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THROW AWAY YOUR MICROWAVE!!

Microwave Madness: THE ALARMING EFFECTS OF MICROWAVE APPARATUS ON FOOD AND HUMANS
http://www.vegan.swinternet.co.uk/articles/ health/mw_madness.html

Truth Campaign Magazine

by William P. Kopp

[Article extracted from Perceptions, May-June 1996]

Medical Research Summary | Potential Use in Mind Control
Microwave cooking ovens were originally researched and developed by
German scientists to support mobile operations during the invasion of the
Soviet Union. Had they perfected electronic equipment to prepare meals on
a massive scale, the Nazis could have eliminated the logistical problems
connected with cooking fuels while producing edible products in far less
time than they could using traditional campfires.

After the war, the Allies discovered the medical research and
documentation concerning these apparatuses. The papers and experimental
microwave equipment were transferred to the US War Department and
classified for reference and scientific investigation. The Soviet Union
also retrieved some of the devices and began to experiment on them
separately.

The Russians - who have done the most diligent research into the
biological effects of microwave ovens - have outlawed their use and
issued an international warning about the biological and environmental
damage that can result from the use of this and similar-frequency
electronic apparatus.

Medical research summary
The most significant German research concerned with the biological
effects of microwaves was done at the Humbolt-Universitat zu Berlin in
1942-43, during the Barbarossa military campaign. Beginning in 1957 and
continuing up to the present, Russian studies in the field have been
conducted at the Institute of Radio Technology.

In most research, the foods were exposed to microwave propagation at an
energy potential of 100 kilowatts per cubic centimetre per second, to the
point considered acceptable for sanitary, normal ingestion.

The observations made by the German and Russian microwave researchers
will be presented here in three categories: cancer-causing effects,
destruction of nutritive value and biological effects of direct exposure
of humans to microwave emissions.

1. Microwaved Foods Cause Tumors
The following effects have been observed when foods are subject to
microwave emissions.

* Effects on the foods themselves

Meats: Heating prepared meats sufficiently to ensure sanitary ingestion
creates d-nitrosodiethanola mine, a well know cancer-causing agent.

Proteins: Active-protein, biomolecular compounds are destabilised.

Increase in radioactivity: A "binding effect" between the microwaved food
and any atmospheric radioactivity is created, causing a marked increase
in the amount of alpha and beta particle saturation in the food.

Milk and cereals: Cancer-causing agents are created in the
protein-hydrolysate compounds in milk and cereal grains.

Frozen foods: Microwaves used to thaw frozen foods alter the catabolism
(breakdown) of the glucoside and galactoside elements.

* Resulting effects on the human body

Digestive system: The unstable catabolism of microwaved food alters their
elemental food substances, causing disorders in the digestive system.

Lymphatic system: Due to chemical alterations within food substances,
malfunctions occur in the lymphatic system, causing a degeneration of the
body's ability to protect itself against certain forms of neoplastics
(cancerous growths).

Free radicals: Certain trace-mineral molecular formations in plant
substances - in particular, raw root vegetables - form cancer-causing
free radicals.

Increased incidence of stomach and intestinal cancers: A statistically
higher percentage of cancerous growths result in these organs, plus a
generalised breakdown of the peripheral cellular tissues and a gradual
degeneration of digestive and excretory functions.

2. Microwaves Reduce Food Value
Microwaves exposure caused significant decreases in the nutritive value
of all foods studied. The following are the most important findings to
date.

* Vitamins and minerals made useless: In every food tested, the
bioavailability of the following vital nutrients decreased: vitamin B
complex, vitamins C and E, essential minerals and lipotropics.
* Vital energy fields devastated: The vital energy field content of all
tested foods dropped 60-90%. Digestibility of fruits and vegetables
reduced: Microwaving lowers the metabolic behaviour and
integration- process capability of alkaloids, glucosides, alactosides and
nitrilosides.
* Meat proteins worthless: It destroys the nutritive value of
nucleoproteins in meats. All foods damaged: It greatly accelerates the
structural disintegration of all foods tested.

3. Biological Effects of Microwaves
Exposure to microwave emissions also has a negative effect upon the
general biological welfare of humans. This was not discovered until the
Russians experimented with highly sophisticated equipment and discovered
that humans can be adversely affected without even ingesting the food
that have been subjected to microwave emissions. Merely entering the
energy field of the food causes harmful side-effects that the Soviets
outlawed all such microwave apparatus in 1976.

Here are the effects observed in humans having "direct" exposure to
microwaves, that is, without their having consumed the irradiated food
substances:

* Life-energy field breakdown: Persons near microwave ovens in operation
experience a breakdown of their life-energy fields which increases
relative to the length of exposure.
* Cellular energy decreases: The cellular-voltage parallels of
individuals using the apparatus degenerate - especially in their blood
and lymphatic serums.
* Destabilised metabolism: The external-energy activated potentials of
food utilisation are both destabilised and degenerated.
* Cell damage: Internal cellular-membrane potentials during catabolic
processes into the blood serum from the digestive process degenerate and
destabilise.
* Brain circuitry destruction: Electrical impulses in the junction
potentials of the cerebrum degenerate and break down.
* Nervous system: Nerve/electrical circuits degenerate and break down
while energy-field symmetry is lost in the neuro-plexuses (nerve centres)
in both the front and rear of the central and autonomic nervous systems.
* Loss of bioelectric strength: The bioelectric strengths within the
ascending reticular activating system (the system which controls the
function of waking consciousness) go out of balance and lose their proper
circuiting.
* Loss of vital energies: Humans, animals and plants located within a
500-metre radius of the equipment in operation suffer a long-term,
cumulative loss of vital energies.
* Nervous and lymphatic systems damage: Long-lasting residual magnetic
"deposits" become located throughout the nervous system and lymphatic
system.
* Hormone imbalances: The production of hormones and the maintenance of
hormonal balance in both males and females becomes destabilised and
interrupted.
* Brainwave disruptions: Levels of disturbance in alpha-, delta- and
theta-wave signal patterns are markedly higher than normal.
* Psychological disorders: Because of the disarranged brain waves,
negative psychological effects also result. These include loss of memory
and ability to concentrate, suppressed emotional threshold, deceleration
of intellective processes and interruptive sleep episodes in a
statistically higher percentage of individuals subjected to continual
range-emission field effects of microwave apparatus, from either cooking
apparatus or transmission stations.

Potential Use In Mind Control
Due to the creation of random, residual magnetic deposits and binding
within the biological systems of the body (nervous and lymphatic systems
damage) which can ultimately affect the neurological systems (primarily
the brain and nerve centres), longer-term depolarisation of tissue
neuroelectronic circuits can result.

Because these effects can cause virtually irremissible damage to the
neuroelectrical integrity of the various components of the nervous

system, ingestion of microwaved foods is clearly contraindicated in all
respects.

Their residual magnetism effect can render the psychoneural- receptor
components of the brain more subject to influence by artificially
induced, microwave-radio- frequency fields from transmission stations and
TV relay networks.

Soviet neuropsychologists at Uralyera and Novosibirsk have theorised the
possibility of psychotelemetric influence (i.e., affecting human
behaviour by transmitting radio signals at controlled frequencies) ,
causing subjects to comply - involuntarily and subliminally - with
commands received through microwave transmissions acting upon their
psychological energy fields.

For this reason, and due to the 28 other contradications listed above,
the use of microwave apparatus in any form is definitely ill-advised.
Present scientific opinion in many countries clearly opposes them, as
exemplified by the mentioned Soviet ban.

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4) Throw Away Your Microwave

http://healbuilding s.com/Microwave_ Ovens/microwave_ ovens.html

Most people think that microwave ovens do not have any negative health
consequences. After all, if they did the government would not allow this
product on the market. Think again.
The Soviet Union conducted extensive microwave research after finding
German microwave ovens and research data at the end of WWII. Unhampered
by capitalistic trade associations, Russian research has been more
extensive than that in the US. This article summarizes early Russian and
other more recent research.
Microwave ovens use electromagnetic energy that vibrates 2.4 billion
times per second. This energy acts on the molecules in food, particularly
water molecules, causing them to rapidly vibrate. This rapid movement
generates friction and thus heat. Vibration is so violent that molecules
are often torn apart or distorted, thereby changing the chemical makeup
of the food. Additionally, this appliance leaks microwaves into the
environment around it.
Studies of the thousands of Russian workers exposed to radar microwaves
in the 1950's showed health effects so severe that the Russian microwave
oven leakage limit was set at 0.0000001 watts/cm2. This limit is 1000
times less than the US leakage limit.
Later microwave ovens were totally banned in the Soviet Union (1976)
after highly sophisticated measurement equipment enabled the following
discoveries:

* Break down of the human life energy field or chi.
* Degeneration of cellular voltage parallels in blood and lymph systems.
* Degeneration/ destabilization of internal cellular membrane potentials.
* Degeneration and breakdown of electrical nerve impulses within the
brain's cerebrum.
* Degeneration and breakdown of nerve electrical circuits and loss of
energy field symmetry in the nerve centers of the autonomic nervous
system.
* Long term cumulative loss of human and animal vital energy within a
1600 foot radius of the equipment.
* Long lasting residual effect of magnetic deposits located throughout
the nervous and lymphatic systems.
* Destabilization and interruption in production of hormones and
maintenance of normal hormonal balance.
* Markedly high disturbance in alpha, theta and delta brain wave leading
to memory and concentration loss, suppressed emotional threshold, slowing
of intellectual processes and interrupted sleep.
* Long term and irreversible depolarization of tissue neuroelectric
circuits.

The following summary of Russian microwave food science is courtesy of
The Atlantis Raising Educational Center, Portland OR.:
Carcinogenic compounds were formed in virtually all foods tested under
normal cooking conditions. For example:

* Prepared meats: Formation the carcinogens d-nitrosodienthanol amine.
* Milk and cereal grains: Portion of amino acids converted to carcinogens.
* Thawing frozen fruit: portion of glucoside and galactoside fractions
converted to carcinogens
* Short exposure of raw, cooked or frozen vegetables: Portion of plant
alkaloids converted into carcinogens.

And the nutritional value was altered in almost all foods. For example:

* Structural degradation: A 60 to 90% decrease in nutritive value.
* Vitamin and minerals: Decreased bio-availability of vitamins B, C, E,
essential minerals and lipotropic factors.

In 1991 Dr. Hans Hertel a retired Swiss food scientist and Lausanne
University Professor Blanc did a Oblind' study of the effect of
microwaved versus Onormal' foods. They found changes in blood chemistry
indicative of an early pathenogenic processes similar to the start of
cancer. The changes:

* Decreases in all hemoglobin values.
* Increases in hematocrit, leukocytes and cholesterol values.
* Decreases in the ratio of good to bad cholesterol.
* Decrease in white blood cells following ingestion of microwaved food.
* Evidence that microwave energies are passed to the cells via the blood.

In 1992 a Swiss court issued a gag order against Hertel and Blanc. In
1993 Hertel was convicted of "interfering with commerce" and prohibited
from publishing. In 1998 the European Court of Human Rights held that the
gag order was contrary to the right of freedom of expression. Switzerland
was ordered to pay Hertel compensation.
The US government is characteristically silent when it comes to these
matters and little research has been conducted in US. Today microwave
ovens are in 90% of America's kitchens.
Most people think that microwave ovens do not have any negative effect.
After all the government would not allow this product on the market if it
had negative health consequences. Think again.
The Soviet Union conducted extensive microwave reserarch following the
capture of Nazis research and the microwave ovens and used in the WWII
Russian campaign. This article summarizes these and more recent
researches.
Microwave ovens use electromagnetic energy that vibrates 2.4 billion
times per second. This energy acts on the molecules in food, particularly
water molecules causing them to rapidly vibrate. This rapid movement
generates friction and thus heat. Vibration is so violent that molecules
are often torn apart or distorted, thereby, changing the chemical makeup
of the food. Additionally, this appliance leaks microwaves into the
environment around it.
Study of the thousands of Russian workers exposed to radar microwaves in
the 1950's showed health effects so severe that the Russian microwave
oven leakage limit was set at 0.0000001 watts/cm2. This limit is 1000
times less than the US leakage limit.
Microwave ovens were totally banned in 1976 following the development of
highly sophisticated measurement equipment that allowed the following
discoveries:

* Break down of the human life energy field.
* Degeneration of cellular voltage parallels in blood and lymph systems.
* Degeneration/ destabilization of internal cellular membrane potentials.
* Degeneration and breakdown of electrical nerve impulses within the
cerebrum portion of the brain
* Degeneration and breakdown of nerve electrical circuits and loss of
energy field symmetry in the nerve centers of the autonomic nervous
system.
* Long term cumulative loss of human and animal vital energy within a
1600 foot radius of microwave equipment.
* Long lasting residual effect of "magnetic" deposits located throughout
the nervous and lymphatic systems.
* Destabilization and interruption in production of hormones and
maintenance of normal hormonal balance.
* Markedly high disturbance in alpha, theta and delta brain wave patterns
leading to memory and concentration loss, suppressed emotional threshold,
slowing of intellectual processes and interrupted sleep.
* Long term and irreversible depolarization of tissue neuroelectric
circuits.

The Atlantis Raising Educational Center, Portland OR. provided this
summary of Russian microwave food science:

* Carcinogenic compounds were formed in virtually all foods tested under
normal cooking conditions. For example:
* Prepared meats: Formation the carcinogens d-nitrosodienthanol amine.
* Milk and cereal grains: Portion of amino acids converted to carcinogens.
* Thawing frozen fruit: portion of glucoside and galactoside fractions
converted to carcinogens
* Short exposure of raw, cooked or frozen vegetables: Portion of plant
alkaloids converted into carcinogens.

Nutritional value was altered in almost all foods:

* Structural degradation: A 60 to 90% decrease in nutritive value.
* Vitamin and minerals: Decreased bio-availability of vitamins B, C, E,
essential minerals and lipotropic factors.

