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Hydration at the cellular level is something to be aware of.  Chronic dehydration has an effect on our cells, and healthy cells require adequate hydration.  Last night I dreamed I was extremely thirsty, and that I needed some water with lemon juice and chia seeds to make myself better, but in my dream I was too exhausted to go upstairs and make the water so I remained asleep and thirsty. Chronic dehydration can cause a number of symptoms including allergies, asthma, colitis, constipation, arthritis, and chronic pain.  Cellular dehydration is a major cause of disease.  Hydration is an important part of maintaining a healthy body, because minerals in the water maintain the proper levels of electrolytes and hydrate your cells.  Balancing fluids and electrolytes is necessary for the electrical charge and pH of the cells. Some people may have on oversupply of electrolytes.  They may have high blood pressure or edema and stress on the heart and kidneys, and t...

Genes make proteins which carry out the work of the cells.  How many genes does it take to make a human?  Given that a mouse has 23,000 genes, wheat has 26,000 genes, and a worm has 20,500 genes, how many genes would you guess a human would have?  As it turns out, the human genome is not much bigger than that of the worm, coming in at 21,000, less than that of a water flea! The interesting thing about us humans is that the 21,000 genes are not the only genes that are running our bodies.  We are a community of organisms that live together and cooperate to run the body that sustains us all.   Our human cells, although larger, are outnumbered ten to one by the cells of the microbes that live on or in us.  There are 100 trillion microbes that make up our microbiota, mostly made up of single cell bacteria, but also viruses and fungi. The microbes living on the human body contain 4.4 million genes - this is our microbiome.  These genes ...

"Where do you get your protein? "  That is a question vegans, vegetarians, and raw foodies get asked ALL THE TIME!  Of course, the answer to that question is....from plants, but nevertheless, protein is of interest to me as I am aging and losing muscle tone. So I did some research, and here is what I learned. Amino acids form proteins and they are important as they regulate the biochemical reactions in the body. They are the building blocks of life.  75% of our body weight, 95% of our muscles (including the heart), and 100% of our hormones, neurotransmitters, and neuropeptides are made up of amino acids. Neuropeptides are used by the neurons to communicate with each other. There are 20 amino acids that make up the proteins the cells need to function and maintain good health.  The body can create 11 of the 20, but the other 9 must come from the diet.  The nine essential amino acids are: leucine, isoleucine, lysine, methione, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptoph...

I am having some detox symptoms day, which is to be expected.  Feeling a little nausea and a bit of a headache. I heard someone say yesterday that virtually everyone is dehydrated at the cellular level.  I am not sure if that is true or not, since there is not much data on line other than articles written by people with something to sell.  Dr. Fielder told me there is no need to predetermine a set amount of water to drink, but to just drink when thirsty; however, if I am dehydrated at the cellular level I would like to remedy that. Food prep today; Green juice (apples, celery, collard greens, dill, parsley, mint, and ginger).  My intention was to also include lemon and jalapeno, but got distracted and left them out.  This made a pitcher that will last us 2 or 3 days. Grapefruit juice for 2 made with 4 large grapefruit. Shredded a fresh coconut. Green Smoothies (kale, papaya, pineapple, coconut water, bananas, kiwi, chia seeds, lemon, raspberries, dat...

Toasting with kombucha at our raw foods potluck. The bio-photons in the food are small units of life that have information for your cells that won't be found anywhere else.  This is the fire that cooks your food in the proper way and will awaken your intuition and open pathways of healing. When I was ill, Dr. John Fielder, my biogenic lifestyle teacher, gave me a short list of things to do if I wanted to get well.  They were: eat only raw foods, drink only water, access fresh air and sunlight every day, exercise by walking every day if  possible, remove all forms of stress, meditate positively expecting healing and full recover. The meditation practice is the center point of this protocol because it requires a discipline, commitment, and intention that anchors the other practices.   All you do will come out from that place. Branching off of that you have on the one hand what you take in (diet, information, revelation, environment), and on the other ha...

God is the light which I see. Light reflects life...an aspect of creation. Light & life must go together. Biophotons are photons of light that are produced by a biological system. They emanate spontaneously from all living systems....including humans. They are small units of light which are stored in biological organisms. Raw foods are important to us because of the biophotons. The energy from the sun enters our cells via the food we eat.  The biophotons contain important information which orders and regulates our body processes to a higher order.  When you increase the light energy into your body, you increase the level of order.  The result is a feeling of vitality and well-being. Since every living organism emits biophotons, we should want the highest level of light energy available to us.  The more light a food is able to store, the more nutrients it has. Fresh organic vegetables and sun-ripened fruits are our best source for light energy.  Eat...

Today is my seventh day back on all raw foods.  It feels like a homecoming.  This past year has been a difficult one, health wise, which led me to experiment with different diets, but I could not get to the place where I felt good.  I felt like raw foods were not working for me any more until I realized it had been quite some time since I had even been totally raw, so seven days ago I began juicing and calling on Dan McDonald's YouTube videos for inspiration.  I like Dan, The Life Regenerator, because he understands the importance of fats and fasting.  There is so much information out there now about the importance of fats and brain health, so I want to be mindful of that. On my birthday, in twelve days, I will be 71 years old!.  How well can a septuagenarian recover and regenerate on raw foods.  We are going to find out! My plan is simple.  I plan to share my daily food, as a record, but it will be the same every day for the most part with...