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NOT LOSING WEIGHT WITH TED'S REMEDIES
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LOOKING FOR EXACT RECIPE FOR VINEGAR DIET
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05/05/2008: Lori writes: "What happens when you take the 2 remedies on the same day,with only an hour apart? I have been doing that for months. I would take my acv in the morning and when I get to work start drinking my liter of water with 6-7 drops of h202 and sea salt in my water. Maybe that's why I'm not losing weight, I'm gaining!!"Reply to this Question E-mail this Question Print this Question Back to Top
PERI-MENOPAUSE AND WEIGHT GAIN
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04/24/2008: Christina writes: "Apple Cider Vinegar: I've been taking 2 tablespoons in 8 oz of water three times a day for a week and half now. I workout 5 days at 90 minutes (mix of cardio and weight training), 2 of those days I workout 30 minutes of just cardio. (I workout everyday) This routine has been a part of my life for over 7 years now. 2 years ago, I was a nice 137lbs, today, I am 145lbs and can't seem to get this crap off! Am I not giving the ACV time to work??? My eating habits or very healthy, I consume mostly fresh fruit and veggies and when I do decide to have some type of sugar or carb snack, it is usually just a bowl of cereal (Plane Cheerios is my favorite) I also have developed the habit of not eating after 6 pm. Generally speaking, I don't eat much, I have small healthy snacks/meals throughout the day. I've explained this to you to help you understand my frustration....when does the ACV weight loss kick in??? I should should probably mention that I am a 39 year old female...I know the older we get the harder the weight to loose. My doctor has tested thyroid and cholesterol...we were both pleased with the results. :) Oh...I have seen my skin complexion clear up...eyes seem to be clearer and I'm not tired in the afternoons like I used to be...I am seeing some results... Ok...when will I see weight loss results? Thanks for reading my question! :)"Reply to this Question E-mail this Question Print this Question Back to Top
DIETING TIPS NEEDED FOR FLUCTUATING WORK SCHEDULE
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WILL VINEGAR WITHOUT THE MOTHER WORK?
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01/02/2008: Harry writes: "Hello Ted, Thanks for your fantastic input and advice onearthclinic.com. I have the following questions:
1. Can one take the AVC Baking Soda Remedy + Coconut Oil with Lecithin + Black Strap Molasses + Oil Pulling?
2. If you can do these 4 remedies, how should one go about it for the best result.
3. Is there an order in which you should take the remedies and at what times?
4. My aim is weight loss and increase in energy and fitness levels. Are these the correct remedies I have selected?
Thank you."
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Harry: The remedy can often be combined together of ACV, Baking soda, coconut oil, lecithin, oil pulling but this doesn't occur at the same time. The coconut oil is used in cooking, or added to the food. The lecithin is taken along with foods. The ACV plus Baking soda is taken twice a day. The oil pulling occurs between brushing. The black strap molasses should be dilute in a liter drinking water, so this won't effect the blood sugar spikes. Hence for best results, it is placed into the daily routine as mentioned.
The order is already mentioned, but ACV and baking soda, schedule might be moved, in case it causes drowsiness in some cases during the morning hours. Generally it won't but if it does, it can be taken in the early evening and late evening, which is still twice a day. It should also be noted that the 2 tablespoons of ACV and 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water are minimum dose that can be started. However, if pH meter is available it may require 2 tablespoon of ACV plus 1/2 teaspoon, usually for men might require larger doses since larger build and weight is linked to larger dose.
The other addition to the remedy is some vitamin B complex (B50) and sodium ascorbate vitamin C 1000 is at least be taken, at least once or twice a week since people quite often is deficient in water soluble vitamins.
If the intention of weight loss is the objective, sometimes this won't achieve it, and for a good reason: certain dietary changes and eating habits are important too.
In some cases doing the above remedy may result in short term weight gain from increased in appetite. This has to occur because the body's chemistry is messed up and the body tries to deal with other problems, but weight may reduce later on.
Most weight loss program are quite dangerous if caloric restriction is only considered, which often results in vitamin B deficiency (in particular B1 Thiamine) and vitamin C, leading to heart attack. Many celebrities die this way too. Karen Carpenter (Stillman Diets resulted in anorexia bulimia from B3 deficiency), Paul Lynde Comedian (Weight Watchers, Thiamine B1 deficiency), Mammas and Papas, Maria Cass Elliot (don't know which diet program, but sodium/potassium imbalance and vitamin B deficiency), Laurel & Hardy - of Oliver Hardy (sodium/potassium imbalance, possible B deficiency).
As you can see in many cases the death is caused by water soluble vitamin deficiency and electrolyte imbalance.
My remedy for various sickness usually deals with electrolyte imbalance and pH, which is the most common sickness in Western diets, followed by water soluble vitamin supplements.