In 1991 Dr. Hans Ulrich Hertel a retired Swiss food scientist and
Lausanne University professor Blanc study the effect of microwaved versus
Onormal' food on blood chemistry and found changes in blood parameters
indicative of an early pathenogenic process similar to the actual start
of cancer:

* Decreases in all hemoglobin values.
* Increases in hematocrit, leukocytes and cholesterol values.
* Decreases in the ratio of good to bad cholesterol.
* Decrease in white blood cells (lympho-cytes) following ingestion of
microwaved food.
* Evidence that microwave energies are passed to the cells via the blood

In 1992 a Swiss court issued a gag order against Hertel and Blanc. In
1993 Hertel was convicted of "interfering with commerce" and prohibited
from publishing. In 1998 the European Court of Human Rights held that the
gag order was contrary to the right of freedom of expression. Switzerland
was ordered to pay Hertel compensation.
The US government is characteristically silent when it comes to these
matters. Little research has been conducted by the US Government.
Microwaves are in 90% of America's kitchens. Take this information
seriously and make your kitchen one of the 10%.

Hair Dryer Highs

A hair dryers draws a lot of power. Ordinary hair dryers have very high
magnetic fields: 50 milligauss at the handle at your hand: 30 milligauss
in front of the nozzle where your head is located.
There is a line of home hair dryers that are certified to have a field no
more than 2 milligauss 2 inches from the nozzle. Also available- more
powerful beautician's hair dryers with lower emf. Contact Angelite:
www.lowemf.com or (877) 460-9151

Kill Oem Dead

A California controlled study found significantly higher risk of neural
tube defects (e.g. spina bifida) in mothers who lived within a 1/4 mile
of a sprayed agricultural field or had their homes treated by
professional exterminators. Am Journal of Epidemiology 1995; 11:S3
Home gardener use of pesticides is 20 times higher than that of farmers.
EPA Publication
The newest weapon in the chemical battle against subterranean termite is
Termidor containing Fipronil which cause hyperexcitation of the inspect's
nerves and muscles.

Fipronil is classed by the EPA as possible human carcinogen.
Fipronil is also used in Frontline and in Frontline Topspot pet flea
treatment: and in Combat and Maxforce ant and roach bate stations.
In California there is no state law requiring notification of parents
before school pesticide application. Eight of 13 district reporting in a
survey used chlorpyrifos (now banned by the EPA) in 1999. Eleven of the
districts reported using Category I- most toxic pesticides. CNN/AP Study,
7/26/00
For least toxic way to dealing with pests Please visit the Bio-Integral
Resource Center at www.birc.org or call 510-524-2567.

Air Freseners Foul the Air

Air fresheners work by altering the human nervous system proving they are
biologically active and capable of causing harm.
Air fresheners purchased at retail in three states were tested with mice.
About fifty tests were run using different sample sizes and air flow
rates. Some test were replicated to check repeatability. Air was blown
over the sample toward the test subjects. Adverse affects were found with
the smallest weight tested (1/4 of a whole air freshener):

* Severe pulmonary irritation (reduction in respiration rate) comparable
to asthma in humans.
* Sensory irritation increasing over twenty minutes, becoming severe and
remained severe until the freshener was removed.

Neurological impairments were so severe had a little more freshener been
used some of the mice would have died.

The mice did not get used to the pollutant in subsequent tests.

Condensed from the Human Ecologist # 67

Larry Morningstar
mana7@opendoor. com

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1) The Hidden Hazards of Microwave Cooking
http://www.nexusmagazine.com/microwave.html

Recent research shows that microwave oven-cooked food suffers severe molecular damage. When eaten, it causes abnormal changes in human blood and immune systems. Not surprisingly, the public has been denied details on these significant health dangers.

Extracted from NEXUS Magazine, Volume 2, #25 (April-May '95).
PO Box 30, Mapleton Qld 4560 Australia. editor@nexusmagazin e.com
Telephone: +61 (0)7 5442 9280; Fax: +61 (0)7 5442 9381
From our web page at: www.nexusmagazine. com

Originally printed from the April 1994 edition of Acres, USA.
PO Box 8800, Metairie, Louisiana, 70011 USA
Telephone: (504) 889 2100; Fax: (504) 889 2777

Back in May of 1989, after Tom Valentine first moved to St Paul,
Minnesota, he heard on the car radio a short announcement that bolted him upright in the driver's seat. The announcement was sponsored by Young Families, the Minnesota Extension Service of the University of Minnesota:
"Although microwaves heat food quickly, they are not recommended for
heating a baby's bottle," the announcement said. The bottle may seem cool
to the touch, but the liquid inside may become extremely hot and could
burn the baby's mouth and throat. Also, the buildup of steam in a closed
container such as a baby's bottle could cause it to explode. "Heating the
bottle in a microwave can cause slight changes in the milk. In infant
formulas, there may be a loss of some vitamins. In expressed breast milk,
some protective properties may be destroyed." The report went on.
"Warming a bottle by holding it under tap water or by setting it in a
bowl of warm water, then testing it on your wrist before feeding, may
take a few minutes longer, but it is much safer."
Valentine asked himself: If an established institution like the
University of Minnesota can warn about the loss of particular nutrient
qualities in microwaved baby formula or mother's milk, then somebody must
know something about microwaving they are not telling everybody.

A LAWSUIT
In early 1991, word leaked out about a lawsuit in Oklahoma. A woman named
Norma Levitt had hip surgery, only to be killed by a simple blood
transfusion when a nurse "warmed the blood for the transfusion in a
microwave oven"!
Logic suggests that if heating or cooking is all there is to it, then it
doesn't matter what mode of heating technology one uses. However, it is
quite apparent that there is more to 'heating' with microwaves than we've
been led to believe.
Blood for transfusions is routinely warmed-but not in microwave ovens! In
the case of Mrs. Levitt, the microwaving altered the blood and it killed
her.
Does it not therefore follow that this form of heating does, indeed, do
'something different' to the substances being heated? Is it not prudent
to determine what that 'something different' might do?
A funny thing happened on the way to the bank with all that microwave
oven revenue: nobody thought about the obvious. Only 'health nuts' who
are constantly aware of the value of quality nutrition discerned a
problem with the widespread 'denaturing' of our food. Enter Hans Hertel.

HANS HERTEL
In the tiny town of Wattenwil, near Basel in Switzerland, there lives a
scientist who is alarmed at the lack of purity and naturalness in the
many pursuits of modern mankind. He worked as a food scientist for
several years with one of the many major Swiss food companies that do
business on a global scale. A few years ago, he was fired from his job
for questioning procedures in processing food because they denatured it.
"The world needs our help," Hans Hertel told Tom Valentine as they shared
a fine meal at a resort hotel in Todtmoss, Germany.
"We, the scientists, carry the main responsibility for the present
unacceptable conditions. It is therefore our job to correct the situation
and bring the remedy to the world. I am striving to bring man and
techniques back into harmony with nature. We can have wonderful
technologies without violating nature."
Hans is an intense man, driven by personal knowledge of violations of
nature by corporate man and his state-supported monopolies in science,
technology and education. At the same time, as the two talked, his
intensity shattered into a warm smile and he spoke of the way things
could be if mankind's immense talent were to work with nature and not
against her.
Hans Hertel is the first scientist to conceive of and carry out a quality
study on the effects of microwaved nutrients on the blood and physiology
of human beings. This small but well-controlled study pointed the firm
finger at a degenerative force of microwave ovens and the food produced
in them. The conclusion was clear: microwave cooking changed the
nutrients so that changes took place in the participants' blood; these
were not healthy changes but were changes that could cause deterioration
in the human systems.
Working with Bernard H. Blanc of the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology and the University Institute for Biochemistry, Hertel not only
conceived of the study and carried it out, he was one of eight
participants.
"To control as many variables as possible, we selected eight individuals
who were strict macrobiotic diet participants from the Macrobiotic
Institute at Kientel, Switzerland, " Hertel explained. "We were all housed
in the same hotel environment for eight weeks. There was no smoking, no
alcohol and no sex."
One can readily see that this protocol makes sense. After all, how could
you tell about subtle changes in a human's blood from eating microwaved
food if smoking, booze, junk food, pollution, pesticides, hormones,
antibiotics and everything else in the common environment were also
present?
"We had one American, one Canadian and six Europeans in the group. I was
the oldest at 64 years, the others were in their 20s and 30s," Hertel
added.
Valentine published the results of this study in Search for Health in the
Spring of 1992. But the follow-up information is available only in a
later edition, and also in Acres, USA.
In intervals of two to five days, the volunteers in the study received
one of the food variants on an empty stomach. The food variants were: raw
milk from a biofarm (no. 1); the same milk conventionally cooked (no. 2);
pasteurised milk from Intermilk Berne (no. 3); the same raw milk cooked
in a microwave oven (no. 4); raw vegetables from an organic farm (no. 5);
the same vegetables cooked conventionally (no. 6); the same vegetables
frozen and defrosted in the microwave oven (no. 7); and the same
vegetables cooked in the microwave oven (no. 8). The overall experiment
had some of the earmarks of the Pottenger cat studies, except that now
human beings were test objects, the experiment's time-frame was shorter,
and a new heat form was tested.
Once the volunteers were isolated at the resort hotel, the test began.
Blood samples were taken from every volunteer immediately before eating.
Then blood samples were taken at defined intervals after eating from the
above-numbered milk or vegetable preparations.
Significant changes were discovered in the blood of the volunteers who
consumed foods cooked in the microwave oven. These changes included a
decrease in all haemoglobin values and cholesterol values, especially the
HDL (good cholesterol) and LDL (bad cholesterol) values and ratio.
Lymphocytes (white blood cells) showed a more distinct short-term
decrease following the intake of microwaved food than after the intake of
all the other variants. Each of these indicators point in a direction
away from robust health and toward degeneration. Additionally, there was
a highly significant association between the amount of microwave energy
in the test foods and the luminous power of luminescent bacteria exposed
to serum from test persons who ate that food. This led Hertel to the
conclusion that such technically derived energies may, indeed, be passed
along to man inductively via consumption of microwaved food.
"This process is based on physical principles and has already been
confirmed in the literature," Hertel explained. The apparent additional
energy exhibited by the luminescent bacteria was merely extra
confirmation.
"There is extensive scientific literature concerning the hazardous
effects of direct microwave radiation on living systems," Hertel
continued. "It is astonishing, therefore, to realise how little effort
has been made to replace this detrimental technique of microwaves with
technology more in accordance with nature.
"Technically produced microwaves are based on the principle of
alternating current. Atoms, molecules and cells hit by this hard
electromagnetic radiation are forced to reverse polarity 1 to 100 billion
times a second. There are no atoms, molecules or cells of any organic
system able to withstand such a violent, destructive power for any
extended period of time, not even in the low energy range of milliwatts.
"Of all the natural substances -- which are polar -- the oxygen of water
molecules reacts most sensitively. This is how microwave cooking heat is
generated-friction from this violence in water molecules. Structures of
molecules are torn apart, molecules are forcefully deformed (called
structural isomerism) and thus become impaired in quality.

HEATING FOOD
"This is contrary to conventional heating of food, in which heat
transfers convectionally from without to within. Cooking by microwaves
begins within the cells and molecules where water is present and where
the energy is transformed into frictional heat."
The question naturally arises: What about microwaves from the sun? Aren't
they harmful?
Hertel responded: "The microwaves from the Sun are based on principles of
pulsed direct current. These rays create no frictional heat in organic
substance."
In addition to violent frictional heat effects (called thermic effects),
there are also athermic effects which have hardly ever been taken into
account, Hertel added.
"These athermic effects are not presently measurable, but they can also
deform the structures of molecules and have qualitative consequences. For
example, the weakening of cell membranes by microwaves is used in the
field of gene altering technology. Because of the force involved, the
cells are actually broken, thereby neutralising the electrical
potentials-the very life of the cells-between the outer and inner sides
of the cell membranes. Impaired cells become easy prey for viruses, fungi
and other micro-organisms. The natural repair mechanisms are suppressed,
and cells are forced to adapt to a state of energy emergency: they switch
from aerobic to anaerobic respiration. Instead of water and carbon
dioxide, hydrogen peroxide and carbon monoxide are produced."
It has long been pointed out in the literature that any reversal of
healthy cell processes may occur because of a number of reasons, and our
cells then revert from a "robust oxidation" to an unhealthy
"fermentation" .
The same violent friction and athermic deformations that can occur in our
bodies when we are subjected to radar or microwaves, happens to the
molecules in the food cooked in a microwave oven. In fact, when anyone
microwaves food, the oven exerts a power input of about 1,000 watts or
more. This radiation results in destruction and deformation of molecules
of food, and in the formation of new compounds (called radiolytic
compounds) unknown to man and nature.
Today's established science and technology argues forcefully that
microwaved food and irradiated foods do not have any significantly higher
"radiolytic compounds" than do broiled, baked or other conventionally
cooked foods-but microwaving does produce more of these critters.
Curiously, neither established science nor our ever-protective government
has conducted tests-on the blood of the eaters-of the effects of eating
various kinds of cooked foods. Hertel and his group did test it, and the
indication is clear that something is amiss and that larger studies
should be funded. The apparently toxic effects of microwave cooking is
another in a long list of unnatural additives in our daily diets.
However, the establishment has not taken kindly to this work.
"The first drawing of blood samples took place on an empty stomach at
7.45 each morning," Hertel explained. "The second drawing of blood took
place 15 minutes after the food intake. The third drawing was two hours
later."
>From each sample, 50 millilitres of blood was used for the chemistry and
five millimetres for the haematology and the luminescence. The
haematological examinations took place immediately after drawing the
samples. Erythrocytes, haemoglobin, mean haemoglobin concentration, mean
haemoglobin content, leukocytes and lymphocytes were measured. The
chemical analysis consisted of iron, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol
and LDL cholesterol.
The results of erythrocyte, haemoglobin, haematocrit and leukocyte
determinations were at the "lower limits of normal" in those tested
following the eating of the microwaved samples.
"These results show anaemic tendencies. The situation became even more
pronounced during the second month of the study," Hertel added. "And with
those decreasing values, there was a corresponding increase of
cholesterol values."
Hertel admits that stress factors, from getting punctured for the blood
samples so often each day, for example, cannot be ruled out, but the
established baseline for each individual became the "zero values" marker,
and only changes from the zero values were statistically determined.
With only one round of test substances completed, the different effects
between conventionally prepared food and microwaved food were
marginal-although noticed as definite "tendencies" . As the test
continued, the differences in the blood markers became "statistically
significant" . The changes are generally considered to be signs of stress
on the body. For example, erythrocytes tended to increase after eating
vegetables from the microwave oven. Haemoglobin and both of the mean
concentration and content haemoglobin markers also tended to decrease
significantly after eating the microwaved substances.

