Let your body heal itself

Your life choices are far more important than your genes.

 

 

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

The prevailing understanding of health is that bad genes cause disease and our only recourse is drugs and surgery. That is far from the truth. Our life choices and environment have an enormous effect on our health. The Bible told us thousands of years ago that even such things as ‘pleasant words’ can affect our health. And in the 21^st century, scientists are finally starting to catch up.

In the video Epigenetic transformation – you are what your grandparents ate: Pamela Peeke at TEDxLowerEastSide (see below), Pamela Peeke explains how science moved from genetics to epigenetics in 2007 through an experiment with agouti mice. The effect of the agouti gene in these mice, which made the mice obese and yellow in colour, was changed simply by feeding the pregnant mothers greens. The expression of the gene had been changed through diet.

And it’s not just diet that affects our gene expression. It’s lifestyle, habits, physical movement, laughing, positive thoughts, love etc.

As I’ve mentioned many times, I went from barely able to walk to now running, working out and dancing. I achieved this without any drugs or surgery. I’ve spoken before in this blog about the role of diet, supplementation, and stem cell activation patches in my recovery. Now let’s talk about other factors that have played a part.

I’m a Christian. Christians live in the love of God. We submit our thought lives to the word of God. We put our trust in the Lord Jesus Christ and always try to remain thankful. We seek to follow God’s law and to receive his forgiveness and grace when we fall. So even when I was living in pain, disability, and daily trauma ten years ago, I still walked through it with God. In today’s world, I see plenty to make me sad, sorrowful, angry, frustrated, and afraid. But I see those things through faith, hope, love, and thankfulness in God. I’m sure this mindset has contributed to my recovery.

As a scientist who studies epigenetics, Pamela Peeke would agree that all this ‘positive thinking’ is good for my health. But we didn’t need science to tell us this. It’s all in the book of Proverbs.

Proverbs 3:7-8

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

Proverbs 4:20-22

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Proverbs 13:17

A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

Proverbs 14:30

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

Proverbs 17:22

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Watching the video also made me realise that other activities I’m currently doing are contributing to my recovery more than I thought. Things like dancing, practising the piano, and singing.

Diet and nutrition are vital for health recovery but so is everything that we do in our lives. And there’s always room for improvement. I’ve been carefully watching my diet for 30 years, but after listening to the agouti mice story, I’ve ordered some kale.

 

 

Epigenetic transformation – you are what your grandparents ate: Pamela Peeke at TEDxLowerEastSide

Why you are addicted to processed food.

 

 

I have often had conversations like this:

Friend: Would you like to come to lunch?

Me: I’d love to come to your house, but you won’t be able to feed me.

Friend: Why not?

Me: My diet is very restricted due to food allergies and intolerances.

[I normally then have to then go into specifics to persuade this person that no matter how many hoops she’s prepared to jump through, there are still going to be problems.]

Friend: You poor thing. How awful for you!

Me: Actually, it’s a blessing.

Friend: How so?

Me: I’m not tempted to eat unhealthy food. Everybody is damaged by unhealthy food, but for most people the effects are slow so they don’t make the connection. For me, the effect is immediate. I used to have cravings and be addicted to processed food like everybody else, but now I’m free from all that. My appetite is regulated, and as long as I’m in control of my meals, I can eat good, healthy, satisfying food.

I’ve felt like this for some time. However, I’ve only recently woken up to the fact that the reason people are addicted to processed food is that the food industry plans it that way.

I found this video on YouTube: UK doctor switches to 80% ULTRA-processed food diet for 30 days BBC (see below). It’s under ten minutes, very watchable, and very informative about the processed-food-addiction trap.

In the video, a UK doctor switches from his normal 20% ultra-processed food diet to 80%. He does this for 30 and records his progress. He says the 80% ultra-processed food diet is the norm for 1 in 5 people in the UK. This is what he found:

• The ultra-processed food is hyper-palatable and it’s impossible to stop eating it once you start.
• As the weeks progressed, he felt more and more hungry and ate more and more processed food.
• He soon got constipated.
• He started waking up every morning feeling like he had a hangover.
• Then he started waking up at 4 a.m. with heartburn, a headache, and hunger pangs.

