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Eat Right to Save our Species

Those of you who have read my posts before will know that I am a big advocate of organic farming and natural food production to help sustain our health.

Many people are still unconvinced of the importance to change to supporting local farmers and the eating of organic food.  Many people believe they can not financially afford to change to organic. The truth is we can not afford not to eat organic if we choose to maintain our species.

One of the heaviest users of fossil fuels is the commercial farming industry. Fossil fuels are used to make the fertilizers, herbicides and fungicides, to plough the fields, to gather the crops, to make the packaging and to transport it to the stores, often times thousands of miles away.

The truth is that modern farming is not sustainable and unless we change our attitudes now, we will run out of food. This would make the current financial crisis look like a walk in the park. The only way to change the current trend is by voting with our wallets supporting local organic farmers and by beginning to learn to produce some of our own food by natural means in our gardens.

I highly recommend you watch the BBC documentary entitled, “A Farm for the Future”.

Click here to watch the documentary on the BBC Player.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00hs8zp/Natural_World_20082009_A_Farm_for_the_Future/?from-r

 It is well worth investing the time to see what is possible with natural farming. It is a real eye opener when you see how modern farming is labour intensive, non-sustainable, environmentally disastrous, produces lower yields and is quite simply ‘backward’ compared to natural farming in every way!

Protein Shakes

I have been receiving a lot of questions regarding protein shakes lately.

Ultimately, I recommend eating good organic food in accordance with your metabolic type. There are occasions however, when it is a challenge to eat an ideal meal or snack. Prior to or following sporting events can be a challenge. Whilst I suggest it is a second best option, you can make a good protein shake.

I would suggest you fully understand your metabolic type and also monitor or fine tune your reactions to any post exercise meal or shake, as you are likely to require more carbohydrates than normal. Most commercial protein powders available are full of cheap, toxic and rancid ingredients. Ensure you use good quality brands like those listed below.

Here are two protein shakes that you may wish to give a try:

 

Chocolate Shake:

• 1 serving of Protein Powder (Pro Amino, Goatein or Whey Natural from www.mt-order.com (adviser No. 108-136) or Living Protein from http://www.nutri-fuel.co.uk/livingprotein.php)
• ½ pint almond milk or raw (unpasteurized) milk.
• 1-3 tsp Coconut Oil (from www.mt-order.com (adviser No. 108-136))
• 1 tsp of flax seed oil (from Fresh & Wild). Keep refrigerated
• 1-2 tsp of Green & Blacks pure Cocoa Powder
• Optional – add 1 tsp of Manuka honey once per week
• Optional – add 1 tsp of ‘In Liven’ Pro Biotic (from http://leighbrandon.mionegroup.com/en/home)

Blend in blender for 10-20 seconds, then drink slowly and enjoy! Yum Yum!

 

Berry Shake:

• 1 serving of Protein Powder (Pro Amino, Goatein or Whey Natural from www.mt-order.com (adviser No. 108-136) or Living Protein from http://www.nutri-fuel.co.uk/livingprotein.php)
• ½ pint almond milk or raw (unpasteurized) milk.
• 1-3 tsp Coconut Oil (from www.mt-order.com (adviser No. 108-136) )
• 1 tsp of flax seed oil (from Fresh & Wild). Keep refrigerated
• 1 handful of frozen organic berries (Blueberries are particularly good). The more you add the colder and more thick the smoothie becomes.
• Optional – add 1 tsp of Manuka honey once per week
• Optional – add 1 tsp of ‘In Liven’ Pro Biotic (from http://leighbrandon.mionegroup.com/en/home)

Blend in blender for 10-20 seconds, then drink slowly and enjoy! Yummy!

 

They both taste amazing!!!

Beware, you could get hooked!!!

Reflex Survival Totem Pole - Part 3

Hopefully, during the first two parts of this post, you would have gained an understand of the complexity of dysfunction in the body. You will have also got an insight into how I follow a relatively simple system to help people overcome their challenges.

In this post, I will outline what I do when each system is not as it should be.

Faulty Breathing Mechanics

• Teach the client correct breathing mechanics with exercises to do at home
• Releasing of respiratory muscles that may be affected normal breathing function
• Mobilising of the rib cage and prescribing exercises for the client to help mobilise the ribs
• Teaching techniques to reduce stress (emotions and stress can float up and down the Totem Pole) such as meditation and 'working in' exercises.
• Stress busting treatments such as massage and BodyTalk.

Faulty Vision

• If a client has faulty vision I refer them for Bates Method. A technique that improves sight naturally.
• If they don't have a practitioner near them, or can't afford it, I suggest they read the book, "Better Eyesight with Glasses", by William Bates and use the eye exercises from the book.

Fault Jaw Mechanics

• For faulty jaw mechanics, I refer out to a Holistic Dentist
• If the client can't afford holistic dentistry, I prescribe jaw exercises to do at home.