The newer weight loss program also have its share of death and sickness, Atkins (death from high cholesterol heart attacks), Hallelujah Diet (death from electrolyte imbalance, low sodium), Paleolithic Diet (no death yet, but kidney stones, some similarity to Atkins Diet), South Beach Diet (problems of related Alzheimer from use of polyunsaturated fats at high temperature cooking, metabolic acidosis, electrolyte and balanced amino acid issues) but I much rather refrain from going further to avoid conflicts, but I just wanted to say only that health prevention first and weight loss second.
If weight loss is given prime objective, provided, that health problems are handled where a deficiency of vitamin and electrolytes are already taken care of, then certain dietary habits should be considered before supplements are considered. Most of the post 1990 obesity are actually related to fructose (corn syrup), monosodium glutamate (without sufficient taurine to offset hypothalmic damage.
While the post 1980s obesity were more related to dietary chemical sugar substitute, such as aspartame, causing sugar control to be out of whack, by damaging the ability of the body to control blood sugar. And even more demeaning is the post 1960s which came from monosodium glutamate, fructose, Bisphenol-A estrogen found now in nearly all canned food and packaged foods leading to obesity.Hence the avoidance of those would help. Henceforth it is best to eat a very early dinner.
Assuming all those were considered, I believe the cause of obesity, after considering the above cause, is due to hormonal and amino acid imbalances. Just avoid the bad fats and sugars or high glycemic food. Protein, amino acids and certain hormone supplements seemed to work the best. For me it was DHEA 25 mg x 1 or 2 times, 100 mg alpha lipoic acid x 2 times a day, 2000 mg of taurine, 1 tablespoon of l-carnitine before exercise, 1-2 tablespoon of L-glutamine. The weight gain will be from the muscle mass, while fat portions will be reduce. So using weight as an objective is a poor measure if we don't consider muscle mass in relation to body fat.
Basically it is the body builders who actually solved most of the problem of obesity, quietly away from all the hype. Most of these supplements can be found in a body builders store and then some. I can't quite possibly covered everything, but lecithin is an important component that's not covered by these people, in relation to weight loss."
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QUESTIONS ABOUT APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "It's best to prepare each time it is taken so that it remains fresh and free from spoilage. Once the ACV's acidity is neutralize its shelf life is reduced considerably and hence I always prepare it each time I need it.
It is usually sensible when taking acv and baking soda the first time that it is taken just twice a day instead of three times a day. Once the body gets used to it a couple of days, then it maybe increased to three times a day. "
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QUESTIONS ABOUT APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
1. how should be ACV used in my case to lose weight and stomach?
2. i'm breatfeeding, is ok to use ACV? 3. how soon can the first results be seen after taking ACV?
i hope you would take my mail into consideration and expecting your PRECIOUS answer for all my dream to come true! PLEASE!!! thanking you in advance."
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "As to your questions:
1. how should be ACV used in my case to lose weight and stomach?
Apple cider vinegar has to be mixed with baking soda where the dose is 2 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water, taken twice a day.
Apple cider vinegar and baking soda works by alkalizing the body, reducing the constipation and therefore reduced bloating in the stomach from reduced constipation.
The remedy is generally mild and ideally it should be taken 3 times a day, but most people have problems on three times a day due to work schedules and therefore two times a day is also acceptable.
During pregnancy a mother's biggest problem is the excess toxin buildup due to waste that the body cannot get rid of a quickly whenever the baby grows inside the mother's womb.
As a result certain detoxifying toxin removal such as apple cider vinegar and baking soda will at least restore the body from excess acidosis, which is quite common (haven't seen one who is not!) during term pregnancy. The acetate portion of the vinegar (sodium acetate, after reacting with the baking soda) is also detoxifying much like how natural acetylation by the liver in detoxifying substances.
2. i'm breastfeeding, is ok to use ACV?
Apple cider vinegar is considered as a food and if mixed with baking soda will at least reduce the excess acidity created by the apple cider vinegar. If taken as a drink or added in salad, it can therefore be considered a form of food, but a modified form where it helps modify the body's imbalances of excess toxicity and acidosis.
3. how soon can the first results be seen after taking ACV?
It takes generally between one to two weeks to see some improvements, but mostly the constipation problems even a mild one should be noted through improved bowel movements, and hence greater toxins if it is unloaded, the body's excess retention for water is generally reduced as well. f you are observant, whenever a person has a bowel movement the body also gets rid of excess urine. Therefore more frequent bowel movement the body also tends to unload excess water retention at the same time. Apparently the extra amount of water the body retains is to neutralize whatever is in the bowels, once the bowels clears up, excess water retention reduces and any stomach distension is hereby reduced.
In case weight loss is a real problem, I would probably avoid eating during dinner hours, since this is the time when the body doesn't do any activities and the fats and sugars get stored. As a result eating only very light meals, such as apples, or salads (with apple cider vinegar and some baking soda - to reduce excess acidity) are some of the things that can be substituted during the dinner/supper period. Sleeping late is also not helpful as the later you sleep the more food is actually consumed during late hours causing the liver to store more fats resulting in congestion. Ted"
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FUCOXANTHIN AND OOLONG TEA BENEFITS, IF ANY
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "I feel very happy to hear that distension is gone with the remedy!
