A Healthy Snack?

For some reason Spirit wants me to write this. So I am.

CoCo Orange Mango Happy Squeeze vs. Pomegranite Lifeway Kefir:

• I am a label reader. The first says, on the front (and you know you should only read the BACK!!) 'good source of calcium and magnesium' and '2/3 cup of fruit' and USDA Organic.  On the back there is a WARNING: CAPS PRESENT CHOKING HAZARD. KEEP CAP AWAY FROM CHILDREN. Choking always gets my attention; I can't help it, I'm an anesthesiologist and keeping the airway open is my specialty. The good thing is this snack is vegan, and vegetarian by default. It's about three mouthfuls of product in one pouch, at ninety calories. It's low sodium. And only one gram of fiber. What caught my attention is seventeen grams of sugars! It's from the organic pear juice concentrate...The calcium is fifteen percent USRDA, Magnesium ten percent, Vitamin A eight percent, and Vitamin C one hundred fifty percent (it's supplemented as ascorbic acid, most likely to preserve fruit). I was disappointed at how 'unnatural' this 'natural' snack is, especially at one dollar fifty a pouch. (Total volume is 99 grams--it's sold by weight--or 3.5 oz)
• The kefir, on the other hand, has the same twenty grams of sugar in eight ounces (240 ml)--so actually the product is less concentrated sweet than the coconut milk. The calories are one hundred forty, but eleven grams of protein and thirty percent of USRDA for calcium are in it too. It is not vegan, but is vegetarian and also is probiotic. It is also kosher, gluten-free, and made with renewable energy (wind).  It also is USDA Organic.
• I had them both <3

Go RAW Real Live Apricot Bar vs. Organic Dried Turkish Apricots

• both on front are USDA Organic
• The Raw bar is very small, only twelve grams (recall one gram is the weight of one small paper clip). It's three bites, and has fifty calories. Except for the one hundred milligrams of Omega 3 fatty acids, two grams fiber, six grams sugar, one gram protein, and ninety milligrams potassium (3% Daily Value USRDA). Everything else was less. It is vegan and gluten free.
• The actual dried apricots are vegan, raw, and gluten free. One serving is only eighty calories, and you get twenty-eight grams--more than twice the bulk of the Raw bar. There is three grams of fiber, eleven grams of sugar, and one gram of protein. The highest nutrient value is iron (4% Daily Value).
• I had them both. <3

Alka H2O

This is naturally alkaline artesian water--from the ground in Puerto Rico. The pH is 9.5. The bottle is BPA free.  The purpose of alkalinizing the body is to 'neutralize the effect of free radicals and their associated acidity of the body due to modern foods.) As a physician, I know what the kidneys do, and that is maintain homeostasis in pH. The lungs and the kidneys work together to maintain pH of the bloodstream within the optimum levels for all enzymes to function. When there is lung disease, the kidneys compensate, and vice-versa--to approximate a normal pH. I need to do some more looking in to alkalization. I have heard that some cancers do not grow well in a mildly alkaline environment. Your body is in pretty tight equilibrium at 7.40--I know, I've taken the blood gases of my patients my whole career...perhaps I can sit next to a nephrologist one day at lunch next week and find out the real story behind all of this! <3

Aloha and Mahalos,

Namaste,

Peace,

Reiki Doc

Why I've Eaten Salad For Lunch For Five Years (sad face)

One of the strongest motivators for me to eliminate meat from the diet has been the hospital cafeteria.

I kid you not. It's the meat in the steam trays in the Doctor's Lounge and the quality of burgers on the grill that turned me off from meat long before I ever set foot in a RAW vegan restaurant.

It's the kind of meat that comes in bags that are frozen (chicken) or patties that have little pieces of paper between them. After a while, even the fish got hard to take.

So I ate salad.

Have you eaten salad for lunch for five years?

It gets old.

That's how 'My Project' began. I really enjoyed the food at the RAW vegan restaurant. And the chef at my hospital noticed why I hardly ever eat anything except salad, no matter what he cooks.

I explained to him that the food provided does not meet my lifestyle choices--organic, vegan, no high fructose corn syrup (yes--no more cranberry juice at the hospital for me), no GMO, and for my son, pasture-grass fed free range animal products.

