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clean pasture-raised animal protein. Animal protein has
been a crucial factor in my recovery. I eat some sort of
animal/fish/dairy/eggs at every meal. It was the
discovery of the importance of animal proteins that led to us having
a small flock of chickens for eggs, meat, and stock. If you
want to test this yourself buy ORGANIC chicken broth and see if it
doesn't help for a short time-an hour or so. Grandma was
right!
As explained in the
patent, the body uses animal protein to help detoxify. Some of the
sickest people who have called me were strict vegans; it just isn’t
right for everyone. An interesting website by some
"reformed" vegetarians: www.beyondveg.com.
Why organic or free range meats? Body fat is a toxin storage depot
Many toxins are fat-soluble and are stored in body fat. Human milk has PCB’s and dioxin in it in tests taken from women all over the world. The fat of the small whales in the St Lawrence Seaway has such high levels of toxins that the dead animals have to be treated as hazardous waste. Researchers have found that female mice put on diets repeatedly had higher levels of toxins in their systems during the low calorie periods, probably released from the fat. They also felt that it was repeated dieting that increased cancer risk from toxin release rather than excess body fat. Dioxins have a half-life of 7 years in the body and are stored in the fatty tissues. Your fat is part of the toxin protective mechanism.
Study Sally Fallon’s site at http://www.westonaprice.org
Excellent study on the role of natural animal fats and meats in human health.
Commercial meats are
loaded with antibiotics (chicken and red meat) and hormones (beef)
so seek out free-range animals; this is why we have a small flock of
free-range exotic chickens and grow Cornish Cross broilers. My small
egg study comparing free-range eggs to grocery store eggs should be
enough to make anyone question if cheap eggs have any nutritional
value. Sally Fallon's book, Nourishing Traditions, goes into
great detail on the importance of clean animal fats in the diet. Her
site is: http://www.westonaprice.org
Eat healthy, clean fats
like olive oil, organic butter, flax oil, and lard from pastured
pigs. Low fat is not a good idea for us.
Dietary Fats can have a
tremendous impact on the pain and fatigue of
fibromyalgia. Our diet is full of synthetic additives,
altered proteins, and adulterated fats. Combined with the
recommended supplements is a strict regimen of healthy fats and
oils. Dioxin is drawn to fat like iron filings to a magnet and
stored there until it degrades very slowly over years.
Farm raised salmon has a
totally different fatty acid profile than wild salmon, so do not
consider it "fish oil" nutrition when you eat it. We use
flax oil, tocotrienols, lecithin, and evening primrose oil for our
essential fatty acid needs.
Fat-free food is a
dangerous fallacy and probably only succeeds because by restricting
all fats the bad fats are also restricted. We do occasionally
consume bad fats, but we also take liver detoxifiers like silymarin
(milk thistle extract) and licorice. Silymarin can also mitigate the
effects of dioxin on the liver. Healthy clean fats and a detox
formula are also a defense against cancer.
AVOID
THYROID INHIBITING SOY PRODUCTS AND HYDROGENATED OR TRANS FATS
(MARGARINE)
New Study on isoflavones:
Soy
Supplement Doesn't Prevent Bone Loss-
But Weakens Immune System March 2001
The thyroid affects mood
and depression, digestion, as well as metabolism and energy and
weight gain. The latest research indicates that fibromyalgia is
caused by a defect in the thyroid hormone signaling
system. The defect seems to be dioxin, a ubiquitous
chlorinated poison that is also part of Agent Orange. It is has a
structure very similar to one of the forms of thyroid hormone and
appears to fool the body into thinking it has enough of the hormone.
This is similar to the action we see with other hormone disrupters,
the xenoestrogens. Natural thyroid supplementation has
been shown to be effective in fibromyalgia. Synthroid is not always
well tolerated. We also avoid non-fermented soy foods, such as
tofu and soymilk, which has an inhibitory effect on the thyroid.
Soybean oil should not be used either because of the refining
process.
Poison Fats like trans fats, refined fats, and hydrogenated fats are medically documented
poisons. In our house, we only have olive oil, flax oil, coconut
oil, non-BEST or organic butter, and lard. Literally remove all
the other fats from the house. Cookies, baked goods, and salad
dressings are loaded with these poisonous fats. After removing these
fats from your diet, don't be surprised if your symptoms improve
drastically in a few weeks time as your body rids itself of the
poison fats. We make our own mayonnaise and thoroughly enjoy the
cookies and cakes made with these healthy fats and free-range eggs.
Butter is better!
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