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HEALTH SCAMS
WHAT THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO READ ABOUT
HIDDEN TRUTHS
WHAT MANUFACTURERS HIDE
AND MANY OTHER HELPFUL TIPS THAT YOU DON'T FIND EASILY
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More information about me.....
First.... I am not a salesperson.. I am a promotor of the symbiotic living foods lifestyle..
I have been raw since 1997 and I am dedicated to providing service to anyone who is interested in buying our equipment for the living foods lifestyle. I will see to it that people do not get scammed and sold something they do not need and I will see to it that all my employees give unbiased information on the equipment we offer.
I will tell you up front... I do not promote juicers except high pressure dedicated wheatgrass juicers that deliver stage 2 juice... I have the other juicers only to maintain my volume so I can get my other equipment at the great prices I need to get to offer them at the cheap prices I am known for.
This is my hobby.. NOT my main business. I am not a salesman.. I am just trying to make a difference in someones life just like the first person did for me when I first got started. I still go to farmers markets and get the fruits and veggies for Free that they throw away since they can't sell them. I also used to go to Mexican restaurants and get avocado pits out of the garbage..(now they just give them to me. The managers just give them to me whenever I call them. They have hundreds of them and they just throw them away!)... and I go to grocery stores and they give me the cantelope seeds and pineapple cores. Grocery stores throw away the pineapple stems. I've found that there is more nutrition and enzymes in that stem once you peel away the green leaves than the entire pineapple itself.The little white stub under the green pineapple leaves has so much enzymes that it can digest food. I make the best cantelope milk in my blender from the seeds and its free. I put it in my raw dehyrated orange zest granola..
I also get brocolli stems free. These are the one of the most nutrient rich vegetables you can eat. The middle part is so sweet but most people don't eat them since they just eat the flower part.
I also go to juice bars and get the pulp that they don't use and put the pulp in recipees... such as carrot pulp. You can even make a mock tuna salad out of that pulp. You would not believe how much pulp gets thrown away at a high traffic juice bar. It is very disturbing to me.
I can't stand to hear people saying eating organic is expensive...It doesn't cost me hardly a dime.
All the grocery stores throw their pineapple skins away with so much fruit left on it.. They also throw out the rinds from watermellon (95% of all the nutrition is in the rind). Also.. they throw out the bruised fruits where I am. They would just go in the garbage.. They say they are not allowed to give it to charity since if someone got sick they would sue them.... but once it goes out in the dumpster.... well.... That is another story... LOL
Sometimes the stores will tell you they have to throw the food away due to getting sued. They would rather throw it in the dumpster rather than giving it to a charity that could use the bruised or over ripe fruits.
Once its in the dumpster they have never given me a problem. I actaully found an entire case of over ripe cherymoyas. They were in a box and there was around 30 of them.. They were all soft and slihtly over ripe. They had a slight moldy fuzz on the outside which prevented them from putting them on the shelf but when I ate them... they were the best cherymoyas I have ever eaten in my life. I had a few friends over and we all ate them. They go for about 4 to 6 bucks each and were totally free.
I know a lot of secrets about the rawfood diet that are not in books...well... at least I haven't came across any...
Plus... eating fruits with a high Brixxe level will reduce your bill to a third. One organic apple can have 3 to 4 times the nutrition as another almost identical looking apple. You can test the apple to find out. I only buy fruits and veggies with high Brixxe levels. Why pay $2.49 a lb for organic oranges just because they are organic. If I am going to pay that much.. you better believe I am going to pick out the most nutritious oranges in the produce section.
If anyone has any questions about this website our number is 1800 578 6988. Our staff will give your their honest opinion on what they feel is best for you...and believe me... they know what they are talking about.... just read our feedbacks and you will see what people say about us. Our staff are raw and probably would flunk a class in sales or marketing class. They are experts on the living food diet.. Many of them are certified instructors. They have been to almost all of the seminars by most of the authors who have written books on the rawfoods diet. They have been on retreats... They have done phone consultations on a personal level to get their questions answered. Our staff is made up of the most obsessive compulsive rawfooders. They do not judge anyone who doesn't want to go raw. They are willing to help anyone succeed on the rawfood diet. That is why I have this service available. (if you have read this far....that makes me happy. Mention that you have read this far and mention the password Brixxe and we will give you any one item at a special discount).
I hope everyone understands what we are doing. All of the information is for educational purposes only. We are not doctors. We can only speak about the results we have seen from helping those who want to learn about the diet. See our over 700 feedbacks on Ebay to see what people are saying about us.
More about us:
We practice what we preach which allows us to come from an authentic place of service in the name of business integrity. We aren't just teaching something we researched in a book.
We are dedicated to bringing you the absolute highest quality super foods, the best preparation tools and cutting edge information. Our super foods and prepared foods have been researched and carefully chosen after years of investigation. All the products that come from us are a 100% organic and 100% free trade. All the foods we distribute bulk that come from other countries have not been sprayed or radiated at the borders. We do not deal with "fluff" foods or super foods everything we lay claim to has a true positive cause and synergistic affect with the body, and I won't forget the super food and prepared foods we sell taste amazing and are truly incomparable. We are approached by many food companies that want us to represent their products and if they don't meet our almost unattainable standards of quality and pricing we simply will not sell them.
We are not here to trash talk certain food or equipment in the name of swaying the public and making sales on other foods or equipment to make more money like other popular sites do. We are not going to run our business by perking peoples interest through uneducated hype, controversy and confusion. We are not certified nutritionist, medical doctors or food scientist but we do know through experience what works for us and all the people we associate with. We realize that not everyones body and physiological make up are the same. Everyone needs different food, supplements and mineral rich super foods at certain times in their lives. What we will do is provide links to extremely knowledgeable certified professionals and their literature so you can study, learn and empower yourself.
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We know that if you do a consultation with us that you want to be sure that we aren't just going to tell you basic information on the raw foods diet that you can get out of almost any book at the bookstore. We will not tell you information that you can get for free by browsing the internet. We have high demands to give you the most up to date information concerning the living foods diet. We will tell you what has worked for us and what hasn't. We will help you gain the discipline to start the rawfoods diet. We will talk to you as if you are a friend and not just a student. We listen and not just read off a script or an outline.
ust by hearing something is bad or good for you is not good enough. It's hard to follow what someone says unless they can back it up with reasoning. We urge you to not believe anything you hear about the rawfoods diet unless it can be backed up or you can feel a difference.
