Home Remedies to Lose Weight Questions

Updated: 09/16/2008

WEIGHT LOSS REMEDY QUESTIONS
09/16/2008: Val (valikth[at]yahoo.com) writes: "I am wanting to try honey and cinnamon to lose weight. I am wondering if anyone out there has had good results with this and what brand they used? I know it needs to be raw honey, but am wondering if regular store bought honey has any of the same healing qualities or weight loss abilities. Also any details to the healing abilities you have experienced from honey would be appreciated as there is not much information on this site under the cinnamon and honey remedy area.

also, i have recently found out i have been ingesting a good T. or more of regular store bought ground cinnamon a day, but it was brought to my attention in a medical article that most cinnamon sold in stores is "cassia" and it has a compound, coumarin...and it is toxic

cassia is not cinnamon at all it is a related species "ALL powdered cinnamon sold in stores in USA is cassia" (quoted from wikipedia) because it is cheaper

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon

more can be learned by going to wikipedia....

so i have switched to using real cinnamon or what i hope is Ceylon cinnamon (aka true cinnamon), it is fiesta brand and was sold in a bag labeled "cinnamon sticks" i read somewhere that mexican cinnamon is usually true cinnamon (Ceylon)...and it looks like the picture on wikipedia...

i am wonding if anyone has information on cinnamon--cassia...such as: did regular store bought cinnamon (cassia) help you in anyway? how much cassia cinnamon does it take for it to be toxic?

I bought some cinnamon pills online hoping they would be ceylon, but lo and behold it was cassia and there is alot of powder in these capsules! im afraid to take it, knowing coumarin is toxic.

my biggest ailment and concern is weight loss. ive been drinking ACV daily and it isnt helping, any information on the best brand for weight loss is appreciated and details and information about WHY ACV is helpful would benefit me greatly..it seems the more i know about a substance the more ability i have to be able to use it to help me. apparently the brand i have got or the method i am using isnt right? i usually take 3 T. in a 1/2 c. water once a day. i am going to switch to using less ACV in more water as recomended.

one more thing, i am greatly confused about coconut oil, and would like to use it to lose weight also but there are MANY brands out there and i have tried 3...and it is not helping. i am wondering if i am getting the right "kind"??? after reading peoples responses on this site about the different expeller methods and maturity issues and etc. i am very confused and concerned about which brand to get and im tired of wasting money.

anyone who has had great
success with weight loss and coconut oil-----PLEASE tell me the exact brand and quantity taken, how often and in what form.

sorry to have so many questions about so many different remedies... feel free to seperate each question concerning each remedy into seperate posts it may be more helpful to me that way...like post the ACV question into the ACV area...etc.

thank you!"

QUESTION ABOUT MIXING ACV WITH LOW SODIUM V8
08/23/2008: BDP writes: "ACV remedy. I'm only able to stomach the ACV when I mix it with Low Sodium V8. Does this denature or otherwise limit the effectiveness of the ACV? I'm worried that the acidity in the V8 will change it."

08/24/2008: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Most chemical reactions don't occur under normal eating and cooking conditions especially when organic compounds are involved.

The only instance when a chemical does change, is when an organic compounds are mixed with a strong acid or alkaline or powerful oxidative or reductive chemical process. As such vinegar is actually a 3% acetic acid solution. In fact the use of vinegar is encouraged in cooking and herbal preparations. Many Chinese herbal preparations are commonly cooked, stored with the use of vinegar. It causes the amino acid to be more biologically available in many instances and become anti-inflammatory with a tiny formation of acetyl or acetates organic compound, but basic chemical functions still remain the same.

Ted"

ORGANIC UNFILTERED FOR FILTERED ACV FOR WEIGHT LOSS?
08/16/2008: Sarah writes: "For weight loss please reply that what TYPE of apple cider vinegar should be used for weight loss? Organic Unfiltered or filtered?
Thanks"

08/20/2008: Joanna from NY, NY, USA replies: "Hi, Sarah. I have tried both.. Even the organic unfiltered ACV tastes better, they both work. I suggest you start with organic first, if cost is not an issue. Good luck!"

QUESTION ABOUT ACV, FOOD COMBINING AND WEIGHT LOSS
07/30/2008: Leelannee (leelannee [@] hotmail) writes: "Hi, I hope this email isn't redundant, but I have been reading the posts on this site (and several others) for a couple of months and I haven't seen a specific answer...

I started monitoring my pH and adding coconut oil & ACV to my "routine" a couple of months ago. A friend of mine also recommended a raw foods book, and I have been using some of the food combining principles. This has actually helped with my energy levels very much.

But I have slacked off on the ACV because my concern is this: if one is trying to separate foods/meals that need an alkaline environment for digestion from those that need acid, where does ACV fit into this? Ha ha...I am so confused. I just don't understand if it's ok to take ACV before every meal, or if it should be avoided before/with certain foods.

I often make "lime-ade" with stevia and sip on that between meals. It's been helping with my pH but I don't know if limes/lemons are a substitute for ACV when it comes to weight loss and specific health concerns.

Although I am pretty healthy, active & strong, I am about 80-100lbs overweight. I have read so many testimonials regarding ACV & weight loss that I would really like to give it a try...but some people claim results taking it before meals, others with meals, or upon waking, before bed, throughout the day...again, I'm CONFUSED! Any help would be appreciated (more with regards to the food combining than with time of day; but if you have a recommendation for that too, of course I'd appreciate it).

Thank you so much! I love, love, love this website!"

QUESTION ABOUT COCONUT OIL FOR WEIGHT LOSS
06/30/2008: Gloria writes: "How do I go about choosing the best quality Coconut oil? There are quite a few brands on the market. Is it recommended for daily use or a specific length of time? What is the benefit of using it externally? Is it absorbed by the skin?"

IMPORTANT TO ADD PROTEIN WHILE DOING A DETOX?
06/11/2008: Bill writes: "Detox: Doing the ACV,1tsp pure maple syrup,1/2 lemon,10oz water 4-5 times per day. My chiropractor says I should have some protein if I'm going to do it for 21 days. I'm on day three, all is well. Should I add some protein powder? Any recommendations?"

ORGANIC OR GENERIC FOR WEIGHT LOSS?
06/09/2008: Sarah writes: "Hi I need clarification please.. I cannot (even with my nose closed) take down organic unfiltered with the mother apple cider vinegar (with baking soda remedy for weightloss).. I try to dilute much as possible but I can't do it (tried for over 2 weeks, & I end up feeling like vomiting)..
I however can take it down with regular Apple cider vinegar(the kind you get at the store(the same as a popular ketchup brand)... My only question is--- Will it help with weight loss? or does ONLY organic unfiltered with the mother help with weight loss?
Thank you... in advance (please respond here.. i usually check this website daily)"

06/10/2008: EC replies: "Sarah, as far as we know, generic acv like Heinz does indeed work for weight loss! In fact, some people have been using it for years with great results."

06/19/2008: Dee from Va, U.S. replies: "Amour Hammer Baking Soda took care of my problem throwing up. When I first starting using the baking soda with the vinegar, I threw up, but I switched to the Armour Hammer baking soda, my problem was solved!"

YEAST INFECTION AFTER DRINKING WEIGHT LOSS REMEDIES
06/05/2008: Onn writes: "I been drink honey and cinnamon for weight loss two days, but I have very bad yeast infection. Can you help me pleas what should I take to cures that yeast? thank you."

06/07/2008: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "It should be noted that my remedy is somewhat different from other people's recommendations because I rely a bit more on Tibetan, Traditional Chinese medicine, and my own follow up on urinary sugar information as well as it's effect on the body's pH, new findings in electronic food intolerance testing, and private email feedback from close friends.

A yeast problem is usually a sign of too much sugar and metabolic acidosis. Whether the sugar is honey, molasses or fruits, it's still sugar. However, a small amount of honey maybe o.k. but in some candida problem, all sweets may need to be avoided....except stevia and perhaps xylitol. However, xylitol causes some metabolic acidosis and hence baking soda is needed before taking them. Most polyol sugar can also be used, such as d-mannitol which is a form of sugar from cranberry juice. Bacteria cannot ferment with xylitol, stevia, and perhaps d-mannitol, but xylitol and certan polyol sugars prevent bacteria and fungus from attaching and forming colonies. In general, if sweets is needed, then I think stevia is generally good, I also suspect with proper alkalization first, xylitol also reduces candida too.

