcium is consumed, with the ratio being 100 mg of magnesium for every 200 mg of calcium ingested. These days I get my calcium from milk products, such as goats' milk, cream, cheese, and yoghurt (I should eat more yoghurt, because it contains probiotics), but my magnesium comes at least in part from the 1000 mg of magnesium supplements that I take every day. I realize that some people cannot take the slightest magnesium without encountering an overly loose bowel, so what I am doing is not a recommendation for everyone. I was taking 400 mg of magnesium as magnesium bisglycinate, 300 mg of magnesium as magnesium citrate, 125 mg of magnesium as magnesium chelate, and 250 mg of magnesium as magnesium oxide, for a total of 1075 mg of elemental magnesium each day. Recently, however, I have needed to increase that to as much as 1475 mg, because of constipation and the rectal fissure which in my case is excruciatingly painful otherwise. Magnesium is not a particularly expensive supplement usually. The oxide form is useful as an overnight (slow-acting) laxative. Magnesium generally relaxes muscles, which calcium contracts them. Drinking green tea (or white tea) also seems to have a laxative effect, as do other plant materials such as chocolate. Vitamin C taken in sufficient quantities causes a loose bowel, indicating when to stop taking it when using it to eradicate infections in the body. Fresh phytonutrients such as those found in plants provide very valuable nutrition for the body, but fresh produce is difficult to store, and this may be why I am needing more magnesium recently.

No matter what we do with nutrition, every day presents new challenges, which is the reason why drugs make absolutely no sense, because they complicate an already difficult situation, which becomes hopeless by the addition of unnecessary compounds to the body. It is extremely demanding to meet the body's daily needs for maintaining health. Jehovah, however, knows how to help us to find solutions to these ongoing challenges with our health, and we can pray for assistance. One thing is certain: Mainstream ideas about what is healthy are always wrong, just as the mainstream is wrong about everything else. Health is just too complex for the mainstream to understand.

I have recently just noticed what appears to be an arthritic nodule on my left thumb tip knuckle. It is slightly painful, but the joint itself is less painful than my knuckles in general. Pressing on the nodule is where the slight pain is felt. Looking at my hands, I can see where more nodules may appear in the future. They are possibly rheumatoid nodules associated with rheumatoid arthritis. The other day I realized that I had not drunk any green tea for many many months, so I made a pot of green tea and drank 4 or 5 cups of it, and it made the pain in my left hip (experienced only when walking full stride) disappear in a matter of minutes, with a duration (for the alleviation of the pain) of maybe an hour or more. Tea is a food which is very much researched with regard to rheumatoid arthritis. I made the tea after reading an article about Eastern use of tea and other foods in the treatment of arthritis. I may return to regular drinking of these raw teas (green and white), while I saw somewhere else that black tea has been associated in a negative way to health (4 cups of black tea per day in post-menopausal women was associated with an increase of getting RA of 78 percent in a study of 76,000 women between ages 50 and 79 in the US, presented in 2010 in Rome at the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism). I need to research the cures of arthritis more thoroughly, focussing on the green and white teas, and perhaps other raw plant foods. I believe we should be careful in the application of new nutrients. Since it takes 3 weeks or a month at a minimum to discern the effects of a dietary change, changes should be tentative and the possibility of returning to an earlier regime should be continually entertained.

I recently noticed a seeming benefit from one day taking twice my daily glutathione instead of the usual, so that is another possible avenue for research, as is Vitamin K2, seeing as Vitamin K2 has been often touted as effective against both rheumatoid and osteoarthritis. I am increasing my Vitamin K2 as of a few days ago to double what I was taking (4 instead of 2 gel caps, with each cap 120 mcg MK-7 Vitamin K2). Vitamin K2 is the only substance I have heard of that has "zero known toxicity," and it also is heralded for a world of benefits in a very large number of health categories. It assists in the using up of the body's Vitamin D stores, and it is taken with Vitamin D and calcium and magnesium. Great benefits may come from studying health (one's own health) and trying to learn how things work. For me it was first learning about calcium, then about Vitamin K2, then Vitamin C, then Vitamin B, and I continue to find more ways to improve my health, which is something completely beyond my own comprehension. I can only assume that Jehovah is smiling somewhere.

For the past several weeks I have been taking Vitamin E (d-alpha tocopherol acetate), first 400 IU per day, and now 800 IU per day. All other vitamins are as before, except that I have reduced the multi-vitamin by half (might be a mistake) to see if I really need it.

I am going to be focussing on arthritis its associated symptoms in the immediate future, since it is just now becoming for me an impending challenge. I think I am deficient in probiotics and the enzymes in raw foods. For the same reason that raw food is good for us, green tea should be made using water that is just warm enough and not hot, so as not to kill valuable nutrients. I add a quarter or half teaspoon of saturated saline solution from Himalyan salt to every cup of tea that I drink. No milk nor sugar is used in my tea. I take it as the Hunzas, perhaps, who were reputed to put a large hunk of rock salt into every cup of their tea, according to what Bob Barefoot said.

I think we also need to be careful of additives which are put into today's processed foods. Sometimes it may not be a deficiency, but a poison that we are ingesting, that is causing our problems.

I eat tea, too, in the form of Matcha tea, which is a powdered tea made in Japan which has enormous health benefits. Because of this Matcha tea, I don't have as much of a deficiency of the phytonutrients, so that I don't feel the need to eat salad as often. I mix Matcha tea with cream or milk together with maple syrop for sweetening, emulsifying the tea first in a little of the liquid before adding the rest.

Chocolate balls made from dates, nuts (brazil nuts are preferred), shredded coconut, raw cacao powder, some type of sugar, salt, and a little vanilla all blended in a food processor with just enough liquid (either coconut oil, syrop or water) to make them hold together in the shape of balls, is also a superfood that I have learned to make. I use 30 brazil nuts, 8 medjool dates (ground first), ~6 T cacao powder, ~1-2 cups coconut, 2-4 T sugar, 1/8 tsp salt, a bit of vanilla to taste, very approximately for all of these ingredients. I don't eat it very often when I am studying other foods, because it wipes out all other effects by its power. Refrigerate after forming into balls to solidify them, but they need no refrigeration at all and are very stable (non-perishable) at room temperature.