The doctor wondered what the food companies were trying to get him to taste with all the chemicals, MSG, salt and sugar. He describes one particular breakfast cereal as “an amazing bit of food engineering”.

This experiment was done under the oversight of an obesity expert. At the end of the 30 days, she went through the medical results with the doctor.

• He had gained 6.8 kg in 4 weeks.
• His hunger hormone had gone up by 30%.
• At the same time, there was a decrease in the hormone that tells the body it’s full.
• Before and after brain scans showed that the brain had made new connections. He says his body “linked up reward centres of the brain with areas that drive repetitive, automatic behaviour. So, eating processed food is something my brain simply tells me to do without me ever wanting it. Shockingly, this is something you might see in a person with addiction.”

What I wondered after watching the video (and the video didn’t tell us) was whether this doctor had problems returning to a 20% ultra-processed diet and whether he was able to shed that extra 6.8 kg.

The conclusion to this experiment is: You are addicted to processed food because the food industry planned that you would be. Just do an internet search for ‘the food industry makes food addictive’, and you will be astonished at the information you find.

Watching this video has made me rejoice even more in my food restrictions. It has also given me more sympathy for people who are unable to break their food addictions.

If you need help in this area, there are light therapy patches that reduce sugar cravings, help to regulate appetite and support fat loss. Please contact me for more information.

Please watch the video and realise you have been caught in a very clever trap laid for you by the food industry. It’s difficult but not impossible to break free from this snare. And the rewards are great.

 

 

UK doctor switches to 80% ULTRA-processed food diet for 30 days BBC

 

 

I couldn’t work out or dance, but now I can: the progression.

On the 8^th February 2022, when I first started using the stem cell activation patches, it was impossible for me to even think about working out or dancing.

Sixteen days later, I tried a 30 minute, low-impact workout for beginnings. I had to stop half-way through because of pain in my right knee and left foot. But I was astonished and delighted that I could do even that.

Since then, I’ve gradually improved in terms of movement, energy, and stamina. And I no longer get any pain.

It was very difficult at first to persuade my legs to do one thing while my arms did something else. It was also very difficult to move in time to the music. But eight months on, I’m really grooving.

This video shows my progression.

 

If you would like to know more about the stem cell activation patches, please email me at lybhi@pm.me and/or send me a friend request on Facebook. 

Regaining movement through music and dance

 

 

I’m relearning to do movements I haven’t been able to do for over a decade. And I’m stunned at how much dance is helping me.

I shouldn’t be so surprised. After all, over 40 years ago I did a course in music therapy at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama as part of my music degree from The City University. At that time, I wanted to be a music therapist, but I never achieved the required level of musicianship in a suitable instrument.

Perhaps even more importantly, my sister has just retired from a lifetime of professional dancing and dance teaching.

I’d like to tell you my current experience and then share what I’ve learned about how music can help you to regain lost mobility.

For those of you who don’t know, ten years ago I could barely walk. I couldn’t lift my left leg at all because the necessary tissues/sinews at the top of my left thigh had shrivelled to nothing and simply didn’t work. The only way I could walk was to use my arms to throw my left leg forward. Over the following year, my mobility significantly improved though diet and nutrition (Youngevity). In the last few months, I’ve been using stem cell activation patches, and the necessary tissues/sinews have reappeared and started working again.

My left hip still has problems, but the left leg can move in amazing new ways. I’ve always wanted to be able to dance, so I’ve been following ballroom rhythm dance videos on Youtube.

At times, I’ve watched the instructor and thought to myself, “There’s no way I can do that.” Then I’ve tried and found, lo and behold, I could do it. BUT, I’ve only been able to do it when I’ve been ‘locked in’ mentally to the music and visually to the instructor’s movements. The following video is a good example.

