Re: Asthma Question

February 25, 2006

Sounds like a mold hit to me & probably a combination of things. But if you

see stained ceiling tiles you need to leave even if you've taken CSM. Just

because you take the medication it won't keep you from getting an exposure. It

only helps remove the toxins, your body still reacts to the toxic

contaminates.

What is an asthma attack like? Last night I went out with my

family to an Irish Pub. I haven't been out to a bar for awhile

because I have been so sick (mycotoxicosis). Anyway, the pub was full

of smoke and I assume that the pub was moldy because you could see

many water leaks on the ceiling. After about 10 minutes I got a

horrible headeache and after 1/2 hour I started having problems

breathing. It seemed like I couldn't get enough air into my lungs no

matter what I did. I thought maybe I was just going crazy and tried

to concentrate and take deep breaths. It didn't help. I thought I

was going to pass out. Eventually I just waited outside in the cold

until my family was ready to leave. After about 45 minutes I was able

to breathe better. This has never happened to me before. I even took

my CSM before I left.

So is this just a new way of my responding to mold? Could it

be asthma?

February 26, 2006

yes thAT COULD DEFINATLY BE ASTHMA. i HAVE It NOW. nEVER DID BEFORE.

Janet

November 2, 2010

DIET RELATED TIPS TO HELP NUTRITIONALLY WITH ASTHMA, EMPHYSEMA and COPD

• The diet should consist of 50 percent raw organically grown foods (start by

steaming lightly or juicing, especially if you are not used to eating raw

foods). Avoid foods that cause excess mucus to be formed in the gastrointestinal

tracts, lungs, sinuses, and nasal cavity. Foods that lead to the formation of

mucus are meats, eggs, dairy products, processed foods, tobacco, junk foods, and

white flour products (pasta, white rice and white breads).

• Consume foods that require less chewing. When experiencing chronic lung

disease a person may have difficulty breathing while chewing. Avoid gas-forming

foods such as lentils (beans) and cabbage. These foods cause abdominal

distention and interfere with breathing. Do not eat a typical American

breakfast. Instead sip hot liquids to help clear the mucus. I like a specific

drink made from hot water (not boiling, just hot enough to drink but not hot

enough to deactivate the enzymes of the drink ingredients), some fresh lemon or

lime and some molasses and organic raw honey. It's a warm sweet and sour drink.

Excellent way to start the day. After an hour when you become hungry follow the

hot drink by eating low sugar fruits like apples (organically grown), pears,

oranges, berries and plums.

Apples contain well-recognized medicinal and nutritional ingredients that offer

profound benefit in protecting the health of, and optimizing lung function

(Nick, p.142). A long-term study between 1979 and 1983 " found that lung function

was linearly associated with dietary apple intake...The researchers found...that

eating five or more apples a week was linked to slightly better lung function.

The lung capacity in those individuals who ate apples was 138 millilitres

higher, as compared to those who did not eat apples " (p.143).

• Chlorophyll is very important. " Chlorophyll is the sun nutrient which is the

basis for all plant life activity; the green blood of plants becomes the red

blood of animals and humans. " (Alive and Well, June 1990). Since its molecular

structure is very similar to hemoglobin in human blood, chlorophyll in green

foods can help strengthen the immune system, support healthy blood and

circulation, protect lung tissue, as well as help to maintain proper operation

of the intestinal tract.

The highest concentration of chlorophyll of any food is found in organic blue

green algae harvested wild from Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon -

http://tinyurl.com/g1iz and http://tinyurl.com/iw4k.

Chlorophyll content per 10 grams:

Wild blue green algae from Upper Klamath Lake - 300 mg

Spirulina - 115 mg

Chlorella - 280 mg

Barley Grass -149 mg

Wheat Grass -55 mg

( " Simply The Best " , 1992, p. 3).

• Black cumin seeds are very well known in folk remedies in the Middle East.

Traditionally, black cumin seed has been used for a variety of ailments

including asthma, bronchitis and ailments of the respiratory tract. Generally,

the seeds are added to food or ground and mixed with raw honey. The primary

active components of black cumin seeds are certain oils that reduce the release

of histamine. Histamine often causes allergic reactions and is associated with

respiratory conditions such as bronchial asthma (Nutrition Science News, Jan.

2001, p.28). You can purchase black cumin seeds from Middle Eastern or Indian

grocery stores.