Weight loss is a difficult issue and worthy of long discussion. As a result I posted a long topic on obesity on earthclinic that you might visit.
assuming it takes awhile for the supplements above to actually take effect and cause actual fat loss? Well, no letter of mine would be complete without a question or two....what is your opinion on fucoxanthin and it's ability to burn fat?
While they do result in some weight loss, most Asians don't know they are fucoxanthin, but they do add the brown seaweed in soups. I do it often myself. But the weight loss I see is not so great when compared to avoding sugar and avoiding fats and alkalizing the body.
If you are a good observers why Asians don't get fat, they eat when compared to the Western counterparts more protein (fishes and soy protein), more vegetables, and more complex carbohydrates (rice). If you have difficulty remember them, just picture a rice porridge with fishes and vegetables with a soy milk next to them or perhaps some tofu. Italians are not that fat either if we compared against U.S. of course, since their complex carbs consist of pasta which is actually less acid forming than bleached white bread and salami. Cheese in my opinion is the worse of the bunch and pizza are not generally helpful because of the white bread and the cheese. French also eats higher portion of protein despite higher portion of fats then do U.S. but they have the advantage of consuming LESS high glycemic simple carbohydrates.
The Western fast foods are more on high fats (bacons and salami, and cheese), less vegetables and more simple carbohydrates with high glycemic index (cola). The other I found is 90% of all foods we eat are acid forming as well. So at least my theory behind obesity is actually a very simple one that everyone seem to overlook (vegetable, complex carbs and fishes) or that no one sees it coming (the acid forming foods)
There is three basic groups that helps with weight loss. It is the protein, vegetables and complex carbonhydrates.
Basically it is mostly protein rich foods and amino acid supplements are more likely to burn the fats, especially foods we eat that comes from fishes, such as sardines, tuna, etc. The portion of protein rich food can also come from soy protein and some whey protein as well.
A high protein foods requires vitamin B complex supplements even if the B5 is not found. Most amino acids and protein supplements causes the body to burn fats and control sugars. It is the sugars and fats that blocks the liver uptake of amino acid which is required to burn fats, detox the body and control the sugar for example. Most amino acids are like that. DHEA and lecithin are the simpler ways of loosing some weight, and it is also true of alkalizing the body. I found that sometimes boron supplements (in form of borax) taken only 1/8 teaspoon in one liter of water and taking plenty of baking soda, such as 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda twice a day, will also resulted in weight loss fairly quickly. The actions of boron has some ability to control metabolism as it is found in the parathyroid system, as well as raising some metabolic system I have noticed. Some people might be more sensitive and can take only once a week, some are more enthusiastic and take them 4 or 5 days out of a week. So I can't say what's the best, but one boron does cause some losses in appetite, but the same can be said for taking zinc gluconate supplements and certain amino acids such as L-phenylalanine, or even bee pollen taken as a food, either once a day or twice a day or whenever hunger pains are there seems to reduce appetite also.
Alkalizing effect of both baking soda and boron is causes more frequent bowel movement is probably why weight loss is seen since it stays less time in the body the body can therefore remove toxins faster.
In general, if my budget is limited in getting weight loss, I would rather concentrate myself on eating tuna salads, avoid cheese, take lecithin and baking soda. DHEA and alpha lipoic have helped me greatly.
There are certain mineral supplements that have shown the body to burn fats faster using sodium tungstate (which can be several hundred grams), and there are in fact many amino acids and protein supplements that cause weight loss. The issue is protein and amino acids increases muscle mass while reducing the fat, so while weight loss might be seen, a weight gain is possible from muscle mass as well from the higher protein from fishes. It is still important to get a good source of fishes relatively free of contaminants of course. In fact I quite often feed my dog with sardines to help weight loss and reduce the dog's constant hunger. Apparently fish diets triggers the brain to stop eating faster than a meat diet because the brain don't count calories, it counts the completeness of the amino acids. Amino acids get short cheated if sugar was added since the amino acid uptake is quite often reduced by 1/3 with the usual cafe diet or cafeteria diet and as a result people eat more.
being heavily touted here in the states as the new miracle supplement. And, what about oolong tea?
The only miracle weight loss thing I have seen is actually the human growth hormones and amino acid supplements. But HGH are like playing with fire, and they are way to expensive for a lot of people, including me. However amino acid supplements and high protein supplements from fishes, and vegetables and complex carbohydrates are affordable and more realistic.
Ted
If I forget any other questions, just email me!"
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06/22/2007: P writes: "I AM A 52 YEAR OLD WOMAN AND I DO HAVE HBP. I CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED ON MY ACV. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I WILL GET BACK TO YOU IN 2 WKS TO LET YOU KNOW HOW I AM DOING. I ALSO NEED TO LOSE WT. I AM AT 224LBS. THAT WOULD HELP ALSO FOR ME TO LOSE THE WEIGHT. I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO PULL FOR ME. I ALSO BOUGHT THE HIP HOP ABS, SO I AM SERIOUS!"Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Usually when a person wishes to lose weight, my observation has been to avoid eating large meals after 5 p.m. The apple cider vinegar remedy is usually 2 tablespoons, plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda, in 1/2 glass of water taken once in the morning and once before bedtime.
