coconut - SE Members Blog post - syndication express2024-03-29T13:16:30Zhttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/coconutRecommendations From Our Alternative Health Care Physician.https://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/recommendations-from-our-alternative-health-care-physician2014-05-10T13:09:57.000Z2014-05-10T13:09:57.000ZBill and Teddy Rogershttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/members/BillandTeddyRogers<div><p class="western" align="center"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, serif"><b>WE WERE IN FOR A SHOCK!</b></font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="left"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">When we went to our next appointment with our alternative health care physician, little did we know that this would be our last session with her.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">She was a new member of a medical association that our health care plan had approved.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">In addition to being an MD, she had spent years studying alternative health care treatment programs and all natural remedies. She knew that these treatment programs and all natural remedies worked, often much better than prescription drugs and without the nasty side effects. She had made a decision that, whenever possible, she would treat her patients with these alternative programs and remedies and would only write prescriptions for life threatening illnesses when it was absolutely necessary.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="center"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, serif"><b>COULD THERE BE A PAYOFF HERE?</b></font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">She told us that when the medical association discovered that she wasn't writing the required number of prescriptions every month, they got very upset. It appears to us that the medical association was far more interested in writing prescriptions and only treating our symptoms than they were in treating the root cause of our illness and actually curing us.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>NOTE:</b></font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">The Drug Companies take in</font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>10 Billion Dollars Every Year</b></font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">with high blood pressure drugs alone. Think about all the other drugs that are prescribed. And, doctors have us on a pharmaceutical merry-go-round of office visits and tests to see how the drugs are working for us. This represents big money for the doctors. So, prescription drugs are a big money maker for both the drug companies and the doctors!</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="center"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, serif"><b>CONTINUING WITH WHAT SHE TOLD US.</b></font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">She said that the director had called her in and told her she would have to write more prescriptions or she would have to leave. Because of this ultimatum, she had decided to start her own private practice and was leaving the medical association at the end of that month.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">We would like to have stayed with her but she would no longer be approved by our health care plan and we couldn't afford the fees she would have to charge patients in her private practice.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Sadly, we had to say goodbye and select another primary care physician.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="center"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, serif"><b>WE BELIEVE GOD HAD LED US TO HER.</b></font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">We strongly believe that God had led us to her specifically for her knowledge of the health problems we were experiencing and for the recommendations she would make that resulted in the complete restoration of our good health and a much better outlook for our future.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="center"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, serif"><b>OUR LAST SESSION WAS AN EYE OPENER.</b></font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">During our last session, she spent extra time with us, gave us some very helpful information on the importance of removing acidity and balancing the pH levels in our bodies, and explained why our health problems were being caused by dehydration</font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>( covered in our previous 3-part post )</b></font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">and the water, foods and other stuff we were putting into our bodies.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="center"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, serif"><b>HIGH ACIDITY WAS KILLING US.</b></font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><font>She told us that</font></font></font> <strong><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><font>ACID</font></font></font></strong> <strong><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><font><span>was the enemy that was keeping us from good health and tha</span></font></font></font></strong><strong><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><font><span>t a</span></font></font></font></strong> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><font>healthy</font></font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><font><b>ALKALINE</b></font></font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><font>body thrives with energy, glows with health, has a stronger immune system and naturally dumps toxins and excess weight.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><font>It all made sense to us and we left highly motivated to dramatically change our eating and drinking habits and our overall lifestyle.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="center"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, serif"><b>NINE MOST DANGEROUS FOODS</b></font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Listed below are what she called the Nine Most Dangerous Foods:</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">1.</font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>White Sugar:</b></font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">including all white sugar substitutes.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">2.