Just between me and you, the aspartame yogurts in the fridge just freak me out...I didn't tell him that though.

I bought him a copy of Cherie Soria and Dan Landman's book--RAW Food For Dummies (it's actually the leading book on the topic) and my friend the owner of the restaurant and I split a one hundred dollar gift certificate for him to go to the restaurant to experience RAW.

He never ate there.

I don't know what he did with the gift certificate.

But he did go visit the restaurant once. It was a surprise that I was there when he came to see my friend. I sat in the booth with them, and then I excused myself to get the other chef from his office.

I asked for the best RAW vegan chef in the world to meet our hospital chef. I knocked on the door. He must have been out of the office.

But I did the most amazing thing, from my heart. I spoke to the door. I don't know if you are in there or not, but through a lot of effort I got our hospital chef here. He needs to meet you. I am tired of eating crap. They have nothing for me to eat at the hospital--when I was an inpatient I thought they were trying to kill me! http://reikidoc.blogspot.com/2012/06/hospital-food-is-un-reiki.html. Think of all the doctors and nurses and patients and patient families who could be helped by your expertise. Please, please, help make my dream come true.

He never answered. He wasn't there, how could he?

But Spirit did.

I sat in the booth with the owner and hospital chef trying to get them to connect. It wasn't pretty. I felt the stress. Trying to make a deal (you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours), trying to force a commitment, and trying to protect the kitchen and the secret recipes. Nothing personal, but total Duality mentality on the part of my friends at my Spiritual Home. I got sad. The energies spiraled lower and lower instead of up between the two parties.

It's a shame, really. Because the hospital chef knows how to make a lot of food for a lot of people every day, and my friends at the restaurant could have learned how to 'scale up' from him while he learned 'healthy' from them.

Then came the Bulldog one week later. Introduced to me as a 'friend' of the owner. She was anything but. I know those who are not of Spirit, the ones who 'don't-have-our-best-interest-at-heart'. I felt the familiar energy drain, the my-will-versus-yours, and the carefully hidden agenda-hunger for money.  I know it well. So although the 'job description' was 'manager of the restaurant', I know a heart's dimension when I see it, and this one was even MORE 3D than the owner. This heart was after my freedom, money from the hospital, and a Big Business Deal. But the Brain was in 'Wally World' and completely out of touch with Reality at The Hospital.

So I pulled out my big guns:

• my doctors LIKE meat
• the only way this can fly is if we promote 'vegan choices' be made available
• it's a win-win even without money
• do you think my doctors are stupid enough that they won't notice an exchange of fake meat for real meat--like ribs and soy substitutes?
• I told her something in confidence as a test

She failed the test. I called her on it. She 'spun' it as 'being very tactful' and 'selective'. She wanted to know what would move the project forward.

And a voice I never knew I had texted back: Spirit will move the project forward. There is great need.

Guess what?

The very next day I was in the OR with our breast cancer surgical oncologist, director of the breast center, and incoming president of the medical staff. And her vegetarian plastic surgeon. She said she's packed her lunch every day for twelve years because she likes 'clean food'. Then at lunch I asked the midwives what they thought of the project. The vegan one loved it (she eats salad every day too), and the others who did eat meat still enjoy vegan restaurants from time to time, and supported it too.

Our chef had told me to let him know next time I am on OB call and will go to the doctor's dining room. I am the 'guinea pig' and he will try out new recipes, on his own, on me. He gave me a big plate of food that was kind of like 'eggplant tofu'. I wanted bok choy, green, but I got 'lots of protein vegan'. I went to the doctor's lounge. And guess who was there? The vegetarian plastic surgeon.

The plastic surgeon's brother died young with a brain tumor. That's why he changed. He still likes meat. On his plate was the chicken curry and rice. 'I just eat around the meat' he said. But when I shared the new dish, he totally loved it! And chef walked in, and we gave our enthusiastic support.

This is how 5D is. No talk of money. No I'll give you this is you give me that. Just a desire for something to improve for humanity, and making the request from your heart. 

Thank you Spirit.