Praise Jehovah, in Jesus' name.


All research is and must be ongoing.
End of Dec 06 2020 Magnesium update.
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Sep 16 2020 Cancer Update etc... Allergies:
Some time after the last update I noticed some very unusual growths on the surface of my left arm. I took a very close look at these black and red, scab-like, unevenly shaped surface growths and could see that they were not scabs, and became aware from research that they resembled the type of cancer known as Squamous Cell Carcinoma. I was more concerned since this arm has seen quite a bit of sun exposure compared to the rest of my body, and the sun is known to cause skin cancer. I learned that it is important to get early diagnosis, so I was preparing to phone the doctor's office, but I missed the last call before the weekend and had to wait. I also had learned that a period of six weeks may be used as a waiting period to see whether these growths go away on their own. I was, however, convinced that early diagnosis was key to survival for a cancer of this type. In the meantime, I prayed about it and decided to try my Vitamin E skin cream on that arm, and to keep applying it over the affected area diligently, which I did, and the healing happened so quickly that I was very relieved and excited. Some of these growths simply fell off, and the redder one that looked more problematic healed in a few days more. That arm looks as good as new, and I am determined to be careful about sun exposure in the future. These growths were not at all like scabs, but more like low-lying moles with black and other colours more brown and red, and were slightly above the surface of the skin. Anyway, praise Jehovah and Jesus, I am humbled.

On Sep 16, 2020, Jehovah provided this article abstract:
Because of the ever-increasing incidence of ultraviolet light B (UVB)-induced skin cancer, considerable attention is being paid to prevention through the use of both sunscreens and after sun treatments, many of which contain antioxidants. Vitamin E is included as an antioxidant in many sunscreens and lotions currently on the market. Studies examining the efficacy of vitamin E as a topical preventative agent for UVB-induced skin cancer have yielded conflicting results. A likely contributor to differences in study outcome is the stability of vitamin E in the particular formulation being tested. In the current study we examined the effects of topical vitamin E alone as well as vitamin E combined with vitamin C and ferulic acid in a more stable topical formula (C E FerulicĀ®). Mice were exposed to UVB for 10 weeks in order to induce skin damage. Then, before the appearance of any cutaneous lesions, mice were treated for 15 weeks with a topical antioxidant, without any further UVB exposure. We found that topical C E Ferulic decreased tumor number and tumor burden and prevented the development of malignant skin tumors in female mice with chronically UVB-damaged skin. In contrast, female mice chronically exposed to UVB and treated topically with vitamin E alone showed a trend towards increased tumor growth rate and exhibited increased levels of overall DNA damage, cutaneous proliferation, and angiogenesis compared to vehicle-treated mice. Thus, we have demonstrated that topical 5% alpha tocopherol may actually promote carcinogenesis when applied on chronically UVB-damaged skin while treating with a more stable antioxidant compound may offer therapeutic benefits.
(Differential Effects of Topical Vitamin E and C E FerulicĀ® Treatments on Ultraviolet Light B-Induced Cutaneous Tumor Development in Skh-1 Mice
Erin M. Burns,
Kathleen L. Tober,
Judith A. Riggenbach,
Donna F. Kusewitt,
Gregory S. Young,
Tatiana M. Oberyszyn)


My allergies became severe towards the end of August, and I had to get my portable HEPA filters from the basement and start running them to help relieve my terrible itching eyes and runny nose, and they worked, with two running near my computer and one in the bedroom. I ran them on high speed for a while, but medium speed worked after that, but I must mention that I also have to go put very cold water on my eyes whenever the itching becomes uncontrollable and when the oil on the lower eyelids doesn't do enough to control it. The reason you don't want oil on the upper eyelids is that it can then run down into your eye, which is not desirable. The kind of oil I discussed in an earlier update. These allergies are caused by the pollen of ragweed, apparently, and they persist until the first really cold winter day kills the plants that produce it. Every year I forget how bad it can be, because it's not the same every year, but when it is bad like this year I find myself choking on the air in addition to the other symptoms. The first year I ever noticed the symptoms was probably less than 10 years ago, and I discovered that I was choking on air in my house, so I went to the window and closed it, which I felt at that time saved my life. As I mentioned in the other update, I had a central HEPA installed and it has greatly improved the air quality since the first time I noticed it was a problem. However, the portable HEPA filters are much cheaper and can be used along with the central HEPA for added filtering power in a local area or room. It enables me to avoid the use of drugs entirely. Thank you Jehovah, my loving and wise Father.

I would also like to add that I think that these allergies are a sign of very vigourous health rather than otherwise, because the immune system is reacting very strongly to something that it perceives as dangerous. When I go outside in the worst conditions, such as when mowing the lawn or working in the yard, I will sometimes wear an organic vapour mask, which filters more dust than an N95 mask, and prevents the worst of the reaction from occurring, although the pollen can get in through the eyes as well, so goggles also help. I generally avoid going outside, although sometimes the air is actually better outside than it is inside, even with my HEPA filters running 24/7. It is only like this from about the middle of August until the first heavy frost, which is still very annoying.

The other thing I want to mention is my arthritis, which I noticed just recently has been flaring up again in the knuckles of my right hand, and this makes me think that it is related to allergy season, similar to the increase in neck pain and lower pain that I just recently also began to associate with the effects of allergies, and as seems to be confirmed by online research as well. So, the effects of Vitamin K2, which is the one Vitamin known to be able to move calcium around in the body in a good way, may not be responsible for the symptoms of arthritis disappearing with winter coming on. It may be the dissipation of pollen that causes the relief from arthritis instead. This is the new distinction that I have just made in the past day or so. That being said, I would not be inclined to underestimate the power of Vitamin K2, nor its ability to utilize Vitamin D in an effective way so as to prevent it from building up in the body undesirably. And Vitamin K2 is essential for the proper metabolism of calcium in the body, as I also understand it. The world expert on Vitamin K2 is Kate Rheaume-Bleue, who took three times the nominally recommended amount of K2 during her pregnancy, saying that it is essential for the proper development of the child. Weston Price was a dentist who discovered that Activator X, which we now believe is K2, prevented the teeth of developing children from becoming crowded. Thus, Vitamin K2 appears to be a very powerful Vitamin, indeed.

