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Dec 30, 2013
Dec 19, 2013
The Ketogenic Diet in a Nutshell
The Ketogenic diet is yet another evolutionary adaptation which is based on the paleo idea. It is more restricted however. Hunting and gathering hasn’t always been a peachy walk in the park. Quite often our ancestors had to deal with scarcity. Quite often they had to adapt to what was available based on where they lived, what time of the year it was, and how much luck they had.
Ketogenic diet represents our innate inexhaustible voice. The ability to fast and use fats efficiently was critical for survival not only in times of starvation but also during cold seasons when there weren’t enough carbohydrates. Mastering to live and thrive on fat made us flexible and resistant. It gave us the power to explore and conquer a wide range of longitudes and latitudes. Inuit and all peoples who live in the North are basically on a very restricted ketogenic diet. They eat mostly fat and protein and very little carbohydrates ( over 90% animal food ).
So here is the ketogenic diet in a nutshell: fat is used as the main source of energy, proteins come in moderate amount , and carbs are severely limited. In dietary perspective we are looking at about 70-75 % of calories from fat, 20-25% from protein, and 5-10% from carbohydrate daily. The key is to understand that carbohydrates get replaced by fat and proteins stay moderate to low. The overall calorie amount should be also somewhat restricted. If we allow higher amount of protein, the body will convert the access into glucose through an alternative and very expensive pathway which will block the fat switch and make our system work hard and inefficient.
The reason cells choose glucose in front of fat is evolutionary. Life occurred in a low oxygen environment in which the first prokaryotic beings ( bacteria and archaea ) did not use mitochondria to burn fat. They didn’t even have mitochondria or any other membrane bound organelle, not even a nucleus. This happened later with the development of the eukaryotic cells where the nucleus was used to store and transfer information. According to the endosymbiotic theory, the eukaryotic cells employed ( voluntarily or not ) certain prokaryotic cells to convert energy for them. This acquisition gave birth to the Mitochondria - energy producing organelles capable of burning fat and glucose with the use of oxygen. Whatever happened back then is not exactly understood but glucose was the first available fuel. And cells seem not to forget this because when glucose is present they switch to it almost immediately. Not to mention that we are 90% bacteria ( for every cell in the body there is ten times more bacteria ) which does not have mitochondria to utilize fat and neither does our red blood cells. This is a good reason not to go on zero carbs. We need some glucose to feed our immunity and our blood. We need some glucose to create structural proteins called glycoproteins, to use it as fuel in times of very high intensity demands, and to create “reactive oxygen species” ( ROS ) to help the immune system fight invaders. Although we can extract glucose internally from a non-glucose sources ( fats and protein ), I am convinced that glucose has its rightful place in human physiology. The question is not if we should eat glucose but how much. The amount used in most ketogenic diets is 50 grams per day or less, although certain individuals can go as high as 150 grams of carbs and still maintain ketosis.
How long does it take to become keto-adapted?
It takes a few weeks to start generating the appropriate enzymes and to become more efficient burning fat and ketones. The process is unique for everyone and depends on how far from the equator your parents lived, how well your mitochondria functions, how old your are, and so on.
Jeff Volek and Stephen Phinney write in their book “The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living”:
“The human brain is a carbohydrate dependent organ only if one routinely eats a lot of anti-ketogenic nutrients such as sugars and concentrated carbohydrates. When dietary carbohydrates are held to 50 grams or less per day, humans undergo a process called keto-adaptation.”
Ellen Davis, the author of the “Ketogenic Diet Resource” website - a wonderful place to visit for more in depth information, describes even further:
“The less insulin resistant you are, the more carbohydrates you can eat. Some people can consume as many as 150 grams of carbohydrates a day and still efficiently use ketones for fuel. Ketogenic diets of short duration show little benefit. Our bodies require time to build the enzymes needed to burn fat efficiently and induce ketosis”.
I know that it might be obvious but I’ll say it just for the fun - the best choices of carbs are nature made, low glycemic load vegetables and fruits (like berries). The best choices of fat on the other hand are not so obvious. The undisputed king is the saturated fat such as coconut oil, palm kernel oil, beef tallow, lard, duck fat, yolks, butter, cream, caviar, pate etc... Second comes the monounsaturated fat such as avocados, extra virgin olive oil, almonds etc. And the third is not even a choice because it is extremely toxic and inflammatory - the polyunsaturated fat in the name of all vegetable seed oils. In their book “Perfect Health Diet”, Paul Jaminet, Ph.D. and Shou-Ching Jaminet, Ph.D. have devoted a whole chapter on ketogenic diets where they recommend eating short and medium-chain fatty acids like coconut oil as the most ketogenic of all fats: “Ketosis can be maintained with a higher level of carbohydrate consumption if short-chain fats are consumed”.
