Manataka American Indian Council
One Bear's Opinion
STANDING BEAR'S
ONE TIME CURE
FOR EVERYTHING
THAT AILS YOU
The Bear's instructions for good health are simple. If you follow the following two points of advice and most common ailments will become a thing of the past. How much is that worth to you?
According
to the Labor Department, the United States economy loses an average
of 3.6 billion dollars a year in lost productivity as a result
of common ailments such as colds, flu and inflections. The
average worker loses over 12.4 earning days per year at cost of
$1,317.68 to the family budget. The average child loses an
average of 11.2 days of school each year. Most of the
time an adult must care for the sick child.
Add
these losses to the huge expense of doctor fees, prescription and
over-the counter medicines, and you have a big strain on the family
budget. Feeling sick and lousy at the most inconvenient
times is not only hard on the wallet, it also places a strain on the
community, friends and family.
Are you ready to change
all this? You can feel great and become more productive
with Bear's simple(?) advice:
1. Throw out everything in your kitchen that
is made by man
If it comes in a box, can or package - throw in
the garbage can or give it to your worst enemy. Nearly all
these things are made with harmful or unhealthy man-made chemicals.
We Eat 'Dead' Food
Everything on the grocery store
shelf is edible
and nutritious according to the Food & Drug Administration. Some
are even palatable and some are good for you. But rather than
fighting the daily battle trying to figure out which ones are good
or bad, simply thrown them all out. Your grocery budget will
drop by 70% overnight.
According to some
estimates, 71% of the cost of processed food is consumed by
expensive advertising and fancy packaging. You cannot
eat either one. Therefore, nearly three-quarters of your food budget
is spent for non-food items.
In the early 1960's, the FDA approved about 300 chemicals that could be mixed into food. Today, the FDA approves over 5,000 chemicals for consumption. These substances are "dead" and do not carry any life force.
Cancer and a plethora of other serious ailments enter the body in the form of FDA approved food. If it comes in a box, can or package, do not buy it.
2. Eat only what Mother Earth provides
You are what
you eat. You are made from the Earth. The Mother wishes
for you to be in harmony with her. If you eat what man sells
you in a box, package or can, you are not in harmony because of the
harmful chemicals. Non-processed fresh vegetables, fruits,
nuts, herbs, beans, grains and other natural foods carry a
"life force" within them. The living cell within the fresh
plant provides not only valuable nutrients, but electromagnetic
energy that excites cells in your body.
Our
general rule is, food made by or processed by man is not good for
you. Modern food processing is not the technological blessing
we are led to believe. Most people would be appalled and
sickened if they were to take a tour of most modern food processing
plants today.
What about vitamins in processed food?
Don't fall for the phony television advertising and the fancy words on packages that say "Vitamin C added" or "Vitamin Enriched". Yes, there is a substance included that food barons call vitamins, but in reality the substance is a chemical look-alike. These chemicals do not contain 'life force' energy - they are dead plastic look-alikes.
Do you know that margarine is 1 molecule away from being plastic?
Do not eat white processed foods, like sugar, table salt and flour
Do not eat anything made with these
substances. We call them substances because they arrive
at your dining table in altered states due to heavy
processing. Most of these products are bleached and contain
little if any nutritional value. In fact, they breed diseases,
reduce the effectiveness of your immune system, and add unwanted
empty elements to your diet.
Your body needs salt, so replace
table salt with sea salt or Celtic salt. It is a bit more
expensive but the benefits are tremendous when compared to table
salt and you will use a lot less sea salt than table salt.
The manufacturers of table salt remove a very important
element during processing. Magnesium is vital to the
body's production of natural calcium. The table salt
guys remove it to sell to ammunition plants at a much higher price
than they can get from the consumer.
Replace white flour with
unbleached wheat or corn flour. Read the labels
closely. If the wheat or corn flour has additives to increase
shelf life, give the processors a chance to see how long it can stay
on the shelf - do not buy it.
Replace processed
sugar with honey, sorghum, molasses or pure cane sugar. Honey
should not be given to children under one year of age.
Do not purchase items made with sugar - period.
Again, read the label.
Trading good nutrition for fast food
The
multi-billion dollar food packaging industry, including fast food
restaurants are not interested in providing good nutrition - they
are interested in providing look-good, smell-good, taste-good edible products that sell.
Pretty packages, colorful stores, soothing music all designed to get
your money fast. For example, McDonald's restaurant chain buys
beef from South America where they use hormones on cattle and
pesticides on feed plants. Why? Money. It is
cheaper to buy beef from South American than buy from U.S.
cattlemen.
This advice may seem to be an unjustified
attack on the modern food industry because many good nutritional
products are available. But, in today's sell, sell, sell
world, can you really be sure of what you buy is actually good
for you?
Giant corporate food marketers have
now stolen the term "organic" and turned into a lie.
After petitioning the FDA to amend the strict
definition of the word "organic", these money grabbers quickly changed packages
toting the word organic and increased the price because they know people are
willing to pay a price for purity. Remember the term 'natural
ingredients' on the package does not mean 'organic'.
Saving Time is Losing Time
Our approach is a departure from modern
thinking and requires some sacrifices. For example, food
gathering and preparation time will increase and thus it is more
inconvenient than zapping a quick dinner in the microwave.
Modern thinking says, "If it is easy, it must be
better." Preparing tasty and nutritionally sound meals
using raw vegetables, fruits, grains and nuts is not as time
consuming as the food packaging industry would have you
believe. What good is it if we save 20
minutes preparing a meal and lose 20 years over a lifetime to
sickness and early death?
In order to reverse
this harmful trend, a radical change in our lifestyle is
required. Family gardens need not be a thing of the
past. Buying fresh fruits, vegetables from local growers is
not impossible. Remember to wash all raw foods several
times before eating them. Many farmers still have not
learned ways to control insects without using dangerous
pesticides.
Eat only what Mother Earth provides and you will
live a healthier, more productive and happier life.