Nutrition is a very complex field, and requires an humble approach, as it otherwise can lead to great consternation. It also, I believe, requires daily attention to one's body with regards to how one feels, and daily adjustments according to one's current beliefs. In comparison to nutrition, I believe rocket science to be very easy, since it uses only one equation: F=ma or Force equals mass times acceleration.


All research is and must be ongoing.
End of Sep 16 2020 Cancer update.
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Aug 23 2020 Allergy Update etc... Salt, Skin:
Allergies were first noticed by me this year Aug 16 2020:
The strategies I employ against allergies, besides washing my face and eyes in very cold water and putting cold water or ice compresses on my eyes, are oil under my eyes and HEPA filters for the house air.

I bought ocular eye serum for about $20 Canadian, because it works so very well to relieve itching around the eyes, although it is applied only to the lower eyelid. Then it occurred to me that the particular combination of oils in the formula might not be critical, so I tried olive oil mixed with safflower oil and put that under my eyes, and voila! It works just as well as the ocular serum, so now I have both and use them equally often. I used the old ocular serum vial to store my new 'formula'.

HEPA filters is the other vital strategy I utilize against allergies, and I have both a central HEPA attached to my furnace (about $1100 Canadian, installed, and $125 per year for pre-filter plus $325 every three years for the main HEPA filter-- so about $233 per year on average for filters). The portable HEPA units (and their filters) are much less expensive, and can be placed in any room, close to where you sit. When allergies like the ragweed (evidently) allergy, from which I suffer, get really bad, I use the portable HEPA filters as well as the central, and they help. My central is run on high speed all summer, and low speed in the winter, and it runs all year long without stopping. The benefits to my own respiratory comfort are enormous using HEPA filters, and the dust in the air is so low that I find very little dust that needs removing from horizontal surfaces as well.

One more thing I need to add is the salt that I take all year round in my water, which is a saline solution made from Himalayan salt, containing 73 minerals. This is part of my supplements regimen more than an allergies update, because I take it in every glass of water that I pour (I haven't yet been adding salt to my bottled fizzy water, which I drink in almost the same quantities as my salted, non-fizzy water). Since I neglected to mention it in my Nutrition update, I add it here.

Nutrition for skin is something else I have yet to discuss here, so I may do so now by saying that I found an excellent skin cream containing Vitamin E which I use for everything on my skin such as inflammation or redness, dry skin, bug bites, and eczema, and it does a fantastic job of making any itching go away and making eczema beat a hasty retreat. This cream is called Age Renewal Vitamin E 25,000 I.U., made in USA by Jason. It works wonders on skin without the subsequent bad effects that I found when I used urea-based anti-inflammatory creams (against itchy eczema), but Age Renewal by Jason is also a moisturizer, something which prevents eczema. Eczema itself (mine is nummular, or coin-shaped, which appears like little bubbles in the skin) appears to be an infection of the skin that occurs in dry skin, and disappears when the skin is moist enough. I would also add that my eczema is only very rarely occurring now that my nutrition has improved the condition of my skin, and I believe that skin cream is only a secondary and lesser means to treat the skin, even though using skin cream is much, much better than leaving dry skin untreated. I wonder now how I went so many years without treating my skin at all!


All research is and must be ongoing.
End of Aug 23 2020 Allergies update.
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Aug 17 2020 Update:
Vitamin B as Key to Weight Loss:
Since I started taking Vitamin B, I have noticed significant improvements in the way I feel, but then I recently discovered that I can go 24 hours without eating anything (drinking only water, not any sugary flavour) and have lost 5 lbs as a consequence of doing this for about a week or a little more! This indeed appears to be the key to weight loss for which I had been searching!

The B complex along with B1 and B3 in extra amounts as described in my Jun 09 2020 update (below) is what I mean, and all the other supplements also as there described I take with my one daily meal. It's similar to what I used to do when I was younger, as far as the frequency of eating, except for the supplements, which I didn't take then at all. It appears that it is overeating which creates a great many problems in my body (or our bodies, perhaps), whereas I (we) need Vitamin B for energy (something I heard just recently and don't recall hearing before). I find that as long as I keep busy my hunger fades away and I feel actually better than I did when I was eating more often (not to mention the dirty dishes and time to prepare food, nor the money saved in food expenses).

Please note that this is only for people who have mastered their vitamin and nutrient regime to a sufficient degree that their health is strong enough to support them during the times of fasting. For me, it means that I start to eat around 1600 to 2200 hours (usually 1800 hrs), and I stop eating when I feel good enough to go another 24 hours (or slightly less, allowing for the taken time to eat the meal itself).

I have now lost 19 lbs since my heaviest weight of 155 lbs, and I weigh 136 lbs, which is 12-15 lbs above my original weight. It's possible that it might continue to be possible for me to lose more weight this way. I will have to see. But as for those who say you can lose weight while eating three meals a day, I believe it to be a waste of time and money.

This is not a recommendation for anyone else to try to lose weight, so please don't take it this way. I think being healthy is the most important thing, and there are many variables. I would eat food as soon as I had any doubt about being well-nourished. And this intermittant fasting does not need to be done continuously at all, as I heard from one proponent of this technique. I actually find that I feel better now when I don't eat so often, and that is why I am doing it!

I believe excess abdominal fat is the thing that causes many problems such as testosterone deficiency in men, which is something I also heard from the same source as the fasting. I will do more research to dig up the name of the source and more information when I have more time.


