Wishing All A

Wonderful New Year 

Filled with Love, Joy, Prosperity, and Peace!

Proud Grandfather

I know this is not something that is normally shared in a newsletter of this type but on the other hand those of you that are grandparents will understand. My one and only child and his wife made me a proud grandfather on 11/27/01. I will be going to California to meet and spoil Jasmine Zara the end of December.

In December I posted the following message on a Yahoo user group:

A Christmas Miracle

Towards the end of October, the daughter of a client was informed that her ultrasound showed a Choroid Plexus Cyst on the brain of her baby. The doctors began preparing her to have a baby born with Downs Syndrome.

My client wanted to know if there was anything at all that might help. I checked the “Essential Oil Desk Reference” and frankincense was suggested for cysts. On 11/01 I also posted a message asking for help, the consensus was frankincense

I called my client, explaining that frankincense may help. According to my client, that evening, when she  told her daughter about frankincense, her daughters mouth fell open, her knees buckled and all she could at first say was “No way”.  Apparently it took several minutes for her to get over the shock, but she finally explained to her mother: “Last night I dreamt that I was franticly searching for my frankincense incense”. We all took this as a sign that this was the right thing to do. They ordered frankincense and started applying it to her lower abdominal region twice daily.

My client was in again on 12/11 and couldn’t wait to tell me that the ultrasound completed on 12/10 showed absolutely no sign of a cyst. The ultrasound was completely normal in all areas, the feet, the hands and the spine are all developing normally.

Another client, that was getting ready to leave, overheard what we were talking about and almost started crying she was so happy. I must admit, I had to fight the tears back myself.

I thank God for providing plants from which these oils are provided. I thank Dr. Young for processing such a high quality therapeutic grade oil and I thank Sharon Castle for introducing me to the miracles of essential oils. 

But Was It A Miracle? Decide For Yourself

After posting the message I received an email from a ultrasound sonographer. She advised me that due to the advancements and the sophistication of ultrasound equipment it is not rare  to find a Choroid Plexus Cyst  during ultrasound, but typically these cysts will resolve themselves. She also said it was a shame for them to ruin the joy of pregnancy by not explaining this to the expectant mother. I have since talked to my client and found out they were told it could resolve itself during the last trimester of pregnancy.

My client and her daughter are convinced the application of frankincense was what resolved the cyst. Why? Because frankincense is one of three gifts given to the Christ child, because of the dream and because the expectant mother had not yet completed her second trimester of pregnancy when the last ultrasound was done. 

Whether the cyst resolved itself or frankincense helped we'll never know, however, I can tell you this about frankincense. It is one of the twelve oils of ancient scripture, people of antiquity knew of it's healing power to cure everything from gout to a broken head. Maybe the dream was just God's way of saying your body needs a little "boost" in order for this cyst to be resolved. 

So Do Essential Oils Really Work?

Regardless of whether or not frankincense helped in the above, since I've been using and offering essential oils I can attest to many other cases where essential oils have worked. The following are just a few examples:

All of the people mentioned above are willing to answer any questions you have about their experience with Young Living Essential Oils. Simply email me and I will forward their email address or phone number  to you. 

In addition to the people mentioned above the majority of my clients have purchased the oils used in Raindrop Therapy or the Essential 7 kit by becoming a distributor so they can use these oils 24/7. 

New Pages On Website

There are new pages on the website under Therapies Offered featuring:

If you haven't visited the website recently please check out the new therapies now being offered at Therapeutic Massage & Reflexology. www.yin-yang-colonics.com/therapies.htm

The August Newsletter, www.yin-yang-colonics.com/aug01.htm  was in part about enzyme supplementation. Since the writing of the August Newsletter, I have been reading about and experimenting more with enzymes. I now believe that enzyme supplementation is an absolute must. 

After attending the I-ACT National Convention and listening to Dr. DicQie Fuller, Ph.D., D.Sc. speak on enzyme supplementation I started asking all of my colonic clients if they take enzymes. Keep in mind these clients have a variety of health problems such as: arthritis, constipation, diarrhea, food allergies, toxicity, low sex drive, bloating, fogginess, forgetfulness, irritable bowel syndrome, gall bladder related problems, frequent illness and the list goes on and on. I found the majority of  these clients do not take enzymes. In fact most don't know what enzymes are. Who can blame them, after all, even though I knew about enzymes I didn't realize the critical role enzymes play in our health until listening to Dr. Fuller. 

So Why Are Enzymes so Critically Important?

Before I go there, please think about the following questions: Why is it that 75 years ago America was one of the healthiest nations? Why is it that today we are the 89th sickest nation? Why is that within the last twenty five years we have developed new diseases such as aids, leaky gut syndrome, Epstein Barr virus, and other disease that have come on in the last 50 years like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Lou Gehrig's disease? Why is cancer, heart disease and arthritis constantly on the rise? Why is it that in 1998 the statistics showed that 25% of our children are obese which is an increase of 33% from 1978? Why do do we have children with juvenile diabetes, juvenile arthritis and cancer? Why are children being born with cancer. Why is it that one out of every three people are obese (more than 50 pounds overweight). Why is that forgetfulness did not occur until we were in our 70's? Now we have children in school saying they can't remember things. Do you have the mental clarity you'd like to have? Do you forget where you put things like your car keys, or glasses? Do you find yourself having to write yourself notes so you don't forget to do something? 