Now, back to sugar! The worst sugar in order from worse to bad is ribose sugar, glucose, fructose, and sucrose. Complex carbohydrates is least affected. Artificial sugar is the most dangerous because some chemical sugar degrades into formaldehyde from aspartame, causing metabolic acidosis, which in the end susceptibility and immune systems are down, leading to a yeast infection.

In a given weight loss certain foods triggers our brain to stop eating from feeling satiated, common foods includes fish, whey protein, fish oil and amino acid supplement. Quite often it is always the  high protein diet that is the key. Drinking plenty of water is another one. Sometimes people are born with obesity from the vaccination when they were first born. These vaccines that sometimes hospital inject contains monosodium glutamate, which in laboratory studies, are used to create a lifelong obese rats when they are first injected when first born. The MSG attacks and destroys key hypothalamus which controls appetite. Therefore one additional remedy that may help is the amino acid taurine. When people reach a certain age, usually in the mid-30s, the DHEA level for example starts getting lower and the facial features appears more moon face, and causing weight gain in some people as hormones become imbalanced.

As to the condition of yeast infection, most of the problems come from any sweets, including honey. Cinnamon depends on the kind of cinnamon, sometimes it is sold as a cinnamon sugar, where they add sugar to the cinnamon. A real cinnamon should be boiled cinnamon bark.

One key cause of obesity is the sugar the second is the fat, and diet fats will concentrate on glycemic index. The problem about glycemic index is they avoid acid forming foods that can also cause obesity also. Therefore the key is to control sugar and acid forming food. Blood sugar is controlled by many elements, including chromium, vanadium, tungsten and maganeses being the common supplements. The other is the B vitamins, in particular in controlling blood sugar is the thiamine B1, in the form of thiamine mononitrate, B3 niacinamide, and the B6 pyridoxine. Major weight reduction I have noticed are seen from taking DHEA supplements 12-25 mg, but also it is helpful to take taurine 2000 mg, chromium polynicotinate 2000 mcg (more like 2 mg) that I find the most helpful. Glycine along with niacinamide, and glutamine for example taken before sleep also help increase the body's production of growth hormones that lead to weight loss.

Therefore, I would avoid everything that is sweet, including the artificial sweeteners, and certain free radicals from cooking vegetable oils as oily and fatty foods generally blocks hormones function that leads to weight gain. Certain habits such as eating early dinner helps. Some people cheat by taking zinc gluconate 50 mg to cause a loss appetite, although I won't do that unless there is a zinc deficiency.

Generally speaking a candida can occur anywhere of the body and certain areas sometimes indicate which alkalizing remedies that is needed. If urinary pH is acid where it is below 6.5, then baking soda and sodium carbonate is generally helpful on controlling extracellular fluids. If the salivary pH is acid, where it is below 7, then potassium bicarbonate and potassium citrate with some mixture of sodium bicarbonate is generally helpful, but also magnesium since it's is an element in the intracellular fluids.

Candida fungus grows in sugar rich acid medium environment, but also low protein environment and low amino acid environment. In other words when urinary urea levels are below average, improper protein digestion such as lack of bicarbonates can also happen to support candida overgrowth. Certain low minerals of copper, boron, chromium, vanadium, and molybdenum can also cause candida too. However, in my own observations, I found the best point to begin in reducing the candida issue is always the alkalization, lower sugar, and lover fats. This is further helped with higher protein lean food, such as fish and chicken.  Inflammation and lowered immunity can further support candida overgrowth. In which case supplementation of fish oil (omega 3 of DHA and EPA) - it shard to make mistake when the statistics are on your side, where most American diets has a 20: 1 omega 6 to omega 3, where an ideal ratio should be 4: 1 or even 1: 1. The other is some
ocassional evening primrose oil, as it contains GLA.

Assuming the alkalization is needed to reduce the candida, at least for me I will start with, assuming the urinary pH is acid, which usually is the case, but it helps a lot of measure it. The remedy that best worked so far is the carbicarb remedy, which is the baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) plus sodium carbonate. It is 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/4 teaspoon of sodium carbonate in 1/2 glass of water, usually taken three times a day. The effects of irritation due to candida can be almost immediately be felt within 30 minutes after taking this remedy. It is my most powerful remedies so far. However most people find getting sodium carbonate hard to find, which is more or less, is called washing soda. However, as reality would have it, a simpler remedy would do if they can't be found, so it is going to be 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in at least 1/2 glass of water taken three times a day.

If on the other hand the saliva pH is acid, which is usually below 7, and if it is below 6.5, it's even worse. This indicates the lack of potassium buffers and magnesium, which is an intracellular fluids. The remedy for that one I used is 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/8 teaspoon of potassium citrate in at least 1/2 glass of water, preferably 1 glass of water as some people cannot drink even one glass of water in some cases. If potassium citrate can't be found, then it's potassium bicarbonate are sufficient. This is taken at only 2 times a day instead of the usually 3 for remedy without  the potassium because the body can accept only a limit amount of potassium without disturbing the extracellular fluids that reduce electrical potentials of the cells. Usually within a day or even a couple of hours after taking them, the saliva and urinary pH should change. So the body is fairly responsive. Baking soda or bicarbonates also help digest protein better in converting into urea, which is also anti-candida in its properties.

As to the supplements that were helpful for reducing candida, it is the B3 niacinamide 250-500 mg, B1 thiamine mononitrate 250 mg, drinking some cocoa to increase manganese, and unsugared soy milk were helpful too. Chromium polynicotinate 2000 mcg, and sodium vanadate 1000 mg (I don't think this can be found - but very helpful in weight loss) are the major ones I will be looking into controlling blood sugar, thus starving the candida problems. These were also helpful in weight loss, but some whey protein taken in the morning without sugar or artificial sugar can also help increase protein thus increasing urea as well as amino acid supplements to further increase anti-candida problems. Molybdenum, usually in the form of sodium molybdate at 25 mg were helpful, but I find it difficult for a supplement company to sell these. Finally boron or borax remedies have anti-candida properties, but also helpful in increasing hormone levels, which in turn lead to some weight loss. Now I don't take them everyday, what I like it is it is an essential mineral (boron) and my dose is usually for woman assuming is 1/8 teaspoon of borax dissolved in liter of drinking water taken for about three days out of a week until the condition is gone, which is usually within 2-3 weeks.

Therefore there are many approaches to treating candida. One supplements that I have found important in reduction of candida is the the manganese, in form of manganese sulfate, that is mixed with food or even taken alone - 25 mg taken only a couple of days were extremely helpful in non-responsive candida. While most people wouldn't able to find manganese sulfate easily an suitable substitute is soymilk, which is high in manganese anyway.

In other instances a candida can be initiated by food intolerances from acid forming food. The newer information I have noticed is excessive use of peppermint oil and eating wheat products, as well as mycotoxins found in peanuts can initiate this problem, but especially on high processed food and vegetable oils used in cooking. Therefore it helps that coconut oil, which does not have to be virgin or not, are used in cooking. The coconut oil has low absorption into the body's system such that it the oils does not inferfere with liver in processing as vegetable oils do, causing fatty liver problems.

Finally I have found granulated lecithin 1 tablespoon taken before meal, once or twice a day over the course of a month reduces weight, and also reduces LDL cholesterol too. It reduces fatty liver and allow for better liver detoxification.

Ted"

APPETITE SUPPRESSANT
05/27/2008: Debra writes: "i am looking for some help with suppressing the appetite. my biggest problem with losing weight is that i am always hungry. i take anti-depressant meds. and i think this contributes to the hunger too. i am trying to find some kind of home remedy that can be used for this problem. i don't want to take any kind of pills or herbal remedies. if you know of anything for this problem could you please let me know."