Our bodies can self-heal if we just let it and stop buying into the hype and scams out there. When you call us be prepared not to learn anything-just to UN-learn what you already know! We are all responsible for our own health. Stop listening to everyone.. Everyone has a different opinion. We are not doctors. We are just obsessed with knowing the what we feel is the truth. We will simply tell you what has worked for others and what has worked for us. We never will tell you to take notes on what to do. That's where the problem is now. Everyone is seeking advice on how they should live their lives. Stop seeking for truth. A truth for one person may not be the same truth for you. (read the article about colonics below and you can hear why its bad. There will always be different opinions. There is no ABSOLUTE correct way that we should eat or live. It's only what works best for you. Take everything we say and form your own conclusion.
We get referrals every day from people we have helped. We have formed our beliefs based on research and talking to many educated people. If you like our website you can get the general idea of how we might agree or not agree with something. If you don't want to make the same mistakes we did and think we can help you on your journey into the living foods diet-we are just a phone call away!
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Brixxe Theory
You don't know that you don't know until you know!
Eating orgainc doesnt guarantee that you are getting a higher Brixxe level.
When you buy peaches do you notice sometimes the pit splits....do sometimes rasberries or strawberries get moldy and sometimes they don't. Do you know that the real purpose of bugs is to eat the bad, low Brixxe level plants and leave the healthy plants alone.. Now why do we kill these bugs if they helpful? Money, money, money...that's why!
Before you buy fruit or vegetables you should know the etheric levels and its biodynamics which is very easy to do.
Sprouts grown in an automatic sprouter have a very very low Brixxe level.
There are 16 levels. Most foods have 4-6 which is poor. 12-14 is good.
14-18 is excellent. 18 to 30+ is rare but obtainable.
Vitamins and minerals are exponentially abundant the higher the Brixxe level.
You can eat 1/3 less food on a high Brixxe level diet and still get the same nutrition as eating 3 times as much food.
The higher Brixxe level the higher the bio-availability the phytochemical and nutrients in the fruit or vegetables. It makes no sense to eat low Brixxe level foods. It's a waste of money and energy to eat these types of foods. I wish most rawfooders knew about this and how they are scammed into thinking that just because something is organic it is good for you.
A master Brixxe coach can tell you how to find the Brixxe level in each food. His name is Andy and has spent his lifetime reseaching rawfoods and varisous eccentric information and searching for health scams.
A word from our raw symbiotic coach (our coach for those that have a specific wellness objective).
The RAW FOODS DIET: The Illusion of Health
Diets come and go but some things never change. How often have we heard someone lament a failed attempt at self improvement by following the tenets of a diet and exercise program? The story is so common it is not worth repeating.
Do you notice the telltale earmarks of a diet fad in the 'raw food movement'? The promises, testimonials, glittering generalities and voices of authority?
Have you recognized the attempts to provide substitutes for various comfort foods with the assurances they will satisfy even the most ardent junk foodist given just a little time?
We, the junkivores of the world (past and present), have learned over and over best intentions vaporize when bodies cry out for favorite food drugs. We see much of the raw food party line organized around luring the unwary with 'healthy' versions of some of the most addictive foods.
Low or no glycemic sweeteners, raw chocolate, goji berries, uncooked cashews, and wild peanuts are meant to appeal to the pallet of the food addict-and we know who we are. It is believed we can be led into a healthier food subculture with these enticements and sometimes this happens-for a while.
Results can be obtained by a few with an ardent exercise regime. Just don't think about the injuries you have to live with as a result of your devotion to rigor. Is this the way it was meant to be?
Imagine-a vision of abundant living while eating harmless mineral rich foods as much and as often as you wish. A life in which excellent physical structure results from mere walking and gathering.
Is 'raw food' just another attempt to parlay ubiquitous truth into a prosperous commercial venture? You be the judge.
I don't believe in DRT (diet revision therapy or dieting as it is called). Diet should be thought of as an effect, not a cause. Do not 'try' to change your diet. Don't fight your cravings or 'try' to go raw.
Fix your body ecology and you won't crave the addicting foods. If your ecology was tweaked like mine you would not like the taste of chocolate or cooked food. Most people are not well educated when first going raw. Most people listen to all kinds of voices, failing to hear the whispers of their own body-mind.
Just because blending avocado pits helps one person it might not help everyone. If your digestive system is plaqued over it won't matter if you have a million horsepower blender or if you get fresh picked foods flown in daily to your door. You won't be able to absorb the nutrients properly anyway.
My diet is what is currently described as frugivorous or symbiotic. Yes, it is 99% raw plant food. No, you should not try it until you have adjusted your body ecology slowly over time. This involves passing through stages of increasing awareness of the pros and cons of various foods and food combinations as you continue to eat them. I don't rely exclusively on food for wellness and rejuvenation or think a 3hp blender is a miracle. It IS the number 1 appliance everyone will have in their kitchen after they have developed a high level of digestive consciousness.
If/when you have fully adapted to a symbiotic/frugivorous diet you won't worry about the food you eat although you will overwhelmingly desire that which raises you up and enlivens you. Establishing and maintaining villous performance on a raw food diet is also another area where I coach. If your villious lining is not in good shape, you will not be able to utilize the great living food you are eating which results in almost constant hunger.
I have about 5 lbs of aerobic bacteria that I have cultivated in my small intestine - Yes, 5 lbs! It is this aerobic garden within that guides and directs what is allowed to enter. Even though I eat raw, if I ate a bunch of junk food I wouldn't even be bothered because most of it would simply pass through quickly. My digestive strength is so strong that I can hang around the sickest, most contagious people and never get sick.
The only lasting solution involves a calm, deliberative and patient approach to the rejuvenation of the villious membrane of the small intestine. By rebuilding this 3 to 7 thousand square foot mucous membrane and replacing quantities of fungus, anaerobic bacteria and virus with 3 to 5 pounds of aerobic lactobacillus, the body-mind automatically elevates. We then attract and are attractted to LIKE KINDS, ie. oxygen producing, transporting, and consuming organisms. This would include living foods which support aerobic metabolism and other sentient beings who are "filled with the breath of life" - Oxygen.
