Foods that Heal * Phosphorus * Author Bryan K. Marcia, Ph.D. Date: 1996/07/23 Forum: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HIGHEST PHOSPHORUS FOODS BEST SOURCES: Brain phosphorus: meat; egg yolk; fish; fish roe; dairy products (raw); Bone phosphorus: almonds; rice bran and polishings; wheat bran and germ; pumpkin and squash seeds; lentils; soybeans; sunflower seeds OTHER GOOD SOURCES: almonds; barley; bass; beans; black fish; bone broth; bone marrow; cabbage; cardamon; carrots; cashew nuts; cheeses; cod roe; corn; dulse; eggshell broth; haddock; halibut; herring; kelp; dried lentils; millet; oats; oily fish; ripe olives; pecans; pumpkin seeds; unpolished rice; rye; sardines; sesame seeds; shad roe; sole; trout; veal joint broth; vegetable marrow; walnuts PHOSPHORUS IN THE HUMAN BODY: The "light bearer" element Acts on bone and brain; stimulates intellect, thinking; affects muscle tissue; integral for growth and life; present in white blood cells; improves nerve nutrition; stimulates sexual functions; necessary for reproduction; stimulates growth of hair and bone; vegetable phosphorus feeds bones; animal phosphorus feeds brain; needed mostly in the nervous system. BIOCHEMICAL NOTES: Destroyed or injured by high temperature; dissolves in water. * Calcium phosphate, sodium phosphate, and magnesium phosphate are the most important phosphates needed for human organization. * If a fever in the body runs higher than 105 degrees F there would be great danger because phosphorus begins to melt at 104 degrees F which can result in brain damage. One cannot go to a doctor to test brain temperature by putting a thermometer under the tongue. The heat is in the brain and liver, so if the heat shows up as 105 degrees F with a thermometer it has already reached 107 degrees F in the brain, spinal cord, and liver. This is also why one should cover their head in extreme hot weather that has reached 35 + Celsius. * Fireflies are named because they have so much phosphorus. If we had sufficient phosphorus, we too could shine in the dark! * We find different combinations of phosphorus related foods are important in terms of variety. In one food, spinach, we have phosphorus with potassium, yet in another food, walnuts, we find phosphorus and calcium. In other foods we still find many other combinations of phosphorus such as phosphates of iron, phosphates of sodium, magnesium. Phosphorus foods combined with calcium will build the bones, phosphorus combined with sugar such as honey builds up the affectionate faculties in the brain of a person. It is not only a question of phosphorus, it is what kind of phosphorus which we wish to develop. This shows importance in variety. * Milk is fine for building the bones in baby as in calcium phosphate, but the baby needs brain phosphates. Milk phosphorus does not build a brain very successfully, this is why we must fall back on egg yolk, fish, vegetables, grains in order to build and sustain a healthy brain. * Phosphorus and sulphur foods should be eaten together and are controlled by iodine. Phosphorus also needs sufficient oxygen. An excess can cause weak kidneys and lungs. * Those who do intensive brain work, students, teachers, doctors, lawyers, and others that engage in nerve / stress occupations should have a diet rich in phosphorus. Whenever you need to use your brain tremendously and need a good supply of brain phosphorus, make a drink containing 3 to 6 raw egg yolks and you will be at your best.