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Radiant Energy

1/25/2021

Nine years ago my HCG journey was completed. The journey of who I am, and what I wanted to do with the relatively short process became evident almost immediately. I discovered podcasts, articles, magazines, books, lectures, and radio shows that challenged me to become aware of even more health and wellness facts. There were a couple of years of gradual layers of learning, where I took notes daily from the media and from my personal experimentation. I began coaching others on their wellness path too. I was burning with desire to learn as much information as possible, to reach as many people as possible, and to teach as many people as possible.

What do incredibly healthy people all have in common? Radiant energy. We sense it when they are in our personal space. I decided to assist others. I wholeheartedly encouraged folks to stop settling for their life the way it is, and to truly start living for themselves on a higher level.

Our bodies seamlessly know what to do, and they have all of the answers, if we humans get out of our own way. We are so brain smart and forward thinking that we have forgotten the basic ways in which we have lived for eons before processed foods, raspberry ketones, Garcinia Cambogia, point counting, calorie counting, and green coffee bean extract even came onto the scene. Before all of the fad diets and potions, we humans thrived rather than survived. We radiated energy, and functioned without modern conveniences quite well, thank you. Funny thing is, nowadays we have to schedule and plan ahead our methods of simplification. I’m with you there. I need to strategize my food shopping to get the raw veggies, healthy raw fats, raw pastured dairy, pastured eggs, and proteins from specific specialty stores all over San Francisco. Strategic planning and action firmly sets our intention in place. My thoughts gravitate towards completing my to-do list. Then I feel so accomplished at finishing my to-do list, I am happy to reap the rewards by partaking in the cooking and eating of the things I so painstakingly procured!

Results are a happy smiling me, which results in a happy smiling husband and kids. Radiance. If I grabbed takeout food or drive through pickups on my busy day, the result would be a crabby me, nutrient poor delivery of foods to the cells in my body, a bad attitude, acne, gas, weight fluctuations, and a general lackluster life. Not radiant.

Now which life do you prefer? Radiant or Not Radiant?

We've got work to do.

Blessings,
KJ Landis

You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks!

1/18/2021

Vivian~

Vivian and I met in a silent, sweaty hot yoga class. She chatted with me after class, when usually people crawl to the door like limp rags. At age 83, Vivian had been doing hot yoga for years, took an eight year break, and then came back. She still worked, drove, and took care of a house with an extensive garden. Vivian and I talked every few days. One morning she shared that she had type 2 diabetes. She was shaped like an apple but not fat by any means. I was surprised that she had diabetes. Vivian asked me to meet her at the library and walk her through the Guide to Wellness from Within. We met and discussed the steps to help shift her eating and drinking, but she was already doing most of the program on her own volition. There were only a few corrections to be tackled. She took notes and took me seriously.

I checked in with her every few weeks and we have had some great conversations full of light and laughter. There is a great mutual respect there. I respect Vivian because of her agility and her ability to be fully active and vibrant as a senior in today’s world. Many folks her age are slowing way down. She respects me because I was willing to help her and take time away from my children and jobs in order to give her the tools that she could use practically to change her health for the better.

I’m beaming with pride at her progress. Vivian has reported to me that after just three months of using the guide, her doctor told her that her diabetes is completely gone. She continues to test her blood sugar levels with a glucose monitor and is sweetly satisfied that her numbers are now in the optimum range every day. Vivian is an inspiration to the rest of the world because she shows us that you can teach an old dog new tricks after all. It is never too late, especially when the results are proof that when one does the work, the work leads to measurable success.
Blessings,
KJ Landis

Ah-ha Moments, Quotes that Speak to Me

1/11/2021

We all have a-ha moments throughout our lives, every day even, if we slow down long enough to acknowledge them. Igniting that spark of a deeper understanding of who we ultimately are may come from a book, a teacher, a friend, a family member, a poster on the side of a bus stop, a movie, a song, or a speech. Reaching down into our own hearts and into the hearts of others may come from something large or small, ordinary or extraordinary. The knock of the invisible hand on the door of knowledge, and appreciation of our existence does not discriminate. Are you awake to change? I am, now, but I wasn’t always.

I was stubborn and closed minded to miracles for many years, even as they were happening right in front of me. I rationalized and gave excuses for the miracles, the coincidences. I placed everything into its little box, into its imaginary set of drawers in my organized mind.

Losing weight so rapidly without being ill raised not only my eyebrows, but everybody in my home, family, and work community was astounded. As I finished my journey of fat and weight loss, another journey of discovery began. I began vigorously researching cutting edge health and fitness information. Suddenly my spiritual awakening was rapidly expanding in tiny movements, daily. I found words of wisdom speaking directly to me from multiple sources all of the time. They were probably there all along, but now I was awake and ready to fully receive the gifts.

Here are some words of wisdom, stories, thoughts, and quotes bestowed upon me, and how they relate to the challenges of health and vitality. They spoke to me in other ways too, in my big life goals. My desire is that as you read this chapter you will develop a sense of awareness and sensitivity to the events happening around you daily. Think about how they can inspire and provide insight into you becoming the better version of you, for now. Then, tomorrow, you get to do it all over again! How lucky and blessed we are!

“Overlooking is better than not looking at all.”
~Elton Thanh

Elton is a server with me at the restaurant where we work. We were busy one night, and as I was setting up a table for a large group, I overlooked a dirty glass. I thought I was perfectly prepared. Elton noticed the dirty glass and replaced it. I told him that I must have overlooked it. That’s when he said the quote.

