Interview Aubrey de Grey

Biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey believes our lifespan will soon extend itself dramatically to 1,000 years.
De Grey is working on a very detailed plan to rejuvenate us. After all we don't really want to live for ever, we just want to stay young....
Does Aubrey de Grey play God or can we entrust our lives to this brilliant scientist?

WildAlchemist's Note: Aubrey de Grey displays a very insightful future for humanity and a possibility for the the termination of death, as a dis-ease. Since I'm not a big fan of the modern allopathic system and their approach to treating symptoms, rather than the cause of dis-ease, I enjoyed how Grey respectfully brought this to public attention. While scientific findings may prove some incredible findings on human longevity and lifespan, we can not rely on any sort of pill, drug, or injection to live forever. Immortality is a life style and no one has a bigger influence on their mortality than you. Protecting your DNA from the wide array of pollutants found in the modern age will be your biggest guarantee towards a long and successful life. To do so, we must be conscious of what we put in our bodies, what beliefs we carry in subconscious, and most importantly, the thoughts that we allow to circulate through our mind.

All we see & seem is but a dream within a dream

"All we see & seem is but a dream within a dream": the illusory nature of physical reality, creative consciousness & the universal mind. Featuring Fred Alan Wolf, Nassim Haramein, Amit Goswami, Jim Al Khalili, Greg Braden, Bill Hicks & David Icke.
(music: Rachid Taha "Barra Barra")

Raw Maca Toxic?

Q: What facts should I know about raw vs. cooked Maca?

A: Raw Maca is Cheap Maca. It is cheap to produce. After being harvested, it’s washed, dried quickly in tumbler dryers and then powdered. Royal Maca, which is cooked, involves a process called gelatinization. This heating-extrusion process is more expensive than powdering a dry root. But the benefits are worth it. Slow sun-drying creates hormone-balancing phytochemicals called isothiocyanates.

Raw Maca is Expensive to Consume. Since it takes much bigger serving sizes to get any effect from it, what seems “cheap” is actually more expensive.

Royal Maca is potent and concentrated, with the slightly toxic enzymes removed. It is much more cost effective than Raw Maca. (see chart)

Raw Maca is Dirty Maca. It has a (large amount of) high bacterial, yeast, and mold content because even the seemingly dry powder has a high moisture content – in fact, 20% higher than cooked maca. Moisture is a breeding ground for bacteria, yeast, and mold.

Royal Maca is Clean, Potent, Sundried Maca! Naturally cleaned and concentrated by its special cooking process, Royal Maca is 600% more potent than Raw Maca, with average serving size 1/3 – ½ tsp. (2 to 3 caps). Raw Maca’s average serving size is 2 tsp. to one tablespoon.

Raw Maca tastes nasty. Its enzymes are slightly toxic and can cause bloating and severe stomach cramping.

Certified Organic Royal Maca is digestible, bioavailable and delicious. (through USDA-credentialed Bio Latina)

Raw Maca is often Irradiated – because it is naturally dirty. With a much higher moisture content in the raw powder than cooked maca, it is a breeding ground for bacteria, yeast and mold.

Native Peruvians who live in the high Andes and both grow and eat maca as a part of their tradition, NEVER eat Raw Maca. Urban Peruvians who live in Lima and other big cities and shop in supermarkets NEVER eat raw maca. They buy “Maca Pre-Cocida” – Pre-Cooked Maca.

All the raw maca in Peru ends up for export – to the U.S. to Americans who are trying to eat “healthy” by going completely raw in their diet. This concept, while a necessary corrective to our cooked “industrial food” diet, shows a lack of knowledge both of the Peruvian Andean tradition of native people and of the scientific evidence that raw maca is actually slightly toxic.

Raw Maca is NEVER used in scientific studies which show the benefits of taking Maca. The university studies always use cooked maca or maca extract. Neither of these forms of maca have the enzymes of raw maca. The enzymes are considered to interfere with positive effects of maca root.

Raw Maca Can Cause Severe stomach pain and cramping. Royal Maca seldom causes stomach pain, even in sensitive individuals.

