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According to Dr. Batmanghelidj, M.D. water is one of the best medicines!

An excerpt from his book, “Your Body’s Many Cries For Water”…“in advanced societies, thinking that coffee, tea, alcohol and manufactured beverages are desirable substitutes for the purely natural water needs of the daily stressed body is an elementary but catastrophic mistake. It is true that these beverages contain water, but what else they contain are dehydrating agents. They get rid of the water they are dissolved in plus some more water from the reserves of the body!”

Here are just a few benefits water provides:

Detoxification
Hydration
Mental clarity
Healthy skin
Healthy kidneys
Healthy digestion
Greater overall health

Nearly all the water we drink is positively ionized. It has been filtered and stripped of valuable electrons or negative ions. This causes the water molecules to share electrons and clump together. The result is fewer electrons to neutralize harmful free radicals. Free radicals are reactive atoms or molecules with an unpaired electron. How can we then neutralize free radicals found in regular drinking water?

What is pH?

Water also has a pH. (Potential of Hydrogen). The pH Scale is a measure of the degree of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution as measured on a pH Scale of 0 to 14. The midpoint of the pH scale is 7.0 and represents neutral, meaning the solution is neither an acid nor a base. Numbers below 7.0 indicate acidity; numbers greater than 7.0 indicate basicity or alkalinity.

Water can be acidic. If water falls below 7.0 on the pH scale, (you can keep in mind that battery acid is 0.0 and liquid drain cleaner is 14.0), you could be causing harm on a cellular level, especially if you already consume acidic foods like meats, coffee, or processed foods.

What is alkalinity?

Alkalinity refers to basic compounds which have a pH greater than 7. The human body provides clues regarding the value of alkalinity in the diet. Bone health relies on a healthy acid/alkaline balance in the diet because when there is a net acid load, the body leaches bone minerals such as calcium to maintain proper blood pH. Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables, which are alkaline-forming foods, helps maintain healthy blood pH levels in our bodies, protecting bones and balancing the potentially negative impact on an acidic diet that most of us consume in the form of meats, sodas, salted foods and processed foods.

Alkalized water helps to ensure maximum hydration at the cellular level, helping the body to efficiently cleanse away toxins in your systems. Water is essential to good health and is your body’s principal chemical component, making up, on the average, more than 60% of your body weight. Every system in your body depends on water. Lack of water can lead to dehydration which can drain your energy and make you feel tired and ultimately lead to cellular dysfunction.

Considering your brain tissue is 85% water… this shortfall can be devastating!

Drink water and be Healthy.
Once again this simple health tip is brought to you by the folks from the Fountain of Wellness

A new study has just been released by Dr. Staninger on her findings stating the health hazards of using Colloidal Silver. Back in February of this year, Dr. Staninger had 2 new patients come under her care for Advanced Nano Material exposure, aka Morgellons. Their previous health care provider had prescribed the use of a popular name brand Colloidal Silver as a therapy to treat these patients for their exposure.

Many health care providers have used a colloidal silver or nano silver product for what they believe are beneficial health benefits for infections such as UTIs, decreasing bacterial loads, and other similar health concerns. There is a common belief that these products can do no harm because it will not accumulate in our tissues. These products will often cite the specific type of suspension they use to create their formulas as the reason why this form of silver is non-toxic.

Dr. Staninger states this is simply not true. She has already submitted this paper to the National Registry of Environmental Professionals and is published on www.hildegarde-staninger.com.

