Saturday, May 31, 2014

Road Trip

While on a working vacation and traveling I was in a situation that brought me to a place within that I thought I had confronted and healed along time ago, yet, here it was again.  We decided to keep driving on the first day of our journey across country back home.  We drove late into the night and my back was burning, I was tired and getting more and more frustrated.  
Once we found a rest area, we made ourselves comfortable in the car, we fell right to sleep,
just exhausted from the many hours of driving.  
We slept unto morning and when we woke up I felt fine, actually felt great from sleeping deeply, I didn’t hear a sound.  All the other cars except one that were parked in the rest area for the night were gone, I never heard a thing.  We got out, used the facilities, walked our dog and then started driving again.  After a while I felt really grundy and started thinking about it from a different perspective when Gerald said to me, lesson one in being homeless.  I thought about that for a few minutes and started thinking of the many thousands of people who are homeless and whole families sleeping in their cars because something went very wrong in their lives and there was no where for them to turn.  
We had another long day of driving and decided to stay in a hotel that night so I started looking up hotels.  We were concerned about our money so I looked for a cheaper hotel.  I found one and when we got there it didn’t look to good.  However, we decided we were tired and needed to just stop driving.  We went to the room and it was not really good.  There was a hole in one of the blankets, it was kind of, sort of clean and the bathroom had a hole in the floor.  I was freaked to say the least.  Our hotel receipt said you could not get your money back once you paid with a credit card.  I was extremely concerned about many things.  We decided to make the best of the situation and took our showers which were wonderful actually.
We headed out to find some food and decided to stay very close to the hotel since we were so tired and really didn’t want to drive anywhere.  We found a truck stop diner and sat down.
It was not good and it was not bad, but it was good to eat because we did not eat since breakfast and it was after nine o’clock.
Later, Gerald and I talked about the hotel room and he said it was actually a place where the homeless could go when they got some money and have a good night sleep and shower.
There was a TV and gave comfort.  I felt really sad inside, my life has been complicated
since I left my career in 1992.  I have been blessed with work through my gifts and abilities,
people believing in me and my desire to do God’s work.  I have listened to the guidance that I receive every day of my life I think and I have always been taken care of.  Sometimes it has been so difficult accepting gifts from others, those who would volunteer and help support the work I do and receiving gifts to help me pay my bills and live a very wonderful life.
I reflected on this the rest of the trip as we traveled and had a most wonderful and happy journey.
The very best road trip and vacation ever...just great.
However, in the back of my mind I thought about the times I was so nervous I would end up homeless because of the financial difficulty that comes from working one client or one group at a time and serving God and not being paid.  There are many individuals who feel if you are a spiritual teacher, minister, servant of God, you should not be paid for your services.

Gerald realized that once he became an Ordained Minister, those who never questioned paying him for his advice and or guidance starting saying the same thing to him.
“You are a minister, so you should not expect to be paid for your service”...
It was true for me as well, just like Gerald we are psychics and mediums and always received pay for our services and once we were ordained, there were issues with some saying it was not correct because we worked for God.  

This left me in a situation I was not prepared for.  I didn’t charge the amount I had been charging,
I was having difficulty defining what was minister work and my other work, which is the same work really.  And left me in a struggle with my finances.
This led me to a hidden fear about becoming homeless some day and not being able to take care of myself.  I worked through it because the fact is, God takes care of us and the path we are on is the path we are on because that is where we are doing our soul work and learning to become what God had intended us to become.  There are no accidents or random acts in the universe and once I made peace with that my life opened up again.
On this trip though it stirred up something inside of me about my own life and although I am truly a grateful being, and I am always in prayer and thankfulness, there is more and more to learn for my soul about gratitude I am sure.  We live in a world of instant gratification and our children have begun to lose their humbleness and thankfulness just as we adults have.
We have so much in our world given to us and when someone does not give us something or wants an equal exchange for service feel offended and when someone does not have as much as another, they flaunt their lives in front of them.  We are a very spoiled society of
how much can I have and extremely wasteful...Extremely wasteful.
There is someone in my life that when you pay her what you owe her for something she has given or provided is so thankful that it has always touched my heart as an act of an angel.
So even though in my life, I have been grateful, I have learned to be more humble and learn accept gifts and pay them forward, there is yet more for me to do in my own life and so
I am thankful for the last part of our road trip because it was a gift to have this experience,
and as always, I am so thankful it was with Gerald my spiritual partner in this life.
May we all take a look at our lives and see how much better we can be, how much more we can do and what we can give back with a good and kind heart.  Many people have an issue talking about God these days, they have to say creator, spirit, goddess, I say “MY God”...
God, Goddess, All That There is in the Universe.  For my God is not religion, my God is my creator and the spirit that flows through me in all things and all that I know and shall become.
May you live your life with clarity in all things, moving towards the Enlightenment.  Our being a good Spiritual Being is just the beginning of our Illumination .... Our pathway is about Enlightenment of All That Is...Happy Journey from my heart to yours.