This shift in your fundamental physiological state, i.e. from a carbon dioxide rich asphixiation metabolism to an oxygen rich aerobic metabolism produces countless benefits which all add up to improved wellness and life extension for many.
DRT, as a general rule, does not and will not work for a great majority of people. They just don't have the will power and social support to succeed for the 1 to 2 years it takes to beat food allergy (addiction). America's toxic food environment hopelessly drowns its victims. Gentle transition of body ecology will work for most with a little determination and patience.
My heartfelt belief is that diet and exercise are practically useless for the vast majority of people on Earth. I wouldn't step foot into the gym because I am interested in wellness and life extension rather than an over developed musculature.
Happiness, equanimity, poise, confidence, slow movements and gestures, strong eye contact, dominant posture, clear eyes, shining satin smooth skin, good color, colorful hair, ideal weight, etc. These are honest signals that are easy to spot but difficult to fake. These are the qualities that show the world we are in love with and being loved by our universe.
The only way we can reduce another's suffering is to reduce our own suffering. The Laws of Reproduction and Attraction take care of the rest.
My focus must remain on the those with the greatest needs, my family members, and selected friends that rely on me for guidance.
Gratitude and Laughter,
Rawgetarian
Warning: Many students that have fixed their ecology have developed severe relationship problems. Many people that want coaching are not ready to cope with the realities of improving their lifestyle.
Most students develop relationship problems once they get the 3 to 5 lbs. of aerobic cutures in their body.
A recent women has been married to her husband for 22 years. In about 2 months she no longer could cope waking up to her partner in the same bed due to her husbands unbearable bad breath. She never noticed it before until her ecology changed. Now, they have major problems since the husband is not willing to change his lifestyle.
Another recent problem was when a student developed an abundance of energy and didn't want to sit around watching tv all day with his partner. He was losing his weight and his wife still wanted to watch tv all night and eat junk foods. He no longer had the desire to sit home all night on the couch and now he wanted to do more active things. His partner couldn't keep up with him and eventually it lead to a break-up in their relationship. They had been dating 2 years and within 2 months of our coaching they broke up.
Our purpose is to help relationships but if one person is making a change and their partner is not willing to cope with their change then problems will almost always occur. Many people lose interest in their old hobbies and find newer activities that fit their adapted bodies and mind.
We ask you to take this quiz before we set up a phone consultation with one of our coaches. (For those that want to talk to Sandy their is a wait list so please book at least 1-2 weeks ahead of time.
Below are some relationship/coping questions that you might want to consider...
1. Can you cope with social isolation due to your change in the lifestyle?
2. If your partner's intimate odors starting to become more and more stinky until the point where you prefered not to be intimate with them...would that be something you could handle?
3. Does the idea that your self-identity might change bother you? Would you be ready to adapt knowing that your hobbies might change, your clothes might not fit and you will have to spend money to get new clothes, your choices in entertainment might change due to your expanded consciousness?
4. Does the reality of not wanting to participate in activities of family origin bother you, such as not desiring to eat the 4th of July meals or other major holiday meals where you choose to bring your own food?
5. Are you comfortable knowing your character might change, such as your personality or your way of being?
6. Are you ready to deal with the emotional reality of how others see you?
7. You might have a desire to quit your job due to a new set of for personal capabilities?
8. Are you able to still be in a relationship with someone with a less optimistic view on life?
9. If your energy increases can you be happy with this knowing your partner will remain less active (this is the biggest complaint of all).
GRAINS (WHEAT AND CORN)
Wheat and corn constitute the bulk of American grain consumption and both should be avoided for those interested in wellness and life extension.
Wheat contains a sticky substance called gluten. It is the stuff that makes bread rise by forming little balloons filled with carbon dioxide released by dying yeast organisms. Now doesn't that sound appetizing?
The gluten itself besides being a nutrient poor glue substitute poses no particular problem. Gluten does contain an indigestible problem protein called gliadin. It is the protein of the endosperm of the wheat berry, the engine that gives the seed sprouting energy. Even though we are not able to digest gliadin, it is so small that in enters the bloodstream anyway as if it were sugar, salt, casein protein from milk, etc. Once gliadin has entered the bloodstream, our immune system must respond as an undigested protein is always interpreted as a pathogen. So we mount an immune response that can last for three days or so sapping our energy and producing symptoms of allergy. Most Americans are so used to the array of allergy symptoms from food insults that they have accepted them as a normal part of life not realizing it is their food that is making them sick and tired most of the time.
Gliadin is a problem for millions of Americans. Many don't even realize gliadin is making them feel bad most of the time.
Corn is another grass seed and one of the most modified grains around. Besides the high sugar content of corn a fresh ear, on the stalk, may contain about 25 different mold species. With all that delicious sugar around, the mold organisms are sure to have lots of offspring once they have entered your GI tract.
Processed corn products (anything made from corn meal) are loaded with mold. It is a situation rivaled only by peanut products.
Eating corn provides you with a terrific infusion of mold organisms. This could explain why sugar occupies such a prominent place at America's dinner table. You see, the favorite food of mold is sugar and once they have established healthy colonies within the small intestine they know just how to get you to feed them-torture!
Wheat and corn are 50 cents a pound or less retail! Do you really want to put this kind of fuel into your priceless temple?
Wheat and corn are two grass seeds nobody needs to eat.
(The glutinous grains are wheat, oats, barley, rye, kamut, & spelt).
PROTEIN
Protein gets way too much attention in our nation because of the abundance of human carnivores we have generated. Protein fixation is a commercially driven mentality that is more distraction than harm. You see, meat really doesn't sell all that well unless it is pushed-just like milk.
High Brixxe value leaves, any of the super algaes such as chlorella and the nutrient dense immature grasses are capable of providing you with all the protein you can use.
At least 90% of the diets of the largest muscle mass creatures on Earth consist of green leaves. Add to this a little fruit, a few seeds and plenty of bugs and you might be able to bench press 4,000 pounds like a lowland gorilla.
It is easy to get plenty of protein from a frugivorous diet. Animal foods are not needed for protein-they are mostly fat anyway.
