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[Guest guest]

I'm curious as to whether Dr. Gabriel Cousens promotes the ideas of Natural

Hygiene? I saw him mentioned in the list description, as well, but then I've

read somewhere that he believes in supplements (B12, at least) and also that

he thinks not all diets are right for all people? Something about learning

the way your body processes foods or something, and this is information he

uses at the Tree of Life to determine what percentages of carbs/protein is

optimal for each individual ?? Or maybe I was reading from an earlier one of

his

books and his thoughts have shifted??? Just trying to sort out all the

characters in the raw food arena!!

 

xoxo,

denise

 

 

 

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In a message dated 5/25/2005 6:35:32 A.M. Central Standard Time,

valdaly writes:

 

I've had to get away from the idea of 'fixing' things in my body,

and I've been able to begin to focus on providing nourishment for

growth. It has been wonderful to no longer worry about all the

things that are going wrong with my body, and instead be able to

focus on how things are growing and healing, blossoming and

renewing.

 

 

 

Being a person who IS living w/ a virus in my blood that I know is damaging

my liver (it's moderately inflamed and scarred from Hepatitis C), I'm very

interested in this conversation : ) I still can't quite wrap my brain around

the idea that if your body IS suffering from something that you've contracted

while you were not in optimal health which made you suseptible...that you

would refuse to acknowledge that some chinese medicine and other herbal

remedies

might be very helpful in assisting your body HEAL?

 

 

Would Natural Hygienists here deny that I have hcv? Would you say I am in

denial and am only creating it with my 'thinking' and previous bad eating

habits???? Oh, I wish I could make it go away...just with my thoughts

 

I am on the raw path now, and do hope that it will help my body heal,

but...well, I'm just very interested in hearing more about how some don't

believe

it's real and that when your body is suffering from something like this, herbs

don't support healing???

 

Come on and stretch my brain this morning

 

xoxo,

denise

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi, Denise, I appreciate your concern! I am no scientist, and definitely no

expert. And while I can appreciate the whole mind/body connection, I agree with

you, I don't think simply believing myself well will do the trick. :-)

 

The one thing we seem to have a lot of support for is that our body uses

nutrients to function in any way at all, and it is the nutrients that supply our

body with what it needs to both perform and to heal. A lot of the evidence seems

point to herbs and contemporary medicines being used in a similar fashion,

suppressing symptoms, without actually healing the root cause of the problem. I

have not had to deal with as serious an issue as you are currently, however; so

I think that's all I'll say on the issue right now.

 

Peace, Valerie

 

we3deeves wrote:Being a person who IS living w/ a virus in my blood that

I know is damaging

my liver (it's moderately inflamed and scarred from Hepatitis C), I'm very

interested in this conversation : ) I still can't quite wrap my brain around

the idea that if your body IS suffering from something that you've contracted

while you were not in optimal health which made you suseptible...that you

would refuse to acknowledge that some chinese medicine and other herbal

remedies

might be very helpful in assisting your body HEAL?

 

 

Would Natural Hygienists here deny that I have hcv? Would you say I am in

denial and am only creating it with my 'thinking' and previous bad eating

habits???? Oh, I wish I could make it go away...just with my thoughts

 

I am on the raw path now, and do hope that it will help my body heal,

but...well, I'm just very interested in hearing more about how some don't

believe

it's real and that when your body is suffering from something like this, herbs

don't support healing???

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Just a thought, but surely many (not all) herbs just

provide the body with the extra nutrition it requires

for certain kinds of healing? What is the exact

distinction between food and herbs? Many herbs are

used as food (dandelion, nettle, chamomile, etc.), but

also have a definite effect on the way the body copes

with certain conditions.

 

Rather than acting on the symptoms of illness, my

understanding is that many herbalists try to give the

body support in it's own healing process. In

pre-historic times we would have foraged a huge

variety of wild edible foliage, giving our body access

to many different trace nutrients. In this modern era,

when the variety of plant life we ingest is generally

limited, and rarely wild, maybe there is a place for

using herbs to increase the range of plant foods (and

therefore nutrients) we consume?

 

 

--- Valerie Mills Daly <valdaly wrote:

 

 

Hi, Denise, I appreciate your concern! I am no

scientist, and definitely no expert. And while I can

appreciate the whole mind/body connection, I agree

with you, I don't think simply believing myself well

will do the trick. :-)

 

The one thing we seem to have a lot of support for is

that our body uses nutrients to function in any way at

all, and it is the nutrients that supply our body with

what it needs to both perform and to heal. A lot of

the evidence seems point to herbs and contemporary

medicines being used in a similar fashion, suppressing

symptoms, without actually healing the root cause of

the problem. I have not had to deal with as serious an

issue as you are currently, however; so I think that's

all I'll say on the issue right now.

 

Peace, Valerie

 

we3deeves wrote:Being a person who IS living

w/ a virus in my blood that I know is damaging

my liver (it's moderately inflamed and scarred from

Hepatitis C), I'm very

interested in this conversation : ) I still can't

quite wrap my brain around

the idea that if your body IS suffering from something

that you've contracted

while you were not in optimal health which made you

suseptible...that you

would refuse to acknowledge that some chinese

medicine and other herbal remedies

might be very helpful in assisting your body HEAL?

 

 

Would Natural Hygienists here deny that I have hcv?

Would you say I am in

denial and am only creating it with my 'thinking' and

previous bad eating

habits???? Oh, I wish I could make it go away...just

with my thoughts

 

I am on the raw path now, and do hope that it will

help my body heal,

but...well, I'm just very interested in hearing more

about how some don't believe

it's real and that when your body is suffering from

something like this, herbs

don't support healing???

 

 

 

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