Here are a few excerpts, please read the entire article to get the full story:

“Many professionals and the public believe that colloidal silver materials will not show measurable levels of silver in biological specimens of urine and blood specimens as elemental silver. This paper addresses exposure to the internal ingestion of colloidal silver of two females and comparison values to two other females that did not ingest colloidal silver…

“Silver does not occur regularly in animals or human tissue. The major effect of excess absorption of silver is local or generalized impregnation of the tissues where it remains, as silver sulfide, which forms an insoluble complex in elastic fibers, resulting in argyria. Silver can be absorbed from the lungs and gastrointestinal tract. Complexes with serum albumin accumulated in the liver, from which a fractional amount is excreted. Intravenous injection produces accumulation in the spleen, liver, bone marrow, lungs, muscle, and skin. The major route of excretion is via the gastrointestinal tract. Urinary excretion has not been reported in some cases…

“Large oral doses of silver nitrate cause severe gastrointestinal irritation owing to its caustic action. Lesions of the kidneys and lungs and the possibility of arteriosclerosis have been attributed to both industrial and medical exposures. Large doses of colloidal silver administered intravenously to experimental animals produced death due to pulmonary edema and congestion. Hemolysis and resulting bone marrow hyperplasia have been reported. Chronic bronchitis has also been reported in results from medicinal use of colloidal silver.”

The issue she has reported is not just for individuals that suffer from the mysterious skin disease most popularly known as Morgellons. Contrary to popular belief within the alternative medical community, the tests published in her work disclose the fact that these silver remedies DO bio-accumulate in our tissues.

Generally speaking, the choice between using an antibiotic or using a Colloidal Silver product will still have me favor the silver products; but as Dr. Staninger has cautioned, follow the dosing from the manufacturer’s label and do not use for more than 10 days.

However, if you suspect exposure to the Advanced Nano Materials, aka Morgellons; then taking any silver supplement can cause intermediary reactions as reported in Dr. Staninger’s paper. This is a product that can have serious side effects no matter what the marketers want you to believe.

The Team at the Fountain of Wellness wishes you a very happy and healthy day.

Just in case the following video does not persuade you to put that soda down…read on down for some facts about water and Coca Cola.

In 2006, the average American drank 421 8oz servings of Coke in a year. That is more than one 8 oz serving of Coke a day, and does not factor in all the other soda products on the market. It also doesn’t factor the fact that there are some Americans that do not drink Coke; therefore, this means those who do, are consuming much larger quantities than these figures show.

Facts About Water…

75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.

37% of Americans mistake hunger for the thirst mechanism.

In a University of Washington study, one glass of water shut down late night hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied.

Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

Research indicates drinking 8-10 glasses of water a day can significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of those who suffer.

Becoming dehydrated by as little as 2% can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, cause trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.

Drinking 5 glasses of water a day (which is less than the recommended daily dose) can decrease the risk of colon cancer by 45%, the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and the risk for bladder cancer by 50%.

Facts about Coca Cola…(not for the faint of heart)

Coke is a powerful cleanser:

It can dissolve a T-bone steak in two days.

Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let sit for one hour, then flush clean.

Pour a can of Coca-Cola over battery terminals to bubble away the corrosion.

Soak a rag in Coca-Cola and then place over rusted bolt for several minutes in order to loosen.

The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoric acid leaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase of osteoporosis.

Commercial trucks delivering the Coca-Cola syrup (concentrate) must identify their shipment as Hazardous Material because it is a highly corrosive material.

Apparently, the distributors of Coke have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years!

Now the question is, would you like a glass of water?

Brought to you by the Team of the Fountain of Wellness

Let’s talk this one out until it is heard!

The Senate next meets Nov 30, 2009, tomorrow; the House next meets Dec 1, 2009.

We have 3 bills submitted to Congress from Congressman Ron Paul that are worth us activating a social media conversation that rally’s our public voice to be heard and acted upon.  I realize this may not be new news to some but the point is that these three bills were submitted on July 29, 2009 with very little news coverage.

You know the old adage: the squeaky wheel gets the oil - so here’s my squeak!

HR 3394 is the Freedom of Health Speech Act, HR 3395 is the Health Freedom Act, and HR 3396 is the Congressional Responsibility Act.

At the present moment, this website is at risk of being shut down if we were to use terminology like ‘release your toxins with a colon cleanse’ or ‘this herb is our number one recommendation for Lyme disease.’