Personally my problems of overweight is an acidosis problem and hormonal problem. Generally fatty and oily foods tend to block normal hormones and this may create overweight, especially when normal human growth hormones are blocked by the oily food. Since the body generally have difficulty getting rid of oily foods, for me I take 1 tablespoon of granulated powdered lecithin x 2 times a day."
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04/10/2007: Lynn writes: "Besides sugar and wheat, you mention that one must cut carbohydrates to lose weight. By 'carbohydrates' I assume you do not mean fresh vegetables and fruits, even though they are technically carbs. So when you say 'carbs' are you referring to all grains? And what else?"Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Lynn: Only simple carbohydrates and acid forming foods need to be avoided, not carbohydrates across the board. Check the glycemic index of foods below 50. The higher ones 51 to 100 should be avoided.
There are simple carbohydrates and there are complex carbohydrates as measured on a glycemic index. You won't avoid all carbohydrates, you merely be choosy about what kinds of carbohydrates. The ones to avoid are the simple carbohydrates.
In other words there are good carbohydrates and there are bad carbohydrates, just like good cholesterol (HDL) and bad cholesterol, good fats and bad fats. But the bad and the good is not black and white. For example you need a lot of minerals in balance, but obviously some minerals are toxic generally and should be avoided, such as mercury, cadmium, and lead.
On the glycemic index, you will generally choose those that have minimum effect on blood sugar. Therefore, the foods that have low glycemic index are desireable, since it needs a lot of time for the body to break them into simple sugars.
The ones that is most dangerous to us are the simple carbohydrates, such as sugar, fructose, glucose, for example. Those are high glycemic index which is between 51 to 100. Pure sugar is about 100. Therefore those that affect your blood sugar the most should be avoided. However for whole fruits there are some differences as their glycemic index could be low or high depending on the sugar content.
It is quite possible to actually loose weight just eating complex carbohydrates. There was a book out called "The Rice Diet" which was developed in 1939 and consisted basically of eating rice, low fat and low salt. Actually though, common table salt is acid forming. The pH is about 5, while sea salt is about 8. Taking too much sea salt and baking soda can lead to diarrhea. So sodium retention do not occur in any event when what you are taking has an alkalinity where its pH is 8 or above.
Asians have been eating rice for centuries and obesity is still low, until of course they switched to western fast food, such as fried chickens, french fries and avoided eating local dishes. Of course, some people are fat even when the were a child, but that may not be the genes either. Since baby vaccinations contains, besides mercury and aluminum, is the monosodium glutamate. In laboratory rats of weanlings, if you inject them with monosodium glutamate the rat will always be obese. So practically speaking, vaccination with MSG may cause obesity by destroying the appetite center in your brain, the hypothalamus, which they do and that's why there's food binge whenever you eat potato chips and other processed food. Most processed food have them and it helps with their sales and market share a lot. One of the best selling fast food, at least in Thailand is the fried chicken, and they also have the highest amounts of monosodium glutamate added. So to reduce weight, avoid all MSG food.
Fruit juices causes the blood sugar to go up quite fast, and should be avoided. When you take them, it causes the blood sugar to go up in spikes after you eat and this can readily be seen by urinary sugar using Brix, or on a microscope looking at the blood. If you do this, you will find that too much simple carbohydrates is not good, too much fats in general is not good, being the most important ones.
On the other hand whole fruits are high in fibers which luckily fibers act as buffers that causes the body to absorb sugar rather slowly and hence is acceptable depending on the sweetness or the sugar content of the fruits. Obviously, fruits that are less sweet such as guava, apples, for example are o.k. while fruits that are very sweet such as pineapples should be avoided. So in event you ate something sweet one easy tip is to drink plenty of water to dilute the sugar so the sugar spikes is minimized into your blood. How much water to drink to dilute them, for me is simple since I have a brix refractometer. However, if you don't have it, there is a way to calculate. The body has 20 grams of reserved sugar. A human has approximately 5 liters of blood. So the sugar concentration is about 20/5000 x 100 = 0.4%. To be fair, let's just say about 0.5% sugar concentration to keep things simple. This is only a ball park figure.
Therefore in event you are drinking coke with 10 grams of sugar, you need to drink about 2.5 liters of water so that body's blood sugar is not affected, or you walk for 7.5 minutes necessary to burn the 10 grams of sugar out. I would much prefer not to cause the body to spike the sugar, than burn them, it still causes havoc to the body. So a reasonable amount of sugar that I think is safe is when you add sufficient dilution to about 0.5% concentration, roughly speaking! If you are wondering about me, if I were to eat something sweet I will keep drinking the water until the sweet after taste or sweet tongue disappear to make sure the blood sugar is effected minimally. Therefore when eating don't horde, if you do, reducing weight is difficult because biochemical mess occurs everytime you eat. To prevent that, whenever you eat, drink plenty of water before, during and after. I can present all the calculations to determine how much water to drink at a meal, but I think this would merely confuse you. Just keep things simple first.