As long as we get the 8 essential aminos, the flora in a properly functioning small intestine is capable of transmuting the other 14. This is sometimes referred to as biosynthesis. There is no need to become preoccupied with reading nutritional data to determine the presence/absence of this or that amino in a given food.
Learn instead to trust Nature and relax into calm meditative visceral functioning. We all need to get the caffeine, excess glucose, cortisol and adrenaline out of our bloodstreams so that we may continue to evolve consciousness. This is the way it was meant to be.
FOOD COMBINING
The more sugar any whole food contains the more likely it should be isolated from other foods by a space of time-even other sugary foods. Thus, we have the concept of mono-fruit most have heard mentioned.
The only food that is acceptable to eat in any amount with sugary whole foods is green leaves.
Green leaves may be eaten in any amount with any other whole food without ill effect.
Green leaves may provide a buffering effect against the poor combining of other foods.
You can really get tangled up with complex food combining rules-.or you can just up your intake of green leaves and not worry too much about food combining.
Of course, if you eat an outrageous amount of sweet fruit you will be able to ferment your hiking boots. Stay sane when it comes to sugar, even if it is from a natural whole food source.
DAIRY
Pasteurizing is cooking (mutilating)
Mutilating food destroys the negentropy (divine order) built into the structure of food
Non-organic dairy cows commonly suffer from mastitis (inflammation of the udder) resulting in the presence of white blood cells (pus) in the milk
Antibiotics are injected just above the infected teat and that one is not milked until normal color returns. The practice results in antibiotics leaching into the milk from the other teats which continue to be milked.
Dairy cattle are often sunlight deprived resulting in nutritional deficient milk. Vital solar information is missing from the milk of sunlight deprived cattle.
Nutrient deficient milk may also contain unacceptable levels of lactose (milk sugar) which could partially explain its addictive quality.
Milk contains indigestible casein protein which may harden the intestinal linings of children under the age of two leaving them marginally absorbent of other vital nutrients.
Milk products contain casomorphins (morphine-like substances) which may be extremely addictive possibly explaining the disproportionately large ice cream industry.
Americans are getting wise to the dairy deception. There were 22 million dairy cows in our nation earlier in the 20th century. Today there are about 9 million. Could this signal the probable future of this poor food choice?
(Also.. on a side note... i do not eat mushrooms either. Fungus conflicts with the aerobic metabolism that I try to maintain).
Here is a little tip you should always remember and never forget when going to the grocery store.
Conventionally grown produce have 4-digit numbers starting with 3 or 4.
Organically grown produce have 5 digits starting with a 9
Genetically modified (GM) have 5 digits starting with an 8
Never buy produce that starts with an 8. Just look for 9's to be sure you are getting organic. Sometimes
you will find conventional fruits or veggies accidentally mixed in with the organic. This happens a lot at
big health food stores so just read the numbers to make sure you are getting what you pay for.
For those that are creative.. try making your own dehydrator.
Learn how to build your own dehydrator @ http://www.k-clements.fsnet.co.uk/dehydrator.html
**If you decide to make your own...We can sell you the Teflon sheets**
MYTH#1
If I take a lot of supplements and "cover all my bases," my body will take what it needs
and discard the rest.
REALITY: Not so...although the billion dollar supplement industry would love you to fall for this myth.
Get your vitamins and phytochemicals from your foods and forget about vitamins. You do not find vitamin supplements in nature! Vitamins are designed for everyone. Take the wrong vitamin or the wrong
formulations and you may actually worsen your existing imbalances or create new imbalances.
Nutrients indeed have the power to heal, but they also have the power to make you ill, if they are wrong
for you.
Every supplement you consume has a very precise effect on the body. It will either stimulate or sedate,
acidify or alkalize specific organs, systems, and fundamental control mechanisms.
Don't be fooled. It's never good to get concentrated vitamins. If you want to heal or prevent yourself from ever getting sick, do not take vitamins.
I have found that the super effective supplements are not sold in health food stores. As a rule, you won't find the effecive products on retail shelves where there is a profit to be made. Most are only sold by naturpaths and health practitioners. The reason is that the more effective supplements require a minimal amount of coaching and training on how to use and recommend them. They are usually more specialized and due to its potency it can be abused if not taken right.
For example, you will usually just the soil based probiotics in the stores...You will probably never find aerobic born bacteria strain supplements in a health food store. These are the ones that are very expensive and very potent. Most people cannot even afford them. It's not just like you go out and buy the most expensive vitamin. If you don't know how to use them they might not work. We have found that if we oxygenate a 10% a month increase of nerve endings in our colon our brain will function at a higher level due to the fact it will be getting its proper oxygen and sugar. (The colon converts polysacharides and other sugars to usable sugar to feed us properly, especially the brain, by its enzymatic processes. If the colon is not functioning properly it doesn't give us the proper nutrients since they aren't being absorbed...that is why many people feel the need to drink sugarry sodas). The more nerve endings that are working the more oxygen they require and it forces us to even breath better. This brings in more oxygen to the entire body. Remember, it's not about just taking a pill or a supplement. It is a lifestyle change that really doesn't take any discipline or education since it brings us to the level where we do what we naturally would tend to do.
Most raw foodist will not put any type of supplement in their body. E3live is another supplement worth taking. It's not really a supplement. It is a nasty tasting algae juice that is shipped on dry ice to your door. It's about 5 times more potent than wheatgrass. It tastes awful, but it works. It is probably the most expensive supplement on the market. It must be kept in your freezer since it is raw and living.
If you do decide to buy E3live, call the manufacturer directly to make say sure you are getting the freshest supply. Tell them rawfoodadvantage.com referred you to receive a small discount. They will also give you a 100% money back refund if you are not satisfied.
How Quackery Sells:
How Quackery Sells Stephen Barrett, M.D.
William T. Jarvis, Ph.D. Modern health quacks are supersalesmen. They play on fear. They cater to hope. And once they have you, they'll keep you coming back for more . . . and more . . . and more. Seldom do their victims realize how often or how skillfully they are cheated. Does the mother who feels good as she hands her child a vitamin think to ask herself whether he really needs it? Do subscribers to "health food" publications realize that articles are slanted to stimulate business for their advertisers? Not usually.