Source - http://www.wwb-blog.com/1-royal-maca

The coca leaf is not a drug

(NaturalNews) The Quechua people of the Andes and their Inka ancestors have long used the coca leaf for medicinal properties and in sacred spiritual ceremonies. Recently, however, it was discovered that the coca leaf was utilized 8000 years ago by Andes-dwelling people. In the Nanchok Valley of Peru, researchers found 8000-year-old coca leaves and calcite, a mineral used by coca chewers to extract alkaloids from the leaf. This seems to show that these ancient people were extracting and using the medicinal properties of the coca leaf. Yet, the United Nations (UN) seeks to control and ultimately eliminate the use of the coca plant as natural medicine by the indigenous Andean people.

The UN lists the coca leaf alongside cocaine and opium as a dangerous controlled substance. The UN`s International Narcotics Control Board suggested to Peru and Bolivia in 2008 to "abolish or prohibit activities...such as coca leaf chewing and the manufacture of coca tea." Peruvian Congresswoman Maria Sumire said, "The United Nations lacks respect for the indigenous people...who have used the coca leaf since forever...For indigenous people, coca is a sacred leaf that is part of their cultural identity."

The coca leaf is chewed or steeped in tea by Andean people as remedy for hunger, lethargy, and altitude sickness (known as soroche), as well as for sacred purposes. For visitors to the Andes, coca tea and leaves are offered to combat the possible side effects of soroche. Yes, travelers to the Andes can benefit from the coca leaf`s medicine too.

The coca leaf and cocaine are not the same. Most people view the coca leaf only as a refining process input in the production of cocaine. In the US, this incorrect view is influenced by the government-pushed media attention given to cocaine over the past 30 years, the same time period of the US Drug War. Cocaine is to the coca plant as paper is to the pine tree: cocaine and paper are products created by humans through extractive chemical processing. Mike Adams stated it well when he said cocaine "is an abuse of the gifts this plant has to offer". Clearly, there is a difference between the natural coca leaf and processed cocaine.

The UN coca leaf eradication effort is sponsored by the same transnational corporate and international government organizations that push people toward Big Pharma drugs and away from natural medicine. Instruments such as the US Drug War are used to separate Andean people from their ancient cultural heritage, spiritual traditions, and ancestral lands. Attempts to forbid the traditional use of the coca leaf are another such instrument employed by the UN.

The coca leaf is the plant in its natural form, not a good produced by drug cartels or corporations. The coca leaf is medicine that grows naturally and its properties are beneficial. It is a sacred medicine and cultural symbol to the Andean people. Like cannabis and other medicinal plants, coca is demonized by the West to push dependence on Big Pharma-produced drugs.

The coca leaf exemplifies the clash of the so-called advanced Western techno-culture with the ancient Earth-based spiritual systems and traditions of indigenous people. While the UN and US conflate the coca leaf with produced drugs like cocaine and opium, the Quechua proclaim `La hoja de coca es no droga` (`The coca leaf is not a drug`) to all visitors that will listen. And people should listen. The Quechua and their ancestors have been using the medicine of the coca leaf for at least 8000 years.


Source - www.naturalnews.com

WildAlchemist's Note: Kudos to Mike Adams & NaturalNews for telling the Truth! For those of who you who've have had the experience of trying coca leaf tea, will know that it is in the same category as adaptogens, that is, it increases resistance to biological stress like rhodiola, eluethero, ashwaganda, ginseng, schisandra, etc, and is one of the best herbs used to treat altitude sickness. Cocaine is merely one of the 28 alkaloids found in the coca leaf and when you extract it, it becomes a health hazard. This is equivalent to extracting pure caffeine from the coffee bean. By doing so, it becomes a synthetic drug and loses the other alkaloids/chemicals to balance its pharmacology. Herbs are medicine, drugs are drugs.

Should You Trust Your Doctor?

Should you trust your doctor? Doctors don't always read the medication inserts but rely on drug reps for their drug information. Pharmacists are often the most informed people about drugs. It's important to find out drug side effects for yourself. You should know your body and what you put into it. You may have alternatives available for you health care needs.