To me, this means that we humans do the best we can, we give our best preparation, and still we may overlook something and make a mistake. If I had never done the work in the first place, and was not lucky to have a partner who cared enough to help check that everything was in its place, we both would have missed it. His quote means he cared.

Care enough about your health goals to make a plan, a list, shop smart, and hold yourself responsible and accountable. Still, mistakes may be made, but far less than if you did not care. Elicit support, and seek checks and balances from those around you who also care deeply about your goals. More eyes on the prize...

“If I am not for myself, then who is for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I?”
~Hillel

To me, this quote means toot your own horn! Be proud of every little step made in the direction of your goal. Don’t be humble to the point of putting yourself down or belittling your accomplishments. It also means that we should spread the word, spread the love, and not be selfish with what we discover along the way. Spread your passions, and pay it forward.

“The waves, the waves, occurring and occurring...
Threaten to drown me, until I realize that I...am...the...ocean.”
~Scott McInnes

This short poem came from my husband’s college roommate. It describes how humans can get caught up and snagged in the little things, and we then disregard the bigger picture. Small errors in the healthy new protocol we have chosen may be disregarded because in the bigger picture, we are mostly there and moving forward. We are all particles of something bigger and unifying in nature.

“Even a broken clock gives the correct time twice a day.”
~Joe Rogan podcast

This hilarious quote is saying that even if something is bad, it has the capability to give something good and right some of the time. If I know the information someone is giving me is 100% wrong, but they are sharing from their heart, I can keep my mouth shut long enough to acknowledge their choice to give freely. I am grateful for that moment of connection.

“The path with heart does not make you work at liking it.”
~T. Von Jones

When something feels right there is a certain flow, with much less tension and rough spots. There is less grating on the nerves all of the time. When we fall in love with the right person for us right now, or when we eat in a healing manner now, it is easier to navigate through life, and it continues to get easier day by day. When you know, you know.

“Compassionate capitalism.”
~Carl McCarden

There is a way to be a money maker in our world and still take care of people’s hearts. There is a way to eat abundantly and enjoy treats without sabotaging your own greater good.

“Risk little, win little.”
~KJ Landis

Don’t cling to fear. Sometimes in life we must take a risk in order to grow. The rewards may be great or small, but we will never find out if we don’t take chances.

“We are living life out of sequence.”
~T. Von Jones

One warm evening in San Francisco, my husband and I were out to dinner. My husband ordered dessert first. I looked at him and exclaimed, “We are eating dinner out of sequence!” He had a wide grin on his face when he said that we were living life out of sequence.

To me, this means we can shake it up! We don’t have to stick to the normal status quo in our daily lives. When we do something unexpected, no matter how small, it creates a rush of energy throughout our minds and bodies. Our heart rate increases, and we get happy! This also can help us see things from another person’s point of view.

“If you don’t have the courage to say something, have the courage to leave the room.”
~Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was a guest speaker at my church the day my son was baptized. She led the sermon that day. She was talking about racial and social justice. Some people just aren’t comfortable with confrontation. Her message was that if something really is at odds with your soul and you can’t speak up, then your statement will be heard loud and clear when you stand up and leave the room.

The same goes for our well meaning friends that sometimes attempt to sabotage our new healthy goals. Which is it, support or sabotage? They say they support us, but continue to bring chips, cakes, cookies, pies, fast foods, etc. to the office or to pot luck parties. On birthdays, they are the ones who bring sweets and alcohol even though they know you are on a different track now. “Just this once, you deserve it! You’ve been doing so well and look good now!”

My point exactly. If we aren’t done with our weight loss journey yet and don’t want to lecture the friends again and again, LEAVE THE ROOM. You will empower yourself by doing so. Do not let others dictate who you are. You know who you are and you know the road you are on.

Blessings on your journey,
KJ Landis

"Worrying is Like a Rocking Chair"

1/4/2021

"Worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you very far." This mind blowing quote was said by Be. Be is my son's friend and stylist. He is a wise man beyond his years upon this earth. This past Thanksgiving, my son Golden shared the quote at the table. We asked him to repeat it. It sank in. Then at Christmas, he said it again. We all repeated it once or twice, aloud. I knew I wanted to write about it, and also honor Be. What a guide for our lives!

We can make a plan, or worry.
We can dream big, or worry.
We can take real action, or worry.
We can procrastinate from worry, or move one step ahead, day by day.
We can get stuck from worry, frozen in fear, or gently and lovingly speak softly and lovingly to ourselves in order to get unstuck.
We can self loathe from worry, or self love with the release from worry.
We can be desperate or fearful from worry, or we can be confident that anything else is better than worrying.

You and I get a choice, every moment of our lives.
What do you choose?

Blessings,
KJ Landis

Your Story

12/28/2020

Dear Readers,

Over the years I have given you an arsenal to go into battle against the mainstream American diet, the media deception, and general misinformation. I have given you tools to face your past choices with dignity and clarity. You can change your life now. The next chapter in the story belongs to you. You have a natural birthright given to you from the universe when you came into the world. To be healthy, happy, vital, clear, vigorous, robust, and to meet challenges head on is your birthright. Take it and go forward on that path that is your personal journey toward vigorous health and wellness. See this learning process as a gateway to your next big thing: YOU.

