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ello and welcome to this book on Ultra-Processed Food and Diabetes. There is increasing evidence of the impact of Ultra-processed foods on multiple metabolic and neurobiological pathways, including those involved in eating behaviors, both in animals and in humans.[1] For people on the run, ultra processed food may become their go-to diet, sacrificing nutrition for convenience. While it may be convenient, consuming ultraprocessed foods on a regular basis increases a person’s risk of health complications including cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, obesity and Type 2 Diabetes. But it ...

Shamanism is the oldest religion on the planet!

This is my personal journey with Type 2 Diabetes, learning about it, and making life style changes that have allowed me to be medication free since November 2023

This book is an introduction to Karma. In the west we talk of karma as if it were something like a justice system. A system that includes a mechanism that recognizes and establishes the value of good and bad karmic actions, whether they are accidental or intentional. It ensures all involved receive “their just deserts” according to the value/cost of their actions. Another western view of karma is something like an Excel worksheet containing a record of all good and bad karmic actions by a person. Karma from good actions wipes out, or offsets bad actions, four units of good karma offsets...

Hello and welcome to my book, Inflammation and Diabates. Inflammation is much more than a sprained ankle, you can see it, feel it, bandage, and maybe take an Over-The-Counter anti-inflammatory medication such as ibuprofen to help. Inflammation in the body however can go unrecognized for years, you do not see it, and most often, do not feel it. Also, you will not recognize anything is wrong. Inflammation is a normal and important process that occurs in response to illness, injury, or harmful agents in the body. It involves immune cells, blood vessels, and molecular mediators, and serves to ...

This book is an introduction to the Tibetan Book of the Dead. It is not a book of the dead or for the dead in the way of its Egyptian equivalent. It is a book of, and about living. It is an ancient book. It was written in 8th century Tibet. Before that, it was an oral tradition passed down by shaman which its heritage stems. but its heritage and information go much further back and are based on shamanic knowledge. It became part of the Bon religion which is still practiced today. When Buddhism entered Tibet Bon, and the Tibetan Book of the Dead it became part of that discipline helping to ...

Hello and welcome to this book NOVA Food Classification, Food Additives, and Diabates. The humble but informative Nutrition label offers so much information and is depended on by so many, but also not read as much as it should be. In the past I have written extensively about Food Labels, Nutrition and how to use the information there. After all, it is all we have to tell us about a product. It provides ingredient lists and that is where we will find Food Additives such as Emulsifiers, Stabilizers, Sweeteners, colouring agents, and artificial flavours to name a few additives. A simple recipe...

Lady Challis has a sister, Gwendoline. Estranged since they were young, Gwendoline has lived in the far, far North of Europe most of her life. A reconciliation brings them together at the Palace in Northern India where Gwendoline helps broker a deal with a close member of David’s inner circle. David has been hunted by his mother, Lady Challis, for centuries, her intent being to end his life. Now with Gwendoline’s help, he can live out his days. Pope Sophyra and her nemesis Phaedra, remain in violent conflict. In the end though, Phaedra launches an attack of Lady Challis at her Palace ...

The kiss a mother gives a child before they slip into their dreams, a kiss on the forehead, one on each eye, and one on the lips is a special gift that opens the doorway to that special world.Elect-Si acquires a daughter and marries Manuel as her existence as Gatekeeper between the spirit world and the physical continues. But now she finds she is also the Gatekeeper of time. The past, the NOW, and the future, she can see the boundary and how unknown the future is and how those who exist in the past cannot be allowed to pass into the NOW, or the future.Her marriage brings children of her own...

In the Eastern Church a Female Pope reigns but it is not Lady Challis. It is the one she knew as Cardinal Sophyra.Pope Sophyra is a vampire unlike like Lady Challis. Lady Challis, like a vampire from Hollywood bites with fangs to inject the essential enzymes that allow her to feed, enslave, or kill. Cardinal Sophyra is of a previously unknown species of vampire, she spits her enzymes or “venom.” When it lands on the victim, it seeps through the skin into the blood stream. Powerful, intelligent, and scheming she and her kind not only drink the blood of humans, they harvest the body their...

This book is an introduction to understanding your own Spiritual Awakening, discovering the Shaman in you, and shamanism in the wider sense. It ends with The Tibetan Book of the Dead and how spiritual awakening and shamanism helps you through the last event of your physical body and your rebirth into the next existence.Yes, that is true, there is a shaman in all of us. For some it is more open and dynamic, it is a facet, an ability that expresses itself with the stage of our own spiritual awakening. This book starts with information and the stages of spiritual awakening. Spiritual awakening...