In general eating fruits along with vegetables will buffer the body or reduce the body to uptake sugar reducing the sugar spikes in the blood. Vegetable fibers kind of act like a sponge when the body tries to absorb sugar. It is the same when you add food thickeners to all your drinks to lower sugar uptake such as agar, apple pectin, gelatin, for example.
However, weight loss requires somewhat of a three dimensional chess. You need to avoid the high glycemic index food, but at the same time avoid acid forming foods being just as equally important. Acid forming foods do have high glycemic index, but acid forming foods are also are high in halogens, low on alkaline metals. One example is white flour. A good flour should be whole wheat flour, but still they are somewhat acid forming still.
Avoiding them, and strict dietary controls are obviously difficult, but you can avoid certain obvious ones, such as fried food, french fries, fried chicken, excess fats, cola, and fruit juices.
Also supplementing with baking soda, apple cider vinegar to further keep the pH in control are most important, at least for me. The second most important once the pH is in control is the drinking enough water and getting a good balance of electrolytes.
However in a weight loss, just concentrate on the basics:
1. Avoid sugar generally
2. Avoid fried food
3. Take baking soda and apple cider vinegar
4. Achieve the targeted urinary pH of 7.0
5. Drink plenty of water
6. Avoid all MSG food, which means processed foods, which obviously means fast foods.
7. Be careful of vaccinations with MSG added.Doing those you should generally be sufficient. One other thing that helps is granulated powdered lecithin one tablespoon, and try to add food thickeners to protect changes in blood sugar spikes that generally occur after eating. The most important ones to consider are the sugars and the fats. There are others, but the topic here is beyond this email discussion.
Ted"
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SIDE EFFECTS FROM APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "The milk tends to neutralize the acid buildup of the ACV. You would get much better results just taking 2 tablespoons of ACV plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and then add about 1/2 glass of water. Allow the fizz to settle down, and often taken on an empty stomach 3 times a day or before meals by 1 or more hours."
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APPLE CIDER VINEGAR AND BLOOD TYPE
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Shelly: The problem about the theory of blood O groups being more fitted to eat meat, the A blood group are more fitted to eat vegetables, B blood group does well with dairy, while ABs maybe vegetables are fitted for possibly dairy and vegetables is based on the argument that our ancestors who were O blood group were primarily hunters who eat meat, while the ancestors of A group eat vegetables were adapted to do that is problematic. There is no link between blood group and a specific diet. The only link I can see is the supposition of what our ancestors was eating. If you do biological terrain and eat what is right type, the blood samples drawn 30 minutes will show you it's not working in practice. The blood once dried on a microscope slides will clump. The only way to allow the blood to exist in colloidal solution and not stick with each other is not to eat too much oily foods, regardless of the blood type. Fast food is hardly healthy even for blood O group or any other blood group. Can you tell me what blood group can eat french fries, cokes and hamburgers all day will be healthy?
The other argument is that it counters plain common sense. Most Western developed countries are of O group, but then most of them are fat from excessive meat consumption.
The people at least at earthclinic are primarily O group people anyway, yet I would eat 70%-80% green leafy vegetables and whole fruits to treat many strange conditions from candida to lupus to bird fever, for one reason: they are alkaline forming. Bacteria fungus, and viruses thrive in one environment: acid environments. Sea water are quite sterile and the world's sea water, is not a coincidence that its pH is between 7.5-8.5. If the sea water was within your urine of 5.5, I am sure it will be teeming with candida, fungus, bacteria and other deadly viruses. Most sewer water are usually acid and high in heavy metals.
The urine samples indicate that our diets is too acid forming with 90% of the people's urine pH is below normal, where the normal pH is between 6.5- 7.35. If the acid forming food exists, the kidney digest itself from too much acid and you get kidney disease. In fact my relative who was scheduled to get kidney removed had apparently gone into complete "remission" after taking 3000 mg of baking soda tablets (here we call it soda mint) for three days only.
Therefore, if you want something more basic than our ancestors than how about our first ancestors that existed for billions of years (instead of a couple of thousands on the ancestral argument) that first existed in sea water, where the pH of ancient sea water resembles our own blood at about 7.35? So it would seem that the best diet for all groups is alkalinity and sea salts rich with minerals straight from the sea.
As to the weight loss issue, just measure your urine pH it will tell a complete story. Your urine pH is quite likely below 7.0 (there is a near 100% probability). So raising your urinary pH from ACV AND baking soda to an optimal theoretical 7.35 would in fact reduce the weight by reducing the time it takes for the food to spend too much time in the stomach, reducing excess formation of harmful bacteria and excess sodium retention. Sodium is alkaline forming which is WHY, the body need to retain them, to stabilize the pH. If on the other hand taking more sodium but in the form of baking soda, and a pinch of potassium citrate would in fact lower the sodium retention since the bicarbonates level will displace the sodium so that the body doesn't need to retain them to stabilize the pH.
