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Asparagus Soup

We all know that when we eat asparagus we can smell it in our urine.  Asparagus helps to channel toxins out of our blood through our kidneys.  The kidneys act as an amazing filtration system, filtering about 1/5 of the blood that enters the kidney each time.  Here is a bit from Wikipedia telling us what things the kidney filters. So if you want to give less work cut back on processed meats that are high in salt, cut back on sugars and fruit high in sugar because the kidney needs to filter all that glucose. Also "eat clean". Less processed foods and foods difficult to digest.  "The kidney participates in the control of the volume of various body fluid compartments, fluid osmolality, acid-base balance, various electrolyte concentrations, and removal of toxins. Filtration occurs in the glomerulus: one-fifth of the blood volume that enters the kidneys is filtered. Examples of substances reabsorbed are solute-free water, sodium, bicarbonate, glucose, and amino acids. Exampl

Why we should Not Eat AND Watch TV

Why we should Not Eat AND Watch TV He always wore his Indian garb when seeing clients. He was representing a lineage unbroken for thousands of years.  And he was always late for his first client because he had to say all his prayers before starting healing recommendations. She had been waiting impatiently. A busy woman with so many demands on her time. As she strode into the consultation room he could feel the tension around her energy field as she proceeded to outline her serious medical condition. He sat calmly looking at her with deep brown soulful eyes. “Please give me your arm , ” he said. Placing three fingers on her wrist he went into a silent space where he found the knowingness.  “Other arm please.” He was still and meditative. She was tense and anxious. “Do you watch TV while you eat?”   he asked. “What?!!”   she exploded. I just paid $150 dollars for a medical consultation because I have an autoimmune disease and you want to know my TV watching habits?”    He

Liver issues

If I say liver what do you think of,   fried onions or the seat of the soul?   I was one of those weird kids who loved my mother’s fried liver and onions.   But it was only much later in my life that are really started loving the liver.   Not on my plate but because of all the amazing things it does in our body.   I was sitting in an Ayurvedic workshop with one of the wisest men I had ever met.   He was kind, funny, and carried the wisdom of the Shaka Vansya Ayurved lineage that dated back 5000 years.   They even say that his ancestors were the wise men that arrived with gifts for the baby Jesus.   I was fortunate to be sitting listening when Vaidya (wise man/healer) said that all the dumb food we eat, the liver has the big job of turning it into intelligent blood. That was the start of a long journey understanding digestion and all it various components.   Starting with the 6 tastes of the foods as they are chewed and blended on their way to the stomach to the final destination i