WEIGHT GAIN AFTER HAVING GALL BLADDER REMOVED
05/25/2008: T writes: " I had my Gall Bladder removed in October of Last year and it seems like every since that Day, My Weight has been Down hill. When I was Pregnant with my boys I Never gained as much weight as I have now on my Body. Nothing Seems to cause me to Loose Any Weight At All. I see all of the Advertisements about the Apple Cider Vinegar and Baking Soda, but it doesn't say what they did or how to do it, so I was wandering could you Please Help Me with Some Weight Loss Information that WILL WORK please? I was also told that I have Under Active Thyroids and I was put on a pill for  that, but that pill also Increases Weight Gain so I Stopped taking it. Again Please Help Me."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Gallbladder functions is an important one actually one of them is to control weight by producing emulsifiers which help get rid of certain fats, but also absorption of vital nutrients and also produces certain electrolytes and it connects the pancreas, where pancreas' function is to control blood sugar, and thus control weight. Much of the body's organ are all related. Personally I won't like any of my organs removed and try to find the cause.

Usually the cause is often simple issues where the organ is damaged from inflammation due to metabolic acidosis, in simple words, acid burns the organs, but bacteria, fungus also grows in such an environment, and the imbalances in diets, such as excessive omega 6 and lack of omega 3 causes inflammation (20:1 instead of 1:1), as well as excess calcium to magnesium ratio, which leads to calcification of tissues and organ, which obviously lead to organ damage. It is this reason why some older American are overweight. Now for children who become obese the situation is a bit different.

When they are born, usually within 1-2 days (it used to be to wait a couple of months as in Japan before injecting them), they inject vaccinations, without parent's consent, the government made sure of that, but also there are certain changes being secretly changed that people are not aware which they add monosodium glutamate, and mercury which damages the hypothalamus that controls their appetite.

In morbidly fat rats, the scientist inject a small amount of monosodium glutamate much like monosodum glutamate added to the babies'  vaccines) in newly born rats which leads them to a lifetime morbid obesity.

Interestingly during term pregnancy mothers are allowed to drink fluoridated and chlorinated tap water, which causes accumulation of fluoride (fluorosis) within the embryo that that lead to lifetime problems of obesity too for that person. Monosodium glutamate works by destroying they hypothalamus again. There is a way to prevent or reduce by taking extra supplement taurine in pregnant mothers, which is amino acid that protects the damaging effects of MSG.

So we have to thank U.S. pharmaceuticals to create a multi-billion dollar weight loss, diabetes, and ADD industry, even as lows as 1 ppm of fluoride, damages agricultural growth within only a week, but it also effects human. Inflammation is a common problem and chlorination and drug pharma's drugs and antibiotics creates catastrophic synergy to the human system.

To make the matters worse (if that's not worse enough!) our tap water now have many drugs that are not biodegradable that pollutes the river and our tap water, in catastrophic synergy combination with chlorine and fluorine it becomes even more toxic.

Even more interesting is that while fluorides is shown to be toxic and causes obesity too, the fluoride that is used for the study was sodium fluoride, but a more toxic form of fluoride, fluorosilicic acid is being used in tap water and there's no study to show how damaging it is.

Fluorides accumulate in the brain throughout adult life, which is used in Prozac (fluoride containing drug), that reduces brain function, which in turn controls hormones and blood sugar. If those aren't minimized or reduce, it leads to obesity in susceptible people.

I am sure authorities know all about this, including aspartame products, found in diet coke, diet pepsi, which causes brain damages and causes metabolic acidosis, leading to high blood sugar which in turn, leads to obesity. We have to thank Donald Rumsfeld (who was the head of) the company that owns aspartame and Ronald Reagan to approve (by changing FDA officials who are more favorable towards aspartame) despite most of the lab results show brain tumors and obesity, by overuling all previous studies.

There IS  an easy way to prove aspartame is dangerous without the fake rat studies offered by "officials". It's quite easy. Check for blood methanol and blood formaldehyde after ingestion of 2 liters of coke, eat sugar free gum (that has aspartame added), and take children's vitamins (that ALSO have aspartame) as well as other interesting diet products.

You can also murder someone just by taking creatine (a supplement to help brain function and muscles in muscle builders) plus aspartame products such as Gatorade product that had aspartame too. One U.S.  woman went to jail 50 years because she was accused of murder, which in fact the truth is her husband was a muscle builder thinking those foods were safe. Even fat free, skim milk, low fat are potentially dangerous that can cause children on a rampage for murder. It's quite simple, the brain needs an omega 3 fat, and blood cholesterol HDL have to be within normal range. If they are low, they either become suicidal or a mass murders. Of course the numbers is not a lot, but they are the starting point, and the child once they have this tendencies, the doctors will prescribed prozac so Kip Kinkel murdered his parents and many of his fellow students that very day. The system I think were probably designed that way because all these phenomenon only occurred in just the United States. I hardly hear any stories of mass murderer students. When you check the SPECT brain scans of Kip Kinkel, obviously the brain function is mostly destroyed through these drugs, especially the left temporal lobes, in the male population. Now we have microwave to cook our brains which can cause violence by damaging that very same area. In fact, it may be theoretically possible to cause aggression in soldiers by playing aggressive music in soldiers, which the U.S. army does that, when they go to war with Iraq. The funny thing is (at least in the eye of a foreigner like me) is most of the U.S. citizens aren't aware of all these things that occur in their own home country!

I can go on and on with the causes, but a simple approach is to avoid processed foods altogether, I try to invent my OWN home remedies to substitute pharma medicine altogether and have avoid drinking tap water direct. One example is to use reverse osmosis water, with added 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt and 1/16 teaspoon of baking soda per liter of water in per liter of drinking water.

So hopefully I did explain how obesity is caused. Brain controls the key blood sugar which in turn protects against obesity, but also toxins, and even operations of removal of gallbladder can lead to worsening condition, primarily because it plays an important process in normal digestion, but surgery can also introduce mycoplasma, fungus and other pathogens, especially fungus which LEADS to hypothyroidism. These fungus or mycoplasma, usually exist (they are found even in horses) in the thyroid glands, which blocks the production that controls metabolism. Iodine removes hard fats and quite often restore thyroid function, but not at a dose being used in many supplements. They are usually low, because even nearly 150 yearrs ago, they didn't need to remove the thyroid. All they did was simply give a iodine supplements, such as 100-250 mg. I personally used 10-25 mg now and then, and some readers of earthclinic take sodium iodide at 10-12 mg a day that I personally knew.
 However, this is NOT to support sodium Iodide. Another earthclinic reader I know (they have an unwillingness to post) so I guess that just leaves me to tell you, that they take Kelp supplements to help with her thyroid conditions. Her dose was about 10-20 of kelp capsules a day necessary to raise her energy levels to normal. An capsule is about 250-500 mg. but I can take more by eating seaweed too in my soup. The amount of iodine supplements are 1/1000th of the dose I mentioned here, which is of no surprise why iodine doesn't work for some people. Even if Iodine supplements are not available, a lugol's solution such as iodine foot painting once every other day about 3-5 inch square will help by making iodine through transdermal absorption.

 For bath, it is best to add dechlorinator, using bathtub or if shower, the water system somehow has to remove them first. Even fishes die if you use tap water. It is deadly to fishes if the water has chlorine and fluoride in  high amounts, at least it happened to me when I was living in U.S.

Many gallbladder people removed are often due to excess calcium diets, excessive vegetable oils, and lack of electrolytes too. Since bicarbonates are produced by gallbladder in large amounts, the body also needs the bicarbonates in protein digestion. If bicarbonates are low, protein digestion is impaired, reducing the bioavailability of amino acid for the body, but especially the brain and certain brain function does control NORMAL hormones, which in turn regulates control all glandular systems in BALANCE. The brain needs amino acid to rebuild and maintain the system, but the brain also have high levels of omega 3, which U.S. diet are lacking as mentioned 20: 1, omega 6: omega 3, while other Asian diets, their food sources are 4: 1 or 1: 1 on omega 6 to omega 3 ratio. Omega 3 controls inflammation, but if there is not enough of this, a brain and glandular system cannot work leading to a cascade of systematic breakdown leading to obesity. Just me alone, I take fish oils, of type two omega 3, the safest and most effective form. These type two omega 3 are called DHA and EPA found in fish oils. I take at least 500 mg to 1000 mg of salmon fish oils a day. But that's on the low side and may take more if i have inflammation problems, such as skin condition, or hypothyroidism, since glandular functions also are inflammed and if too much they get enlargement, not just the deficiency, as in thyroid.