LEUKOCYTOSIS
"Leukocytosis, " Hertel explained, "which cannot be accounted for by
normal daily deviations such as following the intake of food, is taken
seriously by haematologists. Leukocyte response is especially sensitive
to stress. They are often signs of pathogenic effects on the living
system, such as poisoning and cell damage. The increase of leukocytes
with the microwaved foods was more pronounced than with all the other
variants. It appears that these marked increases were caused entirely by
ingesting the microwaved substances."
The cholesterol markers were very interesting, Hertel stressed:
"Common scientific belief states that cholesterol values usually alter
slowly over longer periods of time. In this study, the markers increased
rapidly after the consumption of the microwaved vegetables. However, with
milk, the cholesterol values remained the same and even decreased with
the raw milk significantly. "
Hertel believes his study tends to confirm newer scientific data that
suggest cholesterol may rapidly increase in the blood secondary to acute
stress. "Also," he added, "blood cholesterol levels are less influenced
by cholesterol content of food than by stress factors. Such
stress-causing factors can apparently consist of foods which contain
virtually no cholesterol- the microwaved vegetables."
It is plain to see that this individually financed and conducted study
has enough meat in it to make anyone with a modicum of common sense sit
up and take notice. Food from the microwave oven caused abnormal changes,
representing stress, to occur in the blood of all the test individuals.
Biological individuality, a key variable that makes a mockery of many
allegedly scientific studies, was well accounted for by the established
baselines.
So, how has the brilliant world of modern technology, medicine and
'protect the public' government reacted to this impressive effort?

A GAG ORDER
As soon as Hertel and Blanc announced their results, the hammer of
authority slammed down on them. A powerful trade organisation, the Swiss
Association of Dealers for Electroapparatuses for Households and
Industry, known simply as FEA, struck swiftly. They forced the President
of the Court of Seftigen, Kanton Bern, to issue a 'gag order' against
Hertel and Blanc. The attack was so ferocious that Blanc quickly recanted
his support-but it was too late. He had already put into writing his
views on the validity of the studies where he concurred with the opinion
that microwaved food caused the blood abnormalities.
Hertel stood his ground, and today is steadfastly demanding his rights to
a trial. Preliminary hearings on the matter have been appealed to higher
courts, and it's quite obvious the powers that be do not want a 'show
trial' to erupt on this issue.
In March 1993, the court handed down this decision based upon the
complaint of the FEA:
"Consideration.
1. Request from the plaintiff (FEA) to prohibit the defendant (Dr Ing.
Hans Hertel) from declaring that food prepared in the microwave oven
shall be dangerous to health and lead to changes in the blood of
consumers, giving reference to pathologic troubles as also indicative for
the beginning of a cancerous process. The defendant shall be prohibited
from repeating such a statement in publications and in public talks by
punishment laid down in the law.
2. The jurisdiction of the judge is given according to law.
3. The active legitimacy of the plaintiff is given according to the law.
4. The passive legitimacy of the defendant is given by the fact that he
is the author of the polemic [published study] in question, especially
since the present new and revised law allows to exclude the necessity of
a competitive situation, therefore delinquents may also be persons who
are not co-competitors, but may damage the competing position of others
by mere declarations.
[Apparently, Swiss corporations have lobbied in a law that nails
"delinquents" who disparage products and might do damage to commerce by
such remarks. So far, the US Constitution still preserves freedom of the
press.]
5. Considering the relevant situation it is referred to three
publications: the public renunciation [sic] of the so-called co-author
Professor Bernard Blanc, the expertise of Professor Teuber [expert
witness from the FEA] about the above-mentioned publication, the opinion
of the public health authorities with regard to the present stage of
research with microwave ovens as well as to repeated statements from the
side of the defendant about the danger of such ovens.
6. It is not considered of importance whether or not the polemic of the
defendant meets the approval of the public, because all that is necessary
is that a possibility exists that such a statement could find approval
with people not being experts themselves. Also, advertising involving
fear is not allowed and is always disqualified by the law. The necessity
for a fast interference is in no case more advised than in the processes
of competition. Basically, the defendant has the right to defend himself
against such accusations. This right, however, can be denied in cases of
pressing danger with regard to impairing the rights of the plaintiff when
this is requested.

Conclusion.
On grounds of this pending request of the plaintiff, the court arrives at
the conclusion that because of special presuppositions as in this case, a
definite disadvantage for the plaintiff does exist, which may not easily
be repaired, and therefore must be considered to be of immediate danger.
The case thus warrants the request of the plaintiff to be justified, even
without hearing the defendant. Also, because it is not known when the
defendant will bring further statements into the public.
The judge is also of the opinion that because the publications are made
up to appear as scientific, and therefore especially reliable-looking,
they may cause additional bad disadvantages. It must be added that there
does obviously not exist a just reason for this publication because there
is no public interest for pseudo-scientific unproved declarations.
Finally, these ordered measures do not prove to be disproportionate.
The defendant is prohibited, under punishment of up to F5,000, or up to
one year in prison, to declare that food prepared in microwave ovens is
dangerous to health and leads to pathologic troubles as also indicative
for the beginning of a cancerous process.
The plaintiff pays the costs.
(Signed) President of the Court of Seftigen Kraemer."
If you cannot imagine this kind of decision coming from a court in the
United States, you have not been paying attention to the advances of
administrative law.
Hertel defied the court and has loudly demanded a fair hearing on the
truth of his claims. The court has continued to delay, dodge, appeal and
avoid any media-catching confrontation. As of this writing, Hans is still
waiting for a hearing with media coverage-and he's still talking and
publishing his findings.
"They have not been able to intimidate me into silence, and I will not
accept their conditions," Hertel declared. "I have appeared at large
seminars in Germany, and the study results have been well-received. Also,
I think the authorities are aware that scientists at Ciba-Geigy [the
world's largest pharmaceutical company, headquartered in Switzerland]
have vowed to support me in court."
As those powerful special interests in Switzerland who desire to sell
microwave ovens by the millions continued to suppress open debate on this
vital issue for modern civilisation, new microwave developments blossomed
in the United States.

INFANT DANGER
In the journal Pediatrics (vol. 89, no. 4, April 1992), there appeared an
article titled, "Effects of Microwave Radiation on Anti-infective Factors
in Human Milk". Richard Quan, M.D. from Dallas, Texas, was the lead name
of the study team. John A. Kerner, M.D., from Stanford University, was
also on the research team, and he was quoted in a summary article on the
research that appeared in the 25 April 1992 issue of Science News. To get
the full flavour of what may lie ahead for microwaving, here is that
summary article:
"Women who work outside the home can express and store breast milk for
feedings when they are away. But parents and caregivers should be careful
how they warm this milk. A new study shows that microwaving human
milk-even at a low setting-can destroy some of its important
disease-fighting capabilities.
"Breast milk can be refrigerated safely for a few days or frozen for up
to a month; however, studies have shown that heating the milk well above
body temperature- 37° C -- can break down not only its antibodies to
infectious agents, but also its lysozymes or bacteria-digesting enzymes.
So, when paediatrician John A. Kerner, Jr, witnessed neonatal nurses
routinely thawing or reheating breast milk with the microwave oven in
their lounge, he became concerned.
"In the April 1992 issue of Pediatrics (Part I), he and his Stanford
University co-workers reported finding that unheated breast milk that was
microwaved lost lysozyme activity, antibodies and fostered the growth of
more potentially pathogenic bacteria. Milk heated at a high setting (72
degrees Celsius to 98 degrees C) lost 96 per cent of its immunoglobulin- A
antibodies, agents that fend off invading microbes.
"What really surprised him, Kerner said, was finding some loss of
anti-infective properties in the milk microwaved at a low setting-and to
a mean of just 33.5 degrees C. Adverse changes at such low temperatures
suggest 'microwaving itself may in fact cause some injury to the milk
above and beyond the heating'.
"But Randall M. Goldblum of the University of Texas Medical Branch in
Galveston disagrees, saying: 'I don't see any compelling evidence that
the microwaves did any harm. It was the heating.' Lysozyme and antibody
degradation in the coolest samples may simply reflect the development of
small hot spots-potentially 60 degrees C or above-during microwaving,
noted Madeleine Sigman-Grant of Pennsylvania State University, University
Park. And that's to be expected, she said, because microwave heating is
inherently uneven-and quite unpredictable when volumes less than four
millilitres are involved, as was the case in the Kerner's study.

"Goldblum considers use of a microwave to thaw milk an especially bad
idea, since it is likely to boil some of the milk before all has even
liquefied. Stanford University Medical Center no longer microwaves breast
milk, Kerner notes. And that's appropriate, Sigman-Grant believes,
because of the small volumes of milk that hospitals typically serve
newborns-especially premature infants."

CHASING A STORY
Journalist Tom Valentine, after chasing this story, found it interesting
that 'scientists' have so many 'beliefs' to express rather than prove
fact. Yet facts eventually snuff out credential-based conjecture.
Researcher Quan, in a phone interview, said that he believed the results
of research so far warranted further detailed study of the effects of
microwave cooking on nutrients. The summary sentence in an abstract of
the research paper is very clear:
"Microwaving appears to be contra-indicated at high temperatures, and
questions regarding its safety exist even at low temperatures. "
The final statement of the study conclusion reads:
"This preliminary study suggests that microwaving human milk could be
detrimental. Further studies are needed to determine whether and how
microwaving could safely be done." Unfortunately, further studies are not
scheduled at this time.
If there are so many indications that the effects of microwaves on foods
can degrade the foods far above the known breakdowns of standard cooking,
is it not reasonable to conduct exhaustive studies on living, breathing
human beings to determine if it's possible that eating microwaved foods
continuously, as many people do, can be significantly detrimental to
individual health?
If you wanted to introduce a herbal supplement into the American
mainstream and make any health claims for it, you would be subjected to
exhaustive documentation and costly research. Yet the microwave-oven
industry had only to prove that the dangerous microwaves could, indeed,
be contained within the oven and not escape into the surrounding area
where the radiation could do damage to people. The industry must admit
that some microwaves escape even in the best-made ovens. So far, not one
thought has been given by the industry to the possibility that the
nutrients could be so altered as to be deleterious to health.
Well, this makes sense in a land that encourages farmers to poison crops
and soils with massive amounts of synthesised chemicals, and encourages
food processors to use additives that enhance shelf-life of foods
regardless of the potential for degrading the health of the consumer.
How many hundreds of pounds of microwaved food per capita is consumed in
America each year?
Are we going to continue to take it from established authority, without
question, on the premise that they know best?

2) Follow-up on Hertel excerpted from:

Cooked
http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/Willthomas/invest/investcooked.htm

by William Thomas

Published in Alive magazine

... [Hertel] stuck by his findings. In an ironically confirming
commentary on his findings, Hertel was forbidden by a Swiss court from
publicly "declaring that food prepared in microwave ovens shall be
dangerous to health and lead to changes in the blood of consumers, giving
reference to pathologic troubles as also indicative for the beginning of
a cancerous process."

The unrepentant Hertel continued giving seminars in Germany, where he
says his study results "have been well-received. " In August, 1998, the
court decision was reversed when the European Court of Human Rights at
Strasbourg ruled that the earlier Swiss "gag order" forbidding the
Bernese scientist from declaring that microwave ovens pose human health
risks contravened Hertel's right to freedom of expression. The Euro court
ordered Switzerland [to pay] F-40,000 in compensation for Hertel's legal
costs in a decision hailed by Nexus magazine as "an end to judicial censorship of persons drawing attention to the health hazards of certain
products."

2010-05-24T07:24:00.000-07:00

Hemp History Week is here!

Find out why hemp is so important to the history of America -- and why we should legalize its production once again:

http://www.naturalnews.com/028852_hemp_history.html

2010-05-24T07:20:00.000-07:00

If ultrasound destroys sperm - why is it safe for a fetus?

Bill Gates has funded a new technology that uses ultrasound to cause infertility in men, a type of "ultrasonic birth control" that destroys testes production for up to six months.

Today I dare to ask the question that makes many new parents uncomfortable: If ultrasound destroys normal testes function, how can it be safe for a fetus? (P.S. Many ultrasound clinics refuse to provide ultrasound unless it is medically justified. I agree with that policy.)

http://www.naturalnews.com/028853_ultrasound_fetus.html

2010-05-24T06:46:00.001-07:00

THERE'S MSG AND TRANS FATS IN THAT STARBUCKS MOCHA!!

Laurie Spinelli Koster - I'm not a huge Starbucks fan myself, but I do like free stuff :-).

And you're right Jan, there was a recent article here: http://www.healthwellness.info/2010/01/what-you-didnt-know-about-starbucks/

2010-05-23T17:14:00.000-07:00

Perfections begins...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4zWBHFCmXM&feature=player_embedded#!

2010-05-17T15:48:00.000-07:00

Jessica DEFINITELY has the right attitude!!
Try this for a month and see what happens in your life!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR3rK0kZFkg&feature=player_embedded

2010-05-06T08:32:00.000-07:00

Blinking Neurons Give Thoughts Away

Bonn, Germany (SPX) May 06, 2010 - Neurons communicate with one another via so-called action potentials. During an action potential, voltage-gated calcium channels are opened resulting in rapid calcium ion influx. Because of this tight coupling, fluorescent calcium indicator proteins can visualize action potentials. These proteins have two fluorescent subunits, one of which radiates yellow light and the other blue. When the ...

http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Blinking_Neurons_Give_Thoughts_Away_999.html

2010-05-01T11:24:00.000-07:00

Mahatma Gandhi's namesake, Maneka Gandhi, today
leads the 'Notmilk' movement in India. Dr. Gandhi
began the modern-day animal rights movement in
India, and once served in the Indian govenment as
the Minister of Animal Welfare. Her rescue work
has resulted in liberating thousands of abused
animals after uncovering accounts of animal
torture and abuse in 590 so-called research
facilities. Today, she is India's single most
powerful anti-dairy voice, and her 'Notmilk'
movement is growing.