Most people think that quackery is easy to spot. Often it is not. Its promoters wear the cloak of science. They use scientific terms and quote (or misquote) scientific references. Talk show hosts may refer to them as experts or as "scientists ahead of their time." The very word "quack" helps their camouflage by making us think of an outlandish character selling snake oil from the back of a covered wagon-and, of course, no intelligent people would buy snake oil nowadays, would they?
Well, maybe snake oil isn't selling so well, lately. But acupuncture? "Organic" foods? Hair analysis? The latest diet book? Megavitamins? "Stress formulas"? Cholesterol-lowering teas? Homeopathic remedies? Magnets? Nutritional "cures" for AIDS? Products that "cleanse your system"? Or shots to pep you up? Business is booming for health quacks. Their annual take is in the billions! Spot reducers, "immune boosters," water purifiers, "ergogenic aids," systems to "balance body chemistry," special diets for arthritis. Their product list is endless.
What sells is not the quality of their products, but their ability to influence their audience. To those in pain, they promise relief. To the incurable, they offer hope. To the nutrition-conscious, they say, "Make sure you have enough." To a public worried about pollution, they say, "Buy natural." To one and all, they promise better health and a longer life. Modern quacks can reach people emotionally. This article shows how they do it.
Appeals To Vanity
An attractive young airline stewardess once told a physician that she was taking more than 20 vitamin pills a day. "I used to feel run-down all the time," she said, "but now I feel really great !"
"Yes," the doctor replied, "but there is no scientific evidence that extra vitamins can do that. Why not take the pills one month on, one month off, to see whether they really help you or whether it's just a coincidence. After all, $300 a year is a lot of money to be wasting."
"Look, doctor," she said. "I don't care what you say. I KNOW the pills are helping me."
How was this bright young lady converted into a true believer? First, an appeal to her curiosity persuaded her to try and see. Then an appeal to her vanity convinced her to disregard scientific evidence in favor of personal experience-to think for herself. Supplementation is encouraged by a distorted concept of biochemical individuality-that everyone is unique enough to disregard the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs). Quacks won't tell you that scientists deliberately set the RDAs high enough to allow for individual differences. A more dangerous appeal of this type is the suggestion that although a remedy for a serious disease has not been shown to work for other people, it still might work for you. (You are extraordinary!)
A more subtle appeal to your vanity underlies the message of the TV ad quack: Do it yourself-be your own doctor. "Anyone out there have 'tired blood'?" he used to wonder. (Don't bother to find out what's wrong with you, however. Just try my tonic.) "Troubled with irregularity?" he asks. (Pay no attention to the doctors who say you don't need a daily movement. Just use my laxative.) "Want to kill germs on contact?" (Never mind that mouthwash doesn't prevent colds.) "Trouble sleeping?" (Don't bother to solve the underlying problem. Just try my sedative.)
Turning Customers into Salespeople
Most people who think they have been helped by an unorthodox method enjoy sharing their success stories with their friends. People who give such testimonials are usually motivated by a sincere wish to help their fellow humans. Rarely do they realize how difficult it is to evaluate a "health" product on the basis of personal experience. Like the airline stewardess, the average person who feels better after taking a product will not be able to rule out coincidence (spontaneous remission)-or the placebo effect (feeling better because he thinks he has taken a positive step). Since we tend to believe what others tell us of personal experiences, testimonials can be powerful persuaders. Despite their unreliability, they are the cornerstone of the quack's success.
Multilevel companies that sell nutritional products systematically turn their customers into salespeople. "When you share our products," says the sales manual of one such company, "you're not just selling. You're passing on news about products you believe in to people you care about. Make a list of people you know; you'll be surprised how long it will be. This list is your first source of potential customers." A sales leader from another company suggests, "Answer all objections with testimonials. That's the secret to motivating people!"
Don't be surprised if one of your friends or neighbors tries to sell you vitamins. Millions of Americans have signed up as multilevel distributors. Like many drug addicts, they become suppliers to support their habit. A typical sales pitch goes like this: "How would you like to look better, feel better and have more energy? Try my vitamins for a few weeks." People normally have ups and downs, and a friend's interest or suggestion, or the thought of taking a positive step, may actually make a person feel better. Many who try the vitamins will mistakenly think they have been helped-and continue to buy them, usually at inflated prices.
The Use of Fear
The sale of vitamins has become so profitable that some otherwise reputable manufacturers are promoting them with misleading claims. For example, for many years, Lederle Laboratories (makers of Stresstabs) and Hoffmann-La Roche advertised in major magazines that stress "robs" the body of vitamins and creates significant danger of vitamin deficiencies.
Another slick way for quackery to attract customers is the invented disease. Virtually everyone has symptoms of one sort or another-minor aches or pains, reactions to stress or hormone variations, effects of aging, etc. Labeling these ups and downs of life as symptoms of disease enables the quack to provide "treatment."
Some practitioners claim to detect "deficiencies" (or "imbalances" or "toxins," etc.) before any symptoms appear or before they can be detected by conventional means. Then they can sell you supplements (or balance you, or remove toxins, etc.). And when the terrible consequences they warn about don't develop, they can claim success.
Food safety and environmental protection are important issues in our society. But rather than approach them logically, the food quacks exaggerate and oversimplify. To promote "organic" foods, they lump all additives into one class and attack them as "poisonous." They never mention that natural toxicantsare prevented or destroyed by modern food technology. Nor do they let on that many additives are naturally occurring substances.
Sugar has been subject to particularly vicious attack, being (falsely) blamed for most of the world's ailments. But quacks do more than warn about imaginary ailments. They sell "antidotes" for real ones. Care for some vitamin C to reduce the danger of smoking? Or some vitamin E to combat air pollutants? See your local supersalesperson.
Quackery's most serious form of fear-mongering has been its attack on water fluoridation. Although fluoridation's safety is established beyond scientific doubt, well-planned scare campaigns have persuaded thousands of communities not to adjust the fluoride content of their water to prevent cavities. Millions of innocent children have suffered as a result.