So hopefully I did explain how surgeries lead to obesity, by introduction of the mycoplasma and fungus (these same fungus toxins are also found in antibiotics since they are MADE from fungus) that lead to hypothyroidism. There are many cases of the entire family living in a moldy house that resulted in sinus problem and after they left the moldy house, obesity sets in, chronic fatigue, sinus problem and even lack of energy. Obviously many people report hyphothyroidism, which was helped greatly with 10-25 mg of sodium iodide, or many tablets of Kelp supplements. Eating bread made by bromine process simply drives out iodine, despite adequate iodine intake, leading to iodine deficiency still. So for weight loss I might try once every other day 10-20 tablets of iodine supplement and try to normalize the omega 3: omega 6, since dietary omega 6 is way off balanced from industrialized farming such as industrialized chickens, where omega 6 is way off compared to traditionally grown chickens.

The remedy for the lack gallbladder I used is

One liter of drinking water with 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in at least 1/2 glass of water taken twice a day.
One tablespoon of Granulated lecithin before every meal

To reduce weight, the simplest ways:

Dinner before 4.30 p.m. no food after that period
Whey protein before 12..00 p.m.

To reduce blood sugar I might use:

Fish Oil (will have EPA and DHA) 1000-2000 mg a day
Chromium polynicotinate 1000 mcg
vanadium supplements
Cinnamon added to food frequently

Certain foods to avoid:
tomatoes, aspartame, low fat products, diet cola, sugar free gums, vegetable oils not used with HEATING and reduced vegetable oils intake, tomatoes (contains methanol attached pectin), cheese, not too much fruit juice, no fructose, no sugar, wheat, potatoes, dairy products, table salt, cheese, yeast made food, peppermint in toothpaste.

Acceptable food
Complex carbohydrates, fish, chicken, rice, rye, millet, sea salt, kelp, seaweed

Important supplements
Taurine amino acid, vitamin B1 thiamine mononitrate, niacinamide B3.

Certain foods to add

Coconut oil is used in cooking instead, such as heating, if need be, since they resist higher cooking temperature better. Reduces constipation as is baking soda and sea salt.

Hypothyroidism:
I would use 10 mg of sodium iodide, or once every other day iodine foot painting over a large area of the sole of the feet. or Kelp supplements that I found works best around 10-20 capsules taken every other day, to lessen the effects of acne from the detox effect. There IS increase in energy level from taking these supplements such as kelp is what I have experienced.

Ted"

05/26/2008: Joyce from Joelton, Tn replies: "A deficiency of B vitamins is another cause of underactive thyroid. A good stress tab (B complex + C & E) at meal time and bed time will soon tell you if this is the problem. The bottle will say l tab per day, but if your thyroid is that sluggish, you want to raise your vitamin levels quickly. You may even find they take you off the thyroid supplement or greatly reduce it. I recommend that anyone having weight gain problems read "The Carbohydrate Addict's Healthy Heart Program" book by the Heller's & Vagnini. There is no magic wand, pill or surgery for weight loss that does not create other health problems. Forget about diet and think about eating to improve your health & this is what this book is about!"

05/26/2008: Joyce from Joelton, Tn replies: "To T who had gallbladder removed, wt. gain and underactive thyroid: T - I should have mentioned this earlier but since Ted had touched on it, I omitted it. Your wt. gain is probably is more related to what you eat & drink, than it is to your gallbladder removal. I urge you to google both monosodium glutamate and aspartame, as both of these are connected to gross obesity. You may even be able to pull up a picture of those mice & rats who got so fat after being fed one or both of the above, you couldn't even tell they had legs. To get some realistic idea of how much of the above you are getting, print out the list of names they are hiding MSG under and to to your kitchen and read the ingredient list of everything in there to eat, drink or chew. If it says "diet" you can bet it's loaded with aspartame and salt. You cannot rely on names like "Healthy Choice" or others making the same claims to be free of either of the two above toxins noted for causing wt. gain. Even in health food stored, you have to read ingredients on the labels. I have seen processed foods, whose ads touted both " healthy and organic" that had one or both of them in it. Even worse on the diet foods, including Dr. Phil's diet candy bars. Hope this is also helpful."

I am trying to find out when you will start to notice the weight loss using vco acv bsm and will using all three be counter productive?  I have been taking all three for about three weeks and have seen no results. Hi I am trying to find out how long it takes for weight loss to happen? can you use all three in one day and should you stop taking bsm acv vco for a couple of days and then start up again. I have tried all three have no lost any weight and just feel bloated but no other side affects. I am healthy with no other ailments just need to lose some weight. please help!"

NOT LOSING WEIGHT WITH TED'S REMEDIES
05/14/2008: Sakshi writes: "Hi Ted I have been using the apple cider vinegar+bs+honey for 4 days now. I have not seen any weight loss, instead have started to feel very sleepy. Is there any thing wrong i am doing?i take 2 tbsp acv + 1 tsp honey +1/4 tsp baking soda. please let me know since i have 7 kilos to loose to get to my pre pregnancy weight. Thanks."

LOOKING FOR EXACT RECIPE FOR VINEGAR DIET
05/07/2008: Vanessa writes: "This is a question about the vinegar diet receipe as told to me by a friend. Have you heard of the vinegar, green onions, garlic and cerena pepper diet recipe? Put all in a bottle of vinegar and let sit for a few days. Then put 2-3 T. of vinegar in a 32 oz. bottle of pure water and sip throughout day. Anybody have the exact recipe? Please tell! Thank you, Vanessa "

REMEDY TIMING QUESTION
05/05/2008: Lori writes: "What happens when you take the 2 remedies on the same day,with only an hour apart? I have been doing that for months. I would take my acv in the morning and when I get to work start drinking my liter of water with 6-7 drops of h202 and sea salt in my water. Maybe that's why I'm not losing weight, I'm gaining!!"

PERI-MENOPAUSE AND WEIGHT GAIN
04/24/2008: Jennifer writes: "Hi! I am turning 42 and have entered peri-menopause. I have put on about 5 lbs in all, however, in inches I have gone up 2 sizes. It seems impossible to lose the weight or the bulk around my mid-riff. I have been doing the ACV and probiotics, so I know that I have yeast issues. Also I work out about 4 days a week so I am very fit. I am just constantly battling the wide girth. Also, would Virgin Coconut Oil help at all? and how does one take it?"

REMEDIES AND DIET NOT WORKING
04/24/2008: Christina writes: "Apple Cider Vinegar: I've been taking 2 tablespoons in 8 oz of water three times a day for a week and half now. I workout 5 days at 90 minutes (mix of cardio and weight training), 2 of those days I workout 30 minutes of just cardio. (I workout everyday) This routine has been a part of my life for over 7 years now. 2 years ago, I was a nice 137lbs, today, I am 145lbs and can't seem to get this crap off! Am I not giving the ACV time to work??? My eating habits or very healthy, I consume mostly fresh fruit and veggies and when I do decide to have some type of sugar or carb snack, it is usually just a bowl of cereal (Plane Cheerios is my favorite) I also have developed the habit of not eating after 6 pm. Generally speaking, I don't eat much, I have small healthy snacks/meals throughout the day. I've explained this to you to help you understand my frustration....when does the ACV weight loss kick in??? I should should probably mention that I am a 39 year old female...I know the older we get the harder the weight to loose. My doctor has tested thyroid and cholesterol...we were both pleased with the results. :) Oh...I have seen my skin complexion clear up...eyes seem to be clearer and I'm not tired in the afternoons like I used to be...I am seeing some results... Ok...when will I see weight loss results? Thanks for reading my question! :)"

DIETING TIPS NEEDED FOR FLUCTUATING WORK SCHEDULE
03/28/2008: Jeff writes: "Dieting. I have a question about people who work nights. I work 12 hour shifts 6-6. Every few days I'm off. How can I help my body with my fluctuating work/home schedule?"

