March 6th, 2010

Written by Dr Ellen Cutler

Two people today asked me about snoring. is there anything natural that can be done?. I have found that deceasing yeast products or foods that promote yeast can often be a solution. Trying a candida diet, or yeast free diet is worth trying. But it needs to be done for at least two weeks to see results. On a yeast free diet, one should avoid carbohdyrates, no grains at all, no breads, cereals, yeast, vinegar, cheese, sugar,fermented foods (no sugar at all ) and enjoy a diet of vegetables (watch the sugar veggies) and protein. Nuts that are roasted, (no salt) is a better choice than raw nuts. Don’t eat food that is not fresh and eat less food at a meal. Take a digestive enzyme. If you are craving the sugar, what I recommend is take a carbohydrate digestive enzyme when you are craving, it can trick you mind into thinking you just ate sugar. It sounds strange, but works for some. You also may try a detoxification program along with this diet, may be helpful as well.

I have some other recommendations in MicroMiracles. Say goodbye to snoring and hello to a good night sleep. Sweet dreams.

February 21st, 2010

Written by Dr Ellen Cutler

It could be that what you are eating, or rather the foods you are sensitive is causing you problems with sleeping. More than 50 percent of American adults exprience insomnia at least a few nights a week. Sleep deprivation causes reliance on artificial stimulants to sustain them through the day. Not everyone needs 8-9 hours of sleep. Generally if you’re able to wake up on time without an alarm clock, you’re getting enough rest. If even an alarm clock can’t rouse you, you probably aren’t sleeping as much as you should. I have found poor digestion, food sensitivities and impaired liver detoxification to be the cause of insomnia. Over the years I have seen the following food sensitivities to be the underlying root of insomnia: corn, wheat, dairy, caffeinated products and sugars.

Taking a digestive enzyme before meals and a new sleep-enhancing enzyme formula stabilizes sleep patterns and improves sleep quality. Rid those food sensitivities and eat less food will help with better sleeping patterns.

February 20th, 2010

Written by Dr Ellen Cutler

In an article written in the medical journal “Thorax” by Dr. N.J. Wareham et al of Medical Research Council in Cambridge, UK reveals that modification of diet can reduce onset of asthma. It is reported that people who suffer with asthma tend to consume less fruits and have decreased intake of Vitamin C and manganese. It was also reported that blood levels of vitamin C were lower in people with asthma than their healthy counterparts.

So eat your raw meal each day, take your enzymes for good absorption of vitamins and minerals and eat more vitamin C foods. I have seen vitamin C to be extremely good for asthma. I have actually seen it stop wheezing associated with an episode of asthma almost immediately

February 18th, 2010

Written by Dr Ellen Cutler

In addition to direct support of the skin, digestion, nutrient absorption, waste elimination, food sensitivities and toxic reactions influence skin health. Digestive enzymes break down food and facilitate the absorption of nutrients into the bloodstream. Eating wholesome organic foods with digestive enzymes can minimize free radical damage. As the body’s metabolic thermostat, the thyroid gland is important in regulating temperature and energy production, with a direct impact on enzyme activity and therefore skin health.

Neutralizing toxins that trigger free radical formation also minimizes free radical damage. The liver plays an important role in the elimination of toxic waste by filtering toxins from the blood. The colon is also critical to the detoxification process. Also, both protease (protein digesting) enzymes and probiotics support a healthy immune response and reduce the risk of infections throughout the body, including those related to acne.

Enzymes are complex proteins in the body that accelerate chemical changes in other substances in order to provide the labor force and energy necessary to keep us alive. They are energy catalysts that are essential to the successful occurrence of over 150,000 biochemical reactions in our bodies, particularly those involving food digestion food and the delivery of nutrients to the body. Enzymes help convert food into chemical substances that can pass into cell membranes to perform all of our everyday life-sustaining functions. By supporting normal function, enzymes keep our immune systems strong enough to fight off disease. Enzymes help to nourish and clean the body, making possible the human body’s miraculous capacity for self-healing. Enzymes also make available the energy needed for a normal body to burn hundreds of grams of carbohydrate and fat every day. Without enzymes, life could not be sustained.Enzymes perform so many important functions in the body that they have been called the basis of all systemic activity. Some of the responsibilities of enzymes are:

• transforming foods into muscles, nerves, bones, and glands
• helping to store excess foods in muscles or liver for future use
• helping to pass carbon dioxide from the lungs
• metabolizing iron for utilization by the blood
• aiding in blood coagulation
• decomposing hydrogen peroxide and liberating healthful oxygen
• attacking toxic substances in the body so they can be eliminated, which is essential for patients with chronic health problems
• helping convert dietary phosphorus to bone
• extracting minerals from food for use
• converting protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins & nutrients for the body’s use

In other words, enzymes deliver nutrients, break down and carry away toxic waste, digest food, purify the blood, deliver hormones, balance cholesterol and triglyceride levels, feed the brain, build protein into muscle, and feed and fortify the endocrine system. Enzymes also contribute to immune system activity; white blood cells are especially enzyme-rich, enabling them to digest foreign invading substances.

