Himalayan Rock Salt is the purest, some call it “white gold”, and is considered by biochemists as having the most benefits of any salt available. It does not compare to common table salt which is actually kiln dried sodium chloride which is not a natural salt at all.

Wikipedia says: “It is mined in the Khewra Salt Mines, the second largest salt mine in the world, located in Khewra, Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan, about 300 km from the Himalayas.” It is mined with the minimal use of commercial machinery so that it retains its original qualities.

The color is a off-white, pinkish color with specks of black. The salt leaves the mining site as large rocks and is processed thru a crusher. The salt is certified as pure and may be consumed in the state that it is provided without further filtering by the consumer. It contains: no artificial colors, gluten, chemical additives or preservatives.

It is said that this salt has been buried for 250 million years and contains all the following 84 minerals that are the basis of human life.

If you look at table salt it could be considered a cellular poison. It is bleached, chemically treated and kiln drived at over 1,000 degrees F. The body will try desperately to rid itself of this poison. The kidneys and liver react quickly. The body extracts water from all cells in an effort to neutralize the sodium chloride. These dehydrated cells die and the body starts to dehydrate. Common table salt is an enormous burden to your body. Did you know that your body may be using 23 times the amount of water contained in the cells just to neutralize the common table salt you consume? Ever wonder how much salt you as an average person consume a day? Answer: It’s about 4,000 to 6,000 mg; if you a heavy user of salt it could be as much as 10,000 mg daily. The chemicals that may be added to common table salt are Calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, and aluminum hydroxide. Aluminum deposits into your brain and could be a potential cause of Alzheimer’s disease.
Common salt (sodium chloride) and natural sodium (Himalayan Rock Salt) are completely different elements.

On the other hand Himalayan Rock Salt is what the body is looking for. It assists in the re-mineralization of the body with minerals and trace elements that are contained only in Himalayan Rock Salt. Some say that the body needs all of the 84 minerals claimed to be contained in salt from the Himalayas. These would only be a part of the thousands that are actually contained in the earths surface, not so, only about 16 minerals are truly beneficial to the human system.

It has been estimated that 4% of the body’s mass consists of Minerals. There are the major minerals of which the body requires more than 100 mg/day. These are sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, sulphur, cobolt and chlorine.

One thing is true for sure. The human body cannot make, unlike some vitamins and most enzymes, its own minerals, it must get all minerals from the food supply and only a well balanced diet can provide this. Obviously if Himalayan Rock Salt is used the minerals required for excellent health will be supplied.

The other minerals required are considered trace minerals of which the body requires less than 100 mg/day. These are: iron, zinc, copper, selenium, iodine, fluorine and chromium.

As some side health benefits it: may regulate heartbeat, improve bone health, balance blood and pH, prevent muscle cramps, improve intimacy and sleep, may assist in the regulation of the electrolyte balance of cells, may promote the absorption of food particles through your intestinal tract, improve sinus cleanliness and health, supports respiratory health and jump starts the energy in the cells of your body.

REFERENCES
1. The 13 Amazing Health Benefits of Himalayan Crystal Salt, the Purest Salt on Earth (and Why You Want to Avoid Conventional Salt). Accessed 13 August 2008. http://products.mercola.com/himalayan-salt/
2. Biophysical Examination by Segmentary Diagnosis (Imedis). Accessed 7 August 2008. http://www.himalayanwellness.com/research
3. Sodium: Are you getting too much? MayoClinic.com. Accessed 14 August 2008 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sodium/NU00284
4. Water & Salt: The Essence of Life - The Healing Power of Nature, Dr. Med. Barbara Hendel, Peter Ferreira, http://americanbluegreen.com/book.html
5. SALT: Statistical Compendium, Data through 1990, USGS Minerals Information, http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/salt/stat/ Accessed 10 September 2008

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There has been a lot of hoopla about the PSA prostate cancer test for men primarily over the age of 40. I have written several small articles (circa mid 1990’s) about the inaccuracy of this test in the past but now it has come to the point that it is a Billion Dollar Scam on all males of the world, but mostly American men. It is one of the highest profile tests for men that exists today.

If you don’t believe me then read about it in The New York Times and The Washington Post. They both say the PSA test is basically worthless.

Why do I call it a “scam”. Because it is being touted as a means to improve the health of all men and protect them from getting cancer. This is just not a true statement. High PSA levels do not indicate cancer. What a high PSA does indicate is that there is something happening to cause inflammation of the prostate. It could be cancer but most times it is not cancer. A recent infection causing an enlargement of the prostate would be indicated by a high PSA level.