• Coenzyme Q10 is a very powerful antioxidant needed to protect the lungs.

Choose a formula where CoQ10 is micro-blended with organic flax seed oil and

wild-crafted blue green algae - http://tinyurl.com/f1f7.

• Make sure you are taking enzymes with meals to digest your meals thoroughly.

Make sure your enzyme blend is mixed with a whole food. Enzymes need nutrient

co-factors in order to function properly, so these enzymes are micro-blended

with a mineral-rich whole food which supplies those needed co-factors -

http://tinyurl.com/mkwo. Also take acidophilus (http://tinyurl.com/24ajq) and

bifidus (http://tinyurl.com/26rur) so you can get rid of excess mucus and reduce

gas and distention.

• In addition to taking enzymes with your meals to digest your cooked foods, use

your enzymes in between meals to reduce excess mucus and inflammation.

" Systemic enzyme therapy is used to reduce swelling and inflammation. Enzyme

therapy stimulates the immune system, improves circulation, and helps speed

tissue repair by bringing nutrients to the damaged area and removing waste

products....Enzymes stimulate the body's own natural enzymatic processes without

causing the immune system to be suppressed. They increase tissue permeability,

as well as the rate of degradation of inflammatory and toxic products, and

increase the rate of microthrombi breakdown, therefore reducing swelling.

Consequently, they improve the supply of nutrients and oxygen to the tissues and

the removal of the end products of normal metabolism. Therefore, the duration of

the inflammatory process is reduced, ...and the healing process progresses more

quickly ... " (Cichoke, pgs. 384-385).

• Use castor oil packs on the chest. These packs are so soothing for emphysema

and asthma. Directions for applying castor-oil packs over any area that has

inflammation and discomfort: Buy cold-pressed castor-oil. Choose a quiet place

where you can lie down. To make a castor-oil pack, you will need: cotton -

flannel sheet pieces (four of them) measuring 1 foot by 3 feet, castor oil, a

plastic sheet or plastic bag, a heating pad and a towel. Place the flannel

sheets on top of each other. Pour castor oil into a large bowl (enough for

soaking the sheets). Soak the cloth in it. Squeeze out the excess oil and lay

the saturated cloth over the affected region. Place the plastic over the cloth.

Put the heating pad(low heat) over the plastic. The towel is just in case you

need to wipe any oil. Lie down and relax and leave the castor-oil packs in place

for 30 minutes. Repeat three to seven times per week, for one to two months. You

can store the oil-drenched cloth in a plastic bag between uses. You don't need

to soak the cloth every time. Use the cloth three to four times and then throw

it out and make a new one.

• Avoid air pollution. Change jobs if necessary because your present environment

may be dirty, dusty, and toxic to inhale. Do not use aerosol products.

• Rest and avoid stress. Get plenty of fresh air.

• Drink at least 8-10 glasses of water daily. Don't drink with meals, just in

between meals (small sips of water).

• Juicing is very helpful. Use carrot, parsley, celery, kale and different green

leafy vegetables like kale and parsley. Smoothies provide raw ingredients that

have lots of nutrients. Also, use brightly colored fruits such as blueberries,

cherries, mangoes, etc. My favorite machine for making smoothies is the Vita

Mix, because the resulting drink includes the very valuable fiber. It's an easy

and enjoyable way to get your daily servings of fruits and vegetables, with no

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• Take a clove or two of fresh organic garlic when you go to sleep at night. Cut

it in small pieces and swallow it with a glass of water. Garlic is a natural

antibiotic to help prevent infection. Garlic is a strong medicinal food.

Therefore, make sure you don't take raw garlic more than 3 weeks in a row.

• A folk remedy for asthma is ginger. Make a tea of freshly grated ginger root.

Even just chewing a small part of the root can work literal wonders.

• Celery seeds are believed to be a tonic for asthma. An infusion of the seeds

in water in the ratio 1:20 is thought to calm the nerves and relief asthmatic

wheezing.

• A fast on cayenne powder mixed with fresh lemon juice and organic maple syrup

should help with clearing inflammation in lungs. Drink 8 to 12 glasses of the

above ingredients mixed with water throughout the day. Continue this fast for up

to 20 days. I'm told by people who have done this fast that emphysema or asthma

would clear up.

References:

Cichoke, . (1994). Enzymes and Enzyme Therapy. New Canaan, Connecticut:

Keats publishing, Inc.

