The Vital Veda Podcast

Tonic Herbalism: Potent, Pure & Sustainable Herbs for Daily Invigoration | Mason Taylor #054

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Android Listen on Spotify Just as we need our daily bread, we need our daily herbs. Herbs provide a subtle nutrition to the brain and the subtle tissues of our body. They invigorate us with prana (life-force) and create a state in our physiology that attracts the healing powers and support from nature. Take advantage of the herbs around you and what is available to you with honour, reverence and gratitude. When you deservingly nourish yourself with these precious medicinal materials, your life will flourish on all levels. ABOUT OUR GUEST: MASON TAYLOR Mason’s energy and intent for a long and happy life is infectious. A health educator at heart, he continues to pioneer the way for potent health and a robust personal practice. An avid sharer, connector, inspirer and philosophiser, Mason wakes up with a smile on his face, knowing that tonic herbs are changing lives. Mason is also the SuperFeast founder, daddy to Aiya and partner to Tahnee (General Manager at SuperFeast). IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: Mason’s morning routine (dinacharya). Seasonal Routine (RtuCarya) to promote health Summer energy: achievement and goal oriented vs. the reality of what your body wants to do (rest, serenity and leisure). New Years resolution energy may not coincide with southern hemisphere summer time. How to deal with end-of-year festivities according to Daoism. Flowing effortlessly between seasons and utilising the available energies to our benefit. Chinese Medicine, Taoism and Ayurveda Similarities, differences and integrating various modalities of traditional medicine. The three dantians – inner body awareness and optimal decision making. The preservation and cultivation of the three treasures (Jing, Qi, Shen) and getting the Yin Yang flowing and transforming. Kidneys: energy, liquid essence and ojas. Tonic Herbs and Chinese Medicine Traditional Chinese Medicine vs. Classical Chinese Medicine. The difference between toxic elemental heavy metals and medicinal heavy metals (bhasmas). Three levels of herbs: High, medium and inferior. Pearl powder: properties and healing powers. Click HERE for more information on medicinal Pearls. Cordyceps fungus: properties and health benefits. Farming, natural sourcing & preservation of herbs Sustainable farming/sourcing, scarcity and adulteration of herbs (Di Dao herbs vs. big-scale industry herb products). The purification and extraction of herbs that brings about their most powerful and sacred healing properties. Mushroom farming: the ideal medium and context to grow them. Preservation and ‘shelf-life’ of herbs. RESOURCES Shop Vitalveda products HERE SuperFeast web site: HERE SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. Share this episode on Facebook / Share this episode on Twitter SUBSCRIBE iTunes, Spotify, Sticher, Google Play

Assimilating Rich Yogic Traditions Relevant For Today | Eddie Stern #053

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Android Listen on Spotify “Yoga does not ask you to be more than you are, But yoga does ask you to be all that you are” ~ Eddie Stern Yoga is a group of physical, mental and spiritual practices originally developed in ancient India that nowadays has undergone a complete resurgence, particularly in the west. Many yogic practitioners define the benefits of the daily practice of Yoga as boundless, and still many, although interested, find it hard to include practices such as this in their daily lives. Some do not find the correct introductory stimulus and for others it is their surrounding environment that doesn’t propeciate the learning. In this day and age, there are several Yogic teachers trying to approach the average consumer with these traditional life-enhancing techniques and other watered-down versions of them. Today’s guest is one of the most popular and well-established people to do so in the United States… ABOUT OUR GUEST: EDDIE STERN Eddie Stern is a Yoga teacher, author, and lecturer from New York City. He has been practicing Yoga since 1987, and ran his school in SoHo from 1993-2019. In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s the school became a focal point for Ashtanga Yoga in New York with an eclectic mix of downtown artists and spiritual seekers practicing and meditating next to well-known personalities such as Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mike D, and Lou Reed, in what was also Manhattan’s first consecrated Ganesh Temple. Eddie has a passion for seeking out diversity in all aspects of his work and uses a multidisciplinary approach of combining technology, scientific research, and collaboration to help further understanding, education, and access to yoga. He continues to study philosophy, Sanskrit, ritual, science, and religion, as well as maintain a passion for the daily practice Yoga. Eddie learned Ashtanga yoga under Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and R. Sharath Jois, of Mysore, India. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: Eddie’s and Dylan’s morning routine (dinacharya). Eddie is reading 60 verses per day, every day, for 1 year of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavatam Purana) Swadaya The study of the chapters of self, self reflection. adi / ayana: To move firmly towards. Swa: Self. Swa – adyaya: Chapter Yoga allowing us to get in touch with the higher/deeper narrative of our being. Going beyond the ‘little stories’ we tell ourselves about what our life has been like or what has happened to us, until the only story left is our true being, pure existence. How to mentally approach the Puranas and hindi epics to take advantage of their teachings. Eddie’s journey into India and the Yogic traditions The journey of the previous generation’s most notorious spiritual seekers (e.g. Ram Dass and Radanath Swami) and what the context was like when they travelled to India. The alleged difference between first experiencing Yoga, India and the Vedic Traditions in the late 20th century vs. what a new seeker/student experiences today. Integrating religious beliefs such as Judaism with Vedic and Hindu practices. Some of Eddie’s current projects: “The Breathing App” for free in app stores: provides guided paced breathing to deal with stress Yoga 365: one minute Yoga practice every day for a year, for beginners who don’t have time to put into practice a 20 minute or one hour classes any day of the week. For every one purchase, a Yoga 365 is gifted to a healthcare worker working with covid patients. The Urban Yogis, alongside Deepak Chopra and Erica Ford: teaching young adults coming from high-gun-violence-areas to be Yoga and Meditation teachers and also help them find steady jobs. Breathing and rehabilitation practices for people suffering and recovering from Covid-19. In early stages of the project. Every-day global Yoga classes online for free or by donation. Scroll down to “Resources” to find out more about these projects and many others. Ego Traps & Eddie’s favorite Slohka Going against the fallacy that because of doing a spiritual practice periodically you are better off than those who don’t. Favorite Slohka: Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2, Verse 48 RESOURCES Eddie’s daily online yoga classes. – eddiestern.com Black Yoga Teachers Alliance, Eddie is a newly appointed advisory board member to the Black Yoga Teachers Alliance. Author of One Simple Thing: A New Look at the Science of Yoga and How It Can Transform Your Life, a bestselling book that examines from both a Western scientific perspective and an Eastern philosophical perspective the underlying mechanisms that make yoga an amazingly effective practice for health, wellbeing, and spiritual development. The Breathing App, a free app which guides the user in a paced breathing exercise that balances the nervous system, helping to improve sleep, and reduce stress and anxiety. Created with his wife, Jocelyne Stern, and app programmer and collaborator Sergey Varichev. International Yoga and Science Conferences, an ongoing forum for presenting rigorous scientific evidence on yoga and meditation which is accessible, inspiring, and actionable; created with Dr. Marshall Hagins. Namarupa, Categories of Indian Thought, a Hindu philosophy and art journal, and a boutique book publishing house, with partner Robert Moses. Engineering Health, a free, online yoga and physiology program with the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, created with Alexandra Seidenstein and Dr. Erich Anderer. Urban Yogis, a yoga and meditation program for community transformation led by Juquille Johnston, Jaytaun MacMillan, Raheem Lewis, and Pastor NaRon Tillman, in South Jamaica, Queens. LIFE Camp is a gun violence reduction program in South Jamaica, Queens, started and run by Erica Ford. The program uses a multi-modality intervention model to interrupt violence before it can occur. It is a city-funded program and the instigator of the NYC Crisis Management System which has reduced shootings by 40% in NYC. Eddie is the current co-Chairperson of LIFE Camp. Set/Reset (previously Breathe, Move, Rest) Eddie was the co-founder of this health and wellness educational non-profit that has trained school teachers in 120 schools in the US in health and wellness practices based on yoga and meditation (reaching approximately 70,000 school kids, K-12.) He was a founding board member of Bent On Learning, nonprofit organization committed to

The Great Cholesterol Myth | Dietary Fat Overview | Dr. Jonny Bowden Podcast #052

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Despite the science, the dogma remains pervasive. Thinking that cholesterol or fat causes heart diseases is dangerously falling into The Biggest myth in medical history. Armed with hundreds of scientific references, Dr Bowden shows why the medical establishment’s embarrassing, and outdated theory that fat and cholesterol causes heart disease is completely wrong. You’ll learn the real promoters of heart disease and what you can do about them This podcast is intended for anyone who is cautiously refraining from eating dietary fats because of belief or instructions from their doctor that fats causes heart disease and that cholesterol is bad. This podcast episode reveals the cold hard science and cuts through the crap to show you the definitive truth all about cholesterol, dietary fats and heart disease. Share this episode with your friend, relative, client or medical practitioner who is hesitating, even slightly, to consume dietary fats due to a dogmatic belief. ABOUT OUR GUEST: DR. JONNY BOWDEN Jonny Bowden, PHD, CNS, is a board-certified nutritionist, the author of 15 books including The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, Living Low Carb, and the recently revised and expanded, The Great Cholesterol Myth. He is the creator of the best-selling internet weight loss program, Metabolic Factor and also appeared in the documentary, Fat Fiction, (narrated by Dr. Mark Hyman). His no-nonsense, myth-busting approach has made him a popular guest on television, and a sought after speaker all over the world. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: How Vitamin C was Discovered THE BIGGEST MYTH IN MEDICAL HISTORY Saturated Fat Causes Heart Disease = Non-Scientific The low-fat teaching is based on the medical establishment’s embarrassing, outdated theory that saturated fat causes heart disease. A landmark 2016 article in the Journal of the Americas Medical Association found that the true science was actually being suppressed by the food industry. People seem to be blind to the new science of nutrition and deaf to its leaders, like Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, dean of Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition – the leading nutrition school in USA. He recently wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association, “We really need sing it from the rooftops that the low-fat diet concept is dead, there are no health benefits to it.” The low-fat bandwagon has damaged public health. It was driven by an unscientific agenda advanced by the American Heart Association and the food industry, which sponsored the misleading food pyramid. The 40-year trend of promoting high-carbohydrate processed foods perfectly parallels the obesity epidemic in USA. Despite the science, the dogma remains pervasive. Despite science showing that natural fats pose no increased risk of heart disease, hospitals still hand every patient a pamphlet recommending the “low-fat diet” when they’re discharged from the cardiac surgery unit, just as they have been doing for nearly a half century. The evidence suggesting cholesterol causes heart disease is poor and non-existence. It was based on flawed science. While many studies have linked the intake of saturated fats to increased cholesterol, very few, if any, have actually linked saturated fats directly to heart disease. This dogma has literally killed hundreds of millions of people pre-maturely. Saturated fats, like those in butter, ghee, meat, cheese, eggs and coconut oil do not actually contribute to any increased danger for cardiovascular risk. Sugar Industry Conspiracy In a powerful exposè published in JAMA Internal Medicine, researches from the University of California dug up old sugar industry documents that revealed payments from the sugar industry to scientists to minimise the role sugar had in disease.(1) In 1967, the Sugar Research Foundation (known today as the Sugar Association) paid Harvard scientists the equivalent of $50,000 to publish a manipulated review of the research of sugar, fat and their connection to heart disease. The review was published in the prestigious New Englands Journal of Medicine, where studies cherry-picked by the sugar industry to downplay the role of sugar in heart disease…while blaming saturated fat. For over 5 decades the public was misled to fear cholesterol and embrace sugar as harmless empty calories. The low-fat, high-sugar, refined carb diets are now linked to both heart disease and obesity.(6) These flawed studies continue… Coca-Cola provided millions of dollars in funding to researches to play down the link between sugar and obesity and blamed lack of exercise.(7) The Actual Studies One meta-analysis by Harvard researcher Dr. Frank Hu, reviewed 21 studies that included more than 347,747 subjects which measured the associated between saturated fats and cardiovascular issues. The people who consumed the highest amount of saturated fat had the exact same incidence of any cardiovascular issues as those who consumed the least amount of saturated fat. The result: saturated fat was not a cardiovascular risk. And there are plenty more studies… A meta-analysis review, more than 150,000 people were evaluated for over 5 years. They found that risk of dying from any cause was significantly greater in the group with the lowest levels of cholesterol (below 160mg/dL). The group with borderline high levels had a significant decreased risk of dying from any cause, but it was the group with the highest cholesterol (above 240mg/dL) that had the most decreased risk of dying from any cause. Saturated Fat Was Taken Off the Nutrient Concern List, Yet the Dogma Remains Pervasive In 2016, cholesterol was officially taken off the nutrient concern list, but after almost 60 years of brainwashing, most westerns and doctors alike still consider cholesterol bad. Saturated fat warnings still are invading the FDA’s guidelines, even though they took it off the nutrient concern list. Precaution is still being advised by the American Heart Association. TESTING: CHOLESTEROL AND HEART HEALTH You can now ignore the cholesterol numbers on your standard blood test. HDLs can be good or bad. LDLs can be good or bad. Those numbers don’t matter, it is actually about the size of the cholesterol particle. If it is big and fluffy, it is safe and cannot do damage. (LDL Pattern A). If it is small, dense and hard it can penetrate the arterial wall and cause inflammation and

Energy, Fatigue & Auto-Immunity | Dr. Paul Anderson Podcast #051

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Your energy levels are foundational to any health condition or state. We’re not only talking physical energy levels and fatigue, but also cellular energy – having the energy to perform all the crucial biological functions. Optimal energy for efficient cellular repair, replacement and anti-aging effort through preventing disease. Auto-Immunity is on the rise as our intelligence becomes more “mistaken” and we loose self-recognition of our own bodies. Luckily, there’s a lot to be done to restore our bodily intelligence and harmony amongst our biological system. ABOUT OUR GUEST: DR. PAUL ANDERSON Paul Anderson, ND is a naturopathic physician practicing in Seattle, Wash., and Tempe, Ariz. He is a graduate of NCNM, and a full-time core faculty member at Bastyr University, teaching in the clinical science division. Dr. Anderson is a recognised educator and clinician in integrative and naturopathic medicine with a focus on complex infectious, chronic and oncologic illness. In addition to three decades clinical experience he also was head of the interventional arm of a US-NIH funded human research trial using IV Vitamin C and other therapies in cancer patients. He founded Advanced Medical Therapies in Seattle, Washington, a clinic focusing on the care of patients with cancer and chronic diseases. He is co-author of the Hay House book “Outside the Box Cancer Therapies” with Dr. Mark Stengler as well as a co-author with Jack Canfield in the anthology “Success Breakthroughs” and the author of his latest book, Cancer: The Journey from Diagnosis to Empowerment. He is a frequent CME speaker and writer and has extended his educational outreach through his website. Former positions include professor of Pharmacology and Clinical Medicine at Bastyr University and Chief of IV Services for Bastyr Oncology Research Center. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: ENERGY LEVELS & FATIGUE A morning practice to change your brain circuits to influence your energy levels for the day. Global energy of depression due to Covid-19 Similar to chronic ill patients and later stages of cancer patients. People who get energetically affected by what’s going on around them. Having energy “sucked out” of you Practitioners and doctors having energy “sucked out” of them and how to get yourself in a centred place so you can interact with a lot of strong energies without being affected by them. Energetic Recognition and Protecting Yourself Where Does Energy Come From: Energy is generated in the most metabolising cells: Heart – the heart has so many mitochondria so it puts out this huge energy signature. 5000 mitochondria per cell, even if you don’t work out a lot. Your heart never gets a break, it pumps till the body dies. You can measure your heart electricity from 12 feet away. Brain – you can measure the energy output of the brain. Muscles – Muscle cell have 200-500 mitochondria in each cell. If you work out a lot, maybe 400-500. Also, abdominal organs are busy all the time. What part of the cell makes energy – Mitchondria makes ATP (the energy molecule) then converts to energy. Hrdaya – The heart as the energy centre of the body. Pattern of Energy: Did your energy gradually reduce? or did it drop suddenly (such as cancer or auto-immunity)? Metabolic Health and Energy Levels Intermittent Fasting Mostly a mental game in the beginning. Powerful intervention for metabolic health. What Causes Low Energy and Overall Fatigue Short term causes: Acute illness. Medications. Depression. Long term (and acute) causes: The people and media you are associating with. Environment – mould, air quality, environmental toxins. Digestion and absorption – not absorbing the nutrients and energy from food. Balance of minerals / vitamins – taking a high concentration of one constituent may put another out of balance. Hormonal levels Thyroid levels Stress How to Keep Your Energy In Instead of Letting it Bleed Out Vedic Meditation 2x/day. Subtle energies Absorbing patients disease energetically. Being drained. Doctors, OTs, therapists, practitioners etc. Optometrists get eye diseases, cardiologists get heart diseases etc. AUTO-IMMUNITY: WHY DOES MY BODY WANT TO ATTACK ME? We loose self-recognition. Pragnyapradah – Mistake of intellect. Inflammation will invade other organs. Immune system enters a hyperactive state after being exposed to toxic influences over time and acquiring an accumulate affect. Types of Auto-Immune Conditions Hashimotos thyroiditis Rheumatoid arthritis Diabetes type 1 Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Lupus – inflammation at various aspects of the body. Tired. Joint pain. Multiple joints. High temperature. Ulcerations or sores in nose and mouth, sometimes. Sensitivity to sun. Inflammations in the blood – excess or deficient levels of various aspects of the blood. Rashes. Scleroderma A lot of people with low-thyroid have auto-immune (hashimotos) causing that, and don’t even know it. What Causes Auto-Immunity Orchestration of the immune system. External influences that settle somewhere in the body, and the immune system goes to do it’s job to clean up the cells, and inevitably creates the problem. Viruses invading certain areas. Environmental sources. Toxicity. Diet – diet is a significant way in for toxic material. Glycemic load. Medical interventions – Such as modern biological drugs used to treat cancer. Modern medical interventions and drugs confuse the immune system and don’t allow it to regenerate. Boosting Your Immune System during Auto-Immune conditions. Herbs: AnandSid Yog Swasakasantak Yog and more Treating Auto-Immune Conditions Smriti can play a role in restoring the intelligence. Bio-Films Wet areas rich in biological systems. They can get hijacked with pathogens, e.g. mould. Aspects of Immune System Skin – external layer of our immune system. Respiratory tract – internal mucous membrane immune system. Digestive tract – internal mucous membrane immune system. Surveillance – Surveillance molecules (e.g. Killer T Cells) that look for anything that does not have our marker on it. Recognition molecules that say “you are mine.” Specific immune system – Immune globulin, immune proteins, specially built to look for a specific cancer cell or virus etc. Humoral (anti-body) immunity – specific proteins against specific bad guys. RESOURCES Dr. Anderson’s website Self-Abhyanga Oil Massage – protect yourself from other people’s energy. Podcast on Mould with Dr. Jill Crista SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE

