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1.The Simple Truth About Oxidation
2.When did Vitamins become a Pharmaceutical and Prescription Item?
3. Are You Intentionally Being Misled About Your Body's Innate Healing Abilities? 
4. US Senator Rand Paul offers amendment to rein in FDA abuses, disarm the FDA, decriminalize free speech

The Simple Truth About Oxidation - Part I

The body is composed of cells.   Each cell is surrounded by a cell membrane made primarily of fat (cholesterol).   A healthy cell membrane is selectively permeable.  It allows water and oxygen to flow freely into the cell.  This keeps the cell hydrated, pH balanced and ready to produce energy.   It also allows carbon dioxide and other waste products to flow freely out of the cell.

There are proteins that are imbedded into the cell membrane that regulate the transfer of minerals, hormones, vitamins, enzymes and other nutrients into and out of the cell.

This process is referred to as cellular transport.

Overall health is determined by the health of the cell membrane, without it the basic functions of the body cannot happen as healthy cells need healthy membranes and healthy cells equal health tissues, healthy organs and the health of the entire body.

What goes wrong with cellular health?

Every day, each one of the 70-100 trillion cells of the body are assaulted by damaging free radicals.   (For more information about Free radicals and oxidation go to Free Radicals

Free radicals cause cellular damage.  This damage has been linked to virtually every illness or disease, as shown in countless studies.  The one thing all these studies agree on is that over time free radicals begin to damage otherwise healthy organs, tissues and cells.   It can even damage DNA.

How do free radicals damage your health?

A healthy cell membrane becomes damaged by free radical oxidation.  As the damage from oxidation progresses the cell membrane actually changes.

The oxidized fats (remember the cell membrane is made of fat) in the cell membrane are no longer fluid, flexible and permeable but instead become thick, sticky and impermeable.

This is similar to the fat on your kitchen exhaust fan.

The thick, sticky fats in the cell membrane are no longer able to allow the free passage of water and oxygen into the cell, or allow the carbon dioxide and other waste products out of the cell.

As cells become burdened with toxic waste and even more free radicals, a greater imbalance in the natural pH occurs, until these cells become hopelessly dehydrated.   The accumulation of acids, waste products and free radicals leads to further oxidation of the cell membranes, and so the downward cycle of oxidation continues.

The Basics of Free Radicals & Oxidation

The cells – Cells are made up of atoms.  All stable atoms contain an even number of paired electrons.   Free radicals occur when stable atoms lose an electron, resulting in a single, unstable, unpaired electron.

Once created, these free radicals set off a chain reaction that begins a cycle of oxidative damage.   It all begins with the cell membrane.

Good News from Dr. Parker

Dr. discovered this cycle can be reversed by delivering high levels of antioxidants to the cells.  These antioxidants restore the cell membrane back to health.   Healthy cell membranes once again allow oxygen and water to flow freely into the cell and wastes out of the cell.

This re-activates the body’s self healing cycle!  

In order to stop the oxidation cycle, the free radicals must become stable again. That single, unpaired electron must find a mate.  Antioxidants have the unique ability to donate an electron, transforming the free radical back into a stable atom.

Stayed tuned for more next week.

When did Vitamins become a Pharmaceutical & Prescription Item?

Omega 3 Ester – not real whole food omega 3, but an ester of omega 3 manufactured in a lab.

Now why would we alter the chemical composition of a natural food product which nature designed to be used by the body?

Metanx for Neuropathy – an assortment of B vitamins, they claim to be whole food, but why is it a prescription?  (Note: it doesn't include a necessary vitamin B for nerve repair - B1 or thiamine)

About the only advantage I can see regarding a prescription for a vitamin is that your insurance will pay for it. 

But wouldn’t it be a better idea if the insurance companies paid for supplements.   It makes more sense, the nutrients you take are vital to health and a healthier person won’t need to use their insurance to pay for expansive tests and hospital bills that occur when you don’t have all the nutrients your body needs.

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Are You Intentionally Being Misled About Your Body's Innate Healing Abilities? 

• We live in an era where our medical freedom is increasingly under attack, and “healing” has been replaced with “treating” disease, most often with toxic chemicals and surgery
• Conventional medical care is a leading cause of death, often causing humans to sacrifice their health instead of improving it
• The drug-based medical model depends on belief that your body needs chemicals to stay well; if we all embraced our bodies’ innate healing potential, the drug-based, disease-treatment medical system would crumble
• Until real systemic change takes place, your best health strategy is to employ and maintain a naturally healthy lifestyle that will optimize your body's innate healing abilities and minimize your need for drugs, surgery and conventional medical care

For Complete Article:  Drug Driven Medical Care

US Senator Rand Paul offers amendment to rein in FDA abuses, disarm the FDA, decriminalize free speech

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