SUNSHINE, we need it! :: VITAMIN D3, not D2
March 27, 2008
By Dove, www.TarotwithLove.com Golly, go figure, that big shiny ball in the sky is there for our GOOD…and yet many of us avoid it like the plague because “they” tell us it’s bad for us. But so many of us aren’t intentionally avoiding it, we’re just working and sleeping a bit with little time in between for much else, including getting a healthy dose of sunshine.
I’ve been getting intuitively for several years that a key factor to curing my ills is getting in the sun. It’s not something I want to fully elaborate upon, but I get almost no sun… If I could manifest something instantly it would be me living in the country with the opportunity to get at least 2 hours of healthy sunshine every single day, in a secluded area (clothing optional) … That’s my dream :) I’m greatly concerned for my health with each day that passes that I am unable to get a good dose of sunshine (as well as that healthy connection to Nature)… It appears living our lives without much sun is a strong contributor to very serious disease (see link below).
It would seem most of us don’t get our needed sun — and I just came upon some information that really shakes me up. It seems the vitamin D in that blecky milk from the regular grocery store is not only NOT beneficial, it could actually be contributing to disease. That’s one point in my favor though, thankfully I haven’t drank that stuff in a lot of years…
Wouldn’t it be something…if someday we realize that we aren’t such defective beings as to need a gazillion hospitals and docs — with all those “required” check-ups and such, but that we simply need to live our lives aligned with Nature — not housed in concrete and steel, swallowing toxic crap on multiple levels, everyday, all day long… Hmm, almost seems like common sense, eh? :)
Peace,
Dove
Here’s an excerpt from an enlightening article on this topic.
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All Vitamin D Supplements are Not the Same
“I’m not certain what type of vitamin D was studied in the report above, however the abstract mentions the vitamin D that’s added to milk and cereals. Well, the vitamin D that’s added to milk is synthetic vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) and is not something that you should be taking anyway.
Only vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), the type of vitamin D found naturally in foods like eggs, organ meats, animal fat, cod liver oil, and fish, is appropriate for supplementation. Do NOT use the highly inferior vitamin D2.
There have been no clinical trials to date demonstrating conclusively that D2 prevents fractures, yet every clinical trial of D3 has shown it does. Further, vitamin D2 has a shorter shelf life, and its metabolites bind with protein poorly, making it less effective.
Studies have even concluded that vitamin D2 should no longer be regarded as a nutrient appropriate for supplementation or fortification of foods (though it continues to be used).
So if you choose to use vitamin D supplements make sure it is in the form of vitamin D3. And remember that if you are relying on your “fortified” milk to supply you with vitamin D, it is NOT giving you the healthy type of vitamin D that has been associated with all the benefits that you read about on this site and in the media.
If you do choose to supplement with oral vitamin D you will need to carefully monitor your levels to avoid overdosing. The only time you don’t need to worry about whether or not you’re getting too much, or too little, vitamin D is when your body makes it naturally from the sun.”
Read more here…
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Here’s another current and worthy article on this topic — more info, and no purchase required :)
Excerpt…
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“The Nebraska 4-year placebo-controlled study has revealed that the group receiving the calcium and vitamin D supplements showed at least 60 percent decrease in cancers. Note that these astonishing effects were achieved on what many nutritionists consider to be a low dose of vitamin D. Exposure to sunlight, which creates even more vitamin D in the body, was not tested or considered, and the quality of the calcium supplements was likely not as high as it could have been (it was probably calcium carbonate and not high-grade calcium aspartate, oratate or citrate).”
Source: http://www.naturalnews.com/022889.html
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By Dove, www.TarowithLove.com Quite the synchronicity with this one…
Yesterday I read my friend Tawny’s post on her experience with being hit by lightning (!) … it ties in amazingly to all this Tower stuff (and my getting that number 16 so much ) lately.
Then this morning, I casually did a Google search with the phrase “too much adrenaline.” I clicked on a link and freakily enough, I began reading about a “therapy” for CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) called the “Lightning Process” :) But I don’t get it, all it seems to encompass, for the most part, is stopping our negative thinking.