Consider this. Every may over the age of 50 will die with a prostate cancer condition, BUT  only a very few men will die from  prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is very, very slow growing and will have almost no effect on the quality of a man’s life.

One thing the pressure to get a PSA test does if to provide the medical professionals the information that they use to drive men to go the next step and get a biopsy. These biospy’s are very risky as the process of a puncture into the prostrate could spread the cancer, even if it is very small, through the rest of the body. Now that person has cancer for real.

Stanford University had on it staff one Dr. Thomas Stamey. He was one of the original advocates of PSA testing. But Dr. Stanley changed because in 2004 at a medical conference he exposed the risks with the PSA test. Dt. Stamey made the comment in his lecture “We have been so thorough and effective in screening for prostate cancer over this 20-year period that PSA no longer has a relationship to prostate cancer. Because we all develop the cancer, we’re now removing prostates from men whose cancer is so small that htey do not need the procedure. We’re finding all these little cancers that are never going to be a danger to the patient. In smaller cancers, the PSA test is not relevant anymore; you might as well biopsy a man because he has blue eyes”.

Over time the PSA test has become more frequent and the decision point to begin therapy has started sooner and more aggressive even though the prostate cancer is clinically insignificant. The usual will be for radiation, surgery and chemotherapy. The oncologists will take all the credit for an increased survival rate of men with prostate cancer. The failure in the whole system is that these men would have survived anyway. Now these men have to face incontinence, impotence and other diseases. It is say that medical politics and greed has driven the medical establishment to the level of a scam as initially mentioned above.

To avoid all the above what do men do?

Be aware of what you need to do to keep a healthy prostate. It is a gland so it needs good blood circulation and lymphatic circulation and drainage. Exrcise will accomplish this better than any one other thing. Walking moves all the muscles in the pelvic area. If you sit 8 hours a day because that’s your job, then you need to take extra time to walk and it will increase your chanced of NOT having a prostate problem.

Avoid intense sexual excitement without a natural conclusion of ejaculation. This causes engorgement of the gland and if it continues for a long period of time it could lead to structural and functional damage to the prostate. A regular sexual habit is best.

It is best if you can avoid a diet that is very heavy in meats which would include beef, veal, port and poultry. Hormones previously used in cattle production of beef are mostly outlawed. Poultry producers have no such restriction. This includes chickens and turkeys.

Instead eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, organic is preferred. Juicing twice a day is especially beneficial. Juicing twice a day combined with at least 8 - 8 ounce glasses of pure filtered water will do wonders in the cleansing of the urinary tract and the body in general. Do not overindulge in coffee and alcohol.

How can you tell if you are starting to have a prostate problem. Here are some of the signs.

• Painful or difficult urination
• Intermittency of the urinary stream
• decreased size and force of the urinary stream
• constant overflow or dribbling

Consider diet supplementation with some or all of the following

• A good multivitamin
• Vitamin A - minimum of 10 to 15,000 IU daily
• Vitamin E - minimum of 400 to 800 IU daily
• Zinc - 15 to 20mg daily
• Selenium - 200 to 400 mcg (microgram) daily
• Saw Palmetto (herb) - 240 to 320mg daily
• Turmeric (herb) - 100 to 200mg daily
• Lydopene 10 to 20mg daily

Add raw, unsalted, organic if possible nuts and seeds like almonds, pumpkin, squash and sesame will provide a natural source of unsaturated fatty acids and zinc.

Finally the prostate does not reach an enlarge condition overnight, it takes years, likewise it will take some time to effect a reduction with the use of the methods, diet and supplementation as outlined above.

Other sources of information that may be helpful are

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The article in The New York Times says “The PSA blood test, used to screen for prostate cancer, saves few lives and leads to risky and unnecessary treatments for large numbers of men, two large studies have found”.

If not, why not?

If you have been diagnosed with cancer or any other disease that may be as serious, you are likely looking into therapy and treatment as we speak, which is what brought you here in the first place.

There are a variety of different cancer types such as liver cancer, colon cancer, and abdominal cancer, just to name a few. In addition to cancer there are literally thousands of other diseases that are non-cancercous. While looking for treatment, you are also looking to control the cancer or eliminate the disease.

Detoxification is one of the most essential elements in treating any disease and this includes cancer. The body contains a great deal of waste and toxins that have built up over the course of your life. It is proven that with detoxification that health can be restored and most any alternative center for treatment you look into will start with this procedure.  It helps the body clean itself, fight diseases, and renews health, as well as energy.