A much easier way is a good natural sea salt. The best ones are light brown and quite sweaty and those pH when mixed in water averages about pH of 8. If you think sea salt does nothing, it does, just go here:
http://www.oceanplasma.org/documents/cases.htmlSO it would seem the pH issue is more basic then just the blood type. Ted"
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APPLE CIDER VINEGAR AND BAKING SODA
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Maha: You want weight loss?
First, stop eating all bread, white flour plus anything sweet. Never eat after 5.00 p.m. for at least 2 months. Now watch your weight go down. Drink 1/4 teaspoon of REAL sea salt in ONE liter of purified water. The sea salt I found was very alkaline forming, while table salt is very acid forming. If salt is acid forming, it causes weight gain.
once i had plain lemon juice with half a glass of water i got terrible pain and felt burning sensation in my stomach
Doing that will never work. You need to neutralize the acid with baking soda.
Also i've become very lazy to work.What do u suggest?
I get more diligent every time I take vitamin B5 500 mg, and B8 500 mg. They cause the body to produced its own adrenal hormones thus stopping the "burn out issues".
Is it also suitable for my mother as she's having terrible joint pain specially her knee?.
It is quite safe. But apply geranium oil to the joints EVERY 15 minutes for 8 applications, generously. Then take glucosamine sulfate. The pain will be substantially reduced. Sorry, not much time in explaining the theories behind all this. Ted"
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DIETING AND EXERCISING WITHOUT LOSING WEIGHT
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Katherine: First you need to stop with all sweets. This includes all fruit juices, including cranberry, apple juice, and sweet tasting fruits. One possible exception is apple cider vinegar.
Secondly you are going to have to modify the apple cider vinegar formula. Take 2 tablespoon and add 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda to 1/2 glass of water. You can take twice a day. The other formula that is helpful is to take one whole freshly lemon and add baking soda until the fizz stops then add the water to 1/2 glass of water. You can add an extra baking sod for good measure. This is always better.
Third, avoid all foods that are fried foods.
The reason your body has uncontrollable weight is you need to control the pH and the ORP. Nearly all foods you eat, are oxidizing. Many vitamins and minerals don't work because it doesn't dissolve in your stomach within 15 minutes. You need to find vitamins and minerals either in liquid form or softgel capsules. The other problem is you need to avoid calcium. Take magnesium supplements instead. The body has problems metabolizing them.
Fourth, eat plenty of kelp or seaweed. This will raise the body's iodine level and increase the metabolism.
The above simple recommendation should normalize most biological parameter to normal.
The next step is to reduce your weight. To do this, take 200 mg. of alpha lipoic acid with about 5-10 mg of biotin, plus vitamin B complex everyday. Sometimes glycine supplements 2000 mg and 12.5 mg. of DHEA taken per day (as opposed to 25 mg) will help for certain people. However, you can take another safer better substitute that does almost the same thing as DHEA for weight loss: vitamin B5 (I prefer the panthenol kind, non-calcium, but I am sure you won't find easily either, so maybe a suitable substitute is in order) The vitamin B5, is preferred at 1500 mg/day. Glycine and niacinamide B3 (200 mg) increases the body's growth hormone and it taken during the night. Melatonin can also be taken during the night and some people may like it, but I prefer it be taken once a week, the bare minimum!
Finally for protein source of food, just stop eating meat and take it only once a week and eat fish instead.' Ted.
P.S. Your weight should be normalized in first month and the weight loss will be noticed on the second month following this simple recommendation. One important factor I forgot, in addition, do not forget to take zinc acetate/zinc chloride/zinc gluconate 25/day supplements three days per week as well as magnesium 250 mg/day also three days per week. They are necessary to get the body to normal. The chromium, vanadium and tungsten are important for sugar regulation and it helps if you can find it!"
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SKIN ON STOMACH AND ARMS LOOSE FROM WEIGHT LOSS
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Lee, When you do exercises, it would seem like the fat was not replaced with the muscle buildup which may lower the flabby skin, or that the body becomes dehydrated. Whatever the condition, a quick weight loss as this one will cause the release of both heavy metals, and toxins buildup which the body have great difficulty in getting rid of as it is a fat soluble toxins. Heavy metals tend to be hydrophobic and also stays in fat cells. The liver therefore accumulates both metal and toxic oils, usually chemical compounds, as such your skin breaks out in rashes.
Apple cider vinegar will detoxify some toxins in many ways reducing some rashes, but you may need to take plenty of lecithin, a fat emulsifier to allow the body to rid itself of both heavy metals and toxic fat soluble chemicals easier. The preferred lecithin is granulated powdered lecithin, taken 3 times a day at one tablespoon on empty stomach, to help remove toxin buildup in the body. Some oral EDTA will help remove some heavy metals too. Do some oil pulling to help pull out the metals, but you need to add one drop of peppermint oil before doing oil pulling to help remove extra toxins.
