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When Chicken Little Cries Wolf
I apologize in advance for any typos. Not enough time to "edit." Yes, I know. My posts are never really edited. Still, I hope this post is helpful as well as enjoyable. Tom
Give It A Name!
I believe doctor's are beginning to see this. It is an unavoidable truth if one's quest is truth, through science. Unfortunately the wonderful world of medicine, like many businesses, exploded and became an industry, so to speak. Which means, supply and demand is at the foundation of the "medical business model." Doctor's are recognizing, as their patients seek alternative health, that perhaps there is something there worth investigation. It's called, if I may give it a name, 'the origins of medicine!" More and more I hear from clients that their doctor recommended colonic therapy or at least doesn't denounce it as if it were cavorting with the devil himself! Still, how can the "medical industry" survive? How can it still generate billions of dollars? Create panic and fear in the hearts and minds of their innocent patients! That's how. "The sky is falling. The sky is falling." "Doctors say things like, I see something that concerns me. I want you to go for these tests." Or they may suggest you see a specialist. What is really happening is commerce. Plain and simple. More business. People are starting to really catch on as the good doctor Tyrell predicted one-hundred and three years ago! He believed, emphatically, that people will realize that medicine is poison and will demand change. Well, it may have taken more time than he thought, but it is finally happening. Someday, I hope the pharmaceutical industry will be reduced to an adjunct department of "emergency medical care." The last resort! When all else fails!
Who Cried Wolf?
A dear friend of mine was told by more than one doctor that the cancer they detected is far advanced and major surgery and of course, chemo and radiation, etc., is her only option. Within two weeks, they changed their story to "it may only be this or that." Oddly enough, no medical person has actually given this woman an "official diagnosis." That is still pending. She hasn't even been given a cat-scan or MRI! Are doctor's that good now that they don't need actual proof before opening their mouths. Some doctor's really say a lot, yet have a shallow well from which to draw. Still, the fear of mortality will drive anyone to do anything. The sad thing is that most people put their faith in people that are so blinded by the industry that they miss the point, entirely. They actually still believe that cancer thrives on oxygen. Or that it is a mystery why cancer spreads so fast after surgery. Here's an idea: Maybe, just maybe major surgery takes a person's energy way down. Why? Organs were removed. Or just simply a person needs a lot of energy just to heal the massive wounds inflicted on them from the surgery. Hello! If it were a knife instead of a scalpel, we'd call it an attack and call the incisions wounds. Instead, because we are talking about surgery, we call the wounds incisions. Come on! These are doctor's and they don't realize a person's vitality drops as a result of the surgery itself. And lets not forget anesthesia and pain killers administered both for the surgery and post-op. Hello! Oxygen??? Truly, the collective medical practice needs a few cc's of logic. A little less dogmatic/fictitious babble and more sensible, logical, independent, critical thinking is desperately in need.
Let Simplicity Lead The Way
Another friend who was essentially made ill by pure butchery, took some advice and changed her diet entirely to, get this, FOOD! She cut out flour, dairy, eggs, alcohol, soda, etc. She lost twenty-five pounds and is off all her meds! Stick that in your pipe and smoke it! (Ralph Kramden of The Honeymooner." People, once again I will write the words I once didn't really get. "DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE! You don't need medicine to be healthy. In fact, I guarantee, with diet or lifestyle change, we can all be 'Independently Healthy!" Now is the time. Today is just another now. Another opportunity to make a change and improve your health. Empty your medicine cabinets. Fill your pantry and fridge with fresh, organic produce. Juice! Eat leafy greens, fruits and vegetables. Cleanse your bowels. Jump on a rebounder. Laugh. Enjoy the only thing we have which is life in the now. Live fully. Remember this. We cannot live fully if we're full of shit!
Be well,
Tom DeVito
Life Is Relative!