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

21 Things You Should Know About Using Essential Oils

These are the "Normal" or the standardized uses, and cautions. Be aware, that consulting your IPC or someone in the business, dependent on which oils that you get (Brand). There are many variances in quality. We use DoTerra Essential oils, and please feel free to ask questions. I have researched oils extensively, and through trial and error, so far use primarily the DoTerra Brand because they are listed as CPTG (Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade) Essential oils. Please check it out at: DoTerra Essential Oils

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Lord help me, people. I’ve spent the last two days trying to write a concise, easy guide to essential oils and their safety, and it ended up being just an enormous dump of information that no would want to ingest in a single blog post.

Therefore, you’re getting the quickest, easiest 21 facts you need to keep in mind. These things include safety measures, essential oil facts, therapeutic uses, and more. You’ll like this better. I promise.

However, at the end of this post, I am going to give extensive references to those of you who would like to learn more about the fascinating world of essential oils, as well as a list of my top 7 recommended essential oils for any household to have.
  • Essential oils are not really oils. They do not contain the fatty acids that constitute what we would consider an actual oil. Valerie Gennari Cooksley, author of Aromatherapy: Soothing Remedies to Restore, Rejuvenate and Heal defines essential oils as “highly concentrated plant constituents possessing potent medicinal and cosmetic qualities.” However, I think Stephanie Tourles nailed it in Organic Body Care recipes when she said, “I consider essential oils the life force or the soul of the plant.”
  • Most essential oils are high in antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral properties: This makes them an excellent addition to your homemade cleaning preparations. Oils that are best for cleaning are: Lemon, grapefruit, eucalyptus, peppermint, tea tree, lavender, and rosemary.
  • Essential oils are miniscule in molecular size, which means they are absorbed well by the skin – making them perfect ingredients in personal care items intended to heal, soften, and nourish. However, they do not accumulate in the body over time – they simply offer up their healing properties and then pass on through.
  • Scientific studies have shown that rosemary essential oil helps your brain perform. Specifically, smelling rosemary essential oil helps memory recall and performance on tests. Interestingly, this study also showed that groups that inhaled either rosemary or lavender essential oil felt much more relaxed than those who inhaled no odor at all.
  • Fragrance oils and essential oils are NOT the same thing. As a rule of thumb, if you see the word “fragrance” or “fragrance oil” or even “perfume” on anything, you can assume this is synthetic and NOT natural. (Even if it says natural fragrance.)
  • Essential oils are wholly natural and cannot be patented; which means that you’ll never see an essential oil in a pharmaceutical drug. As such, you can expect that the vast majority of mainstream healthcare practitioners will never recommend essential oils as therapeutic alternatives to drugs. More importantly, because essential oils cannot be patented, drug companies will not waste money studying them. This limits our scientific knowledge of essential oils GREATLY, and the majority of what we know about them are things that have been passed down through thousands of years of personal use and experimentation.
  • Enormous amounts of plants are needed to produce essential oil. In fact, on the extreme end, it takes 4000 pounds of Bulgarian roses to produce 1 pound of essential oil. Other plants like lavender only take 100 pounds of plant material to produce a pound of essential oil. Still, can you imagine how concentrated essential oils must be, in light of how many plants are used to produce them?
  • Most essential oils should never be used undiluted on the skin. Instead, they should be combined with “real” oils (called carrier oils), waxes, butters, alcohols, or other diluting measures. Because they’re so concentrated, if you don’t dilute, you may end up with an unfortunate reaction (and unhappy skin).
  • There are a few essential oils that are generally recognized as safe to use undiluted. Of course, there has to be a few exceptions to the rule. Again, in Organic Body Care Recipes, the author points out that the only essential oils that are widely acknowledged as safe to use undiluted (sparingly) are: lavender, German chamomile, tea tree, sandalwood, and rose geranium.
