The Blue Zone, Water and Obesity

Podcast 12 The Blue Zone, The Gut and Regeneration

We have been talking about the importance of water for health. The water source for most farm plants weather industrially grown or organically grown and let’s not even talk about foreign grown, you would never drink. Since vegetables are 70 to 96 percent water, you drink that water every time you eat most vegetables and fruits. For the next several weeks, we are talking about the Gut, the Second Brain. Last week, we reported that many top scientists and physician think that Hippocrates the father of western medicine might be right. More than 2000 years ago, he said,” diseases start in the gut. We introduced RIGHT REGENERATION as a key to being healthy over a 100 years. On a molecular level, every cell in your body is undergoing a constant process of coming into and out of being We usually see changes in our body overs years but like a new conceived fetus there are trillions of changes and microadjustments occurring every moment in each cell, completely building tissue and regenerating damaged and diseased tissue. On the most basic level, regeneration follows from removing what the body does not need and adding back what it does. Many of you wanted to know more about Right Regeneration. Lets see how Right Regeneration impacts the 3 concepts from podcast 10 and 11. First, The Immune System - Up to 80% of the immune system is in the gut. There are more than 80 different known autoimmune diseases. Now diseases like Alzheimer and heart disease are on the list. What is an auto immune disease, it is your immune system attacking you. Instead of regeneration, the body is attacking good tissue. Second, The Microbiome. A healthy gut has more 300 trillion bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses. They weigh as much as 5 lbs. These microorganisms for example help digest our food, regulate our immune system, protect against other organism that cause disease, produce vitamins, proteins, hormones and an even the enzyme necessary to burn fat. Antibiotics can severely damage our microbiome. And guess what, antibiotics are in most meat, what about vegetables and fruits? The active ingredient in Roundup Monsanto and now Bayer’s key product on almost everything edible was patented as an antibiotic. And if that was not enough to cause the epidemic of disease, any food containing a preservative is usually an anti-microbial. Finally, we told you, the gut is not just connected to the brain but to 12 key organs. The gut has many ways to communicate to the brain. It has a direct way to communicate faster than the blink of an eye. The vagus nerve communicates in .01 seconds. Your gut muscles respond like your face muscles, in a flash. But the brains impact on this critical pathway of regeneration is startling. The vagus nerve provides the primary control for the nervous system's parasympathetic division: the rest-and-digest counterpoint to the sympathetic nervous system's fight-or-flight response. When the body is not under stress, the vagus nerve sends commands that slow heart and breathing rates and increase digestion. In times of stress, control shifts to the sympathetic system, which produces the opposite effect. Stress or fear sends a signal to the gut to stop absorbing nutrients. In other words, when the body is in a flight/fight mode, it tells the gut to stop working so the body can prepare to fight or run. Most experts believe it is difficult for the body to be in a regenerative mode and stress mode at the same time. A significant amount of information suggests it may be impossible to be in both modes at the same time. Next, week we will give you a technique Harvard recently publish to use before eating to switch to the regenerative mode. We will also talk about how the gut effects the brain. The Gut can send neurochemical that signal you to feel peaceful, sleepy, happy and even a desire to hug or cuddle.