All research is and must be ongoing.
End of Aug 17 2020 update.
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Jun 09 2020 Update:
Ward has added several elements to his supplement regime since the last update, and these include:
1. Vitamin K2, which is essential to the proper utilization of calcium and vitamin D, and without which the calcium supplements with vitamin D were in Ward's case causing arthritis in the hand. Vitamin K2 is called the "calcium facilitator" vitamin, and is found naturally in grass-fed dairy and beef, as well as hard cheeses, especially gouda and brie. There is no known toxicity for Vitamin K2, while even pure water has a known toxicity, so there is also no recommended daily amount for vitamin K2. The enormous benefits of Vitamin K2 are truly too many to list. For example, in 2007 Vitamin K2 was found to reverse heart disease in rats (Blood. 2007 Apr 1; 109(7): 2823-31 (2007), "Regression of warfarin-induced medial elastocalcinosis by high intake of vitamin K in rats," by Schurgers LJ, Spronk HMH, Soute BAM, Schiffers PM, DeMey JGR, et al.). Ward is taking 240 mcg per day of Vitamin K2, with 2000 IU of vitamin D3 currently. He takes more D3 (2000-3000 IU more) in the winter and on occasion. Vitamin D3 is included in some Vitamin K2 preparations, which is a good idea, because it won't work without Vitamin D, and it won't work without calcium, and Vitamin K2 puts Vitamin D to good use.
2. Glutathione, a protein which assists the production of HGH (human growth hormone), which is said to decrease as we age. Ward is currently taking 125 mg of L-Glutathione daily. It seemed to increase his energy levels substantially when Ward first began taking it.
3. Boron is needed by the body along with magnesium for the proper formation of bone, and is believed to reduce the risk of prostate cancer. The recommended 3 mg per day is not believed to be enough to increase free testosterone in men, and testosterone is needed to burn fat in the belly according to some. The EPA believes that too much boron reduces male virility, so the question is: how much is too much? Ward has tried 12 mg per day, suffering no ill effects, but is currently trying 9 mg per day as boron glycinate. Since beginning boron, Ward has lost about 10 pounds from his midsection, but is currently stuck about 20 lbs above where he was before he gained the weight (he currently weighs about 142 lbs, and did weigh 122 lbs, with his maximum ever being 155 lbs). Ward gained the weight while eating a diet rich in high-fat dairy (3% fat goats' milk) without paying attention to his weight (this was when Anne was in her last days).
4. Selenium is an important trace element. Ward is taking 200 mcg per day at the present time. Selenium is said to be deficient in people quite often.
5. Iodine is absolutely essential to proper thyroid function and in Ward's case caused a significant improvement in health and skin condition. Daily amount for Ward is 500 mcg of potassium iodide in solution (colloidal) derived from seaweed and kelp.
6. Vitamin B-12 has been added to Ward's regimen, and it is often found to be lacking in the diets of those who don't eat much meat. about 2500 mcg of B-12 in a sublingual tablet is what Ward is taking each day (half a 5000 mcg tablet).
7. Vitamin B-3 Niacin was added, and it is taken as part of a caplet which is crushed into powder before taking a portion, because Ward's stomach was too sensitive to take as much as was suggested by some experts. This vitamin appears to have significant health benefits, and in Ward's case it was seen to decrease constipation at the start of adding it to his regime. Ward finds that more than 50-100 mg in his case is so far not comfortable in his stomach. Some people take 4 grams of Niacin every day!
8. Vitamin B-1 Thiamine is also crushed into pieces and used together with the other B Vitamins, but results are pending. Currently half a tablet, which is 50 mg, per day is what Ward is taking. Ward has to wait until later to learn the effects of this Vitamin in his case, as he is still processing the effects of Vitamin B-3 (Niacin, above).
9. B Complex vitamins are also taken as a portion of the powder gotten by cutting open a capsule, and they include B-12. Thus, the B-12 was reduced in the case of adding it separately, and results are pending for most of these B Vitamins. Perhaps one quarter of a capsule of 616 mg Adaptogenic B Complex by Naturopathic Labs is in Ward's daily regimen, but it's not measured exactly. B Complex seems to have a beneficial effect on Ward's health, although it is too early to say very much.
10. Krill Oil is taken by Ward in quantity slightly less than recommended. Krill is the largest biomass on the planet, and the oil obtained from it is believed to be superior in many ways to fish oil. It includes omega-3 fatty acids, but has some things that are typically not found elsewhere. Two gel caps of Euphausia superba body oil, 500 mg, in a common name brand supplement, is currently part of Ward's daily supplement routine. I don't want to name the brands of every supplement I take and then find they are all out of stock!

Side Notes:
1. As a side note, Ward uses Vitamin C in multi-gram quantities whenever the slightest sign of an infection manifests, and since doing this has not has a bacterial nor a viral infection of any kind since some time after 2003. He heard that Merv Griffin took 4 grams/day of Vitamin C as a talk show host and that he never caught any flu after beginning that, and many of us had heard about Linus Pauling the Nobel Prize winner who advocated Vitamin C. Ward began to take Vitamin C only as a therapeutic, and not every day, while Anne was still with us, and quite a number of years before she passed, so Ward would estimate that it has been between 10 and 17 years since he has had any flu, cold, strep throat, or any other infection. Green tea also seems to help when fighting a possible infection, Ward finds. If someone did contract an infection, he used to: "starve a fever, feed a cold."
2. A second side note: Ward takes a multi-vitamin called Garden of Life, Vitamin Code: 50 & Wiser Men. He takes half of the recommended daily amount. This multi-vitamin is said to be made from raw fruits and vegetables.
3. A third side note: Supplements should be taken with food.
4. A fourth side note: Full disclosure. Shortly before April 30 of 2019 Ward suffered a sudden vision obstruction in his left eye when using the computer monitor. It affected only the particular distance close to the monitor distance, and not distances which are further away nor those very near. On April 30 it was diagnosed by the eye doctor as floaters. Ward was working late with little sleep at the computer monitor when the problem had its sudden onset, and he has astigmatism which increases a risk for floaters according to his research. He believes this problem was directly related to the lack of sleep and long hours at a computer in a room with ambient light. Since then, he has kept all room light to a minimum while using a computer monitor, has purchased two 30-inch monitors (both used in a vertical orientation currently, as flanking his main monitor), and gotten a new prescription for eyeglasses which is implemented in Zeiss glass lenses. Long-distance vision or even vision from four or five feet away is essentially unaffected by this problem. It manifests as a vision disturbance which is similar to the look of the vision disturbance one gets with a migraine headache before the onset of the headache, and there are no headaches associated with the floaters. It's just considerably more difficult to work at a computer, and as Paul wrote at 2Corinthians 12:9, it's "a thorn in the flesh, an angel of Satan, to keep slapping me, that I might not be overly exalted."