Substitute foods really come in handy when we are transitioning from the standard American diet to a more healthy, whole foods-based, cleansing diet. What is a substitute food? Rice milk to dairy milk. Is rice milk optimum or even food? No. Is it less toxic and clogging than regular milk. Yes. So for people transitioning, even when ill, this is a better approach than either going hard-core and changing radically. Improving each day with subtle changes like this, will help. Little by little we poison the tissue less. I haven't had rice milk in many years. Relatively speaking, rice milk is too toxic for me. There are oils in rice milk that aren't great. Still it is better than pasteurized cows milk. The important thing to remember is health is relative. If steak and potatoes was a typical meal for you, or worse, ham/salami & swiss on a roll with mayo! Some baked chicken breast with sauteed vegetables is a great meal. Is the chicken and veggies healthy? Well, it is a healthier meal than the two previously mentioned. The most important thing to remember is this; don't get stuck! Nothing in life is permanent. Go with the flow. Allow the natural ascension of your diet to occur. Which means, if you begin to not crave one of the newer transition foods you've been eating for a few months, perhaps there is something else you can eat that is a naturally occurring food. I would venture to say that even commercial chicken would be a better idea than eating hot dogs! You see, it's all about relativity.
Thought Creates Action
I know that "healthy eating" is not at the forefront of everyone's mind. However, in order to truly effect change in this country, to try to support this fading economy, to change the tides of health practices in this country, we should at least take a peek at some of the alternatives. We know that soy isn't a great alternative, yet a little tofu here and there isn't a bad transition food. We also know that most of the mock foods offered at health food stores and vegetarian restaurants are not the healthiest food, yet they are far better than a burger with cheese and fries! I never could have made the transition to a vegan diet were it were not for some of these foods. How I learned what was best for me was to pay attention to my stomach and my bowel movements. If things didn't feel right or didn't make it out the other end, I generally considered the experiment to have had negative results. To learn from the diet is all we can do. Do I believe apples, lettuce, avocado, melon, grapes, papaya, etc., are perfect foods? Of course I do. Will those foods feel the same in everybody's bellies? NO! Remember, more than any other factor—the environment of a persons stomach and digestive and eliminative organs will react either positively or negatively to any given food. Meat to someone eating it for years feels better than grapes. It's a matter of PH. If a healthy whole fruit or vegetable bloats you or creates other uncomfortable reactions, you can believe you need to cleanse the bowels and take the process of detoxification to the next level. I am not speaking about allergic reactions, which are quite specific—bloating is not an allergic reaction. All digestive issues are based on environment and the general vitality of the person. Allergies to foods involve break-outs, throat restrictions, anaphylactic shock, or internal inflammation, and so on. Not discomfort or inability to digest broccoli!
It's Just A Crutch!
When we break a leg or an arm, the doctor puts a cast on the broken bone and suggests we use a cane for a broken leg or a sling for a broken arm. Both the cast and the sling are temporary aids. Used until we no longer need them. Sometimes we need a wheelchair because the condition or injury is of a greater severity. Depending on a persons history they may use crutches till they can work the new cleansing diet on their own. Some may need a wheelchair for which to heal at a greater depth. All relative. Once detoxified, you will be well. It could take a long time, for some, years. Compare that to a life of misery as you get bounced from doctor to doctor, drug to drug, procedure to procedure, test to test! Hell no! Not for me. I stopped that roller-coaster/merry-go-round head trip, a long time ago. Even drugs used to heal an illness can be seen as a crutch, until a better way comes along. Like natural healing! The best way to achieve independent health is to not depend on anything other than natural foods and a natural approach to detoxification.
To heal the human body of it's historical damages, we only need to gently and slowly improve upon the quality of our fuel. Little by little, everyday. As we ascend to a higher quality food, our bodies will begin to move similarly. However, as you know by now, the drudging up of old waste product in our bodies opens a "can of worms." Make friends with this process and know that it is going to get easier and better. Remember this too, if you've made dietary changes but haven't taken on colon cleansing and you're not feeling well, change what you are doing and incorporate colon cleansing into this program. Can't win the lottery without first purchasing a ticket. Step-up! Make some changes. Don't rely on your doctor. Don't rely on your personal trainer. Rely on yourself! Feel free to comment on these posts. Ask questions. I will be glad to help. Seek knowledgeable people who speak the same language. Meaning, they believe in removing the old while changing the diet to a new cleansing diet. Life is relative and nothing, absolutely nothing is permanent. Enjoy the moment. Live fully. Be thankful.
