Digestion & Daylight

It's sunlight that really gets digestion moving. 

Obtaining and maintaining good health is actually pretty simple: abide by the laws of nature that manage your body; straying from these principles will result in damage to your body. 

Think of it this way: Take the law of gravity. There is no altering that law and denying it can have disastrous and even tragic results. Therefore, no one questions the law of gravity. We don't have to justify it, because we can witness how it works.

The correlation between the sun and digestion is another example of one of the laws of nature. Exposure to sunlight promotes easier digestion. Digestion and assimilation become weak and imperfect if we are not exposed to the direct rays of the sun on a daily basis. Defying this natural law will not result in the same immediate danger as the breaking of the law of gravity, but over time, serious damage will take place.

How does it work? 

There is a direct connection between the optic nerve and sunlight. When sunlight hits the optic nerve, electrical impulses are transmitted, activating many processes of the body, including digestion. Nerve impulses send messages that tell the body to produce certain enzymes, gastric juices and other processes of digestion. Similar to the act of chewing, when the optic nerve is stimulated by sunlight, the digestive organs prepare for food. When the sun goes down, there is less light stimulating the optic nerve, and digestion slows down.

This declaration does not sit well with people who take pleasure in eating late at night.

As I acknowledged in the introduction, people will continue to look for excuses to indulge in their addictions, but ignorance of divine and natural law is why numerous people encounter disease.

This is not a mystical new age idea...

Just as God breathed air into man and gave him life, He designed our organs with capabilities no man-made machine can fully reproduce. 

Please do not misunderstand: I am not claiming that digestion grinds to a halt once the sun goes down. What I am saying is that eating after the digestion system slows down in the evening goes against the law of nature and will result in a decline in health.

Excerpt from the book The Daylight Diet by Paul Nison

Misled & Misfed: How Magnesium Deficiency is the Stealth Bomber in Chronic Disease

We have all been trained to believe that Calcium is good for strong bones. Right? But as a former hospital executive I want you to understand that Calcium is also good for strong bottom lines - for doctors and hospitals. An intriguing thought... 

That Calcium is good for bones is, in reality, a simple lie. 

In fact, it takes 18 different nutrients, including Calcium, to make a strong bone matrix, but then that starts getting too complex [for most people to understand]. 

What is important to understand is that Calcium and Magnesium are in an endless and dynamic dance within our bodies. These two key minerals are actually antagonists. And when these minerals get out of balance in our body, which does happen, a whole series of problems and chronic disease unfold. 

Slooowly, the world of allopathic medicine (that is, the mainstream medical use of pharmacologically active agents or physical interventions to treat or suppress symptoms of disease or conditions) is recognizing the following things about Calcium and Magnesium, particularly as it relates to chronic disease: 

• That most, if not all, chronic disease is triggered by unchecked inflammation. It is now well established for heart disease, arthritis, IBS, etc. And recently the world of Oncology embraced this idea that even the most dreaded disease, cancer, is now considered an inflammation disease. 

• That all inflammation is controlled by the Sympathetic Nervous System, otherwise known as the "fight or flight" response. 

• That the Sympathetic Nervous System is triggered by excess, unregulated Calcium. 

• And finally, that Calcium is, in fact, regulated and controlled by Magnesium. 

Wait a minute. Calcium is regulated and controlled by Magnesium? 

You've never heard that before? Probably not, because your doctor simply doesn't know of this foundational aspect of how our bodies actually work. It's not their fault; they simply do not receive in-depth proper nutrition education in medical school, and have not been properly trained in this critical mineral relationship. 

What is well known is that there are three hormones that control the level and placement of Calcium within our bodies: Parathyroid Hormone, Calicitonin, and Vitamin-D. What is important to know is that the production of all three of these hormones is regulated by Calcium's antagonist: Magnesium. 

As we begin to pull back the curtain on these ground-breaking discoveries about the true relationship between Calcium & Magnesium, it is revealing that the body of research supporting these conclusions, in fact, goes back as far as the early 1900's. Hard to believe, but true! 

It is important to note that some of the first studies on how to create heart disease - by increasing the level of Calcium and decreasing the level of Magnesium - were published in the 1930's!

To get a better understanding of the critical role of Magnesium in our bodies, you can visit www.MagnesiumMan.com. 

Written By: Morley Robbins

Microwaving food? It's no good for vitamin B12.

The microwave is a convenient tool for warming a meal, but it alters the nutrient makeup of foods and does not preserve vitamins...

Microwaving food converts vitamin B12 into a non-usable form, which the body cannot use. 

Our bodies need vitamin B12 to nourish the nerves and it may be helpful with conditions like Parkinson's, Bell's palsy and MS. It is one of the few known substances that have an impact on damaged nerves. It plays an important role in protein conversion and is needed to help prevent anemia. 

B12 is found in sea vegetables such as kelp, dulse and nori. It is also abundant in soybeans, meats, eggs, seafood and dairy.