  • Never use an undiluted essential oil on a baby or child. Children have much thinner, more delicate skin than adults have, and tend to be very sensitive to the potency of essential oils. In fact, even if you do use essential oil in a recipe for children, only use half of the essential oil recommended in the recipe. That’s all they’ll need, anyway. 
  • Avoid the following essential oils while pregnant or nursing (and skip EOs completely in your first trimester): Aniseed, cedarwood, chamomile, cinnamon, clary sage, clove, ginger, jasmine, lemon, nutmeg, rosemary, sage (this is only a partial list of some of the more common essential oils).
  • To test if you’re sensitive to an essential oil (which is probably best to do before using it in a skincare preparation): Combine one drop of essential oil with 1/2 tsp carrier oil (like olive, jojoba, or sweet almond). Rub this on the inside, upper portion of your arm and wait a few hours. If no redness or itching develops, you’re most likely not sensitive to that essential oil.
  • Keep all essential oils out of the reach of children – and avoid contact with your eyes. This is just standard safety precautions, but must be mentioned.
  • Do not take essential oils internally, especially oils like wintergreen and eucalyptus. While some essential oils may be used well-diluted in something like toothpaste with safety, it’s generally recognized that there’s no need to take essential oils internally. In fact, there are several toxic essential oils that should be avoided even through skin contact. Luckily, these are NOT common essential oils, and most of them you’ll never find in the store.
  • Not all essential oils are created equally, nor does more expensive necessarily mean “better.” There are certain brands I will use in a less therapeutic fashion (like for cleaning), because they’re far less expensive than their counterparts. When you see a wide fluctuation in price between, say, lavender essential oils, you can bet that the far less expensive one is likely lower in quality. However, a small variation in price differences on the higher end will NOT mean a better essential oil. It will just mean a higher price. (A little birdie also told me that there are also only a handful of essential oil distilleries in the world, which means that most essential oils come from the exact same places – thus there is little difference in quality between the more “typically priced” EOs.) What I’m saying here is: Understand that you DO have to pay for quality, but that if you’re just using essential oils in non-therapeutic fashions, it’s okay to use less expensive oils. But if you want high quality, I suggest using DoTerra or another ethical supplier that offers organic essential oils (grown without pesticides or toxic fertilizers).
  • To test your essential oil to see how “pure” it is, put a single drop of it on a piece of construction paper. If it evaporates quickly and leaves no noticeable ring, it is pure. If you have a ring left, then it is likely diluted by the manufacturer with an oil of some sort (this test will not work for myrrh, patchouli, and absolutes).
  • Essential oils will last for at least 5 years (if not 10), so one bottle could literally last you a decade. Hopefully that thought will help mitigate the cost involved in purchasing some essential oils. Because they are SO concentrated and only a tiny amount is needed in anything you do, they’ll last you a very, very long time. The only exception to this rule is citrus oils, which will see a reduction in potency after a year or two.
  • Store your essential oils in dark glass bottles (which they were probably packaged in) and out of direct sunlight. This is simply to help preserve their potency.
  • Remember that what you’re allergic to in food, you will be allergic to in essential oils. So if, for some reason, you can’t eat sage without breaking out in a rash, steer clear of sage essential oil (or any product containing it).
  • USE ESSENTIAL OILS TO HELP YOUR MOOD. Lavender, peppermint, grapefruit, chamomile, lemon, ylang-ylang all help produce happy, joyous moods. Clary sage helps with PMS (although there have been reports that overuse of clary sage can lead to intoxication). Rosemary increases focus and concentration. Don’t forget the mood benefits of essential oils. 
  • The recommended usage of many essential oils is hotly contested throughout the aromatherapy profession. The majority of oils you find in the supermarket are absolutely safe (though you should research them before using them); however, once you start digging into the world of essential oils, you’ll find that professionals – even within the same organization – debate extensively over the use of certain oils. If you’re ever unsure about an oil or its use, do the research you can, and if you still cannot make up your mind as to its safety – avoid it. But, by all means, do NOT be afraid of essential oils. Just use them with care and respect, and all will be fine.
Recommended Essential Oils to Get You Started