In 1891, 22-year-old Mohandas Gandhi passed the
bar exam and earned his law degree. His passive
activism was developed 23 years later while helping
his countrymen attain rights under an apartheid
policy applied to Indians living in South Africa.

In 1914, Gandhi returned to India with a lung
disease, pleurisy. His doctors advised that he
drink cow's milk, but India's spiritual leader-
to-be refused. The same advice was offered to
Gandhi in 1918 after he developed a serious
case of dysentery accompanied by high fever.

Although Gandhi had made a lifelong vow to never
drink cow's milk, the illness nearly took his life,
and he made a compromise by drinking goat's milk.
In his autobiography, Gandhi admitted that his
habit of drinking goat's milk "has been the tragedy
of my life."

At age 71, Gandhi reflected upon his NOTMILK philosophy
by writing the following (p. 381) in his autobiography:

"I had long realized that milk was not necessary for
supporting the body, but it was not easy to give it up.
While the necessity for avoiding milk in the interests
of self-restraint was growing upon me, I happened to come
across some literature from Calcutta, describing the
tortures to which cows and buffaloes were subjected by
their keepers. This had a wonderful effect on me."

At 21 years of age, Gandhi vacationed at the farm of
fellow vegetarian, Leo Tolstoy. At Tolstoy Farm, Gandhi
came to understand that milk from cows was not the
perfect food for humans. On page 382 of his autobiography,
Gandhi wrote:

"It was during this time that we had the discussion about
milk. Mr. Kallenbach said, 'We constantly talk about the
harmful effects of milk. Why then do not we give it up? It
is certainly not necessary.' I was agreeably surprised at
the suggestion, which I warmly welcomed, and both of
us pledged ourselves to abjure milk there and then."

For the final meal of his life on January 30, 1948,
shortly before he was assassinated, Mohatma Gandhi
dined on cooked vegetables, oranges, and goat's milk.

Robert Cohen
http://www.notmilk. com

2010-04-28T10:40:00.000-07:00

HEMP HUMMUS RECIPE

by Julie Morris
Watch a good video on how Julie makes this tasty treat:
http://www.foodmatters.tv/_webapp/Hemp_Hummus_Recipe

Ingredients
1 1/2 Cups Garbanzo Beans or Chickpeas (pre soaked and cooked until soft)
4 TB Hemp Seeds
1 TB Hemp or Flax Oil
1 Tsp. Garlic Powder
1/3 Cup Lemon Juice
1/2 Tsp. Salt
2 TB Tahini (sesame paste)
Method
This recipe is very simple and fun, just take all the ingredients and place them in a food processor or blender and mix them until they have a creamy texture. This healthy treat goes great with crackers or raw vegetables. A very creamy and healthy version of hummus, with a major load of protein, provided by the hemp seeds.

Benefits of Hemp Oil

Hemp oil has long been recognised as one of the most versatile and beneficial substances known to man. Derived from hemp seeds it has been regarded as a superfood due to its high essential fatty acid content and the unique ratio of omega3 to omega6 and gamma linolenic acid (GLA) - 2:5:1. It is this ratio that is believed to be optimal in terms of improving skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis and acne. It has been reported that those using hemp oil as a supplement begin to experience noticeably softer skin, stronger nails and thicker, smoother hair after only a few weeks.

Hemp oil is also the only food oil that contains not only omega3, omega6, but also GLA. This GLA content means that hemp is a rival to Evening Primrose Oil as well as flax seed oil, as GLA is the main EFA that is believed to relieve symptoms of pre-menstrual tension (PMT).

Hemp oil is also ideal for those who are concerned about taking fish supplements due to the reported contamination of fish with mercury and other toxins. This is particularly prevalent for pregnant women and nursing mothers who are looking to reduce their fish intake but still maintain a desired level of EFAs.

2010-04-28T08:13:00.000-07:00

ASPARTAME - IS THE SWEET TASTE WORTH THE HARM??

Today, aspartame accounts for over 75% of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the FDA. How sweet it is?A few of the 90 different documented symptoms include: headaches/migraines, dizziness, seizures, nausea, numbness, muscle spasms, weight gain, rashes, depression, fatigue, irritability, tachycardia, in...somnia, vision problems, hearing loss, heart palpitations, breathing difficulties, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, loss of taste, tinnitus, vertigo, memory loss and joint pain. Which one are you ready for? (Splenda is even WORSE!!)
http://www.foodmatters.tv/_webapp/Aspartame_-_Is_the_sweet_taste_worth_the_harm

2010-04-26T08:20:00.000-07:00

Can diabetes be cured in under 30 days??

http://www.naturalnews.com/028653_raw_foods_diabetes.html

2010-04-26T07:17:00.000-07:00

This simple tip keeps flies and wasps away from doors and windows!

I'm going to try this ---- great idea -- if it works...!
Jan

ZIP LOCK BAG - Good tip!

Some friends went to Sweety Pies on Sunday for breakfast and sat in
the patio section beside the house. We happened to
notice zip lock baggies pinned to a post and a wall. The bags
were half filled with water, each contained 4 pennies, and they were
zipped shut. Naturally we were curious! Ms. Sweety told
us that these baggies kept the flies away! So naturally we
were even more curious! We actually watched some flies come in
the open window, stand around on the window sill, and then fly out
again. And there were no flies in the eating area! This
morning I checked this out on Google. Below are comments on
this fly control idea. I'm now a
believer!

Ann Says:

I tried the ziplock bag and
pennies this weekend.. I have a horse trailer. The flies were
bad while I was camping. I put the baggie with pennies above the
door of the LQ. NOT ONE FLY came in the trailer. The horse trailer
part had many. Not sure why it works but it does!

Danielle Martin Says:

Fill a ziplock bag with water and 5 or 6 pennies and hang it in the
problem area. In my case it was a particular window in my home. It
had a slight passage way for insects. Every since I have done that,
it has kept flies and wasps away. Some say that wasps and flies
mistake the bag for some other insect nest and are
threatened.

Maggie Says:

I swear by the plastic bag of water trick. I have them on porch and
basement. We saw these in Northeast Mo. at an Amish
grocery store & have used them since. They say it works because
a fly sees a reflection & won't come
around.

DJ Says:

Regarding the science behind zip log bags of water? My research found that the
millions of molecules of water presents its own prism effect and
given that flies have a lot of eyes, to them it's like a zillion
disco balls reflecting light, colors and movement in a dizzying
manner. When you figure that flies are prey for many other bugs,
animals, birds, etc., they simply won't take the risk of being
around that much perceived action. I moved to a rural area and
thought these "hillbillies" were just yanking my city boy chain but
I tried it and it worked immediately! We went from hundreds of flies
to seeing the occasional one, but he didn't hang around
long.

2010-04-25T09:49:00.000-07:00

the coincidence of MS and amalgam fillings ??
http://www.hendess.net/ms_e.htm#Amalgam

2010-04-23T09:50:00.000-07:00

Are Bacterial Toxins of Cereus Concern for Milk Drinkers?
Posted by: "cohensmilk1" cohensmilk1@yahoo.com cohensmilk1
Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:36 am (PDT)

Are Bacterial Toxins of Cereus Concern for Milk Drinkers?

"Bacterial cereus causes two types of food-borne intoxications
(as opposed to infections). One type is characterized by nausea
and vomiting and abdominal cramps and has an incubation period
of 1 to 6 hours. It resembles Staphylococcus aureus food poisoning
in its symptoms and incubation period. This is the "short-incubation"
or emetic form of the disease. The second type is manifested
primarily by abdominal cramps and diarrhea with an incubation
period of 8 to 16 hours. Diarrhea may be a small volume or profuse
and watery. This type is referred to as the "long-incubation" or
diarrheal form of the disease, and it resembles more food poisoning
caused by Clostridium perfringens. "
- Lectures in Microbiology by Kenneth Todar PhD
(Medical textbook on Bacteriology)

Not yet convinced? Here's more:

This study will appear in the May, 2010 issue of a
peer-reviewed scientific journal, Food Microbiology:

ABSTRACT:

"Persistence strategies of Bacillus cereus spores isolated
from dairy silo tanks.
Shaheen R, Svensson B, et. al.

Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, University
of Helsinki, Biocenter 1, Viikinkaari 9, Helsinki, Finland.

Survival of Bacillus cereus spores of dairy silo tank origin was
investigated under conditions simulating those in operational
dairy silos.

The spores were studied for survival when immersed in liquids
used for cleaning-in- place (1.0% sodium hydroxide at pH 13.1,
75 degrees C; 0.9% nitric acid at pH 0.8, 65 degrees C), for
adhesion onto nonliving surfaces at 4 degrees C and for germination
and biofilm formation in milk.

CONCLUSION:
Eight out of the 14 dairy silo tank isolates possessing hot-alkali
resistant spores were capable of germinating and forming biofilm
in whole milk, not previously reported for B. cereus."

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Is Notmilk cereus about pasteurized milk causing disease?
You're darned right we are. When it comes to drinking pasteurized
milk, damned if you do...Is raw milk better than or worse than
heated milk? Let your innate sense of logic guide you.

Three options:

Raw milk?
Pasteurized milk?
Notmilk!

Robert Cohen
http://www.notmilk. com

2010-04-23T06:19:00.000-07:00

Deadly airborne fungus in Oregon set to spread - Infectious diseases. Posted by: Marlene Macfarlane - marle22@rogers.com
Can anyone spell chemtrails?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36722426/ns/health-infectious_diseases

2010-04-21T11:55:00.000-07:00

Every Raw Milk Supporter Should Read This
Posted by: "cohensmilk1" cohensmilk1@yahoo.com

There is debate regarding the etiology of
Guillain-Barre syndrome, a devastating
disease of the nerves. One theory suggests
that the cause is the cytomegalovirus. A
second theory suggests that the cause is
salmonella bacteria found in undercooked
meat or chicken or unpasteurized milk.
One thing is certain...before drinking
body fluids from diseased animals, people
should first get their heads examined.
Offerng these potential poisons to trusting
children in the name of health is an act of
extreme negligence.

* * * * * * * * * *

http://www.wpxi. com/news/ 23212155/ detail.html

Man On Life Support After Drinking Raw Milk
April 20, 2010

PITTSBURGH -- A 67-year-old man from Mars, Pa., is on
life support at UPMC Presbyterian and his family is
convinced it's because of the raw milk he consumed
more than a month ago.

"I heard about all the health benefits," said the
man's wife, Maureen Orchard. "We thought we were
doing something good for ourselves."

James Orchard was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome
(GBS), a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks
part of the peripheral nervous system. Except for minimal
head and eye movement, Orchard is totally paralyzed.

Several days before the onset of his illness, Orchard and
other members of his family, consumed raw milk purchased
at the McGinnis Sisters Special Foods Store. The raw milk
was produced by Dean Farms doing business as Pasture Maid,
LLC, a creamery located in New Castle.

Orchard's daughter also fell ill.

"She was the one that made the connection that it was the
milk. She stopped drinking it and we got better," Orchard said.

Milk from the bottles produced by Dean Farms purchased at the
McGinnis Sisters store tested positive for Campylobacter bacteria.
Many people who develop Guillain-Barré syndrome first had a
Campylobacter infection.

Since the positive tests, Dean Farms has since had its license
pulled and is no longer allowed to sell raw milk.

Orchard said she believes the agricultural department needs to
do a better job of testing and warning consumers about the risks.

"I don't necessarily want to stop the selling of raw milk, but
I think some information needs to be out there so people make
some wise choices," she said.

Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurized. Pasteurization,
a "kill step," destroys pathogens like Campylobacter.

Doctors said Orchard's condition is treatable.

"They can't give me a time line because everybody's different
of how long this will take or how much physical therapy he's
going to need," Orchard said.

A spokesperson for the agriculture department told Channel 11
he does not recommend consuming raw milk, but right now there
are 129 production permits in the state.

* * * * * * * * * *

Robert Cohen
http://www.notmilk. com

2010-04-21T11:04:00.000-07:00

Stop Obama's sneak attack on GMO labeling!
Stand Up for Your Right to Know!
Say "No!" to bad rules regarding GMOs!

If the U.S. government has its way, a powerful intergovernmental group you’ve probably never heard of may soon prevent anyone anywhere from labeling genetically modified (GMO) food.

Operated by the United Nations, the Codex Alimentarius is a collection of guidelines, codes and recommendations regarding food safety and labeling standards which are used by the World Trade Organization (WTO) to settle international disputes regarding food and agricultural trade agreements.

The U.S. Delegation to the Codex meeting is adopting a position that would make it virtually impossible to label foods as "GMO-free" anywhere in the world. Click on the link below to stop this end-run around our democratic process and make sure the voice of the American people is heard on GMO labeling.

http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/stop_the_sneak_attack/127?akid=115.131182.E2LedC&t=7

According to draft language circulated by the FDA, the U.S. will oppose a proposal at an upcoming meeting of an important Codex committee that would allow the labeling of genetically engineered food. Consumers Union and more than 80 family farm, public health, environmental and organic food organizations, including Food Democracy Now!, have raised concerns that the U.S. position will create major problems for American producers who want to label their products as “GMO-free.”

Unfortunately, rather than taking a proactive stance on GMO labeling and standing up for the rights of America's citizens, the Obama administration has incorporated pre-existing Bush administration positions, stating that Codex should not “suggest or imply that GM/GE foods are in any way different from other foods.”1

Leading national food policy experts believe this position directly contradicts USDA Organic standards, which prohibit the use of genetically engineered products. If adopted, the Obama administration’s proposal might not only weaken organic standards, but could also lead to further genetic contamination of U.S. organic crops - the fastest and most profitable segment of agriculture today.