Here's some info on 'eating healthy' from the Mayo Clinic. Note--go organic on the blueberries and wild caught on the salmon--http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/health-foods/MY01108

Here they are on Yelp--I understand they actively promote 'healthy options': http://www.yelp.ca/biz/mayo-clinic-hospital-cafeteria-phoenix-2

when I was at Navy hospital doing peds--our meal tickets went to Mc Donald's downstairs! See how much room there is for improvement? http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/newsroom/newsroom-content/2011/12/childrens-hospitals-offer-few-healthy-food-options-study-finds.html

Here's a project initiative along the same lines as me, I didn't know we had: http://ahealthieramerica.org/our-partners/hospitals/

And here's Kaiser's take on the issue--I've eaten there a lot when mom was sick. Again, mostly salads, and not a whole lot of choices except for one froozie fruit/vegetable drink dispenser in the cafeteria. They did have 'food choices' though, for mom: http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/stories/2013/june/24/better-hospital-food-federal-health-law.aspx

Food IS a medicine. It also is a source of the majority of our illnesses, the chronic long-term ones.

So choose wisely. And  choose well. With your heart center. And a pendulum if you're not sure about it! ; ) http://reikidoc.blogspot.com/2012/11/vote-your-pendulum.html

Know that the more cooked, and especially the more fried or microwaved, the less energy of Life and nutrition is left actually IN the food. So no matter what, to keep the energy of the workers and microwaves 'out' and 'LOVE energy' in, be sure to give thanks for, and bless your food every time you eat. Even give Reiki!

Aloha and Mahalos,

Namaste,

Reiki Doc


P.S. I love this book--it's very useful. Conquering Cancer by Dr. Joel Berman, M.D. It's on amazon.

Metaphysical Victoria

Paranormal. First Nations. History. Large population. Tradition. A popular cruise ship stop. Very mild weather compared to mainland Canada. And magnetic earth energy (Ley lines) that intersect.

Victoria, British Columbia is a fascinating place.

If you are a worker for the Light, what do I suggest that you do? What options have you?

• Enjoy where you are 'nudged' to travel and explore! Last year, I wanted to see Sooke. And I did. There was a beautiful stretch of stone beach that was very healing for me.
• First Nations sites are marked with large statues. For example, Songhees' Point. You might wish to visit them.
• See whales. Take a tour. The water is calm and the vistas are beautiful. The whales are magical to observe. 
• Shop. You have three choices downtown. On Johnson street there is Dark Horse Books, more of a used bookstore. I didn't go inside. (there is a certain 'mystery school' all over the area, signs of it are everywhere, and there was a guidebook to 'it' in the window; there is no 'connection' whatsoever to this 'mystery school' for me.) The other is Avalon, in the back right hand corner in Market Square. They have exceptionally nice crystals. There is an online store too: http://www.avalonmetaphysical.com/ Right across the street, in Chinatown, is another store. I bought some very fine pendulums there. The owner is nice, but a little reserved. Our California ways were a little 'much' for her until she 'warmed up'. http://www.triplespiralmetaphysical.com/
• Go organic. This store had a nice selection of just about everything. http://www.lifestylemarkets.com/ There is a nice chocolate with honey in it that is 'activated' that is sold there 'handmade Manuka Honey Chocolate Truffle Bar' www.zibadel.com. I also bought this coffee: Paradise Mountain Organic Coffee. I met the owner, and he shook my hand. It is grown in the shade in Thailand, and supports for the Thai and the non-Thai (Burma or Malaysian) long-time residents who are not eligible for services. There is a school. They fertilize with elephant dung and chicken poop! The coffee tastes wonderful (I take it black) The phone is 1-855-263-7662 and the email is info@pmoc.ca   . There is no website, unfortunately!
• Exercise! You can walk along the Harbor, rent a bike, play tennis, or even ride a zip line nearby. It is good for your energy when you exercise.
• Feed a seal. There is a blind harbor seal near Fisherman's wharf. You can buy fish for it, and hold it out by the pier. The seal is blind and has very sharp teeth. My son would let go of the fish as the seal came up with the open mouth, just to be careful!
• See The Butchart Gardens. It is magical. Take more pictures than you think. Everything looks even better on camera and you will have so many memories!
• Take a Ghostly Walk--this is a very reputable organization that will let you know more of the history of the area. It can be scary for some, but is not intended to be more than 'a little spooky'. https://www.facebook.com/ghostlywalks
• Watch a water ferry 'taxi water ballet'. This is charming! Don't miss it! http://www.victoriaharbourferry.com/tours-services/water-ballet
• Get Roger's Chocolates on Government Street
• Try Poutine--Grilligan's or La Belle Patat (tuesdays are buy one get one free)
• Have tea. Ask your concierge for details. We have gone to the Butchart and the Empress, both are wonderful.
• Wash your clothes! This place was very nice but the WiFi didn't work for us http://www.laundrolounge.ca/index.html. Here is a photo--
  

