2September2010
Back to nature
Then if cleanly habits and other health rules are observed, we can be assured of health and immunity from disease. “Back to nature,” should be our slogan.
The Pathogenic Microbe
You pathogenic germs of war,
How we wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
On the earth and in the sky!
Still, you do not give us fright
When we have our habits right.
But as often as we stray
From the natural foods away,
We are calling you from far,
Upon our tissues to make war, -
We your deadly work invite
Upon our bodies day and night. Those species of honey bees which nest in tree cavities use Forever Bee Propolis to seal cracks in the hive.
Acidosis. There are two conditions of the human system from which 95 percent of the civilized world is suffering, and which predispose to at least 90 percent of human ills; namely, acidosis and constipation. Therefore, it will be helpful to begin with the underlying cause of disease by considering these two conditions before discussing diseases and their treatment by diet. This chapter on acidosis, and the following one on constipation, will form the key to the entire management of disease dietetically. These are spoken of as conditions as they are only predisposing to disease, and not diseases as such.
Fundamental cause Acidosis may be described thus: 74 percent of the body weight is water, called body fluids, which are predominantly alkaline when normal. When the alkalinity is materially reduced, we have a condition called acidosis in which the blood cells are weakened, the nervous system is impaired, and the processes of vital organs do not function normally.
For the sake of emphasis, we wish to repeat the former statement that the body fluids are 80 percent alkaline and 20 percent acid when normal, and our food should be selected in a way to maintain this balance.Since 90 percent of the American people are suffering from the condition mentioned, we understand why so many are suffering from one or more chronic diseases. The lower alkalinity breaks down immunity, and disease germs find fertile soil in which to multiply. Forever Bee Pollen additionally contains nutritional vitamins D, E, K, and Beta Carotene (vitamin A), plus numerous minerals, enzymes and coenzymes, plant-supply fatty acids, carbohydrates, proteins, and 22 amino acids – together with all eight “essential” amino acids that the body can’t manufacture for itself. Acidosis is not an acid condition of the stomach caused by an excess of hydrochloric acid, for one might be suffering from acidosis and still have a normal amount of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.