While one of the advantages of enzymes is that they can cause a chemical reaction without being destroyed or changed in the process, the number of enzymes we can produce in a lifetime is limited. Every person is born with an enzyme potential (the number of enzymes he or she can produce in a lifetime), which is determined by their DNA code. In addition, each enzyme can only perform a certain amount of work before it becomes exhausted and must be replaced by another.

Things that diminish a person’s available enzyme supple include:

• digesting processed food (assimilating these foods is hard on the body)
• drinking caffeinated and alcoholic beverages
• colds and fevers
• pregnancy
• stress
• strenuous exercise
• injuries
• extreme weather conditions.

If we do not eat an enzyme-rich diet, we deplete our enzyme potential without replenishing it. This is why supplementation and a good diet are essential. When all enzyme activity stops, the body stops functioning and the person dies. However, humans have the capacity to store external food enzymes to ensure the body’s ability to metabolize the needed nutrients. This explains the popularity and abundance of new enzyme health products and the recommendations from experts that people supplement their diet with raw foods and enzyme supplements.

Enzymes have also been utilized by many industries in various products and processes, including laundry detergents, skin care, meat tenderizers, agricultural processes, and waste conversion.

Enzymes can save people’s lives by restoring energy and homeostasis, reversing the aging process, turning a dysfunctional digestive system into a healthy one, and strengthening the immune system. In my fifteen years of working with enzyme therapy, I have witnessed enormous success with a variety of illnesses, and the most noticeable and immediate change in each case has always been in the energy level. Patients no longer feel that crash after meals, especially at the most common time, right after lunch.

To understand how BioSET® works, it is useful to think of the body as an organism through which electromagnetic energy flows along invisible pathways. According to traditional Chinese medicine, the electromagnetic energy in our bodies, called chi, manifests as lines of force, or meridians. These meridians run near the surface of the body and pass into our internal organs. The amount of energy that runs through these meridians can be measured and recorded. This can be done either through muscle testing or with a device that measures the electrical properties of acupuncture points along the meridians. These examinations indicate whether the meridians are balanced, stressed, weakened or blocked. BioSET® uses tools drawn from acupuncture, chiropractic and kinesiology to locate and remove blockages in electromagnetic pathways that are specifically related to allergens.

The BioSET® System employs three basic treatments: organ-specific detoxification, enzyme therapy, and desensitization.

• Organ-specific detoxification: Stimulates the release of accumulated toxins from organs and tissues and promotes elimination from the body through the use of homeopathics.
• Enzyme therapy: Facilitates good digestion and a healthful inflammatory response to correct nutritional deficiencies and other systemic imbalances through the therapeutic use of vegetarian enzyme supplements.
• Sensitivity desensitization: Bioenergetic evaluation of organ stress and nutritional status followed by the elimination of allergic responses and sensitivities through a revolutionary, noninvasive technique based on acupressure meridians and immunology.

Correcting the energy flow

As we are taught in basic biochemistry, all substances, living and non-living, emit energy. Atoms attract and repel one another, building molecules and more complex structures, all while creating energy frequencies that interact in positive and negative ways. When frequencies are dissonant, a block or weakness occurs resulting in symptoms associated with increased, decreased or irregular reactivity. BioSET® corrects the energy flow with enzyme therapy, homeopathic remedies and desensitization.Clearing the blockage and resetting the nervous and immune systems

This innovative BioSET® desensitization technique releases the blockage and resets the nervous and immune systems. This process is called “clearing.” Clearing for a specific sensitivity helps to rebalance the immune response resulting in a marked decrease or complete resolution of symptoms. BioSET® practitioners use muscle testing or electro-dermal screening to determine what is the sensitivity or blockage, how severe the blockage is and where in the body the reactivity is taking place.

By activating specific acupressure points via utilization of the nervous system along the spine, the BioSET® practitioner is then able to “clear” the blockage, and thereby clear the sensitivity. Once “cleared” of a specific sensitivity using the BioSET® method of desensitization, the physical symptoms associated with the sensitivity, such as sneezing, runny nose, itchy eyes, headache, and difficulty breathing, will be reduced or resolved, often permanently.

Addressing the root cause of a chronic condition

BioSET®’s success lies in the fact that it helps heal the person at the root cause of the individual’s problem. Individuals who suffer from chronic conditions are usually imbalanced in their digestive tract or immune response. They often have toxicity or inability to adequately deal with their toxic load, or have abnormal reactions to items, such as foods, environmental chemicals or pathogens. Because they are reactive, their immune system becomes overloaded by simply fighting off everyday sensitivities. The result is that:

• These individuals have little immune support available to fend off real threats, such as bacterial, viral or parasitic infections.
• Their system becomes chaotic and weakened.
• Chronic disease or chronic symptoms become or remain established.
• Vital organ systems, which rely on proteins, carbohydrates and fatty acids for their proper functioning, are effectively undernourished.

BioSET® is the answer to the myriad of health challenges that health care practitioners encounter in their daily practices. It utilizes advanced techniques, sound nutrition, purification and enzyme therapy for prolonged optimal digestive health and nutrient utilization.