Here is a question I want to pose to all my readers: what is the significance of nice, thin, dew-like water compared to what I get off of my tap?
The answer? Hydration. Your body is able to absorb it much faster and efficiently. When you drink water, your body has to structure it in order to absorb it and this takes a great deal of time, sometimes up to a whole hour.
It’s not that the body can’t use tap water per se, but the water that comes out of the tap has to be restructured before it can be of much use to the body. This restructuring is what allows your body to use the water on the cellular level.
In order to get water inside a cell, it needs to come into the cell one molecule at a time through the aquaporin channel. If the water is not structured properly, meaning it is stuck together in large globs, the body simply won’t be able to get it to where it needs to go, into the cells to hydrate.
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Martin, Cellular Health, June 4, 2009 6:23 am
Ok, I confess. My previous posts were a set-up. How could I do this to you? Well, now that you understand one of the most common problems occurring in our digestive systems, I want to tell you about a simple and easy-to-use product that can help you combat the problem of dysfunctional bacteria and flora in your intestines.
This is why I recommend one of the many of the wonderful products on the market to rebalance the intestine. Most people’s large intestine is simply loaded with unnecessary stuff. Health food stores carry lactobacillus, and the LEC offers a great product which I highly recommend called Strata Flora. After consuming a bottle over the course of a month, I guarantee you will notice a huge difference. After this, you just need to keep maintenance up with a reduced dose.
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Martin, Digestive Health, June 3, 2009 6:03 am
Drinking chlorinated water causes a lot of problems for the bacteria in our intestines. Our intestinal flora is just as susceptible to chlorine as the critters we are trying to kill before we drink the water. We all know chlorine kills bacteria; this is why your local swimming pool contains chlorinated water - to stop bacterial growth.
It doesn’t help that the “good” bacteria in our intestines are usually more fragile than the “bad” bacteria. This means that the good bacteria are usually the first to die. If you have ever taken antibiotics you should be aware that their purpose is to do the same thing. They are designed specifically for the purpose of killing off bacterial growth. Doctors will often recommend you eat yogurt to combat this, but it is seldom sufficient to repair the damage done.
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Martin, Digestive Health, June 1, 2009 9:44 am
Our intestines are filled with large amounts of bacteria that must maintain a delicate balance so as to not damage the villi that allow us to absorb the nutrients of the foods we eat.
When this equilibrium is upset, our flora can become dysfunctional and damage the intestinal walls. This is commonly called dysbiosis, and it most commonly manifests itself through the bloating, irregular bowel movements, excess gas. Sometimes you get both diarrhea and constipation.
And when your villi allow under-digested food to pass through the barrier, auto-immune disorders are not too far behind.
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Martin, Digestive Health, May 23, 2009 7:18 pm
Like any other animal, our intestines contain large amounts of bacteria. These bacteria are designed to be present in certain ratios. Certain “bad” bacteria are balanced out by “good” bacteria to form a delicate equilibrium.
The flora in our intestines is designed to handle all the extraction of nutrients from the food coming through our intestines. This flora is extremely beneficial, but it can be damaged.
This happens when other “bad” bacteria are present in excess. These bacteria can do serious damage to our flora, much in the same way acid rain or a drought can damage a rainforest.
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Martin, Digestive Health, May 22, 2009 12:59 pm
At its most basic level, meditation is the clearing of the mind of all thoughts entirely. It can be difficult at first to sustain a quiet mind. A good way to do this is to sit in a comfortable position on a couch or sofa and pick an object to focus your attention on. Many recommend an apple as a good starting point. The idea is to clear the mind of any awareness of anything other than the apple. This sounds very simple but it takes some practice. As soon as your mind wanders to other thoughts (which will happen quick at first), you immediately pull your mind back to the thought of the apple. Your ability to focus so single-mindedly will improve with time. It requires the same type of commitment to developing a muscle through exercise. In fact, your brain is just another organ, like a muscle. It needs exercise like everything else. See how long you can sustain this single-minded state. Five minutes is a reasonable goal for early on, but the real benefits of meditation come with at least half an hour every day.
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Martin, Emotional Health, Health, May 12, 2009 9:35 am
I wrote about the importance of exercise in a healthy lifestyle. I also mentioned meditation and how it is important. I also feel that the two are connected in an important way.
Meditation at its basic application is the act of clearing one’s mind. Meditation doesn’t have to involve any specific spiritual content but for most people it has that connotation which I feel is very important. More important, though, is the act of clearing the mind of all thoughts and becoming centered in your body and mind.
If you think of the mind as a garden, and if you’ve ever weeded your garden to grow fresh vegetables, you should already know why meditation is so important. It allows you to remove all unwanted thoughts and make room for the desirable seeds to manifest into what you attract into your life. Taking the weeds out allows the desired seeds to grow. Replace your negative thoughts with positive ones. Weed out the darkness from your life.
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Martin, Health, May 12, 2009 9:32 am
I personally feel that exercise and meditation are two of the most important things you can do to keep both your body and mind working at their highest level. The reason I am talking about these two things together is because I feel they are connected and can even be viewed as aspects of the same issue - self awareness.
Regular exercise is an essential part of being healthy. Our bodies were made to take a load and work against gravity. Carrying things, climbing hills and running are all good ways to work against gravity. We should not over-strain, but 30 minutes of physical exercise a day is essential.
We need to sweat, I have mentioned this earlier. Sweating is essential to detoxifying the body, allowing toxins to exit through the skin. It helps with balancing the acid/alkaline balance. If you cannot exercise, perhaps you need to consider a sauna.
In my next post I will talk about meditation and how that ties into these concepts.
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Martin, Health, May 10, 2009 8:19 am
I think of disease as the “opposite of ease”. Dis-ease is almost always the consequence of cellular terrain problems. Either it is the presence of toxins or absence of nutrients.
Many people call to talk to me about their health problems. I usually ask them what they’ve done so far to solve the problem. They usually can not answer, because either they’ve changed nothing or they aren’t aware that they could have changed their health by changing their behavior.
Identical input will yield the same output, especially in regards to your health. Meaning that if you want a different outcome, you must be prepared to change your behavior.
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Martin, Health, May 8, 2009 6:21 am
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