There is a supplement that has been discovered by Jim Humble and it is a fantastic benefit to everyone. Up until a couple of years ago its existence was only spread by “word of mouth”. Now with the Internet its benefits have spread like wild fire. It is estimated that in early 2009 that approximately 220,000 are currently consuming this supplement

Wikepedia defines detoxification as the removal of toxic substances from the body. As an example, dialysisis one form of detox that is used by conventional medicine. Chelation therapy is used mostly by alternative medical professionals.

Jim Humble’s supplement Miracle Mineral Supplement will destroy almost 100% of the pathogens within the human body.

There are many types of detoxification

• Alcohol detoxification
• Drug detoxification
• Metabolic detoxification
• Alternative medicine: Body cleansing
• Diet detoxification
• Colon cleansing
• Xenobiotic

A diet detox (just to talk about one) will generally reduce the intake of toxins in foods and this is the plan. This is especially true if you limit your fruits and vegetables to only organic.

In addition to fruits and vegetables either juiced or very lightly steamed the intake of a lot of water throughout the day (up to 1 gallon a day - 16 - 8oz. glasses) will assist in flushing out the toxins.

You may notice that the headaches stop, any bloating is reduced, you have more energy and the immune system is able to function more efficiently.

Consider the following as a start

Detox supplements

Miracle Mineral Supplement (MMS)

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“Our bodies have their own ‘detox’ mechanisms. The gut prevents bacteria and many toxins from entering the body. When harmful chemicals do enter the body, the liver acts as an extraordinary chemical factory, usually combining them with its own chemicals to make a water soluble compound that can be excreted by the kidneys. The body thus detoxifies itself. The body is re-hydrated with ordinary tap water. It is refreshed with a good night’s sleep.”

Our ancestors ate only raw foods.  In our early life our digestive track was designed to break down and convert all types of food in the wild and it converted it into the energy and nutrients that the human race needed to survive. As time passed, man began to heat, the harder parts of plants.  There was a lot of effort to consume these plants so a way was found to soften the foods the make then easier to eat. Eventually cooking was found as a way to soften the harder food. However, green plants were still the major part of our food supply.

It was not until the 20th century (from 1900 to 1999) that we have begun to use chemical processing in food production, and it was not until we began to these processes that   “new” diseases began to appear.  Diseases of the immune system generating diseases such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, heart disease, arteriosclerosis. Some of these diseases were brought about by heavy metals in the atmosphere.

Since the Japanese had the longest life spans in any industrial nation, we have been learning from them.

Now I would like to introduce as unlikely a food as is Fresh Green Barley. A natural process that changes it into a pleasant-tasting  concentrate that restores to the average diet minerals, vitamins, amino acids and perhaps other food factors that had not yet been elucidated is fanatic.

Illnesses are do to the  in balance of minerals, enzymes and items.  Such an balance can be caused directly by the introduction of radiation chemicals, inorganic drugs and other pollutants that are everywhere in the modern world. Or it can be brought on directly in the diet.  Both causes act in combination.

A Short History About Barley Grass

Agronomists place this ancient cereal grass as being cultivated as early as 7000 BC.
Barley grass is the leaf portion of the barley plant (Hordeum vulgare) that remains after the seeds have been removed. Barley is known for its strength and stamina. The vitamins and minerals found in barley grass are almost unequaled.

Our digestive system easily absorb all the vital nutrients which include most of the B vitamins, Vitamin C and 9 minerals,  Barley contains more calcium that in cow’s milk without the side effect that cow’s milk could have. More iron than spinach and more vitamin C than oranges.
The list goes on and on.

Barley grass stimulates blood circulation and may be a protection against cancer.

Chlorophyll and other essential nutrients act synergistically in barley grass to detoxify the body from destructive toxins such as heavy metals and pollutants that we digest every day.  Chlorophyll also has anti-inflammatory properties.

You will find that most people involved in sports have used barley grass to provide them with natural energy. It also will naturally reduce any excess acidity that may be present in the body.

Joni Bell posted a great article about Vitamin B17.  Also known as laetile, it has been used as a natural treatment for cancer for almost 40 years resulting with a lost of success.

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The food we consume and the digestion will control our health. Our health controls whether we are disease free or not. Therefore we are what we eat. I know almost everyone has heard that before. It is 100% true, but most of us don’t really have any education in nutrition. Our doctors don’t get any training with regard to it. So I am here to provide some information for a long disease-free life.

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