First Your Smile, Then the Rest of You

They took human tooth enamel and dunked it in either an energy or a sports drink for 15 minutes at a time. Then they “rinsed” the enamel with artificial saliva for two hours. They did this four times a day for five days to simulate the normal way people drink the canned and bottled drinks [...]

She Gave Me The Food Of The Gods

The first time I cracked one open I couldn’t believe the exotic, chocolaty-vanilla smell.

Here I was in one of the most remote parts of the Amazon, looking for healing herbs to bring back for patients at my clinic. And instead I had found the “Food of the Gods.”

That’s the Greek name for the tree that produces one of the sweetest, creamiest fruits I have ever eaten.

It’s called cupuaçu (coo-poo-ah-SOO). Have you heard of it?

Let me tell you the story of how I first experienced cupuaçu…

Andrea is a small town doctor I met in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. He lives in the very tiny, quaint town of Bela Vista deep in the Amazon near the center of South America.

His father was the first white man in the area. He was a Dutch missionary who had to take a helicopter and then a boat to even reach this very, very remote part of Brazil. He came from the Netherlands, and worked with the locals who had never been exposed to white people at all.

I was having a meeting with Andrea, talking about how much things had changed. And how there were only a few isolated pockets, deep in the jungle, that had not been influenced by white people.

He was going to take me to them. And while we were having this meeting Andrea’s mother said, “Oh, those are the people who introduced us to cupuaçu.”

Addicted to Nature?

Eating a bagel and cream cheese or crunching on some pretzels is addictive in much the same way, biologically, as narcotics are.

That’s because grains like wheat, barley, and rye – and milk from cows – have something in them that acts just like morphine. They’re called “exorphins.” They can make you weak and tired, and take over your body just like they’ve taken over the Western diet.

But today I’m going to show you how to stop this from happening, get rid of the foods with exorphins that can make you weak, and give your body foods that will keep you strong.

But first, let me explain how grains can be so addictive…

My Grapefruit Prescription

You may have seen this in the news, or even heard it from your doctor: Avoid eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice when you’re taking certain prescription drugs. But you might want to give up those prescription drugs before you give up grapefruit.