Faulty Upper Cervical Spine:

• For faulty upper cervical spine, I can adjust myself
• For more difficult cases, I refer out to a NUCCA Chiropractor

Faulty Viscera (Internal Organs):

• For faulty organs, I address nutritional (metabolic typing) and lifestyle factors. Often times, I have the client complete lab tests before giving advice.
• Massage
• BodyTalk

Emotions and Stress

• For emotions and stress I use careful goal setting and identification of core values
• Art therapy
• BodyTalk
• Massage
• Breathing exercises
• Meditation and 'working in' exercises.

Pelvic Girdle

• For the pelvic girdle, I use individualised stretching programmes
• Massage
• Individualised corrective exercise programmes

Slaves Joints

• For the pelvic girdle, I use individualised stretching programmes
  
• Massage
  
• Individualised corrective exercise programmes

It is so rewarding to help so many people with such a great system. I am so fortunate to do what I do for a living. Thanks for reading.

Reflex Survival Totem Pole - Part 2

OK, so you know from my previous post the different systems within the Reflex Survival Totem Pole. But how and why does it work?

In simple terms, the more important a system is to survival, the more priority the body will place on that system. For instance, breathing is at the top of the Totem Pole, because within three minutes without oxygen, brain cells begins to die. Therefore, breathing is more important to survival than jaw mechanics because you can go longer without food and water than you can without oxygen.

This is important to understand because when a system is not as it should be, it will alter or sacrifice a system below it on the Totem Pole. Let me give you an example:

A client comes in with pain on the inside of the right knee. Conventional treatment might be massage around the knee, exercises on the vastus medialis muscle (inside thigh muscle) and perhaps strengthening of the hip muscles. When using the Totem Pole, it is evident that it could be a rotation in the pelvis causing the leg to turn inwards (medially rotate), placing excess stress on the knee. The next question is, what is causing the pelvis to rotate?

The pelvis could be rotating due to weak abdominals. So the next question, moving up the Totem Pole, is what is causing the abdominals to be weak. It could be a visceral problem due to a poor diet. The pelvis could also be rotating because the upper cervical spine is rotated. This causes tension in the spinal cord, which in turn causes the pelvis to rotate to take the tension off the spinal cord.

The next question is, what is causing the upper cervical spine to rotate? Well, if the client has a disc problem in the jaw, it can pull the jaw over to one side. If left unchecked, the teeth would begin to wear down whilst chewing. In the wild, worn down teeth means you can't chew, which equals starvation. If the body believes it may starve, it will sacrifice the upper neck just below the jaw (as it is less crucial for survival).

So, just to recap, the medial knee pain could be caused by a disc problem in the jaw. This is the beauty of the system. You work you're way up the Totem Pole until you find the factors causing the problems. It's really quite simple when you know how to do it.

Tune in next time to find out what I do when I find a system that is causing a problem...

Reflex Survival Totem Pole

On a very frequent basis I work with clients who have received many different treatments and tried many different modalities all to no avail prior to coming to see me.

Following a period of time following one of my 'Results' Programmes, their energy begins to improve their symptoms reduce, they begin to forget they ever had aches and pains and they get their life back on track.

So why is my approach successful after other treatments haven't worked?

One of the reasons of the success of my clients is due to the very thorough approach used. The main basis of my work is based on Paul Chek's Reflex Survival Totem Pole system. The system is a step by step logical approach to find 'the cause' of the person's problems. Many systems focus predominantly on relief of the symptoms which tend to only achieve short term success at the expense of long term success.

The system is a hierarchical system of the bodily systems in order of importance to human survival in the wild. The systems in order, are:

1. Breathing
2. Mastication (jaw mechanics)
3. Vision
4. Vestibular system (hearing & balance)
5. Upper cervical spine (upper neck mechanics)
6. Viscera (internal organs)
7. Emotions & Stress
8. Pelvic Girdle
9. Slave Joints (spine (except upper cervical) and limbs)

Now if this all sounds too complicated, don't worry. In the next post, I will explain in very simple terms how it works. So stay tuned...

Some Vaccination Good News

A Labour MP recently suggested forcing all children to be vaccinated otherwise they would not be allowed to attend school and parents would not receive child benefits. Numerous studies have shown that vaccinations can cause various injuries to children and also manipulate only specific parts of the immune system and not necessarily all the appropriate parts.

The good news is that the government have decided, following a petition, not to enforce this as law. The government's response to the petition is shown below:

"In the UK, immunisation, along with most healthcare, is voluntary and is a system built on informed consent and patient autonomy. A parent cannot be forced to have their child immunised.  There are currently no plans to introduce compulsory immunisation in the UK or to sanction parents who choose not to immunise their child." 

You can find out more about about the safety of vaccines on Dr. Mercola's website by clicking here.