To Get Vxcinated or Not? Become Informed About The C19 Vxcc!ne | Stephanie Grutz #050

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify The Covid vaccine has arrived, whether we want it or not. We need stop making vaccines taboo to talk about and we need to learn about them and become properly informed. We need to use our judgment and intuition and while staying away from cognitive dissonance, make a choice based on our personal experiences and what we truely believe and feel is right. How do we make tough choices? We learn as much as we can and then make a choice. This un-biased podcast episode features health information from Ayurvedic health practitioner Dylan Smith as he interviews an integrative health practitioner Stephanie Grutz who has thoroughly researched the Covid-19 Vaxcine. Leave behind our views and preferences. Let’s drop the propaganda and seemingly “hippie dippie” views. Let’s explore both sides and more importantly, the science. ABOUT OUR GUEST: STEPHANIE GRUTZ Stephanie is an integrative nurse practitioner with over 12 years in the field of medicine. In 2009, Stephanie was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and eventually diagnosed with Crohn’s. She started down a path of biologics and steroids with deteriorating health. As she desperately searched for answers, she stumbled upon integrative medicine. She went all in, changed her mind, body and spirit and started treating herself holistically. Since 2014, Stephanie has been using her skills and experiences to help empower others to work towards their healthiest selves. I chose Stephanie to be on this podcast because of her extensive, non-biased independent research on the C19 Vaxcine. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: The Role of Standard Vaccines The goal – to stimulate your own immune system to recognise a threat, before that threat actually shows up. By exposing your immune system to a piece of a virus, the immune system can spin up a memory response so when it’s exposed to the real thing in the future, it very quickly ramps up anti-bodies and T-cells and an immune response and potentially knocks that potential invader up. As opposed to when you are first exposed to the virus, it can take quite some time for the immune response to kick in. Neutralising anti-bodies. Ingredients in the C19 Vaxcine to Beware Of PEG (polyethylene glycol) M-Neon Green – a marine bioluminescent material. No studies are done on the safety of this technology. Can relate with auto-immune. Pfzier Vaxciner The CEO said this vaxcine was 95% effective and the next day sold his shares. Pfizers Criminal History Pfizer has been a “habitual offender”, persistently engaging in illegal and corrupt marketing practices, bribing physicians and suppressing adverse trial results. Since 2002, the company and its subsidiaries have been assessed $3 billion in criminal convictions, civil penalties and jury awards. What is an mRNA Vaxine mRNA vaxcine include Pfizer and Moderna vaxine. mRNA vxcines are genetically engineered vaxcines so are associated with risk factors of auto-immune disease and auto-immune reactions. Spike proteins in the vxcine are similar to what is in our body, particularly similarly to what is in our placenta. This may cause auto-immune reaction. Pathogenic priming likely contributes to serious and critical illness and mortality in COVID-19 via autoimmunity Therapeutic indications and General recommendations for the C19 Vaxine: This is for individuals 16 years and older. The safety for children under 16 has not yet established. Special Warnings Anaphylaxis. If they have anaphylaxis the first dose, do not give. General recommendations: Should be postponed in individuals suffering from acute severe febrile illness. – (If you are currently sick). Individuals receiving anticoagulant therapy or those with bleeding disorder. (Standard) Immune-compromised people. 4.6 Fertility, pregnancy and lactation and the C19 Vaxcine Pregnancy There are no or limited amount of data from the use of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162b2. Animal reproductive toxicity studies have not been completed. Not recommended during pregnancy. Women of childbearing age, pregnancy should be excluded before vaccination. In addition, women of childbearing age should be advised to avoid pregnancy for at least 2 months after their second dose. Pregnancy is a time of protection. There is no time to inject a compound that specifically triggers inflammation, specifically immune inflammation in order to get an anti-body production. These vaccines are designed to up-regulate the immune system when pregnancy is an absolute time for immune suppression. This is why auto-immune conditions are suppressed during pregnancy. This is why some women feel so good when pregnant, because their immune system is suppressed so you don’t abort a baby – because you will think it is a foreign body and potentially harm it. They give steroids to pregnancy women with high natural killer T cells (immune system) to regulate this. Vaccines dramatically increased the immune system. Pregnant women are getting the vaccine and some health care professionals are advising for it! The Moderna vaccine excluded pregnant and breast-feeding women from the vaccine trial. They don’t want women to try conceive a child within a month of the second injection. They also don’t want males in the study to impregnate women from the time of the first vaccination till a month after getting the second injection. Under 5.2. Exclusion Criteria in their reposer – modernatx.com Breast-Feeding and the C19 Vaxcine It is unknown where COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162b2 is excreted in human milk. A risk to newborns/infants cannot be excluded. C19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162b2 should not be used during breast-feeding. Fertility and the C19 Vaxcine It is unknown whether C19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162b2 has an impact on fertility. (If you are trying or planning to conceive, even in the distant future – the danger is unknown but suspected by science). The Unstable PCR Test That is Being Utilised to Diagnose Covid19 Vaxcine Damage Injuries and adverse effects. Can We Detox The Vaxcine Out of Our Body? RESOURCES REG 174 Information for UK Healthcare professionals – (UK government document). Stephanie on Instagram – The Healthy Practitioner Instagram Accounts We Recommend to Follow to Stay Informed on C19 Vaxcine The Healthy Practitioner childrenshealthdefense – mission to end childhood health epidemics; seeking justice for injured and establishing

Karmic Relationships, Why Am I Single? & Past Lives with Jyotish: Vedic Astrology + Top 3 Episodes of 2020 | Blaine Watson #049

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Is your relationship with your partner supported by nature and karmically suitable? Gaining insight into the Vedic Astrology (a.k.a. Jyotish) of you and whom ever you relate with can illuminate and improve that relationship. Why am I still single? I feel a relationship would significantly enhance my evolution. Jyotish, or Vedic Astrology, utilises measures of sacred time to organise human life according to celestial forces and natural law. It helps understand human existence in a deeper perspective so that we can not only flow through life effortlessly with nature’s support, but also attune with cosmic intelligence and the eternal organiser. ABOUT OUR GUEST: BLAINE WATSON Blaine has studied astrology since childhood and became interested in Vedic Astrology on a trip to India in 1980 and began studying in earnest at that time. After several years of self study in India, USA, Spain, Netherlands and Switzerland, he was personally certified as expert in Jyotish by the Dean of the Department of Sanskrit at Benares Hindu University in Varanasi, India in 1989. Blaine has been a professional astrologer for over 30 years and has more than 30,000 clients in over 30 countries. People find Blaine via word of mouth as the Vedic tradition with which he is associated does not permit me to advertise. Blaine has travelled to consult and teach in South America, the USA, Canada, Europe, Africa and India. Blaine also been trained in and is considered to be expert in Ayurveda and the Vedic system of temple architecture known as Vastu Vidya or Sthapatya Veda. Blaine learnt to meditate in high school, and has been a teacher of Transcendental Meditation for 45 years and has taught over 4,000 people on 4 continents how to meditate. The First Podcast Episode with Blaine (Wise to Listen to this one firsrt) IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: Dharma: The Most Evolutionary Thing You Can Be Doing Now Trends, themes and patterns that present in clinics and consultations due to the cosmic weather. Vedic nerds – a global phenomena that is influenced with past lives and a purpose to unit with India. Past Life Relationships with Jyotish, Karma and Choosing When You Are Born Istha Kal – personal time. Your time of birth is chosen and dictated to you according to the karma you are working off. Born with adversities, challenges and blessings. The Bhagavad Gita states: If you are on the path to enlightenment – you will be born into the families of the rich. If you are far on the path to enlightenment as a yogi in the last life time, you will be born into a family of yogis. Clearing Karmic Connections The Epidemic of Infertility The relationship between infertility and glyphosate. Cultivating A Relationship with the Planets Each planet has a portfolio. They have specific relationships with each other. E.g. Sun is Saturns father. Moon is Mercurys father. Each planet is an incarnation of Visnu. Surya Sun is known as Krooya = “cruel”. He is hot, dry, represents power, the kind, government, the father, independence Represents ego on superficial and a more subtle level represents the soul. Sun represents bones. Jyotish expressing itself in the physiology Shani – mamsa dhatu – also asthi and majja dhatu. Shukra – sukra dhatu Mangal – rakta dhatu Chandra – rasa dhatu Buddh – tvak. For information on the dhatus (tissues), refer to Vital Veda and Dr Harsha Rajus online course on Dhatus. Each Planet is An Incarnation of Visnu Rama – Surya Krsna – Chandra Narasimha(Lion head demon eater) – Mangal Buddha – Buddh Vaamana (dwarf) – Guru Parasu Rama (warrior) – Sukra Koorma (turtle) – Shani Varaha (bore) – Rahu Matsya (fish) – Ketu. You can see the evolution of human kind in these incarnations (from acqautic animal to the most refined human). Why is each planet is dominantly masculine? Please comment below your thoughts. The Dashas – Planetary Cycles You are Going Through A system of cycles set in motion from the moment you are born. MahaDasha (primary cycle) and AntaraDasha (secondary cycle) and beyond. Marriages in Jyotish “Love Marriage” and Arranged Marriage. Using Jyotish for successful marriage and to optimise the “alliance” in a marriage. Why Am I Single? Single People and Bachelors Wanting or Refusing a Relationship Old souls. Bearing children. Approaching the end of child-bearing years while being single. Banana Treatment to Make the Reproductive Organs More Youthful Yagya (Ancient Vedic Technology) to Find a Suitable Marriage Partner and Have Children Yagyas for world peace and anything in the world. David O’Reilly, who organises Yagyas – oreilly@vip.net Okanagan Valley, British Columbia Rahu and Ketu They are “Chaya graha.” Chaya = “shadow.” Griha = “grip”. A planet has a grip. Each planet has a shadow planet, and Rahu and Ketu are the shadow planets for the sun and the moon. Mostly causing difficulties in life. They are responsible for eclipses. Rahu The head of the serpent. Weird and unconventional. Psychic rather than spiritual. A world knowingness. Obsessive. Dream like quality. When Rahu gets what he wants, it is like waking up from a dream. A snake can hypnotise their victims to a vast like state. There for the ride. Go with the flow. We can’t trust the thought we have. He is tricky but he can be tricked. If you buy a house in the Rahu cycle, paint the bathroom or bought a door knocker. What Rahu gives, Rahu takes away. If you buy something in a Rahu cycle, change it up a little so it is not what you bought. You can get married in a Rahu cycle – Take vows – these change the laws of nature dramatically. The legal or religious system gets involved. It restructures the relationship. The change you are looking for with Rahu. Ketu Intuition. Tail of the snake. Part of us that is sensitive to vibration. Moksha karaka – a significator of moksha. Gnyana (spiritual knowledge) karaka. Feeling level. The wuiet voice inside. Produces bursts of good fortune. Disinterested in the world – not interested in money or status. He is interested in the subtle fields of life. Represents loss – Loss because we are not interested (in money for example). People don’t want to do work. Represents periods of

Menstrual Health, Fertility, PCOS & Amenorrhea | Lara Briden #048

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Divinity blossoms where women are respected. Women’s health is of the utmost importance since it is the woman who brings the human being onto earth. If we can optimise the health of women, we can optimise the health of humankind. About Our Guest: Lara Briden Lara Briden is a naturopathic doctor and the period revolutionary—leading the change to better periods. Informed by a strong science background and more than twenty years with patients, Lara is a passionate communicator about women’s health and alternatives to hormonal birth control. Her book Period Repair Manual is a manifesto of natural treatment for better hormones and better periods and provides practical solutions using nutrition, supplements, and natural hormones. Now in its second edition, the book has been an underground sensation and has worked to quietly change the lives of tens of thousands of women. Lara has helped thousands of women find relief for period problems such as PCOS, PMS, endometriosis, and peri-menopause and currently has consulting rooms in Christchurch, New Zealand. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: The Contraceptive Pill Paradigm The paradigm that The Contraceptive Pill can replace women’s hormones or be as good as women’ hormones. Reclaiming ovarian function and reclaiming women’s own hormones. The importance of ovulation. The Menstrual Cycle – cultivating shakti (divine feminine energy) Cravings During the Menstrual Cycle A quality source of magnesium may help with cravings during the cycle. Lara recommends Magnesium Glycinate. The Infertility Epidemic Multi-factorial. Consider the male factor! Male sperm quantity and quality is rapidly declining. Rise in exposure to environmental toxins. This has accumulation affect over the generations. Insulin resistance. Microbiome influences infertility. Are semen analysis’s adequate? Being on the contraceptive pill may cause infertility. Foods to nourish the reproductive organs. Related Listening The Semen Microbiome Sperm Microbiota and Its Impact on Semen Parameters Dairy and Cows Milk How your regular cows dairy (A1 casein) can be a problem for inflammation but A2 dairy can be highly medicinal. The Importance of Melatonin on Fertility and Reproductive Health Blue Blocking Glasses are so important for overall melatonin health. PCOS (Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome) Basically the situation of elevated androgens (other hormone). The problem with ultrasounds – not a valid way to diagnose PCOS. Hypothalamic Amenorrhea Commit to increased amount of food for six months but ensure digestion is proper. Immature Reproductive Organs Compromises the ovary-brain connection (Hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis). The Contraceptive Pill Pill bleed is not a real bleed. Can cause immaturity of the menstrual cycle. Related Listening Veganism and Menstrual Health, particularly Amenorrhea Healthy Menopause Naturally it is a smooth transitioning period that can be symptom free. It is closely related to insulin resistance. Mindset and expectations around menopause. + MORE! RESOURCES see show notes above. SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. Share this episode on Facebook / Share this episode on Twitter SUBSCRIBE iTunes, Spotify, Sticher, Google Play

Aloe Vera: Benefits & Uses of The Hero Herb | Dr. Michael Hayley #047

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Aloe Vera: A juicy medicinal succulent that you can implement into your diet and/or your herbal regimen. Quality & Pure Aloe Vera Products Aloe Vera Products by Hayley Nutrition: (Juice, cosmetics, plant) – Discount code: VITALVEDA About Our Guest: Dr. Michael Hayley Helping people discover the health-promoting benefits of pure, raw Aloe vera is more than a job; it is Dr. Haley’s mission and vision. Dr. Haley’s health principles are based on science, tradition, and in line with the scriptures. Dr. Haley owns and operates Stockton Aloe 1, makers and distributors of pure aloe vera drinks and personal care products. He also maintains his private chiropractic practice in Florida. Dr. Haley is an expert on phyto-nutrition and superfoods and teaches in the area of organic chemistry and nutrition. He focuses on a deeper understanding of Aloe’s potential use in a variety of health and wellness needs. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: Michael using Aloe Vera to mitigate a huge rope burn from sailing The Ayurvedic Wisdom on Aloe Vera Aloe vera has several ayurvedic uses & beneifts. The name for Aloe Vera in Sanskrit is “Kumari” – meaning “young maiden”, which reveals its affinity for the female menstrual cycle and its rejuvenating powers for maintaining youthfulness, particularly for women. Ayurvedic Energetics of Aloe Vera Rasa (taste) – bitter, sweet, Virya (energy) – cold Vipaka (post-digestive effect) – sweet Gunas (qualities) – guru (heavy), snigdha (unctuous), picheela (slimy). Doshas: VPK – (as the gel and juice); dried gum powder (kala bola) aggravates V It is considered to be a special herb because it has an affinity for all 7 dhatus, and regulates all three doshas. HEALTH BENEFITS OF ALOE VERA Female Hormones and Menstrual Health & Aloe Vera The gel and juice are helpful when there is excess bleeding or clots. Kumari purifies the liver which directly affects raktavaha srotas (blood channels) and the flow of pitta in the blood. This blood cleansing effect also affect the artava srotas, the menstrual channel, as it is responsible for regulating the uterus. Helps promote the onset of menstruation (Artavajanana). It is rejuvenate and building for the female reproductive system. Its cooling and unctuous properties make it very effective for treating the hot and dry symptoms of menopause (source: Bhavaprakasa). Kumāri āsava – A classical Ayurvedic formulations great for gynaecological conditions. Digestion & Aloe Vera As it is a cooling and demulcent herb that directly clears pitta and heals mucous membranes it is a specific for hyperacidity, acid reflux, peptic ulcers, ulcerative colitis, IBS, IBD, Chron’s, GERD and any bleeding from the intestines. It reduce the inflammation in the gut. A lot of people are discovering Aloe Vera because they are on anti-acid medications such as Protein Pump Inhibitors (PPIs), which can burden one with with adverse and addictive effects. Very helpful in conditions with bleeding stools. Aloe Vera also contains digestive enzymes. It stimulates peristalsis. Microbiome & Aloe Vera Aloe Vera can help regulate bacteria levels in the intestines indicates use in Candida albicans and as a remedy for improving gastric and intestinal function. (Source: Bland 1985, Murray 1992, Bone 2003). Aloe can help cool and accelerate healing in leaky gut. A certain fibre in Aloe Vera promotes micro-biome health. Kala Bol (Ayurvedic Laxative Preparation Using Aloe Vera) The solid gum obtained after boiling the whole aloe leaf juice. It is a strong purgative. Becomes a black thick paste after boiling like guggulu. Boil on coal for some consistency, then low flame for some consistency, then on heat for some consistency. Put in thermal in cow dung cakes. Use short term and always consult an Ayurvedic practitioner. Aloe Vera for Liver Health Jaundice. Viral hepatitis. Reduces inflammation in the spleen and liver (plihayakrdvrdhhihara). Aloe Vera for Blood Sugar and Diabetes Inner part of the gel promotes liver to release bile. Aloe Vera can help to regulate blood sugar in diabetics and lipid levels in hyper-triglyceridaemia. (Plaskett 1996). This may be because Aloe Vera Gel promotes the liver to stimulate bile release. Malose, the sugar molecules in Aloe Vera lowers and stabilises blood sugar levels. Skin Health and Aloe Vera Helpful in eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis, shingles, acne, and other ailments. The gel contains polysaccharides that are specifically healing for the skin and mucous membranes (Murray 1992). It has an affinity for bhrajaka pitta and enhances the quality of the skin; used topically to treat psoriasis, ulcers, eczema, dermatitis and mouth ulcers. One of the best Ayurvedic herbs for healing burns, scars, wounds and stretch marks. Good internally for hot, inflamed condition; eczema, hives, ulcers, acne. Face-lift action and anti-ageing. Helpful for dark and white spots. Granti (helps removes tumours), Cancer and Aloe Vera Acemannan – acemannan causes macrophages to secrete more tumour necrosis (death to) factor. Aloe Vera for Eye Health Netra rogaghana – “destroys” eye diseases according to Ayurveda. Applied topically it is very soothing for eye inflammation and eyelid swelling. Vishpota – removes pustules. Visa hará – reduces and pacifies poison. Aloe Vera for Animals and Pets The increased use of Aloe Vera in veterinary clinics. Horses are using it for digestion – demonstrated by the calmness of the horses and improved bowel motions. Different Parts of the Aloe Vera Plant The inner gel part of the leaf is different to the rest of the plant. This is a much safer part of the plant to ingest, potentially in your daily diet. This is 95-97% water plus a balance of amino acids, vitamins, minerals, photo-chemicals, acemannan a D-isomer mucopolysaccharide The outer sap has an irritation and laxative effect. This part of the leaf tastes very bitter. This has a strong laxative effective. You need to be cautious with amounts to take. The is what is used for kala bol Ayurvedic strong laxative preparation. Whole leaf gel is also available, which includes both of those components. Other Forms of Aloe Vera kala bol. Arogyavarhini vati and kaishore guggulu are two other Ayurvedic preparations that contains Kumari. How to Take Aloe Vera Honouring your digestive power and fire (agni). Mix with ginger, turmeric, cumin to make easier to digest. Blend (slow speed) to make a drink. Cut it up and use on food. Various Species of Aloe Vera There are over 250 species. Common species to