Hope for Sale
Since ancient times, people have sought at least four different magic potions: the love potion, the fountain of youth, the cure-all, and the athletic superpill. Quackery has always been willing to cater to these desires. It used to offer unicorn horn, special elixirs, amulets, and magical brews. Today's products are vitamins, bee pollen, ginseng, Gerovital, pyramids, "glandular extracts," biorhythm charts, aromatherapy, and many more. Even reputable products are promoted as though they are potions. Toothpastes and colognes will improve our love life. Hair preparations and skin products will make us look "younger than our years." Olympic athletes tell us that breakfast cereals will make us champions. And youthful models reassure us that cigarette smokers are sexy and have fun.
False hope for the seriously ill is the cruelest form of quackery because it can lure victims away from effective treatment. Even when death is inevitable, however, false hope can do great damage. Experts who study the dying process tell us that while the initial reaction is shock and disbelief, most terminally ill patients will adjust very well as long as they do not feel abandoned. People who accept the reality of their fate not only die psychologically prepared, but also can put their affairs in order. On the other hand, those who buy false hope can get stuck in an attitude of denial. They waste not only financial resources but what little remaining time they have left.
Clinical Tricks
The most important characteristic to which the success of quacks can be attributed is probably their ability to exude confidence. Even when they admit that a method is unproven, they can attempt to minimize this by mentioning how difficult and expensive it is to get something proven to the satisfaction of the FDA these days. If they exude self-confidence and enthusiasm, it is likely to be contagious and spread to patients and their loved ones.
Because people like the idea of making choices, quacks often refer to their methods as "alternatives." Correctly employed, it can refer to aspirin and Tylenol as alternatives for the treatment of minor aches and pains. Both are proven safe and effective for the same purpose. Lumpectomy can be an alternative to radical mastectomy for breast cancer. Both have verifiable records of safety and effectiveness from which judgments can be drawn. Can a method that is unsafe, ineffective, or unproven be a genuine alternative to one that is proven? Obviously not.
Quacks don't always limit themselves to phony treatment. Sometimes they offer legitimate treatment as well-the quackery is promoted as something extra. One example is the "orthomolecular" treatment of mental disorders with high dosages of vitamins in addition to orthodox forms of treatment. Patients who receive the "extra" treatment often become convinced that they need to take vitamins for the rest of their life. Such an outcome is inconsistent with the goal of good medical care which should be to discourage unnecessary treatment. Another clever trick is to include their product or procedure in a list of otherwise commonly-accepted practices in order to promote it by association. They may say, for example that their method works best when combined with lifestyle changes (which, quite often, will produce tangible benefits).
The one-sided coin is a related ploy. When patients on combined (orthodox and quack) treatment improve, the quack remedy (e.g., laetrile) gets the credit. If things go badly, the patient is told that he arrived too late, and conventional treatment gets the blame. Some quacks who mix proven and unproven treatment call their approach complementary or integrative therapy.
Quacks also capitalize on the natural healing powers of the body by taking credit whenever possible for improvement in a patient's condition. One multilevel company-anxious to avoid legal difficulty in marketing its herbal concoction-makes no health claims whatsoever. "You take the product," a spokesperson suggests on the company's introductory videotape, "and tell me what it does for you." An opposite tack-shifting blame -- is used by many cancer quacks. If their treatment doesn't work, it's because radiation and/or chemotherapy have "knocked out the immune system."
Another selling trick is the use of weasel words. Quacks often use this technique in suggesting that one or more items on a list is reason to suspect that you may have a vitamin deficiency, a yeast infection, or whatever else they are offering to fix.
The disclaimer is a related tactic. Instead of promising to cure your specific disease, some quacks will offer to "cleanse" or "detoxify" your body, balance its chemistry, release its "nerve energy," bring it in harmony with nature, or do other things to "help the body to heal itself." This type of disclaimer serves two purposes. Since it is impossible to measure the processes the quack describes, it is difficult to prove him wrong. In addition, if the quack is not a physician, the use of nonmedical terminology may help to avoid prosecution for practicing medicine without a license.
Books espousing unscientific practices typically suggest that the reader consult a doctor before following their advice. This disclaimer is intended to protect the author and publisher from legal responsibility for any dangerous ideas contained in the book. Both author and publisher know full well, however, that most people won't ask their doctor. If they wanted their doctor's advice, they probably wouldn't be reading the book in the first place.
Sometimes the quack will say, "You may have come to me too late, but I will try my best to help you." That way, if the treatment fails, you have only yourself to blame. Patients who see the light and abandon quack treatment may also be blamed for stopping too soon.
The "money-back guarantee" is a favorite trick of mail-order quacks. Most have no intention of returning any money-but even those who are willing know that few people will bother to return the product.
Another powerful persuader-something for nothing-is standard in ads promising effortless weight loss. It is also the hook of the telemarketer who promises a "valuable free prize" as a bonus for buying a water purifier, a six-month supply of vitamins, or some other health or nutrition product. Those who bite receive either nothing or items worth far less than their cost. Credit card customers may also find unauthorized charges to their account.
Another potent technique is cultural association, in which promoters ally themselves with religious or other cultural beliefs by associating their product or service with an article of faith or prejudice of their target audience.
In a contest for patient satisfaction, art will beat science nearly every time. Quacks are masters at the art of delivering health care. The secret to this art is to make the patient believe that he is cared about as a person. To do this, quacks lather love lavishly. One way this is done is by having receptionists make notes on the patients' interests and concerns in order to recall them during future visits. This makes each patient feel special in a very personal sort of way. Some quacks even send birthday cards to every patient. Although seductive tactics may give patients a powerful psychological lift, they may also encourage over-reliance on an inappropriate therapy.
Psychologist Anthony R. Pratkanis, Ph.D., has identified nine strategies used to sell pseudoscientific beliefs and practices [Pratkanis AR. How to sell a pseudoscience, Skeptical Inquirer 19(4):19-25, 1995.]. They include setting phantom goals (such as better health, peace of mind, or improved sex life), making statements that tend to inspire trust ("supported by over 100 studies"), and fostering grandfalloons (proud and otherwise meaningless associations of people who share rituals, beliefs, jargon, goals, feelings, specialized information, and "enemies"). Multilevel sales groups, nutrition cultists, and crusaders for "alternative" treatments fit this description well.
