| Slows down aging process while helping you fight | | | | regular breakfast one hour or more, later. But speaking |
| disease and lose weight | | | | from experience, I would drop that stuff and use the |
| When I had cancer I made a very carefully thought out | | | | drink as your breakfast or have a modified high alkaline |
| decision to put a strong effort into using natural healing | | | | breakfast with a lot of vegetables an hour later. |
| before I turned myself over to modern medicine. I put | | | | Whatever you eat later will be easier to digest |
| in a great deal of time studying Chinese, Ayurvedic, | | | | because this drink is loaded with digestive enzymes. |
| European Herbal medicine, herbal healing and many | | | | The Morning Drink Recipe |
| other styles of natural healing. I finally decided to follow | | | | Fifteen minutes before you make this drink, have at |
| the advice of a Thompsonian Naturopathic Doctor. His | | | | least 12 to 16 ounces of water (distilled is best) to start |
| was the first advice that made it real clear, how I got | | | | the cleansing process of this drink. |
| sick and how I would get well. | | | | Ingredients: (make fresh every day and vary the |
| The very first thing he told me was "make a fruit | | | | amounts to suit your taste and appetite) |
| smoothie every morning for breakfast for the rest of | | | | -8 ounces (plus or minus) of pure water (distilled is |
| your life." That was twenty years ago and I have not | | | | best) and 8 ounces of organic juice (apple, grape, etc.) |
| varied from that advice and it has turned out to be | | | | -1 banana. |
| one of the best decisions I ever made. | | | | -Pinch of cayenne pepper more or less to taste (a |
| You might be asking yourself, like I did, "why do I need | | | | natural healing herb). |
| to make a fruit smoothie for breakfast, what good will | | | | -A chunk of ginger; thumb size (a natural healing herb). |
| that do me?" Here is why. In America, the average | | | | -Fresh seasonal fruit; pear, grapes, peach, (organic if |
| person eats a diet composed of mostly acid foods | | | | you can get it). |
| (meat, dairy, grains, legumes, etc.). Eating a diet | | | | -A quarter to a half a lemon, include a small amount of |
| composed mostly of these types of foods | | | | peel if you like, very good for both the liver and |
| encourages an acid environment to exist in your body. | | | | gallbladder. |
| The majority of American's ph runs at about 5.5, which | | | | -Add a tablespoon of coconut, olive or peanut oil (cold |
| is far too acidic. A healthy human body has a ph of | | | | pressed) for your skin and joints. |
| between 6.5 to 7.5 ph. Allowing this acidic environment | | | | -A scoop of super green foods (blast every cell in |
| to exist in your body is one of the greatest threats | | | | your body with nutrient-rich organic vitamins and |
| known to the health of human beings. An acidic | | | | minerals to give you more energy than ever before). |
| environment leads to heart disease, cancer, disease | | | | -Put the above in a blender, liquefy and drink. |
| from viruses and germs, arthritis, allergies, metabolism | | | | *Adjust the above to suit your taste and the amount |
| problems, weight gains, psychological problems, | | | | you make. |
| hormone imbalances, etc. The fruit smoothie he | | | | Questions You May Have About the Drink |
| suggested I use to help me fight the cancer is made | | | | What about the sugar content of this Drink? These |
| up entirely of fruit and a few natural healing herbs | | | | are whole fruits that your digestive system and |
| which are alkaline (vegetables are also alkaline). This | | | | pancreas must process just like any other food. This is |
| smoothie helped me to neutralize the acid environment | | | | not like eating refined sugar or the refined fruit juices |
| in my body. | | | | from the grocery store. If you are a diabetic, take a |
| When I started making this drink I had been sick for | | | | small amount, monitor your blood sugar and use |
| some time. My energy was low; I had gained a lot of | | | | accordingly. By all means check with your physician. |
| weight, I had digestion problems, acid reflux, felt bloated, | | | | I had my blood sugar checked recently and the Doctor |
| a lot of gas, spastic bowel, blood in stool and no | | | | remarked that he was surprised at how balanced my |
| appetite. I also had low back pain, knee and ankle | | | | blood sugar was considering my age which is sixty |
| problems and stiffness all over. To sum it up I was a | | | | four. As I said before, I have been drinking this drink |
| physical wreck, which was very depressing because I | | | | every morning for the last twenty years. |
| had a second degree black belt in Kempo Karate and | | | | What about this drink feeding my Candida and making |
| only a few years before I was in peak physical | | | | it worse? This drink will help heal your gastrointestinal |
| condition. | | | | track. Candida is a sign of a leaky gut. Take some |
| So, I started making and drinking, The Morning Drink | | | | intestinal flora via a probiotic supplement; this will bring |
| every morning. Right away I liked it because I could put | | | | you a lot of relief while your gastrointestinal tract heals. |
| in my favorite seasonal fruit and so the taste was | | | | Take the probiotics on an empty stomach, when you |
| great. It was not long before I noticed that my energy | | | | eat, before you go to bed and every time you think of |
| was coming back. Then my stomach problems started | | | | it until you feel the problem is solved. To learn about |
| to go away and it was not long before my appetite | | | | intestinal flora read my article on Acidophilus. |
| came back and my weight went down. The weight | | | | My bowels are loose sometimes; won’t this drink |
| change was dramatic. In about three months I was | | | | make that worse? Loose bowels are a sign of a lack |
| down to what my weight was when I earned my | | | | of balance in the intestinal flora in your gut. Take some |
| Black Belt, one hundred and seventy pounds. I was | | | | of this flora via a probiotic supplement; this will bring |
| overjoyed about that and it has stayed the same ever | | | | you a lot of relief while your gastrointestinal tract heals. |
| since. But, just to let you know; I did a lot more than | | | | Take the probiotics on an empty stomach, when you |