WILL VINEGAR WITHOUT THE MOTHER WORK?
03/22/2008: Anne writes: "I'm a new convert to the benefits of ACV, and I've recently started on a bottle of organic ACV I found. It does not contain the "mother" of the vinegar, however it has not been pasteurised either - simply filtered. The reason I bought ACV was to speed up weight loss (with healthy eating and exercise), and I wanted to know - is the mother necessary for this? I read somewhere that a big part of ACV for weight loss is the pectin, which is in apples, so I don't know if the mother, which grows with the vinegar, is the main cause of burning fat or not (though it is very nutritious, I know). Would I have the same weight-loss benefits with/without the mother?"

COMBINING REMEDIES
01/02/2008: Harry writes: "Hello Ted, Thanks for your fantastic input and advice on
earthclinic.com. I have the following questions:

1. Can one take the AVC Baking Soda Remedy + Coconut Oil with Lecithin + Black Strap Molasses + Oil Pulling?

2. If you can do these 4 remedies, how should one go about it for the best result.

3. Is there an order in which you should take the remedies and at what times?

4. My aim is weight loss and increase in energy and fitness levels. Are these the correct remedies I have selected?

Thank you."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Harry: The remedy can often be combined together of ACV, Baking soda, coconut oil, lecithin, oil pulling but this doesn't occur at the same time. The coconut oil is used in cooking, or added to the food. The lecithin is taken along with foods. The ACV plus Baking soda is taken twice a day. The oil pulling occurs between brushing. The black strap molasses should be dilute in a liter drinking water, so this won't effect the blood sugar spikes. Hence for best results, it is placed into the daily routine as mentioned.

The order is already mentioned, but ACV and baking soda, schedule might be moved, in case it causes drowsiness in some cases during the morning hours. Generally it won't but if it does, it can be taken in the early evening and late evening, which is still twice a day. It should also be noted that the 2 tablespoons of ACV and 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water are minimum dose that can be started. However, if pH meter is available it may require 2 tablespoon of ACV plus 1/2 teaspoon, usually for men might require larger doses since larger build and weight is linked to larger dose.

The other addition to the remedy is some vitamin B complex (B50) and sodium ascorbate vitamin C 1000 is at least be taken, at least once or twice a week since people quite often is deficient in water soluble vitamins.

If the intention of weight loss is the objective, sometimes this won't achieve it, and for a good reason: certain dietary changes and eating habits are important too.

In some cases doing the above remedy may result in short term weight gain from increased in appetite. This has to occur because the body's chemistry is messed up and the body tries to deal with other problems, but weight may reduce later on.

Most weight loss program are quite dangerous if caloric restriction is only considered, which often results in vitamin B deficiency (in particular B1 Thiamine) and vitamin C, leading to heart attack. Many celebrities die this way too. Karen Carpenter (Stillman Diets resulted in anorexia bulimia from B3 deficiency), Paul Lynde Comedian (Weight Watchers, Thiamine B1 deficiency), Mammas and Papas, Maria Cass Elliot (don't know which diet program, but sodium/potassium imbalance and vitamin B deficiency), Laurel & Hardy - of Oliver Hardy (sodium/potassium imbalance, possible B deficiency).

As you can see in many cases the death is caused by water soluble vitamin deficiency and electrolyte imbalance.

My remedy for various sickness usually deals with electrolyte imbalance and pH, which is the most common sickness in Western diets, followed by water soluble vitamin supplements.

The newer weight loss program also have its share of death and sickness, Atkins (death from high cholesterol heart attacks), Hallelujah Diet (death from electrolyte imbalance, low sodium), Paleolithic Diet (no death yet, but kidney stones, some similarity to Atkins Diet), South Beach Diet (problems of related Alzheimer from use of polyunsaturated fats at high temperature cooking, metabolic acidosis, electrolyte and balanced amino acid issues) but I much rather refrain from going further to avoid conflicts, but I just wanted to say only that health prevention first and weight loss second.

If weight loss is given prime objective, provided, that health problems are handled where a deficiency of vitamin and electrolytes are already taken care of, then certain dietary habits should be considered before supplements are considered. Most of the post 1990 obesity are actually related to fructose (corn syrup), monosodium glutamate (without sufficient taurine to offset hypothalmic damage.

While the post 1980s obesity were more related to dietary chemical sugar substitute, such as aspartame, causing sugar control to be out of whack, by damaging the ability of the body to control blood sugar. And even more demeaning is the post 1960s which came from monosodium glutamate, fructose, Bisphenol-A estrogen found now in nearly all canned food and packaged foods leading to obesity.Hence the avoidance of those would help. Henceforth it is best to eat a very early dinner.

Assuming all those were considered, I believe the cause of obesity, after considering the above cause, is due to hormonal and amino acid imbalances. Just avoid the bad fats and sugars or high glycemic food. Protein, amino acids and certain hormone supplements seemed to work the best. For me it was DHEA 25 mg x 1 or 2 times, 100 mg alpha lipoic acid x 2 times a day, 2000 mg of taurine, 1 tablespoon of l-carnitine before exercise, 1-2 tablespoon of L-glutamine. The weight gain will be from the muscle mass, while fat portions will be reduce. So using weight as an objective is a poor measure if we don't consider muscle mass in relation to body fat.

Basically it is the body builders who actually solved most of the problem of obesity, quietly away from all the hype. Most of these supplements can be found in a body builders store and then some. I can't quite possibly covered everything, but lecithin is an important component that's not covered by these people, in relation to weight loss."

QUESTIONS ABOUT APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
08/11/2007: K writes: "dear ted, i just saw ur mail in the morning and to my surprise there were tears on my eyes! how can i ever thank you and repay this....? I am so grateful to you for REPLYING to me. There is just one more question about how to take the ACV/BS 3times a day. (2 tbsp ACV & 1/4 tsp BS in 1/2 glass of water) this mixture has to be prepared once and taken two times or prepared differently three times? Sorry for disturbing you,"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "It's best to prepare each time it is taken so that it remains fresh and free from spoilage. Once the ACV's acidity is neutralize its shelf life is reduced considerably and hence I always prepare it each time I need it.

It is usually sensible when taking acv and baking soda the first time that it is taken just twice a day instead of three times a day. Once the body gets used to it a couple of days, then it maybe increased to three times a day. "

i hope you would take my mail into consideration and expecting your PRECIOUS answer for all my dream to come true! PLEASE!!! thanking you in advance."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "As to your questions:

1. how should be ACV used in my case to lose weight and stomach?

Apple cider vinegar has to be mixed with baking soda where the dose is 2 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water, taken twice a day.

Apple cider vinegar and baking soda works by alkalizing the body, reducing the constipation and therefore reduced bloating in the stomach from reduced constipation.

The remedy is generally mild and ideally it should be taken 3 times a day, but most people have problems on three times a day due to work schedules and therefore two times a day is also acceptable.

During pregnancy a mother's biggest problem is the excess toxin buildup due to waste that the body cannot get rid of a quickly whenever the baby grows inside the mother's womb.

As a result certain detoxifying toxin removal such as apple cider vinegar and baking soda will at least restore the body from excess acidosis, which is quite common (haven't seen one who is not!) during term pregnancy. The acetate portion of the vinegar (sodium acetate, after reacting with the baking soda) is also detoxifying much like how natural acetylation by the liver in detoxifying substances.

2. i'm breastfeeding, is ok to use ACV?

Apple cider vinegar is considered as a food and if mixed with baking soda will at least reduce the excess acidity created by the apple cider vinegar. If taken as a drink or added in salad, it can therefore be considered a form of food, but a modified form where it helps modify the body's imbalances of excess toxicity and acidosis.

3. how soon can the first results be seen after taking ACV?

It takes generally between one to two weeks to see some improvements, but mostly the constipation problems even a mild one should be noted through improved bowel movements, and hence greater toxins if it is unloaded, the body's excess retention for water is generally reduced as well. f you are observant, whenever a person has a bowel movement the body also gets rid of excess urine. Therefore more frequent bowel movement the body also tends to unload excess water retention at the same time. Apparently the extra amount of water the body retains is to neutralize whatever is in the bowels, once the bowels clears up, excess water retention reduces and any stomach distension is hereby reduced.