The authors also recommend supplementing with vitamin C, glutathione, biotin, and branched- chain amino acids ( leucine is ketogenic itself ). It is also important of avoid fructose rich sources ( sweet fruits ) which depletes the liver from ATP ( adenosine triphosphate ) and its ability to generate ketones. Ketone bodies are fatty acid by-products created when liver and kidneys metabolize fats. Their production increases rapidly when glycogen (carbohydrate storage in the body ) is low or depleted and fats can not break down completely. Although almost all structures can use fatty acids for fuel our brain and central nervous system can’t. They use ketone bodies instead and as it turns out it is their favorite food. So this is the end of the myth that your brain needs glucose to survive. Not true, it actually prefers ketones. Ketones don’t require transport through the blood cells as fats do, they simply diffuse across cell membranes without energy expenditure, which involves less oxygen. As Dr. Stephen Phinney suggests, this might be a reason why Inuit people did not have a harmful oxidative stress on such a low vitamin C intake.
There are three ketone bodies worth mentioning: acetoacetate (AcAc), beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) and acetone. AcAc and BHB are produced from the condensation of acetyl-CoA ( a result of incomplete breakdown of free fatty acids) while acetone is derived directly from AcAc and is excreted in the breath and urine ( which gives the acetone breath during a ketogenic diet or intermittent fasting ).
What is the big deal about the ketogenic diet?
Besides the fact that it makes you lose fat fast, slow aging and reduce inflammation, it also helps curing insulin resistance, diabetes , metabolic disorders, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, fatty liver, cancer, yeast, fungal and other bacterial infections, autoimmune disorders, neurological and mental disorders such as epilepsy, Alzheimer's, Parkinson’s, ataxia, chronic headaches, autism, depression, dyspraxia, dyslexia, A.D.H.D., A.D.D, depression, schizophrenia, and a whole lot more.
How is this possible?
Life is governed by information turning into energy and matter. In this sense all disease is some sort of miscommunication. So if we can correct the problem at base level, everything will fall into place up the ladder. Sounds like an impossible thing because we need to figure out so many variables. True, but we can also choose to let go completely and allow mother nature to do the trick.
I call this intermittent fasting. We are all children of nature and we all have an innate profound blueprint. We just need to activate it and watch from a distance. We just need to stop dumping garbage in our system and allow nature to cleanse itself and heal.
How is this relevant to the ketogenic diet?
Well, you can look at it as an extended fasting. Metabolically it mimics it. You even might hear the term “starvation ketosis” which means fasting and “ dietary ketosis “which means ketogenic diet. Simulating fasting leads us to the most critical detail about ketogenic diets we should always remember - calorie restriction. If you eat too much protein and fat you will produce a great deal of glucose and insulin and won’t see any benefits.
Elizabeth A. Thiele, M.D., Ph.D.—Dietary Therapy: Role in Epilepsy and Beyond from Ancestral Health Society on Vimeo.
Another strong point is that the most of our cells have mitochondria ( only red blood cells don’t ) which is the only organelle able to extract energy out of fatty acids ( fats yield three times or more energy in comparison to glucose ). So when we remove the majority of glucose, it becomes a scarcity and everyone fights for it. Our healthy cells in this scenario have much bigger chance to prevail because they can afford to switch back and forth between ketones and glucose while bacteria and cancer cells can not. Bacteria and many harmful pathogens do not have mitochondria, or can not use it as well as our normal cells. Cancer cells for instance have mitochondria but their mutation allows them to get energy only from glucose through an anaerobic process called fermentation. This is true even in the presence of oxygen. So when glucose is removed, cancer cells have no food. Dr. Thomas Seyfried talks about this in his book “Cancer as a Metabolic Disease “ , where he finds “mitochondrial dysfunction” to be the common denominator among all cancers. It is the primary trigger unlocking genetic mutation, and not the other way around.
It is well established now that excess carbs spike insulin which messes up communication. It also increases ROS ( reactive oxygen species ) damaging DNA and causing glycation. Glycation is an unnecessary mixing of excess sugar and protein which leads to AGEs ( advanced glycation end products ) which harm mitochondria and cellular function.
Dr. Ron Rosedale M.D., says:
“Health and lifespan are determined by the proportion of fat versus sugar people burn throughout their lifetime. The more fat that one burns as fuel, the healthier the person will be, and the more likely they will live a long time. The more sugar a person burns, the more disease ridden and the shorter a lifespan a person is likely to have.”
Ketogenic diet can not only extend life, cut fat, generate muscle, and cure disease but it can also improve sports performance, especially if you are into endurance and ultra endurance sports like marathons, triathlons, ski running, cycling etc...You can use the diet exceptionally well to keep your weight down and fit into a lower weight category ( contact sports, weight lifting etc ).
Although ketogenic diet makes a lot of sense in endurance sports, it doesn’t seem to overpower the role of glycogen in very high intensity sports nested in the 30 second - 30 minute time frame. The way I see its implementation in this case is to use the diet as part of a periodization scheme. When working on economy and oxygen utilization period in order to improve metabolic efficiency (anaerobic threshold ), the athlete could pair with ketosis in order to achieve better fat burning and glycogen sparing effect.
Who is the ketogenic diet for?