Nick, . (June 2004). " Whole Foods Bestow Lung Cancer Protection and Improve

Lung Function " . Townsend Letter for Doctors and patients. pgs. 142-144.

Check http://www.bluegreensolutions.com, and click on " Test Drive Your New Body "

for a 15 minute video of how health works.

November 4, 2010

Duncan,

I'm new to this forum so I'm not sure of all the players. Are you a ND,

nutritionist, or nutritional researcher?

Gayle

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From: Duncan Crow <duncancrow@...>

Coconut Oil

Sent: Thu, November 4, 2010 1:15:16 PM

Subject: Re: Asthma Question

Hi ; no, whey doesn't necessarily cause mucous. I get a little mucousy from

homogenised milk and cheese but I don't seem to from whey even though the solids

content is about 100 times higher in a whey drink than in milk.

According to the PDR for prescription drugs, a whey isolate (Immunocal) is well

tolerated even by severely milk sensitive individuals. A risk:benefit analysis

to compare your personal reaction with the huge and well-detailed benefits of

such an anti-aging tool will show you and most others that using it is better

than not using it, even if you do make more mucous.

Unless you are allergic to bovine proteins, undenatured whey should figure

prominently in both your cure and your subsequent health maintenance/anti-aging

program. In fact you can't do a strong program without attention to glutathione

elevation so you'll want to do it however you can.

all good,

Duncan

>

> Duncan,

>

> Doesn't dairy cause more mucous? Wouldn't more mucous aggravate asthma, runny

>nose, nasal drip?

>

November 4, 2010

Yes, it does - it has glutathione, it has cysteine, it has glycine, it has GLA,

it has amino acids, it has glutamic acid - and what's great about this is that

it is all naturally occurring in there. There's no isolated substances, so your

body actually recognizes it as food.

I'm not calling Byron a liar - I'm just stating a fact that it is impossible to

be allergic to algae - there are no allergens present. If you go back and

re-read what I said - it could have been a cleansing, it could have been a

reaction to degraded chlorophyll. It would not be a reaction to the algae. And

there has never been found, in the past 30 years, any microcystins in the algae

I was referring to.

And no, I'm not confused.

Carol

>

> Please don't lump me in with your vague comments Carol. If you have a point

to make on my post, please just make it. I made mine about glutathione's role in

asthma and other lung issues, and supplied references. Since algae doesn't

contain glutathione precursors it can not produce the benefits listed in

glutathione research:

November 4, 2010

Hi Gayle,

As a background, I've been keeping up on nutritional and longevity research for

about 20 years since my introduction to Durk and Sandy's book Life Extension in

1982 and subsequent LEF magazine subscription until around 1995 when I got

Internet and better access to research via Pubmed, Medscape, online industry

journals and such. I had to revisit all that during my five year health column

in the local paper, which got yanked after dentists pulled their advertising

following my mercury fillings articles

As a wholistic consultant about half of my output is about edifying clients on

what the research says, something like health coaching but backing it up like I

usually do on the list. Besides the nutritional and anti-aging data I use detox

methods, ozone therapy, Beck blood electrification, Beck magnetic pulser,

cranial electrostimulation, binaural beat/hemi-sync, colloidal silver (I make

high-volume colloidal silver makers for people too and I take electromagnetic

radiation readings in homes and businesses. About half my clients are referrals

from other health professionals including regulated ones, for things like

drug-resistent ulcers, osteomyelitis, bowel issues, multiple chemical

sensitivity, but some come just for the ozone saunas.

Sounds pretty sober but I do have a fun side

all good,

Duncan

>

> Duncan,

>

> I'm new to this forum so I'm not sure of all the players. Are you a ND,

> nutritionist, or nutritional researcher?

> Gayle

>

November 4, 2010

Duncan,

Thanks, you have certainly kept up in the field of nutrition.

Life Extension has some great products. I am also a nutritional researcher for

some natural heath radio shows and certain Physicians.

I'm a nutritionist/chef so most of my research is more on food than on

supplements. I was the Executive chef for MacNut Oil for many years until it was

sold. I still love the product. I do like coconut oil for so many things. I'm

writing a Human/Canine Cookbook and I use Coconut oil in many of the recipes.

the best,

Gayle

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From: Duncan Crow <duncancrow@...>

Coconut Oil

Sent: Thu, November 4, 2010 3:33:43 PM