Over the years I have shared with you my story of transformation and the burning desire I have to help spread the truth about our food choices. I hereby pass the baton to you. You are writing your own story and can help others with what you have learned, absorbed, and implemented.

The body and the mind changing for the better is not magic. Change is the response to your efforts applied repeatedly. Never say, “ I give up, I’m going backwards towards potato chips, donuts, and fried chicken.” Never say, “ I give up,” then stopping by the corner store for taquitos, nachos, hot dogs, and a slushie. By this point in your health and wellness journey you should feel sick to your stomach just visualizing all of those junk foods we usually see offered up at ridiculously low prices.

Over the years I used to be called a jack of all trades and master of none. I didn’t really have one particular passion or path that I loved. I loved doing so many things. If you are like me, in that sort of boat, I say be a master of what you don’t want in your life. Start there. To know what you will not accept anymore is a huge step in the path to superior health. One day at a time, one step at a time, we can do this together. Let me be your cheerleader. Allow your family circle and close friends know the journey you have chosen.

This is your story. Be it.

Blesings,
KJ Landis

Get Comfortable with the Uncomfortable

12/21/2020

The only way to get comfortable with doing something is to get uncomfortable for a while. My niece was hill training with me recently and she had never run up the very steep San Francisco hills that I chose for our challenge. We ran straight up hill, slowly, for about 25 minutes. Then we entered the wooded path at the very top. After 25 minutes of the steep hill training, the rest of the run had definitely taken on an easier feel.

After the run, we were guzzling water in my kitchen. I asked her the feelings she had about the experience. That’s when she told me the only way to get comfortable with doing something is to get uncomfortable. She said that she knew it would become easier after repeated efforts, so she was committed to coming back and doing the hill regularly. She also stated that she had to make that kick-ass run her “bitch.”

That’s what a warrior does. Instead of giving the power to the hill, she used the power of the hard climb as motivation to not fear the hill, to own the hill, to accept the power it provides when coming to the top, and to realize just how far up we had journeyed. Anything can become comfortable, but first when we attempt it we must embrace getting uncomfortable. After eight years of running two miles straight up, up, up, that daunting hill has become a close friend of mine.

To me, the hill is a metaphor for any life challenges. It was simple. Put one foot in front of the other. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Simple, yes. Easy, no. Maybe you have challenges ahead that seem overwhelming or impossible. Maybe you are thinking to yourself that you can’t run a mountain trail. Maybe you are thinking that you are too fat, too sick, too achy, too out of shape, too inexperienced. Perhaps your personal challenge will be to walk for five minutes on a level plane without intermission. Make the task at hand your ally, little by little. We were all beginners at something at some time! This is no different.

Choosing new foods, severing food addictions, learning alternative healing therapies, exercising with a different point of view, are all doable. Know it. Believe it. Baby steps will take you there. Make the time you spend with your food, your learning, and your exercise count. Treasure it as sacred because you are sacred. You deserve to be in a superior state of health. Become your superior self.

Blessings,
KJ Landis
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Dr. Simoncini's Sodium Bicarbonate Therapy

12/14/2020

Dr. Tullio Simoncini is an oncologist in Rome. He promotes treating cancer with sodium bicarbonate, which is essentially baking soda! His theory is that basically all cancers are a result of the presence of a fungus within the body. When cancer patients pass away and an autopsy is performed, a fungus is always present in the body, especially in the area of the tumors.

Dr. Simoncini has been using sodium bicarbonate for over twenty years in his clinic. Sodium bicarbonate is administered directly on the tumor. it can be used orally, in the arteries with an I.V., or injected into the tumor site. The sodium bicarbonate can penetrate any fungus in the body and the fungus does not become immune to it. It rapidly disintegrates tumors. If there are tumors in the vagina area, the area is douched with the sodium bicarbonate. If there is cancer in the lower colon or anus, the clinic uses enemas.

There are no side effects or after effects and the use of the sodium bicarbonate is fast, efficient, and inexpensive. The regression rate of the cancer is usually seen to begin within 45 days. Like the three other alternative cancer therapies, this treatment is used in other chronic illnesses also. Dr. Simoncini believes that if we eliminate the fungus we can eliminate the cancer (and other illnesses). The baking soda results in the alkalinization of the tumors and the area around the tumors.

The nutrition on the Simoncini treatment encourages foods that reduce acid in the body and increases alkalinity throughout the body. Foods that are alkaline producing and can be included in his treatment are again very similar to those used in the HCG hormone protocol.

They are:

asparagus

onions
vegetable juices

parsley
raw spinach
broccoli
garlic
celery
lettuce
zucchini
almonds
flax seed oil
stevia
luo han gao (monkfruit)
tomatoes
mushrooms
cabbage

Sounds a little familiar, no? To wrap it all up, the message I received from these four doctors of alternative healing therapies is: if we eat real foods, lots of leafy greens, things easily found in nature, we can prevent or cure many chronic illnesses, including cancer. I am not a doctor and I strongly suggest that you do your own research to thoroughly understand each of these therapies outlined here. Please consult with your health care practitioner before embarking upon any treatment for illness. Remember though...if eating poor processed food choices, laden with chemicals, artificial flavors, colors, and preservatives broke us, it would seem natural to turn to a non-chemical laden treatment to help fix us. Why pop a pill when we can reach for something immensely healthier and with the potential to heal without side effects?

