Clinical Significance of Living Food
By Dr. Gillian McKeith (Ph. D)

      Dr. Gillian McKeith, The international clinical nutritionist, writes best selling books, columns and research papers. As a director of the McKeith Clinic (London) she consults with patients and conducts studies. Dr. McKeith formulated the LIVING FOOD ENERGY POWDER to heal herself, and ultimately her own patients; and NOW SHE REPORTS HER CLINICAL FINDINGS.

Fifteen years ago, I was very ill. I suffered with chronic fatigue, facial pains and stomach pains, gas, bloating, indigestion, continuous nausea, allergies, debilitating PMT and severely excruciating migraine that would just not leave me. I would lay in bed most of each day. Yet I was co-hosting the radio show, Healthline Across America from New York, whereby I interviewed experts and special guests about issues of natural health. I loved that show so much that I managed to peel myself off the bed, drive to the studio to do the show, and then quickly return home just to get back into bed. Imagine the irony of it all: a young girl hosting a national health radio show who is exhausted, sickly and sleeps most of the time!

Moulds and Miracles
When my symptoms worsened, I started on the medical establishment roller coaster. I visited dozens of specialists; each one prescribing more drugs that the previous one I became even more debilitated. Finally, I met a brain surgeon who predicted that I had a life threatening brain tumor. The doctor wanted me in hospital as soon as possible for a brain scan (strangely enough, my own brother was dating a girl with a brain tumor. She had the same symptoms as me). I prepared myself for death. I cherished every waking moment every blade of grass; I smelled every rose and absorbed all aromas. I tried to convince myself that I may have to accept the fate of no children, no husband, dying young. Luckily, the next day on the radio show, an accomplished spiritual energy healer was to be the special guest. After the show, I asked her if she could personally work on me. With just a simple touch, she shifted from left to right the pain of my migraine for the first time in months. She then proceeded to tell me that I did not have a brain tumor at all, and she said that there was absolutely no need to go for the brain scan. Instead, she insisted that I be tested for severe allergies to yeast and moulds. Reluctantly, I complied; and sure enough, she was right. Biochemical test revealed that I was suffering from a rampant overgrowth of yeast in my blood, now know as Canidida Albicans. I was also diagnosed with severe allergy to moulds.

I then spent years re-educating and retraining myself in Nutritional Biochemistry to find the path to perfect health. In total, I would ultimately work more than ten years researching the superfoods, or what I now refer to as living foods. These are the very foods that healed me and now keep me strong. These living foods include live growing sprouts, supergrains such as millet or quinoa, seeds, sea vegetables (seaweed), essential fatty acids, barley grass and other plants and herbs along with wild blue green algae. This was the only way that I could have recovered from my own illnesses. I ate these superfoods everyday.

The Case Studies
Now as Director of the McKeith Clinic (London), I can report key clinical research and case studies to support the efficacy of these living foods.

First, almost all of the patients who first come to consult with me are eating dead foods. As soon as we cook, boil, bake, fry, steam or even freeze our foods, we destroy the active nutrients and the live enzymes. The enzymes are essential for:
     a)   digesting foods,
     b)   extracting nutrients from the food,
     c)   dissolving fat,
     d)   reproduction, and
     e)   scavenging free radicals.

Second, according to blood or sweat tests, 98% of patient’s are initially deficient in one or more minerals before treatment at the Clinic. The danger is that a deficiency in even just one mineral can cause imbalances in many other minerals, vitamins and amino acids - like a chain reaction domino effect.

Third, most patients are either unable or unwilling to eat a diet of living foods. When I start telling people to grow sprouts, or to eat sea vegetables, seed, plants or herbs, they just look at me blank. So a few years ago, I began to give patients the dry powders of these living foods. In effect, I made it easy for them. My patients would only need to mix the powder in juice, water or soups. I just wanted to get living foods into their bodies somehow. And this was the only was it seemed to work on a practical level. The clinical results were astounding. Patients who regularly ate the living superfoods, or at least my living food powders, saw major biochemical changes take place via blood, sweat, stool and even urine tests.

