Cooking Oils, Part I by Ingrid Naiman

Dear Subscribers,

This post is a follow up on various loose ends. I actually monitor which posts are read, not who reads which, but how many times the posts are opened. Sticky titles might make a difference, but the most recent post entitled Pumpkins was, as those who read it know, not about Halloween . . . and I am not going there today either.

The reason no one ever ordered the delicious pumpkin butter was I forgot to activate it in the database . . . duh! In the post, I did give the right page link, but the link was just to Kitchen Doctor. Here is the correct page link:

http://shop.kitchendoctor.com/ghee_oil.php

I don't think these goofs have to do with aging so much as multitasking and absolutely endless distractions. That said, I hear a voice nagging me to finish a story. I mentioned the fuzzy surfaces of the erythrocytes. In darkfield, there are some very specific features one can observe. The red blood cells should all be the same size and they should keep their distance from each other because they all have the same electrical charge, rather, they should have the same electrical charge and this should repel, not attract. The cells should look round, but they can actually squeeze through spaces so they have some elasticity and flexibility as well as volition. If the surfaces are very smooth, they rebuff intruders, such as predators in the plasma. If the surfaces are not smooth, the cells are more penetrable and they tend to catch on each other which can be serious. It is not always serious but it can be.

The patient with the fuzz on the surface of the RBCs was born just a few days after me. There is one more detail I would like to mention at this time. It is another dot, but perhaps an important one. Some of you will remember that I went into a coma on one of my consulting tours. It was after eating food prepared by the patient. Sensitive as I am to the delicacy of what is beyond the veil, I also feel responsible to you and will thus tell the story in a manner that actually helps you to be healthier. My intention is not to blame anyone as I recovered completely, but rather to spare others the unnecessary experience of both comas and suffering leading to death. That is a tough issue since I believe some events are decided by the soul before incarnating, but I also believe, and you can accept it or not, that we basically continue with where we left off . . . though it may not seem so if we look only at superficial markers such as old age and infancy. In terms of physiological functioning, I see continuity so even a valiant effort towards the end of life is rewarded by a better start in the next incarnation. Okay, such matters are very hard to prove so you can think about it and decide whether or not the thought has merit.

So, what was the difference between the patient and me? She, of course, had a longer exposure but also less response to the risk. Superficially, we might say that she seemed more "durable" but I ran a high fever and burned off some of problem. We could also say that the small difference in our dates of birth was enough to account for why she was less fiery than I am. There is a huge difference between a Sagittarius and a Taurus Moon!

Every horoscope is perfect because the soul chooses what we need, but in this particular situation, my constitution had more capacity to overcome the issues. Think of a sprinter versus a marathon runner. In some situations, quickness is better and in other situations, endurance is needed. The patient lived for quite a while with the rancid oil. I had a brief exposure.

It would be irresponsible on my part to suggest that the patient died from ingesting rancid olive oil. However, it would be fair to say that the red blood cells were not working properly. They deliver oxygen to tissues and this may perhaps determine the proportion of aerobic and anaerobic cells. The RBCs also deliver nutrients which are needed for tissue regeneration. So, if they are not capable of performing their tasks, the body cannot recover from illness. Now, you have one more reason to understand why I love microscopy so much as well as why sometimes I might come off as a fanatic.

I don't want to keep beating on the same drum, but most oil is chemically clarified after extraction. Because it is processed using heat, it is cloudy and does not look nice in the transparent bottles that are also inappropriate. To appeal more to the eye, all kinds of torture is applied to the oil. The list is pretty long and includes hexane and many other nasty chemicals. Some oils are also made with genetically modified organisms. Canola, corn, and soybean oils are especially likely to be made from GMO plants, but cottonseed oil should probably not even be considered a food.

If you have been following the occasional references made to suicides among farmers in India, here is where some more dots connect. The farmers are growing genetically modified cotton that is laced with herbicides. The oil pressed from these plants is a nightmare. Obviously, these oils are not only found in bottles on supermarket shelves but also as ingredients in many processed foods, everything from potato chips to microwavable dinners.

Worse, the problem does not stop with human health. It affects the entire ecosystem. Harsh chemicals cause reactions that affect not just the appearance of products, but also how much water is needed to dilute the toxins. So, we can look at another spectrum here: everything from desertification to obesity.

Recently, there was an interview with James DeMeo. I have followed his work for several decades. He is basically the heir apparent to the work of Wilhelm Reich who, in turn, studied with Sigmund Freud. Jokes were made in the alternative health community that the takeaway from studying Reich is that an orgasm a day keeps the doctor away. Well, I am not going there either but DeMeo is evidently a geographer who has drawn sociological comparisons between events, climate, and soil fertility. He has proposed not only that desertification is an underlying cause of war but also of sexual deviation. He wrote a book on this subject. I have not read it, but water is, of course, not merely the major resource needed by plants but the element associated with human and animal fertility and reproduction. The elements are also associated with chakras and systems of the body, and the water element predominates in the second chakra and more or less determines gender, growth, development of secondary sexual characteristics, fertility, and ultimately longevity.

Okay, that is a long list and a big splash with dots all over the place now. We cannot connect all of them in one post, but I think DeMeo has at least some valid points to his thesis. Both males and females need water so when we speak of things like secondary sexual characteristics, we are talking about descent of testicles, onset of puberty, deepening of the voice, appearance of facial hair, and ultimately burning issues such as libido, sperm count, and motility. With females, the milestones are a bit similar and include onset of menses, viability of eggs, lubrication, menopause, and curves. Lots of water translates into voluptuousness. Obviously, everyone has individual taste but the size and sensuality of the lips, the breasts, and the hips relate to water.

We can, in fact, experience a desertification of the libido and fertility, and we can also fail to mature the characteristics associated with our gender . . . which, in turn, might begin to explain some confusion and crises in identity. In theory, just in theory, detoxification and balance might actually shift some distress, but if DeMeo is correct, then the violence of desertification would probably require psychotherapy. He did not exactly say this, but it would be a logical consequence for those who are victims of misdirected sexual energy.

Just to be clear here, I am merely an observer and am looking for clues. We can build many theories around what we observe, and we can also find other explanations for war and even perhaps whether the Earth is inherently matriarchal or patriarchal. I will try to avoid putting my foot in mouth and give this a rest.

In the meantime, I would like to change the subject. Actually, this is an abrupt change. You can see that there are few quick fixes because many fixes are required which means there is a pressing need for a stable environment where people can study, put what they learn into practice, and heal from whatever ails them. Kitzia and I both want to make the move as soon as possible, perhaps even by the end of the year or at least within the next six months. We have different transitional needs, but our long-term vision is the same.

Some people are impatient, and I understand this, but we need to find our teammates and determine the roles each might want to play in the future. In the meantime, we need a bit of help in some areas, including how to present our concept, how to give it a legal framework that is suitable, how to define the parts that are for posterity, such as Earth trusteeship, and the parts that might actually generate some revenue to support the charitable activities. If anyone reading this has services to offer, we are presently all ears. We are talking primarily about the Andes, but we do have one very important project requiring a more tropical climate. I am willing to discuss all this privately, but I do not want to make announcements prematurely. . . which brings me to the webinars: they will start in 2019.

Blessings,

Ingrid