It’s A YOUNG thing!

Dr. Young of the Foundational Health Center in Largo, Florida is Fruit of the Spirit’s highly respected Medical Advisor.  The mission of his practice is to work from the foundation up.  Instead of repairing “cracks in the wall” or merely treating symptoms, his aim is at the root of the problem. By targeting the cell membrane and the immune system, we improve the overall health of the patient.  The result is a science based, reliable and effective way to approach chronic conditions.  This, combined with preventative therapies and nutritional education, provides patients with systematic, effective protocols for achieving the promotion and maintenance of a healthy lifestyle.

Fruit of the Spirit contains 10 Dead Sea Minerals and all are key players relative to cell metabolism and others function to boost the immune system.  Calcium aids metabolism in skin cells and strengthens cell membranes; Chromium is essential for normal metabolism of glucose, insulin & fatty acids; Copper is required for energy production, healthy immune system function & cell membrane health;  Iodine regulates the metabolic energy, maintains water balance required for cell metabolism; Iron is present in every cell in the body & critical for carrying oxygen to cells; Magnesium accelerates cell metabolism; Manganese assists in blood clotting & increases antioxidant production; Potassium works together with sodium and chloride to maintain ph balance & fluid distribution; Sodium is beneficial in maintaining ph balance, protecting the body against fluid loss & nerve function; Zinc is present in all tissues and is an antioxidant that protects and promotes a healthy immune system by enhancing the antibody response through T-cell production.

In a recent interview, Dr. Young was asked in-depth questions pertaining to his personal & professional use of Fruit of the Spirit in his practice.  This interview provides insight from a doctor’s perspective and why he decided to make it a cornerstone for his Foundational Center usage.

Q: How long have you been taking Fruit of the Spirit & were there any ailments or anything that was bothering you prior to you taking it & What made you try it?

Dr. Young: I have been regularly taking Fruit of the Spirit for about four to five months now.  Although I don’t have any ailments, I’m in pretty good health.  I take Fruit of the Spirit mainly because it has alkaline minerals and one of the things I know as a physician is that the foods we are eating now a day has very little minerals in them.  So without the minerals from our food sources, where are you going to get them?  So when I saw Fruit of the Spirit had minerals from the Dead Sea, it’s a no brainer!

Q: Have you seen any effects now that you have become a regular user?

Dr. Young: I have always taken good care of my body, stayed in good shape but what I know is that just because you don’t feel something, I know that I’m preventing disease because I know what minerals do in the body.  So I wasn’t taking it to get rid of an ache in my knee or sore back.  I was taking it for the health benefit.  I was taking it for the minerals, for the anti-oxidants, to raise my blood ph, to get more oxygen within my cells.  I was taking it to optimize my health!

Q: So the idea of taking a natural product is important to you?

Dr. Young: A natural product is important any day because if I’m going to go with artificial, I know the body does not absorb artificial ingredients as well as natural, so it’s a no brainer.

Q: Do you consider Fruit of the Spirit a Blessing?

Dr. Young: Fruit of the Spirit is a Blessing because God has put these minerals into nature.  In the fruits and vegetables within the drink are Glycoprotein which we know from (I think it was the 1999 Nobel Prize) are extremely important how cell to cell communication goes on within the body.

So oh yes, in this aspect you can take, go to the store and get Vitamin B3, Vitamin B6, here’s a little Gingko, here’s a bit of that and we think because we are doing all these different things that we are doing great things for our body and you are.  But, here is the interesting thing, when you take what is in nature and in other words, when it is in its natural state completely different results.

Like with the B Vitamins, we’re finding that all the B’s work together instead of just taking one here or there.  When you take all of them like you get all fruits and vegetables, they work synergistically or they work together and you get a better result.

The other thing is trace minerals are something we are missing in our Fruits now a days and God’s provided these trace minerals in the soils.  We have ruined our soils and we think well if we just had Magnesium or Potassium we’re going to be just fine.  No!  God has provided those trace minerals to be used and they all have certain functions and what is great about Fruit of the Spirit is it has these trace minerals God has put into the soil and we’ve depleted our soils and we’ve had to use it.  Just the idea that we think if we just take one or two different minerals we are fine and God is saying, listen, I need all those minerals.  I need, you know, the trace minerals, Manganese, the Iodine, so very important.  So in a way you can say it is a blessing because you are using what God is providing in nature for good health!

