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The Watershed Health Protocol for All Ages

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

One of the most common questions we are asking at the Watershed Wellness Center is how much water should a person this age or that age drink. Or how much chlorella or spirulina should they consume each day, either for themselves, their parents or their children. We put all that information on one page as a general guide to help you understand our simple and effective if you follow the guide lines. Bob has come up with The Watershed Health Protocol for All Ages

If you want to know where to begin, stop by our Copper to Diamond Page to see how you can go from Beginner to Master of Health.

Every human at any age needs to drink Ionized Water, consume Spirulina and Chlorella, raw fruits and vegetables, Angstrom Minerals and probiotics. Everyone should also exercise vigorously each day and attempt to maintain a positive mental attitude. However, this general health which applies to everyone it should be tailored to the age and sex of the person. Here is a general guide for the average person to follow at any age.

Here is the link to the Page:
The Watershed Health Protocol for All Ages

Bob McCauley, MH, CNC
The Watershed Wellness Center

Bob McCauley Speaking Engagement – Chicago

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Speaking Engagement featuring Bob McCauley at Karyn’s Fresh Corner in Chicago

Saturday, January 30, 2010
3:00 p.m.

Bob McCauley
Author and Lecturer

Discussion Topics:
1. Ionized Water
2. Spirulina & Chlorella
3. Raw Foods, Angstrom Minerals, Herbal Extracts, Probiotics and How to Achieve Great Health

Location:
Karyn’s Fresh Corner
1901 North Halsted Street
Chicago, Illinois 60614
(312) 255-1590
karyninfo@karynraw.com
http://www.karynraw.com/

Bob is the author of Confessions of a Body Builder, Achieving Great Health, The Miraculous Properties of Ionized Water and Honoring the Temple of God. His new book, People Won’t Listen to Me – If They Did, They’d Be Healthy is due out in 2010.

Health Beginner to Health Master: Copper to Diamond

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Health Beginner to Health Master
A Step by Step Guide to Achieving Great Health

by Bob McCauley

Level One: Copper
Begin drinking Ionized Water
There is nothing needed by the body more than water and there is no better water than Ionized Water. Ionized Water is a powerful antioxidant that alkalizes the body and hydrates the body better than any other water because the size and shape of its water molecule clusters is much smaller than conventional water. This also helps flush unwanted substances, i.e. toxins, out of the body. Ionized Water is extremely detoxifying.

Level Two: Bronze
Add Spirulina and Chlorella to your diet
These are the most powerful whole foods in the world and what we should use for our main protein source. If you take 3 – 4 grams of either Spirulina or Chlorella with each meal that is all the protein you will need for that meal. If you want to eat animal protein, meat, fish, eggs or dairy, it is strictly for the taste and is not required by the body. The more we can limit if not eliminate animal protein from our diet the healthier we will be. Only 10 grams (40 tablets – 250 mg each tablet) of Spirulina and/or Chlorella provides the body with all the protein it requires. Spirulina and Chlorella are the most powerful superfoods known, the absolute kings of the plant world. They are the most nutritionally dense and have the broadest array of nutrients of any whole foods known.

Level Three: Silver
Step taking Angstrom Minerals each day
Minerals are the Keys that start the Engine of our Health. Every bodily process depends on a particular mineral to take place. Whether it is the production of an amino acid or an enzyme interaction, the proper mineral must be present for it to occur. It is difficult for us to consume foods that have enough minerals in them and even more difficult for the body to absorb them. For optimal health we need to supplement with angstrom minerals. Angstrom refers to the incredibly small size of the minerals. These liquid minerals are taken in small amounts and held in the mouth under the tongue so they are absorbed through the sublingual gland. This allows the minerals to be injected directly into the bloodstream where they can efficiently be used by the body as it needs them. It has been my observation that people who are mineral deficient tend to live lives of scarcity while people who are mineral rich tend to live lives of abundance.

Level Four: Gold
Begin taking Prebiotics or Probiotics
Probiotics are critical to human health. Lactobacillus Acidophilus is a friendly bacterium necessary for the digestion of proteins. It also reduces fungus infections, lowers blood cholesterol, aids general digestion and enhances nutrient absorption. Deficiencies may result in constipation, bloating, intestinal toxicity, gas, bad breath, Candida, mold and fungal infections. Bifidus is key for the synthesis of the vitamin K and B vitamins, including Vitamin B-12. Deficiency of Bifidus can cause constipation, gas and elevated levels of ammonia from protein digestion, which can lead to liver toxicity. Probiotics also help keep harmful bacteria such as H-Priori and e-coli Prebiotics are fermented foods that are beneficial to the growth of intestinal flora such as Acidophilus and Bifidus, therefore they work together to provide the body with intestinal wellbeing. This is of vital importance since most diseases of the body begin the digestive tract.