All research is and must be ongoing.
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The following is a presentation of what is believed by many to be life-saving information about nutrition. The information contained herein in no small part may also be found in the book ``The Calcium Factor'' (Fifth Edition), by Robert R. Barefoot and Carl J. Reich. Dr. Carl J. Reich practised medicine in Calgary, Alberta and became known as the ``Father of Preventive Medicine'' to some. To others he was a medical maverick who did not adhere to the standard medical practise of his day, choosing instead to put his patients first. He enjoyed great success in his application of nutritional therapies, and was loved by many for the great zeal he showed in pursuing the truth about health, even when it cost him his career. Two-time Nobel Prize winner for Physiology Otto Warburg (1883-1970) embraced the theories of Dr. Reich, and had undertaken to join him in his research when Otto passed away at the age of 87. But our study of health goes back to a point in history long before that. In order to gain the truest perspective of our health we begin in the garden of Eden...
The application of this material is left to the reader.

For a personal testimonial account, please see also the following:
Updated November 15, 2003
Ward has his health again!
Coral Calcium

Nutrition-- A Life-Saving Guide
Doctors are the noblemen of our day. Trust me, I'm not a doctor.
    How should we view our health? Is health something that we ourselves can do nothing about? This question may be more important than it first seems.

Some Definitions:

Nutrition:
     The concept of nutrition is that our bodies possess phenomenal energy-production capabilities and healing powers, and that all we need to do is to give them the nutrients that they require.
    If we think that our bodies can get good nutrition from the food we eat, but our nutrition is making us sick, then we are sadly mistaken.


Health:
    The idea of health is that our bodies need all of the necessary nutrients in sufficient quantities to provide an abundant supply for our bodies, as well as exercise, sleep and all the other God-given activities which provide for life in its fullest.
According to this idea, disease results when we are deficient in some life-giving nutrient or activity. Of course, illness may also occur when we experience intoxification or poisoning by massively exceeding our requirements for good health.


Introduction:
    If you do not believe in health, whatever you do, do not read any further. That is, not unless you wish to become healthier than you have ever been before.
    Health is too comprehensive a topic to ever hope to encompass.
     With faith in God and in Jesus Christ, what we can do is to adopt healthy attitudes, something which does not require the supervision of anyone else, but which does require a basic understanding of how our bodies function and a minimal knowledge of nutrition.
    That having been said, it is the intent of this article to give you enough knowledge to get as healthy as you can with nutrition alone and stay healthy as long as you live.
    Of course, there is no guarantee that any action you take will make you healthier. However, you may be surprised to learn just how easy it is to be healthy, and even more surprised to find out how few people know about it.

Basic Concepts:
    In the Genesis account of creation, we read about Adam and Eve (among many other things) and how Adam was forbidden to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and bad. This was no symbolic tree of knowledge. No, but a real tree with real fruit. When Adam and Eve disobeyed, they were put out of the garden, and were thereby prevented from eating from the tree of life which was also present in the garden, and the fruit of which was specified as giving the eater eternal life (Genesis 2-3). So we see that right from the beginning, nutrition was important.
    Later, in the account about the flood of Noah's day, we read about how Jehovah granted to humans the privilege of eating the animals as food for the first time (Genesis 9:1-6). Even so, they were commanded not to eat the blood. By this time the life expectancy of a man had decreased from 930 years (Adam), to 650 years (Noah), and it continued to decrease to 120 years (Moses), and even to 70 or 80 years as recorded in Psalm 90 (written by Moses). Adam had been told that he would die `in the day' that he ate the forbidden fruit. Of course a `day' in the Hebrew can mean an indefinite period, as it can also mean in English. Psalm 90:4 says ``For a thousand years are in your eyes but as yesterday when it is past''. It is possible that the increase in cosmic rays corresponding to the descent of the shielding waters from the sky during the deluge in Noah's time was a contributory factor in the shortening of life-span of those who came later, but we know that meat was eaten from that time on with God's blessing. Accounts of vegetarian communities possessing great health and longevity are known even in modern times, with nutrition not necessarily being the only factor of interest, of course. But these accounts together with the more recent scientific claims of a link between certain disease and meat consumption add to the evidence of a nutritional basis for long life. The saying ``you are what you eat'' comes to mind.
    When Moses led the Israelites out of the land of Egypt, where they served as slaves, he promised to lead them to a land flowing with `milk and honey' (Exodus 3:8, Numbers 16:14). Now milk is rich in certain important nutrients such as calcium, and honey is a combination of simple sugars fructose and glucose, which are important in the process of DNA replication, according to the scientific and nutritional theories of these modern days in which we live.
    Still later, Saul the Israelite king during a military campaign acknowledges the sin of his people in eating blood, and he makes special provision to ensure that his people are slaughtering the animals properly (1Samuel 14:31-35). He was not a particularly good king, yet even he got this right.
    In the 1950's one of the pioneers in the study of degenerative illness was M.D. Carl J. Reich, co-author of a book titled ``The Calcium Factor''. In the same book, Dr. Reich is described as having been a strong proponent of the idea that degenerative disease is the direct or indirect result of mineral deficiencies , mainly calcium. Central to what he believed is this: when we deprive our bodies of needed nourishment, specifically calcium, they degenerate. Our bodies may adapt or not, but one way or another, guided by genetic predisposition, the problem eventually manifests itself as one or more of a very large class of illnesses. Shortly before his death in (he passed on as an active octagenarian) 1996 the Calgary magazine CityScope published an article in which he was described as `The Father of Preventive Medicine' (The Calcium Factor, p.94).

    Two-time recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology Otto Warburg agreed with Carl Reich that calcium is extremely important for health. In his own work Warburg had demonstrated that cancer could be induced in healthy rats within days simply by injecting them with acid. He excitedly embraced the research of Dr. Reich, noting how calcium served to douse the body's excess acid, thereby preventing cancer. Just before his death, Otto was working with Carl doing research on that very thing-- calcium and its link to cancer. (from a taped lecture by Robert R. Barefoot)

    Calcium is also able to explain the common modern misconception that the sun causes cancer. One of the ways cancer is triggered is by an energetic photon (particle of ultralight light, X-ray, gamma-ray or other energetic particle) which releases a cancer-causing agent attached to the outer wall of a cell, allowing that agent, a carcinogen, to enter the cell. But caustics have long been known to cure cancer permanently. (Health and Longevity, Joseph G. Richardson, M.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1909, p.378) (The Calcium Factor, p.61) Calcium is alkali and therefore by definition it is caustic, so it makes more sense that calcium deficiency is the cause of cancer, with sun exposure as merely the trigger.