Well, you need to be motivated, that’s for sure. Kicking carbs out is not easy. It will remove a big chunk of your daily pleasures. So, if you are really sick , if you are morbidly obese, if you are a health freak, or if you are an ultra - endurance athlete then ketogenic diet is for you.
If curiosity is my only driving force, I would follow nature. If you live in a moderate climate zone winter seems to be the best time to explore ketosis. If I look at a single day cycles, I would choose to fast or go ketogenic from the morning until late afternoon.
So don’t wait to get sick, be curious, explore and find your own ketogenic variation. You might be surprised to rediscover metabolic freedom you’ve never thought possible!
Ketogenic diet represents our innate inexhaustible voice. The ability to fast and use fats efficiently was critical for survival not only in times of starvation but also during cold seasons when there weren’t enough carbohydrates. Mastering to live and thrive on fat made us flexible and resistant. It gave us the power to explore and conquer a wide range of longitudes and latitudes. Inuit and all peoples who live in the North are basically on a very restricted ketogenic diet. They eat mostly fat and protein and very little carbohydrates ( over 90% animal food ).
So here is the ketogenic diet in a nutshell: fat is used as the main source of energy, proteins come in moderate amount , and carbs are severely limited. In dietary perspective we are looking at about 70-75 % of calories from fat, 20-25% from protein, and 5-10% from carbohydrate daily. The key is to understand that carbohydrates get replaced by fat and proteins stay moderate to low. The overall calorie amount should be also somewhat restricted. If we allow higher amount of protein, the body will convert the access into glucose through an alternative and very expensive pathway which will block the fat switch and make our system work hard and inefficient.
The reason cells choose glucose in front of fat is evolutionary. Life occurred in a low oxygen environment in which the first prokaryotic beings ( bacteria and archaea ) did not use mitochondria to burn fat. They didn’t even have mitochondria or any other membrane bound organelle, not even a nucleus. This happened later with the development of the eukaryotic cells where the nucleus was used to store and transfer information. According to the endosymbiotic theory, the eukaryotic cells employed ( voluntarily or not ) certain prokaryotic cells to convert energy for them. This acquisition gave birth to the Mitochondria - energy producing organelles capable of burning fat and glucose with the use of oxygen. Whatever happened back then is not exactly understood but glucose was the first available fuel. And cells seem not to forget this because when glucose is present they switch to it almost immediately. Not to mention that we are 90% bacteria ( for every cell in the body there is ten times more bacteria ) which does not have mitochondria to utilize fat and neither does our red blood cells. This is a good reason not to go on zero carbs. We need some glucose to feed our immunity and our blood. We need some glucose to create structural proteins called glycoproteins, to use it as fuel in times of very high intensity demands, and to create “reactive oxygen species” ( ROS ) to help the immune system fight invaders. Although we can extract glucose internally from a non-glucose sources ( fats and protein ), I am convinced that glucose has its rightful place in human physiology. The question is not if we should eat glucose but how much. The amount used in most ketogenic diets is 50 grams per day or less, although certain individuals can go as high as 150 grams of carbs and still maintain ketosis.
How long does it take to become keto-adapted?
It takes a few weeks to start generating the appropriate enzymes and to become more efficient burning fat and ketones. The process is unique for everyone and depends on how far from the equator your parents lived, how well your mitochondria functions, how old your are, and so on.
Jeff Volek and Stephen Phinney write in their book “The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living”:
“The human brain is a carbohydrate dependent organ only if one routinely eats a lot of anti-ketogenic nutrients such as sugars and concentrated carbohydrates. When dietary carbohydrates are held to 50 grams or less per day, humans undergo a process called keto-adaptation.”
Ellen Davis, the author of the “Ketogenic Diet Resource” website - a wonderful place to visit for more in depth information, describes even further:
“The less insulin resistant you are, the more carbohydrates you can eat. Some people can consume as many as 150 grams of carbohydrates a day and still efficiently use ketones for fuel. Ketogenic diets of short duration show little benefit. Our bodies require time to build the enzymes needed to burn fat efficiently and induce ketosis”.
I know that it might be obvious but I’ll say it just for the fun - the best choices of carbs are nature made, low glycemic load vegetables and fruits (like berries). The best choices of fat on the other hand are not so obvious. The undisputed king is the saturated fat such as coconut oil, palm kernel oil, beef tallow, lard, duck fat, yolks, butter, cream, caviar, pate etc... Second comes the monounsaturated fat such as avocados, extra virgin olive oil, almonds etc. And the third is not even a choice because it is extremely toxic and inflammatory - the polyunsaturated fat in the name of all vegetable seed oils. In their book “Perfect Health Diet”, Paul Jaminet, Ph.D. and Shou-Ching Jaminet, Ph.D. have devoted a whole chapter on ketogenic diets where they recommend eating short and medium-chain fatty acids like coconut oil as the most ketogenic of all fats: “Ketosis can be maintained with a higher level of carbohydrate consumption if short-chain fats are consumed”.