This vacation, I haven't wanted to 'do' much. The weather has been cool, and we have mostly stuck to our 'tried and true' favorites.  It has been an excellent trip.

Ways to get here? Float plane. Connector flight from Vancouver or Seattle. Coho Ferry. Cruise Ship. Or even 'your own boat' if you are into navigating!

Best wishes for a fabulous stay.

Aloha and mahalos,

Namaste,

Reiki Doc

Emergence: Just Be Present

Today I was surprised at my heart center and it's candor. Let me explain. After reading today's Matthew's Message, I was stoked, I mean, TOTALLY EXCITED about the intel, right down to the word 'co-create' that I had just written about in this morning's blog post, Healing Candle 7: Bali Sunrise.

On the car ride home, I reflected on this information in my heart. And I asked Spirit, 'Why isn't everybody--you know, Joe Citizen--everybody and his brother--etc-- excited about this news too?'

Spirit gave me a response in an instant, in just the way that I could understand. It wasn't words. It was a thought-picture about something I know well and work with every day--emergence from an anesthetic.

Here is a conversation I have had many times each day for most of my career:

Patient: Just be sure I WAKE UP from the anesthesia. I don't want to die on the table!
Me: You're not going to die!
Patient: Seriously! I don't want to take too much and not wake up!
Me: Have you ever drank so much you 'blacked out'?
Patient, looking sheepish: ...Yes...
Me: What happened after you stopped drinking?
Patient: I woke up. I was fine--except for the hangover...
Me: I keep you asleep by giving you 'sleeping gas'. When the surgeon is done doing whatever they planned to do, guess what? I turn the gas off. And you wake up! That makes sense, doesn't it, when you think about it that way?
Patient: They smile, and look relaxed, and say, I guess that does make sense!
Me: My job is to watch over you and adjust the anesthetic during the procedure so you are comfortable and safe. I will not leave you. When the surgery is finished, I will wake you up just barely enough so you won't choke on your own spit. The first thing you are going to remember is the recovery room. Everything between now and then will just seem like a short time, where everything will go 'black', okay? Next thing you know I will be bugging you to wake up and you are going to be like, 'I am soooo comfortable!' Okay?

I realized that there are things being actively given to the general population for 'keeping them asleep'. They are illuminati things, like the controlled media and addictive substances and unhealthy food. But as these things are taken away, the people are naturally going to start 'waking up' to the Truth after many generations, thousands of years in fact, of  Lies.

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I had to work today. It really sucked to have the kids home from school and me working. I had them stay with a friend, another single mother. After three, I was able to go pick them up. They asked me to take them to Mc D's for 'some french fries'. I said yes because this particular one we went to once late at night after I picked them up because I had a craving for french fries. It was fun when we ate them in the car after going through Drive Thru.

Something changed in me. I felt a calling for something 'better'. I drove by the Hollywood-style Chain Vegan Restaurant in the same mall. I wanted a juice. It was closed from three to five.

As I walked in to Mc D's, it hit me like a ton of bricks--the lies! I couldn't eat. I didn't order anything. I didn't want to spoil it for the others, so I let them order. 'I'll take a number 13 meal' I heard--and I thought how odd about the number. I was pleased they ordered water instead of soda.  To keep company I ate a few french fries. But they had lost their magic.