 

When I saw the instructor kicking to the side then lifting the knee, I thought, “No way!” I tried it. It took a few minutes, but eventually I found I could ‘lock in’ and do it. I couldn’t believe it.

Then the music stopped. I tried to do it again and couldn’t. I kept losing my balance and I couldn’t get the rhythm going. What was happening? I’d done it perfectly a few minutes before. Then I started the music again in my head, and the action came back easily.

I wanted to understand what was happening to me, so I started researching online.

The video How music can heal the brain (see below) explains how the auditory-motor circuits in the brain process rhythmic sounds such as speech or music. They also, however, stimulate rhythmic movements like walking.

Since these neural pathways deal with both sound and movement, if you excite the neurons with music, you can make them more ready to activate movements.

That explains everything. It’s easier for my body to re-learn lost movements, when I move to music.

In the wonderful video Gait training for Parkinson’s patient using music (see below), the patient struggles to move his feet to walk, even with the help of a walker. Then he hears music and ‘locks into it’ (like me). He can then walk much faster and more rhythmically. Soon, he leaves the walker behind and dances with the nurse.

I’m experiencing something similar (though less dramatic). Who knows what movements I’m going to be able to relearn through dancing?

So, if you have mobility issues, I highly recommend that you include moving to music as part of your recovery protocol.

 

 

How music can heal the brain

 

Gait training for Parkinson’s patient using music

 

 

Stem Cell Therapy: ‘Patient in a dish’ model vs stimulating the body’s own stem cells

 

 

I’ve just watched a fascinating TED talk called Can stem cells shape the future of medicine? by Esther Wolfs (see below). It’s only 11 minutes long, and it’s very well presented and easy to follow. She explains how scientists hope to cure serious diseases through stem cell therapy developed through a ‘patient in a dish’ model. I highly recommend you watch it. But as you watch it, ask yourself a question: What if there was a more natural way to activate stem cells?

Esther Wolfs says,

“Stem cells will shape the future of medicine. . . [They] will contribute to the development of therapies for many diseases and help in saving the lives of millions of people.

She then goes on to explain how stem cells can be seen as the raw material of the body. They are basic cells that don’t yet have a specific function, and can turn into different types of cells. The body can then use them to heal different tissues and organs that have been damaged through injury or disease. The example she gives is of the liver. If the liver is damaged, stem cells in the liver start to divide and become specialised liver cells which replace the damaged cells.

Esther Wolfs is involved in research in which stem cells are isolated from the human body and kept in a dish in the lab. They are then stimulated to turn into specialised cell types. This is called the ‘patient in a dish’ model. The cells can then be used as a therapy for injuries and diseases by injecting them into patients. This process is aided by the fact that some stem cells are known to migrate to tumours and sites of injury.

This all sounds wonderful, and I can agree that stem cells will change the face of medicine.

But is she missing something?

She states,

“The goal is to mimic what’s happening in the body.”

She’s acknowledging that our wonderfully-made bodies can change stem cells into specialised cells and bring healing. So, what if we could stimulate the body’s own natural pathways to activate stem cells according to our original God-given design? Wouldn’t that be better than taking the stem cells out of the body, working on them in a dish in a lab, then re-injecting them?

It certainly would be better, and David Schmidt has come up with an ingeniously simple patch technology designed to do just that. He’s developed a kind of light therapy that stimulates the body’s production of GHK copper peptide which, in turn, activates the body’s own stem cells. These newly activated stem cells can then go to work. As Esther Wolfs pointed out, stem cells can migrate to the site of injury and disease and bring healing.

For a more detailed explanation of the light therapy technology, please see the video below LifeWave’s David Schmidt Stem Cell Technology X39.

I don’t fully understand the science, but this I know; three days after I started using the patch technology, I could run for the first time in 12 years. That was enough to persuade me of its efficacy.

Why don’t you give the patches a try and find out what they can do for you?

 

 

Can stem cells shape the future of medicine? Esther Wolfs

 

LifeWave’s David Schmidt Stem Cell Technology X39

 

 

If you would like more information about the patches, please email me at lybhi@pm.me.

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