The Blue Zone, The Gut and the Brain

America was 5th in life expectancy but now some reports have us at 35th and others as low as 49th. We are talking about getting out of the Nutrient Famine and living in the Blue Zone. The Blue Zones are Communities in the world where people have an average life and health span of over 100 years. We have been talking about the importance of water for health. The water source for most farm plants weather industrially grown or organically grown and let’s not even talk about foreign grown, you would never drink. Since vegetables are 70 to 96 percent water, you drink that water every time you eat most vegetables and fruits. For the next several weeks, we are talking about the Gut, the Second Brain. Last week, we reported the disturbing fact that 40 million Americans will experience some form of gut poisoning from food every year. While some of that poisoning may cause minor discomforts, most of it may have long term consequences. In fact, many top scientists and physician think that Hippocrates the father of western medicine might be right. More than 2000 years ago, he said,” diseases start in the gut. Additionally, we told you, if you flatten out the gut it has more surface area than a tennis court. Why is this critical, because every inch has to be defended from attacks from things the body comes in contact with. That is why up to 80% of the immune system is in the gut. And 100% of your T cells that regulate the immune system are in the gut. We now know that diseases, like Type 1 diabetes, Rheumatoid arthritis, Psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis, Multiple sclerosis, lupus , Inflammatory bowel disease are autoimmune. There are more than 80 different autoimmune diseases. Now diseases like Alzheimer and heart disease are on the list. More about this critical fact later. Next, we told you that the while every cell in the body, including bone cells, heart cells, and brain cells can regenerates every 7 to 10 years, the lining of the stomach regenerated the fastest. Every 7 days! Why is this important, because RIGHT REGENERATION is a key to being healthy over a 100 years. In the Blue Zone, there is RIGHT REGENERATION. More about how to regenerate your body and stay young and healthy. Finally, last week we told you, a healthy gut has more 300 trillion good bacteria. Those bacteria weigh as much as twice that of the brain. We reminded you, that human beings have roughly 20,500 genes, which is less than the water flea and genetically, every person in the world is 99.9 percent the same, each person has a huge array of gut bacteria that is as unique as a fingerprint. What your microbiome or gut bacteria fingerprint looks like and how it functions is based on what you choose to eat, to drink, your environment including what you breathe and touch. The gut is not just connected to the brain but extensive research has identified 12 gut microbiota axes: Gut-brain, -liver,-heart, -skin, -bone, -lung, -thyroid, -pancreas, -kidney, and -eye axes. I have gone down the rabbit hole. There is so much research and yeh lots of noise, 7 minutes is hard. We are on the tip of vast new insight and knowledge. We know the gut has many ways to communicate, for example by the endocrine system and immune pathways, but perhaps the fastest and most direct way for the gut to influence the brain is by the Vagus nerve. Research at Duke University found it signal was 100 milliseconds—faster than an eyeblink. It is a direct connect to the brain. Your gut muscles respond like your face muscles. It has a look for each emotion like as smile or frown on your face. Remember that knot in your stomach when you had to speak in front of the group the first time or some call a nerves stomach. Yeh your stomach has as many expressions as your face. This series will convince you, that the gut impacts your life from birth to death. Your mother was right,” learn to follow your gut!!!” Life in the Blue Zone is a choice