It is obvious that healthy individuals are exposed to carcinogens without getting cancer. So what's the difference between the healthy person and the person who gets cancer? Recent research has shown that calcium is needed for the normal growth of cells. ( Calcium in the action of growth factors. Ciba Found Symp. 1986: Moolenaar WH, Defize LH, de Laat SW. ) Logically then, the sun cures cancer , since the ultraviolet light acting on the exposed skin produces vitamin D, and vitamin D is needed for the best absorption of calcium (and other minerals) by the body. (The Calcium Factor, p.107-8)

    A deficiency of calcium allows the creation of an acidic environment in the cells of the body, which prevents normal DNA replication from taking place. (The Calcium Factor, p.42) The inhibition of normal DNA replication ``provides the necessary conditions for toxic enzymes to produce radicals that will bond with carcinogens. The complexes they produce will bind with specific sequences of nucleotides in the DNA, causing the template to be altered, thereby setting the scene for the abnormal replication of DNA to trigger cancer.'' (The Calcium Factor, p.66)

    Dr. Reich noticed that his cancer patients often went into remission with lifestyle changes which included diet, minerals, and vitamins. This he attributed to the correction of the problem known as ionic calcium deficiency. Not only did the cancer go into remission, but the other illnesses also disappeared. But if calcium cures disease by virtue of being alkali in nature, what about other elements in nature which are even more strongly alkali? Do they cure and prevent cancer also?

The Hopi Indians of Arizona and the Hunzas of Pakistan represent two cultures in which cancer is essentially non-existent. The Hopi water is rich in rubidium and potassium, while the Hunza water is rich in cesium and potassium. All of these minerals are more caustic than calcium, or in other words they produce more strongly alkaline solutions. Acid is the opposite of an alkali, and one is neutralized in the presence of the other. Consistent with this observation, researchers such as Dr. K. Brewer and Dr. H. Sartori have used both cesium and rubidium in combination with calcium to successfully kill cancer by neutralizing the body's acid, with no deleterious side effects. (``The Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis'', Dr. K. Brewer, Journal of IAPM, Vol V, No. 2, 1979) and (``Cancer - Orwellian or Utopian ?'', Dr. H Sartori, Life Science Universal Inc., 1985) (The Calcium Factor, p.67)

    So the theoretical basis for the action of calcium in the cure and prevention of disease is established, one of the crucial roles of calcium in the body being the maintenance of an alkaline environment to facilitate normal DNA replication. (The Calcium Factor, p.42)

    If you would like to know whether your body fluids are acidic, you may use a simple test developed by Dr. Reich to test the acidity of your saliva. Spitting on a penny's worth of litmus paper takes only a few seconds, and indicates the degree of calcium deficiency in the body. Using litmus paper in the pH range 4.5 to 7.5 (available from your local pharmacy, perhaps), it has been shown that a healthy child's saliva tests a dark blue colour, while a terminal cancer patient is bright yellow. The test is performed always two hours after putting anything in the mouth. Because of occasional fluctuations in pH which may occur, any acidic (yellow) indication should be confirmed by retesting two hours later. (The Calcium Factor, p.95, 97-8)

    Are you unconvinced? I would not be surprised. In the part of the world known as North America, and likely in many other places around the world, doctors have been wielding considerable authority for many years, sponsored in no small part by vested interests such as drug companies, and they all have an interest in keeping their positions of prestige and their earnings. Still the truth is known by some humble ones. It is noteworthy that decades after Dr. Reich practised medicine in Calgary, the mechanisms of how biological calcium functions in the body are now becoming more fully understood. Research into calcium's many roles in the systems of the human body has increased dramatically our understanding and interest in calcium as the key player in all biological function. To give an indication of how much more research is being done on calcium today, note that in 1950 there were about 50 publications per year by the scientific community on calcium (the medical community did not research calcium in 1950). How much research is being done today? Would you believe that, in 1990, between the scientific and medical communities, there were over 7000 publications on calcium? (The Calcium Factor, p.9)

    So, now you know why calcium commercials are running rampant in 2003 on commercial television. But while calcium is becoming increasing popular as a food additive and food supplement, it is important to be aware that the form these supplements take is often not the best one for your body. Watch out for those TV commercials.

    The research begun by Dr. Reich in 1954 on calcium supplementation remains a viable treatment regimen even today, which is something easily verifiable and posing no health risk. This may be hard to believe for many, including doctors, who put their faith in some yet-to-be-discovered cure in the form of a man-made chemical. Nevertheless, everyone whose life is transformed by a food supplementation plan which is simple and effective is smiling inside as their formerly shattered life is reconstructed by the most natural means possible, the recuperative powers which lie within the human body itself.

Food:
    Before considering food supplements, it is obvious that we need to consider the food that we eat. It has been the thinking of many that we should be able to obtain all of our nutrients from the food that we eat. When fruits and vegetables are grown organically, of course, nutrient content is higher, and so this is more true. The problem we are facing in North America in this regard is that the depletion of minerals from the soil has taken its toll on food quality, and has led to the use of inorganic (chemical) fertilizers which fail to produce the desired qualities in our food. Even where so-called improvements have been made by genetic manipulation, leading to perhaps bigger fruit or greater disease resistance, there has been an overall decrease in nutrient content, so that malnutrition is a major concern here. There is considerable concern that eating even two of the new, larger variety of fruit is less beneficial than one of natural fruits of yesteryear. It is no longer true that we can get all the nutrients we need from our food.

    As the book ``The Calcium Factor'' points out, the best way to solve a problem in which our soils are found to be deficient is to replenish the minerals in the soil itself, then grow more nutritious food from that replenished soil. True, but the book also points out that this takes time, and meanwhile people are dying. So food supplements are a good stop-gap measure. Also, some foods are more beneficial than others for the cultivation of excellent health.