Case One
In one clinical case, for example, a 28 year old woman, a solicitor from Surrey, suffered from severe zinc deficiency according to blood and sweat tests. Zinc deficiency may lead to infertility and immune dysfunction. When the patient was prescribed zinc lozenges, zinc capsules and even liquid zinc, the deficiency did not correct itself. But when this particular patient used the living food powder for approximately two months, her zinc levels normalised: she was no longer deficient in zinc. The patient also reported greater sexual desire, dramatically improved energy level and the halting of the constant cycle of colds and influenza. Her immune system was significantly enhanced. She also noticed that her monthly symptoms of pre-menstrual tension had vanished. Shortly there after, she also became pregnant. (During the period of time of the zinc deficiency, she was unable to conceive after months of trying). I can now report that she recently gave birth to a very healthy baby.

Case Two
Another patient, a 46 year old banker in the City of London, came to me with horrendous bloating, gas, indigestion, malabsortion, constipation frequent mood swings. Biochemical tests revealed a severe magnesium deficiency, amino acid imbalance and sluggish liver. After just five weeks on the living foods, accompanied by a series of colonic treatments, his mineral and amino acid levels normalised. Most importantly, his symptoms disappeared. He reported increased energy levels, endurance, stamina, improved memory and elevated mood, better focus at work, more concentration, and “a feeling of satisfaction like I never felt before”.

Clinically Significant
These kinds of excellent results were typical, and thus too numerous and too clinically significant to ignore. In almost every case, nutritional deficiencies corrected: mineral, vitamin and amino acid levels came into perfect balance. And patients inevitably reported major shifts in health: increased stamina and energy levels, improved immunity and even enhanced mental clarity and memory. Living foods, in essence, feed the cells, nourish the organs, tonify the blood, regulate the bowels, strengthen muscle tissue and ultimately boost immunity.

The Physiology
Here is how it works physiologically. The Living Food Energy Powder is a combination of the most active live super foods. The highest concentration ingredients are from living sprouted grains with the greatest level of nutritional and bio-available vitality. Living Sprouts are at the highest stage of growth, and thus provide the most usable and digestible nutrients and live enzymes. Because the body recognises the nutrients from live food, the absorption, metabolism and assimilation rates are far better. Conversely, as soon as foods are cooked (especially at high heat, frozen or canned, they lose their nutrient content. Researchers at the University of California Medical School concluded that cooked foods have significantly less nutritional value than live raw foods and sprouts. The Lancet Medical Journal recently reported that high temperature cooking destroys most live enzymes causing us abnormalities in the gastrointestinal tract. Living foods on the other hand may contain, on average, 85% more bio-available nutrient value.

Our Energiser Battery: The Spleen
Furthermore, living foods nourish the endocrine system, pancreas, liver, kidneys and spleen. When we eat too many cooked foods, we weaken our spleens. Seventy percent (70%) of new patients, who first arrive at the McKeith Clinic, actually have sluggish spleens according to biochemical tests. Common indicators of this condition might include indigestion, burping, malabsorption, heartburn, bloating, flatulence, exhaustion, depression, poor immunity or worse. If you suffer from any of these symptoms, the chances are that you have a weak spleen. Weak spleens are the result of too much overcooked dead foods, poor diet, incorrect food combining, stress, (women) giving birth, and even a damp climatic environment.

The spleen is the critical organ which assists the stomach in the digestion process, ridding the body of toxins, and ultimately building the blood. In its operation, the spleen actually transports and transforms nutrients into useable energy. It even fuels the other key organs with energy as well. Thus, the kidneys, liver, pancreas, heart and brain all depend on the spleen for their energy supply.

You Are What You Absorb
Therefore, if your spleen is compromised, you will be unable to properly absorb nutrients from foods or supplement pills. At the Clinic, I have seen whole vitamin tablets expelled from the faeces during colonic hydrotherapy treatments. These patients were simply not breaking down the vitamin pills. When I prescribed the living Energy Powder to the patients with digestion problems, we would see noticeable improvements in nutrients uptake: absorption, assimilation and metabolism of vitamins and minerals frantically improved because of: a) the high level of live active enzymes in the Living Food Energy Powder, b) the active level of vitamins, minerals and amino acids within the Powder itself And finally c) the nutrifying effect of the Powder on al the organs, especially the spleen. When the spleen is nourished, the digestion, assimilation and absorption of all nutrients improves significantly.

As I tell my own patients: In order to achieve perfect health, it’s not what you ingest that counts, rather it’s what you absorb that really matters. As you can imagine, therefore, I am not so concerned with potencies and milligrams of vitamins. Some people may not absorb more than five or ten percent of a conventional supplement pill. But when you obtain your nutrients from live foods with live enzymes, then your absorption of vitamins and minerals will be at a maximum capacity.