Handling the Opposition
Quacks are involved in a constant struggle with legitimate health care providers, mainstream scientists, government regulatory agencies and consumer protection groups. Despite the strength of this science-based opposition, quackery manages to flourish. To maintain their credibility, quacks use a variety of clever propaganda ploys. Here are some favorites:
"They persecuted Galileo!" The history of science is laced with instances where great pioneers and their discoveries were met with resistance. Harvey (nature of blood circulation), Lister (antiseptic technique) and Pasteur (germ theory) are notable examples. Today's quack boldly asserts that he is another example of someone ahead of his time. Close examination, however, will show how unlikely this is. First of all, the early pioneers who were persecuted lived during times that were much less scientific. In some cases, opposition to their ideas stemmed from religious forces. Secondly, it is a basic principle of the scientific method that the burden of proof belongs to the proponent of a claim. The ideas of Galileo, Harvey, Lister and Pasteur overcame their opposition because their soundness can be demonstrated.
A related ploy, which is a favorite with cancer quacks, is the charge of "conspiracy." How can we be sure that the AMA, the FDA, the American Cancer Society, drug companies and others are not involved in some monstrous plot to withhold a cancer cure from the public? To begin with, history reveals no such practice in the past. The elimination of serious diseases is not a threat to the medical profession-doctors prosper by curing diseases, not by keeping people sick. It should also be apparent that modern medical technology has not altered the zeal of scientists to eliminate disease. When polio was conquered, iron lungs became virtually obsolete, but nobody resisted this advancement because it would force hospitals to change. Neither will medical scientists mourn the eventual defeat of cancer. Moreover, how could a conspiracy to withhold a cancer cure hope to be successful? Many physicians die of cancer each year. Do you believe that the vast majority of doctors would conspire to withhold a cure for a disease which affects them, their colleagues and their loved ones? To be effective, a conspiracy would have to be worldwide. If laetrile, for example, really worked, many other nations' scientists would soon realize it.
Claims of "suppression" are used to market publications as well as treatments. Many authors and publishers purport to offer information that your doctor, the AMA, and/or government agencies "don't want you to know about."
Organized quackery poses its opposition to medical science as a "philosophical conflict" or "paradigm shift," rather than a clash between proven versus unproven or fraudulent methods. This creates the illusion of a "holy war" rather than a conflict that could be resolved by examining the facts. Another diversionary tactic is to charge that quackery's critics are biased or have been bought off by drug companies.
Quacks like to charge that, "Science doesn't have all the answers." That's true, but it doesn't claim to have them. Rather, it is a rational and responsible process that can answer many questions-including whether procedures are safe and effective for their intended purpose. It is quackery that constantly claims to have answers for incurable diseases. The idea that people should turn to quack remedies when frustrated by science's inability to control a disease is irrational. Science may not have all the answers, but quackery has no answers at all! It will take your money and break your heart.
Many treatments advanced by the scientific community are later shown to be unsafe or worthless. Doctors also make mistakes. Such failures become grist for organized quackery's public relations mill in its ongoing attack on science. Actually, "failures" reflect a key element of science: its willingness to test its methods and beliefs and abandon those shown to be invalid. True medical scientists have no philosophical commitment to particular treatment approaches, only a commitment to develop and use methods that are safe and effective for an intended purpose. When a quack remedy flunks a scientific test, its proponents merely reject the test.
Each of these ploys represents a basic technique called misdirection -- analogous to what magicians do to shift the audience's attention away from what is important in order to deceive them. When faced with a criticism they cannot meet head on, quacks simply change the topic.
How to Avoid Being Tricked
The best way to avoid being tricked is to stay away from tricksters. Unfortunately, in health matters, this is no simple task. Quackery is not sold with a warning label. Moreover, the dividing line between what is quackery and what is not is by no means sharp. A product that is effective in one situation may be part of a quack scheme in another. (Quackery lies in the promise, not the product.) Practitioners who use effective methods may also use ineffective ones. For example, they may mix valuable advice to stop smoking with unsound advice to take vitamins. Even outright quacks may relieve some psychosomatic ailments with their reassuring manner.
This article illustrates how adept quacks are at selling themselves. Sad to say, in most contests between quacks and ordinary people, the quacks still are likely to win.
SPROUTING IS BAD... BEWARE OF USING A SPROUTER.....
Edited due to our distributor restrictions...
Sprouting is bad for you in the automatic sprouters. Due to our distributor we cannot mention the names but they are the ones with the automatic watering system that makes sprouts with water only without soil. This is very dangerous especially if growing wheatgrass. They fail to tell you what you are really growing. They fail to tell you about how growing sunflower sprouts or buckweat sprouts or wheatgrass in these automatic sprouters that grow from the misted water is dangerous to eat and lacks what you think you are getting. They fail to mention the Brixxe' level is severely restricted. They fail to tell you many things that we cannot say. Please call us if you want to hear the unbiased truth about why we do not sell these dangerous machines that rawfooders ask us for. Our staff would never touch a sprout or wheatgrass that was grown in one of these machines. We urge anyone that wants to buy a sprouter to call us. We do NOT sell them and are not trying to sell you one. We used to sell them before we learned the truth. Don't fall for the scam!
When you grow sprouts it should be natural. In nature they grow in soil. We grow ours in a thermophillic soil (soil that we make that naturally gets up to 150 degrees due to all the natural bacteria proliferation).
The soil you buy in stores might not have the bacteria in the soil. (Most people try to put kelp or some mineral solution in their electric sprouter. This is just for minerals...not the bacteria...what a joke!)
The baby sprouted greens that grow in nature where they are naturally "wild crafted" have a super strong reproductive energy. The ones in an electric sprouter....well...just think about it and it is easy to figure out?
The best way to grow sprouts is in a Vertical Garden. It is made by Sundance. If you want one of these let us know. The best soil to use is the organic soil you can buy for around 5 dollars for 20 lbs. If you want to learn how to make your own thermo-phillic soil that is alive with aerobic bacteria we can teach how we do it. Ask to book a consultation with Sandy if you want to learn.
Do not misunderstand what we are saying about sprouting. We are not saying that they are good or bad. We know something that we need to share with rawfoodists. Call us at 1800 578 6988. Most people do not buy a sprouter after hearing what we have to say. I have no doubt in my mind that I cannot convince you that you should not use a sprouter for these type of sprouts.