| just The Morning Drink to beat the cancer I had. | | | | eat, before you go to bed and every time you think of |
| Benefits of the Morning Drink | | | | it until you feel the problem is solved. |
| What did the morning drink bring to my body that | | | | Can I make this drink in large amounts in advance and |
| encouraged a natural herbal healing effect? As we | | | | save in the refrigerator? It should be made fresh each |
| discussed at the beginning of this article The Morning | | | | day because to save it for the next day will lose you |
| Drink brings alkaline into the body to neutralize the ph | | | | a lot of nutrition. You can do what I did to have more |
| and bring balance to the body’s environment. This | | | | of the same batch of drink later in the day. When you |
| alone increases oxygen, cleanses tissues and heals | | | | make the breakfast drink make extra for the |
| inflammation. It also helps to destroy cancer cells | | | | afternoon. To save that amount for the afternoon put |
| because cancer dies in an environment where there is | | | | a freshly cleaned wet glass or jar in the freezer so it is |
| oxygen. This new environment also encourages a | | | | frosted. Pour the afternoon amount in that glass or jar |
| stronger immune system. This drink has a cleansing | | | | and save in the refrigerator. |
| and detoxing effect, removing toxins that can distract | | | | What about making ice cream out of the drink? Yes |
| the immune system from its primary work, defending | | | | you can; during the summer I make plenty of ice |
| the body. Lastly The Morning Drink brings in vitamins, | | | | cream using the Morning Drink. Add more bananas to |
| minerals, carbohydrates and protein in a very easily | | | | change the texture. Another idea is to add mango as it |
| digestible food form. | | | | will also change the texture. But do not expect it to be |
| Next, because the drink is fresh and raw it brings with | | | | just like ice cream it will be more like an Italian Ice, |
| it lots of enzymes. Enzymes are the great mystery of | | | | which I love. |
| nutrition. Without them we are dead, there is no | | | | Super Green Foods for Energy, Fighting Cancer and |
| digestion and absorption, no cleaning, no movement, no | | | | Dieting: |
| thoughts, no energy. This drink brings an abundance of | | | | If you want to add more nutrition to this drink to help |
| enzymes with it to start your day. Enzymes are the | | | | you increase energy, slow aging process, lose weight |
| ultimate anti-inflammatory, easing the inflammation and | | | | or fight cancer I suggest super green foods. Super |
| repairing the injury. You can take the best, most | | | | green foods are a combination of foods like wheat |
| expensive multivitamin in the world and you will not get | | | | grass, barley grass, alfalfa, spinach, spirulina blue green |
| a thing from it without enzymes. They are the great | | | | algae, chlorella, kelp, etc. These super green foods |
| catalyst for the body. Like spark plugs for your car, | | | | boost the nutritional content and alkalinity of this drink, |
| without them there is no energy, nothing. | | | | as it will any food you add them to. You will notice, as I |
| The Morning Drink Rules | | | | did a very subtle strong energy as you add this super |
| OK let’s get started! It is easy to make and you will | | | | green combination to your diet. When I had cancer I |
| love this natural healing remedy. There are some rules | | | | was advised to consume as much as I could each |
| listed below but they are easy to follow. | | | | day. |
| Rule one: I am going to tell you just exactly what I | | | | The Doctor said "Super green foods are like a |
| was told. You have this drink every morning for | | | | high-octane fuel" that they would instantly bring |
| breakfast for the rest of your life! | | | | nutrient-rich, organic, whole food vitamins and minerals |
| The morning drink will help to quickly bring balance to | | | | to every cell in my body. The doctor also told me that |
| your body’s ph (the acid alkaline balance); fruits and | | | | they would protect and defend all my body's cells |
| vegetables are alkaline everything else is acid. | | | | from free radical damage while I fought the cancer. |
| Balancing your body’s ph is one of the top keys to | | | | Even now I still take 2 or more scoops depending on |
| health and healing. | | | | how I feel that day. |
| Rule two: This is an alkali drink do not add any acid | | | | I have been drinking this Morning Drink for twenty |
| ingredients to it. | | | | years now; just recently I took a test called "Real Age" |
| I do not see much protein in there; could I add some | | | | online. I suggest you try taking this test yourself. Based |
| protein powder? DO NOT add protein powders or | | | | on questions about your health assembled by medical |
| protein containing foods like eggs, dairy, yogurt or tofu | | | | doctors such as diet, exercise, blood pressure and etc. |
| to this drink! Some of them are good for you but they | | | | you are assigned an age. I am sixty four years old my |
| are acidic for one thing. For another it is a problem for | | | | score based on the answers I gave said "I was forty |
| your liver and gall bladder to process fruit that digests | | | | seven years old". They suggested that I would have |
| in one hour with protein that digests in two to three | | | | been given a score 2 years younger if I would take an |
| hours. But guess what; this drink with its mix of fruit | | | | over the counter medication every day (I wrote back |
| contains all the basic building blocks of protein called | | | | and told them to keep their 2 years and their |
| amino acids. So your body can create protein from | | | | medication and I will keep my health). See the Nutrition |
| this drink if it needs to. One more time, fruit is a food | | | | section of my web site to learn how to change your |
| that does not mix with any other foods. | | | | nutritional life style. |
| But what about my regular breakfast of bacon, eggs, | | | | Caution: Consult with your physician when starting any |
| toast and coffee? If you have a life threatening | | | | nutrition program, especially if you are on medications. |
| disease see my article "I am Sick, Where Do I Start". If | | | | Note: Remember when it comes to your health, you |
| you do not have a life threatening disease, have your | | | | are the boss, all final decisions are yours. |