“What essential oils do you recommend I buy?” is the number one question I receive.
It’s a tough one to answer, because what EOs you buy depends on what you’re going to use them for. Nonetheless, I’ve narrowed it down to 7 essential oils to consider when starting to use them in your personal care products or homemade cleaning supplies.
  • Peppermint (good for lip balms, oily/acne skin, and cleaning products)
  • Rosemary (good for hair preparations, oily/acne skin, and cleaning products)
  • Sweet orange (good for all skin types and very soothing in room sprays for children)
  • Rose geranium (good for all skin types, creating perfumes, and for use in homemade moisturizers)
  • Tea tree (great for healing, getting rid of dandruff, oily/acneic skin, and cleaning products)
  • Lavender (great for all skin types, for relaxation, hair preparations, and cleaning products)
  • Lemon (great for lifting moods, cleaning preparations, and sparingly in toners and products for oily skin)
Want to Learn More About Aromatherapy and Essential Oils?
Here are some of my favorite references for learning more about how to safely and effectively use essential oils in skincare, aromatherapy, and cleaning products.
http://everythingessential.me/HealthConcerns/_HealthConcernIndex.html


 thank you and have a great day.

Gerald

20 SECRET INNER KEYS TO GOOD HEALTH AND LONGEVITY

by Robert Lewanski
Feb. 7, 2009

1. EAT ONLY WHEN TRULY HUNGRY. Mouth waters, hunger in throat, tongue is pink & clear. Happy & relaxed. Food digests well—no bloating or fatigue after meals. Overeating is indulging in sensual mind appetite—causing body illness & spiritual insensitivity.

2. PROPER ACID/ALKALINE & YIN/YANG BALANCE. Eat more raw fruits & vegetables with some cooked foods in warm/hot weather. You can eat more cooked grains, soups, beans, casseroles in winter, & less raw foods to keep warm & good internal balance in cold weather.

3. EAT ONLY WHOLE NATURAL FOODS MOSTLY. Choose whole grains cooked: wheat, brown rice, millet, oats, corn, buckwheat, barley & rye. Eat fresh organic chemical-free vegetables & fruits, seeds & nuts. Avoid processed & preserved foods. Use Sea Vegetables—rich in minerals & very healthy for immunity & organs.

4. CHEW FOOD WELL. Stomachs have no teeth. Chewing well brings out the sweet taste in foods. Meat loses flavor when chewed long—therefore not a good choice of whole food. When sick fast 1 to 5 days, or eat only vegetables & rice. Whole food complex carbohydrate digestion starts in the mouth with the saliva enzyme Ptylin, which converts food into nutrients usable by body.

Chewing develops spirituality & sensitivity. Mental clarity & good judgment improves with mastication, & leads to satisfaction after eating, and minimizes overeating.

5. NEVER EAT IN PAIN, TIRED OR IN EMOTIONAL DISTRESS. This state cause body enervation & impedes digestive juices, & causes indigestion & toxins to accumulate in the organs of assimilation & elimination. Eat when relaxed & cheerful.

Wait until you are calm to eat. Rest.

6. AVOID HOT & COLD FOOD. This suspends digestion & wastes body energy. Eat food warm, but not too hot. Avoid iced drinks before, during and after meals. It creates mucous & digestive problems.

7. FASTING OR CLEANSING DIET. Water fasts, Lemon Juice Cleans, raw fruits & vegetables, & their juices are all good body cell, organ & blood cleansers when the body requires it. Best time is Spring or Summer.

8. FOOD COMBINING. Incompatibility in foods can cause gastric upsets in some people. Avoid raw fruits with any cooked carbs or protein. Eat raw fruit on empty stomach, especially melons, all fruit digests quickly,(15 minutes), & if eaten with other foods, can cause gas, bloating & indigestion. Acid raw fruits can be combined with proteins, like lemon or pineapple with fish or nuts/seeds or nut milk

9. EAT ONLY TO 80% CAPACITY. Stop before full. Overeating causes excess diseases—more is taken in than eliminated. Overeating brings blood to lower digestive system, & takes blood away from the brain. Clarity is diminished with full stomach. An alert clear mind equals success, inner security, good health and longevity.

10. ENJOY YOUR FOOD. Eat with the spirit of thankfulness, gratitude & enjoyment

11. THE KITCHEN IS YOUR PHARMACY.

Your daily food is your internal medicine. Choose whole foods wisely; proper preparation of daily meals is crucial to well-being.

Most illnesses are avoided with proper nutrition. No need for doctors if you eat healthy and well, with good insight.