The authors also recommend supplementing with vitamin C, glutathione, biotin, and branched- chain amino acids ( leucine is ketogenic itself ). It is also important of avoid fructose rich sources ( sweet fruits ) which depletes the liver from ATP ( adenosine triphosphate ) and its ability to generate ketones. Ketone bodies are fatty acid by-products created when liver and kidneys metabolize fats. Their production increases rapidly when glycogen (carbohydrate storage in the body ) is low or depleted and fats can not break down completely. Although almost all structures can use fatty acids for fuel our brain and central nervous system can’t. They use ketone bodies instead and as it turns out it is their favorite food. So this is the end of the myth that your brain needs glucose to survive. Not true, it actually prefers ketones. Ketones don’t require transport through the blood cells as fats do, they simply diffuse across cell membranes without energy expenditure, which involves less oxygen. As Dr. Stephen Phinney suggests, this might be a reason why Inuit people did not have a harmful oxidative stress on such a low vitamin C intake.
There are three ketone bodies worth mentioning: acetoacetate (AcAc), beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) and acetone. AcAc and BHB are produced from the condensation of acetyl-CoA ( a result of incomplete breakdown of free fatty acids) while acetone is derived directly from AcAc and is excreted in the breath and urine ( which gives the acetone breath during a ketogenic diet or intermittent fasting ).
What is the big deal about the ketogenic diet?
Besides the fact that it makes you lose fat fast, slow aging and reduce inflammation, it also helps curing insulin resistance, diabetes , metabolic disorders, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, fatty liver, cancer, yeast, fungal and other bacterial infections, autoimmune disorders, neurological and mental disorders such as epilepsy, Alzheimer's, Parkinson’s, ataxia, chronic headaches, autism, depression, dyspraxia, dyslexia, A.D.H.D., A.D.D, depression, schizophrenia, and a whole lot more.
How is this possible?
Life is governed by information turning into energy and matter. In this sense all disease is some sort of miscommunication. So if we can correct the problem at base level, everything will fall into place up the ladder. Sounds like an impossible thing because we need to figure out so many variables. True, but we can also choose to let go completely and allow mother nature to do the trick.
I call this intermittent fasting. We are all children of nature and we all have an innate profound blueprint. We just need to activate it and watch from a distance. We just need to stop dumping garbage in our system and allow nature to cleanse itself and heal.
How is this relevant to the ketogenic diet?
Well, you can look at it as an extended fasting. Metabolically it mimics it. You even might hear the term “starvation ketosis” which means fasting and “ dietary ketosis “which means ketogenic diet. Simulating fasting leads us to the most critical detail about ketogenic diets we should always remember - calorie restriction. If you eat too much protein and fat you will produce a great deal of glucose and insulin and won’t see any benefits.
Elizabeth A. Thiele, M.D., Ph.D.—Dietary Therapy: Role in Epilepsy and Beyond from Ancestral Health Society on Vimeo.
Another strong point is that the most of our cells have mitochondria ( only red blood cells don’t ) which is the only organelle able to extract energy out of fatty acids ( fats yield three times or more energy in comparison to glucose ). So when we remove the majority of glucose, it becomes a scarcity and everyone fights for it. Our healthy cells in this scenario have much bigger chance to prevail because they can afford to switch back and forth between ketones and glucose while bacteria and cancer cells can not. Bacteria and many harmful pathogens do not have mitochondria, or can not use it as well as our normal cells. Cancer cells for instance have mitochondria but their mutation allows them to get energy only from glucose through an anaerobic process called fermentation. This is true even in the presence of oxygen. So when glucose is removed, cancer cells have no food. Dr. Thomas Seyfried talks about this in his book “Cancer as a Metabolic Disease “ , where he finds “mitochondrial dysfunction” to be the common denominator among all cancers. It is the primary trigger unlocking genetic mutation, and not the other way around.
It is well established now that excess carbs spike insulin which messes up communication. It also increases ROS ( reactive oxygen species ) damaging DNA and causing glycation. Glycation is an unnecessary mixing of excess sugar and protein which leads to AGEs ( advanced glycation end products ) which harm mitochondria and cellular function.
Dr. Ron Rosedale M.D., says:
“Health and lifespan are determined by the proportion of fat versus sugar people burn throughout their lifetime. The more fat that one burns as fuel, the healthier the person will be, and the more likely they will live a long time. The more sugar a person burns, the more disease ridden and the shorter a lifespan a person is likely to have.”
Ketogenic diet can not only extend life, cut fat, generate muscle, and cure disease but it can also improve sports performance, especially if you are into endurance and ultra endurance sports like marathons, triathlons, ski running, cycling etc...You can use the diet exceptionally well to keep your weight down and fit into a lower weight category ( contact sports, weight lifting etc ).
Although ketogenic diet makes a lot of sense in endurance sports, it doesn’t seem to overpower the role of glycogen in very high intensity sports nested in the 30 second - 30 minute time frame. The way I see its implementation in this case is to use the diet as part of a periodization scheme. When working on economy and oxygen utilization period in order to improve metabolic efficiency (anaerobic threshold ), the athlete could pair with ketosis in order to achieve better fat burning and glycogen sparing effect.
Who is the ketogenic diet for?