    Milk is good for you. Studies have linked the drinking of milk to health benefits. A ten-year study in Britain of 500 men between the ages of 45 and 59 showed that those who drank a half-litre or more per day of milk had 10 times fewer heart attacks, with even more benefit being gained when milk intake was further increased. No preference was found for skim milk as opposed to whole milk, implicating the calcium content as being the crucial factor. Another study in Finland (a 25-year study ending in 1997 on 4697 cancer-free women between the ages of 15 and 90) found an overwhelming association between the high consumption of milk and the prevention of breast cancer compared to other factors. (The Calcium Factor p. 79-80)

    Organic milk is preferable to other milk since it is believed to be free of the effects of the hormones and anti-biotics used in raising other commercial dairy cows. ``Would you like hormones with that?'', is a question not typically associated with the consumption of milk, but this an issue which affects the quality of milk. When not organically raised, cows are given hormones to increase milk production. More milk does not necessarily mean better milk, however. One must ultimately judge for oneself as long as these products are available. Yes, organic milk is more expensive. But then, how much would you be willing to pay for your health? Clearly, health is not something we think of in monetary terms.

    Since money was traditionally non-existent amongst the Hunzas, in the Hunzakut society a man's wealth was judged by the number of apricot trees that he owned. Apricots are today thought to be a valuable source of nutrients, including vitamin K. Another major factor which is thought to contribute to longevity among the Hunzas is their water, which was rich in minerals to a very great degree. It is safe to assume that any food grown using mineral-rich water as an irrigation source also is richer in nutrient value. So when we speak of the Hunzas and other cultures which are typically mountain cultures depending on mineral-rich glacial meltwaters, it is clear that we are not just talking about a single factor which contributes to health. The food is enriched by the same water which nourishes the people, and the water is believed by many to have other properties which affect its viscosity as well as its electron content, and these factors are also believed to have a profound impact on the health of these communities. Mountain cultures are much more exposed to the ultra-violet radiation from the sun, since they are protected far less by the heavy atmosphere which lies near the earth's surface. Since the sun produces vitamin-D from cholesterol in the skin, and vitamin-D is perhaps the single most important factor facilitating the absorption of minerals (particularly calcium) into the body, sun exposure is certainly another factor of benefit to these people.

    Since long life and health is known in some places to be better than other places, it has been a subject of much study. It is not known what the effects of much of the modern food processing are on our health, except to say that people who come from long-lived cultures and enter `modern' societies often suffer untimely deaths caused by `modern diseases'. Avoiding as much modern food processing as possible thus makes sense, because it will be many years before science determines the impact of many modern `food' sources. It makes just as much sense to imitate the habits of long-lived peoples, by eating natural source foods like fruits, nuts, seeds, and vegetables, along with milk and honey. Organically grown is always preferable, which means without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, hormones, or anti-biotics. Uncooked is better than cooked food for food which can be eaten in this way, because cooking destroys some nutrient value and possibly the very microbes needed for proper digestion.

    Salt is good for you. The Albert Einstein College of Medicine reported a study in 1995 on 2934 humans with mild to moderate high blood pressure (hypertension). While the women showed no association, men who had lower sodium intake had four times as many heart attacks. ( Low urinary sodium is associated with greater risk of myocardial infarction among treated hypertensive men. Hypertension Jun 1995: Alderman MH, Madhavan S, Cohen H, Sealey JE, Laragh JH.)

    Eat your fruits and vegetables. Grandma was right. But it is no longer true that this is enough to protect your health.

Supplements:
    Is this a secret formula, available only to those willing to pay large sums of money? Hardly. The next paragraph contains all you really need to know to get started.

    There are many supplements available today which provide the qualities necessary for effective treatment at a cost of just pennies a day. Two things are needed, or just one:
    • 1200-3600 mg Calcium-
        600-1800 mg Magnesium, taken daily
(as Cal-Mag citrate or Marine Coral Calcium)
    • 2400-7200 IU Vitamin D, taken daily
(taken orally as halibut liver oil capsules [400 I.U. vitamin D per capsule] or vitamin D tablets [1000 I.U. vitamin D per tablet]), or an hour per day of sun exposure.
Notes:
  • Lower levels of supplementation are for already-healthy individuals. Larger levels may be taken by very sick individuals for a period of weeks or months, and then cut back as the individual returns to health.
  • The above amounts are for a 160-lb body.

  •     For a 160-lb body, 1200 to 3600 mg per day of calcium is recommended, with the higher quantity corresponding to most illness. Even healthy people may undertake the same regimen by taking at least 1200 mg of calcium a day to prevent disease.

        The best way to take calcium is with magnesium, because as many people find, calcium by itself causes constipation, even when a calcium deficiency already exists in the body. Magnesium alleviates constipation with ingestion of about 700 mg per day (The Calcium Factor, p.119), but more importantly, it is itself a major mineral, second only to calcium in its importance as a facilitator in a large number of natural processes within the body. Calcium and magnesium, taken orally in a two-to-one ratio (citrate for example), and vitamin D (in tablet or halibut liver oil form) are the key elements of this healing plan. (The Calcium Factor, pp.91, 119) Giant Tiger, the discount store, sells Vitamin D tablets at a low price as of this writing ($4.44 Canadian for 240 tablets [1000 I.U. each]).

        Coral calcium of the highest quality is inexpensive and provides calcium and magnesium in the right ratio (2:1) to promote health, as well as providing many other minerals required by the body. Also, healthy people take only one third the amount of coral to maintain their health, so it gets cheaper as your health improves. Many different brands of coral calcium are available in drugstores and health food stores now, and it is worth knowing that not all coral is created equal. Robert R. Barefoot, co-author with Dr. Carl J. Reich of the book ``The Calcium Factor'', is a strong advocate of coral calcium, particularly marine coral calcium from Okinawa, Japan.

    History of Coral Calcium:
        The very first drugstores in the world, now officially historic monuments in Spain, featured coral calcium with the label: ``Coral Calcium, Okinawa Japan.'' (The Calcium Factor, p.152) Why Okinawa? Well, this came about because about 500 years ago, Spanish explorers visited the islands of Okinawa in Japan, and they noticed the unusual vitality of living things on the islands. The Okinawans had discovered before that how crop yields increased by 400% when coral sand was used as fertilizer, and cows produced more milk when they licked the reefs. Also, chickens produced more delicious eggs when they ate the coral sand. (The Calcium Factor, p.152)

        Animals as well as humans respond well to the treatment, with differing amounts needed depending on body weight. Young children recover very quickly (days), while older people with many ailments take longer (months or years).

