If you are anything like us, you may have also been on the quest for the perfect toothpaste but left the health food store unsatisfied in the toothpaste section with each visit made there.  While there are many organic or “all-natural” brands available out there that are close to being usable, most of them still contain less than optimal ingredients, such as calcium carbonate, sodium sulfate, etc.  Knowing and using this new “made at home” toothpaste option feels great for us because we are going through the creation process of it ourselves – We know the steps involved and are using ingredients that we trust.

In the video below, Daniel takes us through the step-by-step process of making this detoxifying toothpaste!  This recipe takes under ten minutes to make and would cost probably less than $100 to make a lifetimes supply of it!  Daniel also explains the importance of each ingredient used in the recipe and shares the names of some companies who do in fact sell toothpaste brands that we know and trust, which inspired the recipe in the video and also what we would use if we weren’t making our own toothpaste these days.

Daniel was inspired to make this toothpaste recipe after he began experimenting with tissue detoxification using Zeolites and Clay.  He realized that these substances, when rendered into a fine flour-like powder, have just the right amount of abrasiveness to take the place of the average toothpaste available in stores.

A word from Daniel about the use of this toothpaste:

“You can swallow this toothpaste, which yields all of the amazing health benefits of these detoxifying earth compounds.  In particular I am referring to zeolites ability to perform cation exchange - CEC or Cation Exchange Capacity is the term used in physics – which is its ability to electrically bind positively charged ions (heavy metals, radio-isotopes, etc) whilst trading out (in exchange) beneficial cations like potassium or calcium.  The toxic cations are then transported out of our bodies, along with the zeolite powder in our bowel movement.  The case with clay is very similar, though the phenomena in this case is referred to as adsorption, which is also an electrical binding, but in this case to the surface of the clay particle and without the accompanying exchange of a cation.

Keep in mind that this practice, consuming clay and other earth compounds, is perhaps one of the oldest of all human behaviors.  It has been practiced around the world and is present in virtually all pre-industrial populations.  Evidence for this has been found in archeological sites that predated our current human form, and anthropological surveys have found that it lives on in societies around the world today.  Actually, it is common to nearly all mammals, and in particular to broad ranging herbivores.  The behavior is termed “geophagy”, and is unquestionably part of the species-specific diet of human beings.  From my perspective, it appears that a diet that lacks the geophagy pattern could not be called a “natural diet” at all, as it would essentially be deficient in these all-important compounds.

Most of us were taught to spit our toothpaste out, which, given the host of less-than-beneficial ingredients (particularly fluoride) is pretty sound advice.  With this home-made clay or zeolite toothpaste, the goal is indeed to swallow it, moving it into the intestine where it can go to work mopping up industrial and nuclear debris that has bio-accumulated in our tissues.

When this clay or zeolite consumption is combined with sauna therapy (this dual approach is the subject of my last video), we arrive at a very effective life-long detoxification strategy that really works, and is easy to implement.”

We hope that you enjoy this video and find the information shared here to be inspiring and helpful!  Please leave your comments below this post or on the video linked in this blog letting us know what you liked, what you want to hear more about from us, and your own toothpaste experiments!

In Health Always,

The SurThrival Team

I was at an audition last week in Los Angeles and spotted some massive pine trees lumbering overthe street. I noticed the huge flower clusters right away.  There they were alike little torches glowing through the green needles…  Pine pollen had finally presented itself to me, after a long year of waiting.

I had found some pine trees in Arizona last March that finally gave me the one on one contact that I was asking for.  I was so confused about all the varieties and the timing of the harvest.  When I finally stumbled upon that Arizona pine one year ago, I could see at last the flower clusters in their prime and now knew what to look for in the future.

So, it was with a dropped jaw that I found these pines in Los Angeles.  They were dripping with pollen and about 5-times as large as the flower clusters I had previously harvested from.  I gently removed them from the branches and got them into my bag. I am drying out many and will tincture many as well.

Harvesting is messy, to put it bluntly.  There definitely has to be a passion for foraging involved,

otherwise if it feels like a chore.  We are missing half the point of being outside and harvesting our own

foods and medicines.  Foraging is therapeutic! It is a lot of time and “work”, but I love foraging and processing wild foods.  I know how amazing this food is, so there is no hesitation.

The pollen harvest is flowing North as I write this.  From February till late May, the pollen bursts from so many different regions on the planet.  These ancient trees feed the forest.  Getting wild food from a 300-year old pine tree, scraping the sky, is literally a completely different level of eating.

