Biblical Nutrition

[DaPastor]

Here is something I received from "Biblical Health" magazine:

Healing Herbs and Oils

Healing Herb of the Week: Dill (Anethum graveolens)
This common ingredient for modern do-it-yourself "picklers" was so historically valued that the ancient Israelites were required to tithe from their supplies. The ancient Greeks and Romans also cultivated dill as a kitchen herb. Dill has been used traditionally as a remedy for cancer and estrogen deficiency, and research supports dill's 3,000-year use as a digestive aid and remedy for excessive intestinal gas.
Dill-seed oil inhibits the growth of several bacteria that attach to the digestive tract. As a tea, it soothes the stomach and intestines and also relieves upper-respiratory ailments. Its oil is so strongly antibacterial that it inhibits organisms such as anthrax (Bacillus anthracis). Dill contains various phytochemicals that act as insecticides, enhance estrogen levels and serve as a uterine relaxant, and fight infection, bacteria, and insects.
Source: James A. Duke, Ph.D., Herbs of the Bible: 2,000 Years of Plant Medicine Loveland, CO: Interweave Press, 1999)

 

[sweetlissa]

Randy,
So now maybe you will eat pickles?

Love
Sweet Lissa

 

[DaPastor]

Randy,
So now maybe you will eat pickles?

Love
Sweet Lissa

Hmmmmmm.... Do I have to answer that question? Lol

 

[DaPastor]

From Biblical Health:

How to Get Sick:
A Modern Prescription for Illness

How to Get Sick: Use Artificial Sweeteners
As bad as sugar can be in its various forms, artificial sweeteners are worse! Some are downright deadly because of their carcinogenic properties. Also, they are used in such high-volume products as diet soft drinks and sugar-free foods. Chief among sinners is aspartame, which is marketed as NutraSweet or Equal. Renowned diabetes expert Dr. H. J. Roberts believes there is a clear scientific link between aspartame and increased incidence of brain tumors, seizure disorders, chronic headaches, and hyperactivity in children. As for saccharin, the "cancer-causing" warning labels still apply. The newcomer on the block is sucralose (used in Splenda), but the jury of scientific research still seems to be awaiting further testimony on this one. (If the Maker didn't produce it "as is," then it probably isn't much better than the other synthetic sugar substitutes.)

 

[Mark C]

Chief among sinners is aspartame, which is marketed as NutraSweet or Equal.

Excellent point, Pastor Randy, and worthy of additional emphasis.

As I pilot, I have followed information from the AME (Aviation Medical Examiner) community for over two decades; pilots (who fly at higher pressure altitude, and are subject to increased levels of scrutiny) were among the first to report alarming numbers of issues associated with the effects of aspartame on the brain and on vision.

NutraSweet and other related trade-name poisons (found in Diet Pepsi and Diet Coke, among many others) are arguably the most dangerous additives ever approved and now, due to the billions of dollars and incredible potential liability, protected by the FDA and manufacturers. Aspartame in the body (and even to some extent in the can) breaks down into methanol (wood alchohol), formic acid, and formaldehyde.

A quick web search will turn up (try "aspartame formaldehyde methanol" just for starters!) hundreds of good sources. Here's a sample of the widely-available, but NEVER advertised, truth about the toxicity:

Fully 11% of aspartame is methanol -- 1,120 mg aspartame
in 2 L diet soda, almost six 12-oz cans, gives 123 mg
methanol (wood alcohol). If 30% of the methanol is turned
into formaldehyde, the amount of formaldehyde, 37 mg,
is 18.5 times the USA EPA limit for daily formaldehyde in
drinking water, 2.0 mg in 2 L average daily drinking water, [medicalnewstoday.com]


Free methanol is created from aspartame when it is heated to above 86 Fahrenheit (30 Centigrade)...Methanol breaks down into formic acid and formaldehyde in the body. Formaldehyde is a deadly neurotoxin. An EPA assessment of methanol states that methanol "is considered a cumulative poison due to the low rate of excretion once it is absorbed. In the body, methanol is oxidized to formaldehyde and formic acid; both of these metabolites are toxic." They recommend a limit of consumption of 7.8 mg/day. A one-liter (approx. 1 quart) aspartame-sweetened beverage contains about 56 mg of methanol. Heavy users of aspartame-containing products consume as much as 250 mg of methanol daily or 32 times the EPA limit.

The most well known problems from methanol poisoning are vision problems. Formaldehyde is a known carcinogen, causes retinal damage, interferes with DNA replication, and causes birth defects. Due to the lack of a couple of key enzymes, humans are many times more sensitive to the toxic effects of methanol than animals. Therefore, tests of aspartame or methanol on animals do not accurately reflect the danger for humans. -- http://www.dorway.com/badnews.html

FORMALDEHYDE & FORMIC ACID FROM 11% METHANOL IN ASPARTAME
[links] Compiled By Rich Murray, MA -- http://www.wnho.net/formaldehyde_methanol_aspartame.htm

And from a paper on a site entitled "Scientific Abuse in Methanol/Formaldehyde Research related to Aspartame"
Table of Contents

* Summary of Aspartame Methanol/Formaldehyde Toxicity
* Hiding the Blood Plasma Methanol Increase From Aspartame Ingestion
* Methanol and Fruit/Tomatos: Convince the World That a Poison is "Natural"
* Avoiding the Discussion of Chronic Methanol Toxicity
* Convince Scientists & Physicians With Irrelevant and Flawed Formate Measurements
* The "It is Found in the Body, so a Proven Poison Must be Safe" Excuse to Eat Poison
* Formaldehyde & Formic Acid in Foods: A Final Attempt to Prove a Poison is "Safe"
* Formaldehyde Dose: Fabricating Numbers (Updated Oct. 16 2000)
* References


-- http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/ab ... hanol.html


If you or those you love are ingesting this dangerous poison, please review the available information immediately and quit. I often joke about the fact that aspartame, a supposed "diet" product, is causally linked to obesity, not only because of the related brain and immune-system problems, but because it can fool the body into craving more sweets:

"Anybody can deal with a few extra pounds, but it takes a "REAL MAN" to face blindness and brain tumors!" Don't!

 

[sweetlissa]

Randy
Are you trying to tell me something?

Lissa