Reiki has a very ancient Shaman heritage. The heritage dates to a time long before Buddhism became the official religion of Tibet in the 7th century AD, a very long time before the early 1800’s and the discovery of the healing tradition in Sanskrit texts and Buddhist temples by Dr. Mikao Usui who is credited with bringing this wonderful heritage first to Japan, and then through his students, to Hawaii and the west.The Shaman healing traditions assimilated by early Tibetan Buddhism, Yogic traditions, and the power of Sanskrit as a written language to pass the oral Shaman knowledge down ...

This is the Student Manual for the Usui Tibetan Reiki Healing Energy Master Class. It is available as either a physical book or an eBook. The material provides additional information and help in exploring Reiki and is a refence for your life connection with this pure, universal energy.There are three reasons to be attuned to Usui Tibetan Reiki Healing Energy!1.Attuning yourself to Reiki Energy has a beneficial and mindful effect on you spiritually2.Attunement allows you to connect to healing energy when you need it.3.Attunement gives you the knowledge and ability to connect with healing ...

he knowledge that “unseen” life-energy flows through all living beings and impacts the quality of our lives directly, including our physical health, is a part of the wisdom from cultures that go way back.[1] The word “Reiki” means spiritually guided life force. Reiki allows you to channel that energy in unlimited ways and “amounts” from the Universe, passing it on to others through your hands. [2] Today Reiki is a globally known, recognized, and highly respected healing technique. A Reiki treatment is a form of spiritual healing. It brings physical, emotional, mental, and ...

This is the Student Manual for the Usui Tibetan Reiki Healing Energy Master Class. It is available as either a physical book or an eBook. The material provides additional information and help in exploring Reiki and is a refence for your life connection with this pure, universal energy.There are three reasons to be attuned to Usui Tibetan Reiki Healing Energy!1.Attuning yourself to Reiki Energy has a beneficial and mindful effect on you spiritually2.Attunement allows you to connect to healing energy when you need it.3.Attunement gives you the knowledge and ability to connect with healing ...

This is the Student Manual for the Usui Tibetan Reiki Healing Energy Master Class. It is available as either a physical book or an eBook. The material provides additional information and help in exploring Reiki and is a refence for your life connection with this pure, universal energy.This Master Class is designed for self-study and to support understanding of this level of Usui Tibetan Reiki Healing Energy. At this stage in your journey, the emphasis is on teaching Reiki and the in-person attunement process of a student.The cost of the course includes:3.A period of your own self-paced ...

Shamanism is the oldest religion on the planet! In terms of human existence, it predates current day organized religions by tens of thousands of years. European cave paintings and carvings showing shaman date from the Paleolithic era. Graves of shaman 12,000-year-old and older have been discovered in Israel and the Czech Republic.Shamans have played an essential role in the defense of the psychic integrity of their community for thousands of years.They are pre-eminently the antidemonic champions; they combat not only demons and disease, but also black magicians... In a general way, it can ...

Hello and welcome to my book on Obesity and Diabetes. I hope you enjoy and find this book useful. Obesity is a complex disease involving having too much body fat. Obesity isn't just a cosmetic concern. It's a medical problem that increases the risk of many other diseases and health problems. These can include heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, liver disease, sleep apnea and certain cancers.[1] Here are some key facts from the World Health Organization’s website on worldwide Obesity and Overweight[2] In 2022, 1 in 8 people in the world were living with obesity....

Hello and welcome to my book on Owning Your Diabetes Diagnosis. I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes December 20, 2022. By November 2021 I was medication free. The diagnosis was a shock but also a huge motivation to change my life. I set a goal to make the lifestyle changes necessary to become medication free. My response to my diagnosis is set out in my book “Prevent and Reverse Naturally Type 2 Diabetes.” I succeeded in my response and I “owned” that response totally. Everything that went into it, good or bad, was completely mine. Owning my response to my diagnosis brought other ...

Hello and welcome to my book on Aging and Diabetes. We may live longer than we did 100 years ago, but there are new limitations and challenges that earlier generations did not face. The Stoic philosophers will often be quoted in this book, they had a view of life that applies just as much today as in their time. Our life is what our thoughts make it. Do every act of your life as if it were your last. In a word, your life is short. You must make the most of the present with the aid of reason and justice. Since it is possible that you may be quitting life at this very moment, govern every act...