Guest guest Posted December 1, 2001 Report Share Posted December 1, 2001 Hi everyone, I am new to to this group. My name is Fahad Ullah Khan. Im am writing because of two reasons. Firstly my mother who has suffered from breast cancer in the past, has a very weak immune system, shehas a toe nail fungus problem which despite heavy anti biotics has never gone away, and it gets worse every day, shes even developing in grown toe nails and has to physically remove them very often. Secondly for the last 4 years have suffered from weak stomach. I had eaten a chinese meal outside which unfortunatly resulted in food poisoning. I did not go and see a doctor for 9 months thinking it would go away. When I did see him i was given a course of anti biotics to take. Since then I have become allergic to a number of foods such as garlic, coriander seeds, milk, food cooked in any dairy product such as yoghurt or milk , and mint tends to leave me constipated. I have become obbessive with what I eat and I dont. I am based in Pakistan at the moment, and I have to daily make sure everything is cooked and boiled very carefully. I tend to get food poisoning , and gastro entitis much more often and my stomach generally is often suffering from some digestive complaint each month, whether it is indigestion or mild food poisoning. I am really tired of taking things like secnadizole and anti bacterial tablets or antibiotics. I would appreicate any help in this matter. Apart from that my appetite is good and I lead a healthy life with exercise regularly. Thank you, Fahad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2001 Report Share Posted December 4, 2001 Dear Fahad, Sounds like you and your mother could use some good cleansing and some good immune system work. I'd recommend the Total Body Cleanse as found in the files with extra attention placed on Echinacea if you can get it. I'm not sure if you can get all of these herbs over there, and if you can't, I'd recommend a lot of juicing, and the use of garlic in very small quantities since you say you are allergic to it. (Sometimes what you think is an allergy is just too rapid a detox and appears to be an allergy). I've never, ever found anyone who was truly allergic to garlic, and by starting off small, they could finally build up to a decent dosage and actually found a healing using those things they were "allergic" to. Hope this helps. Love, Doc Ian "Doc" Shillington N.D.505-772-5889Dr.IanShillington - Fahad Ullah Khan herbal remedies Friday, November 30, 2001 7:37 PM [herbal remedies] sickness Hi everyone,I am new to to this group. My name is Fahad Ullah Khan. Im am writing because of two reasons. Firstly my mother who has suffered from breast cancer in the past, has a very weak immune system, shehas a toe nail fungus problem which despite heavy anti biotics has never gone away, and it gets worse every day, shes even developing in grown toe nails and has to physically remove them very often. Secondly for the last 4 years have suffered from weak stomach. I had eaten a chinese meal outside which unfortunatly resulted in food poisoning. I did not go and see a doctor for 9 months thinking it would go away. When I did see him i was given a course of antibiotics to take. Since then I have become allergic to a number of foods such as garlic, coriander seeds, milk, food cooked in any dairy product such as yoghurt or milk , and mint tends to leave me constipated. I have become obbessive with what I eat and I dont. I am based in Pakistan at the moment, and I have to daily make sure everything is cooked and boiled very carefully. I tend to get food poisoning , and gastro entitis muchmore often and my stomach generally is often suffering from some digestive complaint each month, whether it is indigestion or mild food poisoning. I am really tired of taking things like secnadizole and anti bacterial tablets or antibiotics. I would appreicate any help in this matter. Apart from that my appetite is good and I lead a healthy life with exercise regularly.Thank you,Fahad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2001 Report Share Posted December 7, 2001 One thing that has been a mystery to me, is why one particular group, the Ananda Marga Yoga Society, is against garlic. They are strict vegetarians, and they add to that prohibitions against both garlic and onions. Is it that these would conflict with vegetarianism? Or is this just something that's a small part of an overall technology that they do, that only makes sense within that larger picture, and does not apply to the rest of us? My experience with Ananda Marga people is that they are definitely the healthiest folks you could imagine. This is especially significant because their most active disciples put themselves under a level of stress that most of us could not even begin to believe. I have seen these people go through intense privation, and even have seen a few who were put in very bad situations, with no food available for long times in very bad environments. And yet they simply never get sick! They try to specialize in doing disaster relief, and they can go