Divine Creative Energy (Shakti) & Accessing Mother Divine (Devi) | Yashoda Devi Ma #046

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Mother Divine (Devi) – the creative aspect of the Absolute field of Pure Unbounded Consciousness. Creative feminine energy (shakti) contains the mechanisms that make the unmanifest manifest. Awakening shakti will enliven your consciousness while increasing the amount of bliss you feel in your daily life, the willpower you have at your disposal and your capacity to act in accordance with the need of the time. The sacred feminine is the source of creation. That which is responsible for all that is continuously being created. ABOUT YASHODA DEVI MA Yashoda Devi Ma is a Vedic Meditation teacher with a passion for helping students reduce stress, cultivate a clear mind and live from the heart. She is the founder of YDM Meditation, a boutique style wellness studio in Boulder, Colorado, which is the base of a thriving community of local and global meditators. Yashoda has dedicated two decades to Vedic Meditation and Himalayan Yogic practices after the teachings transformed her life and lifted her out of severe depression. She also has a deep insight into the science of Jyotish (Vedic astrology). Yashoda teaches from direct experience and the initiations gained while studying with two masters of meditation and tantric yoga coupled with extensive travels to the sacred lands of India. It is her greatest joy to share these powerful techniques in the most embodied and relatable way possible. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS Mother Divine (Devi) “Navaratri” – The nine nights of mother divine. “The rising of the feminine”, awakening shakti and what that actually means. Siva/Shakti Energy – the interplay of masculine and feminine. Durga (courageously removing irrelevant impurities from ones life). Laksmi (abundance, high value of all areas of life, expression of love). Saraswati (pure knowledge) Ways to invoke Mother Divine in you and truly awaken that shakti energy. Japa Japa – a practice we use with clear intention and focused effort to help correct the mistaken intellect, refine our contemplative thinking spectrum and enhance specific fields of awareness/consciousness. On the other hand, Vedic Meditation is designed to be effortless and expand the mind beyond thought all together. Two techniques that compliment each other quite powerfully, but are not interchangeable. Japa is an active meditation. We can look at Japa as our strength training outside of a daily deep meditation. Japa means “rotate” and in this practice we move our fingers over a string of beads (called a mala) to focus awareness + concentration as we repeat the mantra. Every time we complete a repetition of the japa mantra, we move to the next bead. A full mala has 108 beads and a full Japa is 108 cycles of the mantra. Japa Meditation counters the mind’s tendency to become overwhelmed by the continuous stream of inner chatter. As one slowly moves along the mala with the mantra, the mind becomes rooted in that same unhurried, calm movement. Japa Meditation directs awareness into a clear focus, both objectively and subjectively. Japa is very helpful for awakening shakti and enlivening their own state of consciousness. + more we discuss in this podcast! Associated Article The Power of Mother Divine and Navaratri and How to Access It’s Regenerative Energy RESOURCES YDM Meditation– Vedic Meditation + Co-Creation Space, founded by Yashoda Devi Ma Japa Meditation Course with Yashoda Devi Ma Sponsor a Vedic Ceremony (Yagya) for Mother Divine and Navaratri 2020. Vedic Meditation Retreats with Yashoda Devi Bhagavatam by Ramesh Menon OTHER PODCAST WITH YASHODA DEVI MA SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. Share this episode on Facebook / Share this episode on Twitter SUBSCRIBE iTunes, Spotify, Sticher, Google Play

Optimal Sleep: The Ultimate Guide | Dylan Smith {Podcast #045)

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Sleep is one of the foundational pillars of health. How can you expect to fully heal any condition and radiate vitality when sleep is not optimal? Sleep is your main bio-rhythm, so we need to learn to optimise sleep to improve all aspects of health. IN THIS SOLO SHOW EPISODE WE DISCUSS: What actually is sleep Sleep manifests in the body when: The srotas (channels) of the body become covered by kapha, The body is fatigued by exertion The sense organs are not functioning, How Dreams Occur When all the sense organs have stopped cognising their objects but only the mind is cognising them, the sleeping person experiences different kinds of dreams. Factors Dependant on Sleep: happiness and misery nourishment and emaciation strength and debility virility and impotence knowledge and ignorance life and death. Definition of Healthy and Proper Sleep The ability to fall asleep straight away, no waking up in the night and waking up with energy in the morning. If sleep is not right, we need to look the many causative factors: hormonal “wired and tired” stress musculoskeletal issue – e.g. Sciatica Asthma or cough Full determine in a consultation to address the root cause. Improper Timed Sleep Sleep indulged into at improper time, in excess or not at all, destroys one’s happiness. Not sleeping at nights causes dryness of the body; – vata sleeping during the day causes increase of unctuousness, – kapha reclining leisurely without sleeping, causes neither. – This how to sleep in the day. Or sit up. Diva-Svapna (Day Sleep) Beneficial during grisma (summer) but perhaps not in mild summers nor for meditators. Sleeping during the day is permissible for those who are tired from excess indulgence in speech, riding on animals, walking long distances, alcoholic drinks, sexual intercourse lifting heavy weights; anger, grief and fear; those suffering from dyspnoea, hiccup and diarrhoea; the aged, the young, the debilitated, the emaciated, the wounded, the thirsty; those suffering from pain, indigestion; injury, insanity (and other kinds of mental disorders) and those habituated to sleeping at day time. ~ Source: Astanga Samgraha of Vaghbata Atisvapna (Excess of Sleep) Kapha, not undergoing regular processing because of its increased quantity, obstructs the orifices of the dhatus (tissues); Obstruction of orifices causes heaviness of the body, From heaviness follows laziness, Which in turn causes excess sleep. This produces diseases. METHODS TO PROMOTE OPTIMAL SLEEP Meditation Regularly meditation. I recommend Vedic Meditation twice a day. Self-Abhyanga Ayurvedic oil massage to pacify nervous system, rejuvenate body and promote your body’s ability to sleep well. Learn how to do self-abhyanga here. Mental State a sense of satisfaction having done good deeds, thinking of things pleasant to the mind and fulfilment of desire – all these are going to bestow happy sleep. It’s not about how many hours but when Sleep before 10pm and wake up with or before sunrise. Early and light dinner Hot Milk Elixir Drink 30-45 mins before bed and sleep like a baby. Recipe here Siro-Pichu + Pad Abhyanga Apply oil to the crown of the head, then massage feet before bed. Women – massage left foot first. Men – massage right foot first. Can put on socks if you don’t want to get bed sheets a little oily. I don’t and it is fine. Optimise Melatonin Maintain as much darkness after sunset as possible with little blue light. Wear blue light blocking glasses after sunset. Expose yourself to sun in the day. Dark bedroom at night. Use a dark face mask at night. Learn more about melatonin here. Bedroom Environment Sleep free of nnEMF (non native Electromagnetic fields). Sleep with your head in any direction except north. Check your building’s biology. Check your vaastu (vedic architecture). A mild breeze is beneficial. Aromatherapy for sleep like lavender. Cold before bed. Cold shower or cold environment promotes sleep. Foods to Promote Sleep Cow’s milk Sugarcane juice Rice Urad Buttermilk / thin lassi Hot milk elixir + stresscom + samadhi + ghee Herbs for Sleep Smriti Manasolassa Vati (best to consult with a practitioner before taking this herbs). Samadhi Stresscom – 2 caps before dinner or with hot milk before bed. Jatamansi (Nardostachys jatamansi) – balances brain neurotransmitters and aids sleep. Ashwagandha – prevents release of too much cortisol. And has a sedative effect. Vaca – natural sedative that calms the nerves. Valerian Root – promote relaxation and sleep and decreases stress. It helps fall asleep fast, provides a better sleep quality, and provides relief from restlessness and other anxiety-related symptoms. White poppy seeds – pacify prana vata and overactive mind. Add to porridge or chutney before bed. If musculoskeletal issues are preventing proper sleep Attend to the musculo-skeletal issue. Apply warm MGP oil locally or make a paste with MGP oil with Marma Lepam and apply to the affected area. Takradhara / Shirohdara (Treatment for Head and Mind) Takra Dhara and Shirodhara is an ancient treatment where medicated buttermilk or warm oil is poured over the head in a rhythmic mater. This stabilises the mind and everything going on inside it. During this treatment, usually you’ll lie in deep, blissful rest, (that is if you haven’t transcended). If you wake up at night and cannot sleep Do not look at phone. Do body feeling / yoga nidra. A-Svapna (Loss of Sleep) – for those who stay up. If one keeps awake at night due to unaccustomed conditions*, he should compensate it by sleeping the next morning, for half of that period (duration of loss of sleep) without taking any food. *Unaccustomed conditions can be like like night partying, alcohol, late night or heavy to digest food. Night Owls Children and Night Terrors + More RESOURCES Check the show notes for link to resources SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. Share this episode on Facebook / Share this episode on Twitter SUBSCRIBE iTunes, Spotify, Sticher, Google Play

Tattoos, Eating Disorders, Supplements, Breast Implants, Melatonin, Carnivore Diet & More | Coach Jake Carter {Podcast #044)

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Get to know the dynamism of your human body, and many of the various relationships that it has with other people, the environment and various activities in the creation that is life. ABOUT JAKE CARTER Jake has taken the world by storm educating the masses in functional medicine and nutrition for a decade, marrying both traditional medicines with conventional advances. Jake has taught in over 10 different countries, up the point of taking 54 flights in 2019 alone, teaching 20 different seminars. Jake is notorious for breaking down global self-limiting beliefs and paradigms around health and fitness, to innervate individuals to prioritise all aspects of health; ranging from hormonal, lymphatic, gastrointestinal, psychological, environmental and metaphysical factors. Jake has had the beautiful experience of working with chronically-ill, mothers struggling to conceive, businessmen-women through to professional athletes. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: Jake escaping Victorian borders during lockdown. Skin Cancer Pale white skin people increasing their ability to absorb the sun and get a tan. Sun and skin calluses to build resilience burning and harmony with the sun. Causes of skin cancer Related article: Do You Really Think the Sun Causes Skin Cancer? Using viruses to treat cancer and anti-biotic resistant bacteria. The epidemic of depression and suicide. The importance of bacteria and viruses for holistic health. Candida supporting the health of Alezeimers Bacteria to offset breast cancer. Jake’s Story Transitioning from a personal trainer focusing on hot abs, muscles and looks, to a holistic functional health practitioner. The Potential Dangers of High Amounts of Exercise & Training Don’t train within 40 hours of getting blood work done – as the inflammatory markers are higher + other changes in the body. The balance of Working Out and Working In. “You can only train as hard as you can recover.” Eating Disorders Orthorexia An eating disorder where there is an obsession with eating foods that one considers healthy. Anorexia, Eating Bulimia, Binge eating, and more. Intuitive Eating. The Epidemic of Body Dissatisfaction Healing Eating Disorders Zinc and it’s important role in taste, digestion, eating disorders, anorexia and rehabilitating from eating disorders. Breaking down the rigidity of counting and eating food. Sources of eating disorders – past abuse and a loss of elements of control. Breast Implants Significantly restoration of health and reduction of a variety of symptoms after getting breast implants removed. Saline implants more associated with mould toxicology. Silicon implants more associated with immune dis-regulation. DNA snips – consider genetics when considering breast implants. Applications post-surgery Implement binders like Shodana Vati, Chlorella. Glutathione post treatment. Possible stimulating NRF2 pathways. Low dose of EDTA, Vit C. The deeper yearning and root cause – self-love, comfortable. Tattoos Used in ancient times and tribes. Now increasing in popularity. Huge element of heavy metals that we can acquire from tattoos. Colour tattoos are more prone to health impacts. Chemicals from tattoos leeching into the lymphatic tissue. Metal – 5G conduction. Those with tattoos are going to have to take binders and detox support for life. Chlorella periodosa and Shodana Vati to therapeutically chelate them. Clothing to protect from nnEMF Endometriosis An inflammatory condition and immune dysfunction condition that can be debilitating. Diagnosis is missed in 1 in 5 doctors. Takes on average 7-12 years to get diagnosed. Significantly correlated with sexual and physical abuse. Good news is there is a lot you can do to help combat this. Treatment to help with Endometriosis Melatonin Jake’s extreme dosage of melatonin. Free radical scavenger. Dramatically reduce the rate of proliferation of some cancer cells. Protects neuronal damage from heavy metals like aluminium and mercury. – Chelates heavy metals. Supports respiration. Mitochondrial supporting agent. Supports mucosa in the gut. Chelating fluoride from the pineal gland. Heightening the senses. 3 different scientific papers showing melatonin helps C19. Enterochromaffin cells in the intestinal mucosa secrete 400% more melatonin than the pineal gland. Helps with mercury toxicity Helps with breast cancer The best anti-oxidant in the body. Read more about Melatonin in this article: Melatonin: The Critical Hormone & How to Optimise It Supplements The problem with probiotics Plant Medicines Jakes experience with plant medicines to download information of medicine, learn and evolve. The Carnivore Diet Oxalates An anti-nutrient – plant compounds that reduce the body’s ability to absorb essential nutrients. Absolutely correlated with kidney stones. Related with autism. – Fungal aspects produced in oxalates. Fibromyalgia and CFS – oxalates can bind onto heavy metals. Foods very high in oxalates: almonds, spinach, okra, peanuts, chocolate, soy, beetroot, swisschard, rhubarb, cashews, sesame seeds. Foods high in oxalates – eggplant, Jerusalem artichoke, potato, sweet potato, yam, blackberry, citrus peel, pomegrate, start fruit, brazil seeds, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts, pecans, pistachio, hemps, figs, guava, black tea, green tea, cinnamon, cumin, ginger, turmeric. Vit B6 is dependant vitamin for oxalates. Steven Gundry, M.D., says that consuming the lectin in beans and grains is “like swallowing razor blades that literally cut the lining in our intestines.” Jakes meticulous research into medicine and Covid-19. Jake’s content getting censored. Integrity Facing Extinction Due to emotionally fragility in the world. Honouring your calling with courage to continue despite the consequence. Choosing your actions on values, rather than personal gain. The world has never needed integrity as much as it does right now. RESOURCES CoachJakeCarter.com nnEMF Protection Clothes LAMBS Melatonin case studies: PubMed: C19 Melatonin as a potential adjuvant treatment. Melatonin inhibits covid 19 cytokine storm. Melatonin protects against mercury. Melatonin an inhibiter of breast cancer. SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. 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Ayurvedic Fertility, The Misaligned Superwoman & Juicy Radiance | Heather Grzych #043

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Fertility is not only a physiological condition required to have a baby, but is also a crucial state for overall health and a way to utilise the potent energy that is available in a woman. ABOUT HEATHER GRZYCH Heather Grzych is the author of The Ayurvedic Guide To Fertility. A board-certified Ayurvedic practitioner, she bridges the worlds of conventional and alternative medicine to help women and men heal their physical and emotional lives. Heather is on the board of directors for the National Ayurvedic Medical Association and has consulted with doctors, governments, and insurance companies. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: The Epidemic of Infertility The Australian Department of Health reports 1 in every 6 Australian couples suffers from fertility problems, which they attribute to the decision to have children later in life as well as declining sperm count. According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 10 percent, or 6.1 million, women in the United States have difficulty getting pregnant or staying pregnant each year. Male Infertility Epidemic According to the largest and most comprehensive meta-analysis of its kind published in August 2017, sperm counts around the world declined by more than 50% between 1973 and 2013, and continue to shrink. Related Reading: Sky Rocketing Male Infertility Skyrocketing Warns the Human Race Fertility is not just about having a child, it’s a by-product of good health. Ayurveda doesn’t consider fertility to be just a matter of procreation but a matter of enlivening creative intelligence within the body which becomes manifest in many ways that transcend one’s capacity to reproduce. Re-identifying the role of a woman to benefit the women The Misaligned Superwoman The challenge to harmonise between the divine masculine and the divine feminine in the workplace. Excess androgens (male hormones) in woman. Women want success financially and in their job, but they are less successful at making babies. Controlling a time to have a child. Intellectual mind dominating the primal mind. PCOS – excess androgens. The Trend of Having Children Later In Life Although we are extending our longevity as a species, we are not extending the age of our fertile window. The Physical Benefits of Having a Child in Earlier Years Freezing Eggs Your Eggs Are In Your Grandmother / You (Woman) Are Born Containing Your Grandaughter Modern science says that all your eggs in your ovaries. All of them. You don’t grow new ones in your life. While your mother was growing within your grandmother, you were one of the follicles in her teeny tiny ovaries. Ovarian Follicle – secretes hormones and has the potential to develop into healthy eggs that could be available for a future baby. This oocyte may undergo divisions to form an ovum – a mature female reproductive cell, which can give rise to an embryo, usually only after fertilisation by a male cell. If you are pregnant right now with a girl, you are carrying your daughter AND your future grandchild. This is bija dosha – and why consciousness conception ie. preconception health is so important for your future generations (plural). Don’t let the man off the hook either. Smriti Ayurveda considers this herbal formula to be particularly efficient at enlivening cellular memory of perfect health, enhancing health at a quantum level and hence in many cases increasing fertility. Sex During The Menstrual Period According to Ayurveda this is the most inauspicious thing one can do and it will severely compromise fertility. Blocking the pathway and blocking the cleansing. Reversing the flow towards upwards. Reversing the energy. Deep respect and honour for the very special event that is the menstrual cycle Ayurveda states that honoring the menstrual cycle is fundamental to promote overall health and enliven your fertility. Related Listenings: Menstrual Wisdom & Womb Care with Ayurveda | Nidhi Pandya #063 Mahasoma Podcast Episode 5 – Ayurveda for Menstruation, Pre-Conception and Conscious Conception with Dylan Smith and Laura Poole (Part 1) Synthetic Hormonal Contraceptive contributing to causing infertility Sex Fast Not only to pull back the bow for stronger ojas and fertility, but a time to perform introspection on your sexual energy, sensations, arousal levels, emotions, desire for sex – where do I put my energy when I’m not having sex? Good to practice pre-conception. Fertility Awareness Daisy: Natural Intelligent Fertility Tracker Daysy is an intelligent fertility tracker that lets you get to know your very own menstrual cycle. Thanks to Daysy, you know exactly when you are in your fertile window and when you are not. The technology-based temperature method used by Daysy is one of the most reliable methods in the world for fertility tracking. Daysy allows every woman who wants a health-conscious lifestyle to monitor her individual monthly cycle and determine her fertile and infertile days in natural harmony with her body. Check it out HERE The Ayurvedic View on Sex How much to have and when. Essential Elements for Conception The intersection between Ayurveda and fertility: Garbha Sambhava Samagri The “Fetus forming ingredients” Rtu – ideal season, in terms of fertile period in a woman. Ideal climate in the garbhashaya (uterus and fallopian tubes) for the sperm to fertilise the ovum. Sperm should enter the uterus a couple of days before ovulation. Ovulation is the release of egg or ovum from the ovary in woman. Dvadasaratram: Day 12 when artava is manifested. Days 12-16 (fertile period) is the ideal kala for conception. If not fertilised, the ovum gets distorted. “As lotus flower closes positively when the day is over, a woman’s uterus contracts after the period of conception is over (thus, does not receive the seed).” S.S. Sarira Sthana, Ch 2. Kshetra – Fertile land. Mother. Healthy womb (uterus). Good land for implantation to occurs. Implantation: the ovum which is coming towards to uterus following ovulation meets the sperm. Then fertilisation occurs. The fertilised ovum (sukra shonita) now comes into the uterine cavity and gets adhered in to the wall of the uterus. Now, uterus is home for the garbha and growing foetus until it gets matured until delivery. The first home of all living beings.