Be well.
Tom DeVito
I'm So Tired
I'm So Tired, I'm feeling so upset, although I'm so tired, I'll have another cigarette, and curse Sir Walter Raleigh he was such a stupid get! —John Lennon, The Beatles
I am so tired of hearing the same thing over and over. Everywhere I turn, someone else has been diagnosed with some deadly disease. More and more, I hear people being diagnosed with cancer. There are more ribbon wearing organizations and money draining research, researching the same dead-end street. A note to our scientists: Stop looking at the same mystery with the same stupid solutions. THERE IS NO WAY TO HEAL PEOPLE WITH POISON. POSTPONEMENT OF DEATH IS ALL YOU WILL EVER ACCOMPLISH. Put down the poison. Read the opinions of the doctors that have come before you and preached to a very small audience, MANY YEARS AGO. Both the believers and the preachers were laughed at and called quacks. Quack this! Enough of the same stupid method of operation in this country. We defend that which does not work. We also ridicule that which does!!!! We keep trying to make the square wheel roll. This will never happen. Cancer can never and will never be cured. It's like trying to stop the rain from falling from the sky. All that can be done in the interest of health is this: Stop beating the drum that brings commerce and no results. Start playing the game differently. Money can be made so many ways. Once people achieve "Independent Health" there won't be such a drain on our economic system. Instead of poisoning a sick body, lets try nurturing and nourishing sick people. What a novel concept!
Black Is Black
There is only one way to look at this. Information is easily manipulated and interpreted in many ways. To suit many agendas. But truth is truth. There is no way to see black as anything other than black. Black is black. It will never be white. Poison is poison and will never be anything but. No health can come from poison. Only a slight postponement of death will be the result. Of course we all have to die and will. I believe there is a way to live disease free. I believe there is a way to do this without the aid of medicine. Join me! I live outside the circle or cycle of drugs/poison for health. To douse our illnesses in poison for quick relief is like feeding your baby a Twizzler when hungry, just to "hold them over." But never feeding the baby real food for nourishment. This is how we heal? To heal cancer. To stop it from progressing and killing the host, we must cease all poison and douse the body in alkalinity. Green juice, green vegetables, lots of bowel cleansing. Lots of laughter. Lots of chlorophyll, in usable form. (No Spirulina!) Healthy eating. Good positive thoughts. Living in the NOW! Rinse and repeat!
A Personal Note
I just found out a dear friend has been diagnosed with this horrid disease. The disease that should say to us all; something isn't working for we humans. Why is no other species on this planet effected with this disease, like we are? Because all the other creatures live as part of nature. Meaning, they do nothing artificial if they can help it. Only when we jump in and "help" them do they live artificially. This friend I am referring to just found out they have cancer and that it is advanced. Yet again, I find myself wanting to help but knowing that all I can do is hope she seeks alternative methods rather than the "accepted, standard approach." I feel anger and frustration around this topic because lives are lost in the name of commerce. Health care? ENOUGH already. Stop calling it health care when it's really "finance care." When are we going to SEE this. When will we recognize that no matter how you package shit, it will always be shit! No words, marketing, packaging, advertising will ever change the fact that our methods of healing kill us as quickly and in some cases quicker than the diseases we claim to be attempting to heal. Revolution is needed. Peaceful revolution. Like me, revolt against the practice of "hey try this, it's never really worked in the past, but maybe this time it will. . . " Try instead, being a part of nature. Try to live free of the grips of industrialized medicine and seek independent health. I'm hear to help. I want to help usher in this new and positive approach to health—by simply stopping that which does not work. Which, of course includes MEDICINE. Peace & love to you all. My thoughts and hopes are with my friend, her family and her loved ones.
Be well,
Tom DeVito
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