We are planting many pines this year too.  We already have many nut pines, but now I’d like to find some that are known for their ample pollen production.

I am delving into discovering which pines we can plant to help spread this abundance.

A huge thanks to Daniel Vitalis and Stephen Harrod Buhner for turning so many people onto pine pollen.  The feeling of eating this food from ancient trees is truly a gift and I must personally thank you both for all the inspiration with not just this food, but many, many other foods as well.

The SurThrival team and the Blackbird team are dedicated to re-wilding Mother Earth and re-planting Paradise, by changing the way we interact with our environment and assuming the role of co-creators of this Earth.  We are putting our work and our profits into spreading these ideas and have been seeing the ripples travel widely.  We’ll both be at the Longevity Now Conference in Costa Mesa, California April 1st-3rd to discuss topics and ideas such as these, so come by the booths and say hello!

Here’s to Heaven on Earth again!

~ Anthony Anderson

www.BlackbirdNaturals.com

“I have been eating raw for 5 years and was vegan for 4 years but about 3 months ago started doing raw dairy, mostly colostrum. I had been hearing of many different raw food “gurus” using raw dairy so I watched the youtube video w Daniel talking about colostrum. It led me to watch the other one about Deer Antler. Once I watched it, I was hooked. I had to try it out to see for myself. Let’s just say I have been using it for over 8 months and I have never felt or looked better. I have also been putting colostrum in my face cream and my skin is awesome…it’s my little beauty secret. Here is the miraculous and inspiring part….

About 2 weeks after receiving my first bottle of deer antler, I traveled to my parent’s home in Colorado (I live in Santa Monica, CA) to help out after my mother had her double mastectomy. It was truly divine timing. She had already undergone chemo and this was the next step in her Inflammatory Breast Cancer “treatment.” I actually got her to watch the youtube video explaining what it was and what it does for you. Remarkably, she was up for taking it. I got her to start dosing the day before surgery, right before she went into surgery and right after she came out. She took deer antler the all day after her surgery, she actually liked the taste, we joked that it was “her morning cocktail” because it tastes like ‘…..’. After 2 nights in the hospital she was discharged and able to return home. Her doctors said that on a scale from 1 -10, 10 being the best outcome, she was a 10. She recovered faster than they could have imagined and were so pleased. She continued to take it until the bottle was gone and never had any health challenges or set backs during her recovery. Was it the deer antler that helped her heal so quickly and effortlessly? I believe so! I am so thankful to you guys for bringing a product that, in my eyes, sped up and ensured my mother’s safe and speedy recovery.”
Eternally grateful,
Megan

Here  are a few of the other lovely testimonials that we received from some of our supportive customers:

“I absolutely love your Colostrum – it is the most freshing tasting colostrum I have ever tasted.  It smells like mothers milk.
I started taking colostrum to build up my immune system and to help me overcome many deficiencies.   Before taking Surthrival Colostrum, I was very fatigued with little energy.
I am back feeling like myself and enjoy my morning smoothie with Surthrival Colostrum everyday.  I am working out again like never before.  I absolutely love the Colostrophy ice cream better than any ice cream ever – it is a recipe given at the Longevity conference.  Colostrum is worth every penny and will continue to give to my family. Thanks for a great product!”
~ Susan Hunter

“I went through a 6.5 container of colostrum and half of bottle of elk antler gold during this last fast of mine which only lasted 18 days. Long story short – my detox symptoms were non-existent, my foot that I am almost certain was fractured healed in 2 weeks, and I don’t feel like I lost any muscle mass at all. I guess I’m trying to say thank you.”

~ Mathew Milligan

We appreciate everyones contributions! Each of your experiences is valued. Again, it means so much to us to hear your wonderful experiences with our products. We are honored to know that the products we are putting out to the world are having such an extreme influence on peoples lives. So, thank you!

But… That is not enough to stop the Wild Forage and Medicine Craft! In fact, it becomes all the more fun! I am so enamored by these snow white crystals of solid state water that adorn the ground here. The purity of the winter air, the stillness and quietude of the Northern forests in January, this is why I inhabit this latitude of the Earth!
The Quest for Mushroom of Immortality has been one of those most Healing and Transformative paths of my Journey. It has lead me into the Wilds, and into relationship with a unique Kingdom of Life… the Fungi.
These, the Medicinal Mushrooms, which are actually a distinct class of species known as the “Polypores” contain structural components that are often called “polysaccharides”. This term means “many sugars”, and refers to a long-chain sugar that they use to construct their “Fruit Bodies”, which is the term for the mushroom itself.
To put this into perspective, keep in mind that wood is made from cellulose, which is also a long-chain sugar, one that we humans lack an enzyme to digest. It is likely that the building you are reading this in is made of sugar. The whole of the forest is made of sugar! Interesting, right?