In case weight loss is a real problem, I would probably avoid eating during dinner hours, since this is the time when the body doesn't do any activities and the fats and sugars get stored. As a result eating only very light meals, such as apples, or salads (with apple cider vinegar and some baking soda - to reduce excess acidity) are some of the things that can be substituted during the dinner/supper period. Sleeping late is also not helpful as the later you sleep the more food is actually consumed during late hours causing the liver to store more fats resulting in congestion. Ted"

FUCOXANTHIN AND OOLONG TEA BENEFITS, IF ANY
08/02/2007: K writes: "Hey Ted! It's been another month or so since I last checked in with you and I am happy to report all distension is gone!! After five miserable months (and for the second time, I might add) my tummy is finally normal! You are my hero! I don't have the money for the expensive DNA stool testing that discovered the E. Coli and Candida (and other fat bugs) to prove I am healed, so I am crossing my fingers that they are under control. I have kept on with the ACV/baking soda, and occasional lemon juice/bs, and still add some sea salt and bs to my drinking water occasionally just to be safe. I started the glutamine and ALA, and also lecithin and DHEA for weight loss, but I never found B5 which I know you said is important so I am going to check with a compounding pharmacy. Haven't weighed myself recently but pretty sure I have lost a few more pounds, but it's not fast enough for me! I am assuming it takes awhile for the supplements above to actually take effect and cause actual fat loss? Well, no letter of mine would be complete without a question or two....what is your opinion on fucoxanthin and it's ability to burn fat? It's being heavily touted here in the states as the new miracle supplement. And, what about oolong tea? I think that is it for now. Thanks again for EVERYTHING, you saved my life!"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "I feel very happy to hear that distension is gone with the remedy!

Weight loss is a difficult issue and worthy of long discussion. As a result I posted a long topic on obesity on earthclinic that you might visit.

assuming it takes awhile for the supplements above to actually take effect and cause actual fat loss? Well, no letter of mine would be complete without a question or two....what is your opinion on fucoxanthin and it's ability to burn fat?

While they do result in some weight loss, most Asians don't know they are fucoxanthin, but they do add the brown seaweed in soups. I do it often myself. But the weight loss I see is not so great when compared to avoding sugar and avoiding fats and alkalizing the body.

If you are a good observers why Asians don't get fat, they eat when compared to the Western counterparts more protein (fishes and soy protein), more vegetables, and more complex carbohydrates (rice). If you have difficulty remember them, just picture a rice porridge with fishes and vegetables with a soy milk next to them or perhaps some tofu. Italians are not that fat either if we compared against U.S. of course, since their complex carbs consist of pasta which is actually less acid forming than bleached white bread and salami. Cheese in my opinion is the worse of the bunch and pizza are not generally helpful because of the white bread and the cheese. French also eats higher portion of protein despite higher portion of fats then do U.S. but they have the advantage of consuming LESS high glycemic simple carbohydrates.

The Western fast foods are more on high fats (bacons and salami, and cheese), less vegetables and more simple carbohydrates with high glycemic index (cola). The other I found is 90% of all foods we eat are acid forming as well. So at least my theory behind obesity is actually a very simple one that everyone seem to overlook (vegetable, complex carbs and fishes) or that no one sees it coming (the acid forming foods)

There is three basic groups that helps with weight loss. It is the protein, vegetables and complex carbonhydrates.

Basically it is mostly protein rich foods and amino acid supplements are more likely to burn the fats, especially foods we eat that comes from fishes, such as sardines, tuna, etc. The portion of protein rich food can also come from soy protein and some whey protein as well.

A high protein foods requires vitamin B complex supplements even if the B5 is not found. Most amino acids and protein supplements causes the body to burn fats and control sugars. It is the sugars and fats that blocks the liver uptake of amino acid which is required to burn fats, detox the body and control the sugar for example. Most amino acids are like that. DHEA and lecithin are the simpler ways of loosing some weight, and it is also true of alkalizing the body. I found that sometimes boron supplements (in form of borax) taken only 1/8 teaspoon in one liter of water and taking plenty of baking soda, such as 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda twice a day, will also resulted in weight loss fairly quickly. The actions of boron has some ability to control metabolism as it is found in the parathyroid system, as well as raising some metabolic system I have noticed. Some people might be more sensitive and can take only once a week, some are more enthusiastic and take them 4 or 5 days out of a week. So I can't say what's the best, but one boron does cause some losses in appetite, but the same can be said for taking zinc gluconate supplements and certain amino acids such as L-phenylalanine, or even bee pollen taken as a food, either once a day or twice a day or whenever hunger pains are there seems to reduce appetite also.

Alkalizing effect of both baking soda and boron is causes more frequent bowel movement is probably why weight loss is seen since it stays less time in the body the body can therefore remove toxins faster.

In general, if my budget is limited in getting weight loss, I would rather concentrate myself on eating tuna salads, avoid cheese, take lecithin and baking soda. DHEA and alpha lipoic have helped me greatly.

There are certain mineral supplements that have shown the body to burn fats faster using sodium tungstate (which can be several hundred grams), and there are in fact many amino acids and protein supplements that cause weight loss. The issue is protein and amino acids increases muscle mass while reducing the fat, so while weight loss might be seen, a weight gain is possible from muscle mass as well from the higher protein from fishes. It is still important to get a good source of fishes relatively free of contaminants of course. In fact I quite often feed my dog with sardines to help weight loss and reduce the dog's constant hunger. Apparently fish diets triggers the brain to stop eating faster than a meat diet because the brain don't count calories, it counts the completeness of the amino acids. Amino acids get short cheated if sugar was added since the amino acid uptake is quite often reduced by 1/3 with the usual cafe diet or cafeteria diet and as a result people eat more.

being heavily touted here in the states as the new miracle supplement. And, what about oolong tea?

The only miracle weight loss thing I have seen is actually the human growth hormones and amino acid supplements. But HGH are like playing with fire, and they are way to expensive for a lot of people, including me. However amino acid supplements and high protein supplements from fishes, and vegetables and complex carbohydrates are affordable and more realistic.

Ted

If I forget any other questions, just email me!"

BLOCKING FAT ABSORPTION
06/22/2007: P writes: "I AM A 52 YEAR OLD WOMAN AND I DO HAVE HBP. I CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED ON MY ACV. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I WILL GET BACK TO YOU IN 2 WKS TO LET YOU KNOW HOW I AM DOING. I ALSO NEED TO LOSE WT. I AM AT 224LBS. THAT WOULD HELP ALSO FOR ME TO LOSE THE WEIGHT. I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO PULL FOR ME. I ALSO BOUGHT THE HIP HOP ABS, SO I AM SERIOUS!"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Usually when a person wishes to lose weight, my observation has been to avoid eating large meals after 5 p.m. The apple cider vinegar remedy is usually 2 tablespoons, plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda, in 1/2 glass of water taken once in the morning and once before bedtime.

Personally my problems of overweight is an acidosis problem and hormonal problem. Generally fatty and oily foods tend to block normal hormones and this may create overweight, especially when normal human growth hormones are blocked by the oily food. Since the body generally have difficulty getting rid of oily foods, for me I take 1 tablespoon of granulated powdered lecithin x 2 times a day."

QUESTION ABOUT CARBS
04/10/2007: Lynn writes: "Besides sugar and wheat, you mention that one must cut carbohydrates to lose weight. By 'carbohydrates' I assume you do not mean fresh vegetables and fruits, even though they are technically carbs. So when you say 'carbs' are you referring to all grains? And what else?"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Lynn: Only simple carbohydrates and acid forming foods need to be avoided, not carbohydrates across the board. Check the glycemic index of foods below 50. The higher ones 51 to 100 should be avoided.

There are simple carbohydrates and there are complex carbohydrates as measured on a glycemic index. You won't avoid all carbohydrates, you merely be choosy about what kinds of carbohydrates. The ones to avoid are the simple carbohydrates.

In other words there are good carbohydrates and there are bad carbohydrates, just like good cholesterol (HDL) and bad cholesterol, good fats and bad fats. But the bad and the good is not black and white. For example you need a lot of minerals in balance, but obviously some minerals are toxic generally and should be avoided, such as mercury, cadmium, and lead.

On the glycemic index, you will generally choose those that have minimum effect on blood sugar. Therefore, the foods that have low glycemic index are desireable, since it needs a lot of time for the body to break them into simple sugars.