Well, you need to be motivated, that’s for sure. Kicking carbs out is not easy. It will remove a big chunk of your daily pleasures. So, if you are really sick , if you are morbidly obese, if you are a health freak, or if you are an ultra - endurance athlete then ketogenic diet is for you.
If curiosity is my only driving force, I would follow nature. If you live in a moderate climate zone winter seems to be the best time to explore ketosis. If I look at a single day cycles, I would choose to fast or go ketogenic from the morning until late afternoon.
So don’t wait to get sick, be curious, explore and find your own ketogenic variation. You might be surprised to rediscover metabolic freedom you’ve never thought possible!
Dec 13, 2013
Dec 11, 2013
Here Comes The Sun
Sun is like Love - it gives birth to life and keeps it going. It is the key to happiness, it feeds us pleasure and energy. It shapes the world and enlightens.
Sun spreads not only light but also contrast. It draws day and night, black and white, and all of our significant patterns. We rarely understand that our hormones, our thoughts, our time awake and asleep are sun related cycles.
Sun is the ultimate source of energy for our planet. Everyone thrives on it and has its way to absorb it. No matter how much we see and how much we know about the sun, we will always discover more. This is because we are evolving our sensors and constantly changing how we percept information.
The recent discovery of biophotons is a good example. Biophotons are electromagnetic waves which can be seen with special equipment. Biophotons is energy detected as light which all living beings radiate in order to communicate in a vast instantaneous network. Science is ever so amazed discovering the subtlety of the invisible.
There is poetry after all. We are not just a bunch of parts, we are a network, vibrating and communicating through light.
Pjotr Garjajev, a Russian scientist, was able to intercept communication from a DNA molecule in the form of ultraviolet light. His view is that the communication is not only happening inside the body but it is how organisms talk to each other.
Dr. Fritz-Albert Popp, a German physicist ( PhD in theoretical physics at the University of Mainz ), has done an extensive research, and has published more than 150 scientific articles and studies on the subject.
According to the current biophoton theory light serves as a major web for all living organisms, creating a dynamic electromagnetic field exchanging information through unique frequency resonating through unique electromagnetic waves. Dr. Popp figured that the most essential source of light and biophoton emissions comes from the DNA at a frequency of several billion hertz ( the same range cell phones work ). This explains how a single cell can turn into a fully formed human being. DNA contains the unique blueprint of the organism and can reproduce it holographically.
The biophoton theory also explains quite successfully the phenomenon of aura, spontaneous healing, intuition, telepathy, acupuncture, homeopathy, the Emoto’s water studies, Dr Rupert Sheldrake’s morphogenetic fields theory and many more.
In his article “An incredible story!” Dan Eden writes:
“Popp began thinking about light in nature. Light was present in plants and was used during photosynthesis. When we eat plant foods, he thought, it must be that we take up the photons and store them.
When we consume broccoli, for example, and digest it, it is metabolized into carbon dioxide (CO2) and water, plus the light stored from the sun and photosynthesis. We extract the CO2 and eliminate the water, but the light, an EM wave, must be stored. When taken in by the body, the energy of these photons dissipates and becomes distributed over the entire spectrum of EM frequencies, from the lowest to the highest.
This energy is the driving force for all the molecules in our body. Before any chemical reaction can occur, at least one electron must be activated by a photon with a certain wavelength and enough energy.
The biochemist and Nobel Prize winner Lehninger mentions in his textbook that some reactions in the living cell happen quite a lot faster than what corresponds to 37C temperature. The explanation seems to be that the body purposely directs chemical reactions by means of electromagnetic vibrations (biophotons).”
Sun’s energy is cherished by everyone. We've known for a long time how plants absorb and transform inorganic energy into organic matter through the process of photosynthesis. Plants combine free electrons from the earth and water together with photons from the sun and carbon dioxide from the air to create carbohydrates and oxygen. The process has two major phases. The first is light-dependent and uses chlorophyll ( light sensitive pigment ) to capture photons and activate electrons. The second is light-independent and delivers carbon skeletons which are used for the formation of sucrose, starch and cellulose. These carbon structures can also be used for the production of amino acids and lipids.
Sun matrix is infused into water as well. It is interesting to hear that the shortwave infrared light restructures water saturating it with more electrons thus increasing its energy potential and bioactivity. Dr Gerald Pollack explains in his book “The fourth phase of Water. Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor” the way water can hold and exchange energy when it is negatively charged. He calls this high energy state EZ ( exclusion zone ) water.
With everything being said it is logical to say that using the sunlight at first level of conversion should yield the largest amount of energy. This is a good reason to eat raw food and especially raw plant food ( low in toxins such as leafy greens, cucumbers etc.). When cooking, we should stick to low heat methods which get rid of plants’ protections but keep the integrity of the water structure ( steaming, simmering, slow cooking ). Juicing is another good approach to get rid of toxins and harvest biophotons in high amounts. Although juicing is a powerful energizer, it is a human creation which involves extraction. As expected, everything we do has side effects and so does juicing. Throwing certain parts of the plant away concentrates the energy allowing for rapid entrance followed by a sugar spike especially if you use carrots as a base. Carrots are very dense in sugars and will have a negative effect if you have a metabolic disorder such as diabetes, insulin resistance etc ( on the other hand they are perfect if you are an athlete who is seeking to refill glycogen ). I find that using cucumber as a base together with leafy greens will provide a better solution without disrupting the hormonal communication.