Finally, most people who do exercise, in some cases, because of taking too much proteins, then taking some sodium bicarbonate with a little potassium bicarbonate (10%) will help alkalize the body as exercise tend to cause acid buildup from lactic acid. Therefore, take about 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/2 glass of water three times a day or since you are already taking Apple cider vinegar, you can take 2 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda to buffer the acid buildup. Taking some protein supplements to help build up muscles will reduce some flabby skins such as glycine, glutamine, and some vitamin B3. These three is known to increase the body's human growth hormone and may help build muscles. Creatinine may also help reduce the flabbiness as well. Always when taking B3 that you take the vitamin B complex.
The vitamin B5 pantothenic acid and B8 inositol, vitamin C sodium ascorbate will help improve the skin and hair and therefore may reduce some of the flabbiness by helping the body build thicker skin. Silicic acid, or oatmeal are rich in silicon and have been known to keep the skin thicker, thus reducing the flabbiness. Ted"
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QUESTION ABOUT APPLE CIDER VINEGAR DOSAGE
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Monika: The best ways to reduce weight is usually not eating in the evening or before you sleep, but you can substitute this with a low calorie meal such as a salad. The second thing is to reduce sweet food in your diet by at least 50%.
ACV does reduce weight to a limited extent by dissolving some fats, but its limited ability necessitates me to recommend other food source to better emulsify and thus dissolve fat, which is the use of granulated powdered lecithin taken both on an empty stomach, 2-3 times a day with one tablespoon and taken along with food with one tablespoon too. To take more ACV, I prefer you add some baking soda to increase buffer the body and increase the eliminations by reduction of constipation and thus water retention. The new dose at near neutral pH, is 2 tablespoons of ACV plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda. So if you want to increase to large dose, simply double each in similar portions and the body's pH and buffer should be affected the least with increased dose. Ted"
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100 POUNDS OVERWEIGHT, WHAT TO DO TO GET HEALTHY
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Pregnancy often causes the mother to be deficiency in many nutrients. This is why a mother is very sick after having a child.
Overweight is usually due to hormonal imbalances. Which hormonal are causing the imbalances is another issue. However, before going into the hormonal route, you need to remove heavy metals, raise your body's antioxidants. Sure it sounds vague, but here is more specific plans:
1. Add 1/4 teaspoon of dead sea salts to one liter of water. It have some trace mineral that will correct whatever imbalances the body have.
2. ACV one tablespoon 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda to 1/2 glass of water, taken twice a day, one in the morning and one in the evening. This will correct buffers the body needs to achieve a pH balance.
3. Take some antioxidants, such as alpha lipoic acid 200 mg, biotin, vitamin B complex.
4. After taking the above for about 3 weeks, then try to correct hormonal imbalances, such as 12 mg/day of DHEA and see if it works for you. If not then try licorice extract, which have certain hormonal like qualities Evening Primrose can be taken on indefinitely and will correct some hormonal imbalances, usual dose is 1 -2 gram/day. Cod liver oil should help.
If the hormones are balanced, then weight loss should be helped. However some people experience weight loss just taking only ACV, and some after taking B5, but for me I got weight loss from taking DHEA and taking plenty of Alpha Lipoic Acid and biotin.
Lecithin is most important. Take one tablespoon along with every meal. It will remove the fats easier and I have seen weight loss, initially anyway. I have also experience weight loss from lecithin, alpha lipoic acid, DHEA, bee pollen, while taking B5 have given me energy levels higher. But some people energy levels get higher on just taking vitamin E also.
Heavy metals can block you weight loss program if you are already high in it. So take a urinary test for heavy metals. If it is there, a simple way to stop this is simply adding 1/4 teaspoon of EDTA per liter of water instead of putting in the dead sea sea salts.
How to lose weight does not work for everyone, and exercise is obviously true. However, raising your thyroid can be done by taking more organically available iodine as in kelp, zinc acetate 50 mg/day, and melatonin every night I have seen often causes weight loss, especially those who have difficulty sleeping.
One obvious ways to lose weight besides taking supplements is to do the fasting, on weekly basis, of course. Not to lose weight as an objective, but to detoxify the body. And by detoxification, you will in the end lose weight. Ted"
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09/28/2006: Meena writes: "I am taking 2TBLS of ACV three times a day with lime juice and a pinch of salt. I have been taking this for more than one week to reduce weight and for glowing complexion. But i have not noticed any change in my weight and skin. I will be grateful if you can help me and tell what i am doing wrong and should i continue with ACV?"Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Meena: I don't know what you are doing wrong. For one thing, you are taking lime juice with a pinch of salt. The other thing is you are taking ACV. Given that I am not really an avid ACV drinker in its pure form, your body's bicarbonates, potassium and magnesium levels may be low. Also, your level of antioxidants may be low. When taking lime juice properly, you should not use salt. You should use a large pinch or 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda.
