“Water, water, everywhere. Nor any drop to drink …”

The famous line from “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” although descriptive of the condition of a sailor trapped by the sea, was also quite prophetic of the current environment that nearly everyone on Earth does their best to live with. Abundant sources of clean, healthy water has become only part of our history. Advanced technology is now required to remove the toxins and diseases that are abundant in more than 99% of the water on Earth, including that which comes from our municipal sources and into our taps.

I am, by default, an expert on water filtration and treatment. Many years ago I was introduced to the problems and some solutions while I was a consultant to a Bennetts Laboratories in Tacoma, Washington. The owner and chief chemist, Eugene Lough, was an expert in water testing and conditioning. He incorporated me into projects to solve serious water problems, especially on the islands of Puget Sound.

Subsequently, based on what I learned from Mr. Lough, I marketed and installed filtration systems for three different manufacturers all around the greater Seattle/Tacoma area, encountering just about every type of contamination. One of the manufacturers boasted that they had systems to go from ditch water to drinking water—and they did, if you could afford it!

That was a lengthy way of qualifying myself to offer you this short suggestion:

“The Earth is a great place to visit, but don’t drink the water until the harmful elements have been removed!”

Recently one of my good nutrition customers asked me where to go to get a good water filtration system. Given my background, I had been asked this many times before, but I hadn’t done the research to find another good manufacturer. I had just been suggesting that they do an Internet search, then pick any that looked good to them.

This time I decided to do the searching for my customer. I found APEC, which promises to be an outstanding company, producing a brilliantly designed 5-stage Reverse Osmosis filtration system plus a holding tank at a very reasonable price. It was even on sale at a considerable savings.

This post is about passing the results of that research on to you. Following is a link to their web site. Hopefully you will also find it to be on sale.
Get A Top Drinking Water Filter System Here!

Life Without Vita-Mix? Not A Happy Thought!

We could easily do without our kitchen range, but life without our VITA-MIXER is not imaginable. A few days ago we accidentally left ours overnight at a friends house following a pot-luck dinner party. It was missed constantly until we got it back the next evening.

Why is a Vita-Mix so essential here? It is because we love to eat, and we love to eat healthy, delicious, nutrient-rich food. For example:
1. I use it first thing in the morning to mix a warm cacao beverage. It easily liquefies raw cacao nibs and raw sugar, and will heat the beverage to any desired temperature (although we recommend against overheating).
2. We use it to make fresh green drinks. Unlike a regular blender, the Vita-Mix totally breaks the greens down and effectively extracts the chlorophyll, vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals.
3. Anni (wife/partner/friend/chief cook and bottle washer) also makes the most delicious, nutritious raw dips, sauces, soups, (cold, warm or hot right from the Vita-Mix) dressings, chips, cookies, pies, cakes, etc. that you can imagine.

Actually, you cannot imagine — you have to taste them to know how delicious properly prepared raw foods can be. Then you won’t be imagining, you will be fondly remembering. Raw fresh fruits and vegetables that are processed by a Vita-Mix can compliment ANY food, and can add back nutrients and enzymes that were destroyed by heat when they are served as complements to cooked foods.

One amazing super-food that can only be properly prepared in a Vita-Mix is what I call a “CACAo MACA MILK-less SHAKE.” The recipe varies a bit each day, but is basically 1/2 to 1 cup of dried fruit (raisins and/or dates and/or prunes and/or figs) liquefied with twice as much cold water. Then add 4 to 6 oz. of the greenest greens (spinach, kale, parsley, turnip, collard, beet, or swiss chard) that you have and liquify. Add 2 heaping tablespoons of RAW cacao powder*, 1 heaping tablespoon of powdered maca root, 2 bananas (I freeze them first to make the shake thicker) and 2 cups of ice cubes and blend to a thick chocolate shake.

If you are worried about the chocolate (cacao), DON’T BE! Raw cacao is one of the most nutritious, wholesome and complete natural foods on Earth. We don’t know of anything bad about it. It is only when it is cooked, otherwise processed, and mixed with milk and other icky things that it becomes a problem.

Speaking of problems, not having a Vita-Mix is a big one if you are wanting to be healthy! “Perfect Health: Naturally” has arranged to provide you with a FREE SHIPPING COUPON and the best price available for the latest model Vita-Mixers directly from the Vita-Mix company. Just use the link:
http://www.ph-n.com/tools/vitamix.htm to go to the coupon page with instructions on how to redeem it.

By the way, if the price seems high to you, consider that we have had ours for over 10 years, and have used it several times each day in ways that would have tortured and killed any regular blender. When amortized over that life, plus how ever many years it has left in it, the price becomes much lower than any Wal-mart-sold, made-in-China cheapie which wouldn’t be able to do the job anyway.

Viva Vita-mix!

*(If you use cacao nibs instead of the powder, blend it in the very beginning with the dried fruit.)

It Isn’t an INSURANCE Crisis—it’s an IGNORANCE Crisis

Yesterday I viewed Oprah’s show featuring Michael Moore’s “Sicko.” They reported that health insurance is in crisis, and that people are not insured against serious, expensive procedures. Once again, media is misdirecting our attention away from the real issues. Oprah, I love you, but shame on you for being part of that!

There were several examples presented on the show of people who had this or that problem, and they were unable to get their insurance company to pay for the outrageously expensive and questionably effective medical procedures that accompanied their conditions. One of them died before the show aired … Several people eloquently debated the causes and solutions to the INSURANCE crises …

… not a single word was spoken about the true and basic solution to all of this …

… becoming healthy was completely overlooked.

It has been my experience as a researcher, student and writer of natural health practices and procedures that each of the people who were featured as an example of the insurance crisis was in that situation as a result of their own destructive choices. They had followed the paths that led to their diseases. Through ignorance, and an attitude that they could do anything they wanted and their doctors would then repair the damage they had done to themselves, their lifestyle and eating practices resulted in that which is obvious to the informed — life-diminishing illness.

So, let this be your wake-up call! If you destroy your health, you are screwed! Doctors cannot help you unless you help yourself. At the very most, they can only delay the inevitable. Even if they could, your insurance apparently isn’t going to pay for it anyway.

If you haven’t yet reached the point of no return, YOU can reverse the damage by learning about health, and by making extreme 100% raw foods and juices changes to your LIFEstyle.

If you are ready to take charge of your health, a great place to start learning is at the Perfect Health: Naturally website. It is free to anyone who wishes to become a member. Go to http://ph-n.com to begin your responsible journey to perfect health.

Oprah, why haven’t you been telling us about this, which we can all directly control instead of that which we really cannot do anything about anyway? Even if we had the perfect insurance program, and all health care was 100% funded, people are still going to suffer and die from their ignorance of how to be healthy. Doctors don’t create health, they merely manipulate diseases.

And, speaking of “sicko’s,” if Michael Moore doesn’t begin to learn and practice natural health, he won’t be around long to make more of his excellent documentaries. MICHAEL: Go to http://ph-n.com and begin your responsible journey to perfect health! You look like crap, man!