A picture showing the bodies of dead cult members who died believing their souls were going on a spaceship, which would take them into an alien world in 1997. Heaven's Gate was a Christian cult led by Marshall Applewhite. The cult became infamous in 1997 after 39 members committed suicide, all wearing Nike running shoes with armbands displaying the cult insignia. They had bags over their heads to ensure death due to a lack of oxygen and also draped purple shrouds over themselves. Additionally, all members consumed apple sauce mixed with sedatives and drank vodka, including Applewhite himself.
The cult held some bizarre beliefs, and it was these beliefs that led to the members' deaths. Their central beliefs were essentially a mix of Christianity and science fiction. The group believed that the world was ending or would be recycled, and to avoid this fate, they chose to commit suicide so that their souls could board a spaceship. According to their beliefs, this spaceship would transport their souls to a new world called "The Next Level," where their souls would undergo spiritual enlightenment. The cult also believed in extraterrestrial life and UFOs, while rejecting the human body, as they believed a higher physical form could be obtained.
The members died on March 27, 1997, a significant date because the Hale-Bopp comet was passing by Earth and was visible to the naked eye. It was believed that the spaceship they anticipated was following the comet, and its proximity to Earth made it accessible for the souls to reach.
Many people wonder how anyone could adhere to such a strange and outlandish ideology. Cults often target individuals with specific personality traits that make them susceptible to indoctrination. Here is a list of some of these traits:
1. Vulnerability
2. Low self-esteem
3. Need for belonging
4. Openness to new experiences
5. Susceptibility to manipulation
6. Desire for meaning and purpose
7. Disillusionment with mainstream society
Listen, green juicing - should you do it, or leave it?
Never mind the video attached, its just for entertainment purposes. The video shows a woman who goes to an [organic] farm and plucks fresh green leafy veggies, adds turmeric, lemon and ginger and makes a "green juice" which is claimed to be tasty and healthy.
But what I would really want to discuss today, is if you really need to "green juiced detox" for wellness. No opinions here, no hearsay, just pure science of it.
Green juicing is a detox practice. But none actually knows what is getting detoxed. An organ? An organ system? The body? No idea.
The whole body is already getting detoxed by liver and kidneys and they do a wonderful job of it. Similar to "who watches the watchmen," line, should you "detox the detoxers?"
For that, one must realize that detox is not a legit medical science word or practice. Detox is a wellness quackery term created to expand business oppurtunities. You have detox powders, detox tablets, detox capsules, detox practices (such as massages, oil pulling through nose, enemas, exposing anus to the Sun called 'sunning,' and so much more) and yes, detox juices.
Detox is there is grab your hard earned money. A green juice or any type of detox for that matter does not help you prevent or treat any disease known to humans. The only thing getting detoxed with a detox is your bank account.
The dubious practice of detox. https://t.co/jk3EZu6Gd3
Products that promise “detox” are a sham. Yes, all of them.
https://t.co/aLyh6ut0mx
Now the green juice thing.
Be careful of what you put in there to blend, because your real detoxers - the liver and kidneys have to work extra to relieve you from the stress of it all. Green leafy veggies blended together is a dangerous thing. Many green veggies are rich in oxalates - like spinach, lettuce, celery and beetroot. Excess of oxalates can harm your kidneys if they get overwhelmed with the work-overload - like in this case where a woman developed kidney failure after green juice cleanse.
"Green Smoothie Cleanse" Causing Acute Oxalate Nephropathy
https://t.co/RnnZPnZI3r
This is not an isolated incident. There are many reports in published medical literature that has reported kidney injury and kidney failure due to green juicing. Here are some of them.
➡️Oxalate nephropathy due to 'juicing': case report and review https://t.co/43f5wAUIco
➡️Acute Oxalate Nephropathy Caused by Excessive Vegetable Juicing and Concomitant Volume Depletion https://t.co/dqUr7Wo8Hm
➡️Acute Kidney Injury in a Patient Engaged in Vegetable Juicing https://t.co/KoalmYzgeP
And that is not all - sometimes, fresh green juicing, especially directly from the farm (like what the lady in the video does) can transmit really weird parasites
- like that was seen in Korea. Many people developed an infestation from flatworms that affected their livers due to green juicing.
See here: Green vegetable juice as a potential source of human fascioliasis in Korea
https://t.co/G4lWzd9Mf9
But lets come to the real stuff.
Does green juicing do anything beneficial at all, to human metabolism and hence wellness?
A randomized controlled study (which is a very good design methodology to identify effectivenss of an intervention) showed that green juicing was an absolute waste of everyones time. The authors stated that "Together with an analysis of previous works, we suggest that green juice did not cause an improvement in metabolic function and there is a need for further research on this issue."
https://t.co/mZ5DhMXJDM
Bummer!
If you are going to do a Green juice to "detox" your body, know that you are wasting your time and resources and potentially exposing your real detoxing organs to toxic danger.
Stay informed, and stay safe!
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