Mushrooms, unlike plants, form their cell wall out of Chitin, another long chain sugar. This sugar is the building material not only for fungal cell walls, but for the exoskeletons of insects, shrimp, lobsters, crabs, and even the beaks of squid!  It, just like cellulose, is also indigestible to humans and this is why we are unable to digest raw mushrooms. This is not to say that they can not be eaten, but rather that we have no means of breaking through their cell wall to liberate the nutrients from within.
They sort of just pass right through…
Now, what does this have to do with Medicine, and what makes these mushrooms so “Medicinal”?
Inside the chitinous cell wall are another class of polysaccharides known as “Beta-Glucans”. These long-chain, complex sugar molecules are “Biological Response Modifiers”. They have the ability to alter function in the body in way that is referred to as “Adaptogenic”.
Essentially, Beta-Glucans modulate the immune system, by lowering the overactive (auto-immune) Immune System, and stimulating the under-active (immuno-deficient) Immune System.
In otherwords they assist the body in adapting to its own unique circumstances. This is very different from pharmaceuticals or even herbal immuno-stimulants which simply excited the nervous system. Mushrooms lead to adaptation… and adaptation is evolution… Mushrooms ‘evolve’ your Immune System. And this is becoming increasingly critical in this Brave New World we are living in!

Over time, experimentation, and intimate experience with these Organsims, I have come to see the Medicinal Mushrooms as Immune System “Re-Educators”. The complex Sugar Molecules they contain re-train our Immune Systems to better clean away the viral, fungal, and bacterial load the our bodies have been dealing with.
Beyond this they work to ‘Tonify’ the Liver, Scavenge and Destroy Cancer and Tumor Cells, speed Wound Healing, reduce the likelihood of Infection, and so much more.

Of course you are thinking, ‘how do I get these sugars into my body?’ Well remember, first we have to get them out of the cell.
There are many products on the market that are made from “crushed” or “tinctured” (extracted in Ethanol) mushrooms. Most are not the Fruit Body at all, but rather, they are made form the Mycelia.

The “Fruit Body” is the portion of the Fungus we think of when we picture a Mushroom. This is in fact the fruit, much like the apple on the tree. The ‘Tree’ itself, or in this case the Fungal body is called the Mycelia, and it is a delicate filament system that is embedded in the ‘Substrate” that it is growing in. In the case of Medicinal Mushrooms this is usually, in Nature at least, Trees.

Today, because of recent advances in Fungal Farming, these Mushrooms can now be grown indoors. All to often they are being grown on substrates like commercially grown rice, which may produce mushrooms that look healthy but do not constitute the natural food for these organisms. Many of the products that people have been buying do not contain the fruit body at all, but rather the mycelium biomass, and this is often simply crushed or alcohol extracted. Unfortunately neither process liberates the Beta-Glucans from the Chitinous Cell Wall, and so, from the perspective of Immuno-Modualtion, these products are all but useless.
The obvious question is this… “How do we best access these Beta-Glucans for use?” Its one our ancestors asked as well… And here is what they discovered.

Mushrooms are best extracted in Hot Water. In fact there is 5000 years of Chinese medical history in which they have been used this way! They are, and were, boiled in Water, and the resulting ‘tea’ (called a decoction) is drunk as medicine. This has been shown to be 50-80X more potent than Mycelium Bio-mass or tinctures.
The Chinese and all those who followed used exclusively the Wild Fruit Bodies of these highly biologically active species. Many of us follow suit today. I have been Wild-Crafting these species for years, and have led walks and retreats around North America so that others can learn too.

This is a highly rewarding pursuit, and in my mind, one of the parts of the healing that can occur from working with Mushrooms. I always recommend that people use medicines that are growing wild in the eco-range that they are a part of. These organisms are producing medicine in response to their own needs within their eco-system, as well as to meet the needs of the ecosystem itself. Since your immune system needs are, in part, a reflection of the demands of your eco-system, the wild species from your area obviously represent the best medicines possible for you.
Still, there are many people who desperately need medicines of this caliber. There are Mushroom Formulas on the market that are made properly, and work so well that I would stake my reputation on them.

