Do You Want Health

Posted by monica on October 26th, 2008 in Detoxify

Our bodies have become dumping grounds for hundreds of thousands of toxic compounds that invade our air, water and even the soil in which our food grows. There are more than 77,000 chemicals in active production in America and more than 3,000 chemicals in our food supply. Our body cannot metabolize over 20,000 of these chemicals.

So what happens to them? These toxins are stored in fat cells throughout our bodies where they continue to accumulate. These chemicals and heavy metals create a situation of chronic toxic overload and can cause disease.

To stay healthy and strong in this chemical-ridden world, it is essential to help the body with its removal of harmful waste products.

The solution- regular, effective, whole-body detoxification. One way to detoxify is far infrared sauna. Far infrared sauna therapy boosts the body’s ability to detoxify, leading to significant and lasting health benefits.

How Does Far Infrared Work?

Far infrared is a section on the electromagnetic spectrum that is not visible to the human eye, but can be felt as heat. Far infrared saunas heats the body directly & faster than warm air sauna can.  This stimulated the body’s cellular detoxification process more effectively than a traditional sauna.

Insist your Sauna is built with Poplar Wood

Poplar wood does not outgas any chemicals or have strong, objectionable odors making it superior to cedar, redwood, hemlock, and basswood for individuals addressing health problems related to toxicity or those with allergies, chronic disease, or chemical sensitivities. Poplar is the wood recommended by toxicologists for clinical or home use of therapy saunas used for medical purposes.

Not just any sauna. Something you should know.

Most infrared saunas are built with lots of adhesives as it makes construction faster and easier. Water-based carpenter’s glues are labeled “non-toxic”, but they are not chemical-free. Most are water-emulsified plastic with chemical additives (biocides, preservatives, thinners, etc.)

A sauna is unlike any other wooden product in your home - you get it hot and you then get into it! That is not the same as standing next to a chair, at normal room temperatures, that contains some glue at the joints!

While detoxifying, the last thing you want to do is sweat out one toxin and inhale fumes of another! Look for a sauna that uses non-corrosive steel screws and thicker paneling to assures that your sauna has both the clean air that is essential for effective detox, as well as the strength needed to last for decades.

Heavenly Heat saunas are made for the chemically sensitive person with your health in mind.

Visit Heavenly Heat Saunas for more information. You may ask for a price brochure and for an additional savings, mention code: Safe Sauna

Bob Morgan is the owner and founder of Heavenly Heat Saunas. Read about his personal dedication to the children here.

No Comments

Posted by monica on October 21st, 2008 in Is Canola oil healthy?

Canola oil has been claimed to promote good health due to its very low saturated fat and high monounsaturated fat content, and beneficial omega-3 fatty acid profile. The Canola Council of Canada states that it is completely safe and is the “healthiest” of all commonly used cooking oils.

So why did I stop cooking with Canola oil? To understand why, here is a bit of history.

The word “canola” was derived from “Canadian oil, low acid” using conventional plant breeding from rapeseed. The word “rape” from rapeseed comes from the Latin work “rapum” meaning turnip.

Traditional rapeseed oil contains higher amounts of erucic acid and glucosinolates, both have been deemed undesirable for human consumption by the USA FDA.

Erucic acid: The human liver can not metabolize small amounts of erucic acid without causing ill effects to the body, anything over 4% of erucic acid is considered toxic to the human body. In 1968 Dr. Baldur Stefansson of the University of Manitoba used selective breeding to develop a variety of rapeseed low in erucic acid. This was called LEAR oil(low erucic acid rapeseed).

This raises questions:

• a) The processing of oil is not an exact science as each batch produces different amounts of erucic aicd, sometimes in amounts over the recommenced safe levels. Is the erucic acid in your canola oil within the safe limits?

• b) How effectively is your liver working to detoxify 4% of erucic acid?

Glucosinolates: High levels of glucosinolates(know to produce goiters) are found in rapeseeds, and hem agglutinins(substances that promote blood clotting and depress growth) are found in the protein part of the rapeseed. In 1974, a variety was produced that was low in both and as a result produced a low-glycoside meal that could be used as an animal feed.

Darlene Bradley comments , “Rape oil was widely used in animal feeds in England and Europe between 1986 and 1991, when it was thrown out…Cattle were being fed on a mixture containing material from dead sheep, and sheep suffer from a disease called scrapie. It was thought this was how Mad Cow began and started to infiltrate the human chain. What is interesting is that when rape oil was removed from animal feed, scrapie disappeared… We also haven’t seen any further reports of Mad Cow since rape oil was removed from the feed.”

The Weston Price Foundation reports animal testing of canola oil indicates growth retardation, a higher incidence of heart lesions, decrease in platelet count and increase in platelet size, vitamin E deficiency, high blood pressure, and lowered life span. “Studies all point in the same direction… that canola oil is definitely not healthy for the cardiovascular system.”

Modern process of extracting the oils with high-pressure mechanical pressing along with industrial solvent residue in the oil in itself can be toxic. Canola oil then goes through the process of caustic refining, bleaching and degummin, followed by a deodorixation process with removes a large portion of the omega-3 fatty acids by turning them into trans-fatty acids. Research at the University of Gainsville have found trans-fatty acids levels as high as 4.6% in commercial liquid oil.

In 1996, a Japanese animal study reported that a special canola diet killed laboratory animal. A duplicate study was conducted by Canadian scientists and reported in Nutrition Research 1997, v17. The study noted that canola oil depleted the test animals of Vitamin E to dangerously low levels.

Today 80% of the acreage of canola sown is with Genetically Modified canola.

Thus, I now use Olive oil for cooking and Flax seed oil on raw dishes. Studies have shown oxidation and hydrogenation occurs to a lesser degree in olive oil than in other oils when heated.

No Comments