Q: Why do you like your family taking Fruit of the Spirit?

Dr. Young: Because I look at what my kids are eating and drives me crazy.  It’s mainly junk and here I am a doctor and I know what they should be eating.  I’m competing against the Happy Meals, I’m competing against al the sugars and refined products out there and I think I’m fighting a losing battle.  They are eating carbohydrates, its sugar everywhere. If I can get a little protein in them I’m lucky.  But the thing is everything that I see I’m eating is really refined sugars, flours, everything is over processed.  So where are the nutrients?  Where are the minerals?  Where are the anti-oxidants?  They’re gone!

Where am I going to get the minerals, cause I want these guys to be strong, strong bones, good muscles. You need minerals for that.  Where am I going to get the anti-oxidants that a lot of carbohydrates destroy in the body?  Where am I going to get five servings of fruits and vegetables?  It ain’t going to happen.  So if I can get my ounce or two of Fruit of the Spirit inside of them everyday it’s helpful somewhat.  In other words, I know I’m getting minerals, some vitamins, anti-oxidants that are very helpful. It provides some things American kids are not getting now days.  It’s the minerals, it’s the vitamins, it’s the anti-oxidants and kids are not eating three, four or five servings of fruits and vegetables a day.

Q: As a physician why is Fruit of the Spirit beneficial?

Dr. Young: It’s beneficial in my practice for a number of reasons.  When I take a patient, I lay a foundation and what I do is try to give them the best cell membrane.  I try to give them the best immune system I can give them.  Now to do that, I use something called the Budwig Cocktail which is really the 1931 Nobel Prize in medicine and I mix protein with flaxseed oil.  What that does is it changes that whole cell membrane.  But I need something to make this cocktail palatable.  So I use Fruit of the Spirit.  First of all, it only has three carbs per one ounce of serving.  Why is that important?  Four carbs equals one teaspoon of sugar.  So I’ve got a very low sugar content.  The other thing is it tastes good.   “I’m getting minerals in my patients and what’s also important is they are alkaline minerals.

Why alkaline minerals?  Alkaline minerals are important because the more I can raise the blood ph. Whether the blood is acidity or alkaline is very important because the more alkaline the blood is, it is easier for that cell to take oxygen off the red blood cells.  I get more oxygen, the cell and as we all know whether it’s workouts, whether it’s just good health, the German’s talked about this in the 1931 Nobel Prize.  The importance of getting oxygen within the cell.  If I can get as much oxygen within the cell, I have a healthier patient, a better patient.  So I can get alkaline minerals number one, number two, there are a lot of anti-oxidants and we all know in a lot of reading today how important anti-oxidants are for the body to function properly.

The other thing is I’m looking at my old lifestyle.  I cannot get five servings of fruits and vegetables a day in my patients; it just isn’t going to happen.  One ounce, two ounces a day, I get five servings of fruits and vegetables with inside my patients.  So it gets something’s that I want inside my patients.  It tastes great, I don’t have a compliance problem and the other thing is when I go back and look at their lab work, I can see the difference in their labs.

The other thing is they tell me.  “John, you know that Arthritis in the knee or shoulder, it’s not bothering me anymore.”  Well the big reason is it has a number of substances within the Fruit of the Spirit.  One is Myrrh…Frankincense, all extremely anti-inflammatory.   So the more alkaline I can make the blood, the more anti-inflammatory I can get within my patient.  The better the patient’s feels.  I t makes me look better.  But it is not whether I look better or not…its how the patient feels!  Read next month’s Fruit of the Spirit Newsletter for a continuation of an interview with Dr. John Young.

Dr. John Young has been an Emergency Room Physician and Family Practitioner for over 16 years.  Dr. Young is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Marshall School of Medicine WV.  Dr. Young’s ongoing research in alternative therapies has lead to many innovative products being used around the world, one of which has been patented.