The pharmaceutical industry is the single most profitable industry on the planet. Even if one does choose the conventional methods of cancer treatment in our modern society, the alternative treatments presented here can be used alongside or afterwards. The goal is to feel better inside and out. The journey of exactly how to do that is unique and personal to each individual.

Blessings,
KJ Landis

Dr. Burzynski’s Antineoplaston Treatment for Cancer, Plus Food and Water for Healing

12/7/2020

Dr. Stanislav Burzynski created the term antineoplaston. What does it mean? Anti means against. Neoplaston is a cancer cell. In 1967 in his clinic, Dr. Burzynski discovered that a particular bond of two or more amino acids is naturally found in humans. These particular bonds are the body’s natural biochemical defense system. People with cancer don’t have enough of this naturally occurring antineoplastons within their body. Healthy people without cancer have plenty enough. These amino acid peptide bonds work independently of the regular immune system. They have the capability to turn off the genes that cause cancer.

Originally the antineoplastons were sourced from human blood and urine, but now they are synthetically made in Dr. Burzynski’s laboratory. The treatment involves taking them by mouth or by injection, in the veins or muscles. These treatments may last eight months to a year.

The FDA has opposed the successful treatments because it is something that is found naturally in the body. It is not a huge moneymaker for the drug industry.

The similarities between the Burzynski Treatment and the HCG for healing protocol that I used almost 9 years ago are that they are natural, found naturally in the body, both are taken orally or by injection, and both have been shunned by the FDA.

The diet on the Burzynski Treatment is very similar to the HCG hormone protocol I went on 8 years ago and the other food healing therapies I have written about in the past weeks. Dr. Burzynski stated that we don’t want to feed the cancer with refined carbohydrates and sugar. The clinic uses turmeric, garlic, onions, and curry powder daily in order to reduce inflammation in the body. Dr. Burzynski also claimed that exercise and vitamin D is important, and he believes the mind is a powerful tool in addressing diseases. Furthermore, Dr. Burzynski’s clinic in Texas takes each patient on a nutritional protocol journey that is personalized just for them.

Similar to the HCG Body for Life Protocol, Dr. Burzynski recommends large amounts of water in order to flush out toxins and keep sodium levels down naturally. Water is life.

There is no money to be made in finding a permanent cure for cancer. That is why it has not been done yet. In my opinion these underground therapies have just as much a chance to help heal without the toxic side effects that chemotherapy and radiation provide. Perhaps we can use them all together.

For more information and insight, please view the film called Burzynski: The Movie. It is free on YouTube.

I hope these past weeks of alternative health and healing information has uplifted those suffering from cancer and their caretakers.
Blessings,
KJ Landis

The Budwig Therapy, a Food Based Healing Method

11/30/2020

The Budwig Diet has been called an anti-cancer diet as well. Like The Gerson Therapy, it too has been helping successfully with arthritis, blood pressure problems, diabetes, fibromyalgia, psoriasis, eczema, and cancer.

Dr. Johanna Budwig was a seven time Nobel Prize nominee in the 20th century for her work with helping fight cancer in its most hopeless cases. Dr. Budwig believed that all states of illness or health begins in the gut. The Standard American Diet of highly processed and refined foods, the use of vegetable oils, and toxic dirt creates an imbalanced chemistry in the body. This is called a lack of homeostasis.

This lack causes the body to have less energy and less electricity, similar to a lower watt light bulb versus a higher watt light bulb. This lower energy can cause a poor circulation and systemic problems, with less oxygen reaching every cell. Dr. Budwig’s therapy was similar to Dr. Gerson in that she treated cancer patients with high amounts of vegetable juices. She believed that the super concentrated nutrients from these juices were essential for healing.

In her work, Dr. Budwig discovered that when she combined cold pressed, organic, raw flax seed oil with cottage cheese or quark (a type of European cottage cheese), the chemical reaction from the combination of foods made the oils and water more easily absorbed into the cells. The essential fatty acids in this combination of cottage cheese and flax seed oil also helped other nutrients to be absorbed. Changing the internal environment of our body is essential to making a place where cancer cannot thrive, or even survive. Dr. Budwig worked on the premise that cancer was a result of the problem. The problem seemed to be that a person was unhealthy in their diet and lifestyle. She did not believe that cancer was the cause of the problem.

Both Dr. Budwig and Dr. Gerson believed that cancer could not survive in an alkaline environment. Processed foods and sugars create an acidic environment where cancer can grow. My current eating style embraces foods that lower acidity and raise alkalinity in the body. Nutritional restoration, and changing habits to better our food choices are also the basis of the HCG protocol.

The Budwig Anti-Cancer Diet starts with a porridge-like substance of the flax seed oil and cottage cheese. This is made fresh three times a day. It is blended until smooth, like a ricotta cheese texture. One may add in raw nuts, cinnamon, cayenne, or fruits.

The rest of the diet includes raw nuts, raw seeds, and raw oils, especially coconut. It uses spices, herbs, raw fermented vegetables, raw vegetable and fruit juices, fresh fish, and 100% pastured eggs. No animal fats or hydrogenated oils are allowed. No high mercury shellfish is permitted. No soy, corn, or the many names for sugar are permitted.

This sounds familiar to me! The Budwig Diet recommends 80% raw foods and 20% cooked foods. This is right in line with the HCG Body for Life protocol. After Phase 4, I eat 80%-90% clean, whole, real foods and 10%-20% planned treats now and then.