Podcast 10 The Blue Zone, The Gut, The Second Brain

The health in America should already be declared a state of emergency. We are talking about getting out of the Nutrient Famine and living in the Blue Zone. The Blue Zones are Communities in the world where people have an average life and health span of over 100 years. We have been talking about the importance of water for health. The water source for most farm plants weather industrially grown or organically grown and let’s not even talk about foreign grown, you would never drink. But you drink that water every time you eat most vegetables and fruits. Last week, we talked about the importance of water and obesity. Our bodies need two things to turn fat into energy, enzymes and you know it, water. Obesity is not about blame and shame, it’s about chemistry and culture. Drinking a large glass of cold water before each meal could burn more than 100 calories. For the next several weeks, we are talking about the Gut, the second brain. Several months ago, the surgeon said my 30-year-old relative was 2 hours from dying with a hole in his intestine or gut. He had a belly ache for a week. He went to the doctor and they sent him home twice with some pain pills. The same thing happened when he went to the emergency room at his local Hospital. Fortunately, we got him into a Raleigh Hospital. After two surgeries and 3 months, he is almost functioning normally. Each year, there are an estimated 48 million cases of foodborne illness in the U.S., affecting one in six Americans. More serious cases—around 128,000 per year are admitted to the hospital, and roughly 3,000 die.3 Worldwide the latest report by the World health Organization reports 600 million cases with over 420,000 deaths. Besides water related illnesses, bad food is the next killer. Since half of our vegetables and fruits originate from foreign suppliers this is particularly concerning. The onset time of symptoms after digesting contaminated vegetables and fruits is usually not a few hours but 8 or more hours and generally takes days for the symptoms to manifest. But as you understand the gut, you will see that the condition of your gut is a top determinant of health and longevity. A few facts: 1. The gut flowing from your esophagus to your anus is full of ridges and curves. If you flatten it out it has more surface area than a tennis court. 2. According to researchers at Stanford, the body replaces itself with largely a new set of cells every 7 to 10 years, however, the intestine is the most highly regenerative organ in the human body, regenerating its lining, called the epithelium, every five to seven days. 3. While there are 37 trillion cells in the body, a healthy gut has more 300 trillion good bacteria. Those bacteria weigh as much as twice that of the brain. 4. You may remember that human beings have roughly 20,500 genes, which is less than the water flea and genetically, every person in the world is 99.9 percent the same. In a 2019 Harvard study, 3,500 human microbiome samples, mostly poop samples, produced a "staggering," 46 million "non-redundant genes." In other words, while 99.9 percent of human genes are the same, each person has a huge array of gut bacteria that is as unique as a fingerprint. What your microbiome or gut bacteria fingerprint looks like and how it functions is based on what you eat, and drink and your environment. This series will convince you; the gut impacts your life from death to birth. And just like the known plant nutrients have gone from a few thousand to over 25,000 in 5 years, the explosion of health information and especially the gut is changing everything we thought we knew about health. Your mother was right when she said,” learn to follow your gut!!!” Life in the Blue Zone is a choice The Creator gave us choice. And that choice extends to our health and longevity. Learn how to get you and your family out of the nutrient famine in America and into the Blue Zone. Next week, the Gut, and your Brain

The Blue Zone, Water and Obesity

America is in a nutrient famine, as result, according to the CDC or the center for disease control, 6 out of 10 people in America have a chronic disease, Most Americans are sick. And it is killing more people than any pandemic. In 2017, a total of 1.7 million people died from 5 diseases that are mostly preventable, Heart disease, Cancer, Respiratory diseases, Stroke and Alzheimer. And now the first scientific studies of the coronavirus report that if you add obesity to the list of the 5, 94% of the US deaths are people with 1 or more of these diseases. We are talking about getting out of the Nutrient Famine and living in the Blue Zone. The Blue Zones are Communities in the world where people have an average life and health span of over 100 years. We have been talking about the importance of water for health. The water source for most farm plants weather industrially grown or organically grown and let us not even talk about foreign grown, you would never drink. But you drink that water every time you eat most vegetables and fruits. The last couple of weeks, we talked about the importance of water and sleep. Particularly waters impact on the critical sleep hormone. Some of you were surprised that the killer cells, the first line of defense for the immune system deceased by 70% if you had one night of 4 hours of sleep or that your DNA changed in a negative way with more than a week of 6 hours of sleep. Short term you easily catch a virus like the flu or the coronavirus and long-term this behavior increases your chance for cancer. Today, we are talking about Water and Obesity. First, water is a natural appetite suppressant. In a 2014 study, when the stomach senses that it is full, it sends signals to the brain to stop eating. Water can help to take up space in the stomach, leading to a feeling of fullness and reducing hunger. A person may also think that they are hungry when they are thirsty. Drinking a glass of water before reaching for something to eat can help to curb unnecessary snacking. The participants in these studies, experienced a reduction in body weight, body fat, and body mass index. They also reported appetite suppression. Second, water may help with weight loss by temporarily increasing your metabolic rate. In an article Water-induced thermogenesis published in the endocrine society, drinking cold water may increase your total energy expenditure by up to 100 calories per day, because the body expends energy, or calories, by heating up the water for digestion. Third and most important, water is the key ingredient critical to burning fat. Without water, the body cannot metabolize or burn stored fat or even carbohydrates. Lipolysis is the process by which fats are broken down in our bodies through enzymes and water, or hydrolysis. Lipolysis occurs in the fatty tissues that cushion and line our bodies and organs. Breaking down this “potential energy” into free moving fatty acids can then allow them to be repurposed or expended as fuel! Bottomline, drinking enough water is essential for burning off fat from food and drink, as well as stored fat. Now I have been studying water for 25 years, so I am simply giving you highlights. I have studied pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals for 35 years. So, remember while the law of entropy says things move to disorder without an input of energy. You know like cords or hoses getting tangled with no effort. Synergy is when 1 plus 1 equal 10 for example instead of 2. So, the big picture is as important as a single or multiple input. In the Blue Zone, synergy rules. Obesity is not about blame and shame, it is about chemistry and culture. Simply, try drinking a large glass of cold water before each meal. It may help you achieve your goal. More about obesity and malnutrition later. Life in the Blue Zone is a choice, Good Food is Healing and Regenerative Medicine Next week, the Gut, Your second Brain

