MINERAL-RICH VEGETABLE BROTH

Drinking mineral-rich vegetable broth is one of the simplest and least expensive ways to improve your health. It is one of the best methods of bringing the pH into balance. It will greatly assist the body in eliminating acids and bringing excess alkalinity back to normal. It will give the body many different organic (the body cannot use inorganic minerals such as sea salt) minerals, and especially the big three - organic sodium, organic potassium and organic calcium. These are the most important minerals in today's society, because the average person takes in too many acid-forming foods (meat, dairy, grains, sugar, alcohol, etc.) as well as acid-forming chemicals in our foods and air. Acids are also produced by worry, stress and other emotional problems. These precious alkalizing minerals are also known as electrolyte minerals, or electrolytes.

Our blood must maintain a pH of 7.4. If it becomes even slightly more acid, dropping below 7.2, the body will be near death. To prevent this, the body will 'rob' these minerals from other areas of the body where they are stored. This then weakens those areas. When we consistently put more acid foods in our bodies than alkaline foods, our bodies use up the buffering minerals, which are sodium, potassium and calcium. There are others, but these are the main ones. These minerals combine with the bicarbonates and carry the dangerous acids out of the body. Most people have run out of these valuable minerals and have become dangerously over-acid. Even children can run short early in life. When we run out of them, our digestion fails, the liver, spleen and pancreas become weak, we develop gall stones, the bones and joints develop osteoporosis, arthritis and other diseases, etc. An acid body is the beginning of most all chronic diseases.

The following gives a brief concept of how important the three main organic minerals are:

Organic Sodium - is needed for utilization of oxygen. Lack of organic sodium can cause the following problems: indiges-tion, weak muscles and tissues, cracking joints, arthritis, osteoporosis, difficult breathing, catarrh or mucous, lack of saliva, lack of hydrochloric acid, sleepy during the day and awake at night, patient feels good one day and bad the next, slow digestion, constipation, gas in stomach and bowels, palpitation, liver trouble, weak eyesight, nerves on fire, judgment unreliable, stiff joints, bloating, gas, dry skin, confusion, frontal headache, offensive breath, poor concentration, weak heart, emotional up's and down's, poor complexion. Lack of sodium is the forerunner of most chronic and degenerative diseases, such as AIDS, cancer blood diseases and many other diseases because it is one of the most important, if not the most impor-tant buffer of acids for the body. 99 people out of 100 are lacking organic sodium.

Sodium chloride or table salt has the opposite effect of organic sodium. Table salt actually takes organic sodium out of the body, and causes more damage to normal intestinal mucosa that any other substance! Stay away from sodium chloride as if your life depended on it. Good sources of organic sodium are celery, okra, black mission figs, carrot juice, beets, whey (goat milk whey is far superior than cow's milk whey and is less mucous-forming). A doctor prescribed low-sodium diet will cause more harm than good, unless it only restricts intake of table salt.

Organic Potassium - is needed to convert food, especially sugars and fat into the proper compounds. Excess gas is an indication of low potassium level. Potassium is also needed for the generative functions, for the nerves, brain, joints and spinal cord. Like sodium it is needed for utilization of oxygen. We hear about the importance of iron for the blood and oxygen, but potassium is even more important for the blood. Potassium and sodium are needed for energy transference and the electrical conductivity in our bodies. Lack of potassium means lack of coordination, poor sleep, possible enlargement of the liver, kidney problems, itchy skin, constipation, nerve trouble, muscle weakness and poor memory, a feeling of sand in the eyelids, pains in left ear but not the right, pus and mucous in the mouth, throat and stomach, pain in the lower back of the head, sore tender skin, annoyance at wearing shoes, a desire for cold water or drinks, displacement of the uterus, nausea from excitement, a tendency toward violence, loss of ambition, acidity, restlessness, nervousness, mental illness, a desire to be alone, negativity. Some of the highest sources of potassium are: skins(only the skins) of potatoes, parsley, cayenne pepper, yams. carrot juice, kelp, dulse, irish moss, raisins, dried peaches and pears, papaya, avocado, dried figs, and all herbs, especially the bitter herbs. Almost all fruits and vegetables have potassium, but cooking them can remove much of it.

Organic calcium - is another mineral needed for the utilization of oxygen. We think that calcium is needed for the bones and teeth, but it is needed for much more than that. Injuries of any kind need calcium, for that is what knits people back together again. Calcium gives strength and power to the body. If we lack calcium, we would lack strength and will power. There would be a tendency toward fear, indecision, aches, pain, fatigue, profuse perspiration, catarrh, hemorrhaging, cramps in the calves, boredom, brain fatigue, digestive problems, bone softening, lung problems, abscesses, etc. Highest calcium foods are: dulse, kelp, irish moss, seeds, all greens, cauliflower, celery, cabbage, and lemons. Never eat dairy products for calcium! You will lose more calcium from your body than you will gain from taking cow liquids. There are two reasons for this: more sodium, potassium and calcium are used up buffering the acids from dairy products than we can get from drinking or eating them, and dairy products are excessively high in phosphorus. In order to assimilate anything with phosphorus, we need twice the amount of calcium; eating dairy forces the body to find calcium wherever it can - bones, teeth, etc. There is one exception to this: whey. Whey is the by-product of making cheese. The phosphorus and acids remain in the cheese, making whey a valuable food especially high in organic sodium.

Importance of Enzymes

Every metabolic function in our body is the result of enzymes. Nothing can happen without them. You cannot walk, talk, breathe or think without them! You get sick and will die to the degree of loss of enzyme function. If you are sick, then something happened to your enzymes. Either you ran short or they could not function well. There are three exceptionally important factors that affect enzymes: 1) they are rapidly used up by eating cooked foods and by emotional stress, 2) enzymes need minerals to function, and 3) enzymes lose their ability to function in an overly acid environment. You may want to boost your enzymes when stressed or eating cooked foods by taking Dr. Anderson's enzyme supplements.

How to Make Mineral-Rich Vegetable Broth

Take 3 quarts of distilled water and add the peels from 6-8 medium to large whole potatoes, 6-8 stalks of cut celery, and 3 or 4 large leaves from any greens, such as collard, mustard, kale, turnip or a half bunch of parsley. Even carrot or beet tops will do. Whatever is green. You could add kelp if you wanted high concentrates of a wide variety of minerals. Use a stainless steel pot and bring to a light boil with the lid on. Simmer for 30 minutes. Remove from the heat, and after it has cooled a bit, strain and throw out chunks, keeping only the juice. Refrigerate. Drink 2-3 cups/day.

Alternate Powerful Methods of Getting Minerals into Your Body to Remove Acids:

Carrot and celery juice. Adding goat whey to your carrot juice is excellent.

Eating just celery for 2 or 3 days is an excellent way of getting sodium into the system and balancing the digestive system. Drinking carrot juice or carrot and celery juice for a week, or two will do wonders. A psyllium shake once or twice a day will improve this program.

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