Dr. Johanna Budwig encouraged the elimination of all toxic foods, all preservatives, additives, dyes, pesticides, artificial colors, and flavorings. She did permit flours if they were whole grain and organic. Johanna Budwig said, “If God made it, we can eat it, but try to eat it in the form that God made it.”

I love that message!

Dr. Budwig noticed that many of her cancer patients had Candida infections. Candida is a fungal infection caused by the body not being able to oxygenate well. She found that if we feed the body with super nutrients we can eliminate fungal Candida, and rid the body of cancer. A grain free and sugar free diet will eliminate the Candida from the body. This type of diet will reduce inflammation as well, which adds to relief of pain and other symptoms of chronic conditions.

Dr. Budwig believed in massage and saunas to further remove toxins from the lymphatic system. The foods ingested combined with detoxification can renew the body’s environment and heal cancer.

There is more information available for free at www.budwigcenter.com. There is a free download in PDF form and free references listed there as well.

Blessings,
KJ Landis

The Gerson Therapy, a Food Based Healing

11/23/2020

In 2012 I embarked on an eating protocol which included loads of green vegetables, fish and seafood, a gallon of water a day, and the hormone HCG. After my protocol was finished I researched other types of eating lifestyles similar to mine that were able to help with chronic and acute diseases. What I discovered were 4 food therapies with clean eating that have been around for a century or so which have been used for many illnesses with great success. Today we will look closer at one of them, the Gerson Therapy.

Dr. Max Gerson wrote a book in 1958 that covered thirty years of his remarkable work with cancer patients. One of his fundamental beliefs was that the soil was our external metabolism and that if we take care of the soil, the things that we receive from the soil will take care of us in the long term. He was an environmentalist of sorts. Treating our bodies with foods that came from untainted soil is the basis of what we now call organic gardening. Dr. Max Gerson practiced what Hippocrates said so famously, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”

Dr. Gerson’s therapy worked equally well on acute and degenerative diseases. One of his most well known patients was Dr. Albert Schweitzer. The Gerson Therapy cured Schweitzer’s adult onset diabetes. What’s even more shocking to know is that it was completely reversed in six weeks! Dr. Gerson’s methods were considered controversial in the first half of the 20th century because he was treating formerly incurable diseases with diet. This type of therapy didn’t take care of American economics at the time. The United States was just getting into new fangled, processed, packaged convenience foods. The stock market was paying attention to the new foods and vegetable oils that were emerging in the food industry.

The Gerson Therapy took care of people first, and placed humanity above industry. That is one of the reasons why the information is not plastered across billboards, posters, and brochures nationwide. It was thrown under the rug in the senate of the U.S. when a bill Dr. Gerson wrote got lots of attention. His bill, named the Pepper-Neely Anti-Cancer bill was shared with doctors who were also senators. There was a consensus among them that natural healing of cancer would dampen the American economy.

His daughter Charlotte Gerson, who is now in her early nineties, still carries on her father’s work at The Gerson Institute, with centers near San Diego and in Mexico.

The basic nutritional concept of the Gerson Therapy is that we flood the ill person with nutrient dense foods that bring the whole body back to optimum health. What this entails is ingesting lots of raw vegetable juices made fresh, three times a day. This gives a large amount of oxygen and live enzymes to every cell, which therefore promote healing. Organic, raw, and cooked produce are also permitted. For the first few months there is no meat and very little salt taken. Very little fats are included. One oil that is permitted is cold pressed flax seed oil. It has a high concentration of Omega 3 fatty acids. Dr. Gerson found that these fatty acids can kill human cancer cells without killing normal cells.

After the initial few months, organic, 100% pastured meats, eggs, and wild caught fish are permitted. Nonfat Greek yogurt and cottage cheese may be added eventually.

Dr. Gerson observed that this type of eating speeds up the cell turnover and increases metabolism.

Raw, organic apple cider vinegar is encouraged. It tastes acidic but promotes alkalinity and good bacteria in the body. The food choices permitted in healing the cancer cells are so similar to the clean eating protocol of the HCG protocol. I compared the two and saw the healing properties of both diets. When we promote an alkaline environment in the body and add super nutrition, cancer cells cannot grow. In the Gerson Therapy some patients have received full remission.

The Gerson Therapy also employs the use of organic coffee enemas several times a day. This encourages a detoxification of the body, especially the liver. Patients tell of an immediate relief of aches and pains caused by the cancer.

The Gerson Therapy is preventive in many diseases and builds up the immune system through nutritional intake. My quest for researching types of clean eating have done the same for me. I am extremely healthy, active, and full of positive energy, now that I have a nutrient dense food intake.

More information is freely available on the internet on Gersonmedia.com and Gersoninstitute.org. There are resources at your local library as well.

I hope this peaks your interest in real food consumption, rather than the standard American diet, full of chemicals, additives, preservatives, and highly processed plants and animals.

Blessings,
KJ Landis

Consistent Kindness...Is it Even a Possibility?

11/16/2020

We teach our children to be nice, play nice, do not hit, avoid conflict, do not bully, walk away, etc. Can we be consistently kind? Is that realistic? What about when someone does us wrong, puts us in danger, or we have hormonal imbalances and addictions changing the emotional landscape? I do not think anyone is perfect, but we can give it the old college try! We can wake up daily and say aloud, "I am kind. I act with kindness."

