Bette Dowdell: Too Pooped To Participate - The Juice & The Evidence

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Open up, Carlene. It's Bette!The Juice and The Evidence POMWonderful LLC makes pomegranate juice. And, as it happens, there's about a ton and a half of independent research that points out the amazing health benefits of this wondrous elixir. Which research was successfully kept out of sight by medicine's poobahs. I mean, they don't want the peasants to know their side-effect-laden, often ineffective, pharmaceuticals can easily be replaced by a jug of juice. FDA rules prevented POMWonderful from making health claims in their advertising, evidence or no evidence. Can't have that. But since the research was completely independent of the company, POMWonderful posted it on their web site. Well, now, that's skating on FDA-thinned ice. Then the fatal error: POMWonderful put its web site address on their bottles of juice. That invited ordinary citizens, who deserve no privileges at all, to read all about what pomegranate juice could do for them. The FDA erupts The FDA saw this small-print affront as the equivalent of putting up a huge, blinking neon sign in Times Square. How dare they! And so the battle was joined. The FDA, with bottomless pockets, against a small company. That's the FDA's idea of fair fight. An FDA letter to POMWonderful said their juice was marketed for conditions "not amenable to self-diagnosis and treatment by individuals who are not medical practitioners." In other words, we peasants are too stupid to know what's good for us. This from an agency that put the seal of approval on Vioxx! The web site address came off the bottle. But deep in the bowels of government, the harassment goes on. Who know where it will end? So let's talk about this. The history of pomegranates and health Ayurveda, India's ancient medical practice, started using pomegranates for healing thousands of years ago–with good results. So this is no ny-come-lately stuff. And they kept good records, so it means we're talking about verified results going back for all those years. Ayurveda used pomegranate seeds. Anybody who can chomp through a mouthful of those babies deserves to get well. Some people like them, but they make my eyes cross and my mouth pucker. Juice from concentrate Juice from the seeds can work equally well, unless it comes from a concentrate. Fresh juice loses a lot of its oomph through the concentration process. A whole lot. And that goes for any juice. Juice from concentrate is but a shadow of its former self. And that's the deal with POMWonderful. It comes from fresh juice, not the weakened, concentrated stuff. As far as I know, it's the only fresh pomegranate juice going. So it's the only one with the power and the glory to do what we need it to do. Stores aren't wild about fresh juices. Costco stopped carrying POMWonderful after deciding its shelf life was too short. Now they offer a pomegranate juice made from concentrate–which doesn't do squat. Costco and the FDA probably hope you never find out the juice-from-concentrate part of the story. What pomegranate does Here's the deal: Pomegranates and fresh pomegranate juice prevent and heal cancer, especially estrogen-based cancers such as breast and prostate cancer. In fact, while the FDA bludgeons POMWonderful, the U.S. Institutes of Health web site talks about pomegranate's ability to cause tumor cell death. And cancer isn't the whole story. Pomegranates and fresh pomegranate juice also fight infection and heart disease. That's totally huge for everybody, but especially dialysis patients. Most kidney disease patients die of treatment-related heart problems or infections. And pomegranates start mopping up problems before you even know you have them. How much does it take You don't have to turn purple from drinking gallons of the stuff. One study saw great results from a daily shot-glass-full of pomegranate juice. I should probably mention that pomegranate juice packs a taste wallop, too. Adding water helps it go down. I add about three or four parts water to one part POMWonderful. Except for one downside, you can drink as much pomegranate juice as you wish. The Downside POMWonderful has a big downside for endocrine people, specifically those with adrenal exhaustion. It's loaded with potassium, and adrenal exhaustion almost surely means your potassium's already out of whack. You don't need more potassium. While POMWonderful doesn't get its amazing oomph from potassium, it sure has a lot of it. If you drink POMWonderful–or anything loaded with potassium–and unexplained weariness sets in some time later, think potassium. Yes, you can still drink pomegranate juice, but you have to balance out the potassium. Even without endocrine problems, potassium can get out of whack from drinking great bunches of pomegranate juice–or anything else loaded with potassium. Again, you'll need to balance it out. (Balancing is another topic for another day, but it's discussed in my e-book Pep for the Pooped: Vitamins and Minerals Your Body Is Starving For (http://PepForThePooped.com), which is available by itself and also as a part of the Moving to Health program. (http://MovingtoHealth.com) Meanwhile, tell the world about the wonders of pomegranates and fresh pomegranate juice. Publicity can shine light into dark corners of political influence. Until next time then.God is good, Bette Dowdell http://TooPoopedToParticipate.com P.S. Remember. I'm not a doctor, just a patient like you. Luckily for both of us, I've been studying this stuff for years. Knowledge is power. Moving to Health My new program teaches you, step by step, what you need to know to become your own health advocate. How your body works, how to tell when it's not working and what to do about it. You can read about the Moving to Health program at http://MovingToHealth.com and listen to me talk about it at http://budurl.com/yw7w. Check out Pep for the Pooped: Vitamins and Minerals Your Body Is Starving For–and get a free, sample chapter–at http://PepForThePooped.com Consult with Bette by phone. Details at Consult With Bette. Please forward this e-zine to friends and family. Everybody needs all the health help they can get. If a friend forwarded this e-mail to you, you can get on board by clicking here.Always consult your doctor about health issues. Bette Dowdell is not a doctor or other medical professional, and the content of the Too Pooped To Participate e-zine should not be viewed as healthcare diagnosis, treatment regimen or any other prescribed healthcare instruction. It is provided as general information only and no action should be taken based solely on the contents of this letter.

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