To be perfectly honest I don’t believe that going entirely towards raw plant food is the perfect answer. I describe why in my article “Plants want to live as much as we do”. Besides the fact that plants have the most sophisticated survival strategies and the greatest amount of toxins which makes most of them non-digestible, there are a few other very important reasons. The first one is that biophotons are not a dormant storage of sun energy, it is an active communication through light. This changes the perspective because energy comes with the precursor of information. So it is only relevant in the context of an informational system that can utilize and communicate this energy. Well, human communications rely heavily on fat. Every cell processes information through a phospholipid membrane. It filters billions of messages every second delivered by other lipid based messengers, hormones and neuro mediators. Plants don’t have this level of complexity. Plants also don’t have a nervous system and can not move. So if light is everyone’s divine connection to the web, there are levels of complexity that are pulling away from the divine to separate us. This is an important driving force of life and fat is the biochemical media that makes it possible. We need fat in order to use biophotons. Especially animal fat, and especially Cholesterol. Cholesterol is so important for animals that every single cell is trying to produce it on its own no matter what its food source. As dr. Seneff says: “ Cholesterol is to animals as chlorophyll is to plants “. It gives us mobility and the ability to think. It gives us even more - a direct line to the Sun! We can capture its energy through the molecule of Cholesterol with the help of sulfate. This relationship produces a lot of magic and I am convinced that we’ll never stop unveiling it. Vitamin D is part of this magic and it seems to be affecting almost everything in our body.
Well, cholesterol is the precursor to vitamin D3. Both molecules are nearly identical in chemical structure. Cholesterol sulfate takes photons from the Sun and free electrons from the environment and combines them into a usable energy. It transforms our skin into a solar battery which captures its own biophotons.
Another portal for sun’s energy is the eye. Although staring at the sun is considered dangerous by modern science, sun gazing has been practiced for many years in India. It plays a vital role in times of fasting when body’s sensitivity to energy sources is heightened. I find that intermittent fasting combined with earthing, clean air, pristine water and proper sun exposure is the best way to cleanse and re-energize.
Sun has always been an important part of our evolution. And yet we have disconnected from it a great deal. We ran away from the equator exploring new lands, putting clothes on and roofs over our heads. And while this sounds like a necessary adjustment what we do now does not - we claim the sun to be a vicious enemy, we hide from it religiously, we put toxic chemicals on our skin calling this protection, we wear sunglasses even when it’s cloudy, we spent most of our days in office using artificial light...
And then we wonder why we can’t sleep, why we feel miserable, why we are all diseased.
It is time to look at It, it is time to go back to our roots and let the sunshine in...
Sun spreads not only light but also contrast. It draws day and night, black and white, and all of our significant patterns. We rarely understand that our hormones, our thoughts, our time awake and asleep are sun related cycles.
Sun is the ultimate source of energy for our planet. Everyone thrives on it and has its way to absorb it. No matter how much we see and how much we know about the sun, we will always discover more. This is because we are evolving our sensors and constantly changing how we percept information.
The recent discovery of biophotons is a good example. Biophotons are electromagnetic waves which can be seen with special equipment. Biophotons is energy detected as light which all living beings radiate in order to communicate in a vast instantaneous network. Science is ever so amazed discovering the subtlety of the invisible.
There is poetry after all. We are not just a bunch of parts, we are a network, vibrating and communicating through light.
Pjotr Garjajev, a Russian scientist, was able to intercept communication from a DNA molecule in the form of ultraviolet light. His view is that the communication is not only happening inside the body but it is how organisms talk to each other.
Dr. Fritz-Albert Popp, a German physicist ( PhD in theoretical physics at the University of Mainz ), has done an extensive research, and has published more than 150 scientific articles and studies on the subject.
According to the current biophoton theory light serves as a major web for all living organisms, creating a dynamic electromagnetic field exchanging information through unique frequency resonating through unique electromagnetic waves. Dr. Popp figured that the most essential source of light and biophoton emissions comes from the DNA at a frequency of several billion hertz ( the same range cell phones work ). This explains how a single cell can turn into a fully formed human being. DNA contains the unique blueprint of the organism and can reproduce it holographically.
The biophoton theory also explains quite successfully the phenomenon of aura, spontaneous healing, intuition, telepathy, acupuncture, homeopathy, the Emoto’s water studies, Dr Rupert Sheldrake’s morphogenetic fields theory and many more.
In his article “An incredible story!” Dan Eden writes:
“Popp began thinking about light in nature. Light was present in plants and was used during photosynthesis. When we eat plant foods, he thought, it must be that we take up the photons and store them.
