My brother-in-law who knows of my keen interest in raw whole foods sent me this e-mail.

>>You are what you eat, so eat well. A stupendous insight of civilizations past has now been confirmed by today's investigative, nutritional sciences. They have shown that what was once called 'The Doctor in of Signatures' was astoundingly correct. It now contends that every whole food has a pattern that resembles a body organ or physiological function and that this pattern acts as a signal or sign as to the benefit the food provides the eater. Here is just a short list of examples of Whole Food Signatures.

A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye...and science shows that carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart is red and has four chambers. All of the research shows tomatoes are indeed pure heart and blood food.

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows that grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds are on the nut just like the neo-cortex. We now know that walnuts help develop over 3 dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet the body pulls it from the bones, making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Eggplant, Avocadoes and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats 1 avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? .... It takes exactly 9 months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the motility of male sperm and increase the numbers of sperm as well to overcome e male sterility.

Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries.

Grapefruits, Oranges, and other citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

Onions look like body cells. Today's research shows that onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes



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THAT is AMAZING!!

THAT'S AWESOME!

I'm posting that on my myspace pages!!!!

Angie


Me (30), Joseph (24 mo.) Jeremiah (4 mo.)

We are enjoying spring and being outside!!!

I've always been astounded and kind of scared how durians look like brains. YES!!!

That was a fun list! Any idea where he got the information from?

sooo cool. its called The Doctrine of Signatures, whch posits that, by observation, one can determine from the color of the flowers or roots, the shape of the leaves, the place of growing, or other signatures, what the plant's purpose was in the divine plan. and really compelling when you see the pictures, like so... [www.dontolmaninternational.com]

makes sense to me. i've read that a very high percentage of the plants that grow in the world would either make you very sick if you ate them, or kill you outright. and there are some theories about how humans figured out which was which, the edible vs. the inedible. one theory says we "tested" each and every one, eating a little bit of it and noticing the effects (or noticing the effects on our unfortunate tribe mates who keeled over dead after a meal of the wrong foods). another theory is that traditional ethnobotonists -- the shamans and curanderas and quimbandas and sangomas -- were able to read either the plant's physical characteristics (much like wild animals can) or its energetic characteristics. the second theory holds more water, as traditional peoples who are uprooted (ex. african slaves) can instantly go wildcrafting and seem to know without "testing" the unfamiliar plants in their new surroundings, not only what things are okay to eat, but which ones hold medicinal properties and for what ailments they might treat.

more interesting info:
[en.wikipedia.org]
[www.holysmoke.org]
[www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org]

Phantom, I see now it was a forward originating from the link on maui_butterfly's post.

Maui_butterfly, At first I thought it was just cute. Thanks for that info. A fascinating topic of study from many points of view.

that is so intersting!!

i have a friend having troubles with hormones and getting pregnant, i will tell her about the avacado a week for sure!

have a great day everyone!

That is totally so cool! Who would have ever thunk it?! I'll have to follow the link to read more. Thanks for sharing such fascinating info.

Love,
Prism