12.  ”BODY, EARTH, & SPIRIT NOT TWO”

Body is not separate from Heaven & Earth.

We are ONE with Great Nature. Incorrect attitude to think we are separate from this earth. To enhance physical sensitivity & spiritual cultivation, eat more vegetable foods. Lessen animal foods, dairy & refined sugar of all kinds, excessive fruits & juices.

These foods weaken our ability to feel, heal & diagnosis other’s diseased conditions.

Eating well increases awareness that we & the earth are One Integrated Whole. Our understanding & sensitivity will increase dramatically, with clarity & wisdom.

13. GO OUTDOORS AFTER MEALS & NO CLOSE WORK. This practice can improve your health & longevity dramatically. Why? Oxygen helps to digest food. Indoor, close work, reading, tv, or computer work after meals causes poor digestion and blood stagnation in the head, & not enough blood in the stomach to facilitate proper food digestion. Walk at least 30 minutes after meals and look softly into the distance. This one practice, according to Dr. Sasaki, an eye doctor from Ann Arbor, MI, can add 20 to 30 healthy years to your life. Even 15 minutes will help.

14. NEVER EAT A HEAVY MEAL BEFORE BED TIME. This is a big no-no if you want health & mental clarity, & keep slim. Eating at night puts on weight for Kapha (Water) types, & causes mental sluggishness in all people. Night hours after 5, 6, or 7pm are for healing & rejuvenation of cells, not for ingesting heavy proteins & other foods. Eat your last meal before sunset if possible, or at least 3 or 4 hours before sleep. Sleeplessness is causes mostly from overeating late or over-drinking all day.

15. EXERCISE DAILY. Our bodies were made to move each day. Walking 2-4 miles a day is good. Do yoga daily. Get a massage, perform chi gong movements. Use light weights & squatting exercises for tone.

16. DRINK PURE LIQUIDS WHEN THIRSTY ONLY. No animal in nature drinks when they are not thirsty. If you eat enough vegetables, grains & fruit (whole foods), your thirst will be normal. Over-drinking is the cause of much kidney, bladder, colon & stomach problems. Water is not an inert substance. Water causes water-logging of entire body if taken to excess. The man, who wrote the book on drinking more water, died of a water disease—water on the lungs—pneumonia!

17. REST OR SLEEP WHEN FATIGUED OR EXHAUSTED. When your body is tired, rest. When you are fatigued or exhausted, rest. When you are sleepy, sleep & rest. Your body knows best & gives you signals daily. Heed the signals.

18. MODERATION IN ALL THINGS. Taoist, Buddhist & Yoga teachings all say to avoid extremes. “Extremes” cause extreme disease conditions in the body organs, muscles & cause body/mind/spirit imbalances, leading to suffering & illness.

19. PRACTICE LOVE, KINDNESS, FORGIVENESS, THANKFULNESS & GRATEFULNESS AT ALL TIMES.

Live in the Now Moment as you move through your daily activities, & all your wishes will be realized.

20. CULTIVATE YOUR SPIRIT & CLEANLINESS OF BODY & MIND

Friday, February 21, 2014

Asparagus for your health

There was a retired navy man that worked in the lab and he was a very interesting gentleman to talk with. He was a retired biochemist from  the USN. he asked me what was going on that day and I said I had the day off.  I wish I was working as the crew today was
taking a sailor to Homestead as  he had a very bad kidney infection. Now
this elderly gent told me the man  should have eaten more asparagus and he
wouldn't have that problem. I asked  why? I'll never forget him saying do
you eat asparagus and I said yes, I love  them. He replied you notice how
your urine stinks after eating asparagus? I  said well I never thought it
was what I ate but yes it does have a pungent  odor. It is because it is
detoxifying your body of harmful chemicals!!! This  was back in 1986 when I
was stationed there and to read this email again I had  to share this
story...Eat more asparagus my friends. Asparagus -- Who  knew?
 
My Mom had been taking  the full-stalk canned style asparagus, pureed it and took 4  tablespoons in the morning and 4 tablespoons later in the day.  She did this for over a month. She is on chemo pills for Stage  3 lung cancer in the pleural area and her
cancer cell count went from 386 down to 125 as of this past week. Her oncologist
said she will not need to see him for 3 months.
 
