In her book she discusses the importance of increasing the amount of greens consumed -- greens are the perfectly balanced foods, she says, and greens are the food we (if we're raised on sweets and junk) prefer/consume the least. So if you don't yet have a daily hankering for a dandelion and kale leaf salad, she suggests giving your body time to adjust to wanting what heals, by introducing more greens into your meals. Hah that rhymes.
Green smoothies are the easiest way to give your body the living nutrients and enzymes it needs to break apart carbohydrates/fats/proteins into their respective glucose/fatty acid/amino acid components (animal proteins are more work for the body to digest and contain garbage the body doesn't want). Plus greens are a complete, high-quality protein. I'll write about that another time.
Greens are not starchy vegetables; therefore, they can be combined with fruits and made into smoothies for easy and tasteful absorption into the body. Most people don't chew their greens into the creamy consistency required for proper digestion, plus a surprisingly high percentage of people who think they suffer from high stomach acidity are really suffering from insufficient levels of HCL which means they don't have enough acid in their stomachs to prepare food particles for absorption -- and guess what? Consuming more greens restores the body's homeostasis and thus its ability to assimilate the nutrients it needs. I'm not going to footnote all the references -- just read the book or try it yourself or both. Or I'll try it and write about it.
There are lots of interesting tidbits and fascinating studies and overlooked knowledge collected in this book. If you've read Secrets of the Soil, you'll know what I mean. How can people NOT know this stuff if it's been around for ages? Oh right, there's no money to be made in feeding people lettuce and promoting alkalizing activities over acid-forming ones.
Acid-inducing factors: Any stress that leaves acid residues in the body.
Alkaline-forming factors: Any activities that are calming or relaxing.
Factors that potentially make us more acid include hearing or saying harsh or bitter words, loud music and noise, being in a traffic jam, feeling jealousy or wanting revenge, hearing a baby crying, overworking and over-exercising, beginning or finishing school, going on vacation, watching scary or stressful movies, watching and listening to tv... [reading this list...]
Factors that potentially make us more alkaline are: giving or receiving a smile or a hug, laughter and jokes, classical or quiet music, seeing a puppy, hearing a compliment or blessing, receiving a soft massage, staying in a cozy and clean environment, being in nature, watching children laugh and play, walking and sleeping under the stars and moonlight, working in the garden, observing flowers, singing or playing a musical instrument, sincere friendly conversation, and many others.
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Today we have an ocean of confusing information as well as articles in which different experts state many different reasons for illness. However, I think the main reason for illness was stated very clearly in 1931! Over 75 years ago Otto Warburg was awarded the Nobel prize for his discovery that cancer is caused by weakened cell respiration due to lack of oxygen at the cellular level. According to Warburg, damaged cell respiration causes fermentation, resulting in low pH (acidity) at the cellular level.
The rest of the chapter explains how the cell behaves in anaerobic (lacking oxygen) conditions and how the lactic acid produced by the fermentation process lowers the cell pH and destroys the ability of DNA and RNA to control cell division. The cancer cells then multiply around a core of dead cells, etc. etc.
A lot of conclusions drawn and questions asked from this book's perspective reminds me of Bruce Lipton's work and his Biology of Belief lectures. And Candace Pert's Your Body is Your Subconscious Mind.
"Create the conditions for health."
"The implications of this research radically change our understanding of life. It shows that genes and DNA do not control our biology; that instead DNA is controlled by signals from outside the cell, including the energetic messages emanating from our positive and negative thoughts. Dr. Lipton's profoundly hopeful synthesis of the latest and best research in cell biology and quantum physics is being hailed as a major breakthrough showing that our bodies can be changed as we retrain our thinking."
I like Lipton's illustrative anecdote about the intrinsic causal connection between an organism and its environment: cancer cells were removed from somebody and placed in a petrie dish for study. But soon the cells were healthy again. Why? Well, organisms adapt to their environments, and these cells were no longer in a stressed out, sick and damaged body. That's why one can't truly understand the thing without studying the context and environment in which the thing exists. When you're really depressed, you can either kill yourself, or change the conditions (maybe more options...)...and conditions reflect what's going on inside you, so the cure is to allow an attitudinal and emotional adjustment by living an imagined ideal of what you want in life. I'm getting preachy.
Enzymes are Neat.
Here's an enzyme primer youtube video or two by, who else, Tim VanOrden. I should start his fanclub.
Soil Enzymes are Neat. Back to Boutenko's Green for Life:
We cannot successfully feed soils with chemicals because 'biology does not equal chemistry.' In other words, chemical fertilizers are missing live enzymes which contribute to the most unique qualities of all soils. According to the abundance of research done in different countries, soil enzymes can transform one element into another if such 'biological transmutation' would benefit the plants that grow in this soil.
The chapter continues with supporting evidence that, "nature makes magnesium out of calcium (in some cases the reverse takes place); that potassium can come from sodium.... The time has come to recognize that any chemical element can turn into another, under natural conditions."
More notes: Learn the pH (alkaline/acid forming) index of foods you consume; we can't accurately study the vegetables without studying the soil in which they grow; chlorophyll is liquefied sunlight; review the 'unbelievably' positive testimonials of those who incorporate even one green smoothie every other day into their routine without changing anything else. I'll stop now before I reprint the entire book. It's worth a read.
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