Level Five: Platinum
Begin Eating More Raw Foods
Try to include as many different kind of raw foods to your diet as possible. I personally eat 200 – 250 foods each year. Although I may consume very small amounts of some of them, it’s important to remember that each and every food is completely unique. My Raw Food Pyramid explains which foods you should eat and in what quantities. Our diet should consist mostly of green foods because Chlorophyll is the single most important nutrient required by the body. Therefore, most of what we consume should consist of green leafy foods such as kale, spinach, parsley and arugula. Cooking foods destroys their enzymes and scrambles chemical structure of the food greatly diminishing the nutrient potential of that food. Cooking foods above 105F transforms them from alkaline, rejuvenating foods that reduce the oxidation of the body into a substance that is no longer recognizable by the body. Cooked foods acidify, provide little nutrition and increase the oxidation of the body, which accelerates the aging process.

There are many ways to start including raw foods in your diet, such as making a juice and/or having a salad each day. Doing either one or both of these on a regular basis will make a tremendous difference in your health.

Level Six: Diamond
Add Herbal Extracts and Chlorella Growth Factor to your Diet

Herbs are plants that we have determined possess powerful attributes that are beneficial to our health. They are not complete foods such as Spirulina and Chlorella, meaning they do not have a balanced compliment of protein (amino acids), carbohydrates and fat. Rather, herbs are concentrated in one or more chemical compounds, each that have profound health benefits of different kinds. And since there are innumerable plants, there are innumerable kinds of benefits to our health. When we take Herbs that are best taken with complete foods such as Spirulina and/or Chlorella that have protein, carbohydrates and fats in them. This allows these powerful herbs to be mollified as they enter the bloodstream. This is especially true of people who are very toxic, are on medications or have been sick for a very long time.

For instance, the herb Tribulus has chemical saponins that build muscle in the body. Mucuna has L-Dopamine that acts as a mood enhancer and has been shown in studies to improve neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease. Valerian has valproic acid that helps us to relax. It also encourages deep, regular sleep patterns. Bacopa contains chemical components known as bacosides that improve memory and mental focus. The curcumin found in Turmeric is excellent for inflammation in the body. Studies also show that it can also help in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Ashwagandha is an herb that helps relieve stress, strain, fatigue, pain, skin diseases, diabetes, gastrointestinal disease, rheumatoid arthritis and epilepsy. It also helps increase energy as well as improves health and longevity. Shilajit counteracts Diabetes and regulates the blood sugar levels. Shilajit stimulates the immune system and improves recovery time after exercise. Shilajit counteracts debility and general fatigue. Chemical analyses of this brain-powering root, Maca, reveal an astonishing profile of amino acids, vitamins, minerals, sterols, fatty acids, and glucosinates.

Chlorella Growth Factor (CGF) is essentially concentrated chlorella that contains extremely high amounts of amino acids (protein), polysaccharides, nucleic acids (RNA/DNA) as well as other nutrients including the vitamin-B complex. The nucleotide-peptide complex in CGF performs small miracles in the body. It is an incredible immune system builder by stimulating B-cell, macrophage and interferon production. Nucleic acids are depleted by lack of exercise, stress, pollution and poor diet. Replenishing RNA/DNA is therefore fundamental to every aspect of bodily health, longevity and quality of life. CGF is available in both liquid and powder.

At the Diamond Level, I also recommend that you start using a Far Infrared Sauna each day. Exposure to Far Infrared Rays are energizing, detoxifying and superior immune system builders. As you literally sweat out heavy metals, acrylamides, herbicides, pesticides, fungicides and other toxins of every imaginable kind, you will help encourage an environment that is not conducive to disease.

Other recommendations for Achieving Great Health at any level: Exercise vigorously for 15 – 30 minutes each day, get plenty of rest and, most importantly, maintain a positive mental attitude. Actively seek a relationship with God and know that your body is His temple and when you dishonor it the result is sickness and disease. However, when you honor the temple that God has given you the result is always the same: Great Health.

The Reward for Practicing God’s Laws is Great Health

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

The rewards of practicing God’s laws, including His laws that honor our temple, are too innumerable to imagine. Doing so will take both your physical and spiritual life to a place few have ever visited, let alone conceived of. I have personally experienced a level of health I never knew existed before I began following this health protocol. I would be lying to say it is easy to maintain, but it is definitely worth it. I struggle every day, but my reward is often beyond words and simply a thing you have to experience for yourself to understand its joy.

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9 [NIV]

I am crying to you about your health from the desert the way others have cried from lonely places wanting others to hear God’s message. This is a difficult message to hear, but it is not beyond your reach. This message is tough love, but love nonetheless. We all face tremendous difficulties in our lives. Some we feel are impossible to overcome. But with God, everything is possible. God never gives us challenges that we cannot overcome because He is infinitely fair. As with all the challenges that confront us, all we need to do is turn ourselves toward the face of God, ask for His mercy and it will be granted to us.

From Honoring the Temple of God by Bob McCauley, CNC, MH

Bob is a 3rd Degree Black Belt

Curcumin induces apoptosis-independent death in oesophageal cancer cells

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Researchers from the University College Cork and Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland found in their comprehensive study that curcumin, found in abundance in turmeric (an orange root), cause apoptosis (death) of cancer cells. Chemical antioxidants, curcumoids, kill cancer cells by interpruting mitosis so the cell cannot split. A cell that cannot split cannot perpetuate itself. Therefore, when a cancer's mitosis is interpreted, it dies. Curcumin does this.