The Magic, Mystery & Science of Water | Isabel Friend #042

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify You may think water is a simple molecule, such a basic element, but the truth is, Water is NOT simple. At all. Water is actually profoundly complex and mysterious. We know very little about water. It behaves anonymously, unlike anything in the universe. And its functions completely baffles scientists. We are made of water. We are 99.92% water molecularly. We need a strategy to optimise our water! Post Fukushima and mid-fracking. The water that most of the population are drinking, showering in and made up of is very low in quality. Stripped of it’s nature, structure and life-force. We are literally bodies water living on a body of water. You better get to know yourself. ABOUT ISABEL FRIEND Isabel Friend has a borderline obsessive fascination with water. She teaches full time about water and facilitates ceremonies and host retreats about water all around the world. She’s a public speaker, certified nutritionist, Mystic dance and Integral yoga teacher and Reiki master with a passion for understanding the power of earth-based living and 5 element integration. She has also trained extensively in aromatherapy and herbalism. With 10 years of experience in the field of health, her wellness philosophy centres around the idea of being close to nature. She is a nerd who is passionate about bringing modern scientific understanding together with ancient ancestral wisdom in a way that grounds primal living strategies into our 21st century lifestyles. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: Water is Profoundly Mysterious to Modern Science The science of water completely baffles scientists because it is profoundly mysterious to modern science. How water holds the answer to life’s mysteries. 64 Anomalies of Water Water can push through hard surfaces like concrete. Water floats as it becomes more dense. Unlike any substance. Usually when a substance becomes more dense, it sinks! Quantum Coherence Anomaly Water molecules under extreme physical pressure can arrange themselves into super small hexagonal states around a ring and enter into a Quantum tunnelling state – It can pass through SOLID walls – bilocate, trilocate but also sextolocate – the same water molecule can occupy more than 6 locations at once! Simultaneously present in multiple spaces. This is similar to what is in the vedas are Siddhis (divine superhuman capabilities). Water has the ability to communicate with water all around the world. How we lack the full spectrum of elemental nourishment All the 5 Elements (PanchaMahabhutas: Space, Air, Fire, Water, Earth) are in Water. The Water Element is Feminine Water is the sacred communion of masculine and famine – Hydrogen and Oxygen. The Fourth Phase of Water The water that has a highly structured matrix of hexagonal clusters of water molecules. Bulk water that is in formation, thus stores information. Drinking, eating and absorbing fourth phase water shifts experience of hydration and therefor of being human altogether. The crystalline state of water – it acts like a crystal. Crystal If it’s in a formation, they can store information. Functions of a crystal – Absorb, Store, Eat, Amplify and Transduce. Cosmic Phases of Water Water inside star nurseries that give birth to stars and inside stars themselves. Why it is so important to consume structured water Influences the way our body generates energy (ATP). Structured water allows more effective communication between our cells. Longevity and DNA health – It determines the shape, the integrity and the electro-magnetic field of the DNA and the tele mores in the DNA. Dr. Alexis Carrel A a French surgeon and biologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912 for pioneering vascular suturing techniques. He showed the cell itself is immortal. It can live as long as it’s extra-cellular environment is optimal. The Fifth Phase of Water Ageing is Essentially the Body Drying Up Is your body optimally retaining water? You are not going to get hydrated and lubricated by drinking more water, it has to be a structured so that it going into the cells. The Importance of Lubrication High quality lipids and fats to maintain the cellular membranes and fluids so that out body can absorb specific beneficial kinds of hydrogen and water. 3 Kinds of Hydrogens Tritium – or hydrogen-3 is a rare and radioactive isotope of hydrogen Protium Deuterium – a heavier hydrogen. Double the mass of regular (Protium) hydrogen. If our channels our inadequately lubricated, we get sluggish etc. The Importance of Proper Hydration for Mental Health Only 20% of our brain function is neuro-chemical and 80% electrical. What is the electrical capacity of your osmotic flow? That is what influences mental health. And that as is influenced by proper hydration. Phase Angle as form the measure electrical capacity of osmotic flow and hydration. Dr. Van Annroy – A neurologist and psychologist who addresses hydration first. Even in cases as severe as bipolar disorder. Cancer can be traced back to intra-cellular hydration. Omega 3 vs. Omega 6 Oils The First Signs of Dehydration Brain fog Sleepiness Trouble concentrating Mood swings General irritability Thirst is one of the last signals that you are hydration. Fascia A layer which covers and surrounds blood vessels, muscles and nerves. Around 80% water. The other 20% is proteins and collagen. Your fascia water is high structured. It is a breathing, moving web of structured gel. One of your body’s main hydraulic pumps, the way your body delivers hydration to eery cell, and it delivers electrical signals faster than the nerves at the speed of light! (700 miles/hour). Healthy fascia is essential to transport hydration. The Epidemic of Chronic Dehydration Within 5 minutes of drinking water, it becomes your blood How to Structure (Thus Optimise) Your Water Think how nature does it, then mimic nature. Spring Water – Harvesting your own or getting it delivered Go to a spring and harvest your own spring water. (See Resources below how to find a spring near you). Ask the elders where a nearby spring is if you cannot find one. So alive, energised and structured that makes you feel energised. You can replace your entire body value water after

Jyotish: Celestial Organisation of Life with Vedic Astrology | Blaine Watson #041

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Vedic Astrology, or Jyotisha, utilises measures of sacred time to organise human life according to celestial forces and natural law. It helps understand human existence in a deeper perspective so that we can not only flow through effortlessly with nature’s support, but also attune with cosmic intelligence and the eternal organiser. ABOUT BLAINE WATSON Blaine has studied astrology since childhood and became interested in Vedic Astrology on a trip to India in 1980 and began studying in earnest at that time. After several years of self study in India, USA, Spain, Netherlands and Switzerland, he was personally certified as expert in Jyotish by the Dean of the Department of Sanskrit at Benares Hindu University in Varanasi, India in 1989. Blaine has been a professional astrologer for over 30 years and has more than 30,000 clients in over 30 countries. People find Blaine via word of mouth as the Vedic tradition with which he is associated does not permit me to advertise. Blaine has travelled to consult and teach in South America, the USA, Canada, Europe, Africa and India. Blaine also been trained in and is considered to be expert in Ayurveda and the Vedic system of temple architecture known as Vastu Vidya or Sthapatya Veda. Blaine learnt to meditate in high school, and has been a teacher of Transcendental Meditation for 45 years and has taught over 4,000 people on 4 continents how to meditate. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: What it takes for Blaine as a vedic astrologer to do a reading Tapping into the subtle. Becoming the clients chart. Proper Intellectual Discrimination to detach from the chart of the client. The Valuable Usage of Jyotish: “Heyam Dukham Anagatam” (Avert the danger which has not yet come). Patanjali Heyam – the future. Dukha – dangers and potential misery. Opposite of sukha (happiness). Anagatam – to be avoided and averted. That which you feel is not good potential, you have the capacity to change it, avoid it. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi How long did it take for him to gain enlightenment? What knowledge did he study? Universal Vedic People Correlations Between the Vedic people, the Sámi people (indigenous Finno-Ugric people around Finland), Indigenous culture from Peru and Aboriginal Australians. Indian or Aboriginal? Actions to Take For Those Wanting to Study Jyotish Differences between Vedic Astrology & Western Astrology Rectifying Birth Charts For those who don’t know their birth time. Prashna (Questioning) What Determines the Time of Birth? 3 views that are debated: Time of breath – when the prana enters the body. Time head comes out. Time whole body comes out. The Current C-19 Jyotish Situation & Cosmic Weather September 12/13 will be another huge shift in the collective. Why the world is more enlightened and evolved now than a few decades ago. The Year of 2020 is Going to Produce a Whole Generation of World Leaders – Babies being born during the C19 pandemic have a very significant horoscope – accomplish something of lasting significance in their lifetime. Blaine’s prediction for the upcoming US Election. The benefits of knowing your chart Solutions and Remedies to Support One’s Chart Yagya: Vedic Technology Using primordial sound vibrations and precious substances to restructure the DNA and burn off karma. Blaines personal meditation practice How Gem Stones Work for Astrology Parts of the earth resonate with different parts of the planet and light therapy. Check out our favourite Gem Stones here Brahmins and The Caste System Important for dharma. The Magi Brahmins who travelled to the west to treat an incarnation of Visnu (Jesus Christ). RESOURCES Contact Blaine for a Jyotish consultation – blainepw@gmail.com Check out other Jyotishis and Pundits (to perform Yagyas) we recommend here Related Listening: SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. Share this episode on Facebook / Share this episode on Twitter SUBSCRIBE iTunes, Spotify, Sticher, Google Play

Healing the Thyroid with Ayurveda | Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum #040

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Thyroid Disease is one of the most common health problems that we face. The thyroid gland is the only gland whose hormones affect every cell in the body. In reverse, anything in the body that is not in balance, will affect the thyroid. There are epidemics of hypothyroidism (low/under-active thyroid). Especially western countries. 15 million people in US alone have hypothyroidism and don’t even know it! Hashimotos is currently the #1 Auto-Immune disorder. Rather than giving medications, which make the thyroid gland lazy, we want to address with Ayurveda the root issues that allow for the thyroid to malfunction. ABOUT MARIANNE TEITELBAUM Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum has been in private practice for over 30 years. She has studied with several Ayurvedic doctors, including Stuart Rothenberg, M.D., and Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra. The recipient of the Prana Ayushudi Award in 2013, she lectures and writes extensively about Ayurvedic treatments for all diseases. She has been using in-depth principles of Ayurveda in her practice with outstanding results with all health problems. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: Marianne’s Guru: Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra Most of the Shakhadwipi Brahmins who settled in India still practice Ayurveda today. Just as Acharya P.V. Sharma, a famous Ayurvedic scholar, is of Shakhadwipi descent, Vaidya R K. Mishra’s ancestors issued from these migrant Shakhadwipi families. Sastras (Ancient texts) left the texts open for Vaidyas to later add to in the future. Overmedication of modern westerns causing lots of problems. The trend of Americans rejecting herbs when taken orally due to a debilitated liver. Similarly, modern Americans were becoming victims of Panchakarma as they couldn’t handle the detox methods. Prepare the channels before detox. Ensure agni is proper. “Natural” synthetic supplements and “Nutraceuticals” Isolated active ingredients synthetically made in a lab at a much higher dose – this comes riddled with side effects for the liver and kidneys. e.g. Vitamin supplements, zinc supplements, curcumin extracts, herbal extracts etc. These are not bad, but not ideal to take long term. Ayurveda, on the contrary, provides natural, holistic and very effective treatments for ailments of the Thyroid. Bhasmas (Ash of minerals and metals) Powerful nano-particle Ayurvedic medicine that can penetrate well. They can go to certain places that regular herbs cannot. The Epidemic of HypoThyroid Disease (Low/Sluggish or Under-active Thyroid) Hashimotos: The #1 Auto-Immune Disease Thyroid Medication How taking thyroid medication makes your thyroid gland lazy. It is not addressing the root cause of the problem. How to get off the medication gradually as their thyroid comes back to life and proper function. The thyroid gland is the only gland whose hormones affect every cell in the body. In reverse, anything in the body that is off, will affect the thyroid. Here’s where Ayurveda plays a major role, enlivening the cellular memory of optimum health and acting as a support for the thyroid. The effect of mercury on the thyroid Mercury goes immediately to the thyroid gland instead of the iodine. The effect of fluoride on the thyroid Fluoride in tap water – Fluoride an endocrine disruptor in the broad sense of altering normal endocrine function.” This altered function can involve your thyroid, parathyroid, and pineal glands, as well as your adrenals, pancreas, and pituitary. Fluoride has the ability to: Mimic thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) Damage the cells of your thyroid gland Disrupt conversion from the inactive form of the thyroid hormone (T4) to the active form (T3) Chlorine is also in the same family as iodine – and can displace iodine in your thyroid gland (iodine is used to create T4 and convert T4 to T3. The effect of the contraceptive pill on the thyroid Low prana, non-intelligent hormones mimicking chemicals. Causing lost of breast cancer, not allowing thyroid to work + many other issues. Coffees effect on the thyroid gland. Ionised salts effect on the thyroid gland. Instead of synthetic iodine, eat kelp or seafood. Are women more effected with hypothyroidism than men? They may have more stress, and fluctuating hormones. Maybe because they attend to their health more? Why blood tests may not detect thyroid imbalance but rather report “normal” Ayurveda, by means of the Pulse diagnosis, allows for the detection of imbalances in the thyroid earlier on in the disease process. Ayurveda has Six Stages of Disease. The thyroid panels that doctors are performing are not comprehensive enough. The effect of Soy on the thyroid gland Especially unfermented soy is not good for overall health. The Health Implications of Veganism There’s something missing. You may feel wonderful a couple years… but it has ill implications for health. Our whole body is animal protein. Over Heated Liver Constant heating can lead to autoimmune conditions. The Seven Tissues (Dhatus) and Ojas Learn more about Ojas HERE. Ethical Dairy It may very well be available near you! Try your local Hare Krsna farm. Marianne has sources of ethical dairy in USA in her book. The effect of light on the thyroid gland The importance of Vitamin D The Immune System and Auto-Immune Disorders The three components of the immune system. Auto-immune is loss of intelligence. The best yoghurt culture The reductionist approach of probiotics. The best way to consume yoghurt. Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia) A very enlightened plant. Very easy to grow. Get a cutting of the stem and grow it. Prevents the cytokine storm – fantastic for auto-immune. One of the amrita (immortal) herbs. “The great protector.” HyperThyrodism Premature cleansing The Role Of The Gall Bladder An overlooks organ. Weak thyroid = the gall bladder doesn’t empty properly. So the cholesterol becomes imbalanced. RESOURCES Mariannes website SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. 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The Pathways of Sexual, Spiritual & Creative Energies & Supremely Fulfilling Intimacy | John Gray {Podcast #039}

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Relationships of love and service and having great loving sex are fantastic innate ways to express and outlet spiritual energy. This potent energy must be directed appropriately for enlightenment, love, supreme fulfilment and a harmonious society. Join the #1 bestselling relationship author of all time, plus expert on sex, Dr. John Gray, in this rich podcast episode! ABOUT DR. JOHN GRAY John Gray is the author of the most well-known and trusted relationship book of all time, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. USA Today listed his book as one of the top 10 most influential books of the last quarter century. In hardcover, it was the #1 bestselling book of the 1990s. Dr. Gray’s books are translated into approximately 45 languages in more than 100 countries and continues to be a bestseller. Dr. Gray has written over 20 books. His most recent book is Beyond Mars and Venus. His Mars/Venus book series has forever changed the way men and women view their relationships. John helps men and women better understand and respect their differences in both personal and professional relationships. His approach combines specific communication techniques with healthy, nutritional choices that create the brain and body chemistry for lasting health, happiness and romance. His many books, blogs and free online workshops at MarsVenus.com provide practical insights to improve relationships at all stages of life and love. An advocate of health and optimal brain function, he also provides natural solutions for overcoming depression, anxiety and stress to support increased energy, libido, hormonal balance and better sleep. He has appeared repeatedly on Oprah, as well as on The Dr. Oz Show, TODAY, CBS This Morning, Good Morning America, and others. He has been profiled in Time, Forbes, USA Today, and People. He was also the subject of a three-hour special hosted by Barbara Walters. John Gray lives in Northern California was happily married for over 30 years from which came three grown daughters and four grandchildren. He is an avid follower of his own health and relationship advice. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: The greeting that is “Jai Guru Deva” How John transitioned from a pure celibate monk to a highly sexual being, and the worlds most successful relationship author and teacher on sex. The relationship between sexuality and spirituality can be expressed as the harnessing of the former to cultivate the latter. Channelling sexual energy up into the higher energy centres of the body. The Relationship between sexuality and spirituality The relationship between sexuality and spirituality is that both can be manifested as one when the appropriate state of consciousness is inhabited by those involved in the lovemaking. Healthy skepticism – required for the modern healthcare system. We are loosing our trust in doctors and public medicine. Trust is essential. It brings in the ability for the patient to let go. Surrender. Ayurveda is the opposite. The incredible public trust is being threatened – patients tell doctors things they wouldn’t tell their spouse, within seconds of meeting them! Patients are hungry for knowledge. Having sex with a stranger vs. having sex with someone you love. Sex with a Stranger/Impersonal sex – Feeling love when having sex with strangers is fake love and not sustainable, one keeps searching. It is an addiction. You “love” something that doesn’t really nourish you. Masturbation is one of them. Off-the-chart dopamine levels. Sex with someone you love has a more balancing and dynamic chemical cocktail of hormones. Used to be the “7 year itch.” Then it was the 3 year itch. And now sometimes it’s the one night stand itch. Expressing the Energy You Cultivate Putting your energy out in the world and then it reciprocates back in. Cycling the love and cycling the energy. This benefits others in the world and in relationships. Getting so high also requires you to bring the energy down. Gurus teaching celibacy but having sex. Gurus getting vilified for having sex. There’s nothing wrong with sex! But society condemns sex. Plus the gurus are teaching celibacy! Penetrating into another person through listening Establishing a relationship between lovers with a high value of spirituality and sincere love before engaging in sexuality. The dance of connecting and separating for alone time in a relationship. Leisha Vidya – Faint remains of ignorance. How to Have the Best Sex with the Same Person This is the higher teaching. Stimulating a woman to reach high estrogen levels is a necessity for the woman’s body. Rising together in unity in a Monogamous relationship. How polyamories cannot sustain that passion with one person, due to the absence of skills to sustain polarity. The importance of polarity to have a relationship of supreme love. Burn outs in marriage due to loss of sex drive. When kings had multiple wives Meditation as a way to find what your mission is here on earth. Semen Retention – To Open the Heart (but caution ⚠️ ) This is a highly advanced practice. Suppressing the natural urges as an influential cause of disease. John used to get prostate infections when practicing semen retention in the 80s. Any chronic inflection can later turn to cancer or swelling of the prostate gland. John’s (brief) approach to semen retention Exercise certain muscle groups Practice restraint – stop before the urge comes and connect with feeling of love and connection. The objective is to ramp up the sexual energy till your heart opens up and you feel more love. When that love comes, let it relax and feel the love. The role of woman – be in harmony with the man’s energy. Letting go of the attachment to orgasm. To experience orgasmic energy happening to you, within other aspects of life, rather than you grabbing onto it and controlling it. The Challenge of Women Masturbating De-sensitising the clitoris and creating a release which causes an addiction to it which creates a “fantasy oestrogen.” Where connecting with a man creates more authentic oestrogen. Gender Fluidity Honouring our gender that our human body was blessed