Unfortunately, being kind to our most beloved ones may be the most difficult at times because we and they know how to trigger us, push our buttons, so to speak. We also tend to take them for granted as well. we can shift though. It takes putting some attention upon our intention.

First of all, I suggest communicating with our loved ones. when things do not feel right, we sense it. So ask how we and they want to be treated or spoken to. Do not assume, it makes a ASS out of U and ME. Yes, this takes effort and a sense of humility. Second, we can empathize with our loved ones. Put ourselves in their shoes, emotionally. Relate their experiences to our similar ones, before spitting out advice or feeling like we know what they are going to say or feel because we have already been there. Sometimes older folks diminish the younger loved ones' feelings and thought around experiences because we have the time and space in our box of memories. Empathy means we can hold space for others to feel what they are feeling without judgement. Third, I say we should set some boundaries about what is okay or not okay to say or share. Can we share in a non-emotional manner? When I, you, or the others cross the line, feel free to ask for a time out or ask for space, literally and figuratively. Finally, let go of the idea that being nice "fixes" things. We have to fix things for ourselves and so do our loved ones. Yes, we have a circle of love and support, but ultimately we can be nice without fixing things for others. Do not render ourselves or others as helpless. Sometimes being "fake" nice can lead to false emotions and non truths all around, hurting the relationships more than helping.

Being kind consistently means we can be loving in a transformative manner, rather than a transactional manner. Release the gulit trips of our pasts, as they do not feed or fuel our higher purpose here on this planet.

Blessings,
KJ Landis

Are Guardian Angels Real?

11/9/2020

When I first moved to Los Angeles years ago, I went to the gym at all times of the day or night, depending upon my schedule. One evening I dreamed that I had a guardian angel named Tara. When I woke up I wrote the name down. Then I asked God for confirmation of this. The next day I went to the gym at night for a late workout. At 11:55PM, a woman came in and sat down on the floor next to me and began doing sit ups. The gym closed at midnight so I was surprised that anyone would opt to come in a few minutes before closing. She introduced herself to the man across from us, casually stating, " Hi! I'm Tara. I just moved here from Ohio and I am a nurse."

Well...that was the confirmation I asked God for earlier. Later on in my life, I learned that Tara is part of the Hindu and Buddhist cultures since the 6th century. Tara is Tibet's most beloved deity. In the Sanskrit language, Tara means "one who liberates." Tara is seen as the female manifestation of enlightenment, the Mother of all Buddhas. she is seen as a helper to those wanting to reach enlightenment, a Bodhisattva.

The myths explain that she was a normal woman on her path with her meditation practice. A male monk told her that she would have to be reborn as a male in order to be enlightened. Her response? "There is no ma, no woman, no self, no person, no consciousness." She did attain enlightenment in her lifetime and became a champion of women everywhere. Her work on earth after that experience with the male monk was to help others, encouraging them to overcome social injustices, prejudices, inequalities, and general discouragement. She was perhaps the first feminist!

I believe we do have guardian angels, even if our dreams and prayers are pointing us in the direction of learning about things we never thought about before. As our elders who have passed away still give us wisdoms from beyond the abyss, our guardian angels are helping us on our path of life too.

Blessings,
KJ Landis

Negativity Domination?

11/2/2020

We humans are so evolved, yet primitive in many ways. When we were cave dwellers, hunters and gatherers, just making it day to day took up all mental preoccupation: food, shelter, water, warmth, eat or be eaten, beat or be beaten, tribal rituals, etc.

We have evolved into an era where we do not spend all of our planning time on the primitive survival tactics. We are consumed with folly, and self deprecation too: Am I good enough? Did I do enough to feel good about my participation in X, Y, or Z? Do I show enough effort, compassion, and caring on a daily basis? Am I empathetic? Will I arrive on time? Did I make the right choice? Am I now too caring? Am I now codependent? Am I sabotaging myself and others with my thoughts, deeds, and words? Aaagh! I'll never be good enough to accomplish X, Y, or Z. Sometimes the negative biases are ingrained in our society for eons. Look at stereotypes of gender roles, for example... We identify certain tasks to men or women, boys or girls. It can wreak havoc in the mind. The negative mind and life is fear based.

Hello? Hello? Is anybody there? Is anybody reading this with an open mind, an open heart? Let us stop tormenting ourselves. I am here to tell you the negative biased living can stop. Fear does not have to be your foundation. It takes a new level of thinking, of reducing our dependence upon worry. Concern is not the same thing as worry. For example, I am concerned when my teenaged children go out to a party in the evenings. I trust in the ways my husband and I have parented them into a choice of safety (along with great fun). I am concerned if and when they don't check in with me after the agreed time of coming home. Worry will rear its head if they don't come home at all.

Yes, as a mama, I tend to spin the worst scenarios in my head unnecessarily and spiral into worry, worry, worry. It does me no good to live in that space though. Worry can feed off of that negativity and can create more and more negativity, getting out of control. How can we not allow the negativity to dominate, to control us, to become our food, drink, ruler, our daily bread?

Do something nice for someone else. It can be as simple as letting a stranger in line at the grocery store go ahead of you when they have only a few items in his or her hands. It can be as easy as cleaning up the sprinkle when you tinkle in a public restroom. The surprise of unexpected kindness for a stranger has a way of jolting us out of our negative comfort zone. For me, it is a sort of reset. I feel as if a veil has been lifted, and I am somewhat lighter.