 
THE  ARTICLE: Several years ago I met  a man seeking asparagus for a friend who had cancer. He gave me  a copy of an article, entitled "Asparagus For Cancer" printed in 
the Cancer News Journal, December 1979. I will share it here, just as it was
shared with me: I am a biochemist, and have specialized in the relation of diet
to health or over 50 years. Several years ago, I learned of the discovery of
Richard R. Vensal, D.D.S. that asparagus might cure cancer. Since then, I have
worked with him on his project. We have accumulated a number of favorable
case  histories. Here are a few examples:
 
Case No.  1, A  man with an almost hopeless case of Hodgkin's disease (cancer of  the lymph glands) who was completely incapacitated. Within 1  year of starting the asparagus
therapy, his doctors were unable  to detect any signs of cancer, and he was
back on a schedule of strenuous exercise.
 
Case No.  2, A  successful businessman, 68 years old, suffered from cancer of  the bladder for 16 years. After years of medical treatments,  including radiation without
improvement, he began taking  asparagus. Within 3 months,
examinations  revealed that his bladder tumor had disappeared and that
his  kidneys were normal.
 
Case No.  3, On  March 5th 1971, a man who had lung cancer was put on the  operating table where they found lung cancer so widely spread  that it was inoperable. The surgeon
sewed him up and declared  his case hopeless. On April 5th he heard about
the Asparagus therapy and immediately  started taking it. By August, x-ray
pictures revealed that all  signs of the cancer had disappeared. He is now
back at his  regular business routine.
 
Case No.  4, A  woman had
been troubled for a number of years with skin cancer.  She developed
different skin cancers which were diagnosed by the  acting specialist as
advanced. Within 3 months after beginning  asparagus therapy, the skin
specialist said her skin looked fine  with no more skin lesions. This woman
reported that the  asparagus therapy also cured her kidney disease, which
had  started in 1949. She had over 10 operations for kidney stones, 
and was receiving government disability payments for an  inoperable,
terminal, kidney condition. She attributes the cure  of this kidney trouble
entirely to the asparagus treatment.
 
I was not surprised at this result as `The elements  of materia medica', edited in 1854 by a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania , stated that asparagus was used as a popular remedy for kidney stones. He even referred to experiments, in 1739, on the power of
asparagus in dissolving stones. Note the dates! We  would have other case
histories but the medical establishment  has interfered with our obtaining
some of the records. I am  therefore appealing to readers to spread this
good news and help  us to gather a large number of case histories that
will  overwhelm the medical skeptics about this unbelievably simple 
and natural remedy.
 
For the  treatment, asparagus
should be  cooked before using. Fresh or canned asparagus can be used. I
have corresponded with the two leading canners of asparagus, Giant and Stokely,
and I am satisfied that these brands contain no pesticides or preservatives.
Place the cooked asparagus in a blender and liquefy to make a puree. Store in
the refrigerator. Give the patient 4 full tablespoons twice daily, morning
and evening. Patients usually show some improvement in 2-4 weeks. It can be
diluted with water and used as a cold or hot drink. This suggested dosage is
based on present experience, but certainly larger amounts can do no harm and may
be needed in some cases.

As a biochemist I am  convinced of the old saying that `what cures can prevent.' Based  on this theory, my wife and I have been using asparagus puree as  a beverage with
our meals. We take 2 tablespoons diluted in  water to suit our taste with
breakfast and with dinner. I  take mine hot and my wife prefers hers cold.
For years we have made it a practice to have blood surveys taken as part of our
regular checkups. The last blood survey, taken by a medical doctor who
specializes in the nutritional approach to health, showed substantial
improvements in all categories over the last one, and we can attribute these
improvements to nothing but the asparagus drink. As a biochemist, I have made an
extensive study of all aspects of cancer, and all of the proposed cures. As a
result, I am convinced that asparagus fits in better with the latest theories
about  cancer.
 
Asparagus contains a  good supply of protein called histones, which are believed to  be active in controlling cell growth. For that reason, I believe  asparagus can be said
to contain a substance that I call cell  growth normalizer. That accounts
for its action on cancer  and in acting as a general body tonic. In any
event, regardless of theory, asparagus used as we suggest, is a harmless
substance. The FDA cannot prevent you from  using it and it may do you much
good. It has been reported by  the US National Cancer Institute, that
asparagus is the highest  tested food containing glutathione, which is
considered  one of the body's most potent anticarcinogens and 
antioxidants.
 
Just a side note...  In case you are wondering why this has not been made public,  there is no profit in curing cancer!