The Price We Pay: What Broke Healthcare & How to Fix It | Dr. Marty Makary #038

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify We need health care literacy to navigate in today’s society. It is important for individuals to get an insight into the healthcare system to understand, at least the general components of it, to receive safe and appropriate medical treatment. Dr. Marty Makary, one of the nation’s leading experts on the healthcare system, shows how much of health care spending goes to things that have nothing to do with health and what you can do about it. Dr. Makary challenges the healthcare system to remember medicine’s noble heritage of caring for people when they are vulnerable. Drawing from on-the-ground stories, his research, and his own experience, we explore price-gouging, middlemen, and a series of elusive money games in need of a serious shake-up. Dr. Makary’s work, including his book The Price We Pay, offers a roadmap for everyday civilians and business leader to get a better deal on their health care, and profiles the disruptors who are innovating medical care. The movement to restore medicine to its mission is alive and well – a mission that can rebuild the public trust and save countries from the crushing cost of health care. ABOUT DR. MARTY MAKARY Dr. Makary is a New York Times bestselling author, Johns Hopkins surgeon and Professor of Health Policy. His book The Price We Pay takes on the high cost of health care and reveals how individuals and businesses can get a better deal on their health care. Described by Steve Forbes as “a must-read for every American” and a “deep dive into the real issues driving up the cost of health care” by Dr. Don Berwick, The Price We Pay is the “The Big Short” of American Medicine. Makary is a frequent medical guest on NBC and FOX News and a leading voice for physicians, writing for the Wall Street Journal and USA today Dr. Makary is a gastrointestinal surgeon and serves jointly as on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He is an advocate for the re-design of medical care and studies innovations that improve health, reduce waste, and address the root causes of illness. He currently serves as executive director of Improving Wisely, a national physician collaboration to reduce unnecessary medical care and is the founder of Restoring Medicine, an advocacy effort to help people who can’t afford their medical bills. Dr. Makary has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine and named one of America’s 20 most influential people in health care by Health Leaders magazine. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: The increase in medical complexities and sophistication and the increase of hyper-specialisations and sub-specialisations. The Crisis of Medical Appropriateness The prestigious John Hopkins Hospital conducted a study investigating what percentage of medical care is unnecessary. 21% was the average! They asked a random group of physicians who broke it down in medications, diagnostic tests, surgeries and procedures. When you have people in the industry saying that one fifth of all the services are unnecessary, that is a crisis! The opioid crisis is one manifestation of the crisis of appropriateness. 10 years ago physicians in the US prescribed 2.4 billion prescriptions. Last year (2018) it hit 5 billion. Did disease double in the last 10 years? No, we have a crisis of appropriateness and inappropriate care. Prescriptions opioids, which is one form of the medical error of over prescribing, was the number one cause of death in the United States in people under age 50. We have the most medicalised generation in human history. At the same time we have the most sick The most obese, the most hospitalised, the most medicated, the most procedurelised, the most diagnosed, the most disabled generation in the history of the world. Revolutionising Medicine through the medical education system. The problem with medical school are the exams. Teaching regurgitation. Medical error, if it were a disease, would rank as the third leading cause of disease in the United States This study was published by Marty Makary and Michael Daniel from John Hopkins University. Anti-microbial resistance is a public health crisis This is a manufactured crisis within the healthcare system. From over prescribing, huge antibiotics in our food chain, in the air (glyphosate) and of course anti-biotics. Stopping Covid-19 corona virus in its tracks. Why “Stay At Home” is a ridiculous recommendation for corona virus Covid-19. Covid-19 may just be the fifth seasonal corona virus (in addition two the other 4 corona viruses. How has COVID-19 been as is going to be a catalyst for positive changes to this broken healthcare system. The medical system taking advantage of the elderly Part of it is the loss of the family unit. A loved one joining a senior and helping to become a partner in medical care. Connecting patients with loved ones is a key too much better outcomes. Healthy Skepticism & Trust Healthy skepticism – required for the modern healthcare system. We are loosing our trust in doctors and public medicine. Trust is essential. It brings in the ability for the patient to let go. Surrender. Ayurveda is the opposite. The incredible public trust is being threatened – patients tell doctors things they wouldn’t tell their spouse, within seconds of meeting them! Patients are hungry for knowledge. The true heritage and purpose of hospitals and doctors Price Gouging Medicinal Services Quarter million dollars to half a million dollars – for an air ambulance. Air ambulances do save lives, but when they break their leg on a ski mountain with a quarter million dollar bill. Keep in mind Uber and Lift and ground transportation can be sufficient if it is not emergency. Plus! they will be at your home quicker than an ambulance. There was one accident scene where one victim was there, and 7 air helicopters showed up on the scene to get the business. Where do you think all this money is going that we pay for in health insurance premiums? It is essentially coming from you and all those that pay health insurance. Price fluidity is proof of how price gouging is occurring. – Negotiating. How can anyone accept a

Amplified Healing Capabilities & Ayurvedic Counselling | Dr. Suhas G. Kshirsagar {Podcast #037}

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Purify and divinely develop yourself by doing the inner work. This cultivates inner healing capabilities. Then use that energy (shakti / siddhi) to profoundly influence and heal others. This episode of The Vital Veda Podcast explores encyclopaedic Vedic wisdom that is the seed of Ayurvedic medicine” “The Science of Healing & Higher Consciousness.” DR. SUHAS G. KSHIRSAGAR, BAMS, MD (AYU. INDIA) Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar is a classically trained Ayurvedic physician and a gold medalist from prestigious Pune University. A Rig Vedic Bramhin by tradition and an accomplished clinician, he adds tremendous value to his clients and students. He is an insightful Medical Astrologer and Vedic Counsellor. He worked with His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for over 10 years. During these years he and his wife Dr. Manisha, traveled extensively all around the world, teaching Ayurvedic Medicine, Jyotish, designing courses & curriculums, directing Ayurvedic Clinics and helping design new Ayurvedic formulations. He was the Chairman for Maharishi College of Vedic Medicine, a Professor at Maharishi University of Management and the Medical Director, at the Raj Pancha-Karma center in Fairfield IA. He is a motivational speaker, presenting Ayurvedic Wisdom and sharing stage with Deepak Chopra, Tony Robbins, Wayne Dyer, Dr. Oz and many other leaders in the field. He currently leads an Ayurvedic Clinic offering PanchaKarma, Diet & Lifestyle consults, Vedic Astrology, Vedic Counselling, Medical dietology & herbal medicine. He currently teaches the “Ayurvedic Wellness Counsellor” & “Ayurvedic Wellness Practitioner” programs to over 200 students, at different locations in United States. One of the most academically accomplished Ayurvedic Physicians in the United States. A clinician who has treated more than 15000 clients successfully Lead faculty at several Ayurvedic institutions, worldwide Lead Formulator of Zrii & NutriiVeda Ayurvedic Consultant, Faculty: Chopra Center for Well being Research Consultant for numerous Ayurvedic Nutraceuticals One of the only Ayurvedic Physician’s practicing Medical Astrology in USA Featured presenter at NAMA, ACVA and several other organisations IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: The Rk Vedic Bramhin Tradition: The Seed of all the other Vedas Body of vedic knowledge that is encyclopaedic. The source/seed of all the vedic tradition and knowledge vedas. The oldest veda. It beholds the totality of all vedas. Holistic (dynamic/silence) Human physiology expressing the Veda: Rk Veda constitutes the holistic aspect of Natural Law. It therefore covers all aspects of the physiology. Mantra purusha value: the vibrational primordial sound of mantra functions perfectly and orderly. The most subjective of all the Vedas. The other Vedas get more and more objective. Upaveda: Dhanurveda* (various views) Why Ayurveda was created before humanity and as old age nature Dr. Suhas G. Kshirsagar’s time with his holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi He gathered and cultivated a large movement of Vaidyas and spread Ayurveda, Jyotish, meditation, and other aspects of the Veda to the west. Re-enlivened it. He brought the vedic tradition in to modern science laboratories. Through enlivening Veda in the west with modern science, he re-inspired Vedic knowledge in India. Practicing Ayurveda in the West Not having an “arsenal” of Ayurvedic resources when consulting outside of India. The importance of diet and lifestyle and kitchen spices. Yukti Using what you have available to you, increase your flexibility to be able to treat others. Combing psycho emotional response and stress and Vedic Astrology (Jyotish). Being aware of the cosmic weather (jyotishi) everyday and how that may influence the clients you see. Qualities of a Vaidya (Ayurvedic physician) Daksha – Able, eligible, disciplened. Shastras – all shastras needs to be learned. Having detailed knowledge about diseases and treatments. Drsta Karma – practical experience of treatments. Practically seeing (drsta) the action. Suchi – cleanliness. actually means purity – kaya (physical cleanliness), vacha (pure speech – have to feel the patient as your child. Have to see the God in the patient), 2/3 of Ayurvedic Cikitsa (treatment) is related to the union of Veda and human mind Hand of Destiny, grand scheme of things. Sattva – boost ones moral stand, will power and discipline. Yukti – herbs, diet, lifestyles, panchakarma. “Health is a biproduct of enlightenment…The purpose of any Ayurvedic session is to enlighten them [the patient] to the best of their ability and put them onto a spiritual evolutionary path.” ~ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi There we can manage the mind, the indriya (sensory organs), motor organs. The Art & Science of Vedic Counselling A guiding role that has taken many forms such as the guru, pundit (priest), acharya (sage), or vaidya, or those with such a role. Such as could be found in each village or community, who provide guidance in all aspects of life, including recommending healing practices, rituals, Yoga, mantra and meditation to help us overcome our difficulties in life and to promote overall well-being. Mental health starts at the embryological level. The Alarming Mental Health Epidemics Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in USA. Perfection of a Healer The patients make you capable of you helping them. The importance of Sadhana (rituals and routine) for counselling. – To charge you up and make you vital. The importance of Suchi (purity) of a physician or counsellor. How it provides the physician with power and divine capabilities to heal (siddhis) and take the medicine to a complete different level. Suchi Chikitsa – the purity of the treatment. Siddha Mantra & Siddha Vaidya (Divine Capabilities of Physicians) Siddha Vaidya is like a mantrica (mantra) – you may say the same thing, but the way you say it would register in the person so deeply that it works as a mantra. Chita Hasta (Healing power of touch) Whatever you touch has the ability to heal. Whether it is in the form of pulse, treatments, or preparing medicines. ~ From Rk Veda. Business and work life is taking away your happiness. The impact of circadian rhythms. “Janapada Dhwamsa” = Epidemics according to Ayurveda. “If you don’t have time for anything else you will find time to get sick.” Dr. Suhas G. Kshirsagar Covid-19 and Nature’s Divine Plan A way of nature trying to slow us down. Manifested due to adharma. Extreme weather patterns is the first way nature changes. The relationship with jyotishi (vedic astrology). Dr. Suhas G. Kshirsagar believes the collective consciousness related to pandemics were

Expanded Medical Awareness, Parasites, Detoxification, Stealth Infections | Dr. Jessica Peatross #036

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Getting to know other constituents and elements (like heavy metals and electromagnetic fields) and the micro-organisms like (parasites, bacteria, viruses) that we share an intimate connection with. It is important that we understand how we relate to these organisms, substances and energetic fields to appropriately take measures in our life that propitiate immune care and that are in alignment with genuine perfect health. ABOUT DR. JESSICA PEATROSS Functional Medical Doctor, stealth infection expert and Gerson therapy practitioner, Dr. Jessica Peatross is a well respected and highly sought after medical professional that functions holistically rather than chemically. After 6 years in the hospital, it became evident that the ‘pill for every ill’ approach was not improving the health or lives of her patients. After leaving Western medicine, she began to educate herself on the aspects of health that she was not taught in medical school and she continues to learn more every day. Her goal is for you to have access to the information she provides so that you can “Be Your Own Best Doctor! Credentials, Education, & Achievements Licensed by the State of California Medical Board Top 1/3 of class Board Certified in Internal Medicine Worked as a hospitalist for six years before getting functional training Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and a minor in psychology from the University of Louisville Trained in Gerson therapy, an alternative and intensive treatment for cancer Trained in Ozonotherapy and Neuroemotional Technique Former medical director at Adventist Hospital in Oregon Expert in Cannabis, CBD, and Stealth Infections including Lyme & Mould IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: Triggering peoples cognitive dissonance. The greek world “Apocalypse” means “to uncover.” The rise of auto-immune conditions due to over-sterilisation. Over-sterilisation is contrary to what Ayurveda considers optimum immune care. It very often leads to a dormant or less-responsive immune system that is not effective when having to defend the body from viruses & bacteria. Epstein Barr Virus Most of us have chronic or previous exposure to Epstein Barr in the blood. But what makes so many people susceptible to re-activation or complications from this viral load? Stress + toxic load triggers the virus and additionally can bring on auto-immunity. Testing for Epstein Barr Virus – need to have not just an IGM, but also and IGG looking at past infections, + more. Need to have a doctor who is literate in this area. Parasites Symptoms worse around full moon. Because the life cycle of the parasites is correlated with the moon cycles, and at full moon they replicate – ojas, soma, May be related with EMF of the full moon. Cleanse at full moon. Testing is not efficient: Stool is inadequate because only dead parasites will come out. Uses PCR to look for DNA. The reality is! everyone has parasites! and testings may not be so effective. They are little stealth buggers and can hide well. They have an affinity for heavy metals. Symptoms: Grind teeth, rectal itching at night (parasites come out of the rectum at midnight), worse around full moon, diary intolerance. Terrane vs. germ theory. The influence of EMF on parasites. Getting the body to heal itself. Best practices for immune care. Heavy Metals Mercury, copper, iron blocking certain pathways. Heavy Metals relationship with nnEMF Relation with EMF – Antenna. Studies confirm wifi and even X-rays accelerate the release of the heavy metal and neurotoxin mercury from mercury amalgams. Studies show they double the release of mercury reals. We are electrical beings – life is made up of frequency. This is why EKGs, EEGs and EMGs exist. Our brains run on electrical potential in the firing of neurons and whose heart pumps only because of an electrical circuit. Studies show a change in the virulence of pathogens like listeria and E. coli. They can evade antibiotics easier. Lead – can cause anxiety. Copper As medicine or toxin. Copper IUD disrupting hormones and causing estrogen dominance. Kreb cycle to make ATP gets messed up. Learn more about copper here The Three Waste Products (Tri Malas) According to Ayurveda Sveda (Sweat) Mutra (Urine) Purisha (Faeces) Sweating We don’t do it enough. Don’t over heat the head – keep it cool (e.g. in Saunas) and ensure proper hydration. How to work out. Immune care 101: If things aren’t circulating properly – stagnant bile, blood, breath, bowels or lymph your immune system will become weak and imbalance will occur. Activates heat shock proteins activate mitochondria and give energy. increase immunity fight alzeimers and cancer by refolding mis-folded proteins. Sweat is MORE efficacious at removing BPA & polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from plastic & some heavy metals like arsenic, mercury & cadmium than even urine! Coffee Enemas Not for everyone. Learn more about enemas here. How to deal with dogma’s that are engrained in certain western medical doctors Lyme Disease More common than breast cancer. Lyme gets passed through pregnancy if not managed. Similar to syphilis (STI caused a bacterium) so could be passed sexually. So dynamic. Can relapse. Shallwo breathing, detox pathways blocked. Address gut health, energy, liver, activate detoxifcation. Moulds relationship with Lyme. The relationship between karma and diseases. Gerson Therapy Alternative Treatment for cancer. Stealth infections and environmental toxicities lead to cancer. The dynamic stealth micro organism that is mould Learn more about mould here RELATED LISTENING RESOURCES Wellness Education by Dr. Jess Peatross SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. Share this episode on Facebook / Share this episode on Twitter SUBSCRIBE iTunes, Spotify, Sticher, Google Play

Sparking a Wellness Pandemic, Heat to Treat Viruses, Enhancing Our Water To Enhance Our Health | Apocaloptimist Dr. Marc Cohen #035

