I have been doing a lot of gardening lately.  As I dig and weed in the warm, moist fragrant soil, my mind often turns to the body,  and how like a garden it is.  A garden, well weeded,  can produce wonderful fruits, flowers and vegetables, but if  left unattended,  weeds will take over,  and so  choke out all the good seeds that have been planted.  A gardener enriches the soil with minerals that help both the taste and the size of the produce, but the weeds will rob the produce of these minerals, growing bigger and stronger with them.  They will effectively choke them out if not stopped in time. 

That happened to my Broccoli last summer.  I had paid no attention to its condition even when I picked it.  Then one day I went out, and except for one weak plant it was all gone.

Also, have you ever noticed how many weeds imitate the plants they grow with.  They are camouflaged and so not weeded out.  Some toxins do that in our bodies.  They will mimic some minerals and take over the job of that nutrient, causing damage in our bodies.  A good example of this is Zinc.  The Zink Finger Proteins read the DNA which can then create new cells, replicas of the old ones;  however, the Zinc in our bodies can be replaced by Arsenic or Cadmium which then, mess up our cell replication and so, bad cells are created.

Our bodies require vitamins and minerals to reach and stay in peak condition, but so often we fill them with foods that rob them of the needed nutrients.  White flour leaches out the minerals, coffee and tea are diuretics, white sugar and fat are a lethal combination. Roasted nuts will clog our arteries. Even fruit juices which are so full of quick-release sugar can harm our liver.  Carbonated drinks are full of sugar and cause our bodies to be very acidic.  Diet beverages, sweetened with Aspartame are, pure poison to our bodies.  Look up  Aspartame on the internet and you will never drink a Diet Coke again.

We need to fill our bodies with healthy foods in order to grow or maintain healthy bodies.  So here are some foods and other conditions that alkalize us: 

1. High water content foods

2. Low sugar containing foods

 3. Most fresh vegetables

 4. Fresh fruits

  5. Foods or drinks that are rich in antioxidants such as green and white tea and red organic wines.  Usually the darker a fruit is, the more of an antioxidant it is.

   6. Milk, naturally fermented soy sauce, salt, miso,  filtered water especially if  lemon juice is added.   Tap and bottled water can be filled by all sorts of toxins.

    7. Sound mental health – peace of mind, contentment, happiness/joy, forgiveness of others,  ie not holding grudges.

      8.deep rapid breathing

I would love to hear from you and get your opinions.  My next post will be about Antioxidants.