Even worse, the current U.S. draft position paper declares that mandatory labeling laws such as they have in Europe are “false, misleading or deceptive.“2 If the U.S. succeeds in writing this proposed Codex regulation, any attempts to label foods here in the U.S. as genetically engineered, whether voluntary or by law, would become far more difficult, if not impossible.

This extreme position on genetically engineered food is unacceptable. Countries should be able to make their own decisions on the labeling of genetically engineered foods. Please click on the link below to tell the Obama administration that you support labeling of GMO food:

http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/stop_the_sneak_attack/127?akid=115.131182.E2LedC&t=9

2010-04-21T08:51:00.001-07:00

Interested in improving your diet... but don't know where to begin?? This website is VERY helpful and offers books, DVDs and lots of wonderful and timely information!

2010-04-21T08:30:00.000-07:00

What changing her eating habits did for Bethany's life!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrPx8TO6TFk

2010-04-21T07:21:00.000-07:00

Here is an article I thought you might be interested in and want to post.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQpkzQC-xKo&feature=related

2010-04-21T07:03:00.001-07:00

NaturalNews: New research reveals that radiation given during CT scans causes 29,000 cases of cancer every year! http://www.naturalnews.com/028621_CT_scans_cancer.html

2010-04-21T06:02:00.000-07:00

WHAT INTEGRATIVE DENTISTS SAY ABOUT AMALGAMS

Dr. Hal Huggins, a dentist and researcher, has an abundance of information on his site, including a podcast for those who prefer that source of information.
http://hugginsappliedhealing.com/

"Smoking Tooth Video"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ylnQ-T7oiA

Further explanation on the effects.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDnfeIwd0wI

Andrew Cutler's protocol for dealing with it is the best I've seen.
I respect his emphasis on patient safety.
http://onibasu.com/wiki/Cutler_protocol
http://www.noamalgam.com
http://www.noamalgam.com/hairtestbook.html
Recent Podcast by Cutler
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thecandystore

2010-04-20T08:04:00.000-07:00

What's made from orange peels, contains no toxic chemicals but cleans almost everything in your home, kitchen, garden and garage?

It's a remarkable eco-friendly liquid concentrate called Orange TKO, invented by a Canadian environmental attorney.

Today, I bring you both a full review of the product as well as an unbeatable discount for acquiring it yourself (we arranged for the best prices on the 'net).

Check out the review here:
http://www.naturalnews.com/028615_Orange_TKO_cleaner.html

And here's the discount:
http://www.naturalnews.com/028613_Orange_TKO_natural_cleaner.html

2010-04-20T06:37:00.000-07:00

NaturalNews Tip of the day (from Mike):

Don't miss the video interview with Suzy Cohen, author of "Diabetes Without Drugs," who talks about how to overcome type-2 diabetes using natural remedies and lifestyle changes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOrsMzwXyvY

2010-04-19T17:46:00.000-07:00

Midday Nap Good for Brain
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8524549.stm

Spend a little time resting during the day for a little sleep and you will get your brain abilities better. The study by University of California, showed that naps during the day can increase overall brain work.

A study conducted in 39 healthy people who slept for an hour and a half during the middle of the day proved the overall increase in their brains functions. Since the morning, the test participants have been given hard learning for an exam. After the day some participants told to little sleep and the others stay awake. When they woke up, all of the participants in order to do the same task and the results have shown it is better for the participants who did a midday nap than those who did not.

According to the researchers, the naps help a person to process short-term memories into long-term ones, clearing the temporary storage portion of the brain so that new information can take its place. A sleep phase somewhere between deep sleep and dreaming sleep, temporary memories move from the hippocampus to the pre-frontal cortex.

In addition good for the brain, a good sleeps will also be good for the overall function of the organs in our body. Nevertheless we must be wise and proportionate in regulating our sleep time and duration. Because of long sleep duration is also not good, especially when the working day. Just take advantage of our little time lunch breaks better to be able recover our stamina. Midday nap may be better even only for 1 hour.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8524549.stm

2010-04-19T15:25:00.000-07:00

Tapping plant electrical energy
KurzweilAI.net Apr. 14, 2010
*************************
Stanford University researchers
have developed a gold nanoelectrode
that can extract one picoampere
(generated by photosynthesis) from
algae cells. The process bypasses
the need for combustion, which
harnesses only a portion of a
plant's stored energy, and could be
potentially one of the cleanest
energy sources for future energy...
http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=12040&m=49619

2010-04-11T14:27:00.000-07:00

WHO SAID ONLY WINE GETS BETTER WITH AGE!

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:44:54 -0500
Cathi Watson

HEAR YE...HEAR YE...HEAR YE...

You all know me as a Radio Talk Show Host/producer....Performing Arts...Author...Speaker ..but DID YOU KNOW I'M AN EXERCISE EVANGELIST!!!

I remember way back then....in the 50's EXERCISING WASN'T FASHIONABLE....but what did they know. Really,
Bill, husband, aka SILVER FOX and I were teased, ridiculed about our passion with Exercise...geez where are these people today....but I digress....

I've partnered with the PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SPORTS IN 2006.
I have every medal...bronze,silver, gold...certificates etc...hmm, I thought I was fini, but not so.

PRESIDENTIAL CHAMPIONS...
I'm 96% of the way toward the goal of 500,000 points ( yes, I said five hundred thousand points, that's a half a million, but you knew that) for the PRESIDENT'S PLATINUM AWARD! Do ya think they'll send the Presidents Plane for me and honor me at a luncheon???

Just finished the FIGHT FOR AIR CLIMB...AMERICAN LUNG ASSO....MARCH 28, 2010. Presidential Towers/Chicago...SPONSOR...CHICAGO IRONWORKERS, YEAH!
STATS: 50 FLIGHTS....MY TIME 15 MINS. THEIR TIME...16:57 MINS.....WHILE CLIMBING, I HAD TO STOP FOR WATER, HAD TO SLOW DOWN HEART RATE...HAD TO MOVE OVER FOR OTHER CLIMBERS, SO IN REALITY I SHAVED 4 MINUTES OFF OF LAST YEARS TIME OF 19 MINUTES. ARE YOU IMPRESSED, HEY I'M A YEAR OLDER. I DIDN'T MIND BEING THE OLDEST CLIMBER, I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE SLOWEST AND I WASN'T...BEAT OUT NINE OTHER CLIMBERS...ARE YOU IMPRESSED?

MOVE OVER AMERICAN IDOL, BRITAIN, CHICAGO HAS TALENT...SINGING/ACTING...

JUST FINISHED AN AWESOME PERFORMANCE WITH BRILLIANTLY TALENTED ROGER PLUMMER, VOCALIST ON..APRIL 8, 2010...'TIMELESS RHYTHMS OF THE SOUL & SHAKESPEARE....MAN, WE ROCKED THE STAGE.....THE AUDIENCE LOVED US SO MUCH WE'RE INVITED BACK. SCHAUMBURG LIBRARY. WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT INVITING US TO PERFORM FOR YOU, YOUR ORGANIZATION, HEY, JUST LOG-ON....www.cathiwatson.net

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2010-04-11T11:53:00.000-07:00

This explains a LOT about the structure within the crop circles!

2010-04-11T11:19:00.000-07:00

Absolutely fascinating video on crop circles.
I've been following them for nearly 40 years and learned quite a few things in this video!

2010-04-11T08:37:00.000-07:00

Vegans Don't Eat Enough Protein
Posted by: "cohensmilk1" cohensmilk1@yahoo.com cohensmilk1
Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:58 am (PDT)

One day, sickly vegans will occupy all of the
hospital beds in America, while meat eaters
will fill all of the slots in CBS's new reality
show, "America's Healthiest Specimens."

On that day, the moon will turn blue, hell will
freeze over, and the NY Mets will win the pennant.

The World Health Organization recommends that the
average adult consume 28-35 grams of protein each day.
The average American delivers well over 100 grams of
protein to his or her body each day, and that might
be the reason for our high rates of cancer, heart
disease, osteoporosis, asthma, and diabetes.

As for protein deficiency, visit any U.S. hospital and ask:

"How many patients occupy beds here because they
do not eat enough protein?"

The answer you will get is, "Zero."

Hospitals are filled with Americans who have eaten too
much dietary animal protein. It is nearly impossible
to live in America and not satisfy your protein needs.

In 1988, Dr. C. Everett Koop, the Surgeon General of
the United States issued his Report on Nutrition and
Health, which concluded:

"The average man in the US eats 175% more protein
than the recommended daily allowance and the
average woman eats 144% more."

The Surgeon General had to had to have been aware of
these five additional scientific facts:

(1)

"Osteoporosis is caused by a number of things, one of
the most important being too much dietary protein."

Science 1986;233(4763)

(2)

"Countries with the highest rates of osteoporosis,
such as the United States, England, and Sweden,
consume the most milk. China and Japan, where
people eat much less protein and dairy food, have
low rates of osteoporosis. "

Nutrition Action Healthletter, June, 1993

(3)

"Dietary protein increases production of acid in
the blood which can be neutralized by calcium
mobilized from the skeleton."

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1995; 61

(4)

"Even when eating 1,400 mg of calcium daily, one
can lose up to 4% of his or her bone mass each year
while consuming a high-protein diet."

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1979;32

(5)

"Increasing one's protein intake by 100%
may cause calcium loss to double."

Journal of Nutrition, 1981; 111

One year after the Surgeon General's comments, the
European Journal of Epidemiology (1999 Jul, 15:6,
507-15) reported:

"Animal food-groups were directly correlated to
mortality from coronary heart disease, defined as
sudden coronary death or fatal myocardial
infarction and vegetable food-groups (except
potatoes) as well as fish and alcohol were
inversely correlated with CHD mortality.
Univariate analysis showed significant positive
correlation coefficients for butter (R = 0.887),
meat (R = 0.645), pastries (R = 0.752), and milk
(R = 0.600) consumption, and significant
negative correlation coefficients for legumes
(R = -0.822), oils (R = -0.571), and alcohol
(R = -0.609) consumption. Combined vegetable
foods (excluding alcohol) were inversely
correlated (R = -0.519), whereas combined
animal foods (excluding fish) were directly
correlated (R = 0.798) with coronary heart
disease death rates."

"Do you think horses and elephants worry about
not having any animal protein in their diet?
Elephants are bigger and stronger than you."
- Ruth Heidrich

Robert Cohen
http://www.notmilk. com

2010-03-13T04:49:00.000-08:00

This common food additive is as addictive as cocaine!

Most food and beverage producers don't want you to know about this. Why? Because it's rampant in processed foods and sodas, and is the single most contributing factor to the obesity epidemic. Here's what to avoid...

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/03/13/richard-johnson-interview.aspx

2010-03-12T17:11:00.000-08:00

Sent by my friend Sylvia in Montana who checked this on snopes and it`s true.
Here is INFO worth the price of your car....

WHAT WILL the car thieves THINK OF NEXT?

The car thieves peer through the windshield of your car or vehicle, write down the VIN # from the label on the dash, go to the local car dealership and request a duplicate key based on the VIN #.
I didn't believe this e-mail, so I called Chrysler-Dodge and pretended I had lost my keys. They told me to just bring in the VIN #, and they would cut me one on the spot, and I could order the keyless device if I wanted.
The Car Dealer's Parts Department will make a duplicate key from the VIN #, and collect payment from the thief who will return to your car.
He doesn't have to break in, do any damage to the vehicle, or draw attention to himself.. All he has to do is walk up to your car, insert the key and off he goes to a local chop shop with your vehicle.
You don't believe it? It IS that EASY.
To avoid this from happening to you, simply put some dark tape (electrical tape, duct tape or medical tape) across the VIN Number Metal Label located on the dashboard.
By law, you cannot remove the VIN, but you CAN cover it so it can't be viewed through the windshield by a car thief.
I urge you to forward this to your friends before some other car thief steals another car or truck.
I slipped a 3x5 card over my VIN NUMBER. PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

2010-03-11T17:10:00.000-08:00

IT IS TIME
by Rev. Diannia Baty
http://www.wayovertherainbow.blogspot.com/

It’s time to get back to simple living…pared down,
slowed down and wound down.
Get back to more being and not doing.

Time to play with the kids and the dog.
Time to tell those wonderful people that you love
and appreciate them. This means more than all the gold in Fort Knox.

It is time to get those watercolors out that are covered with dust and time to get that old tennis racket out.

It is time to bake that cake that you know who has been begging you to make.

It is time to throw the ball in the backyard, ride that horse, build that table or make that incredible quilt
that you designed.
It is time for simple things and gratitude, gratitude, gratitude.
This is a time like no other in history.
There is a spiritual shift taking place and you are a part of it.
Like it or not, know it or not.

Step up to the plate and own your life.
Connect with the souls who are a part of your life.
Your greatest asset is other people.
Put the true spirit of life back where it belongs, in the heart.

www.makeachoicenow.com

2010-03-11T13:51:00.000-08:00

There is a cure for diabetes, and it's simpler than you think.
It has a 90% - 95% success rate for type-2 diabetics, and it has even been successful with some type-1 diabetics (this is not a typo...)Today we've published an audio interview with Dr. Gabriel Cousens who explains how diabetics are curing themselves of diabetes using a simple, natural approach. This is a must-listen interview for anyone suffering from diabetes or obesity:
http://www.naturalnews.com/028341_diabetes_living_foods.html

2009-04-09T11:22:00.000-07:00

Spring pollen allergies
Posted by: "cbwillis9" cbwillis9@yahoo.com cbwillis9
Tue Apr 7, 2009 8:35 am (PDT)

Spring allergies got you down lately?Support the adrenals with extra B-50 complex and Vitamin C,maybe double your usual usage, and extra pantothenicacid e.g. 500 mg, for a few days to a month as needed. And neti, neti, neti - daily during the time you're experiencingpollen allergies. After that, return to your maintenancefrequency.When the weather warms up, it's a good time for a gentlespring liver cleanse with fresh homemade juices andherbals. Life energies are rising throughout nature in the Spring.Participate with joy! :-)[Reference: my articles "neti", "spring liver cleanse",at url below.]
Carol W.http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/willis_ protocols
Articles in Files.