First let me just say, no matter where you get them, here are a few basic requirements for any Medicinal Mushroom formula that you purchase.
~They must be made from Fruit Bodies. The scientificaly validated research on Mushrooms is largely based on Fruit Bodies extractions, not bulk Mycelia. Mycelia products are often mixed with their substrates. You end up buying the corn or rice they were grown on. There is literally thousands of years of history using Fruit Bodies, there is virtually no history using Mycelia.

~They must be Hot Water Extracted. The Beta Glucans are held within a rigidly locked structure of Chitin. It is like the sheets particle board that is used to build a house. If you wanted to remove the particles from the board you would have to dissolve the glue that is binding them together. This glue (chitin) is hot water soluble, but will not dissolve into alcohol. This is why tinctures of medicinal don’t work.
The research on Medicinal Mushrooms has been largely (if not completely) done using Hot Water Extracts (tea) and this is critical for the extraction of the Beta Glucan Fraction of the fruit-body.
~A combination Hot Water and Ethanol extraction is even better when working with single formula mushrooms like Reishi and Chaga, and this is because of the Alcohol Soluble Fraction found within them. This is largely the “Triterpine” complex, and these molecules are responsible for many of the Adaptogenic properties of these species.

When I produce medicine at home with my Wild Harvested Specimens, I do both Hot Water and Ethanol extracts and then combine them. This makes for the most complete formula, and is the full compliment of medicines. Remember, if you can only get one extraction you definitely want the Hot Water Extract, not tinctures or mycelium biomass.
My company, SurThrival has created just such a line of Mushrooms, we call it Immortality Quest! In fact we feel it is the best available anywhere on this scale. Our single species formulas are from Wild (Chaga) or Log Grown (Reishi) Fruit Bodies which have been both Hot Water and Ethanol extracted, and then spray dried. The resulting powder is in capsules, and there are a full 150 caps to a bottle (this is a double sized container).
Our “Synergy” Formula consists of 5 Wood Grown species and is designed for those who are looking for the synergistic effects of a mushroom combination. This is in response to much of the cancer research that has shown that a broad spectrum of Beta Glucans is most beneficial.
I personally use all 3 formulas, in addition to using the mushrooms I Wild Craft and Prepare. They have become a powerful ally in my Immuno-Strategy, and have provided me with an Adaptability that has left me fearless of the colds and flu’s that circulate throughout the population.  I also feel that relationship with these species will become even more critical as we face the many impending consequences of the industrial pollution, emerging disease, and powerful biome/climate shifts that are underway.

Adaptability is the name of the Game for those who want to Thrive in the Coming Age.
That is why I have called my company “SurThrival”. It is about more than Surviving… It is about Thriving. Thriving no matter what the circumstances, no matter what the mass population is facing.
There are medicines that occur here on Earth, naturally that can assist us through whatever transitions the world is facing. I believe Mushrooms are principle amongst these!
So, now you know why I am trekking through the snow to gather Wild Mushrooms, and why I have created a company to meet the Immuno-Needs of my Community!

To Your Invincible Health!

~Daniel

P.S. Last year Sarah Maria and I led a Wild Mushroom Foraging Retreat in the Kootenay Mountains outside of Nelson BC. We studied Mushrooms, Harvested them, made medicine out of them, and more… If you are interested in doing something like this, post a comment below to let us know!

Check out Daniels latest Chaga video in the forest showing you what he has found:  http://www.danielvitalis.com/2010/02/stalking-the-wild-chaga/

Daniel has made his way to Texas. Will we get some photos of him in boots and a cowboy hat? You just never do know now do ya? If you are in the area and looking for a way to spend some time having fun and expanding your mind…………..you won’t want to miss Daniel Vitalis in Texas. You never know what he will say but you always know your mind will be opened! He is a truly AMAZING speaker ~LeighLon~

Check out the Texas events and a live ElixirCraft Class by visiting the Dallas Health Coach!

If you can’t make the Event the ElixirCraft Mastery Audio Course is on sale through the 30th for 20% off the regular price. A bargain for the 6 plus hours of amazing immediately applicable education you will receive. http://www.elixircraft.com

And what comes after Texas. Epic Eden Hot Springs where Daniel Vitalis is a key speaker in this amazing event! What a blast. Check out the website http://www.epicedenhotsprings.com and I have posted a little teaser video for you too!

Cheers to Invincible Health!!!!

This looks like so much fun Awesome!!!!

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