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because they are believed to help regulate insulin response.

3. Limit your intake of processed sugars. Try to eliminate White Sugar . Honey is better. Try stevia as a
sweetener, it's the best alternative. It is a plant-based natural sweetener that doesn't promote an insulin
response. Avoid Nutrasweet, aspartame, Sweet 'n low, Equal, or any other artificial sweeteners like the
plague!

4. If you're currently overweight or obese, do everything in your power to lose the excess weight. If you
eat strictly as per #1 above, you will lose every excess pound you've got. Ever seen a fat peasant? How
about a fat vegetarian? Eat from the five categories listed above and you can weigh what you were supposed
to weigh. Eat lots of animal fats and sugars and...well...you know what happens. Do you like milk? Ever
stop to think about the natural role for milk? It is designed to take a 60lb calf and turn it into a 600lb cow
in about 8 months. If those are the kind of results you're after....go for it! ;) Bottom line: Get on a weight
loss program and add exercise to accelerate the progress.

#5: Arthritis

Forty three million of us have arthritis. It is actually a group of more than 100 diseases. Arthritis affects the
joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and covering of internal organs. The three most common are rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) which favors younger women, osteoarthritis (OA) which favors older women, and gout, which
favors indulgent males as it's victim of choice. For this section we will focus on RA.

RA is a systemic, progressive, auto-immune disease in which the body attacks its own tissues. RA usually
spreads to several joints, destroying cartilage, bone, surrounding structures, and eventually, life itself. RA
patients typically die 10-15 years earlier than expected.[36d]

RA commonly develops from an auto-immune reaction to animal products. Patients with RA often have
serum antibodies to cow protein in their blood.[36e] Saturated animal fats worsen arthritis. [36f] Auto-
immune reactions to animal protein may trigger allergies to wheat gluten, corn and citrus. Controlled studies
demonstrate the effectiveness of vegetarian diets (without dairy products) in treating RA. [36g]

You might think it only happens to old people, but the average age at which Arthritis strikes is 47 - hardly
over the hill.[37] And 80% of Americans develop some degree of arthritis by the age of 60. According to
the National Institute of Health, arthritis accounts for more disability among middle-aged and older adults
than any other affliction.[37a] If you hate pain, then you can take a few simple, inexpensive steps that might
lower your chances of getting arthritis. These recommendations can also benefit people who currently have
arthritis:

1. Eat a diet high in fiber and low in saturated animal fats,(dairy products are considered animal fats, even
skim milk). Eat lots of raw veggies, fruits, grains, legumes, nuts and seeds. Be sparing with anything else.

2. Take a liquid calcium product (calcium orotate, or calcium combined with orotic acid, gives you the best
absorption rate). Also be sure the calcium product contains magnesium in a 2 to 1 ratio. For example, if the
calcium is 1000mg, then the magnesium ought to be 500mg. In addition, take liquid glucosamine hydrochloride
(200mg), and chondroitin sulfate (100-200mg) for the rebuilding of worn out cartilage and other support tissues.

3. Take a whole-food nutritional supplement containing all the major vitamins, major minerals, micro minerals,
digestive enzymes, amino- acids, EFA's etc.

Are these recommendations starting to sound a bit redundant? Hmmm?

#6: Osteoporosis

Twenty-five million of us suffer from osteoporosis, or brittle bone disease. 80% of these are women over the
age of 50. [38]You've heard about older people falling and breaking their hips. In many cases, it's just the
reverse. She was walking down the mall, and her hip spontaneously broke and then she fell. Her bones were
so brittle that just walking caused them to snap. And it all started in her thirties. After age 35, your bones lose
bone mass at the rate of about 1% per year.[39] Menopause accelerates the bone loss so that by age seventy-five,
90% of women have osteoporosis.[40], [41]

What does this mean to you?

A third of the women over 65 suffer fractured vertebrae or fractured hips. And not to leave the men out, by age
80, a sixth of the men also break a hip.[42] What's so bad about a few broken bones? Well, for 50,000 seniors
last year, these fractures were a death sentence.[43] Unable to walk and to be active, they were confined to bed.
A quarter of them died within 6 months.[44] That's one death every twenty minutes.[45] However, osteoporosis
is not just about broken bones. Have you ever wondered why some older people seem to wrinkle more than others?
Osteoporosis actually causes your skull to shrink, too! According to one plastic surgeon, "The result of ... such bone
loss ... is skin that sags, like a dress that's a size too big." [46]