</font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>White Flour:</b></font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">including cakes, pies, cookies, doughnuts, bagels, white bread, cream of wheat, grits, so called whole wheat bread, pasta, cereals, etc.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">3.</font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>Group Of Drinks:</b></font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">including sodas, coffee, tea, juices from the grocery store, and all drinks containing sugar substitutes.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">4.</font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>Red Meats:</b></font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Very high in acid and do not digest well.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">5.</font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>Dairy Products:</b></font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">including cow's milk, 1%, 2%, low fat, and skim milk, processed cheese, macaroni and cheese, ice cream, non-dairy creamers, etc. They do not digest well and stop other foods from digesting well. They are high in bad fat and can clog up the body and arteries which can lead to heart attacks and stroke.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">6.</font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>Animal Fat:</b></font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">including margarine, corn oils, lards, and bad saturated fats.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">7.</font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>All Processed Foods:</b></font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">They include additives, harmful chemicals and other toxins to extend the shelf life</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">8.</font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>Drinking Too Much Fluids:</b></font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">including water. This can overwork the kidneys.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">9.</font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>All Junk Foods In General.</b></font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="center"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, serif"><b>BELOW ARE HER FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US</b></font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">1. She took us off all the prescription drugs we were on. What A Blessing!</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">2. She recommended that we immediately stop drinking distille</font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">d</font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">water as it is acidic and tends to drain our body of minerals.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">3. She encouraged us to get a high quality water purifier system which is different than a water filter system. We will cover this in another post.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">4. She recommended that we read the following 4 books and follow their advice as closely as possible. We found them at the public library.</font></font></font></p><p class="western"></p><p class="western">“<font><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>The Acid Alkaline Diet For Optimum Health.</b></font> <font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Restoring Your Health By Creating pH Balance In Your Diet.” By Christopher Vasey, N.D.</font></font></p><p class="western"></p><p class="western">“<font><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>The pH Miracle: Balance Your Diet, Reclaim Your Health.”</b></font> <font face="Lucida Sans, serif">By Dr. Robert O. Young and Shelly Redford Young.</font></font></p><p class="western"></p><p class="western">“<font><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>The Acid Alkaline Food Guide.</b></font> <font face="Lucida Sans, serif">A Quick Reference To Foods & Their Effect On pH Levels.” By Dr. Susan E. Brown and Larry Trivieri, Jr.</font></font></p><p class="western"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font color="#000000">“<font><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>The Amazing Acid Alkaline Cookbook.</b></font></font></font> <font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Balancing Taste, Nutrition, And Your pH Levels.” By Bonnie Ross</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">After we read these 4 books, we felt the information was so important, we bought our own copies.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="center"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, serif"><b>SHE ALSO TOLD US TO:</b></font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>Immediately Do The Following:</b></font></font></font></p><ul><li><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Stop eating all dairy products except for eggs which are an excellent source of protein and real butter which is an excellent source of good saturated fats. This included milk, margarine, processed cheese, ice cream, etc. When we need milk, we use Almond Milk.</font></font></font></p></li><li><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Stop eating all breads and other products made from white flour.</font></font></font></p></li><li><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Eat a minimum of 5 servings of fruits and vegetables every day. As she knew this was sometimes difficult to do, she recommended that we take some specific high quality nutritional supplements that are very potent as part of our strategy for optimal health, peak performance and longevity. We will cover this in another post.</font></font></font></p></li><li><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Stop using sugar and other sugar substitutes except for Stevia and that in moderation. Sugar is one of the most acidic foods. For cooking and baking, we should use organic coconut sugar.</font></font></font></p></li><li><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Stop drinking sodas and cut way back on coffee, tea and alcohol. Of course, we had to tell her that we didn't drink alcohol.</font></font></font></p></li><li><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Stop eating a lot of fried foods – When we do, we should use only organic coconut oil in our deep fryer.