Once, I had a client whom I asked: "How often do you go?" She responded, "On a good month or a bad?" I withheld my shock and proceeded to ask her, "On a good month?" Her answer, "On a good month, I go once, on a bad month, I skip that month and go the following month." This adds up to between 4 to 6 weeks. That is not often enough!

If you are going 2-4 times a day, that is considered great. However, it needs to be of reasonably solid consistency, not rabbit pellets, but not loose either. If your digestion and elimination are sluggish, then you might consider a supplement, to improve your digestive enzymes, as well as bowel activity. One simple one that helps with both is called Bowel Detox.

On the other hand, if you have frequent, runny stools, Intestinal Soothe & Build can be very helpful. If you are missing a gall bladder, please use our Hi Lipase with every meal.

Other than that, I can help you personally, but on a general note, Intestinal Soothe & Build is very helpful.

Another client had a bleeding bowel and the doctor had him slated for surgery in two days, to remove much of his colon. We started him on Intestinal Soothe & Build, as well as Combination Potassium every two hours. The bleeding stopped and his surgery was canceled!

Success is possible with these challenges. Sometimes, we need in depth consultations to explore them. Other times, it can be easy to pick something and do well with it.

Bone broths are made of boiled bones. They were eaten frequently until 1908, when "MSG" was invented. That is the abbreviation for monosodium glutamate. The purpose of MSG is to give food a meat taste, without much work to make it. It is a "fake" meat taste. It is actually a toxin to the nerves, and unfortunately it is not labeled on food packages. It is often called "malto-dextrin." If you bought food that is labeled “no MSG,” even though that food itself might not contain MSG directly, it might have "spices" that contain MSG.

Sally Fallon Morell, who knows a lot about healthy alternatives, said that when the vegetables and meat were scarce, the people stayed healthy eating gelatin for protein. Gelatin is made of collagen, which is found in bones, cartilage, and other parts of animals. When people make bone broth, the collagen gets extracted.

Bone broths are full of nutrients. They have minerals such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and other trace minerals. You make bone broth by getting bones that have a lot of marrow. Put them in the oven set to 350 degrees, and take them out when brown. After that, put them in a pot to simmer, and also take the scum off as it occurs. Lemon juice can be added to extract more nutrients from the bones, and you can add salt to make the broth taste better. If you are making broth out of bones that came from a bigger animal, it could take 24 to 48 hours. Chicken, fish, and other smaller meats, only take a few hours.

Whether you breathe air or pure oxygen, red blood cells can deliver only a limited level of oxygen to tissue cells. Injuries, infections, or diseases can cause a drop in this tissue oxygen level down to almost zero. Areas with a poor blood supply, such as nerves, bones, tendons, and ligaments can be slow to heal, in part due to their low oxygen supply. A pressurized hyperbaric oxygen chamber causes the body's plasma to more easily transport oxygen to these areas.

The hyperbaric chamber helps reverse the physical and psychological effects of oxygen deprivation. Increasing oxygen helps to eliminate harmful toxic substances and stimulate capillary growth and tissue repair. It helps promote healing and improves health, fitness, stamina, and endurance.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy has been used for such things as high altitude sickness, decompression sickness (the "bends"), injuries, stroke, autism, and other brain injuries. Each treatment generally lasts an hour, and it can require more than a hundred treatments to notice results, depending on the symptoms.

There are two main kinds of hyperbaric oxygen chambers: hard and soft. Hard chambers usually operate with 100% oxygen, while soft chambers use a lower concentration of oxygen, mixed with pressurized air. A hard chamber can offer swifter results, however they are normally operated by hospitals and clinics, and can cost hundreds of dollars per session.

Soft chambers can be easily operated in a home, and used as often as necessary. A typical hyperbaric system includes a soft chamber and an air compressor, and can also include an oxygen concentrator. The concentrator is used for drawing pure oxygen from the air and pumping it into the chamber. A mask can be used inside the chamber, for breathing oxygen. Over time, a soft chamber system can prove to be more economical than hard chamber treatments.

In a recorded interview with Mark McAfee, who is the owner of Organic Pastures Dairy, he said that in the 1800s, people that made rum in some cities started feeding confined cows the leftover grain after making rum because they needed to get rid of the waste. It was cheaper to feed the cows grain, than use grass. The cows were already unhealthy before eating the grains. When the people drank the raw milk from those cows, half of them died.