2009-04-06T20:35:00.001-07:00

I learned a painful lesson last week!

I learned THE HARD WAY last Saturday night to be MINDFUL of where I’m walking and BE AWARE what’s happening around me. I walked off a 2 ft. retaining wall in the dark and severely bruised my left foot, knee and shoulder, and my right hand and wrist. Three and a half days FLAT in bed slowed me down long enough to determine that what I’m doing with my life isn’t moving me forward toward MY GOALS.! OUCH!
So in the past 2 days I’ve made HUGE changes!! Let me tell you about some of them…
It all begins with getting my website and blog started after procrastinating nearly a YEAR. OK.. OK… so I’ve been sorta comfortable in this little box I have myself in… work, sleep, eat. 2 days (not together) to PLAY. Definitely NOT enough PLAY! And I seem to be missing a relationship in my life. Boy, am I excited about that! My significant other died several years ago and I’ve been on cruise - as far as my box lets me - but I’m bustin’ out the walls this week!!
You can see some of that evidence here on my website, plus I’m going to California the first weekend in May to attend a Women Building California Conference in Los Angeles (http://www.sbctc.org/). I worked as an ironworker in the San Francisco Bay Area for nearly 10 years, so I definitely AM qualified to attend, even tho I’ve been “retired” from welding since 2002.

I worked on almost ALL the high rises in downtown San Jose, CA from 1980-1989!
I’m working on a series of booklets called “What’s IN Your Lunch Bucket?” to take to the conference with me to help teach women in construction how to eat healthy and use essential oils, herbs and other natural means to get and STAY healthy! So stay tuned folks!!! It’s gonna be GOOD!

2007-01-14T12:02:00.000-08:00

THE 12 RULES OF SURVIVAL
By Laurence Gonzales
DeepSurvival.Com

http://www.deepsurvival.com

As a journalist, I've been writing about accidents for more than thirty
Years. In the last 15 or so years, I've concentrated on accidents in outdoor
Recreation, in an effort to understand who lives, who dies, and why. To my
Surprise, I found an eerie uniformity in the way people survive seemingly
Impossible circumstances. Decades and sometimes centuries apart, separated
By culture, geography, race, language, and tradition, the most successful
Survivors -- those who practice what I call "deep survival" -- go through
The same patterns of thought and behavior, the same transformation and
Spiritual discovery, in the course of keeping themselves alive. Not only
That but it doesn't seem to matter whether they are surviving being lost in
the wilderness or battling cancer, whether they're struggling through
divorce or facing a business catastrophe -- the strategies remain the same.

Survival should be thought of as a journey, a vision quest of the sort that
Native Americans have had as a rite of passage for thousands of years. Once
you're past the precipitating event -- you're cast away at sea or told you
have cancer -- you have been enrolled in one of the oldest schools in
history. Here are a few things I've learned that can help you pass the final
exam.

...........

1. Perceive and Believe

Don't fall into the deadly trap of denial or of immobilizing fear. Admit it:
You're really in trouble and you're going to have to get yourself out.

Many people who in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, died simply
Because they told themselves that everything was going to be all right.
Others panicked. Panic doesn't necessarily mean screaming and running
Around. Often it means simply doing nothing. Survivors don't candy-coat the
Truth, but they also don't give in to hopelessness in the face of it.

Survivors see opportunity, even good, in their situation, however grim.
After the ordeal is over, people may be surprised to hear them say it was
the best thing that ever happened to them. Viktor Frankl, who spent three
years in Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps, describes comforting
a woman who was dying. She told him, "I am grateful that fate has hit me so
hard. In my former life I was spoiled and did not take spiritual accomplishments
seriously."

The phases of the survival journey roughly parallel the five stages of death
Once described by Elizabeth Kubler Ross in her book On Death and Dying:
Denial, anger, bargaining, depr ession, and acceptance. In dire
circumstances, a survivor moves through those stages rapidly to acceptance
of his situation, then resolves to do something to save himself. Survival
depends on telling yourself, "Okay, I'm here. This is really happening. Now
I'm going to do the next right thing to get myself out." Whether you succeed
or not ultimately becomes irrelevant. It is in acting well -- even suffering
well -- that you give meaning to whatever life you have to live.

2. Stay Calm ¬ Use Your Anger

In the initial crisis, survivors are not ruled by fear; instead, they make
Use of it. Their fear often feels like (and turns into) anger, which
Motivates them and makes them feel sharper. Aron Ralston, the hiker who had
To cut off his hand to free himself from a stone that had trapped him in a
Slot canyon in Utah, initially panicked and began slamming himself over and
Over against the boulder that had caught his hand. But very quickly, he
Stopped himself, did some deep breathing, and began thinking about his
Options. He eventually spent five days progressing through the stages
Necessary to convince him of what decisive action he had to take to save his
Own life.

When Lance Armstrong, six-time winner of the Tour de France, awoke from
brain surgery for his cancer, he first felt gratitude. "But then I felt a
second wave, of anger... I was alive, and I was mad." When friends asked him
how he was doing, he responded, "I'm doing great... I like it like this. I
like the odds stacked against me... I don't know any other way." That's
survivor thinking.

Survivors also manage pain well. As a bike racer, Armstrong had had long
training in enduring pain, even learning to love it. James Stockdale, a
fighter pilot who was shot down in Vietnam and spent eight years in the
Hanoi Hilton, as his prison camp was known, advised those who would learn to
survive: "One should include a course of familiarization with pain. You have
to practice hurting. There is no question about it."

3. Think, Analyze, and Plan

Survivors quickly organize, set up routines, and institute discipline.

When Lance Armstrong was diagnosed with cancer, he organized his fight
against it the way he would organize his training for a race. He read
everything he could about it, put himself on a training schedule, and put
together a team from among friends, family, and doctors to support his
efforts. Such conscious, organized effort in the face of grave danger
requires a split between reason and emotion in which reason gives direction
and emotion provides the power source. Survivors often report experiencing
reason as an audible "voice."

Steve Callahan, a sailor and boat designer, was rammed by a whale and sunk
while on a solo voyage in 1982. Adrift in the Atlantic for 76 days in a
five-and-a-half- foot raft, he experienced his survival voyage as taking
place under the command of a "captain," who gave him his orders and kept him
on his water ration, even as his own mutinous (emotional) spirit complained.
His captain routinely lectured "the crew." Thus under strict control, he was
able to push away thoughts that his situation was hopeless and take the
necessary first steps of the survival journey: to think clearly, analyze his
situation, and formulate a plan.

4. Take Correct, Decisive Action

Survivors are willing to take risks to save themselves and others. But they
are simultaneously bold and cautious in what they will do. Lauren Elder was
the only survivor of a light plane crash in high sierra. Stranded on a peak
above 12,000 feet, one arm broken, she could see the San Joaquin Valley in
California below, but a vast wilderness and sheer and icy cliffs separated
her from it. Wearing a wrap-around skirt and blouse, with two-inch heeled
boots and not even wearing underwear, she crawled "on all fours, doing a
kind of sideways spiderwalk," as she put it later, "balancing myself on the
ice crust, punching through it with my hands and feet."

She had 36 hours of climbing ahead of her -- a seemingly impossible task.
But Elder allowed herself to think only as far as the next big rock.
Survivors break down large jobs into small, manageable tasks. They set
attainable goals and develop short-term plans to reach them. They are
meticulous about doing those tasks well. Elder tested each hold before
moving forward and stopped frequently to rest. They make very few mistakes.
They handle what is within their power to deal with from moment to moment,
hour to hour, day to d ay.

5. Celebrate your success

Survivors take great joy from even their smallest successes. This helps keep
motivation high and prevents a lethal plunge into hopelessness. It also
provides relief from the unspeakable strain of a life-threatening situation.
Elder said that once she had completed her descent of the first pitch, she
looked up at the impossibly steep slope and thought, "Look what you've
done...Exhilarated, I gave a whoop that echoed down the silent pass." Even
with a broken arm, joy was Elder's constant companion. A good survivor
always tells herself: count your blessings -- you're alive. Viktor Frankl
wrote of how he felt at times in Auschwitz: "How content we were; happy in
spite of everything."

6. Be a Rescuer, Not a Victim

Survivors are always doing what they do for someone else, even if that
someone is thousands of miles away. There are numerous strategies for doing
this. When Antoine Saint-Exupery was stranded in the Lybian desert after his
mail plane suffered an engine failure, he thought of how his wife would
suffer if he gave up and didn't return. Yossi Ghinsberg, a young Israeli
hiker, was lost in the Bolivian jungle for more than two weeks after
becoming separated from his friends. He hallucinated a beautiful companion
with whom he slept each night as he traveled. Everything he did, he did for
her. People cannot survive for themselves alone; there must be a higher
motive.

Viktor Frankl put it this way: "Don't aim at success -- the more you aim at
it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it." He suggests
taking it as "the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a
cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a
person other than oneself."

7. Enjoy the Survival Journey

It may seem counter intuitive, but even in the worst circumstances, survivors
find something to enjoy, some way to play and laugh. Survival can be
tedious, and waiting itself is an art. Elder found herself laughing out loud
when she started to worry that someone might see up her skirt as she
climbed. Even as Callahan's boat was sinking, he stopped to laugh at himself
as he clutched a knife in his teeth like a pirate while trying to get into
his life raft. And Viktor Frankl ordered some of his companions in Auschwitz
who were threatening to give up hope to force themselves to think of one
funny thing each day.

Survivors also use the intellect to stimulate, calm, and entertain the mind.
While moving across a near-vertical cliff face in Peru, Joe Simpson
developed a rhythmic pattern of placing his ax, plunging his other arm into
the snow face, and then making a frightening little hop with his good leg.
"I meticulously repeated the pattern," he wrote later. "I began to feel
detached from everything around me."

Singing, playing mind games, reciting poetry, counting anything, and doing
mathematical problems in your head can make waiting possible and even
pleasant, even while heightening perception and quieting fear. Stockdale
wrote, "The person who came into this experiment with reams of already
memorized poetry was the bearer of great gifts."

When Lance Armstrong was undergoing horrible chemotherapy, his mantra became
his blood count: "Those numbers became the highlight of each day; they were
my motivation.. . I would concentrate on that number, as if I could make the
counts by mentally willing it."

Lost in the Bolivian jungle, Yossi Ghinsberg reported, "When I found myself
feeling hopeless, I whispered my mantra, 'Man of action, ma n of action.' I
don't know where I had gotten the phrase... I repeated it over and over: A
man of action does whatever he must, isn't afraid, and doesn't worry."

Survivors engage their crisis almost as an athlete engages a sport. They
cling to talismans. They discover the sense of flow of the expert performer,
the "zone" in which emotion and thought balance each other in producing
fluid action. A playful approach to a critical situation also leads to
invention, and invention may lead to a new technique, strategy, or design
that could save you.

8. See the Beauty

Survivors are attuned to the wonder of their world, especially in the face
of mortal danger. The appreciation of beauty, the feeling of awe, opens the
senses to the environment. (When you see something beautiful, your pupils
actually dilate.) Debbie Kiley and four others were adrift in the Atlantic
after their boat sank in a hurricane in 1982. They had no supplies, no
water, and would die without rescue. Two of the crew members drank sea water
and went mad. When one of them jumped overboard and was being eaten by
sharks directly under their dinghy, Kiley felt as if she, too, were going
mad, and told herself, "Focus on the sky, on the beauty there."

When Saint-Exupery' s plane went down in the Lybian Desert, he was certain
that he was doomed, but he carried on in this spirit: "Here we are,
condemned to death, and still the certainty of dying cannot compare with the
pleasure I am feeling. The joy I take from this half an orange which I am
holding in my hand is one of the greatest joys I have ever known." At no
time did he stop to bemoan his fate, or if he did, it was only to laugh at
himself.

9. Believe That You Will Succeed

It is at this point, following what I call "the vision," that the survivor's
will to live becomes firmly fixed. Fear of dying falls away, and a new
strength f ills them with the power to go on. "During the final two days of
my entrapment," Ralston recalled, "I felt an increasing reserve of energy,
even though I had run out of food and water." Elder said, "I felt rested and
filled with a peculiar energy." And: "It was as if I had been granted an
unlimited supply of energy."

10. Surrender

Yes you might die. In fact, you will die -- we all do. But perhaps it
doesn't have to be today. Don't let it worry you. Forget about rescue.
Everything you need is inside you already. Dougal Robertson, a sailor who
was cast away at sea for thirty-eight days after his boat sank, advised
thinking of survival this way: "Rescue will come as a welcome interruption
of... the survival voyage." One survival psychologist calls that
"resignation without giving up. It is survival by surrender."

Simpson reported, "I would probably die out there amid those boulders. The
thought didn't alarm me... the horror of dying no longer affected me." The
Tao Te Ching explains how this surrender leads to survival:

The rhinoceros has no place to jab its horn,
The tiger has no place to fasten its claws,
Weapons have no place to admit their blades.
Now,
What is the reason for this?
Because on him there are no mortal spots.

11. Do Whatever Is Necessary

Elder down-climbed vertical ice and rock faces with no experience and no
equipment. In the black of night, Callahan dove into the flooded saloon of
his sinking boat, at once risking and saving his life. Aron Ralston cut off
his own arm to free himself. A cancer patient allows herself to be nearly
killed by chemotherapy in order to live.

Survivors have a reason to live and are willing to bet everything on
themselves. They have what psychologists call meta-knowledge: They know
their abilities and do not over or underestimate them. They believe that
anything is possible and act accordingly.

12. Never Give Up

When Apollo 13's oxygen tank exploded, apparently dooming the crew,
Commander Jim Lovell chose to keep on transmitting whatever data he could
back to mission control, even as they burned up on re-entry. Simpson, Elder,
Callahan, Kiley, Stockdale, Ghinsberg -- were all equally determined and
knew this final truth: If you're still alive, there is always one more thing
that you can do.