When we consume broccoli, for example, and digest it, it is metabolized into carbon dioxide (CO2) and water, plus the light stored from the sun and photosynthesis. We extract the CO2 and eliminate the water, but the light, an EM wave, must be stored. When taken in by the body, the energy of these photons dissipates and becomes distributed over the entire spectrum of EM frequencies, from the lowest to the highest.
This energy is the driving force for all the molecules in our body. Before any chemical reaction can occur, at least one electron must be activated by a photon with a certain wavelength and enough energy.
The biochemist and Nobel Prize winner Lehninger mentions in his textbook that some reactions in the living cell happen quite a lot faster than what corresponds to 37C temperature. The explanation seems to be that the body purposely directs chemical reactions by means of electromagnetic vibrations (biophotons).”
Sun’s energy is cherished by everyone. We've known for a long time how plants absorb and transform inorganic energy into organic matter through the process of photosynthesis. Plants combine free electrons from the earth and water together with photons from the sun and carbon dioxide from the air to create carbohydrates and oxygen. The process has two major phases. The first is light-dependent and uses chlorophyll ( light sensitive pigment ) to capture photons and activate electrons. The second is light-independent and delivers carbon skeletons which are used for the formation of sucrose, starch and cellulose. These carbon structures can also be used for the production of amino acids and lipids.
Sun matrix is infused into water as well. It is interesting to hear that the shortwave infrared light restructures water saturating it with more electrons thus increasing its energy potential and bioactivity. Dr Gerald Pollack explains in his book “The fourth phase of Water. Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor” the way water can hold and exchange energy when it is negatively charged. He calls this high energy state EZ ( exclusion zone ) water.
With everything being said it is logical to say that using the sunlight at first level of conversion should yield the largest amount of energy. This is a good reason to eat raw food and especially raw plant food ( low in toxins such as leafy greens, cucumbers etc.). When cooking, we should stick to low heat methods which get rid of plants’ protections but keep the integrity of the water structure ( steaming, simmering, slow cooking ). Juicing is another good approach to get rid of toxins and harvest biophotons in high amounts. Although juicing is a powerful energizer, it is a human creation which involves extraction. As expected, everything we do has side effects and so does juicing. Throwing certain parts of the plant away concentrates the energy allowing for rapid entrance followed by a sugar spike especially if you use carrots as a base. Carrots are very dense in sugars and will have a negative effect if you have a metabolic disorder such as diabetes, insulin resistance etc ( on the other hand they are perfect if you are an athlete who is seeking to refill glycogen ). I find that using cucumber as a base together with leafy greens will provide a better solution without disrupting the hormonal communication.
To be perfectly honest I don’t believe that going entirely towards raw plant food is the perfect answer. I describe why in my article “Plants want to live as much as we do”. Besides the fact that plants have the most sophisticated survival strategies and the greatest amount of toxins which makes most of them non-digestible, there are a few other very important reasons. The first one is that biophotons are not a dormant storage of sun energy, it is an active communication through light. This changes the perspective because energy comes with the precursor of information. So it is only relevant in the context of an informational system that can utilize and communicate this energy. Well, human communications rely heavily on fat. Every cell processes information through a phospholipid membrane. It filters billions of messages every second delivered by other lipid based messengers, hormones and neuro mediators. Plants don’t have this level of complexity. Plants also don’t have a nervous system and can not move. So if light is everyone’s divine connection to the web, there are levels of complexity that are pulling away from the divine to separate us. This is an important driving force of life and fat is the biochemical media that makes it possible. We need fat in order to use biophotons. Especially animal fat, and especially Cholesterol. Cholesterol is so important for animals that every single cell is trying to produce it on its own no matter what its food source. As dr. Seneff says: “ Cholesterol is to animals as chlorophyll is to plants “. It gives us mobility and the ability to think. It gives us even more - a direct line to the Sun! We can capture its energy through the molecule of Cholesterol with the help of sulfate. This relationship produces a lot of magic and I am convinced that we’ll never stop unveiling it. Vitamin D is part of this magic and it seems to be affecting almost everything in our body.
Well, cholesterol is the precursor to vitamin D3. Both molecules are nearly identical in chemical structure. Cholesterol sulfate takes photons from the Sun and free electrons from the environment and combines them into a usable energy. It transforms our skin into a solar battery which captures its own biophotons.
Another portal for sun’s energy is the eye. Although staring at the sun is considered dangerous by modern science, sun gazing has been practiced for many years in India. It plays a vital role in times of fasting when body’s sensitivity to energy sources is heightened. I find that intermittent fasting combined with earthing, clean air, pristine water and proper sun exposure is the best way to cleanse and re-energize.
Sun has always been an important part of our evolution. And yet we have disconnected from it a great deal. We ran away from the equator exploring new lands, putting clothes on and roofs over our heads. And while this sounds like a necessary adjustment what we do now does not - we claim the sun to be a vicious enemy, we hide from it religiously, we put toxic chemicals on our skin calling this protection, we wear sunglasses even when it’s cloudy, we spent most of our days in office using artificial light...
And then we wonder why we can’t sleep, why we feel miserable, why we are all diseased.