        Once you are convinced that the supplements work, it isn't really very difficult to get started, although you may choose to spend some time deciding on the best type of calcium supplement for you. Fortunately, there is a tremendous number of different calcium supplements available these days. Taken in the amounts described here, they cannot hurt you, but they do provide your body with the raw materials it needs to heal itself.

    Literature:
        The reason why calcium works is because our bodies are in essence very much dependent on calcium. Although it was known around 1900 that calcium is important for the contractility of the heart muscle, by the late 1970's we had learned a lot more about the importance of calcium. The book ``The Calcium Factor'' contains quotes on page 16, as follows:
    ``Breathing Easy'', Lendon Smith, M.D., in the book 'Feed Your Kids Right', Dell Pub. Co. Inc., 1979.''

    ``Calcium is required all our lives for bones, teeth, muscle, nerve function, and for blood clotting. Muscle pains, cramps, twitches, and even convulsions may suggest calcium deficiency.''

    ``For asthma, 1000 mg of calcium should be given daily along with 1000 units of vitamin D for intestinal absorption. Calcium can relax the muscles surrounding the bronchial tubes, while altering the permeability of the cell walls, allowing the nutrients to get in.''


    ``How a Mineral Can Vitalize Your Health'', Dr. James K. Van Fleet, in the book 'Magic of Catalytic Health Vitalizers', Parker Publishing, 1980.''

    ``According to nutritional authorities, the American diet is more lacking in calcium than in any other essential food. Dr. Henry C. Sherman, the noted biochemist, has stated in effect that the prime period of human life could be extended by a moderate increase of calcium in the diet. It would also be wise to get at least 400 units of vitamin-D daily to ensure proper absorption of calcium from the tract into the body where it can be utilized.''

    ``When the body does not get enough calcium, it will withdraw what little calcium it has from the bones to make sure there is enough in the bloodstream, then the body does its best to bolster the sagging architecture by building bony deposits and spurs to reduce movement and limit activity.''

    Scientific Basis:
        We may understand better how calcium works by noting its chemical properties. The calcium atom has the ability to bind with 7 oxygen locations on a protein while still holding onto a water molecule. Magnesium, by way of contrast, can bind with only 3 oxygen locations while holding onto as many as two molecules. It is this unique binding ability of calcium which allows it to bond with long proteins and serve as gatekeeper for the cell. Cells, the building blocks of tissue, receive their nourishment by means of large nutrient channels which open and close by means of the electric potential developed between the inside and the outside of the cell. (The Calcium Factor, p.41)

    It may be difficult to believe, but not only does calcium serve as gatekeeper to the cell by binding with a rosette of 5 proteins to form a plug, blocking entry, but calcium is also the element responsible for producing the 70 mV which opens the gate, only 577 parts per million of calcium being required for this voltage to be achieved (potassium requires 933 ppm). (The Calcium Factor, p.41)

    As if that weren't enough, the element best able to bring nutrients into the cell by binding with them in a polar stacking sequence is-- again, calcium. Up to 22 polar compounds may be brought into the cell at one time by a single calcium ion, while other ions carry far fewer (for example, 8 polar compounds for potassium). Thus, calcium has been called the workhorse of the cell. (The Calcium Factor, p.51)

    So, we have seen that calcium feeds us, as well as opening and closing the doorway of the cell to allow feeding to take place. What else does calcium do? Calcium is essential to the release of neurotransmitters in the brain and wherever else nerves exist in the body. Thus proper function of the brain is dependent on calcium. (``Calcium in Synaptic Transmission'', Rodolpho R. Llinas, Scientific American, 1982) (The Calcium Factor, p.17)

    Conclusion:
        The more we know about calcium and how it helps us, the easier it is to see how it can improve our health to take calcium supplements. But the other minerals magnesium, sodium, potassium, and phosphorous also have major roles to play in our bodies, even if to a somewhat lesser extent. A balanced supplementation program will include these other minerals along with trace minerals including iron and zinc (as well as vitamins A, B, C, D, E, and K) and will effectively supplement a selection of nutritious foods with these life-giving nutritional supplements.

    It is important to distinguish between nutritional supplements, which are actually essential food, and substances which are used to treat or alleviate symptoms. Alleviating symptoms doesn't cure anything, but when we give the body the nutrients it needs it can heal itself. Believe it or not, supplementation with vitamins in amounts less than 10,000 times the RDA's may be considered completely safe, although too much of anything (including water or salt) can hurt you. (The Calcium Factor, p.87) It is also true that many of the healthiest cultures in the world, including the Hunzas of Pakistan, consume between 10 and 100 times our RDA's of minerals (calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, and fluoride). (The Calcium Factor, p.122)

    A Personal Note:
        It seems incredible to think that we have people working in the field of health care, when they can't even get or maintain their own health. (Ward Green, October 15, 2003)

    Take sodium, for example. Did you know that by reducing your sodium intake you may be causing great harm to your body, and that by increasing it you may feel better and improve your health?

    Of course, nothing should be taken as applying to everyone. Nutrition is a personal matter, because one man's food is another man's poison. On the other hand, many aspects of our health can be described as common to the lifeforms around us, like our need for calcium.

    For a personal testimonial account, please see also the following:
    Updated November 15, 2003
    Ward has his health again!
    Coral Calcium

    When I last checked, the book ``The Calcium Factor'' (Fifth Edition), by Robert R. Barefoot and Carl J. Reich was available by order at Chapters bookstore in Ottawa. When I ordered it (with the book ``Death by Diet''), it took about two weeks to get it. I recommend that you order one or both of these books and read them carefully. There is a wealth of information in them, including quotes from top researchers on the subject of calcium and nutrition. ``Death by Diet'' by Robert R. Barefoot is easier to understand for the person unversed in all the technical jargon, but both books make the language easier when quoting from technical publications. A discussion of electromagnetic aspects of health is also given, such as the fact that a child's fingertip can be regrown if left unsutured. (The Calcium Factor, p.103)