By Michael King

Nourish the Body to the Max with Whole Earthen Resources

The science of natural health is really about nourishing the body. When a cell is properly nourished with pure air, water, sunlight, minerals and phytonutrients (plant derived nourishment), it simply goes about its normal business of cleaning house, building new and better cells, and performing its thousands of standard metabolic functions. The cell either remains in a healthful state, or gets healthier, and passes its degree of health on to the next generation of cells.

Due to commercial farming practices, America’s soils have been depleted of mineral nutrients now for over 80 years, and was testified to as such before Congress in 1936. (Senate document no. 264 of the 74th congress, second session.)

So to attempt to derive nutrients from standard crop foods these days will only leave us sorely deficient, unless the farmer was extremely careful to build the mineral and biological activity back into the soil. Even then, by the time the produce leaves the farm for the store, it has already lost 75% or more of its original nutrient value (which frequently takes place within 45 minutes of harvest).

For this reason, my opinion is that the benefit of consuming farm produce is not to derive nourishment, but to have the satisfaction of chewing on something. It is more for entertainment than for nourishment.

I derive my nourishment from wholesome natural substances that hold their nutritional value far better than several-days-old farm produce.

Here’s a short list of my preferred nourishing foods:

1.  Fresh, ion-rich, highly forested air, adjacent to a waterfall or spring,

2.  Sunlight (especially through sun-gazing),

3.  Deep underground aquifer water influenced by a lava-rich environment,

4.  Mineral-rich Pyrophyllite Clay,

5.  Angstrom mineral Ormalite Clay,

6.  Other clays in certain instances,

7.  Humic substances derived from ancient forests composted over millions of years,

8.  Himalayan Crystal Salt and other unaltered sea salts,

9.  Seaweeds of a large variety,

1. Dark chlorophyll-rich algae and phytoplankton,
2. Mineral-rich grasses and grass juices,
3. Nutrient-dense herbs & berries,
4. Cultured foods (miso, sauerkraut, kim she, raw goat milk cheese and whey),
5. Fiber-rich foods that also contain a strong nutrient base such as chia seed, flax seed, slippery elm, marshmallow root,
6. Certain therapeutic and adaptogenic herbs,
7. Garden produce grown by my own hand and eaten directly from the vine.

These are the foods that I eat for nourishment and they have benefited me in tremendous ways. With each passing year, I feel younger and more vitalized. I experience more energy and endurance, and accomplish more now than I have been able to in the past.

What has slowed me down more than anything are the foods I have eaten for entertainment (restaurant foods, cooked meals, and munchies). Yet, in spite of my compromises in some areas, due to the above regimen, I still seem to get healthier and feel younger by the year.

Obviously, a nourishing program of this nature would be a significant lifestyle change for many (as it was for me), and would not take place at once, but gradually over time as taste buds and preferences evolved.

It is really about quality of lifestyle. The closer we get to deriving our nourishment from raw, natural earthen products, the better we feel and the healthier we become.

It is absurd to expect Nature to change her time-proven ways to suit our preferences and taste buds. Instead, it is in our own best interest to discover what the ways of Nature are, and then slip into harmony with them to whatever degree we feel we can.

The next article will focus on the 3rd Essential for Vibrant Health - Build Strength and Youthfulness. This principle focuses on rebuilding the body while strengthening the overall body constitution to increasing levels of performance.