The truth about GMO foods

Food is very personal and one of the few things that we can control. Deborah Koons Garcia discusses the problems associated with genetically modified foods and the increased dependance on pesticides and herbicides in her film “The Future of Food.” Monsanto is an agricultural industry giant making genetically modified seeds, herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers. They buy seed companies, genetically modify the seeds and then patent them so that they are resistant to an insecticide that they also make.
In order to make genes express all the time, a promoter is locked on to the DNA before the gene. Scientists have tracked gene promoters and found that they unlock from the DNA of the food and lock onto the DNA of the animal who ingests it. This means that eating genetically modified foods expose us to promoters that can lock onto our DNA and cause gene expression, increasing our risk of manifesting genetically predisposed genetic diseases. The is a concern since 70% of processed foods on our super market shelves are genetically modified (Eco-Foods Guide by Cynthia Barstow). Most corn, cotton, soy and canola in the U.S. are genetically modified. Most people would like to know if they are eating genetically modified foods, but labeling it is not required!
Historically, when the food industry needs to get a bill passed an employee will be sent to work for the regulatory agency, get the bill passed and then go back to work the food industry. This is called the revolving door and is very unethical. If you are concerned about this, you should write to your congressman in regards to the U.S. Farm Bill that will help shape our food supply for better or for worse.
There is hope! Deborah Koons Garcia says within that within the next 5-10 years we need to be educating ourselves and those we care about with whats going on. I don’t believe it is our fault that we did not know this. How were we supposed to know this was going on? I truly believe that once people have the information they will want to be a part of the reformation of our food supply for the betterment of our future and our children’s future. We do hold the power to take back the control of our food. We vote three times a day; breakfast, lunch and dinner. One thing that you can do is start buying organic. Organic foods do NOT contain GMO’s and support local organic farmers by joining a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). If you live in South Orange County, check out South Coast Farms. May your days be blessed with health and wellness and Namaste.

Healing

Healing is the concerted agreement and action of the body, mind & spirit to return to health, wellness & wholeness.

Finding Your Balance

Life spontaneously adjusts itself to find a balance and since we are a participant in our lives, this balance is happening within us and our relationships all the time.
We give power to what we oppose and make weaker what we ignore. So, what you resist you make stronger. For example, a pruned tree creates more roots and more growth and with the case of antibiotic and pesticide resistance. This is why Jesus suggested that we not resist evil in Matthew 5, verse 9 and why Buddha said “When the demons are gone, the resistance is gone.” By focusing on the bad, we attract it and then go to battle with it. When we oppose the bad, we are seeking to become worthy and become crusaders towards creating a perfect life, world and existence. We feel that by labeling, judging and opposing the bad, we become good.
This plays out on the physical, mental and spiritual levels. When we oppose our bodies weaknesses, or war or murder or any of the many things we are so against, we only make them stronger. Accept what you do want, and pay no attention at all to what you don’t. Be for your healing, for peace and for life instead of against your disease, war and murder.
Most illnesses are attributed to a chemical imbalance, malnourishment and toxicity. Our
bodies choose how to balance chemicals, toxins and nutrients and no medicine, surgery or doctor can come close to the innate intelligence of our own body. Taking drugs to bring the chemicals back in balance opposes the bodies ability to bring balance on its own.
The bodies ability to bring balance is apparent on every level. At the moment an injury or illness occurs, the body immediately begins to heal itself. The injury or illness happens in one moment and does not continue. After this moment the body takes over. Emerson describes the bodies healing ability as “A breath of will that blows through the universe of soul in the direction of the right and the necessary.” Two time nobel prize winner Albert St. George called it syntropy “the drive of living things to perfect or right themselves”. When we let life flow naturally and spontaneously we come back into balance and back toward health.
Make no distinctions between good and evil. There is evil in the world, but when we
become more sensitive to our connection, we become more sensitive to the beauty and the disorder in life and learn to actively participate in the joy and creativity of life.
Orthodox medicine attempts to control nature and healing from the outside through drugs and surgery. But the only motivation we have to create comes from within. Sunrider International makes pure and concentrated whole foods that support the philosophy to create order from within. For more information about Sunrider visit http://rootshealthandwellness.com

Our bodies innate intelligence

Like all of nature, we posses the instinct to survive. It is embedded within our body’s healing intelligence that orchestrates our existence. DNA is the physical manifestation of our bodies intelligence & all life on earth is made of DNA.
Living plants also speak the language of DNA & have the best ingredients for our bodies to function properly. Our food should leave the body fairly alkaline since the bodies most natural pH is about 7.3. Meat, dairy, processed foods, sugar and chemicals leave an acidic environment, while most live plant foods leave it alkaline. Maintaining optimal nutrition prevents the structure of DNA from degenerating.