The most cheapest locally available magnesium that you can find at your drug store magnesium is magnesium hydroxide, in the form of "milk of magnesia". Often in sold in 450 cc bottles of 8 grams of magnesium hydroxide, while this is not that bioavailable and well absorbed, just take about 1/4 teaspoon of it in 1/2 glass of water and add about 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda.
Finally add some vitamin C (in sodium ascorbate and ascorbic acid to raise your level of antioxidants). You can add ACV also if you want, to the mix but only 1/2 tablespoon to the mix. Just be careful of the bubbles as ACV tends to produce a lot of bubbles. I sometimes mix this in a pitcher. You may drink electrolyte water, which contains potassium only once a day. It takes an average of about one week to get your bicarbonates level up. Your body just simply have other problems which needs consideration because ACV don't have everything.
The common consideration that you need:
1. Level of antioxidant
2. Level of bicarbonates
3. Level of intracellular elements (magnesium and potassium are major candidates) ACV won't work if your body's antioxidant, bicarbonate and intracellular is insufficient. This is as simple as I can make it. Once the body is alkaline, the capillaries dilates, and therefore flushes out whatever obstructions causing it.If you want better results then get a towel and apply ACV on your face every night. If this is too weak for you, then use plain old vinegar. At least it will remove toxins on the face too. If this doesn't work for you, assuming of course your complexion is not that good, is to consider oxygenation therapy, such as using a couple of drops of hydrogen peroxide 3% in a glass of water. This will not solve your weight problems using just ACV. It would be amazing if it does that, but if you just cover the three points, this raises your chances of reduced weight. These are just the common problems for most people."
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URINARY AND SALIVA PH QUESTIONS
12/30/2007: Sharon from OKC, OK replies: "Response to Jacques in England..I would recommend she get checked for Candida (yeast) as well at gluten test..If they have LIVE BLOOD CELL TEST that can check for yeast& lots of other things and do either a stool or saliva test for gluten..of course as long as she hasnt been feeling well a GI doc should be able to do a colonoscopy and see if her small intestine is damaged from the gluten..worth a try..good luck..I'm still battling my condition as well..dont give up!!"
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "The body needs to get the electrolyte and pH in order. Electrolyte means a balance magnesium, sodium, potassium, phosphorous and especially the baking soda! My experience is that, what keeps you from losing weight is that once the body gain weight from bad diet is that the body's hormones can no longer control your body. Scientist can reduce the potency for hormone in getting your body in equilibrium by adding fatty acids or oils into your body.
I have reduced weight to such an extent that I am normal, by doing some simple things. Take plenty of granulated lecithin along with your food. It will emulsify the oils and allow the body to reduce the oils, increasing the effectiveness of the body's hormones in managing your weight. Try 1 tablespoon along with every meal you take. Pectin taken at other times where you don't consume lecithin will block out body's absorption of oil. Most important is to try to take DHEA supplements. Don't take too much beyond one month, then you can take it by spacing them apart further. The DHEA I take is about 25 mg/day. It is also necessary to take vitamin B complex. The bright yellow urine comes from riboflavin B2, in case you are wondering. You must try to reduce the OILS IN YOUR FOOD. Oils is what is reducing the effectiveness of your body's hormones in weight control. Two more supplements you should take, alpha lipoic acid and biotin (usually it is in the B complex). I take about 200 mg of alpha lipoic acid. However, 100 mg should be o.k. 200 mg. might be too much for some people. Alpha lipoic is the antioxidant to the DHEA oxidant. DHEA reduces the weight and so does the alpha lipoic acid through different mechanisms. So it just balances out the ying and yang of it. Melatonin taken at night time is another one in case of sleeping problems and also an antioxidant.
Certain tips that helped me reduce weight: no MSG, no fructose, no corn syrup, no glucose, no dextrose, and finally sugar. Avoid sugars with fancy names and artificial sugar should be avoided like the plague. No bakery products, microwaved foods, no cakes, cookies, chocolates, etc.
Also do not eat after 6.00 or 7.00 p.m. The body tend to store them as fat.
No milk. They have hormones in them and will make you fat instead of the cow. They inject them into a cow to grow fat, but you ended up taking it also. Certain cow's hormones will make you fat. Therefore try to avoid cheese and all milk product. Soy milk is o.k. despite the anti-soy million dollar misinformation in U.S. The best is soy protein, they increase your HDL, and lower your LDL cholesterol. Drug companies that manipulate your cholesterol know that their biggest competitor is the simple soy protein.
You should notice a significantly reduced weight within a month following this simple advice. It is one of those things that scientist know for a long long time and the information is virtually unknown to the public. As to the oily foods, avoid vegetable oils and unsaturated fats. They get into your body and interfere with hormones ability to control your weight. Fructose, corn syrup and glucose does the same thing too. Chlorinated water blocks the actions of your thyroid by competing with iodine. Dechlorinate your water and take plenty of seaweed. Fluoridate water also causes hypothyroidism and decrease your body's metabolism. Defluoridate your water by adding a medium size pinch of borax per liter of water. Ted"
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