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Wellness can be just as contagious as illness and our greatest hope is to spark a wellness pandemic that will help us become positively well and realise worldwide wellness. One of Australia’s pioneers on integrative medicine and holistic wellness, Professor Marc Cohen, shares how to thrive through radical transformation. How to enhance resilience and create communities, lifestyles and environments that enhance wellbeing. ABOUT PROFESSOR MARC COHEN Professor Marc Cohen is one of Australia’s pioneers of integrative medicine and holistic wellness and has made significant impacts on education, research, clinical practice and policy. He is a registered medical practitioner with degrees in western medicine, physiology and psychological medicine along with PhDs in Chinese medicine and biomedical engineering. Dr. Marc with his beloved Tulsi plants In 2002 he became Australia’s first Professor of Complementary Medicine and Head of the Department of Complementary Medicine at RMIT University, which was by far the largest such department in the country with around 100 staff and 1000 students. He currently leads wellness research within the School of Health and Biomedical Sciences at RMIT University and serves as Program Leader for postgraduate wellness programs along with teaching undergraduate courses on Medical Diagnosis and Medical Examination. He is a Board Member of the Global Wellness Summit, Past-President (from 2000-2007) of the Australasian Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA), a member of the RACGP-AIMA Joint Working party and sits on the Editorial Board of five international journals. Prof Cohen has previously held positions as Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education at Monash University, Expert Advisor to the TGA Complementary Medicine Evaluation Committee, Member of the NHMRC Grant Review panel on Primary Healthcare, Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the National Institute of Complementary Medicine and multiple ministerial appointments on various Registration and Accreditation Panels. He previously held the position as Director of the Centre for Complementary Medicine at the Monash Institute for Health Services Research. As a medical practitioner and researcher Prof Cohen has pioneered the introduction of complementary, holistic and integrative medicine into mainstream settings. He has been involved in two landmark surveys of Australian General Practitioners and their attitudes towards, and use of, complementary medicines, which were instrumental in the development of the AMA policy on complementary medicine and the establishment of the RACGP-AIMA Joint Working Party on Integrative Medicine. He has also been involved in establishing acupuncture as a form of standard care in emergency department settings and developing hospital policy on practitioner accreditation as well as co-authoring many high level reports including a report for the World Health Organisation on quality assurance in CM education, a report for the National Asthma Council on CM in Asthma, and a report for the Victorian Department of Human Services on the risks and regulatory requirements of naturopathy and western herbal medicine, which was used to inform policy development for the regulation of natural medicine practitioners. Prof Cohen has published more than 90 peer–reviewed articles, authored more than 20 book chapters and edited 8 books on holistic wellness & health as well as co-authoring the landmark text; “Herbs and Natural Supplements an Evidenced Based Guide”, with the first two editions being short-listed for an Australian Publishing Award in the scholarly reference section. He is also co-editor with Oxford University’s Prof Gerry Bodeker of the landmark text ‘Understanding the Global Spa Industry’ which is the first academic book documenting the global spa and wellness industry. He writes a regular monthly column for Prevention Magazine and is regularly requested to examine PhD thesis from many local and international universities and peer-review articles for numerous international scientific journals. Prof Cohen has extensive experience in running clinical trials and other multidisciplinary projects. He has been involved in running more than 10 industry-funded randomized controlled trials as well as being CIA on two NHMRC funded trials on the use of yoga for geriatric insomnia and the use of acupuncture for analgesia in Emergency Departments. Prof Cohen is currently involved in research into various aspects of holistic wellness & health including the use of organic foods in reducing pesticide exposure, the use of yoga and meditation for insomnia and stress, and the use of various therapies and lifestyle interventions for detoxification from environmental chemicals. Prof Cohen is one of the most active people in Australia when it comes to organising conferences on holistic and integrative medicine. He has organised more than 10 International Holistic Health Conferences and in 2003 he chaired the Organising Committee for the First World Congress on Chinese Medicine. He also organised the Complementary Medicine Symposium at the XIIIth World Congress on Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics as well as organising the RMIT School of Health Sciences Research Conferences from 2005-2007. He sat on the Scientific Committees for the Third International Conference on Complementary Medicine Research and National Prescribing Service Scientific Conference and currently sits on the Board of the Global Wellness Summit. In this last role he has been involved in commissioning and conducting landmark econometric research into the global wellness economy and been instrumental in the development and implementation of the free online evidence based portal wellnessevidence.com As well as organising conferences, Prof Cohen is a sought after presenter and has been an invited speaker at more than 100 conferences including more than 40 international and 40 national conferences in Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Switzerland, China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, The Philippines, New Zealand, The United States and Hong Kong. Prof Cohen’s impact on the field is recognised by the media and he has received four consecutive RMIT Media Star Awards as well as the inaugural award for leadership and collaboration from the National Institute of Complementary Medicine. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: The Biological Implications of Fear and Emergency Fear comprises the immune system When stress hormones are released in the body, all your energy is sent to the outside of the body, to the peripheral. All functions not relating to flight or fight are shut down.

Embracing Change Enthusiastically, Navigating Crisis & Nature’s Play | Gary Gorrow {Podcast #034}

When you embrace change enthusiastically, you have a say and influence in how the change occurs. Look at this opportunity with great enthusiasm. An opportunity to challenge the assumptions of everything. Is the ever repeating known you are indulging in really the most evolutionary thing you can be doing? A mass awakening is on the brink of dawning. But we need to get radical. Get radical by radiating absolute bliss amongst the collective, in the streets, in the grocery stores. Get radical by enthusiastically enjoying your self and having fun! This is episode part 2 on how to navigate during crisis’s and pandemics. View part 1 here. Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT GARY GORROW Gary has earned a reputation as one of the best in the meditation field and is respected among his peers as a ‘teacher of teachers’. He has worked with thousands of people from all walks of life and his services are sought after by some of the world’s leading companies. Gary is passionate about empowering people with techniques that enable them to re-engineer their lives inside and out. He is a practical and down to earth character who dedicates himself solely to working with people to maximise performance and success in their personal and professional lives. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS Is There Such a Thing as Right and Wrong Right and wrong are relative terms and, therefore, nothing in existence can be said to be absolutely right the absolutely wrong. Everything in creation is so intimately connected with every other thing that is not possible to completely distinguish existence of one thing from another. In the state of cosmic consciousness, when individual mind gains the status of cosmic mind, they function on the high level of right life and naturally unaffected by the influences of wrong. For those his consciousness is not raised to the level of cosmic consciousness, we must find an adequate criterion for right and wrong. How to Deal With Frustration about Pandemic The growing distrust about the narrative run by the mainstream media and its various agencies. The Vedic View on this Pandemic Universality and Diversity The three realms to consider: Gross, relative, surface of the event. Subtle – is there a motive behind this? Was this a spontaneous event? Is there a ruling elite that are leveraging on this crisis? Transcendent. The interplay of very contrasting forces at times. Everyone lives and acts according to their level of consciousness. The mixture of old and new souls on the planet. Never denounce anything or anyone. That is a violent act. Feeling more deeply into your own inner wisdom and sensibility. Ignorant and dark forces are a catalyst for people to gain a greater perspective. A condition that all humans suffer from: we all seek confirmation bias. We tend to exclude everything that doesn’t confirm what we hold to be true. In society we all benefit from rich and dynamic exchange of various view points. Once an idea gets adopted by the collective. It somehow gets embedded into the belief systems. What’s coming next in the playbook? Questioning the system has become forbidden. The truth is now irresponsible. Almost as if it hangs a sign on the front door saying “free thinkers are not welcome here.” Rebellious nature Gives a balanced perspective and not blindly accept things. Honouring our individual nature and the flavour of our personality. Not ignoring it. Bystanders They know the truth but are choosing to ignore to some extent and take no action. Why are gurus and spiritual leaders not speaking up? Only the medical profession. The various ways and roles spiritual leaders can play and are playing during crisis and pandemic. The Mental Gunas (Qualities / Mental Doshas) Sattva (purity) Rajas (stimulation) Tamas (inertia) By increasing purity and lightness of being (sattva), we ultimately reduce the excess stimulation and irritability (rajas) as well as inertia and darkness (tamas). How to increase sattva hence reduce tamas and rajas. What happened to the celestial beings who existed along side the humans, and then disappeared. Realising Our Potential We see only 1-2% of the visual spectrum and hear only 1-2% of the audio spectrum. So there is an enormous amount of information which we don’t perceive in our normal waking conciseness. Vedic view is that there is a subtler level of creation which is the realm of these angelic divine beings, and also their opposite. The mass awakening and permeation of divine beings that is near and upon us (early May 2020). Time for Radical Action & a Mass Awakening Civil disobedience has to be this new fashion. Get radical by radiating absolute bliss amongst the collective, in the streets, in the grocery store. Get radical by enthusiastically enjoying your self and having fun! RESOURCES “The masters of war” – song Bob Dylan wrote about the “money machine.” Peter Joseph – brilliant mind in regards to these matters of industrial economic systems. SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. Share this episode on Facebook / Share this episode on Twitter SUBSCRIBE iTunes, Spotify, Sticher, Google Play

Transforming Crisis Into Opportunity & Embracing Uncertainty | Gary Gorrow {Podcast #033}

How do you navigate through uncertainty? How can you thrive whilst going through a time of radical change? You may have gained a greater understanding and perspective on the medical reality of the germ that is Covid-19, thus do not fear it, however, whilst gaining perspective you may have been exposed to the dark truth and hidden agendas that are involved in this “plannedemic.” How do we interact with these evil and dark forces? How do we support the light, the positive and enlighten the collective? If you retaliate against evil, you lower yourself to the level of the wrong. Rather let the wrong be just a drop in the ocean of your virtue. And what really is the bigger picture behind all this? Gary Gorrow is interviewed to share wisdom on the greater perspective view on all this. Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT GARY GORROW Gary has earned a reputation as one of the best in the meditation field and is respected among his peers as a ‘teacher of teachers’. He has worked with thousands of people from all walks of life and his services are sought after by some of the world’s leading companies. Gary is passionate about empowering people with techniques that enable them to re-engineer their lives inside and out. He is a practical and down to earth character who dedicates himself solely to working with people to maximise performance and success in their personal and professional lives. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS Biological fear chemistry The problem with fear is that is shuts down our executive functions, compromises our immunity and ultimately disempowers us. Questioning the programming of our culture. Gandhi was powerful because he has the support of many people. A human empowered movement will be able to rewrite an entire system of humanity. How to we react and relate to this evil or negative force of nature. If you resist evil you must stoop to that level fo evil, and furthermore you are responsible for the evil influence you produce by retaliating. If you retaliate you lower yourself to the level of the wrong. Rather let the wrong be just a drop in the ocean of your virtue. Let the impurities of the atmosphere find a refuge in the ocean of purity in your heart, in the unfathomable joy of your inner pure conscience. ~ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Science of Being and Art of Living “Knowledge Eliminates Fear” – Rk Veda. Knowledge means perspective. Opposite forces are not opposed, but they are in relationship. There is a connection between light and dark, good and bad, night and day. There has always been an interplay of opposites. Heaven and hell, Dharma and Adharma, Health and Disease, Enlightenment and Ignorance. Darkness is rising up and challenging the increase of consciousness. The Four Yugas (Eras) Krita Yuga / Sat Yuga (The Sinless Age of Purity) Treta Yuga (When evil sprouted in the hearts of the men of the treta yuga). Dwapara Yuga (An age of conflict and men doubted the very nature of truth). Kali Yuga (The Age of Ignorance) Raksas’s (Dark or Negative Forces) Raksas’s get their food and sustenance from manipulation and fears. Show your love and appreciation for those dark forces. Salute them. <h5class=”p1″>The gift of the dark: it comes to challenge. The darkness rises to prompt people to awaken and dive into action. Appreciate the play of creation, light and dark, and realise it’s your role to be aware of those forces and love them. Tactic: Fear Sensationalism Get people into a state of hyper-arousal, get them to contract, and then you can have them. But what about if people were able to become fearless. Then none of that would work. Ignorance ain’t bliss. Ignorance is a disaster. As people begin to look into that they start to feel so uncomfortable. Fear is the poison to the soul and it dulls the light of the world. Collective Relationships and Alliances When you transcend the fear of wanting happiness only for yourself, and too much stressing on that and too much thinking about that, rather think of others needs and you’ll actually get more happy and more fulfilled. Questioning the design of our living. Working or spending the best part of your day in a building or institution. Is that the best use of my life energy? Now more than ever, it has never been better for a whole system redesign. There’s a big correction. We are being asked to reassess. We need more visionaries to lead humanity. Collectively embracing radical change. Let’s not go back to how the world was, let’s create something new. COVID-19 is a spiritual bootcamp everyone has been enlisted to. Enjoy the show. The importance of the mind. RESOURCES “The masters of war” – song Bob Dylan wrote about the “money machine.” Peter Joseph – brilliant mind in regards to these matters of industrial economic systems. SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. Share this episode on Facebook / Share this episode on Twitter SUBSCRIBE iTunes, Spotify, Sticher, Google Play

Gut Health for Mental Health + Microbiome Wisdom | Kriben Govender #032

An exciting area of modern science is exploring the connection between the gut microbiome and mental health. It so happens the brain and gut are intimately connected by a bi-directional communication pathway that has been dubbed the gut-brain axis. There’s plenty of evidence that stress and violence will negatively affect one’s microbiome, mood, immunity and bodily functions. According to Ayurveda, 85%-99% of health concerns originate as digestive imbalance – “manda agni” The collective of micro-organisms that dominate the human body, the microbiome, play a very large role in gut health, mental health, and basically all biological functions. We are 90% bugs. Most of the cells in our body are microbial. We need to get more familiar with the microbes that dominate our gut. Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT KIRBEN GOVENDER Kriben Govender, is a Food Scientist, Registered Nutritionist and Founder of Nourishme Organics, a company specialising in Gut Health and Mitochondrial health-focused products and Allele Microbiome – a provider of cutting edge Metagenomic Stool Testing and Deuterium Testing. With more than 20 years of Food industry experience in the field of Research and Development, Quality Assurance and Procurement, Kriben intimately understands the food supply chain and the interaction between diet and the gut microbiome. He has personally visited more than 100 food processing sites across the world. Kriben is an expert in the art of making fermented foods like Kefir, Kombucha and fermented vegetable etc and was a Judge in the 2019 RASV Australia Food Awards. He is the host of one of Australia’s leading Nutrition Podcasts – The Gut Health Gurus Podcast where he frequently interviews health experts from around the world. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS Kriben’s current anxiety and gut issues that are manifesting in the stressful times of COVID-19. Kriben’s struggle with anxiety and depression Then corporate work further exacerbating his stress. Taking a nuclear anti-biotic that altered the composition of his gut microbiome and changed his mental health overnight. He was suicidal and ready to end his life, then learned about the relationship between mental health and the gut microbiome through the gut-brain axis. What is the Microbiome The collective of microbiome – Bacteria, yeast, viruses parasites. The gut-brain axis is a bi-directional communication pathway. Most of the communication is going from gut to brain via the vegas nerve into the brain. Stress can alter the micro-organisms in the gut. There is no such thing as a good and bad parasite or virus. It is all about harmony and balance. Some when out of balance can create disease. The Important Purpose of Viruses in Nature They are the only things that can quickly change our genome. COVID-19 in problematic because it is novel – we have never been exposed to it and have not developed herd immunity to it. Viruses are natures Scientists have been using Corona viruses to implement gene therapy protocols for many years. Mitochondria Ancient microbes Modern mitochondrial insults – nnEMF, chemicals, air pollution, artificial lighting, unclean water, over consumption of sugar. Damaged mitochondria leads to poor immunity. GABA in the Gut Gamma-Aminobutyric acid – an amino acid produced by the brain. Chief inhibitory neurotransmitter. Reducing neuronal excitability – relaxation, reduces stress, increases calm, balances mood, alleviates pain and helps with sleep. – “The brakes of the brain.” Responsible for the regulation of muscle tone. Food sources – Kefir, yoghurt, whole grain, walnuts, almonds, citrus, berries, spinach, broccoli. Seratonin A study showed 95% of serotonin production occurs in the gut. 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors or 5-HT receptors, or serotonin receptors are derived from the gut. Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) inhibits 5-HT re-uptake (reabsorption of the neurotransmitter – important because it allows for recycling of neurotransmitters and how their release lasts). Dopamine Responsible for cognitive functions such as decision making, attention, memory, motivation, and reward. A study showed how Dopamine is produced in the gut by showing a “considerable urinary excretion of dopamine metabolites indicates that large amounts of dopamine are produced in unknown locations of the body.” Microbes affect how people metabolise these compounds, regulating the amount that circulates in the blood and brain. Enteric Nervous System Second brain. Located in the gut. A nervous system the size of a cats brain. All your nerve plexuses end in your gut. Modulated peristalsis, going to the toilet. Everything starts from umbilicus. Butyrate / Butyric Acid and Leaky Gut From butyric acid – a health beneficial short chain fatty acid. It got its name from the latin word for butter, butyrum. Your gut bacteria produces butyrate from prebiotic fibres in plant foods. Specifically clostridium butyricum. While is was first discovered in butter, ghee is the highest source of this superfood. Reduces anxiety and depression. Provides neuro-protective effects. Helps digestion by maintaining integrity of the GI mucosa and gut lining. Can plug a leaky gut. Intestinal permeability – in a healthy barrier, tight functions are relaxed allowing water and nutrients to pass through. It is the main energy source for colonocytes, the cells which make up your gut lining. – Unlike other cells in the body which use glucose (sugar) as the main energy source. Colonocytes help provide an oxygen-free environment in which beneficial gut microbes thrive. Inhibits growth of unwanted bacteria in the gut and interfered with the growth of toxic bacteria. Anti-inflammatory. Encourages growth of the beneficial bacteria like Bifidobacterirum. Supports and regulates healthy bowel motions. Supports the health of intestinal mucosa during inflammatory bowel conditions. Supports health cholesterol. Increases cellular energy production. Reduction in fatty tissue and hunger levels. Triggers for leaky gut Beer Chilli Elevated blood glucose levels which can come from processed foods and sugars. Improve tight junctions in the gut lining Flavanoids (fresh fruits), omega 3 fatty acids, sea-weed, glutamine (fermented veggies, broccoli, bone broth collagen peptides), sulforafan (broccoli and broccoli sprouts), vitamin D (sun), Vitamin A (cod liver oil, sardines), Zinc (oysters), Butyrate, sulforaphane, some probiotics (MegaSporeBiotic), and Kefir. Circadian Medicine Light signalling. Reduce artificial blue light, especially after sunset, since that increases cortisol and reduces melatonin. Use blue light blocking glasses. Both Kriben and I recommend RA optics (discount code: VITALVEDA) Download iris tech to shield your computer screen from blue light. Your digest fire (agni) is resulted by the sun. Have a good lunch and light