Perfect Balance
Each ingredient of my Living Food Energy Powder is perfectly and synergistically balanced to provide a bio chemical benefit to each organ and each meridian of the body. For instance, the live sprouted millet contained in the powder helps to cool the body, while the live sprouted quinoa helps to warm the body. Similarly, the wild blue green algae in the living food powder assists in drying damp conditions such as mucous, phlegm, catarrh, while other ingredients moisturise (see Dr. McKeith’s book LIVING FOOD FOR HEALTH, from publishers Piatkus Publishers).

The Flax works to lubricate the body with its high content of essential fatty acids. In addition, the millet sprouts specifically nourish the spleen, the main organ responsible for extracting nutrients from food and converting it to energy. Millet is also an anti-fungal agent, high in Iron, magnesium, Silicon which builds cell tissue for healthy bones, hair, skin, nails and teeth. Sprouted quinoa (a supergrain from the Americans) strengthens the kidneys. It is the most nutrient-dense grain with high levels of Iron, Vitamin E and B Complex. In its sprouted quinoa contains more Calcium than milk and more usable Protein than meat.

The essential fatty acids, contained in the Powder, regulate the function of every organ, gland and cell. These essential fatty acids, derived from the highest quality flax (linseed), sunflower and sea vegetable nori, are necessary for (1) building healthy blood, (2) nourishing the adrenal lands to better handle stress, (3) nutrifying the thyroid glands to properly manage weight control, (4) enhancing fertility and (5) preventing heart disease. The green barley grass in the Living Food Energy Powder contains extraordinary amounts of superoxide dismutase, the key antioxidant enzyme helping to clear the cells from radiation, chemical pollutants and other toxins. I included parsley because it actually contains more Vitamin C than citrus fruit. It also works on the spleen and liver. Peppermint leaf soothes the intestines and stomach. It can provide gastrointestinal effects that go beyond simple indigestion relief. It helps to relax the muscles of the digestive tract, stimulating bile flow, which encourages more efficient digestion. When bile flow increase, less indigestion and flatulence is experienced.

Although I do not recommend the Powder as a meal replacement, I am currently consulting with and obese patient from Yorkshire who has consistently lost ½ stone every month for the past four months, a total weight loss of just under 2 stone. Several other patients have experienced significant weight loss or weight control. The powder also contains aloe vera, alfalfa and the sea vegetable dulse.

The Most Advanced Nutritional Foundation
It has taken me a lifetime of clinical research, case studies, medical reports, and a labour of love to create the perfect living food powder as the ideal nutritional foundation, with the correct harmonising balance for all tissues, organs, cells an membranes of the human body. I am convinced that this is the most scientifically advanced formulation to benefit the population at large. I just feel blessed to be able to share my knowledge and this powder with you.

All the ingredients are organic or wildcrafted, and free from common allergens: no sugar, no yeast, no wheat, no gluten, no soy, no corn, and no dairy. The Living Food Energy Powder contains no gelatin because there are no gelatin capsules: an it contains no tableting chemical binders because it is not in tablet form. It is a most pure and natural powder which easily mixes in water, juice, soup or your favorite recipe. Every morning, I include a couple of teaspoons of the powder in a fruit blend for my husband and my daughter. It’s great for kids too. Please feel free to use it everyday for the whole family as the most perfect nutritional foundation in achieving perfect health.

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Extract Summary
Dr Gillian McKeith’s Living Food Energy Powder

  1.  Advanced Nutritional Foundation
  2.  Derived form Live Sprout & Super food with Live Enzymes
  3.  Nutrient & Enzyme Absorption
           -when the body recognises it as food, then the digestion, assimilation &
              metabolism are more efficient, more effective.
  4.  Perfectly Balanced
          -Nourishes specific organs
          -Harmonise meridians
  5.  Clinically Tested & Approved
  6.  Ease of Use
          -just add to water or juice and mix.
  7.  Absolute Purity
          -100% natural & organic, no chemicals of any kind, not genetically
              modified, no gelatin, no sugar, no common allergens.

