Thoughts from Dr Bruce Lipton – Cell Biologist – the power of the Mind/Body connection

While most of us are aware of the healing influences of the placebo effect, few are aware of its evil twin, the nocebo effect. Just as surely as positive thoughts can heal, negative ones – including the belief we are susceptible to an illness, can actually manifest the undesired realities of those thoughts.

Dr Bruce Lipton - Cell Biologist

Japanese children allergic to a poison ivy-like plant took part in an experiment where a leaf of the poisonous plant was rubbed onto one forearm. As a control, a nonpoisonous leaf resembling the toxic plant was rubbed on the other forearm. As expected almost all of the children broke out in a rash on the arm rubbed with the toxic leaf and had no response to the imposter leaf.  What the children did not know was that the leaves were purposefully mislabeled. The negative thought of being touched by the poisonous plant led to the rash produced by the nontoxic leaf! In the majority of cases, no rash resulted from contact with the toxic leaf that was thought to be the harmless control. The conclusion is simple: positive perceptions enhance health, and negative perceptions precipitate dis-ease. This mind-bending example of the power of belief was one of the founding experiments that led to the science of psychoneuroimmunology.  Perceptions have a tremendous influence in shaping the character and experiences of our lives. They are more influential than positive thinking because they are more than mere thoughts in our minds. Perceptions are beliefs that permeate every cell. Simply, the expression of the body is a complement to the mind’s perceptions, or, in simpler terms, believing is seeing!

Dr Bruce Lipton is a world renowned cell biologist, former University of Wisconsin Medical School professor and Stanford University researcher. Dr.  Lipton has turned his scientific exploration to the integration of mind, body and spirit – how our beliefs affect our health.  Dr Lipton is a popular speaker at Chiropractic Conferences.  Read his book The Biology of Belief it is very illuminating.

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Detoxing for Health

Spring Detox

In spring our spirits rise as everything in nature expands and blooms and the days lengthen and brighten and the sun begins to shine and the gloom of winter lifts. This has a positive effect on our general health.

Our body is a miracle.  It has an infinite capacity for change, renewal and regeneration.  Spring is also the season of new hope and new life and a wonderful time full of vitality and potential.  We see it in the lambs in the field, the new growth on the trees and the bulbs showing their beautiful blooms, the birds in their nests and children frolicking in the sun – all with a sense of joy and expectation.   It is also the perfect time to think about Spring Cleaning –  not only the home in which we live but our body, the home of our soul.   Spring is the perfect time to consider that detox you had been planning.  Fasting has been used since Biblical times through the modern world to help purify and heal the body (and soul)  and traditionally our earlier ancient ancestors had no choice in the matter in regard to detoxing in Spring as very often towards the end of winter the supplies and stores of food had begun to run out and what was left was used very sparingly until  warmer weather brought more supplies.

I recently read something that made me stop and think – it said “we only crave that which is within us”.    I spent some time thinking about this and realised just how true that statement is, which explains why when we go through a detoxification process we lose our desire for whatever we have been craving.  It also explained to me why I found it possible to eat no sugar at all, completely keep it from my diet and then think I will just have a little and very soon find I am “craving” it!  This also explains why those eating junk food, continue to do so, simply because remnants of those foods remain within the body until they are removed – by detoxification, or over a period of time and while those molecules of food remain, the body will continue to crave it.

This same theory is true for removing any addictive substance from the body.  Detoxification is key.  We know this is true because if we consider the extreme case of the heroin user, they do not crave the heroin until they have been using it.  They never craved it before using it!  By removing any remnants of the substance (this can often take months even years) we can remove the cravings.  The same is true in a positive sense.  If we then become used to consuming things that are good for us we eventually crave that instead!

Our Ridiculously Simple Step To Transform Your Health (and Life) today revolves around taking steps to detox the body – but very gently!  One simple way to do this is to begin drinking Milk Thistle Tea which helps to protect liver cells from incoming toxins and encourages the liver to cleanse itself of damaging substances, such as alcohol, medications, pesticides, environmental toxins, and even heavy metals.  If you are new to this idea begin with only one cup per day in place of your regular tea or coffee, however you will be able to consume more if your body is familiar with the detoxification process.

The body’s immune system is the first line of defence against almost all infections and diseases.  Detoxing is a natural way to improve your overall immune system. Over the years I have regularly taken Mondays as a day to cease from eating altogether but have to confess to not doing so at the moment (due to lack of discipline)!  But doing this gives our digestion a rest and allows healing energies to be diverted to other more important and needy areas of the body.  We habitually reach for food in all sorts of circumstances that actually have nothing to do with hunger at all – more often it is habit.  Do you recognise yourself reaching for food in any of the following situations:

• When we’re bored
• While socialising
• When we’re feeling distressed
• Watching T.V.
• Travelling
• When others around us are eating

Our bodies are constantly producing and taking in wastes from the food we eat, the air we breathe, the pollution in the environment and from our own cellular metabolism.  Even though our body is designed to throw off these wastes they still build up in our system due to organs being overloaded with  too much food in general, eating junk food, not enough rest, not enough exercise, too many chemicals, not enough water  etc – in short – a poor lifestyle!  A cleanse helps rid the body of this build up of disease producing toxins and takes the strain off the organs of elimination and helps them to do their job more effectively.

There are many different ways to fast and detox – you will need to find what is right for you.  While fasting is safe for most people, those in a weakened state or suffering from diabetes should take special precautions under the supervision of a naturopathic physician.  It has been said that “too much food messes with your head, while fasting clears your head” – a very good reason to consider today’s Ridiculously Simple Step To Transform Your Health (and Life)!  Simple and gentle is the best approach.

Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, committed decision!

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Sometimes life is tough.  Today I was sent a little thought that I found inspiring -

“You will only find your rainbow after you welcome the rain”!

To be truly healthy we need to think well, move well and eat well.  By doing all three things we are well on the way to health and vitality.  Thinking well can sometimes be even more challenging than eating well and moving well, but is required if we ever hope to attain health.  An attitude of gratitude can affect our health!

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When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied.
- Herophilus (335-280 BC) Greek Physician

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