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The seven priorities of the body

Our bodies receive, break down and assimilate nutrients from our food. Our bodies convert nutrients into energy, which is then allocated within the body. The body has seven main priorities.
Our bodies first priority is vital organs, such as the heart, lungs and brain. People with weak vital organs function at the lowest rung on the ladder of health. Our second priority is muscular function, including smooth and skeletal. People having issues with non-vital organs function at this level. Thirdly, the body’s cleansing functions continually remove toxins to maintain homeostasis and ph, a measure of acidity. Our bodies cleanse through excretory organs, skin and lungs. People with acne, chronic lung infection, or digestive-eliminative issues are functioning here. People with cysts and fibroids also have issues at this level since this is the body’s attempt to consolidate toxins, minimizing damage. The fourth priority is defense and fifth is fat maintenance. People who get sick a lot or get cancer have a lowered immune defense. Overweight people have excess fat cells under the skin, and layered around the organs and in the arteries, as plaque. So, being overweight is also dangerous for your heart. Built up fat around organs makes the body rigid, which presents itself as circulatory issues of the organs and thus multiple organ failure. Therefore, maintaining a healthy weight is crucial to health. The sixth priority is regeneration. People who have not cleared this level have “chronic” illnesses. We are continually letting old cells die and building new ones, and when we choose more nutrient dense, bio-available ingredients, we create health. Our lowest priority is higher mind or clarity, including issues with memory, or the ability to learn, assimilate, interpret and articulate information.
The higher up on the ladder, the better your health. Due to the large amount of environmental, emotional and food toxins out there, our bodies cleansing function are on overdrive. The decreased amount of nutrients in the soil pull our level of health down also. So pure and concentrated food is crucial to vitality. If our body is stuck on a level such as vital or muscular functions or cleansing, we cant get to the level of defense, regeneration or higher mind and that would certainly be nice. Sunrider makes pure, concentrated Chinese herbal whole foods that are easy to digest and assimilate and feed the body at a higher level of nutrition.
Eat raw, concentrated, herbal whole foods, like Sunrider, and take responsibility for your health. Your body starts at the top and through gestation, childhood, and adulthood we nourish or deplete our bodies of nutrients. Descending, you present symptoms as each function goes haywire. Ascending, you also hit those symptoms, only in reverse. Appreciate and rejoice in each symptom as you ascend. Visit rootshealthandwellness.com for more info.

Our body is a sacred temple

Our body is a sacred temple and in it, miraculous things happen. Our bodies possess an inherent intelligence that pulsates throughout every cell. Our body is aware of all of the many parts that make up its whole and, at the same time, is aware of a connection to the whole universe. Dr. Jane Hendricks quotes one of her favorite holistic nutritional mentors in her book Feed Your Body, Energize Your Life; “the brain, when healthy and nourished, sends positive messages to all the cells. There is a healing energy inherent in that message which compels the body back to health by sending our rhythmic patterns that the cells recognize.”
Plants serve as nature’s middle man by converting solar energy and mother earth’s inorganic materials into organic materials for our body to use. Dr. Weston Price spent 30 years comparing the diets and health of civilized and primitive peoples. He found that civilized people, like Americans, have diets comprised primarily of animal products, processed foods, sugar, salt and chemicals and more than 70% of Americans over the age of 40 suffer from chronic degenerative diseases and 60% are overweight. Primitive people have diets primarily comprised of raw plant-foods and do not experience degenerative diseases.
Whole foods are comprised of vital nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty and amino acids, and complex carbohydrates. The life structure of live foods is synergistically held together by enzymes. Dead foods have very little nutrients in them since these vital nutrients are destroyed when they are cooked, processed or come from an animal.
Furthermore our body functions at a very specific temperature and pH. We know we can overheat and experience heat exhaustion or even death or that we can freeze to death. What about the bodies pH? Our bodies must be alkaline for proper nutrient absorption and enzymatic functions. An acidic body starts to break down and invites non-friendly bacteria and
fungus, such as H. pylori and Candida albicans, to wreak havoc on our health. Foods that come from an animal, are processed, or contain man-made chemicals break down and leave an acidic residue. The vast majority of whole, living or raw foods break down and leave an alkaline residue.
Maya or illusion keeps us from realizing our connection to the whole, but the body possesses this knowledge. Dr. Jane Hendricks sums this up well in saying “When humans live in harmony with nature, the mind, body and spirit are rejuvenated. The essence is restored and pure joy resides in the heart.” Our body is a sacred temple and when we understand how it works and work with it, not against it, we can feed our body, mind and spirit. For more information, reply to this email or visit rootshealthandwellness.com.