The Ingredients

Living Sprouts
Dr. Gillian McKeith Living Food Energy Powder uses a revolutionary new process which maintains these organic ingredients in their most active and live state. Thus, living sprouted grains are alive with the greatest level of nutritional and bio-available vitality. Vitamin and digestive enzyme content increase dramatically during sprouting. The living sprouts provide the most useable and digestible nutrients and enzymes. Live enzymes are responsible for:
     1.   Digesting food
     2.   Dissolving fat
     3.   Absorbing nutrients
     4.   Reproduction
     5.   Scavenging free radicals


Sprouted Millet
This sprouted grain is easy to digest and is free from gluten, a common allergen. Millet, especially in its sprouted form, nourishes the spleen, the main organ responsible for extracting nutrients from food and converting it to energy. Millet is an anti-fungal agent, high in iron, magnesium, silicone - which builds cell tissue for healthy bones, hair, skin and nails.

Sprouted Quinoa
Quinoa strengthens the kidneys. In it’s sprouted form, Quinoa contains more calcium than milk and more useable protein that meat. It is the most nutrient-dense grain with high levels of iron, phosphorus, Vitamin E and Vitamin B Complex.

Living Essentials
Essential Fatty Acids
Essential fatty acids regulate the function of every organ, gland and cell of the human body. Lacking in today’s modern diet, the essential fatty acids are necessary for
1. Building healthy blood
2. Nourishing the adrenal Glands
3. Nutrifying the thyroid glands to properly manage weight control
4. Boosting the immune system
5. Enhancing fertility
6. Preventing heart disease
7. Moisturising skin and cell tissues.

Flax
Flax (also known as Linseed) is the most efficient form of essential fatty acids, because it has the most abundant levels of Omega-3 and Omega-6. This specific form of fatty acids strengthens immunity and cleanses arteries. Flax nourishes the spleen, pancreas and lubricates the colon. Excellent for tonifying the bowel and regulating bowel function.

Sunflower
Sunflower is high in polyunsaturated fatty acids. Lubricates the intestines and nourishes the spleen and pancreas. An ideal energy tonic.

Nori
The most easily digested sea vegetable with dozens of minerals and vitamins, but particularly high in Vitamin A, B1 and Niacin. Due to it’s elevated levels of essential fatty acids, Nori is effective in reducing cholesterol and high blood pressure, The energy from Nori is directed inward toward the lungs and gastro-intestinal tract. Therefore, it can move out mucous, phlegm and catarrh from the body.

Living Greens
Barley Grass
Barley Grass has as much protein as meat, but in a easily digestible form. In its sprouted form, this living green provides extraordinary amounts of SOD (superoxide dismutase), the key antioxidant enzyme helping to clear the cells from radiation, chemicals, pollutants and other toxins. Barley grass is beneficial for all tissues and organs, especially the heart, lungs, arteries, joints and bones.

Alfalfa
A live plant which nourishes the blood and regulates metabolism. Contains just about every nutrient in existence. Fortifies the spleen, stomach and intestines. Thus alfalfa tonifies the digestive energies. Good for combating fatigue, anaemia, malabsorption and heart burn. Contains 8 live enzymes to breakdown fat, cellulose and starch.

Dulse
Mineral-rich sea vegetable with particularly high levels of manganese to activate the enzymes energies of the body.

Parsley
This green plant contains more Vitamin C that citrus fruit. Very high source of Vitamin A, chlorophyll, calcium, magnesium, iron and beta-carotene. Parsley dries mucous and other damp conditions. Perfect for loose stools, indigestion and malabsorption, because it strengthens the spleen and enhances liver function. Helpful for anaemics because it builds the blood.

Wild Blue Green Algae
The most nutrient dense superfood on the planet. Increases mental and physical endurance. See Dr. McKeith’s book, The Miracle Superfood.

Living Herbs
Living Herbs are special botanicals with unique biochemical and medicinal qualities. They gently energise the physiological processes of the body.

Peppermint Leaf.
Peppermint soothes the intestines and stomach. It can provide gastrointestinal effects that go beyond simple indigestion relief. It helps to relax the muscles of the digestive tract, stimulating bile flow which encourages more efficient digestion. When bile flow increases, less indigestion and flatulence is experienced.

Aloe Vera
This whole leaf from the Aloe plant is healing to all organs and cell tissue. Repairs damaged tissue, reduces inflammation, assists digestion, and promotes free flow of energy through all meridians.


All ingredients are Organic or Wildcrafted
No artificial ingredients
No Preservatives
No Colourings
No chemical additives
Free of common allergens: No sugar, no yeast, no wheat,
    no gluten, no soy, no corn, no dairy.
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From 'Living Food Energy' Brochure, published by Vitality 4 Life.