without food or sleep for very long periods while working constantly in various capacities. Many of them are trained in homeopathy, and they have started several clinics around the world. I don't even know why i'm thinking about them so much these past few days. But i bring them up because their level of health is so extraordinary, and i am inviting comments on this whole picture. At 11:00 PM 12/3/01 -0700, you wrote: >Dear Fahad, >Sounds like you and your mother could use some good cleansing and some >good immune system work. >I'd recommend the Total Body Cleanse as found in the files with extra >attention placed on Echinacea if you can get it. >I'm not sure if you can get all of these herbs over there, and if you >can't, I'd recommend a lot of juicing, and the use of garlic in very >small quantities since you say you are allergic to it. (Sometimes what >you think is an allergy is just too rapid a detox and appears to be an >allergy). I've never, ever found anyone who was truly allergic to >garlic, and by starting off small, they could finally build up to a >decent dosage and actually found a healing using those things they were > " allergic " to. >Hope this helps. >Love, >Doc > >Ian " Doc " Shillington N.D. >505-772-5889 >Dr.IanShillington -- Michael Riversong ** Professional Harpist, Educator, and Writer ** RivEdu ** Phone: (307)635-0900 FAX (413)691-0399 http://home.earthlink.net/~mriversong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2001 Report Share Posted December 7, 2001 - " Michael Riversong " <rivedu <herbal remedies > Friday, December 07, 2001 3:22 PM Re: [herbal remedies] sickness > One thing that has been a mystery to me, is why one particular group, the > Ananda Marga Yoga Society, is against garlic. They are strict vegetarians, > and they add to that prohibitions against both garlic and onions. Is it > that these would conflict with vegetarianism? Or is this just something > that's a small part of an overall technology that they do, that only makes > sense within that larger picture, and does not apply to the rest of us? Hi Michael, Onions and garlic are good sources of the sulphur amino acids cysteine and methionine which are involved in the glutathione free radical control system. So on the face of it, it would seem odd not to eat them for health benefits. I do. Cysteine and methionine are plentiful in egg yolks, red peppers, animal muscle protein, garlic, onion, asparagus, brussels sprouts, cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower. The minerals selenium, zinc, magnesium and vanadium help recycle glutathione. Alpha lipoic acid also recycles glutathione. ======================== Good Health & Long Life, Greg Watson, gowatson USDA database (food breakdown) http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/ PubMed (research papers) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi DWIDP (nutrient analysis) http://www.walford.com/dwdemo/dw2b63demo.exe KIM (omega analysis) http://ods.od.nih.gov/eicosanoids/KIM_Install.exe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2001 Report Share Posted December 7, 2001 - " Greg Watson " <gowatson <herbal remedies > Friday, December 07, 2001 3:53 PM Re: [herbal remedies] sickness > - > " Michael Riversong " <rivedu > <herbal remedies > > Friday, December 07, 2001 3:22 PM > Re: [herbal remedies] sickness > > > > One thing that has been a mystery to me, is why one particular group, the > > Ananda Marga Yoga Society, is against garlic. They are strict vegetarians, > > and they add to that prohibitions against both garlic and onions. Is it > > that these would conflict with vegetarianism? Or is this just something > > that's a small part of an overall technology that they do, that only makes > > sense within that larger picture, and does not apply to the rest of us? Hi Michael, Here is more info: http://www.indianfoodscompany.com/Ayurveda/Alchemy.htm In India, foods generally have three states or stages. These states are called 1) Sattavic 2) Rajasic 3) Tamasic. For example an apple when it is just ripe and plucked from the tree it will be in the Sattavic state. When it lies on the counter or grocery shelf for a few days its state turns to Rajasic and when it starts to get soft and brown it has entered the Tamasic stage. - Eating fresh foods and in moderation is considered sattavic and helps to preserve youth, such a person is alert, and in harmony with nature. - Eating highly salty, oily, fast foods are considered rajasic. Eating your meal quickly and under stress is also rajasic. The person consuming such food loses the capacity to distinguish subtle stimuli and can be prone to disease. - Food that is stale, overcooked, cooked eight hours earlier than consumption, liquor, drugs and overeating are considered tamasic.. Tamasic foods robs the person of the capacity to think clearly and disease and lethargy set in. ======================== Why onions and garlic are considered Tamasic foods, which they are, again seems strange. More research needed. ======================== Good Health & Long Life, Greg Watson, gowatson USDA database (food