Survivors are not easily discouraged by setbacks. They accept that the
environment is constantly changing and know that they must adapt. When they
fall, they pick themselves up and start the entire process over again,
breaking it down into manageable bits.

Survivors always have a clear reason for going on. They keep their spirits
up by developing an alternate world, created from rich memories, into which
they can escape. They see opportunity in adversity. In the aftermath,
survivors learn from and are grateful for the experiences that they've had.
As Elder told me once, "I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. And
sometimes I even miss it. I miss the clarity of knowing exactly what you
have to do next."

Those who would survive the hazards of our world, whether at play or in
business or at war, through illness or financial calamity, will do so
through a journey of transformation. But that transcendent state doesn't
miraculously appear when it is needed. It wells up from a lifetime of
experiences, attitudes, and practices form one's personality, a core from
which the necessary strength is drawn. A survival experience is an
incomparable gift: It will tell you who you really are.

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2006-12-05T20:11:00.000-08:00

SPECIAL EDITION ALERT!!!!!

http://www.newswithviews.com/Richards/byron16.htm

BIG PHARMA TROJAN HORSES PERMEATE SUPPLEMENT INDUSTRY

By Byron J. Richards, CCN

December 5, 2006

NewsWithViews.com

Today I received an e-mail from the Natural Products Association (NPA) asking me to support the Dietary Supplement and Non-Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act (the “AER bill”). Apparently they do not know I am one of the most outspoken critics of this legislation. I have already posted two articles on this topic for NWV, one in July and one in November. The NPA, formerly the NNFA (National Nutritional Foods Association), is the largest trade association for ingredient suppliers and health food stores. This group, along with CRN (the Council for Responsible Nutrition) has been taken over by Big Pharma and is selling out the supplement industry.

You as a consumer must weigh in on this subject before it is too late. Your options for effective natural solutions are in serious jeopardy. Immediate action is required to defend health freedom and your right to have therapeutic choices in natural health options.

Unfortunately, it is up to “we the American people” to save the supplement industry from traitorous groups pretending to be on your side. There is a serious attempt underway to push this bill through prior to the close of the lame duck session (apparently to end on December 8). Click here to take action now, tell your congressional leaders to vote no on S. 3546/H.R. 6168.

This is what the December 4, 2006, NPA e-mail stated:

We’re contacting you because an important bill may soon be voted on in Congress. This legislation, which the Natural Products Association – along with the other leading dietary supplement trade groups – supports, is, S. 3546 in the Senate and H.R. 6168 in the House of Representatives.

Yes, these are the names of the bills and they are rotten to the core for consumers and the supplement industry.

Contrary to what you may have heard, this legislation will not affect the availability of dietary supplements or lead to closures of health food stores.

Wrong, an outright lie! This legislation may drastically reduce the availability of therapeutic supplements by linking them with adverse effects actually caused by drugs. True, health food stores are not likely to close. They will keep selling the lower quality Big Pharma brands, like One-A-Day (Bayer) and Centrum (Wyeth). About 80% of the supplement market is not really concerned about your health; this includes big box stores, most network marketing companies, drug stores, super markets, and internet fly-by-night operations. Big Pharma knows these brands pose no competition to their monopolistic drug cartel. Rather, Big Pharma wants all effective nutrition off the market – the really great products that fix diabetes, resolve depression, prevent heart disease, enable weight loss, fix fibromyalgia, and help a person survive cancer treatment. Big Pharma wants a sick America and will do anything to keep people in poor health and on multiple toxic drugs.

It’s also important to remember that the legislation would require only serious – such as life threatening– experiences, not just any complaint, to be reported. And keep in mind that the government already tracks adverse experiences that could be related to dietary supplements.

The FDA is currently unable to properly track adverse events caused by drugs and does not even know which drugs are safe. Over 100,000 Americans are killed each year by drugs, and at least 3 million are injured so severely it requires hospitalization. The FDA already has an adequate MedWatch reporting system for serious adverse events for dietary supplements. The proposed bill calls for supplement manufacturers to keep track of all complaints any person reports, serious or not, a standard far stricter than truly dangerous drugs! This is absolutely absurd.

If such legislation becomes law it will be used as a vehicle for the FDA to remove supplements from the market based on hearsay data. There is no mechanism in place for any supplement company to collect health information on the person reporting, including existing medications or health history. This means the legislation can and will be used as a witch hunt against effective natural options for health. Certainly, the lawyers at NPA and those supporting this bill are licking their chops at all the business this legislation will generate for them.

What’s new is that manufacturers who get reports of consumers being seriously harmed by their products can’t keep them secret. While we believe such occurrences are extremely rare, if they do happen, reporting is the right thing to do.

True serious adverse events from dietary supplements are extremely rare and already covered by MedWatch. Any medical doctor or patient believing a supplement has injured them can easily fill out a MedWatch form. No one has any objection to serious AER reporting. That is not what this bill is really all about. It is about gutting DSHEA (Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994), the legislation that enables American consumers to have more options for health than in any other country in the world. By implying there is a safety problem (which there isn’t) and making supplement companies defend themselves, the burden of proof is shifted from the FDA to supplement companies, thereby drastically changing existing law in favor of Big Pharma and away from access to natural health options granted by DSHEA. The FDA already does what it can to discriminate against small and innovative companies.

If H.R. 6168 and S. 3546 are passed and become law, they will amend the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to require the reporting of “serious” adverse events for both over the counter (OTC) drugs and dietary supplements to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

That is true. However, there is no way to differentiate between drug-drug interactions, drug-nutrient interactions, or food poisoning, meaning there is no way to accurately judge what is causing a problem. Furthermore, the real issue is the safety of drugs, not supplements. Until the FDA has a working system for drug safety, there is no way for the FDA to judge supplement safety. There is a reason the Institute of Medicine reported that the FDA is dysfunctional and not able to protect Americans from harm. Its drugs!!!! – not vitamins.

While the Natural Products Association understands that the mandatory reporting requirements of the AER bill will add to manufacturers’ record keeping responsibilities, we believe the bill will benefit the industry in the long run.

This opinion must be coming from the lawyers that stand to make a fortune defending supplement companies from frivolous attacks relating to non-serious adverse events. Also, doctors will attempt to blame vitamins for the devastating side effects of their commonly prescribed medications. Dangerous drugs, like statins, are in widespread use and making many Americans very ill and even causing premature death. When someone has heart failure from taking statins, doctors will try to blame it on vitamin E. It would be a major travesty to pass legislation that allows the side effects of dangerous drugs to be reported in such as way as to remove safe and effective supplements from the market. The Big Pharma goal is to maintain its monopoly at any cost. It is an agenda based on drug sales and a callous disregard for human life.

First, by helping to change the perception by critics of the dietary supplement industry that it is not well regulated.

This is the Big Lie. The truth is that supplements are safer than food. Supplements are not drugs. Critics of the dietary supplement industry are all getting a pile of money from Big Pharma and they pretend to be upset about network marketing companies making bogus health claims, companies with a history of paying off Senators Hatch and Harkin for protection. Since most of these companies that seemingly cause problems are members of CRN and NNFA, why don’t these junk trade organizations clean up their own members? There is no need to put out of business the many nutritional companies providing a true quality service to millions of Americans in true need of real help, unless of course you are simply trying to put your own competition out of business.

Second, over time, the recordkeeping and reporting requirements will substantiate what many in the industry have been saying all along – that the safety record of dietary supplements is exemplary, especially when compared to other health-related products.

Obviously, true serious AERs will be very infrequent, unlike the several thousand people dying each week at the hands of Big Pharma. However, the recordkeeping requirement for non-serious adverse events opens the door for unlimited FDA harassment of any company. Since the FDA is currently bought and paid for by Big Pharma, that is a huge problem.

Ultimately, safety reporting is the right thing to do for a responsible industry that puts consumers first.

In a world where Big Pharma and the FDA have spent decades trying to obliterate competition, such a naïve statement is designed to appeal to “reasonableness” and “political correctness.” NPA has no concept of integrity to the US Constitution or what makes America great. If anyone wants to believe the utopian garbage put forth by NPA, try to get the statement to apply to Big Pharma.

The e-mail is then signed by the Natural Products Association. Yes, not one person in this pathetic group had the nerve to put their name on this embarrassing e-mail. I wonder who wrote it. Was it Senator Hatch’s younger son who works at NPA? Was it Senator Hatch’s older son who lobbies for NPA? Or was it one of the Big Pharma members sitting on the NPA board? Companies supporting this horrid legislation and the related anti-American globalization agenda of Codex Alimentarius include Mannatech, Herbalife, Shacklee, Now Foods, Dr. Weil Vitamins, Jarrow, and many more.

Besides faxing, phoning, and e-mailing Congress to vote no on S.3546, any person purchasing supplements should demand that whomever they buy supplements from is not a member of CRN or NPA. Health food stores and ingredient suppliers should withdraw from these bogus Big Pharma pro-globalization organizations. If you need more facts to convince you of the magnitude of this problem, read my book Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA’s Betrayal of America. If you buy supplements from such companies or stores then answer this simple question: why are you paying money to be shot in the back?

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2006-11-19T09:49:00.000-08:00

Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha): Germany's Commission E has endorsed
powdered myrrh for the treatment of mild inflammations of the mouth
and throat because it contains high amounts of tannins. Myrrh
improves digestion, diarrhea and immunity. It treats coughs, gum
disease, wounds, candida, overactive thyroid and scanty
menstruation. Used for: amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, menopause, cough,
asthma, bronchitis, arthritis, rheumatism, traumatic injuries,
ulcerated surfaces, anemia, pyorrhea. Used to kill yeast (10
capsules daily).
Myrrh is used internally for stomach complaints, tonsillitis,
phayrngitis and gingivitis, and externally for ulcers, boils and
wounds. Acts directly and rapidly on peptic glands to increase
activity, in this way increasing digestion. Promotes absorption and
assimilation of nutrients. Good for obesity and diabetes. For inner
ear infections, combine equal parts of echinacea and mullein with one-
part myrrh to make a tea.
Increases circulation, stimulates flow of blood to capillaries.
Clears out mucus-clogged passages throughout the body. Antiseptic to
mucus membranes, regulates secretions of these tissues. Good for
glandular fever, fever symptoms like cold skin, weak pulse.
Research suggests that it can lower blood cholesterol levels.
In China, it is taken to move blood and relieve painful swellings.
For an infusion that might help prevent heart disease, use 1 teaspoon
of powdered herb per cup of boiling water. Steep 10 minutes. Drink
up to 2 cups a day. Myrrh tastes bitter and unpleasant. Add sugar,
honey and lemon or mix it into an herbal beverage blend to improve
flavor.

2006-11-19T08:43:00.000-08:00

WHIPPED CREAM (tastes like…!)
1 cup of cashews (soaked overnight)
1/2 cup of water

Blend cashews & water in Vitamix or blender.
Once it's creamy, add
3 dates
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 T orange zest (make sure oranges are organic)
Blend again till creamy and thick.

2006-11-13T18:20:00.000-08:00

Raw Food Planet has just updated the Raw Food
Restaurant list (USA & Canada) ... see it at:
http://www.rawfoodplanet.com/Links/Restaurants-links.html

Have fun on your next trip!

Peter Firk
Raw Food Planet
http://www.rawfoodplanet.com

2006-11-10T05:14:00.000-08:00

Kale & Potato Soup
Posted by: "Suzanne" suziesgoats@yahoo.com suziesgoats
Date: Thu Nov 9, 2006 7:26 pm ((PST))

Kale and Potato Soup
By Cait Johnson, author of Witch in the Kitchen

Kale belongs to the same cancer-fighting family that includes broccoli and cabbage, but its sweetness and superior cold-weather keeping qualities make it a popular autumn ingredient. Kale and Potato Soup, with its moony potatoes and earthy kale, would have made a perfect potluck offering for a recent full moon celebration around a bonfire. It is simple earthy cooking at its best: the kale and tender potatoes combine beautifully with onions and garlic to make a simple soup rich in vitamins, minerals, and pleasure.

INGREDIENTS
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 large potatoes, chopped
2 teaspoons dried thyme
6 cups vegetable stock
1 bunch kale, rinsed, stemmed, and coarsely chopped
Dollop of sour cream and sprinkling of toasted pumpkin seeds, optional garnish

1. Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot over medium heat, add onion and garlic, and saute, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened, being careful not to brown the garlic. Add potatoes, stirring to coat with oil. Sprinkle with thyme.
2. Add stock and bring to a boil, then cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 10 minutes. Add kale and continue cooking another 15 minutes, until potatoes are soft and kale is tender.
3. Lightly mash the potatoes with a potato masher and serve soup in warmed bowls with a dollop of sour cream and a sprinkling of pumpkin seeds, if desired.
Serves 6.

2006-11-01T05:44:00.000-08:00

This just in from Frederic Patenaude:

Have you ever experienced the benefits of a "Green" Cleanse?

I know it may sound weird, but it's one of the best things you can do for your health.

I try to do this at least once a year.

During an entire week, have nothing but fruit and green smoothies.

Usually by the end you'll be bursting with energy and enthusiasm (and looking a lot better too!).

This is something you can do on your own, but often it's best to have support and coaching.

I wanted to let you know that as part of our Green for Life Program, we're offering a Group Cleanse which starts November 13, the week before Thanksgiving!

This 7-day event will take you on a journey of cleansing and transformation, as the group who signed up GREEN FOR LIFE will get to go on a "Green Cleanse" each appropriate to her own health and desire.

This is a *live* event with coaching, that you can do from the comfort of your home.

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This cleanse will help you overcome cravings, detoxify, release some weight (if necessary), and experience more vitality, and get in control of your eating habits.

After that, I don't know when the 'Green Cleanse' will be offered again. Probably not before the spring.

To sign up now, go to:

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(Jan's note: I'd also recommend buying the GREEN FOR LIFE book and you can continue your greens regimen throughout the year. Loose those unwanted pounds - EASILY - and gain FABULOUS ENERGY!!)