HR 3394 is simply re-stating our constitutional rights, directed specifically at the Federal Trade Commission to sit down and knock it off. The Fifth Amendment requires that the Federal Trade Commission bear the burden of proving advertising is deceptive. The First Amendment requires that the FTC not act against speech unless the speech is provably false. The FTC is responsible for proving guilt, just like any other group (or individual) would be who presses charges. If not, it is a witch hunt and we all know that it has felt more and more like this over the years.

HR 3395 is my favorite. This bill removes the FDA’s power of prior restraint over all nutrient-disease relationship claims. Under this bill, the FDA may not prohibit any statement concerning a nutrient affecting a disease (including treatment effects) from being made in the market and may only act against a statement if the agency possesses clear and convincing evidence that the statement is false.

The Team at The Fountain of Wellness have long been advocates of the idea that nutrition is your best medicine. Anyone who ever remembers being an athlete can attest to the direct correlation between food and performance. As nutritional coaches for decades now, we have hundreds of testimonials from clients that had a wonderful surprise side effect from their balanced weight loss program.

Here we go sticking our neck out…we have years of professional experience that demonstrates that processed foods will directly affect how stiff and achy your joints function and feel.

Once our clients started on a diet that was say even 25% raw and cut out the processed and preserve laden bread, crackers and foods out of a box, they noticed their arthritis pain subsiding… YES. YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT AND DRINK.

The next time you get a tummy ache, rather than reach for an anti-acid product to band aid the issue, make a much healthier choice and to stop eating the plasticized food substances whose shelf life is potentially longer than yours!

Now HR 3396 is one of those bills directed at closing a loop hole within our present system. Under Article I of the Constitution, our elected representatives are the ones given the exclusive power to make laws. However the regulatory agencies have been passing regulations without actually taking them to Congress to be passed into law. Very nice move Ron Paul…may the force be with you.

We have long discussed the slow decay of our ability to be free, choose wisely for ourselves, and share viable health and wellness information with out a physician’s license. Now is the time to use the incredible tour de force media platform called the “Internet” to make our vote actually count, make our voice be unified for a healthy change, and put self empowerment back in our stride.

I know I’m tired of the ‘false advertising’ being pushed at my family through all the major media channels. I say these are false advertising agendas because they are sponsored by companies with economic interests in my sickness, not my healing. We are constantly being imprinted with ideas of lack and insecurity about our body image, and pushed into this weird need to consume in order to feel excited about something. And almost all these types of products have a list of side effects that will kill you!

The other day I saw a billboard that read: “Learn the early signs for autism so you can watch for them.”  What??? Wait a minute, why isn’t this reading “Learn the latest medical research into autism and it’s connection to mercury poisoning and other toxins.”  Or “Learn the number one risk factor for autism and why the pharmaceutical companies changed the ingredients on the 18 month MMR shot for infants.”

Although once considered rare, during the last two decades the chance of a child being diagnosed with autism has skyrocketed from one in 10,000 to one in 150. This is simply uncalled for and because our sickness is the money maker and not our health we are NOT getting the information that matters most for us.

It is obvious when we look right at all this, politics should not have ‘buy money’ in it and pharmaceutical companies should be held accountable for their products. On Sept 2, 2009, this can over the wire; American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. (hereinafter together “Pfizer”) have agreed to pay $2.3 billion, the largest health care fraud settlement in the history of the Department of Justice…Pharmacia & Upjohn Company has agreed to plead guilty to a felony violation of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act for misbranding Bextra with the intent to defraud or mislead.

These folks are not our friends, to say the very least…

Please be sure to do your own research before just popping a pill from your doctor. (Or even worse, because you just watched an ad for the product on TV) It’s easy enough to say thank you to the doc and then go home and do some googling. The better informed you are, the better a patient you become for your self!

What we really hope for is that you discover the alternative! Being healthy is our natural state of being and bringing your own health awareness back to this natural state starts with questioning everything.

How fun is that! Now go have a big glass of water and start feeling better right away.

Ramona and the Fountain of Wellness Team.