To those that want to start growing sprouts who want high Brixxe value sprouts or who want to use thermophillic "base" soil to start making their own soil.
Bioavailability of Soil Minerals
Growing your own baby greens? Perhaps you have considered the impact soil ecology has on the mineral content of your harvest.
In order for soil to be biodynamic, it must be heavily populated with beneficial soil bacteria. Soil bacteria break down the sand and gravel in soil releasing the minerals. You cannot buy this in a store.
These mineral colloids can then be transported by other bacteria to the tiny hair like feeding roots of plants. The plants draw the minerals along with billions of tiny pilot organisms into their systems.
Of the 102 minerals available in rich soil, certain baby greens are capable of mining up to 95. This depends on growing conditions to some extent but the main determinant of the mineral content of raw plant food is the concentration of diverse microscopic bacterial organisms in the soil.
I am considering making small amounts of carefully cultivated flora rich humus available for the first time. It can be used as a 'starter culture' for those interested in crafting their own soil.
This will produce plant foods with the wild crafted qualities absent from domesticated cultivars.
Joy and Laughter,
Rawgetarian
Taking enzymes with food... what a joke!
Here is what they say...
You should take enzymes with all your cooked meals so you don't deplete your own enzymes since we have a limited resource. The enzymes help you aborb the nutrients also, they say. Enzymes help for those with digetion problems they say. They also say they are from natural plant enzymes and aren't really a supplement but a food.
We know that those that get started on enzymes usually start and never stop taking them. This will not help your digestive system. The only way to help it is to get the 3 to 5 lbs of aerobic bacteria (active cultures) in your digestive system. They stay there. The surface area of it is about the surface size of a tennis court. Once you have this you don't have to practice the rules of food combining or worrying about drinking water with your food. This is a myth also but if you don't have the 3 to lbs of these cultures in your colon then you just might want to properly food combine since your gut is not intelligent as it would be in nature with this aerobic bacteria. This is why animals eat the guts out of other animals when they die. It is natural to have aerobic cultures. Most of us only have about 15% of what we should have. This has nothing to do with taking enzymes. If you don't want to get the friendly cultures in your colon then, just like the quick fix that everyone is used to, then by all means, take enzymes. It's just not that easy to pay 20 to 30 bucks for some enzymes and expect to have a strong digestion.
If you want to learn more detail on how this works...keep read below!
More about these cultures. This is how symbiotic raw foodists live:
The active friendly bacteria won't even colonize on dirty colon...in order to release oxygen to the cells.
If the bacteria is an aerobic... then you cant absorb your nutrients.
Life is directly proportionate to how absorbant your colon lining is. The average person has 1 1/2 lbs of the bacteria they need to have. Most sick people have 15% of their capacity.
Most people take vitamins...and if you have bad bacteria... you might be just peeing the good nutrients out since they aren't absorbed in your intestine.
Most people have a clogged up intestinal lining. Once it is rejuvinated...you can expect your unused nerve endings to wake up.. it can be overwhelming.. its kinda like when a foot goes to sleep after you havent used it and then when it wakes up you feel this tingling. Your nerves in your colon lining may have been numb for years due to little oxygen and use. Then. when those nerves wake up... you feel alive again. People tell me all the time how they suddenly get energy and it's not from the sugar they normally are used to eating.
People tell me that once they get the 3 to 5lbs of this in their colon... they don't even want the processed or salty food they used to eat. This will make iodized salt, such as that on chips, fries, and processed food, taste bitter that onced tasted good.
Most people don't have the readiness to deal with their health. This is not even a diet. Once you get in the rythem it is very easy and becomes second nature. Also.. the funny thing about this is that most of the stuff people need is already in their own kitchen and they don't even know it.
Note: We do not sell anything to help you get the 3 to 5 lbs of aerobic cultures in your colon. We simply know what has worked for us and our friends. We do know where to get the stuff if you don't have it. Also...most health food stores don't carry it either. And, just like enyzmes...you can't find a probiotic supplement and expect that to all the sudden get you the 3 to 5 lbs of bacteria.
Once we have these colonies in our gut we can self generate them. This can only happen when the body is clean and aerobic. Our coach only takes one probiotic capsule once every 2 weeks. The ones in the store tell you to take up to 4 a day. (These are most likely soil based, not aerobic). The reason he takes these is because we don't live like we used to many, many years ago. We used to not wash our foods so much and the produce wasn't sprayed like it is today, even the organic foods that use natural sprays. The foods back then took up the water from the aerobic soil that was filled with aerobic bacteria. The soil now is pretty much sterile since we are not composting. We just take, take, and take, and never put the resources back into the soil. The aerobic bacteria is about 7 times as powerful as the soil based version. They are also more expensive to make too. Our body only has a given amount of digestive surface area. If we can only absorb a given amount of this bacteria, doesn't it make sense that you would want the most powerful colonies to develop? I can only support so many pounds of this and want the powerful colonies, not weaker. An example would be like when you can only eat 3 oranges before you get full: Are you going to eat just any 3 oranges or are you going to eat the 3 oranges that have the highest Brixxe level? Are you just going to walk into the store and just pick up the first 3 oranges that look good?
For questions email us at rawfood_advantage@yahoo.com or feel free to call us. (For those that have taken the time to read my site.. I would like to share a website that you might enjoy...
You can watch "The Secret" for free on there. Also...you can watch "What The Bleep Do We Know". If you haven't seen these films you are in for a huge surprise. Please let me know what you thought after you see it.
The site is Tubezoom.com and if for some reason it is not showing on there it might be on Movieforumz.com.
Have you ever heard of those foot-baths through which an electric current is passed in order to draw out the "toxins" from your body? To someone who knows no chemistry, it can be quite impressive to see all these evil substances color the water various shades of brown, green, and blue as the current works its magic. Sometimes you see flecks of solids and bubbles of gas appear as your body is "cleansed". Well, this is an old parlor trick, a nice chemistry-classroom demonstration, and, of course, a highly profitable scam. It is offered by ayurvedic healers and other quackery practioners, including some naturopathic and chiropractic physicians.