We are born with a checking account of enzymes.  In addition, children who are breast fed acquire dozens of enzymes from their mothers milk.  Amylase, an enzyme that breaks down simple sugar is only derived from the mother's breast milk or raw goat milk. It is not in pasteurized goats milk or cow's milk. Check infant formulas and see how much amylase is in them, it'll scare you. If the mother has been on a diet of sweets, sodas and etc. more than likely, even if she was breast fed herself, her body is using her checking account of amylase to digest the sweets she is eating and the baby is getting either none or very little amylase through breast feeding. 

Bottle-fed babies receive pasteurized milk that has been heated, which destroys the milk enzymes, thus causing the baby's enzyme factory to begin using its enzymes from the moment of birth. A study involving 20,061 babies divided them into three groups: Breast fed, partially breast fed, and bottle fed. The physicians studied the morbidity (sickness) rate for the first nine months of the infants' life. They found that 37.4% of the breast-fed babies experienced sickness in comparison to 53.8% for the partially breast-fed and 63.6% for the bottle-fed infants. They studied the mortality rates of the these groups as well. The results follow.

                                Number of Infants    Total Deaths    %of Deaths

Breast -fed                            9,749                    15                    0.15

Partially breast-fed               8,605                    59                    0.7

Bottle-Fed                             1,707                  144                    8.4      

(Incidentally, Jasmine Zara is being breast fed.)      

For the sake of argument lets assume the baby in out little scenario got all of the amylase from breast feeding. But now, this infant when it gets older starts eating the same enzyme deficient foods as their parents.   Every time the child eats processed or cooked foods the body rights out a check for enzymes from the checking account, lowering the enzyme balance. 

Enzymes are responsible for a lot more than just digesting the food. Digestive enzymes break down our foods in the gastrointestinal tract so that the forty-five known nutrients can be absorbed into our bloodstream. Metabolic enzymes are those enzymes that act as catalysts (speeding up chemical reactions) within the cells. Food enzymes are those enzymes that are present in raw foods. Cooked foods lose their energy factor and the enzymes in them are rendered ineffective. 

How Enzymes Affect The Colon

Cooked foods pass through the digestive system slower than raw foods. In the small intestine, and colon partially digested food ferments, rots and putrefies. The body absorbs these harmful substances only to cause gas, heartburn and degenerative diseases like arthritis, cardiovascular conditions, cancer, and diabetes.

Researchers have found that much of the body weight can be waste accumulated within the one hundred thousand miles of blood vessels, the lymphatic system, bone joints, and etc. The majority of waste is found in the impactions of the colon structure. This waste can add up to fifty pounds of waste or more of the body weight if the diet consists of only cooked or greasy foods. Because every ounce of blood that flows through our body also passes through the colon, some of this partially digested cooked food found lining the small intestine and colon also passes into the bloodstream and is deposited as waste throughout the system. If this waste is composed of calories, it manifests as obesity. As excess minerals, it creates arthritis. Excess protein can become cancer, fat leads to high cholesterol, and sugar will eventually cause diabetes. Enzymes in the diet will digest the food into smaller particles more easily assimilated by the body. This will greatly help to keep this impacted fecal matter from remaining in the colon. Good digestion will affect your breathing, elimination, nervous system, blood pressure, insulin/sugar controls, and hormones, among other functions. Remember, the colon is the sewage system of the body. If we do not keep it as healthy and free of disease as possible, all of our major organs and glands are seriously compromised. 

Seventy five years ago, 50 years ago or twenty five years ago we did not have all the processed food, fast food & microwave food available to us. Our parents didn't have to write checks out of their enzyme bank account as often as we do because they didn't eat all the processed and cooked foods that we eat. If this trend continues can you imagine how many diseased, obese and forgetful people there are going to be 20 years from now.

I have learned a tremendous amount about the importance of enzyme supplementation since the I-ACT convention and I still highly recommend Dr. DicQie Fuller, Ph.D., D.Sc.book titled "The Healing Power of Enzymes" . In fact in closing the following comes from her book;

Dr. Dick Courey is a Professor of Nutrition and Health Sciences at Baylor University School of Medicine in Waco, Texas. He is an eminent researcher and author of thirteen books on nutrition and other health related subjects. This is what he had to say about enzymes.

"All my life I have been searching for answers that would allow us to obtain good health, free from hypokinetic (a condition of abnormally diminished muscular movement) or degenerative diseases. First, I have studied how exercise changes the physiology of the human cell. I found that proper exercise will definitely improve the physiology in the cell. However, I found that exercise alone will not protect the cell. I found that eating the forty-five known nutrients in their proper amounts will definitely improve the inner workings of the cell. However, I found that proper nutrition alone will not completely keep the cell from abnormalities. Up to this point in my life, I felt that exercise and proper nutrition were the best remedies to protect the cell from irregularities. I did not have the answers when some of my fit friends experienced health difficulties. Now, through the introduction to Dr DicQue Fuller and her knowledge of enzyme nutrition, I have discovered the answer to good health. Enzymes are the answer. Enzymes are needed for every chemical action and reaction in the body. Our organs, tissues, and cells are all run by metabolic enzymes. Enzymes are the labor force of the body; without them the forty-five known nutrients cannot be fully utilized by the body. Our cells are an orderly, integrated succession of enzyme reactions. Without enzymes, it does not matter how much exercise you get or how well you eat, your health will be severely affected. Raw food naturally contains enzymes to help digest that food. Cooking of our foods destroys the enzymes that we would have received from the food, forcing our bodies to produce all of the enzymes needed to complete the digestive process. This depletes the enzyme potential we inherited. When the body's ability to produces enzymes is weak, our health will be affected, Hopefully, from reading this book ("The Healing Power Of Enzymes") you will gain some knowledge about how enzymes can insure your good health, and protect or rehabilitate you from poor health."