I was hungry but I couldn't eat. My eyes caught the 'flyer' on the tray. It was about nutrition, and all the 'many choices' that were available. I asked the children, as they ate, these five questions:

1. What would you eat if you didn't want to hurt animals? Apple slices. Yogurt parfait. Salad. I also pointed out that the cows with the rancher on the T.V. 'infomercial' for the place WERE the hamburgers.  The kids said, 'what about fish? we like fish?' and I said, 'It is better than beef and pork, and about the same as chicken, nutritionally, but they are still animals.'
2. What would you eat if you were at school? (it is a no-sugar school; nothing in the first five ingredients can be a concentrated sweet, even honey or cane juice.) Salad. Hamburger. Fries. They were surprised the yogurt had sugar.
3. What would you eat if you ate organic only? Nothing on this list.
4. What would you eat if you did not want GMO? Or High-Fructose Corn Syrup? Nothing. Not even the ketchup.
5. How many calories did you eat today? How many are in this meal? Let's add it up--waffles with syrup and butter, three slices of pizza at Chuck E. Cheese, two sodas, ten nuggets, fries and water--about four thousand calories. How many calories do you need in a day? About two thousand. What happens to those extra calories? How many fruits and vegetables did you have today? Does cheese count? No. How about the french fry potatoes? They are fried. They don't count. Well then, none.

They asked me, 'Are we going to turn vegetarian? We will be short if we don't eat meat! It's TRUE!'

I said, 'No. I just don't want to eat here because my heart isn't into it any more. I don't want to cook dead chickens and cows. I don't really want to serve food from the dairies, because they also torture the cows. It took me a long time to come to this, and a lot of knowing myself and what is in my heart. You will in time come to your own decisions. I will not force my choice upon you. Besides, I will always eat some meat if I am served it by a friend or if I am starving and there is nothing else to eat at the hospital. But not every day. I will do the best I can.'

I asked, 'if your body was a car, what kind of gas would you put into it? Regular? Plus? Or Supreme?'

I just want to put the very best fuel into my body to make it run the best it can for me. Everyone's body is different. Why don't you get to know yours, and find out what works best for you?

(Their father suggested putting them on a dairy-free diet for three weeks to cure chronic sinus ailments. I agreed. Except for the pizza last night at a birthday party, and today, they have been off it. Miraculously, it appears to work! They don't know it, but I am going to keep them off it most of the time for good, if they keep this improvement I have been noticing the past five days.)

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My heart center found a Truth, packaged it into a way I could understand it, and gave me a chance to apply it with my kids. When they are ready, they will wake up, too. And one of them is an eight-year old Reiki Master! 

No wonder why the world at large is fast asleep. There is a lot of Anesthesia for the Soul going on out there! Now that makes sense to me. And when the 'Anesthesia Gas' is turned off--you get the picture! <3

Aloha and Namaste,

Reiki Doc

P.S. If you are looking for a tool to help you 'sort things out' as 'Truth' or not, why not take a general statement and 'Turn It Around' a la Byron Katie?

Example: 'There is NO DIFFERENCE between conventional food and organic. Studies show they are the same.'

'Turned around': There IS a Difference between conventional food and organic. Studies just have not been able to show it yet (either technology is not advanced enough, or the people who funded the study do not want to demonstrate this difference).

I hope this helps!

Hospital Food is Un-Reiki

My stay overnight at the hospital after surgery was a complete shock to my system at mealtimes.

Why?

At  home I strive to eat only Organic, locally grown foods that are pure and of a very high vibration. Although I am not all the way vegetarian, I have cut back significantly. Furthermore the animal products I ingest are of the highest quality, grass-fed, hormone-free, antibiotic-free, no GMO, and free range. I avoid High Fructose Corn Syrup like the plague. My house is free of Trans Fats.

At first I felt like the food on my tray was going to kill me.

Dinner was clear liquid diet. I had sugary jello, salty broth, four ounce cups of fruit juice laden with high-fructose corn syrup, an 'italian ice' with more high-fructose corn syrup, and a popsicle, again, with high-fructose corn syrup. Those foods would be enough to make me throw up any given day, never mind after laparoscopic surgery! The little cans of sodas offered were also something I did not take, because they were too sweet and full of high-fructose corn syrup as well.