What's the key to understanding and preventing osteoporosis? It all gets back to "alkalinity". Let me explain: in
ranking priorities, the body places maintenance of blood calcium well above the maintenance of bone strength.
The body is pre-programmed to sacrifice it's skeleton to maintain blood calcium. Protein is composed of amino
acids which turn the blood slightly acidic. The body neutralizes these acids by dissolving bone calcium leading to
urinary calcium loss. [46a]

The more protein in the diet, the greater the calcium loss. [46b] Doubling the protein intake increases urinary
calcium loss by 50%. [46c]

"Osteoporosis is a disease of calcium loss, not calcium deficiency. American women are hemorrhaging calcium.
" [46d] ------Michael Klaper, M.D. Institute of Nutrition Education and Research

Here's another fact to chew on: vegetarian women, on average, have lower calcium intakes, lower estrogen
levels and greater bone densities than meat-eating women. [46e] How can that be? Hmmmm. Here's some
documentation that may surprise you:

** Calcium from green leafy vegetables is more absorbable than calcium from milk. [46f]

** Animal proteins erode bone by forming ammonia and uric acid. [46g]

** Animal proteins contain twice the sulfur of plant proteins. Sulfur erodes bone by forming sulfuric acid and
hydrogen sulfide. When soy protein replaces animal protein, less calcium is lost in the urine. [46h]

** Meat, poultry and fish contain 15-20 times more phosphorus than calcium. [46I] Phosphorus stimulates
parathyroid hormone which erodes bone for it's calcium. [46j]

** Plant-based diets are high in magnesium which suppresses parathyroid hormone. Fruits and vegetables
generate alkaline compounds like sodium and potassium hydroxide. Higher alkalinity leads to less demand
on blood calcium and less urinary calcium loss.

** Animal products are low in magnesium which decreases calcium absorption. Dairy milk has a calcium-
magnesium ration of 8:1.

Want more proof? Look at some population studies. Here's one:

Traditional Chinese consume plant centered diets in sharp contrast to those of Americans. The following
table is standardized for 143-pound adult males: [46k]

Daily Calcium Intake.....China: 544mg USA:1143mg
Calcium from Dairy.......China: 0% USA: 75%
Daily Protein Intake.......China: 64g USA: 91g
Protein from Animals....China: 7% USA: 70%
Calories from Animals..China: 6% USA: 44%
Osteoporosis Rates......China: .5% USA: 10%

If you look at these numbers closely, you should find them shocking because they fly in the face of everything
we have ever heard about osteoporosis! How can anyone argue that we just need to drink more milk! It's absurd!
We've been hoodwinked by the National Dairy council!

In rural regions of China, osteoporosis is rare despite HALF the calcium intake of Americans. Clearly, animal
protein intake is a much more significant factor with regard to osteoporosis. This study suggests the need to
shift the American diet from animal-centered to plant-centered.

Here's another population study: Alaskan Eskimos consume up to 2500mg of calcium and 200-400 grams of
animal protein each day. [46L] The Eskimos have one of the world's highest rates of osteoporosis affecting both
men and women starting at age 40, despite their heavy weight-bearing exercise. So even with outrageously high
levels of calcium consumption (all from animals), they still have rampant osteoporosis.

Got any ideas as to what my recommendations are for preventing osteoporosis?

Eat like a Chinese peasant and you can't go wrong!! That means lots of green vegetables, beans, and whole
grains. And because our soils are depleted, be sure to take a whole food supplement like I described above.
In addition, even though osteoporosis is not a disease of calcium deficiency (like most Americans falsely assume),
it's still a great idea to take the natural liquid calcium supplement recommended, because calcium plays many
beneficial roles in the body in addition to bone strength, and Americans need something to balance out the high
demand on their bones for blood calcium.

#7: Alzheimer's

Although it was identified in 1907, it wasn't until ex-president Ronald Reagan was diagnosed with it that the public
took notice. Now experts predict that the longer you live, the more likely it is you'll get Alzheimer's. 10% of people
over 65 have it. 20% of people over 75 have it. 40% of people over 85 have it.[48] That amounts to about four
million of us. The symptoms are loss of memory, mental capacity and disorientation. Death follows diagnosis in
seven to ten years.[49] It kills 100,000 people each year - but only after reducing its victims to human vegetables.[50]

You don't want to come within one hundred miles of this disease.

The good news is that 20-30% of those diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia don't
actually have the disease at all. They have, instead, a deficiency of a single, specific vitamin. That vitamin is B12.
When given simple B12 supplements, the symptoms of Alzheimer's and dementia disappeared.

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