Weight loss and diet plan for a healthy lifestyle.

The lymphatic system is responsible for keeping the body fluids, the blood fluid and cerebrospinal fluid, in order. The total amount of fluid accounts for approximately 60 per cent of our total body weight. But the lymph has yet another important and vital function. Not unlike a police force, the lymph cells (lymphocytes) must combat and destroy all invading organisms that enter and endanger the body tissue. We are referring here to bacteria, which are more or less injurious or dangerous, depending on the type. For example, if you cut yourself, or a rusty nail penetrates the skin, millions of bacteria enter the body through the wound as if through a broken trap door. The fine, outer lymph vessels are perhaps not strong enough to resist the intruders and the bacteria continue their advance into the nodes of a centre. The centre then calls up the defences; the vessels expand and we feel a swelling in the area of the armpit or the groin, for example. The swelling can become as large as a hen’s egg. If the lymphocytes, phagocytes, wandering cells, and whatever other names the defence forces may have, cannot handle their task, the lymphatics become inflamed and swollen. They become very sensitive to pressure and can be seen as red lines. This condition is called blood poisoning (septicaemia, toxaemia), even though the toxins are actually still contained in the white bloodstream of the lymphatic system. In fact, if all toxins and bacteria were passed on to the red bloodstream, no one could survive his childhood because of the many poisons that would enter the blood.

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Stinging nettles are another excellent source of calcium. Gather young nettles in the spring, chop them very finely or put them through a mincer, then mix into a salad. They can also be finely chopped and sprinkled over boiled and mashed potatoes or other dishes that you would normally garnish. No one will even notice that it was not one of the more common garnishes. You can also sprinkle some over soup just before serving, or spinach. It is important, however, not to cook the nettles. In these ways you can obtain your regular supply of nettles, a first-class source of calcium phosphate, vitamin D and other important minerals.

Years have passed since I gave this advice about nettles in my monthly publication Gesundheits-Nachrichten (Health News) and later heard from many Bernese country women who had been delighted with the way their children responded to nettles. They said that the children once again had rosy cheeks and seemed to have recovered their health and resistance – all due to this simple remedy. So why don’t you adopt this inexpensive method of increasing your calcium intake? Why buy expensive medicines when there is another way that is open to everyone if only we make a little effort and give a little thought to the matter? In fact, doing so will cause less bother than giving the constant attention and treatment calcium-deficient children need, because there is always something wrong with them. Calcium deficiency makes children susceptible to catarrh, with every cold draught posing a threat. And when an infectious disease goes round they are usually the first to catch it. That is why prevention is better – and cheaper – than cure!

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Much has been said and written about the significance of calcium for our bodies. Calcium is one of the most important minerals in the human body, and the most plentiful in it. Without calcium, neither our bones, our teeth, nor the greater number of our body cells could exist. Hence the need to eat plenty of foods containing it. What is more, calcium plays an important part in our body’s resistance to infectious diseases, especially diseases affecting the respiratory organs. Children who lack calcium are prone to infectious diseases, quickly develop swollen glands and are unable to ward off primary infections. When the body is deficient in calcium there is a constant struggle to fight sickness. Nature provides us with a good comparative example. Meadows that are short of lime always have a quantity of moss growing in them. If, however, you give them a lime dressing, you neutralise the acidity of the soil and the moss disappears. Parasitic plants thrive in calcium-deficient soil. From this we can draw a parallel to what goes on in the human body. Where there is a calcium deficiency all sorts of diseases, especially the infectious kinds, will thrive. Of course, this fact has been known for a long time and various calcium preparations are on the market. But all those phosphoric, carbonic and lactic acid combinations of calcium have actually failed to serve their purpose. Calcium deficiency continues to be a problem.

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Once a person has moved, if the attacks do not recur after a year or two, he can then consider moving back to his former home without misgivings. As a rule, once the asthma has been cured it is not likely to return if the person decides to live again in the area where it first occurred. Young asthmatics, especially, should be given this opportunity, since it can make a significant improvement to their well-being.

If, however, the bronchial asthma is a result of an old, improperly treated lung condition, it will be more difficult to obtain a successful cure. This is yet another reason why chronic conditions of the respiratory organs should be avoided at all costs. Negligence and indifference are dangerous. Such illnesses should be treated the moment they first arise and the treatment continued until a complete cure has been achieved, or else they may lead to bronchial asthma that is extremely difficult to cure.

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It is important that your diet be made up of foods that are rich in calcium and vitamins. You should eat plenty of salads, including, for example, white and green cabbage, carrots, beets and all greens; these are the best sources of vitamins, minerals and calcium. With regard to fruits, berries, particularly organically grown strawberries, are a rich source of calcium..

It is equally important to eat wholefoods and organically grown foods, for example, wholegrain or wholemeal bread and plenty of dishes made from whole wheat, whole rye and brown rice. If sugar is used at all, it should be unrefined, raw brown cane sugar, never white. Honey, grape sugar, raisins, currants and other sweet dried fruits are even better than brown sugar, which retains only part of the original goodness found in the raw sugar cane juice. Natural sugar is quickly changed into glycogen. In fact, even a weak liver is able to digest fruit sugar.

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