When aluminum is bound to excitotoxins glutamate and/or aspartate, it’s entry into your brain is significantly elevated. Once in the brain, aluminum increases iron-‐induced free radical activity!
Jan 272017
Free Radicals
Free Radicals
Consuming a diet high in refined sugar, white flour and white salt contributes to free radicals,
These three, refined sugar, flour and salt, could be called WHITE DEATH!
Free Radicals damage the mitochondrial DNA of the cell! This is the POWERHOUSE of the cell so free radicals alter the cell energy level.
Food sensitivities can also lead to free radicals and many thyroid patients are sensitive or reactive to gluten, dairy, and soy to name a few.
When aluminum is bound to excitotoxins glutamate and/or aspartate, it’s entry into your brain is significantly elevated. Once in the brain, aluminum increases iron-‐induced free radical activity!
Jan 272017
Excitotoxins are neurotransmitters which can cause cell death when their actions
are prolonged.
Excitotoxins are compounds such as:
- glutamate (monosodium glutamate or MSG) and lots of MSG is used in restaurant food,
- aspartate or aspartame (i.e., NutraSweet) and
- homocysteine.
Excitotoxins cause premature cell death by initiating the P53 gene.
Increased glutamate levels can stimulate the microglia (a CNS immune cell) to produce more cytokines than normal and to release
stored glutamate and quinolinic acid, both of which are excitotoxins.
The microglia can also convert tryptophan to the excitotoxin, quinolinic acid.
Therefore, tryptophan supplements should not be taken by patients with any chronic condition.
Microglial cells activated by Beta-‐amyloid can release protein kinase C,
and thus prolong inflammation.
Microglial cells can also release large amounts of glutamate and
stimulate the release of inflammatory arachidonic acid.
This degenerative process can feed upon itself, destroying massive amounts
of neuronal tissue.
Additionally, the amount of Amyloid-‐beta peptides are increased,
hydrogen peroxide levels are increased
and as a result, excitotoxicity is increased.
When aluminium (eg from deoderants) is bound to excitotoxins glutamate and/or aspartate, it’s entry into your brain is significantly elevated. Once in the brain, aluminium increases iron-‐induced free radical activity!
Jan 272017
The number One cause of massive inflammation , toxicity and decreased immune response is Acidity.
Body acidity is caused by poor diet, toxins, heavy metals, electromagnetic pollution, dental infections and negative emotions.
You have to be alkaline for your body to heal.
Your body pH has to be between 6.4 – 7.0
Over 7.0 is bad because your body is leeching minerals (calcium, magnesium and others) out of the blood, and as soon as you correct the problem the pH will drop to 4.5 – 5.0
Check body pH by testing first morning urine after 5 am for a period of at least 2 weeks.
It has to be the first morning urine pH after 5 a.m. because you are checking the body’s metabolism.
There are doctors that check salivary pH which is not as accurate as the urine pH because the salivary pH has not metabolized through the body.
Just about EVERY thyroid patient will probably be acidic!
When you’re acidic, your body leaches minerals out of your bones to buffer your blood!
These minerals, calcium, magnesium and trace minerals are VERY IMPORTANT to the thyroid patient because cells of your body need to accept the thyroid hormone, T3, and they cannot accept T3 without an ample supply of minerals.
There are so many medical doctors chasing symptoms by prescribing T4 and T3 medications instead of getting to the CAUSE by addressing the patient’s acidity and low minerals which suppresses T4 and T3.
Many doctors, including some “thyroid experts,” miss this fact completely!
T4 conversion to T3 is dependent on the mineral zinc and low levels of selenium will cause inactivity of T3.
Should one take handfuls of zinc and selenium? NO! You should get it from the food that you eat!
Beef, lamb, veal, crab, shrimp, scallops, oysters, turkey, pumpkin, yogurt, peanuts, sesame and squash seeds all contain high levels of zinc.
Tuna, cod, halibut, sardines, shrimp, salmon, beef, turkey, and lamb are all high in selenium.
Instead of taking handfuls of the medications T3 and T4, why not let good food be a part of our healing process?
When you are acidic, you are at greater risk for heavy metal toxicity which in turn causes a downward spiral of free radicals!
Being acidic creates a welcoming environment for viruses and bacteria to flourish! You may have noticed that you are more susceptible to more colds and flu, this is one of the reasons WHY.
How does one become more alkaline?
Change your diet!
STOP eating junk! NOW!
There is no such thing as “junk food,” there is food and there is junk.
Eat more :
organic vegetables,
lean grass-‐fed, organic meat,
wild fish and game and
a limited amount of organic fruits.
Preferably, eat only stone fruits or fruits with a pit in it like a peach or plum because they are lower on the glycemic index.
Berries (raspberries, strawberries, blackberries and blueberries) are also low on the glycemic index.
Eat more organic vegetables and drink fresh-‐squeezed, organic vegetable juice!
Drink good, high-‐quality water! Avoid tap water as it is full of chemicals.