Where do our medicines come from? They are mimics of the properties of real foods.
Consult your doctors before changing any diets. Never get off any medications unless you consult with your physician first. Here are a few things to consider if you would like to use food-based healing. When possible, buy organic to avoid pesticide residue and foods laced with added hormones, artificial colors, artificial flavors, and artificial anything else.
Increase oxygen in your heart and in your body, do Qigong, move, walk, do breathing exercises. Change your thinking. You won’t turn into a purple pumpkin if you buy foods that will help you feel better and live longer. You may actually find that you like it.
Did you know if you eat six stalks of celery a day, you can lower your own blood pressure? And there are no side effects to eating celery. Yes, celery is high in organic sodium, but it would take more than 30 stalks of celery a day to get more than is recommended.
Lowering blood pressure also has to do with dilating arteries. The beta glucans found in several mushrooms, including Wood Ear (black fungus mushrooms) at only about $3 per bag at Oriental grocery stores. They are clinically proven to inhibit cancer cell growth, dilate arteries which lowers blood pressure, removes plaque from the walls of blood vessels.
There are also Reishi mushrooms, which are known as a medicinal mushroom, rather than button top mushrooms, because it is known to lower bad cholesterol, reduce hardening of the arteries, and reduces angina and shortness of breath associates with coronary heart disease. But the Reishi mushroom needs to be boiled overnight. Drinking the tea is the best way to ingest its medicinal qualities. Boil six cups of water, one handful of Goji berries, and one handful of dried black fungus mushrooms, then simmer for six hours or overnight. (The mushrooms get very large.) Strain the tea, cool and enjoy the benefits. It is recommended to drink this tea for 14 days. Most people do not have an adverse reaction. This tea is rich in Vitamin D, B1, B2, has three times as much Iron as liver, and twice as much calcium as milk.
Did you know heart disease can be reversible with food?
There are some foods that remove arterial plaque, like oatmeal (use the old-fashioned kind, not the minute kind), which draws out the fats from your arteries. Avocado is critical for heart health and healing. It’s a good living fat, and contains beta-sitosterol, which has a greater impact on blood cholesterol than either olive or almond oil. Okra and eggplant are two other powerful artery scrubbers.
Did you know you can reverse diabetes with food? I will address foods that are known to reverse diabetes in my next post.
These food protocols come from “The Ultimate High-Phytochemical Food Healing System,” by Qigong Practitioner Jeff Primack. I am a certified Qigong instructor, and Jeff was my teacher. If you ever get the opportunity to take any of his classes or watch his videos, they are worth their weight in gold, and much better health.
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