Communicating for Health and WellnessDecember 12, 2017
by Aggie Perilli
Increasingly I hear of a loved one, or their loved one, who has cancer. Privately, I offer to send information others have found healing. It’s the same information I offered Esther, my new mother-in-law, when chemotherapy proved too harsh for her.
Careful to avoid overstepping healthful boundaries, I suggested Esther balance her body’s pH and restore its alkalinity.
Curious, Esther asked me to clarify.
I described my vegetable garden. When my soil is acidic, I add agriculture lime and restore its alkalinity. When the pH of my soil is balanced, my vegetables thrive.
Cancer grows in bodies that are acidic; it is less likely to thrive in bodies that remain alkaline.
I suggested Esther buy pH strips and test her body’s alkalinity. If she found that her body is acidic, she could ingest fewer acidic foods and beverages, such as red meat and coffee, and eat more organic vegetables — local when possible.
Grimacing, Esther expressed her distaste for vegetables.
Jokingly, I suggested she try the recommendation that, as kids, my siblings and I gave my cousin, Robert, when he joined our family for dinner.
Like us, Robert had to stay seated at our dinner table until he had finished eating his vegetables. We’d say, “Robert, just hold your nose and you won’t taste anything!”
Esther laughed.
I asked Esther whether it might be helpful to buy a juicer. That way, she could drink a vegetable smoothie with three or four of at least five recommended vegetables at once.
One smoothie recipe recommended by my nutritionist consists of equal parts cucumber, carrots and celery, with a sliver of beet. Other recipes sweeten three vegetables with a single fruit. It’s always helpful to vary our vegetables.
A few days after I spoke with Esther, I visited her at home for the first time. Funnily, I found her standing beside her kitchen counter, holding her nose while drinking a vegetable smoothie.
Within a few days of ingesting at least five vegetables a day, Esther balanced her body’s pH and her cancer symptoms subsided!
To more quickly boost your body’s alkalinity, it sometimes helps to eat miso soup for breakfast. You can also drink organic cranberry juice diluted with water.
The Benefits of Bioenergetic Testing
Becoming alkaline may take additional measures for some people.
A friend with breast cancer went so far as to become macrobiotic and found her body still acidic. I referred her to a reliable nutritionist. She may have been consuming foods her body needed to avoid, avoided foods she needed, and/or required a health or lifestyle change.
Non-invasive bioenergetic testing can safely and efficiently eliminate guesswork related to diet, medicines, and nutritional supplements. Each body is unique and responds to medicines and foods differently. Pre-symptomatic testing can also identify viruses, bacteria, parasites, pollutants and more. (For decades my family has found the bioenergetic testing of Advance Nutrition in Langhorne, Pa., consistently helpful and reliable.)
Bioenergetic testing for my mom revealed that her heart medication had been adversely affecting her liver. To remedy this negative side effect, my mom received testing for a high-quality supplement that counteractively strengthened her liver.
My nutritionist tested her body’s response to that liver supplement, together with her medication, and recommended five additional supplements. Those supplements included vitamin C, probiotics, and digestive enzymes — each in their recommended amounts.
We knew to avoid confusing our bodies and possibly obstruct healing by taking too many medicines or supplements at once.
Sadly, unlike my mom, my friend adhered to failing therapies and her health suffered.
Enjoying Moderation and Balance
I’ve learned to read food labels on trusted brands to ensure my family’s organic bread, yogurt and similarly prepared foods each contain less than 20 grams of sugar.
While fruits are as healthy as vegetables, they are also sweets. Generally, I feel best when I consume no more than two or three servings of organic fruits or healthful sweets daily.
At home, I feel best when I separate carbohydrates and protein because our bodies digest them differently. As a foodie who loves to cook, I prefer carbohydrates for lunch, and protein for breakfast and dinner. The former gives me energy, and the latter helps keep our sugar and hormones balanced. (Although at restaurants and outings, I combine protein and carbohydrates as served.)
If my energy wanes around 3 p.m., I sometimes eat a handful of organic nuts. A healthy protein snack can reenergize our bodies and help process sugar.
Following the Metaphoric Wisdom of our Bodies
Oncologists in Mexico and elsewhere provide non-toxic therapies that have helped even pancreatic cancer patients live 30 years and longer. Independently research your options and be proactive about prevention.
Throughout the process, be as forgivingly patient and tolerant with yourself as you are with others.
Diaphragmatic Breathing Eases Pressure on our Heart and Lungs
Also potentially transformative is the often overlooked healing power of diaphragmatic breathing. Shifting from shallow chest breathing to steady diaphragmatic breaths can alleviate pressure on our heart and lungs.
Diaphragmatic breathing can also aid relaxation, which reduces stomach acid and promotes alkalinity. Further, relaxation improves digestion and our overall physical and mental well-being.
My family and I learned to avoid viewing, listening to, or discussing stressful news and information during mealtime. We set aside mealtime to relax and be social — to celebrate milestones, trial recipes and our favorite foods!
I’ve learned to meditatively reflect — breathe evenly in and through fearful and negative emotions, rather than let them fester and metaphorically eat away at me. Enhanced awareness of our own biases and unprocessed emotions makes us more helpfully responsive than reactive.
I’ve also learned to avoid naysayers, regardless of their credentials. As old-time doctors knew, a person’s state-of-mind can directly affect health and healing.
With transformative faith and gratitude, I listen to the objective, metaphoric wisdom of my body. My husband and I happily indulge in a delicious medley of at least five GMO- and chemical-free organic vegetables daily.
For their part, as Esther varied her vegetables and maintained her body’s alkalinity, she grew healthier as she grew older. Both she and my mom stayed strong and vibrant for years!
How do you keep your body healthfully alkaline?
Aggie Perilli is president of Aggie Perilli Communications International.
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Disclaimer: Aggie makes no claim to be a physician. She is in the business of empathetic communications and information-awareness campaigns. Consult with a reliably openminded and trustworthy healthcare professional about a safe and healthful treatment for your medical condition. The preventions and natural healing practices described here are for educational purposes and in no way constitute a replacement for medical advice, diagnoses, and healthful treatments. Please use discernment. Follow the information above and the research below at your own risk.
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