We aren't meant to live in worry, self deprecation, and negativity. Happiness is our birthright, but that doesn't mean we do not have to actively work at it! Life is work! Love is challenging! Self love is even more difficult at times when we are living in negative domination. The true work of living here, now, has its share of battles and rewards. Let us roll up our sleeves together.

Blessings,
KJ Landis

Parenting Never Ends

10/26/2020

As I was making my 19 year old's dentist and orthodontist appointments today, I was thinking to myself how even though our children act so grown up in their teen years, they also act like kids. I title my son a man-child. They still need us to guide and nurture them, to reason big decisions out together, to be a sounding board for the inevitable mistakes and woes, etc. Parenting never ends. When my eldest brother would visit my parents in another state for a family celebration, my dad would instinctively grab his elbow or hand as they crossed the street. My brother was in his late 50s at that time! As I witnessed this caring gesture, I wondered if I would be that way later on. And, I am. I still worry if my children eat their veggies, take their vitamins, exercise, drink enough water, surround themselves with supportive friends and colleagues, etc.

Parenting never ends. I celebrate the milestones with my kids, and I am more excited about their small victories than they do, well, because I relish in their joy as much as in my own joy. This made we want to write about it. Are you out there, parents? Parents of adults or nearly adults, how has your parenting and care, concern, connection developed into something more and more as the years have gone by? If you have a good relationship with your kids, how has it changed over the years? I want to hear from you and learn from your stories.

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Live in This Moment

10/19/2020

So many of us are wrapped up in plans for the future or dwelling upon the past that we forget to truly live in the moment. The global pandemic has brought the world to a screeching halt of the systems and machinery we are used to in our lives. The health, wealth, political, and emotional systems are fragile at the moment. The tensions are rising daily as the news escalates along with it. So what are we citizens of the world to do?

Breathe, slow down, as that is the definitively guided message, and live in this moment. Acknowledge that right now, so many things suck. And this gives us permission to be in the moment. We can breathe deeply, look around, and really see the little details that are still the most important things around us. We can engage with our family and friends in a real, moment to moment togetherness, especially if we have been laid off. We can go walk or run or jump in nature. We can play with our children because we now have the time. We can listen to the wind, rain, and seek out the birds, bees, butterflies, and flowers blooming right in front of us. Even with no income, we can laugh, cry, read a book, sing, and dance. We can make our own kind of music. We can write, writing in journals, writing letters, write that book you have always tinkered about in your head but never had the time. We can hand write things instead of only using electronic keyboards! Cursive writing is a gift that connects us to our past, as is calligraphy.

With all the drama that is in the world, we can be using it as an urgency to live in this moment. This moment truly deserves the best of you, a creative and resilient you, a loving you.

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KJ Landis
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Let's Talk About Soy, Baby!

10/12/2020

LET’S TALK ABOUT SOY, BABY!

There has been a lot of information in the media about soy in recent years. Some paint it as a pretty picture, a vegan’s protein dream. There is a health “halo” surrounding soy. Others look at soy as the body’s own personal nightmare. Let’s first dig into a little bit of the history of soy in the human diet, and then move into the nutritional profile of it, both pros and cons.

The soy bean crop originally was used thousands of years ago in Asia as a top crop, like fertilizer. It helped other crops grow because it fixed nitrogen in other crops and assisted in the absorption of oxygen.

Soy beans and their products were not even eaten by humans until 2500 years ago. The first form of soy being eaten was fermented soy made into a kind of paste, similar to our modern day miso. The miso paste and salt was utilized to preserve meats longer (as there was no refrigeration in those times). It was also added to soups.

In ancient China, monks were given tofu because it reduced their desire for sex. The testosterone hormone levels in the monks reduced and they could focus on their ritual duties much better. The tofu and soy products kept them, for the most part, honoring their vow of celibacy. In addition, the estrogen levels of the monks were elevated.

Nowadays the United States of America is the largest grower and exporter of soy in the world. Unfortunately, most of it is genetically modified and the seeds are owned by the giant company Monsanto.

Soy beans contain anti-nutrients, which are harmful to humans. In order for them to be non-damaging to us, they must be fermented or soaked. The soy products in our supermarkets are not as healthy as once thought. Soy is found in almost every packaged processed food. Personally, I can only find one brand of organic, wild sprouted, non GMO tofu in my grocery store. After reading and researching the truth about the hormone levels that can be altered by soy, I eat it sparingly.

In all of the products that the incredible edible soy is made into, it still is not a high source of protein. It is only about 61 percent protein and not all of that is bioavailable to the body. The rest of the nutrient makeup are carbohydrates and fat.

Basically, soy products are highly processed foods. It takes a lot to make soy milk and oil palatable (taste good). We don’t find any soy products in nature, like a fruit, vegetable, flower, seed, or animal.

So if you enjoy soy products as I do, once in a while, just have the knowledge that it mimics estrogen in the body. Try not to have it daily, and read the ingredient labels on processed foods, junk foods, and shelf stable products to see where soy is added. Knowledge is power.

Blessings,
KJ Landis
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Music

10/5/2020

There is a strong connection between all of us and music. Whether you believe in the power of God or not, you believe in the power of music, I have never met anybody who has said anything neutral or negative about the impact of music upon his or her life. If you do believe in God, then you know music came as a gift from our higher power. When we didn't have shiny instruments, as in the caveman days, we used our voices, rocks, sticks, shells, and whatever else we could. I believe music is innate. If we aren't exposed to it, we create it.