</font></font></font></p></li><li><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Cut way back on red meats and pork products and eat white meat of chicken and turkey and fish in moderation. She stated that it's best to get protein from plant sources rather than meats.</font></font></font></p></li><li><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Stop cooking vegetables – this destroys a lot of the nutrients. She recommended that we get a steamer and steam our vegetables.</font></font></font></p></li><li><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Use virgin olive oil in salads and organic coconut oil for frying.</font></font></font></p></li><li><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Eat beans frequently.</font></font></font></p></li><li><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Drink Fruit and Vegetable smoothies when we have hunger pangs instead of loading up on junk snacks.</font></font></font></p></li><li><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Stop eating pre-packaged food products that may contain harmful chemicals and other toxins.</font></font></font></p></li><li><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Use our Silver Sneakers program that our health care plan provides us through the YMCA more often and get more aerobic exercise. Just get moving!</font></font></font></p></li><li><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Avoid before-bed snacks, especially grains, sugars, caffeine or alcohol, and not to drink any fluids within 2 hours of going to bed.</font></font></font></p></li></ul><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="center"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, serif"><b>WE HAD TO MAKE RADICAL CHANGES TO</b></font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="center"><font color="#000000"><font><font face="Verdana, serif"><b>OUR EATING AND DRINKING HABITS.</b></font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">As you can imagine from having read all of the above, we had to make a radical change to our lifestyle and eating and drinking habits to comply with all of her recommendations. And, in the beginning, we fell off the wagon many times.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">But we knew that this would help us to lead a healthier life and have more energy so we stuck with it. It wasn't easy but our results have been well worth it! We thank God every day for keeping us in such good health!</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, serif">Our next post will be coming soon, so stay tuned...</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, sans-serif">Wishing you a long, healthy and happy life,</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, sans-serif">Bill and Teddy Rogers</font></font> </font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font><font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>P.S.</b></font> <font face="Lucida Sans, serif">If you are not familiar with what an</font> <font face="Lucida Sans, serif"><b>Alkaline Diet</b></font> <font face="Lucida Sans, serif">is, below are links to three videos that will give you a good basic understanding. We recommend that you watch all three.</font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font face="Lucida Sans, sans-serif"><font><b>Video 1: “Getting Started With An Alkaline Diet.” At</b></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx" xml:lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://youtu.be/OOYtL-b-B2c"><font face="Lucida Sans, sans-serif"><font><b>http://youtu.be/OOYtL-b-B2c</b></font></font></a></u></span></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="left"><font face="Lucida Sans, sans-serif"><font><b>Video 2: “Foods That Can Restore Your Health!” At</b></font></font> <font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx" xml:lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://youtu.be/v9fWQFJMw90"><font face="Lucida Sans, sans-serif"><font><b>http://youtu.be/v9fWQFJMw90</b></font></font></a></u></span></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="left"><font face="Lucida Sans, sans-serif"><font><b>Video 3: “7 Steps To Restore Your Good Health!” At</b></font></font> <font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx" xml:lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://youtu.be/9qHZoGQAh30"><font face="Lucida Sans, sans-serif"><font><b>http://youtu.be/9qHZoGQAh30</b></font></font></a></u></span></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font face="Lucida Sans, sans-serif"><font><font color="#000000"><b>P.P.S.</b></font> <font color="#000000">If you haven't already read our previous posts, below are links in the order they were presented to the posts we have already written about our journey to restoring our good health. Just click on the post title.</font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, sans-serif"><font>1.</font></font></font> <font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx" xml:lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.primeliferesources.com/p/our-road-to-recovery.html"><font color="#000000"><span><font face="Lucida Sans, sans-serif"><font><b>Our Road To Recovery</b></font></font></span></font></a></u></span></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, sans-serif"><font><u>–</u></font></font></font> <font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, sans-serif"><font><u><b>How Bill And Teddy Were Able To Restore Their Good Health.</b></u></font></font></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, sans-serif"><font>2.</font></font></font> <font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx" xml:lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.primeliferesources.com/2014/04/what-our-alternative-health-care.html"><font color="#000000"><span><font face="Lucida Sans, sans-serif"><font><b>What Our Alternative Health Care Physician's Tests Revealed.</b></font></font></span></font></a></u></span></font></p><p class="western" align="justify"></p><p class="western" align="justify"><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, sans-serif"><font>3.</font></font></font> <font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx" xml:lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.primeliferesources.com/2014/05/dehydration-is-stealing-health-of-most.html"><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, sans-serif"><font><b>Dehydration Is Stealing The Health Of Most Adults - Especially Senior Citizens - Parts 1, 2 and 3</b></font></font></font></a></u></span></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Lucida Sans, sans-serif"><font><b>.</b></font></font></font></p></div>