It is time to look at It, it is time to go back to our roots and let the sunshine in...
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Energy, Frequency, and Vibration
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"If you wish to understand the secrets of the universe, think of energy, frequency, and vibration."
Nikola Tesla
Photography by Trifon Marchovski
Nikola Tesla
Photography by Trifon Marchovski
Dec 5, 2013
Dec 1, 2013
Get Grounded 4 - EMFs
Grounding and Emfs
It is hard to talk about energy simply because we can`t see it. Have you ever seen a thought, or free electrons browsing through the air? I bet you haven`t spotted a wireless connection either. But it is there. We know it because we have felt what joy or sadness can do with us, we know it because we use electricity as a core feature of civilization, we know it because we invented internet. We are all connected in a divine web which we keep learning about. We have always been part of it no matter how much we understand. And because we mainly see objects we explain this connection by the existence of invisible fields. Fields through which flows information that creates energy. Energy which empowers action and transforms into matter. Now, matter is something we can see. 
The first is the magnetic field which is based on charge. It is produced by moving electric charges. The second is the electric field which is generated by stationary charges. Both are so related that science combines them into one electromagnetic field explanation. The so called EMF ( electromagnetic field ) is produced by electrically charged objects. The field can be viewed as a wave or a particle vibration.
We as part of the breathing planet have evolved based on these electromagnetic fields. Every object, every being, every cell resonates in one global EMF.
So where is the problem? Why do we keep hearing about the dangers of Emfs when we are all connected and it is a good thing!
It seems to me that we are not that connected any more. We gradually isolated ourselves creating our own rules. We even come up with our own internet with various artificial receptors, and thousands of radiating devices which now interfere with nature's internet. We brought a lot of clutter to the web of life and our only excuse is that we can't see it, we can't see energy.
"If you wish to understand the secrets of the Universe, think of energy, frequency, and vibration."
Nikola Tesla
Human-made Emfs coming form cell phones, computers, laptops, power lines, wireless transmitters, microwaves, radars, appliances etc, are part of the 21st century physiology. The electrical pollution we have excreted is very often linked to our endless array of health problems such as brain tumors, leukemia, birth defects, miscarriages, chronic fatigue, headaches, cataracts, heart problems, stress nausea, chest pain, cancer,autism, Alzheimer's, dementia, Parkinson's etc. It doesn't take a lot to figure out why this is so after we know that the energy these devices radiate can directly disrupt the vibration frequency of the cell . Dr. Martin Blank, PhD, of Columbia University, draws an amazing sketch on the cellular and molecular effects of the electromagnetic fields:
Commonwealth Club 11-18-10. Panel II – Martin Blank, PhD from ElectromagneticHealth.Org on Vimeo.
How to avoid dirty Emfs?
Together with all the logical "stay away whenever possible from all wireless or transmitting devices" recommendation, there is something else you can do.
Yes, you guessed right - get grounded!
When you ground, your electrical potential equalizes with the Earth's electrical potential through a transfer of electrons from the ground. This acts as an umbrella shield against the electromagnetic fields that are coming from smaller objects than the Earth. In an article published in the Journal of Environmental and Public Health the researchers have written:
"The study confirms the “umbrella” effect of earthing the body explained by Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman in his lectures on electromagnetism [16]. Feynman said that when the body potential is the same as the Earth's electric potential (and thus grounded), it becomes an extension of the Earth's gigantic electric system. The Earth's potential thus becomes the “working agent that cancels, reduces, or pushes away electric fields from the body.”"
Emfs are also known to successfully mess up the rhythm of the pineal gland. As a result we get overstimulated and sleep deprived. Sleep is the reset mechanism nature has intended for clearing the sensors, wiping the everyday noise, recharging the energy, and preparing body and mind for the next day challenges. Not being able to take a proper break accumulates fatigue quickly and ruins health fundamentally. Living in a WiFi era there is no surprise we are more diseased than ever. According to the National Center for Sleep Disorders Research at the National Institutes of Health, about 30-40% of adults say they have some symptoms of insomnia within a given year. This is every third person.
Sleeping grounded shields the pineal gland, restores its normal function and lowers inflammation. Melatonin goes up, cortisol goes down and healing process is set to begin. Good sleep is the best rejuvenating cocktail you can have.
So have it. Get grounded, restore sleep and vibrate as one with the Earth again, isolated from human crap.
The earth has the supreme strength to overcome what we have caused through our inventions, it is our only clean source, it is our only way to purify ourselves. All we have to do is to reconnect.
For more scientific research you can visit: http://www.groundology.com/ca/scientific-research.
If you are interested in sleeping grounded you can research do it yourself videos on YouTube or visit:
http://www.groundology.com/ca/products to learn about the conductive grounding bed sheets.
http://www.groundology.com/ca/products to learn about the conductive grounding bed sheets.
If you live outside North America and want to use the earthing technology you can choose the proper earthing connection plug here: http://www.groundology.com/ca/earthing/accessories.
Other useful websites you can visit and learn about the earthing technology: http://www.earthing.com/ and http://earthingcanada.ca/
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