The Blue Zone, Immune System, The Killer Cells

Podcast 8 The Blue Zone, Immune System, The Killer Cells America is in a nutrient famine, as result, according to the CDC or the center for disease control, 6 out of 10 people in America have a chronic disease, Most Americans are sick. And it is killing more people than any pandemic. In 2017, a total of 1.7 million people died from 5 diseases that are mostly preventable, Heart disease, Cancer, Respiratory diseases, Stroke and Alzheimer. And now the first scientific studies report that if you add obesity to the list of the 5, 94% of the US deaths and Bloomberg reports 99% of Italian deaths from the coronavirus were people already sick with one of these preventable diseases. We are talking about getting out of the Nutrient Famine and living in the Blue Zone. The Blue Zones are Communities in the world where people have an average life and health span of over 100 years. We have been talking about the importance of water for health. The water source for most farm plants, industrially grown or organically and let’s not even talk about foreign grown, you would never drink. But you drink that water every time you eat most vegetables and fruits. Last week we talked about the importance of water and sleep. Particularly waters impact on the critical sleep hormone. Some of you were surprised that the lack of sleep decreased the hormone testosterone enough to shrink men’s testis by 50% if they only slept 5 hours but estrogen also shrinks. Ladies, while we know that estrogen helps develop and maintain both the reproductive system and female characteristics. Estrogen contributes to cognitive health, bone health, the function of the cardiovascular system, and other essential bodily processes. The proper level is critical to wellbeing. Today, we are talking about additional immune system problems by sleeping less than 8 hours. Immune killer cells but first let us talk about sleep and your DNA on the immune system. In this study, they took healthy adults and limited them to 6 hours of sleep a night for a week. They then measured their gene profile as compared to 8 hours of sleep a night. There were 2 critical findings. First, more than 700 genes that impact your immune system were distorted in their activity. Roughly half of those genes decreased in activity and half increased in activity. The genes that were switch off usually increased immune response. The genes that were turned on were associated with increased tumors, long term chronic inflammation and stress that impacts the cardiovascular system. Insufficient sleep literally damages the very fabric of life itself, the DNA. Now, what about your Killer cells. Your immune system has Natural killer cells that kill tumor cells and virus-infected cells without having been previously exposed to them. They control or stop the viral infections while the adaptive immune response is generating specific T cells that can clear or defeat the infection. In other words, if you have plenty of killer cells it stops infections before they get started and spreads. Likewise, the body is being attacked by millions of nanotumors but these killer cells stop them from becoming cancer especially in the prostate, breast and colon. Now, just one night of only 4 hours of sleep dropped the number of killer cells by not 10%, 30% or 50% but 70%. 70% less killer cells. And that’s why when you hang out all night you can easily catch a cold, the flu or the coronavirus the next day. But if you make this sleep pattern a habit, studies show an increase risk to cancer, especially prostate, breast and colon. There is simply no aspect of sleep deprivation that allows you to get away unscathed. We are still talking about the lack of water on sleep. Insufficient good water results in poor sleep, and the shorter your sleep, the shorter your life. Good and Plenty water is critical for Sleep and the Immune System Life in the Blue Zone is a choice Remember It is rarely our DNA