Here are the foods the hospital made available to  me on Post-Op Day 1:

Breakfast:

sugar packet
Margarine
Creamer, nondairy
DietKit, Blue, Pkt (Equal sweetener)

Juice, Orange, 4 oz
Cereal, Raisin Bran
Milk, ReFat, 8oz

Coffee

Scrambled Eggs, 2 ounce
Sausage Link, 1 ounce
Muffin, Banana Nut

I couldn't handle ANY of it. I wanted to retch. There was a friend who brought me a loaf of french bread and some butter from a bakery across the street. Real butter. I had bread, butter, and coffee black.


Lunch:

sugar packet
Margarine
Cracker, Saltine, pkt
DietKit, Blue, Pkt

Cookie, Oatmeal Raisin
Fruit, Seasonal 4 oz
Juice, Apple, 4oz

Broth, Chicken 4 oz

Chix, Teri, Rice bowl
Veg, Carrots, 1/2 cup

Nothing was fresh. Everything was processed. The soup was too salty, and the teriyaki bowl was definitely not made by anyone remotely Japanese. I couldn't eat it.


Dinner:

Sugar packet
Cracker, Saltine, Pkt
Creamer, NonDairy
DietKit, Blue, Pkt

Garden Salad, 1 cup
Fruit, Seasonal 4 ounce

Broth Vegetable, 4 oz
Coffee, 8 oz

Chix, Marsala, Reg 3 ounce
Veg, Asprgs, Cut and tips   1/2 cup
Rice, Steamed, Reg   1/2 cup


At last I found something that could agree with me. The salad and fruit was WONDERFUL! As was the asparagus and rice. It settled well with my system. I ate part of the chicken, but not all.

Can you imagine getting this type of food if you were a diabetic? Or kidney disease where everything tastes awful in the first place and they put a limit on sodium and potassium (no O.J., no potato, no pineapple juice, no chocolate, and no tomato anything)? Have you read the disclosure by a cardiac surgeon who says the cardiac diet (low in fat and cholesterol) is responsible for the rise in obesity and diabetes* (There is an even more surprising discovery that 'grounding', direct contact with Earth, can lower risk of blood clot and high blood pressure due to electronic grounding process **) How about the poor souls who are on Ensure, either as enteral feeds (tube feeding) or supplements? Where is the life force in any of that?

If we are going to get this health care thing in order, we are definitely going to have to start with the food. I wish Alice Waters would take up this cause. She brought it to the schools. Now the institutions need our help. All this Top Chef programming on television would be so much better if attention was directed towards helping those who need it most--the weak, the sick, the Dis-Eased.

I suggest we offer ethnic based choices. Our area in Southern California has Latino and Vietnamese influence. These patients should have options for their native foods. We also have health-conscious people, who would enjoy a Whole Foods type menu. I am surprised vegetarian and vegan was not an option. It is an option on a flight, just like Kosher meals are available upon advance request of the airline.

Similarly, I was at the local British/Indian Market. I was surprised at how small the produce section is. And how highly refined most of the food products are. A huge freezer aisle of Indian and British choices. Many other foods packaged, boxed, in cans. A lot of teas, jams, chutneys, biscuits, cookies, and snacks. And very large bags of white rice.

Even the restaurant at this Indian market,  with its vegan food options, had overcooked vegetables in sauces on a steam tray, and not many of them were fresh. The salad was particularly unpleasant. I had channa masala and palak paneer. I would have preferred raita over the salad. But naan is quite delicious, any way it comes.

Please note that is you are trying to heal, one of the best ways to go about this is by raising your vibration. Not just with your thoughts, but with your activities and food choices too. Even more, the vibration is increased by blessing and saying grace over the meal as one prepares to eat it.

People who are ill and in the hospital can't help but benefit from improvement in the status quo. Healers too. There are not much healthy options at the cafeteria for workers to eat when they are in the hospital. We need good food for good healing!


Namaste,

Reiki Doc

* = Dr. Dwight Lundell, Cardiac Surgeon Speaks Out View: Cardiac Surgeon-speaks-out-what-really-causes-heart-disease

** = More on Grounding speaking-grounding-gaia-look-concept…-“earthing”


Editor Update: I just saw this article TODAY--Sunday, June 1, 2014. It is dated October 2012. Enjoy! http://althealthworks.com/103/interview-million-dollar-organic-greenhouse-farmer-hopes-other-hospitals-follow-suit/