breakdown) http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/ PubMed (research papers) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi DWIDP (nutrient analysis) http://www.walford.com/dwdemo/dw2b63demo.exe KIM (omega analysis) http://ods.od.nih.gov/eicosanoids/KIM_Install.exe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2001 Report Share Posted December 11, 2001 Lots to think about here. I don't always consider those three characteristics of food, but they are important too. They go beyond the body types, because no body type should have to eat tamasic food to any great extent. But our society demands that we eat more of that, for so many reasons. We're taught to conserve leftovers in so many traditional families, for example. And then there are French Fries, which are probably the most tamasic food in existence. Another aspect of this, is that in Indian society any expression of aggression or anger is absolutely forbidden. Since those exist anyway, lots of conflicts result within each person, and these don't just go away because we've managed to eliminate all rajasic foods. Instead, they are either manifested as covert actions all over the place, or as terrorist movements. There have been many of those throughout Indian history -- after all, they're the people who invented the concept of religious thugs. BTW my impression of rajasic foods is more the highly spiced things, like curry dishes and of course fresh chili. I have experienced eating purely Sattvic foods, when i used to show up at the Hare Krishna Society a lot at various times in my life. Those foods really do impart a sense of personal power that you don't get any other way. But i never did figure out how to cook like that. Perhaps with all the huge variety of other things available in India, onions and garlic are not necessary. And i'm writing this while eating one of my typical dinners of hot dogs and popcorn. At 04:05 PM 12/7/01 +1030, you wrote: >- > " Greg Watson " <gowatson ><herbal remedies > >Friday, December 07, 2001 3:53 PM >Re: [herbal remedies] sickness > >Hi Michael, > >Here is more info: > >http://www.indianfoodscompany.com/Ayurveda/Alchemy.htm > >In India, foods generally have three states or stages. These states are called > >1) Sattavic > >2) Rajasic > >3) Tamasic. > >For example an apple when it is just ripe and plucked from the tree it will be in the Sattavic state. When it lies on >the counter or grocery shelf for a few days its state turns to Rajasic and when it starts to get soft and brown it has >entered the Tamasic stage. > >- Eating fresh foods and in moderation is considered sattavic and helps to preserve youth, such a person is alert, and >in harmony with nature. > >- Eating highly salty, oily, fast foods are considered rajasic. Eating your meal quickly and under stress is also >rajasic. The person consuming such food loses the capacity to distinguish subtle stimuli and can be prone to disease. > >- Food that is stale, overcooked, cooked eight hours earlier than consumption, liquor, drugs and overeating are >considered tamasic.. Tamasic foods robs the person of the capacity to think clearly and disease and lethargy set in. > >======================== >Why onions and garlic are considered Tamasic foods, which they are, again seems strange. More research needed. >======================== >Good Health & Long Life, > Greg Watson, gowatson > USDA database (food breakdown) http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/ > PubMed (research papers) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi > DWIDP (nutrient analysis) http://www.walford.com/dwdemo/dw2b63demo.exe > KIM (omega analysis) http://ods.od.nih.gov/eicosanoids/KIM_Install.exe > -- Michael Riversong ** Professional Harpist, Educator, and Writer ** RivEdu ** Phone: (307)635-0900 FAX (413)691-0399 http://home.earthlink.net/~mriversong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2001 Report Share Posted December 11, 2001 - " Michael Riversong " <rivedu <herbal remedies > Tuesday, December 11, 2001 4:46 PM Re: [herbal remedies] sickness > Perhaps with all the huge variety of other things available in India, onions > and garlic are not necessary. It may be that the strong smells of there foods were associated with the strong smells of spoilt food and thus gralic and onions were relegated to the Tamasic catagory. > And i'm writing this while eating one of my typical dinners of hot dogs and > popcorn. You have to be kidding ;-)) right? Have you tried KIM to look at your Omega 6 to 3 ratios? This is a very powerful piece of software and it looks as if someone in the US NIH is really on the ball! ======================== Good Health & Long Life, Greg Watson, gowatson USDA database (food breakdown) http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/ PubMed (research papers) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi DWIDP (nutrient analysis) http://www.walford.com/dwdemo/dw2b63demo.exe KIM (omega analysis) http://ods.od.nih.gov/eicosanoids/KIM_Install.exe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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