The ones that is most dangerous to us are the simple carbohydrates, such as sugar, fructose, glucose, for example. Those are high glycemic index which is between 51 to 100. Pure sugar is about 100. Therefore those that affect your blood sugar the most should be avoided. However for whole fruits there are some differences as their glycemic index could be low or high depending on the sugar content.

It is quite possible to actually loose weight just eating complex carbohydrates. There was a book out called "The Rice Diet" which was developed in 1939 and consisted basically of eating rice, low fat and low salt. Actually though, common table salt is acid forming. The pH is about 5, while sea salt is about 8. Taking too much sea salt and baking soda can lead to diarrhea. So sodium retention do not occur in any event when what you are taking has an alkalinity where its pH is 8 or above.

Asians have been eating rice for centuries and obesity is still low, until of course they switched to western fast food, such as fried chickens, french fries and avoided eating local dishes. Of course, some people are fat even when the were a child, but that may not be the genes either. Since baby vaccinations contains, besides mercury and aluminum, is the monosodium glutamate. In laboratory rats of weanlings, if you inject them with monosodium glutamate the rat will always be obese. So practically speaking, vaccination with MSG may cause obesity by destroying the appetite center in your brain, the hypothalamus, which they do and that's why there's food binge whenever you eat potato chips and other processed food. Most processed food have them and it helps with their sales and market share a lot. One of the best selling fast food, at least in Thailand is the fried chicken, and they also have the highest amounts of monosodium glutamate added. So to reduce weight, avoid all MSG food.

Fruit juices causes the blood sugar to go up quite fast, and should be avoided. When you take them, it causes the blood sugar to go up in spikes after you eat and this can readily be seen by urinary sugar using Brix, or on a microscope looking at the blood. If you do this, you will find that too much simple carbohydrates is not good, too much fats in general is not good, being the most important ones.

On the other hand whole fruits are high in fibers which luckily fibers act as buffers that causes the body to absorb sugar rather slowly and hence is acceptable depending on the sweetness or the sugar content of the fruits. Obviously, fruits that are less sweet such as guava, apples, for example are o.k. while fruits that are very sweet such as pineapples should be avoided. So in event you ate something sweet one easy tip is to drink plenty of water to dilute the sugar so the sugar spikes is minimized into your blood. How much water to drink to dilute them, for me is simple since I have a brix refractometer. However, if you don't have it, there is a way to calculate. The body has 20 grams of reserved sugar. A human has approximately 5 liters of blood. So the sugar concentration is about 20/5000 x 100 = 0.4%. To be fair, let's just say about 0.5% sugar concentration to keep things simple. This is only a ball park figure.

Therefore in event you are drinking coke with 10 grams of sugar, you need to drink about 2.5 liters of water so that body's blood sugar is not affected, or you walk for 7.5 minutes necessary to burn the 10 grams of sugar out. I would much prefer not to cause the body to spike the sugar, than burn them, it still causes havoc to the body. So a reasonable amount of sugar that I think is safe is when you add sufficient dilution to about 0.5% concentration, roughly speaking! If you are wondering about me, if I were to eat something sweet I will keep drinking the water until the sweet after taste or sweet tongue disappear to make sure the blood sugar is effected minimally. Therefore when eating don't horde, if you do, reducing weight is difficult because biochemical mess occurs everytime you eat. To prevent that, whenever you eat, drink plenty of water before, during and after. I can present all the calculations to determine how much water to drink at a meal, but I think this would merely confuse you. Just keep things simple first.

In general eating fruits along with vegetables will buffer the body or reduce the body to uptake sugar reducing the sugar spikes in the blood. Vegetable fibers kind of act like a sponge when the body tries to absorb sugar. It is the same when you add food thickeners to all your drinks to lower sugar uptake such as agar, apple pectin, gelatin, for example.

However, weight loss requires somewhat of a three dimensional chess. You need to avoid the high glycemic index food, but at the same time avoid acid forming foods being just as equally important. Acid forming foods do have high glycemic index, but acid forming foods are also are high in halogens, low on alkaline metals. One example is white flour. A good flour should be whole wheat flour, but still they are somewhat acid forming still.

Avoiding them, and strict dietary controls are obviously difficult, but you can avoid certain obvious ones, such as fried food, french fries, fried chicken, excess fats, cola, and fruit juices.

Also supplementing with baking soda, apple cider vinegar to further keep the pH in control are most important, at least for me. The second most important once the pH is in control is the drinking enough water and getting a good balance of electrolytes.

However in a weight loss, just concentrate on the basics:

1. Avoid sugar generally
2. Avoid fried food
3. Take baking soda and apple cider vinegar
4. Achieve the targeted urinary pH of 7.0
5. Drink plenty of water
6. Avoid all MSG food, which means processed foods, which obviously means fast foods.
7. Be careful of vaccinations with MSG added.

Doing those you should generally be sufficient. One other thing that helps is granulated powdered lecithin one tablespoon, and try to add food thickeners to protect changes in blood sugar spikes that generally occur after eating. The most important ones to consider are the sugars and the fats. There are others, but the topic here is beyond this email discussion.

Ted"

SIDE EFFECTS FROM APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
03/04/2007: Pen writes: "I came across this site and decided to try the ACV for weight loss. It's too soon to notice weight loss effects, I think. What I would like to ask about is a certain stomach discomfort that comes and goes. I don't know if it is because I'm taking too much of the ACV. I started off with teaspoons but then I thought I would take more so I started taking 3 Tbs 1 of honey. The night I took the 3 tablespoons I didn't feel a certain discomfort... I was in pain until I drank a glass of milk. Today I feel fine, except for the occasional discomfort which I have found subsides a little when I salivate and swallow more. I'm wondering if I should go ahead and add the baking soda. I'm confident, because of what I have read in this site, that it won't alter the effects of the ACV. I would like to get some information on this. Thank you very much for all the insight I've been able to find on this site. Pen"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "The milk tends to neutralize the acid buildup of the ACV. You would get much better results just taking 2 tablespoons of ACV plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and then add about 1/2 glass of water. Allow the fizz to settle down, and often taken on an empty stomach 3 times a day or before meals by 1 or more hours."

APPLE CIDER VINEGAR AND BLOOD TYPE
01/11/2007: Shelly writes: "I have tried ACV for quite a while and like some readers, never lose any weight while my friends lose quite a bit. Then I read Eat Right for Your Type by Dr Dadamo and found out that ACV is only beneficial to those who are O blood type. I did some checking up and found that those who got results and benefited from taking ACV were all O blood types. No wonder it did not help me at all. I am an AB type."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Shelly: The problem about the theory of blood O groups being more fitted to eat meat, the A blood group are more fitted to eat vegetables, B blood group does well with dairy, while ABs maybe vegetables are fitted for possibly dairy and vegetables is based on the argument that our ancestors who were O blood group were primarily hunters who eat meat, while the ancestors of A group eat vegetables were adapted to do that is problematic. There is no link between blood group and a specific diet. The only link I can see is the supposition of what our ancestors was eating. If you do biological terrain and eat what is right type, the blood samples drawn 30 minutes will show you it's not working in practice. The blood once dried on a microscope slides will clump. The only way to allow the blood to exist in colloidal solution and not stick with each other is not to eat too much oily foods, regardless of the blood type. Fast food is hardly healthy even for blood O group or any other blood group. Can you tell me what blood group can eat french fries, cokes and hamburgers all day will be healthy?

The other argument is that it counters plain common sense. Most Western developed countries are of O group, but then most of them are fat from excessive meat consumption.

The people at least at earthclinic are primarily O group people anyway, yet I would eat 70%-80% green leafy vegetables and whole fruits to treat many strange conditions from candida to lupus to bird fever, for one reason: they are alkaline forming. Bacteria fungus, and viruses thrive in one environment: acid environments. Sea water are quite sterile and the world's sea water, is not a coincidence that its pH is between 7.5-8.5. If the sea water was within your urine of 5.5, I am sure it will be teeming with candida, fungus, bacteria and other deadly viruses. Most sewer water are usually acid and high in heavy metals.

The urine samples indicate that our diets is too acid forming with 90% of the people's urine pH is below normal, where the normal pH is between 6.5- 7.35. If the acid forming food exists, the kidney digest itself from too much acid and you get kidney disease. In fact my relative who was scheduled to get kidney removed had apparently gone into complete "remission" after taking 3000 mg of baking soda tablets (here we call it soda mint) for three days only.