I juice turmeric regularly. It's potent stuff and I love it. It burns the mouth and the flavor is intense. I don't love the taste or the burning, but I know what incredible health properties turmeric has. There are three roots I know of that have powerful health properties: Turmeric, Ginseng (found around the 40-43rd parallel) and Maca Root (found above 14,000 ft). Each has incredible health properties that the other doesn't have. Many other roots also have incredible health properties.

You can look at any raw food and find powerful health properties that target certain areas of the health picture. In the case of turmeric, it kills cancer cells. We can consume curcumin with a whole food such as turmeric or as a curcumin concentrate, up to 95% pure.

Conclusion: Curcumin can induce cell death by a mechanism that is not reliant on apoptosis induction, and thus represents a promising anticancer agent for prevention and treatment of oesophageal cancer.

The Study demonstrates that certain foods have incredible anti-cancer properties that we are just beginning to learn about. As we continue to study more foods and their chemical components we will find how nature has provided everything to us that we need to cure the body of disease and be as healthy as we want to be.

Curcumin induces apoptosis-independent death in oesophageal cancer cells

G O'Sullivan-Coyne1, G C O'Sullivan1, T R O'Donovan1, K Piwocka2 and S L McKenna1

1Leslie C. Quick Laboratory, Cork Cancer Research Centre, BioSciences Institute, University College Cork and Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

2Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland Correspondence: Dr SL McKenna Sharon, E-mail: s.mckenna@ucc.ie

Received 1 June 2009; Revised 10 August 2009; Accepted 17 August 2009; Published online 6 October 2009.

We Admire or Detest Our Body – We do not Honor it

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Philippians 2:3 [NIV]
Most people look in the mirror and either approve or disapprove of the way their bodies look. They view their body as something that should look sexy and appealing because it inflates their ego. Others look upon their bodies with disappointment and self-loathing. Some see themselves as a hideous sack of drooping flab. Many have tried every diet known or joined a gym in their quest for health and beauty. Since nothing has worked, they are ready to give up because they know in their hearts that they still are not healthy after all their efforts. As people get older, they often begin to lose their will to change, rationalizing that it’s too late in life for them to do anything about it. Please read the book. Honoring the Temple of God - A Christian Health Perspective

Our Duty to the Temple God Gave Us

Monday, October 19th, 2009
We are under the false impression that health is complex and therefore must be beyond our grasp. Many of us believe we are eating healthily when in fact we are not. Faux health is feeling good while living with the knowledge that you are declining and it is only a matter of time before disease invades your body. Health is simple to understand, but it is not easy to follow. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Isaiah 40:29 [NIV] We must control our appetite for the foods and tastes we crave and have become accustomed to eating over many years. We must not do this for ourselves, but for God and the glorification of His temple, our body. His word, prayer, meditation, reading scripture, service and work. For a believer, a day spent earnestly working is a day spent with God. The environment for that is best created when we live in the now, the present moment and when we live in a way that does not invite disease. Check my Amazon page: http://ow.ly/uTnD More than anything, I welcome your feedback. Let me know what you think about my book and the philosophy behind it. I want to how I can make the book better. Write me anytime at bob@watershed.net

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Honoring the Temple of God – Controlling our Appetite

Monday, October 12th, 2009

When I wrote Honoring the Temple of God, like most people I had cravings for many things that are not necessarily the healthiest things for us, such as pizza and chocolate cookies. We must control our appetite for the foods and tastes we crave and have become accustomed to eating over many years. We must not do this for ourselves, but for God and the glorification of His temple, our body.

In order to truly succeed and honor our temple we must choose to surrender to God’s will for us. We must be selfless in order to accomplish this because we can never be selfish with God and expect to have a meaningful, proper relationship with Him. Our relationship with God should be progressive and ever-expanding. Each day we should strive to know Him better and this is only accomplished through His word, prayer, meditation, reading scripture, service and work.

"We must control our appetite for the foods and tastes we crave and have become accustomed to eating over many years. We must not do this for ourselves, but for God and the glorification of His temple, our body." From Honoring the Temple of God

Bob McCauley

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Honoring the Temple of God – (Another Subtitle)

Friday, October 9th, 2009

I almost subtitled this book A Christian Health Revolution because it is a truly revolutionary way to view health and how we ought to view the temple, our body, that God has given us. The ideas in this book will change your view of how health is actually obtained. It will challenge your understanding of your body and your obligation to honor it. It will cause you to waken your obligation to honor one of God’s most precise gifts, your body. Whether you are Christian or not, you will never think of yourself, your life and body in the same way after reading this book.

Honoring the Temple of God and the health protocol explained in this book is the next revolution in Christianity. This revolution concerns the recognition that the temple of God is within us because our body literally is a temple of God. And it is a far more important temple than one built of wood, steel and brick. More than anything I would love to hear your comments whether you are Christian or not. Send them to bob@watershed.net

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