Bees: Crucial Beeings for Health on Earth | Simon Mulvany #031

After listening to this podcast, I am sure you will look at bees differently. Your awareness of this creature who shares the earth with us will shift. Bees are Natures Alchemists Bees take all the most concentrated and refined products of plants and then concentrate and refine them further. Whilst human herbalists work roots, seeds, bark and leaves, Bees work with the bits we are just too clumsy to handle. This podcast is more for the lame person who are not intimate with bees, rather than well seasoned bee keepers. Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT SIMON MULVANY Simon is a solider on the front line protecting the bees, protecting our honey, protecting the Australian and worldwide economy of bee keepers, honey farmers, and protecting our environment! He is very knowledgeable on Melittology or Apicology, scientific study of bees. Basically, Simon is a hippie who started writing fascinatingly intelligent blog posts about bees, including writing about imported and adulterated honey in Australia, which attracted a lawsuit against one of the big honey corporations. He’s beyond passionate when it comes to bees. ? IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS Bees are the most studied create on earth. Bees mentioned in The Vedas Flowers are representation of the cosmic energy of the sun. Light workers of the sun. They take that pollen into their dark hive and alchemise sun-golden amrit (nectar). Bees are the collective consciousness of the flowers and further than that, the sun. The buzzing sound of bees came from a goddess who resides in the heart chakra and emitted this buzzing, humming noise, imitated in Vedic chants, representing the primordial sound of the universe “When the honey-lash comes bestowing gifts, there life’s breath, and there immortality has settled down…Luster shall be sustained… O Asvins, lords of Brightness, anoint me with the honey of the bee, that I may speak forceful speech among men.” Honey whip of the Aswini twins in Arthava Veda Vegan Policies and Honey & Bee Products Interacting, cultivating and consuming bee products in a respectful and sustainable way can be more sustainable for the earth than avoiding honey. Rather than letting the bees go on suicide mission to pollinate broad acre mono-culture farms like almond farms. Bee Venom Therapy One of the first form of acupuncture. Immune boosting, anti-inflammatory, nerve tissue balancing and more. See the full benefits of Bee Venom Therapy here Bees as a foundational important element in a healthy ecology Our ecosystem will collapse without them. At least 1/3 of all food is pollinated by bees! At least 90 commercially grown crops depend upon bee pollination for survival. Without bees, there would be no almonds, apples, blueberries, cherries, avocados, cucumbers, onions, grapefruit, oranges and pumpkins would also disappear. 1 Bee would produce 3000 almonds. Bees are the undisputed champions of the pollination world. And their secret weapon? Sight. The importance of Pollination Water damaged building exposure is the key that turns normal sinus fungus into bad guy fungus. This is how mould can be spread from partner to partner. Native Indigenous Bee Species Australia has over 1650 species of native bees. They are essential pollinators. But they are driven away from this job mainly due to pesticides and insecticides. They don’t live in hives, they live underground or in holes in trees. To attract threatened indigenous bees, plant indigenous plants. We cannot get much honey from the native bees. The spiritual insight of observing bees Live together in colonies. No hierarchy. If bees are dying or collapsing, it is giving us an indicator that us a species are doing something that opposes evolution. Bee Hives are a Super Organism They all have a very cohesive role. Swarming One of the most beautiful things Simon has seen. How 90,000 mind work together in harmony. It is their nature to swarm of honey bees. It is how the super organism reproduces. Some people try to stop it because they invade other people property. Fair enough. But create empty boxes for the swarm to colonise or keep on building on their current hive. The virgin queen mates with up to 80-100 drones (the male) mate during a swarm. Every drone that mates with the queen, dies. Sexual suicide. Queen Bee In most cases, the mother of ALL the bees in the hive. Can be 30,000-60,000 children! all who are siblings. She lays 2000 eggs/day, that’s more than 1 per minute! And mostly all those eggs hatch. Perhaps more appropriately called Mother Bee since she has no power of the colon. Rudolf Steiner predicated a massive crisis of bees loosing their identity (ego) due to artificial insemination of queens. He predicted a colony collapse disorder. Big crisis in 70 years (1990). Imagine not evolving past a teenager. People would forget how to be an adult. Cuddle Death / Murder Ball Killing the Queen bee when it is her time do step down from the throne. They kill her via friction and heat. They do this same mechanism to wasps and the colonies. Non-violent queen rearing; (raising queen bees) Grafting Queen large – The process of transferring larva (after an egg hatches) from the worker cell of the breeder’s hive to an artificial queen cell. The shape of the cell, along with the queenless condition of the hive receiving the newly grafted cells stimulates the workers to feed them a diet which make them develop into queens. Wing clipping 1. it will keep the colony from swarming. – The idea behind swarm prevention is that once the queen’s wings are clipped, she won’t be able to fly. When the swarm realises the queen isn’t with them, it returns to the hive. In the short term, this can buy you some time. But the colony retains the impulse to swarm even if the queen can’t come along. Eventually, the swarm will leave anyway, perhaps with a virgin queen. The importance of swarming. 2. It can indicate the year the queen was produced. 3 It can be used to mark a particularly valuable queen. Importance

Mould: The Hidden Stealth Fungi You Need To Know About | Dr. Jill Crista {Podcast #030}

Mould. A hidden and pernicious stealth fungi that most people are not paying enough attention to. Not only the mould itself and it’s spores, but the mycotoxins! – which are the gas excretions of mould!, and it is this biotoxin, amongst other things, that has the potential to chronically impact our health. Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT DR. JILL CRISTA Dr. Jill Crista is a naturopathic doctor, best-selling author, and nationally recognised health educator on mold and mold-related illness. Her passion is to improve health through education, bridging gaps between medical research and clinical practice. She writes books and offers online courses for those wanting to gain actionable steps to conquer health challenges related to exposure too toxic mold. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS What Exactly is Mould Mould is not all bad we need mould – Purpose on the planet: to recycle and decompose. But it is useful outside, not inside. We don’t want it inside. One of the oldest living creatures on the planet, mould is an adept survivor. It is a fungi. It has a tendency to come back again and again. Mycotoxins – most dangerous “Gas bombs” / “mould farts” / “exhaust of mould.” Only made when mould feels threatened. When competition arises in the field of micro-organisms. Mycotoxins manifest only when other species are trying to get rid of it or compete with it. They are used in weapons by militarises around the world. Mycotoxins have no detectable order. They have no scent. They drive deeper into the body compared to spores and spore fragments. Mycotoxins soak into body systems – further down into respiratory passages. 50x smaller than an average spore. Our skin has poor defence against mycotoxins. Can be ingested in the foods we eat – they wear down our intestinal lining and organs. Can be contributor to rain allergies. Ways mycotoxins affect living beings: Mitochondrial damage Crosses into the brain and weakens the BBB. Crosses the placenta and becomes active inside the uterus (bio-activate in-utero). Detectable in breast milk. Their goal: to destroy other life. Thus, they are toxic to skin, eyes, biofilms, respiratory system, liver, kidneys, myelin sheath (nervous system insulator). Deplete DHA (body’s protective fat). More! Mycotoxins are Fat Soluble Particularly dangerous to the heart and arteries and the thyroid. The good news, Ayurveda has effective therapies to detox fat soluble toxins. Healthy fats – Eating copious, clean, correct fats. Step 1: AVOIDANCE Categories of Avoidance: Habitat Air Quality – air filters that traps spores AND cleans mycotoxins. Foods to Avoid Beverages To Avoid Supplements and Medication Caution Hobbies and Habits Biofilms (Slimy glue like protective sheaths). Locations & Ayurvedic Treatment: Sinuses – Nasya Mouth – Gandusha (Oil Pulling) Lungs – Nasya, Steam Inhalation, Panchakarma Intestines (Gut flora) – Basti (Enema), Panchakarma Vagina – Yoni Pichu, Panchakarma Eyes – Netra Tarpana Skin – Abhyanga anywhere there is microbiome. Biofilms are naturally occurring bacterial colonies, both in the human body and in the environment. Mould creates a biofilm in your body. You bring the problem with you where you go. Mould creates toxic breath Water damaged building exposure is the key that turns normal sinus fungus into bad guy fungus. This is how mould can be spread from partner to partner. Mud Baths to detox the skin and balance the biofilm. Dr. Jill recommends high pro-biotic and enzymatic Moor mud for detox by Torf Spa. How oversasntisiation contributes to mould by crating an imbalanced micro-biome How oversasntisiation contributes to mould by crating an imbalanced micro-biome. Can we become immune to mould? and other environmental toxins like EMF, pesticides, heavy metals etc. – It depends on your immune system, and how much you want to fill up your cup with these toxins. Mould written about in the bible Seen as a body and a spiritual illness. Mould mentioned in Ayurveda, under the category of “Krimi.” Mould in the livestock food chain, killing animals Mould causes cravings The simpler the carbs, the better. But mould would really prefer you go straight for the sugar. People on long-term steroid medication, mold in the gut becomes a dense biofilm. This biofilm hosts the gut fungus candida – which steals the nutrients for itself, leaving our intestine deprived. Mold sufferers are craving these carbs and sugars because the candida is stealing it! Ayurveda and Candia = agnimandya. Ama accumulates in apana vata in the lower digestive tract. It ferments and putrefies and inhibits beneficial flora from proliferating. Under these conditions, yeast can spread freely. Then is the intestinal aborsorbtion of ama into the blood and liver. Then into the 7 dhatus. Treatments: 1. Restore agni. 2. Build immunity and remove ama. Permutability Mould weakens the gut brain barrier and weak blood brain barrier (BBB), which can make someone hypersensitive to foods with sulphur, grains, sulphur, environmental toxins. Mold sickness is hard to identify. So here are some tips: an allergy could actually be mould at the core. If a normally healthy person has either moved or taken a new job, and the next season develops a new allergy. If symptoms are worse on rainy days, after snow melt, barometric pressure changes and after eating carbs. Mould increases sensitivity to EMF It creates mitochondrial dysfunction and depletes glutathione. Native EMF, such as exercise and movement, can trigger symptoms with someone with mould! When we move our body (exercise) it triggers good EMF which activates symptoms to those sensitive. Thus, people become lazy. They get toxic from exercise. Dr. Jill sees that most of those who are sensitive to EMF have nature deficient disorder. Caucasian woman using cell phone in bed Ways to Prevent Mould From Growing in Your House Mould can grow on a surface when moisture is there for 24-48 hours. To prevent that from manifesting: Do not leave wet towels or swimmers on a wooden surface like a wooden chair, wooden tablet, window sill etc. Clean up right after a spill on wood. Use the kitchen fan on. When having a hot (steamy) shower, use the exhaust fan. Use a dehumidifier on the lower levels of your house and

Viruses: Comprehensive Truths & Corona Virus: Reality Check | Dr. Jimi Wollumbin #029

Viruses: Please educate yourself on the holistic and comprehensive science of what viruses actually are. Empower yourself with knowledge of the reality and the health implications relating to the coronavirus. Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT DR. JIMI WOLLUMBIN Whether he is presenting at the UN or at a village health co-operative in rural India, Dr. Jimi Wollumbin is always a highly engaging speaker, writer and educator. With 20+ years of clinical experience and almost as much in community development, Dr. Jimi combines his deep knowledge of holistic medicine with a passion for social causes and world health. As the social entrepreneur that founded One Health Organisation in 2005, he has since steered it to become the largest holistic and integrative healthcare NGO in the world – having distributed roughly 9 metric tonnes of medicine to hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged communities across the globe. Dr. Wollumbin’s private clients value his obvious passion for traditional medical practices and the way in which he combines aspects of the traditions of India, China, Tibet and Persia that continue to inspire him. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS We’ve been indoctrinated with a fear paradigm around viruses, not based in science, and there is no proof of safety or efficacy of the conventional management or treatment protocols: be it drugs or vaccines. The same happened with bird flu in 2005. Same scare tactics with swine flu in 2009. Both pandemics turned out to be grossly exaggerated threats. 2014 – Ebola 2015 Measles. 2016 – Zika 2017 and 2018 – Influenza. Then back to measles again in 2019. The hysteria being drummed up follows a well-worn pattern where the population is kept in a state of fear about microbes so that drug companies can come to the rescue with yet another expensive (and potentially mandatory) drug or vaccine The Human Virome In addition to the pro-biome that exists in the gut, we also exist symbiotically with viruses and we have a virome as well. Viruses are an important part of what life involves. It is not in the viruses interest to be too harsh. It wants to happily live inside your genome, so that it can be immortalised inside your species. Not all viruses are harmful to humans; some are natural bacterial predators and scientists are learning how to harness them to treat antibiotic resistant bacterial infections that have a high rate of mortality. Loose the War Mentality The war on life. The anti-biotic war on life. Mind is King Keep the calm mind and pacified. If you fear the disease, you invite the disease. Panic = sympathetic (“Flight or fight”) response it turned on = switch off the immune system and in fact every other system except the legs to run or fight. Pathways of fear down-regulate the immune response. The reality of the corona virus, it’s danger, and what the real health threats are. The current statistic of death rate is 0.2% of hospitalisations. The hospitalisations are the bad cases. It is higher danger for the weak and vulnerable or for a malnourished person. 92% of all deaths in this country are lifestyle mediated diseases like diabetes and heart disease. The reality of the corona virus, it’s danger, and what is the real issue and threats. The current statistic of death rate is 0.2% of hospitalisations. The hospitalisations are the bad cases. It is higher danger for the weak and vulnerable or for a malnourished person. 92% of all deaths in this country are lifestyle mediated diseases like diabetes and heart disease. The Source of Corona Virus Remains Unknown While media have been quick to blame the outbreak on snakes and bat soup, as of January, none of the animals sold at the Wuhan Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market had been found to carry the virus. In January 2018, China’s first maximum security (biosecurity level 4) lab designed for the study of the world’s most dangerous pathogens opened its doors in Wuhan City, the epicenter of the current NCIP outbreak. Is it pure coincidence that Wuhan City is now the epicenter of this novel coronavirus infection? The year before, Tim Trevan, a Maryland biosafety consultant, expressed concern about viral threats potentially escaping the Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory,43 which happens to be located just 20 miles from the Wuhan market identified as ground zero for the current NCIP outbreak. October 18, 2019, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation sponsored a pandemic preparedness exercise in New York, practicing for the emergence of a new fictional viral illness dubbed “coronavirus acute pulmonary syndrome” In the scientific community there were legitimate fears that a lab-created superflu pathogen might escape the confines of biosecurity labs where researchers are conducting experiments. It’s a reasonable fear, certainly, considering that there have been many safety breaches at biolabs in the U.S. and other countries. January 23, 2020, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, announced a coronavirus vaccine is in the pipeline, with human trials set to start in about three months. Stock prices for makers of coronavirus vaccines experienced an immediate upswing in response to media reports of impending doom. How to Optimise Our Microbiome On an individual and environmental level. Have a robust and thriving ecosystem. Adopt a routine and diet according to your unique current body state. Pacified mind. Herbs – Get from a practitioner. Don’t self-prescribe. Anti-Biotics Incredibly precious medicines. Really should be a last resort. They need to be reserved for life-threatening situations and in some cases, acute lyme disease. Excess use (like commonly used today) creates anti-biotic resistant bacteria. One SINGLE course of anti-biotics produces measurable changes in the pro-biome for two years. Most of common infections are viral, and mostly do not require anti-biotics. Australia GPs prescribe nine times the amount of anti-biotics that the government says that are necessary. There is an large amount of inappropriate anti-biotic prescription. The war approach on cancer is not wise The fundamentals of disease – Consciousness. RESOURCES Doctor

Astrological Gems | Jay Boyle: The Worlds Most Experienced Gem Stone Buyer {Podcast #028}

Experience the Power of Superior Quality Gem Stones One of the planet’s most precious offerings to humanity. Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT JAY BOYLE & ASTROLOGICAL GEM Astrological Gem takes their mission statement very seriously: To get the right gemstones to the right people – for the right purpose. To always do this with honesty, integrity, and with complete customer satisfaction. For the last 40 years, Astrological Gem has been serving the worldwide community of Vedic astrologers and their clients by providing top quality, natural gemstones for Jyotish (Vedic astrology) and Ayurveda. Jay, travels internationally to purchase these gemstones at the source – often directly at the mines – so that he can acquire the world’s best selection of vibrant, finely cut stones at the lowest prices possible. On these buying trips, Jay selects from such a vast and great quantity of stones. Because of this, he is able to find and select those exceptional 1-2% of stones that are Jyotish Quality and have a sweet, sattvic (pure) feel. He brings them to clients at prices that jewellers often pay. Jay is a Graduate-in-Residence Gemologist of the prestigious Gemological Institute of America with 43 years of experience in every area of the gem business. In addition to his impeccable professional qualifications, Jay’s involvement with meditation and inner work has created an appreciation of the finer, more subtle aspects of selecting gemstones with that sweet, sattvic feel. You can have complete confidence when you allow Jay to select your astrological and healing gems. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS Gem Stone Clarity Scale Flawless gemstones – high quality for Jyotish quality. Type 1 clarity (eye flawless) – diamonds only jyotish stones. Type 2 gemstones (it is not easy to find clean varieties of these species) – Sapphires, Ruby, termoniline except for rubellite (red turmaline), garnets, spinels. Type 3 gemstone – emerald. It is difficult to impossible to find an eye flawless emerald. Jay in his extensive experience has never found one, and he has been looking for one for his entire career. Eye Flawless – A grade someone with good, young vision can look at the gemstones and not see any inclusions (spots, cuts, healed fracture etc.). Diamond Grading System VVS1 VVS2 The Unwritten Code in The Gem Stone Business Take advantageous of a more naive buyer “Gem stone sellers, and marketers, probably from the beginning of time Dylan, have exaggerated and obfuscated… to take advantageous of a buyer… That is kind of the unwritten code of the gemstone business…” The false knowledge in books and on the internet on gems. Jays Experience in the Gem Industry Jay has purchased thousands of Rubys approaching super flawlessness at 10 power magnitude with light-assist. Why Jay knows more than the average person on Jyotishi gemstones. Being a qualified gemologist doesn’t make one an expert. Jay started in 1980, after practicing meditation for 5 years. Jay changed the em market and profits of buying at the source so they could sell the stones to customers at the lowest price possible with complete disclosure with enhancements and treatments of the stones. Jay has bought more gems than anyone alive. Jay’s pseudo-scientific experiential explanation of how gems interact with our physiology A frequency of vibration of light within the gemstone, that can be measured, but it also functioning a deep, deep fundamental level. What Makes a Jyotishi Quality Gem, thus effective: High degree of flawlessness. Gems should not be heat treated or radiated, (emerald is an exception). Good saturation of colour for the species. But not always the richest colour. Sweet Sattvic nature of a gem – Tasting the sweet sattvic nature of gemstones in the abdomen. Jay’s experience with wearing an emerald for mercury – strengthens his second house – makes more money, strengthens his tenth house – his career. He communicated better. Why you should refrain form buying gems in India. Dylan’s experience with buying an emerald for his Jyotish First getting ripped off in India the buying a superior gem form Astrological Gem that I love. Appreciation, Gratitude and Love For Your Stone It is very important to love your astrological gemstone. Gems don’t just work for us, they work with us. Loving your gemstone will help to activate it. It will love you right back. Charlottes experience with her yellow sapphire changing colour and size Wearing second hand stones Gem stones carrying other people’s karma and energy. Organic gemstones like coral and pearl should never be worn second hand as they absorb others karma and energy. According to Jay, other crystal gemstones can be purified if they are flawless and purified the right way. I personally can’t fully agree with this at the moment. Purifying gemstones for great power Soaking gems in salt water with intention + more. Pundits (vedic priests) blessing the stone with mantras (primordial sounds) and ceremony. The importance of ceremony and blessings when initially wearing you gem for the first time. Side effects and Negative Effects from wearing gems In most cases, due to a poor prescription from a Jyotishi. Sustainability Gemstones are sustainable and positive in nature. Horrible possibilities of war and enslaving, doesn’t exist in the coloured stone industry. If that happens, it is in diamond industry in Africa. Gem industry is giving back to the community. One of the best gemstones Jay has ever came across A 103 carrot top gem quality, lemon yellow, flawless, yellow sapphire. Worth about $600K today. NAVA GRAHAM RATNA – NINE PLANETS AND GEMS Sun – Maanikya (Ruby) Moon – Muktaphala (Pearl – well formed and free of blemishes). Mars – Vidruma (Coral) Buddh (Mercury) – gaarutmata/marakata (emerald) – marakata = shiny. Guru (Jupiter) – pusparaga (topaz) / Pushyaraaga (yellow sapphire) Venus – vajra (diamond) Saturn – nila / indraneela (sapphire / blue sapphire) Rahu – Dolomite / gomEdhikam / Ceylone / Hessonite Ketu – Vaidurya (cat’s eye) – polished into a cabochon (shaped and polished) that displays a narrow band of concentrated light going across the width of the stone. – Source: Bhavprakash 1. Surya (Sun) – Ruby The anticipated benefits include increased brightness, brilliance, fame, respect as an authority figure, integration with the divine and the highest sense of Self, benefit to