It ties in with the mind-body connection (and the “Secret” — it’s all our energy, that’s where the power is. That is the real “secret.”). But it seems to be a very determined, repetitive effort — and I like the cards part :) Excellent. I just don’t see why we can’t do this for ourselves at home, rather than zipping off to Wales :) But I think it’s awesome that many are being healed with this “Lightning Process.” Ah, it’s exciting, just a matter of time before so many more of us get it — that we have the pow-uh! :)
Here’s an excerpt (and the gist of it) from the article (see link below to read the rest of the article) on the “Lightning Process.”
Peace,
Dove
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The first step is to recognise the thoughts that trigger the stress reaction, such as: ‘I’m worried that I’m not going to be well enough to go out shopping,’ or ‘I’m never going to get my school work finished.’
To stop the triggering thought, the ME sufferer must firmly say: ‘Stop,’ to themselves half way through the thought. This physically ‘cuts off’ the stress response to stop it from progressing.
The next step is to create new, more positive thought patterns to replace the negative ones. For example, instead of worrying about not being able to do something because you will feel ill, you are taught to imagine feeling well and being able to do that activity.
The theory is that this creates new connections in the brain, which then stimulate the production of endorphins - feel-good brain chemicals - rather than stress hormones such as adrenaline.
The patient has to continue using the process repeatedly until their ME symptoms have abated. To help the process, special cards with key words - such as ‘the present moment’, and ’stop’ - are placed in a pattern on the floor. The idea is that stepping on the cards reinforces the thought process.
You start with the ‘present moment’ card (which represents the need to stay in the here and now, and not dwell on fears about the future), then move on to the ’stop’ card to cut off the triggering thoughts. As you perfect the technique, you no longer need to step on the cards but can visualise them until it becomes second nature.
‘It sounded a bit weird at first,’ says Leonie, ‘but after practising over the weekend, it really worked.’
Within two days of her treatment, she was walking unaided along the beach with her mother. ‘I telephoned my father and said: “Guess what I’m doing?” He was so gobsmacked he couldn’t speak for five minutes,’ she says. She then folded up her wheelchair and told her mother: ‘I will never use this again.’ One year on, Leonie is still feeling great.
Three months after his sister’s recovery, Adam also made the trip to Wales. He is now back at college and learning to drive.
But the Lightning Process does not work for everyone. As well as the success stories, ME chatrooms feature the ‘failures’ for whom the approach has not been effective.
Mary-Jane Willows, chief executive of the UK Association of Young People with ME, believes it’s important to exercise caution before embarking on unproven treatments.
‘While we have heard of members who have been helped by undertaking the Lightning Process and are thrilled for them, we are aware of others for whom the outcome was less than positive. We cannot recommend this therapy or others for children where there is no clinical data or research available.’
Dr Neil Abbot, director of operations at ME Research UK, is sceptical about adrenaline playing a role in the condition. ‘We should like to see some evidence that there is an adrenaline rise in ME sufferers, and if there is, whether lowering adrenaline induces a “lightning” cure,’ he says.
‘The only thing that will create general acceptance of the principles and treatment techniques applied by the Lightning Process will be large-scale tests.’
But while the jury is still out in the medical world, among those for whom it has worked there is absolutely no doubt.
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Hmmm, it makes me wonder … if any or all of these guys below knew just how literally true these declarations were/are.
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“We become what we think about all day long”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We tend to get what we expect”
Norman Vincent Peale
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are right”
Henry Ford
“This world is but canvas to our imaginations”
Henry David Thoreau
Colloidal Silver Has Mainstream Medicine Singing the Blues
February 27, 2008
By Dove, www.TarotwithLove.com Colloidal Silver, it’s a good thing :) The blue guy was taking quarts of his own homemade stuff for years (stupid), and that ridiculous use of the silver (something that’s been used effectively for thousands of years) is why he’s now blue (note, not dead, just blue, heh), and according to NaturalNews (formerly NewsTarget), even his blue-ness is reversible.
Dove
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Read the article here…