When I was a child I played outside in the summers until it became dark. Years later, my mother told me that on many days and nights she would know where I was playing, inside and outside of the house, by my voice. I sang throughout the day. I observed that when my children were little, and even now, as teens, when they wake up in the morning I hear them singing. My daughter sings along to the stereo as she does homework. My son sings in the shower every day. Even when we seek silence, there are tones we cannot avoid.

Today, in this climate of world unrest, I encourage you to seek refuge, healing, and peace through music, as our ancestors did, as we do, even without being always conscious of it. Music truly is in the fabric of our lives.

What are your thoughts on music? I want to know!
Blessings,
KJ Landis
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Feeding, Resting, or Nesting

9/28/2020

Home. What does the word conjure up for you? What feelings, memories, scents, and sounds instantly pop into your head as you say the word to yourself aloud? I have images of my mother baking in the kitchen with the largest wooden bakers' wooden board I had ever seen, the flour flying and the rolling pin's repetitive sounds on the hard wood underneath. "Tap, tap,click click, click, swoosh." We kids knew a pie or Hungarian pastries would appear later on that day after the sounds, sights, and smells greeted our sensory centers. There was always a radio or small tv on in the kitchen to keep my mother company if she did all of her amazing kitchen work when we were still sleeping. A greeting of, "Good morning Cocoa Puff!" was accompanied by a big squeeze to her bosom, and I would catch a whiff of of mint gum and stale cigarette smoke escaping her mouth simultaneously.

I recently read that certain species of birds fly back yearly to their home place, even through dangerous conditions and thousands of miles of travel. Why? It has the feeling of home. Birds' senses are so keen that a certain combination speaks "home" to them. When they do go home, it is like a spa vacation of sorts. They are feeding, resting, or nesting. Nesting is creating a and preparing the home for their young to come. When the young are then hatched, nesting means sheltering and caring for their babies. No wonder they come back yearly! It holds the same nostalgia instinctively that we try and wax poetic upon as humans.

This week, I would like you to feed, rest, and nest in your home. I would like you to go down memory lane and enjoy the path that brought you to where you are today. Go home.

What does home mean to you? I want to hear from you!
Blessings,
KJ Landis
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Grow and Go

9/21/2020

I was discussing child rearing the other day with my cousin, also a mother of 2. She mentioned that as hard as it is to stretch the umbilical cord from parent to child as they enter the teenage years and beyond, we must let them be independent in many ways. Otherwise we are enabling them to come running to us for solutions to their problems their whole lives. Isn't the role of a parent to also be guiding the children into making their own decisions based upon reason, pros, and cons? If we trust in the way we have raised our kids, then we must know that they will be OK. Really.

Now this does not mean that we cut the cord altogether. This does not mean that they will escape making plenty of mistakes, as we have, throughout our lives. One of the precious things my son does is call me up to check in, just catch up on my daily doings, without there being a problem to work out. Keeping the lines of communication open is very important in any relationship, especially as one's offspring moves on up and out into their own world, sometimes thousands of miles away. My cousin called this GROW and GO. Our joy is to watch them grow; to feed and water them, nourish and engage in activities that enrich their whole lives. Then it is time for them to go and be apart from us.

GROW and GO. What do you think of this concept? I want to hear from you.
Sincerely,
KJ Landis
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Your Body Already has the Answers. Get Your Mind Out of the Way.

9/14/2020

What do incredibly healthy people all have in common? Radiant energy. We sense it when they are in our personal space. I decided to assist others to stop settling for their life the way it is, and to truly start living for themselves on a higher level.

Our bodies seamlessly know what to do and have all the answers if we humans get out of our own way. We are so brain smart and forward thinking that we have forgotten the basic ways we have lived for eons before processed foods, raspberry ketones, Garcinia Cambogia, point counting, calorie counting, and green coffee bean extract came onto the scene. Before all the fad diets and potions, we humans thrived rather than survived. We radiated energy, and functioned without modern conveniences quite well, thank you. Funny thing is, nowadays we have to schedule and plan ahead our methods of simplification. I’m with you there. I need to strategize my food shopping to get the raw veggies, healthy raw fats, raw pastured dairy, pastured eggs, and proteins from specific specialty stores all over San Francisco. Strategic planning and action firmly sets our intention in place. My thoughts gravitate towards completing my to-do list. Then I feel so accomplished at finishing my to-do list, I am happy to reap the rewards by partaking in the cooking and eating of the things I so painstakingly procured!

Results are a happy smiling me, which results in a happy smiling husband and kids. Radiance. If I grabbed takeout food or drive through pickups on my busy day, the result would be a crabby me, nutrient poor delivery of foods to the cells in my body, a bad attitude, acne, gas, weight fluctuations, and a general lackluster life. Not radiant.

Food and workouts are a part of it, as well as a spiritual path. So many people put their focus on the calories burned during a workout. Yes, working out in any form is awesome, but it is only part of a holistic approach. What are we doing the other hours of the day? How are we recovering from the exercise? What we do with the other hours that we are not exercising is far more important than what we do for the duration of the physical exertion. The recovery time can ruin your efforts or support your efforts.

I want to hear from you!
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KJ Landis
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