The Ancient and Stimulating Spice Industry | Ian Herbie Hemphill #027

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT IAN HERBIE HEMPHILL Ian ‘Herbie’ Hemphill is an Australian foodie legend. He and his family have been educating us about spices and herbs for over 50 years. 3 Generations of herbs and spice Hemphills. Ian Hemphill’s lifelong experience in the spice industry means we can gain the “inside story” into the ancient and stimulating spice industry. Herbies have a product range of over 200 items, including over 100 spice blends, all developed by Herbie and made daily in the Herbie’s Spicery on the Central Coast of New South Wales. The Hemphill’s hobby is also their passion, their business, and their livelihood. Ian is the author of books: The Spice and Herb Bible. “Spice Travels – A Spice merchant’s voyage of discovery” – Ians personal anecdotes and travel stories. He runs Herbies TV. Spice Notes. Herbaceous. Spicery. Sticks, Seeds, Pods and Leaves. Herbie & Liz wanted to achieve three main objectives for their business: To have the largest range of culinary herbs and spices in the Southern Hemisphere; To always search for the best quality and make 100% natural blends; and very important, was to educate consumers so they could judge for themselves. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS History of the Spice Trade The worlds second oldest profession. One of the most lucrative businesses. It was used as a currency. – Using something with actual value. Spices were used as a status symbol. Myths of spices about the way they were developed. Pepper corn rent – pepper corns were used to pay rent. How have we lost our appreciation for this highly valuable commodity? Have we become numb and ignorant to the abundant healing power and importance of spices? Mass marketing has reduced spices to commodity status. Adulteration means consumers are not exposed to true quality spices. Adulteration and Quality Food fraud. Buying powdered spices. Range of quality and variety of spices. – Depends on climate, place grown. How is it packaged/stored? – spices in bulk bins, plastic, paper. Herbie’s products contain No Added artificial ingredients or fillers of any kind. Herbies grind spices themselves except some chilli and turmeric. How to become familiar with the spices we are using. Look and smell the spice each time we use them. Drying Spices To activate the natural enzymes and bring out the flavour. The less moisture content of 10-12% of dried herbs compared to over 80% when it is fresh, preserve the herbs while retaining he volatile oils. Must dry quickly or else mold can start growing if the moisture lingers during the process. But to fast the heat will destroy the volatile oils and flavours. Organic vs. Non-organic Is it so important with spices? How is the pesticide use in the spice industry? Spices in Agriculture Mono-culture vs. permaculture? Tip for Cooking Spices Don’t pour over steam as steam gets in, allows the volatile oils to oxidise or worse, create mould. SAFFRON Medicinal Uses Vajikarana – Sukra vardhaka – aphrodisiac that increases reproductive tissue and strength. Rakta dhatu (Blood Tissue Health) – Increases haemoglobin thus good for anaemia. Heart – enhancing the lymph and blood tissues (rasa and rakta dhatus) encourages blood flow through the circulatory system. Good for angina (inadequate blood supply to the heart) and cardiac congestion. Enhances purity as it is very sattvic herb, which enhances love and compassion. For mental health and brain health. Nervous disorders – rejuvenates majja (bone marrow) and sukra (reproductive) dhatu, thus good for vata and degenerative diseases. Skin conditions such as discoloured patches of the face. External applciation. Cures headache – topical application. Ulcers, worms, vomiting. Ayurvedic properties: Rasa (taste) – katu, titkta (pungent, bitter) Virya (energy) – usna (heating) Vipaka (post-digestive effect) – katu (pungent) Gunas (Qualities) – snidgha, laghu (unctuousness, light) Doshas – Tridoshic. Can heat pitta in excess. Karma (Action): Yogavahi (catalyst) Saffron is the world’s most expensive spice! and most expensive commodity! more expensive than gold! With a street value on average of around A$20,000 per kilo. A double handful of saffron weighing about 1 kilo, will contain at least 200,000 stigmas. – the female organ on the flower, held by the male pollen/organ, called the stamen. Hand picked. Origin – Kashmir (5%), Iran (over 90% of worlds supply, 360 tones a year!), Spain ( biggest exporter, thus importer). Different grades. Best quality – Kashmir – is the whole stigma with a little bit of style. Medium quality – Iran, afganistan. Inferior quality – Persia. Amount of land to produce how much stigmas – 5 acres/ kilo of saffron. 170,000 flowers = 100kg flowers = 1kg dry saffron. Herbie at a Kasmir saffron field Adulteration Safflower petals, corn silk, coconut fibre, and even dyed shredded crocus petals were passed off as saffron. How to test? Dissolve water test. – Real saffron takes 15-60mins to release the golden hue. Artificial saffron releases a redder colour, and aroma is like sandalwood. Learn to test here. In the past, there were saffron police in Germany To use saffron: Soak in warm milk, better not boiled. Saffron purity test VANILLA World supply shortage. From $50/kg to $500/kg. Second most expensive spice in the world. The most fluctuating spice in price. Make your own Vanilla bean paste by simply warming 1 Tablespoon of glucose syrup and stirring in 1 teaspoon Vanilla bean powder. Can only be pollinated by one particular bee that is native to Mexico, and that is also nearly extinct. During a shortage, Coca Cola used 20% of the vanilla supply for Vanilla Coke! Curing vanilla is a complex process. Herbie at a vanilla farm in Mexico BLACK PEPPER Sanskrit: Maricha Botanical Name: Piper Nigrum (Piperaceae) Black pepper is much more than your common kitchen spice. It is one of the most popular herbs in Ayurvedic medicine that provides powerful medicinal actions beyond being just a spicy ingredient. Named after one of the names of the sun, Maricha, it possess the same qualities as this spherical source of heat and light. It is warming, drying and stimulating to the digestive, respiratory and circulatory systems. Medicinal Uses: Digestion – stimulates agni (digestive fire), burns ama (undigested food material) relieves abdominal pain and helps remove parasites. Lungs – Specific for cold, wet, damp, kapha conditions in the respiratory channel. Circulation – stimulates the microcirculation in the capillaries and move stagnated blood Fever – Helps “cook” the pathogens and then induce a

Understanding Diabetes & Blood Sugar, Self-Management, Nutritional Flexibility & Chronic Disease Blessings | Drew Harrisberg #026

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT DREW HARRISBERG Drew is an exercise physiologist, sports scientist, diabetes educator, and most importantly, a happy and healthy guy thriving with type 1 diabetes. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS The Diabetes Pandemic of Today Nearly 1 million Australians India – 1 in 4 have pre-diabetes diabetes! (14% pre, 9% diabetes). Americans – one third of Americans (almost 100 million Americans) are pre-diabetic, and 90% of them don’t know it!. Moreover, many of them think they are maintaining what they call a healthy diet!. – Undiagnosed is the scary part. ~ Study by the CDC (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention) Drews Story Diabetes creeping up – Drew falling asleep in an important job interview and worse, while driving! What Is Type 1 Diabetes An auto-immune disease where your body mistakingly kills off the beta-cells of your pancreas that produces insulin (required to metabolise glucose from food), thinking that the beta-cells are foreign invaders. Type 1 Diabetes as an incurable, life-long disease that requires high maintenance. Rare cases to cure Type 1 Diabetes – regenerate the pancreas to be able to perform its function. People with Type 1 diabetes have to administer exogenous insulin via injections or a pump to metabolise food. Auto-Immune Diseases The Ayurvedic view of auto-immune diseases – Correcting the mistake of intellect. Quantum healing to cure the incurable. The role of gut health in diabetes and auto-immune diseases. Glutens role in auto-immune diseases. Dairy and Type 1 Diabetes A1 beta-casein having a structure of amino acids that looks very soar to the structure of amino acids in the pancreas cells. Type 2 Diabetes Insulin doesn’t work well leading to high blood sugar. Insulin Resistance Insulin inefficiency. An inability for insulin to do its job properly. Insulin is designed to drive glucose from your blood into a tissue, like an organ or your brain. It is needs to accompany glucose during the transportation process. Then, that tissue or organ etc. will use that as fuel: burn or store the glucose. Insulin is also the most powerful anabolic hormone in your body. + heaps more functions. Insulin resistance is caused by the accumulation of excess fat in tissues that are not designed to store large quantities of fat. When you are storing excess fatty acids in areas like the liver and muscles – their ability to uptake glucose gets compromised. How Blood Sugar Rises: Foods > We explode with sugar into the blood stream. Sugars (glucose) are digested, forcing the pancreas to produce excess insulin to escort the glucose out of the blood stream into the cells. Overtime, the pancreas is worn out from insulin levels going up again and again and our blood stream cannot handle these injections of sugar in the blood. Our cells and muscles become resistant. They cannot tolerate any more sugar. It lingers in the blood, but the blood has to do something with it. It takes the sugar and converts it into triglycerides, belly fat, obesity or engage in Glycation – where it sticks to proteins and runs through the blood stream and becomes sticky and irritating and congests and damages the arterial walls. Increases cardiovascular damage and risk and risk of cancer and clot risks. Glycation causes damage to collagen and elastin – causing wrinkles but more importantly, damages the health and elasticity of the skin that lines the arteries, heart, gut and lungs. “Legs of Lead” as a symptom for excess glucose in your blood. Complications of having excess glucose in your blood (high blood sugar) for to long. The “normal range” for blood sugar is not adequate. Fasting blood sugar: 80-120mg/dL (USA) or 4.8-7.8mmol/L (Millimoles per Litre). Studies have shown above 85mg/dL or 4.7mmol/L makes you at risk for degenerative diseases such as cardiovascular disease. Digestive tract cancers. Between 70-85mg/dL or 3.9-4.7 is closer to what Dylan adheres to. Anecdotal experience over scientifically proven studies People with type 1 diabetes get a deep insight into their health with the vast experiments they perform on theirselves. Ayurveda’s Approach to Diabetes Managing Type 1 Diabetes with herbs thousands years ago before science created exogenous insulin. Bhasmas – metallic preparations used as medicine in Ayurveda. In Ayurveda, there are 20 types of diabetes an pre-diabetes mentioned, called “Prameha” and “Madhumeha.” Controlling your health and control in general is overrated The circadian rhythms of blood glucose and liver function High Fat Ketogenic Diet and Blood Sugar Short term can be good, long term can be a big issue. Lack of carbohydrates in the diet means the body forgets how to metabolise carbs, then when it does, it is very problematic and requires a lot of insulin to metabolise a little amount of carbs (insulin resistance). Lipids and Kapha Dosha involved Intramyocellular lipids – fat in the muscle cells. Intrahepatocellular Lipids (IHCL) – fat in the liver cells. Just like in kapha in Ayurveda and its relationship with diabetes pathogenesis (prameha samprapti). Insulin Therapy The potential dangers of insulin and the importance of accurate dosing. Role of exercise in insulin resistance. Exercise induced glut4 trans-location or non insulin glut4 translocation. GLUT4 is the predominant glucose transporter isoform expressed in the body (skeletal muscle). The importance of walking. Drew can reduce his insulin requirements by 50% with walking 10-15mins after a meal. Diet, Nutrition and Blood Sugar Simple principles – Stick to whole foods, avoid processed foods, ie. anything thats in a package. Moderation – not a clear message. Metabolic Flexibility Fat Metabolism vs. Sugar Metabolism – Two sources of fuel. Being able to tolerate carbohydrates and fat. Intuitive eating on a day-to-day basis. Routine with flexibility The blessing a chronic disease diagnosis and adversity. RESOURCES Drews Daily Dose Studies Higher Whole-Grain Intake Is Associated with Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes among Middle-Aged Men and Women – Reduces risk of 34% CDC – Diabetes facfts in USA Lifestyle outperforms medication for Type 2 Diabetes – “Effect of an Intensive Lifestyle Intervention on Glycemic Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.” SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every

Cooked vs. Raw Food Diet: Transcend Food Fads | Dylan Smith #025

Transcend food fads and diets and adhere to the ultimate diet: Natures Diet. The Dubious Flexibility of Scientific Literature When engaging in discussions and dispelling myths of particular health trends, I truely intend to create a balanced argument on both sides. I like to present the pros and cons of both sides, the science and the ancient wisdom, then allow the reader to make an informed decision themselves that applies to their unique self. According to the science, raw food and cooked food, are both beneficial and our ancestors enjoyed both. Due to the dubious nature of scientific studies, a more holistic insight is required. Thus, it is wise to consider the traditional sciences that have time tested these topics for thousands of years, as in the case of Ayurveda. Anthropology: What Did Our Ancestors Eat? The logic that our ancestors only ate raw foods is flawed, with numerous studies suggesting we have been cooking for almost 2 million years. Cooking with fire predates homosapians. If you trace your way back, you find the species prior, which were still in our genus, they were homo (human), “homo erectus” to name the precise genus, had fire and passed the torch onto homosapians. This was all found through fossil analysis. What was the benefits of cooking with fire? The study says: “Reduced digestive effort…and increased supply of food energy.” Cooking and the Ecology of Human Origins. In Ayurveda, the discussion isn’t so narrow as to one is bad and one is good. Many things are taken into account, including The Eight Factors Determining the Utility of Food: Prakriti – nature of food articles. Karana – method of processing. Samyoga – combination of food articles. Rasi – quantity. Desa – habitat of the food and where it is being eaten. Kala – Time – day or night, age of the person and stage of the disease in the individual. Upayogasamsthā – rules governing the intake of food. One should no speak, laugh, take in hurry, very slow, etc. Upayoktrn – wholesomeness of the individual who takes it. This includes “OkaSatmya” – What the individuals ancestors ate, what they were brought up eating, and what they are habituated to eat. The Importance of Agni (Transformation) As you see above, Processing (Karana) is one of the Eight Factors Determining the Utility of Food. Processing or cooking foods is vital. It transforms the food. Usually for the good. Cooking in most cases can remove samskaras (“memories”) of the food item and transform the qualities of it. Example: transforming milk with fire Take milk from stress-induced, unhappy factory farmed cows for example. When you boil the milk diluted with water, to some extent, the stress chemistry of the cows are removed from the milk. Take it to the next level by adding some black pepper to further transform the milk as these little pungent black fiery spice balls counter the heavy, damp, mucous creating quality of milk. There are many ways to process or cook food (detailed below). It is vital to purify the substance, enhance its absorbability for humans and nutritional effect. “Raw foodists, it is clear, do not fare well. They thrive only in rich modern environments where they depend on eating exceptionally high quality foods…. the implication is clear. We are not like other animals. In most circumstances, we need cooked food.” ~ Harvard Professor Richard Wrangham, “Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human.” On the other hand… Common cooking methods can be used to enhance the nutritional value of vegetables, increasing bio-accessibility of health-promoting constituents. Cooking has the effect of softening the indigestible cellulose, allowing nutrients to be rereleased that may not be when eaten raw. Cooked foods is not just about nutrients, they are nurturing for your intestinal wall! FOODS THAT HAVE A HIGHER NUTRIENT VALUE WHEN COOKED Artichokes Cooking artichokes increase their antioxidant levels (steaming is best). Studies observed the cooking effect on the artichoke antioxidant profile is probably due to matrix softening and increased extractability of compounds. Asparagus Cooked asparagus has more antioxidants than raw. This study assessed “significant and more pronounced” changes during cooking process. Blueberries Studies show cooked blueberries can have greater antioxidant levels than fresh. Baking blueberries changes their polyphenol content. Note that fruit doesn’t need to be cooked since the sun cooks it! Carrots Cooked carrots are more nutritious than raw. Steaming or baking whole carrots preserves more of the beta-carotene, studies showed. The human body converts beta carotene into vitamin A (retinol) – beta carotene is a precursor of vitamin A. We need vitamin A for healthy skin and mucus membranes, our immune system, and good eye health and vision. Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage Some studies suggest raw because the heat breaks down the enzyme called tyrosinase, which is a precursor for broccoli to release cancer-fights and ulcer reducing sulforaphanes (which is what elevated broccoli to its superfood status). Over all, you can’t digest those enzymes. On the other hand, a perhaps even more health-prompting nutrient, Indole-3-carbinol, is processed only when broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage are cooked. Indole-3-carbinol has been shown to stop pre-cancerous prostate cells from becoming malignant by inhibiting cell growth and supports apoptosis. Spinach Raw spinach – chew it and it tastes chalky because it contains oxalic acid – an organic substance that can interfere with the absorption of essential nutrients like calcium and iron. A study showed it also attaches to quite a few other vital nutrients, and long-term consumption of foods high in oxalic acid can lead to nutrient deficiencies. Cooking spinach breaks down oxalic acid. Tomatoes Studies showed cooked tomatoes have higher lycopene, a potent antioxidant more powerful then vitamin C, and is particularly useful in helping the body repair damaged tissue, and preventing cancer and heart attacks. Other studies show vitamin C decreased when being cooked. REPORTED BENEFIT OF RAW FOOD: CLEANSING Yes it is true, raw roods can be cleansing since they have more fibre. This is why people get good bowel motions – it is going straight out.They think this is a good thing, but actually, they are not absorbing nourishment. This can be of benefit for when the body is sick and toxic, like in the case of cancer – as the fibre can scrub the intestines. But once

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