Therefore, if you want something more basic than our ancestors than how about our first ancestors that existed for billions of years (instead of a couple of thousands on the ancestral argument) that first existed in sea water, where the pH of ancient sea water resembles our own blood at about 7.35? So it would seem that the best diet for all groups is alkalinity and sea salts rich with minerals straight from the sea.

As to the weight loss issue, just measure your urine pH it will tell a complete story. Your urine pH is quite likely below 7.0 (there is a near 100% probability). So raising your urinary pH from ACV AND baking soda to an optimal theoretical 7.35 would in fact reduce the weight by reducing the time it takes for the food to spend too much time in the stomach, reducing excess formation of harmful bacteria and excess sodium retention. Sodium is alkaline forming which is WHY, the body need to retain them, to stabilize the pH. If on the other hand taking more sodium but in the form of baking soda, and a pinch of potassium citrate would in fact lower the sodium retention since the bicarbonates level will displace the sodium so that the body doesn't need to retain them to stabilize the pH.

A much easier way is a good natural sea salt. The best ones are light brown and quite sweaty and those pH when mixed in water averages about pH of 8. If you think sea salt does nothing, it does, just go here:
http://www.oceanplasma.org/documents/cases.html

SO it would seem the pH issue is more basic then just the blood type. Ted"

APPLE CIDER VINEGAR AND BAKING SODA
12/04/2006: Maha writes: "hi ted, i read everything about ACV and the use of baking soda with it.. But what i'd like to know is it suitable for me for a weight loss as i tried every pills for weight loss and also i think i wont be able to have ACV alone without baking soda,as once i had plane lemon juice with half a glass of water i got terrible pain and felt burning sensation in my stomach. I also suffered from severe constipation and am scared to take anything that would further worsen my stomach. As to what detailed explanation you've given about ACV with B'soda, i think it will help me too?.M i rite?what do u suggest please help me.M fighting hard to lose weight but all in vain .I really feel sad about it.Also i've become very lazy to work.What do u suggest?.Should i go for it?.how long should i continue its use once am cured?.Is it also suitable for my mother as she's having terrible joint pain specially her knee?.is this safe for her or should she can just have ACV alone in food?.Her stomach is fine though. Please answer me .I'll be grateful to u. Maha"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Maha: You want weight loss?

First, stop eating all bread, white flour plus anything sweet. Never eat after 5.00 p.m. for at least 2 months. Now watch your weight go down. Drink 1/4 teaspoon of REAL sea salt in ONE liter of purified water. The sea salt I found was very alkaline forming, while table salt is very acid forming. If salt is acid forming, it causes weight gain.

once i had plain lemon juice with half a glass of water i got terrible pain and felt burning sensation in my stomach

Doing that will never work. You need to neutralize the acid with baking soda.

Also i've become very lazy to work.What do u suggest?

I get more diligent every time I take vitamin B5 500 mg, and B8 500 mg. They cause the body to produced its own adrenal hormones thus stopping the "burn out issues".

Is it also suitable for my mother as she's having terrible joint pain specially her knee?.

It is quite safe. But apply geranium oil to the joints EVERY 15 minutes for 8 applications, generously. Then take glucosamine sulfate. The pain will be substantially reduced. Sorry, not much time in explaining the theories behind all this. Ted"

DIETING AND EXERCISING WITHOUT LOSING WEIGHT
11/21/2006: Katherine writes: "i really am desperate. I experience extreme pain during my period and am never normal after it or before the next one. i am stressed and depressed, angry, miserable, etc. i gain weight despite dieting and exercise. my face looks horrible! i eat organic foods and a lot of fish and take vitamins. not only are my periods hell on earth, but lately i've been dieting and exercising and losing absolutely nothing and if i eat literally one hundred calories more than normal, i gain and i gain up to 10 pounds before my cycle. can anyone help? please??? i am so desperate; it's no fun living like this. thank you for your time."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Katherine: First you need to stop with all sweets. This includes all fruit juices, including cranberry, apple juice, and sweet tasting fruits. One possible exception is apple cider vinegar.

Secondly you are going to have to modify the apple cider vinegar formula. Take 2 tablespoon and add 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda to 1/2 glass of water. You can take twice a day. The other formula that is helpful is to take one whole freshly lemon and add baking soda until the fizz stops then add the water to 1/2 glass of water. You can add an extra baking sod for good measure. This is always better.

Third, avoid all foods that are fried foods.

The reason your body has uncontrollable weight is you need to control the pH and the ORP. Nearly all foods you eat, are oxidizing. Many vitamins and minerals don't work because it doesn't dissolve in your stomach within 15 minutes. You need to find vitamins and minerals either in liquid form or softgel capsules. The other problem is you need to avoid calcium. Take magnesium supplements instead. The body has problems metabolizing them.

Fourth, eat plenty of kelp or seaweed. This will raise the body's iodine level and increase the metabolism.

The above simple recommendation should normalize most biological parameter to normal.

The next step is to reduce your weight. To do this, take 200 mg. of alpha lipoic acid with about 5-10 mg of biotin, plus vitamin B complex everyday. Sometimes glycine supplements 2000 mg and 12.5 mg. of DHEA taken per day (as opposed to 25 mg) will help for certain people. However, you can take another safer better substitute that does almost the same thing as DHEA for weight loss: vitamin B5 (I prefer the panthenol kind, non-calcium, but I am sure you won't find easily either, so maybe a suitable substitute is in order) The vitamin B5, is preferred at 1500 mg/day. Glycine and niacinamide B3 (200 mg) increases the body's growth hormone and it taken during the night. Melatonin can also be taken during the night and some people may like it, but I prefer it be taken once a week, the bare minimum!

Finally for protein source of food, just stop eating meat and take it only once a week and eat fish instead.' Ted.

 

P.S. Your weight should be normalized in first month and the weight loss will be noticed on the second month following this simple recommendation. One important factor I forgot, in addition, do not forget to take zinc acetate/zinc chloride/zinc gluconate 25/day supplements three days per week as well as magnesium 250 mg/day also three days per week. They are necessary to get the body to normal. The chromium, vanadium and tungsten are important for sugar regulation and it helps if you can find it!"

SKIN ON STOMACH AND ARMS LOOSE FROM WEIGHT LOSS
11/20/2006: Lee writes: "Hi, I have a question that I haven't seen addressed, so I thought I would ask. Maybe some readers would have some suggestions on it. I have been going to the gym and dieting. In the last couple of months I have lost over 30lbs, still have another 50 to go. My problem is the skin on my stomach and arms are all loose and flabby now. I know it will take time for the skin to somewhat catch up to the weight loss, but I was was wondering what I can do to help it along. I have tried some creams and that, but have broken out in rashes from most of them. I am taking ACV three times a day as it is now. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance for any help you can give me!"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Lee, When you do exercises, it would seem like the fat was not replaced with the muscle buildup which may lower the flabby skin, or that the body becomes dehydrated. Whatever the condition, a quick weight loss as this one will cause the release of both heavy metals, and toxins buildup which the body have great difficulty in getting rid of as it is a fat soluble toxins. Heavy metals tend to be hydrophobic and also stays in fat cells. The liver therefore accumulates both metal and toxic oils, usually chemical compounds, as such your skin breaks out in rashes.

Apple cider vinegar will detoxify some toxins in many ways reducing some rashes, but you may need to take plenty of lecithin, a fat emulsifier to allow the body to rid itself of both heavy metals and toxic fat soluble chemicals easier. The preferred lecithin is granulated powdered lecithin, taken 3 times a day at one tablespoon on empty stomach, to help remove toxin buildup in the body. Some oral EDTA will help remove some heavy metals too. Do some oil pulling to help pull out the metals, but you need to add one drop of peppermint oil before doing oil pulling to help remove extra toxins.

Finally, most people who do exercise, in some cases, because of taking too much proteins, then taking some sodium bicarbonate with a little potassium bicarbonate (10%) will help alkalize the body as exercise tend to cause acid buildup from lactic acid. Therefore, take about 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/2 glass of water three times a day or since you are already taking Apple cider vinegar, you can take 2 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda