Editor's Note: Cilantro is one of my favorite herbs for flavoring a variety of foods, so this article particularly pleases me. You've probably experienced it's distinctive flavor in Mexican and Thai foods. But if you haven't, why not give it a try. It's easily grown in your kitchen or a window box so, depending on where you live (cilantro does not care for hot weather), you can have it fresh most times of the year.

I have found Lena Sanchez to be one of the most informative health writers currently producing articles on the internet. I have used several of her suggestions and always found them to be right on target.

Cilantro:
Eat Well While Detoxing Your Body!

© By Lena Sanchez

A delightful healthy and tasty remedy to our environmental polluted bodies. I didn't discover it but I strongly approve of Dr. Omura's findings. How great is it that you can eat and detox at the same time?

A Dr. Omura said he discovered, almost by accident, that the leaves of the coriander plant can accelerate the excretion of mercury, lead and aluminum from the body. He had been treating several patients for an eye infection called trachoma (granular conjunctivitis), which is caused by the micro-organism Chlamydia trachomatis.

Following the standard treatment with antibiotics, Dr. Omura found that the patients' symptoms would clear up initially, then recur within a few months. He experienced similar difficulties in treating viral-related problems like Herpes Simplex types I & II and Cytomegalovirus infections.

After taking a closer look, Dr. Omura found these organisms seemed to hide and flourish in areas of the body where there were concentrations of heavy metals like mercury, lead and aluminium. Somehow the organisms were able to use the toxic metals to protect themselves from the antibiotics.

It just so happens that while he was testing for these toxic metals, Dr. Omura noticed that mercury levels in the urine increased after one consumed a healthy serving of Vietnamese soup. The soup contained Chinese parsley, or as it is better known in this country, cilantro. (Some of you may also know it as coriander, since it comes from the leaves of the coriander plant.)

Further testing revealed that eating cilantro also increased the urinary excretion of lead and aluminum. And when cilantro was used concurrently with the antibiotics or natural antiviral agents and/or fatty acids like EPA with DHA, the above infections could be eliminated for good. (Acupunct Electrother Res 95:20(3-4):195-229.)

Dr. Omura has made a remarkable discovery. He's found a novel technique, which greatly increases our ability to clear up recurring infections, both viral and bacterial. And, perhaps more exciting, he's discovered an inexpensive, easy way to remove (or "chelate") toxic metals from the nervous system and body tissues-one that anyone can use.

Great News for Amalgam Sufferers

Cilantro Pesto

1 clove garlic
½ cup almonds, cashews, or other nuts
1 cup packed fresh cilantro leaves
2 tablespoons lemon juice
6 tablespoons olive oil

Put the cilantro and olive oil in blender and process until the cilantro is chopped. Add the rest of the ingredients and process to a lumpy paste. (You may need to add a touch of hot water and scrape the sides of the blender.) You can change the consistency by altering the amount of olive oil and lemon juice, but keep the 3:1 ratio of oil to juice. (It freezes well, so you can make several batches at once.)

Can you imagine eating and detoxing? Yes by adding cilantro to your foods that's exactly what happens! 

Go in health!
Lena

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Author Lena Sanchez's Experience and Experiences can be found at  http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com/lena.htm. Get One of Lena's books at http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com for more secrets to a healthy life that she learned in her twenty years as a medical office nurse!

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Further notes from the editor: I've always made pesto with pine nuts. Unfortunately for me, my nearest source is 65 miles away. So, I substituted almonds in this recipe. The nuts are harder than pine nuts, so I recommend grinding them in a blender before adding any other ingredients.

My family's reaction? Absolutely delicious!

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