A French scientist named Louis Pasteur was theorizing that germs could cause disease. He brought attention to the idea of wanting to kill the bacteria before it causes us to get sick. He is credited for the process of pasteurization. Heating the milk to over 282 degrees kills all the bacteria (especially the good bacteria) and makes the milk pasteurized. Raw milk has enzymes that can actually kill E. Coli and other bad bacteria. If E. Coli gets into to pasteurized milk, drinking that milk can kill people. At pasteurization plants, the people that work there must wear suits similar to what doctors wear for surgery. They also use ammonia throughout the pasteurization plant. They must do that because once milk is pasteurized, it becomes highly vulnerable to bad bacteria. If any bacteria gets into the pasteurized milk, it will remain in the milk, and cause more problems for people. Raw milk protects itself. Raw milk is a healthier alternative than pasteurized milk.

[Our son, Joshua, is homeschooled, and this article is based on his nutrition studies.]

Herbal Trace Minerals used to have the name K-9 a long time ago to indicate its usefulness for dogs. However, pregnant women found this formula to be vital for their own prenatal care, so the name was changed to accommodate everyone.

Fleas carry tapeworm eggs, and pets can get these worms by eating the fleas. Good news, we can kill the tapeworms naturally, as well. Herbal Trace Minerals not only prevent fleas, but also kills tapeworms!

Heartworms are often transmitted by mosquitos. We have a natural solution to that too, Hawthorn Berries. Comes in extract and capsules.

When we adopted our cat, Maundy, I opened up capsules into raw liver, heart, and ground beef for him and he greedily ate whatever herbs I had in store for him.

First, decide that you can do this twice a day for 3 to 4 weeks straight. Next, choose to eat better than you normally do during that time (less coffee, sugar, junk food).

The supplements I use are these: Psylium Hulls Combination, which is a powdered fiber mix that you would take 1 to 2 tsp. morning and evening in a cup of water. Start with one teaspoon and as you get used to it, increase to two per dosage.

Next, Hydrated Bentonite is a liquid form of clay that will pull off old waste and debris from your intestinal walls. Take 2 to 3 tsp. morning and evening, in an additional cup of water.

The last thing I'd use with this is called Magnesium Complex. This helps relax the body, and in particular, the colon to avoid any type of cramping or tightness as you allow the body to shed unwanted pounds of waste. Take 1 to 2 capsules per day.

You would go through approximately two bottles each of the Psyllium and Bentonite, and one of the Magnesium.

Order them all at wholesale, as a single set here.

Evidence has been building up on the defense of salt over the past 20 years. Dr. Michael Alderman, professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and now president of the American Society of Hypertension, has also studied the salt issue. He has found that people with high blood pressure are more likely to have heart attacks if their kidneys secrete high levels of renin (an enzyme). He goes on to explain that eating a low-salt diet will cause these renin levels to rise, which may explain why the patients on low-salt diets are having more heart attacks. (Good Housekeeping, August 1995)

Our bodies have many uses for sodium. Electrolytes (sodium and potassium) must be in correct balance for the body to function normally. When nerves transmit impulses from the brain down through the body, sodium and potassium are those agents which are forwarding the nerve signals to their destination. Sodium also contributes to the formation of saliva and other digestive enzymes. Sodium is alkaline and can help neutralize acidity in the blood and lymph. It has even been said that “a deficiency of sodium can cause arthritic pains...” (The Ultimate Healing System published by Woodland Books)

How much salt is correct for you? If you are getting enough calcium, potassium, and magnesium, the minerals considered vital to controlling blood pressure, some researchers believe that even people who are salt sensitive do not need to cut back on salt. Of course, you may wish to ask your health practitioner, in light of much new research, to help you plan for optimal health. Salt may be a missing ingredient in your life.

Eating foods with sugars can cause inflammation in your body. Inflammation is normally a reaction to an injury, irritation, or infection. It is the immune system's healthy response to clean up the disruption and to restore the affected area back to normal. The body tries to do the same thing, in response to sugar.

According to research by Dr. Nicholas Perricone, an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine, sugar can attach to the collagen in your skin and other parts of the body through a process known as glycation. This causes the skin to wrinkle. If sugar does this to skin, what might it do to the rest of the body, such as the arteries, joints, and even your brain?

First, let me suggest my favorite alternative sweetener that has no calories and is so natural, it is made from a plant root: It's stevia, and we it available in packets, or as an extract.

Also, if you are craving sugar frequently, I suggest using one of my favorite herbal blends to calm the nerves: Stress-J, which comes in capsules or an extract. This can take the edge off your cravings and help you feel more relaxed. The extract may be faster acting.