2006-10-24T21:54:00.000-07:00

Humans living far beyond planet's means: WWF By Ben Blanchard
Tue Oct 24, 6:29 AM ET

BEIJING (Reuters) - Humans are stripping nature at an unprecedented rate and will need two planets' worth of natural resources every year by 2050 on current trends, the WWF conservation group said on Tuesday.

Populations of many species, from fish to mammals, had fallen by about a third from 1970 to 2003 largely because of human threats such as pollution, clearing of forests and overfishing, the group also said in a two-yearly report.

"For more than 20 years we have exceeded the earth's ability to support a consumptive lifestyle that is unsustainable and we cannot afford to continue down this path," WWF Director-General James Leape said, launching the WWF's 2006 Living Planet Report.

"If everyone around the world lived as those in America, we would need five planets to support us," Leape, an American, said in Beijing.

People in the United Arab Emirates were placing most stress per capita on the planet ahead of those in the United States, Finland and Canada, the report said.

Australia was also living well beyond its means.

The average Australian used 6.6 "global" hectares to support their developed lifestyle, ranking behind the United States and Canada, but ahead of the United Kingdom, Russia, China and Japan.

"If the rest of the world led the kind of lifestyles we do here in Australia, we would require three-and-a-half planets to provide the resources we use and to absorb the waste," said Greg Bourne, WWF-Australia chief executive officer.

Everyone would have to change lifestyles -- cutting use of fossil fuels and improving management of everything from farming to fisheries.

"As countries work to improve the well-being of their people, they risk bypassing the goal of sustainability," said Leape, speaking in an energy-efficient building at Beijing's prestigous Tsinghua University.

"It is inevitable that this disconnect will eventually limit the abilities of poor countries to develop and rich countries to maintain their prosperity," he added.

The report said humans' "ecological footprint" -- the demand people place on the natural world -- was 25 percent greater than the planet's annual ability to provide everything from food to energy and recycle all human waste in 2003.

In the previous report, the 2001 overshoot was 21 percent.

"On current projections humanity, will be using two planets' worth of natural resources by 2050 -- if those resources have not run out by then," the latest report said.

"People are turning resources into waste faster than nature can turn waste back into resources."

RISING POPULATION

"Humanity's footprint has more than tripled between 1961 and 2003," it said. Consumption has outpaced a surge in the world's population, to 6.5 billion from 3 billion in 1960. U.N. projections show a surge to 9 billion people around 2050.

It said that the footprint from use of fossil fuels, whose heat-trapping emissions are widely blamed for pushing up world temperatures, was the fastest-growing cause of strain.

Leape said China, home to a fifth of the world's population and whose economy is booming, was making the right move in pledging to reduce its energy consumption by 20 percent over the next five years.

"Much will depend on the decisions made by China, India and other rapidly developing countries," he added.

The WWF report also said that an index tracking 1,300 vetebrate species -- birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles and mammals -- showed that populations had fallen for most by about 30 percent because of factors including a loss of habitats to farms.

Among species most under pressure included the swordfish and the South African Cape vulture. Those bucking the trend included rising populations of the Javan rhinoceros and the northern hairy-nosed wombat in Australia.

(Additional reporting by Alister Doyle in Helsinki)

2006-10-08T14:55:00.000-07:00

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2006-10-08T14:41:00.000-07:00

Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce
from the Environmental Working Group

For years, you've been able to choose foods with less fat or fewer additives. Now, with EWG's 4th edition of the popular Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce, you can minimize your chemical exposure in the produce aisle.

EWG always recommends organic, but we know you can't always find it. Our new Guide features the 12 fruits and veggies with the most and least pesticides so you'll know which ones to buy organic, and which conventionally-grown ones are okay when organic isn't available.

How'd we do it? EWG analyzed over 42,000 of the latest government tests for pesticide residues on commonly-eaten fruits and vegetables. We then ranked the results based on six measures of pesticide loads, after washing and peeling. Click here to download your printer-friendly PDF Guide now.

There is growing consensus in the scientific community that small doses of pesticides and other chemicals can adversely affect people, especially during vulnerable periods of fetal development and childhood when exposures can have long lasting effects. Because the toxic effects of pesticides are worrisome, not well understood, or in some cases completely unstudied, shoppers are wise to minimize exposure to pesticides whenever possible.

Nearly all of the data used to create these lists already considers how people typically wash and prepare produce (for example, apples are washed before testing, bananas are peeled). While washing and rinsing fresh produce may reduce levels of some pesticides, it does not eliminate them. Peeling also reduces exposures, but valuable nutrients often go down the drain with the peel. The best option is to eat a varied diet, wash all produce, and choose organic when possible to reduce exposure to potentially harmful chemicals.

Get your copy of the guide here: http://www.ewg.org/sites/foodnews/walletguide.php (available in English and Spanish).

2006-10-08T14:23:00.000-07:00

Prostate Cancer Risks Rise With Shift Work
http://www.mercola.com/2006/oct/7/prostate_cancer_risks_rise_with_shift_work.htm

Japanese researchers found that workers on rotating shifts were four times more likely to develop prostate cancer than those working regular hours, whether on day or night shifts.

Shift work has also been linked to an increased risk of breast and bowel cancers.

The study, which examined more than 14,000 workers over eight years, also found that night shift workers were at a slightly increased risk of prostate cancer. Eighty percent of the workers studied worked daytime hours, 7 percent worked nights, and about 13 percent rotated their work schedules from night to day.

The reason for the effects may be reduced secretion of the hormone melatonin in those who work irregular hours and, to a lesser extent, nights. Reduced secretion of melatonin has been linked to increased production of sex hormones, which help to regulate prostate tissues.

American Journal of Epidemiology September 15, 2006; 164(6): 549-555

BBC News September 17, 2006

Yahoo News September 13, 2006

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Dr. Mercola's Comment:

Our modern culture requires that many of us work completely unnatural hours. We need police and fire protection and health care workers to be available in emergency rooms.

Unfortunately, what many people who work these shifts don't realize is the incredibly increased risk they put themselves at for early death. You simply can't violate foundational biological rhythms and not pay a price.

Just because some genius developed the ability to create inexpensive artificial light a century ago does not give us permission to ignore centuries of biology, which dictate foundational biological processes.

Getting the right amount of sleep every day, and getting it at the right time, can make such a profound difference in your health. If you happen to be one of the unfortunate people who are involved in shift work I would encourage you to place a high goal to change that as soon as possible.

Personally, there are very few things that affect me as much as not getting a good night's sleep. I don't need much, but -- if I can get a good solid six to six and a half hours -- I have no problems going to sleep around 10 p.m. and bouncing out of bed at 4 a.m. to 4:30 a.m., ready and raring to tackle the day and achieve my goals.

It is also important to sleep in complete darkness. Many do not appreciate that the tiniest bit of light can disrupt your body's natural circadian rhythms, in addition to the production of melatonin by your pineal gland, which is why it's so important for you to sleep in complete darkness.

This is one of the primary reasons for this study's observed increase in cancer. Melatonin is a very powerful cancer controller and when you decrease your production of it your risk of cancer climbs.

Also be sure to get a healthy amount of sun, another important way to slash your risk of prostate cancer. Not only will it increase your vitamin D levels, but bright sun exposure during the day will help your body make more melatonin at night if you are sleeping in a dark room.

So, let's get your sleeping right and get to bed when you were designed to. If you are having trouble with sleeping I urge you to review my 29 secrets for getting a good night's sleep safely, effectively and without a drug, including:

Avoid before-bed snacks, particularly grains and sugars. This will raise blood sugar and inhibit sleep. Later, when blood sugar drops too low (hypoglycemia), you might wake up and not be able to fall back asleep.

No TV right before bed. Even better, get the TV out of the bedroom or even out of the house, completely. It is too stimulating to the brain, and it will cause you to take longer to fall asleep.

Wear socks to bed. Due to the fact that they have the poorest circulation, the feet often feel cold before the rest of the body. A study has shown that wearing socks reduces night wakings.

Reduce or avoid using as many drugs as possible. Many medications, both prescription and over-the-counter, may have effects on sleep.

Avoid caffeine. A recent study showed that in some people, caffeine is not metabolized efficiently, and therefore they can feel the effects long after consuming it. So an afternoon cup of coffee (or even tea) will keep some people from falling asleep.

Related Articles:

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Daily Red Wine Cuts Prostate Cancer Risk By Half

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2006-10-08T14:17:00.000-07:00

Cancerous Pancreas & Bowels Caused by Nitric Acid in Meat

Robert Young, Ph.D.

Consuming processed meats increases the risk of a cancerous pancreas, says new research conducted at the University of Hawaii that followed nearly 200,000 men and women for seven years. According to lead study author Ute Nothlings, people who consumed the most processed meats (hot dogs and sausage) showed a 67% increased risk of a cancerous pancreas over those who consumed little or no meat products.

But researchers failed to accurately identify the culprit responsible for this increased risk of a cancerous pancreas, says one author. The true cause of the heightened cancer risk is the widespread use of an acidic carcinogenic precursor ingredient known as sodium nitrite acid by food processing companies, says nutritionist Mike Adams, author of the just-published Grocery Warning manual at: http://www.TruthPublishing.com/GroceryWarning.html

Nearly all processed meats are made with sodium nitrite acid: breakfast sausage, hot dogs, jerkies, bacon, pepperoni, lunch meat, and even meats in canned soup products. Yet this acidic ingredient is a precursor to highly carcinogenic or acidic nitrosamines -- potent cancerous-causing acidic chemicals that accelerate the formation and growth of cancerous acidic cells throughout the body. When consumers eat sodium nitrite acid in popular meat products, acidic nitrosamines are formed in the body and prosion the cells that make up our tissues and organs, leading to cancerous cells of the colon and pancreas, says Adams.

"Sodium nitrite acid is a dangerous, cancer-causing ingredient that has no place in the human food supply," he explains. The USDA actually tried to ban sodium nitrite acid in the 1970's, but was preempted by the meat processing industry, which relies on the ingredient as a color fixer to make foods look more visually appealing. "The meat industry uses sodium nitrite acid to sell more meat products at the expense of public health," says Adams. "And this new research clearly demonstrates the link between the consumption of processed meats and cancer."

A cancerous pancreas isn't the only negative side effect of consuming processed meats such as hot dogs. Acid blood or Leukemia also skyrockets by 700% following the consumption of hot dogs. (Preston-Martin, S. et al. "N-nitroso compounds and childhood brain tumors: A case-control study." Cancer Res. 1982; 42:5240-5.) Other links between processed meats and dis-ease are covered in detail in the Grocery Warning manual.

Adams wrote Grocery Warning to warn consumers about the toxic or acidic, dis-ease-causing ingredients found in everyday foods and groceries. "There are certain ingredients found in common grocery products that directly promote cancer, diabetes, heart disease, depression, Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis and even behavioral disorders," Adams explains. His Grocery Warning manual covers them all, teaching readers how to prevent and even help reverse chronic dis-eases by avoiding acidic foods and acidic food ingredients that cause dis-ease.

According to Adams, consumers can help reduce the cancerous-causing effects of sodium nitrite acid by consuming protective antioxidants before meals, such as vitamin E, glutathione and N-acetyl cysteine which offers some protection. The only safe strategy is to avoid sodium nitrite acid completely.

Adams especially warns expectant mothers to avoid consuming sodium nitrite acid due to the greatly heightened risk of brain tumors in infants. Parents are also warned to avoid feeding their children products that contain sodium nitrite acid, including all popular hot dogs, bacon, jerkies, breakfast sausages and pizzas made with pepperoni or other processed meats. "Sodium nitrite acid is especially dangerous to fetuses, infants and children," says Adams.

Sadly, nearly all school lunch programs currently serve school children meat products containing sodium nitrite acid. Hospital cafeterias also serve this cancerous-causing ingredient to patients. Sodium nitrite acid is found in literally thousands of different menu items at fast food restaurants and dining establishments. "The use of this ingredient is widespread," says Adams, and it's part of the reason we're seeing skyrocketing rates of cancer in every society that consumes large quantities of processed meats."

Some companies are now offering nitrite-free and nitrate-free meat products, which are far healthier alternatives, but those products are difficult to find and are typically available only at health food stores or natural grocers. Consumers can look for "Nitrite-free" or "Nitrate-free" labels when shopping for meat products. They can also purchase fresh meats, which are almost never prepared with sodium nitrite acid. The best solution is to never eat meat. It is always acidic even without the sodium nitrite acid, including uric acid, phosphoric acid and sulphuric acid.

The new research on processed meats points to an acidic chemical toxin as the cause of the increased cancerous risk. A heightened cancerous risk of 67% is "gigantic," warns Adams. "This is clearly not due to macronutrient differences. This is the kind of risk increase you only see with ingredient toxicity. Something in these processed meats is poisoning people, and the evidence points straight to sodium nitrite acid."

For more information on what causes cancerous cells and how to prevent cancerous tissues or organs visit our website at: www.phmiracleliving.com or join us on Thursday nights at 6 pm Pacific Time on our pH Miracle for Cancer Teleconference. To sign up for our pH Miracle for Cancer teleconference or to join us at our next pH Miracle Retreat, November 2nd - 4th, please call the pH Miracle Center at: 760 751 8321 or visit our website at www.phmiracleliving.com ph Miracle Center

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2006-10-02T05:28:00.000-07:00

SUGAR LINKED WITH MENTAL PROBLEMS IN NORWAY STUDY
Reuters
September 28, 2006

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=healthNews&storyid=2006-
09-28T204517Z_01_N28374556_RTRUKOC_0_US-SUGAR.xml&src=rss&rpc=22

WASHINGTON - Oslo teens who drank the most sugary soft drinks also had more
mental health problems such as hyperactivity and distress, Norwegian
researchers reported on Thursday.

Their study of more than 5,000 Norwegian 15- and 16-year-olds showed a clear
and direct association between soft drink intake and hyperactivity, and a
more complex link with other mental and behavioral disorders.

They surveyed the students, asking them how many fizzy soft drinks with
sugar they had a day, and then questions from a standard questionnaire used
to assess mental health.

The teens who reported skipping breakfast and lunch were among the heaviest
soft drink consumers, Dr. Lars Lien and colleagues at the University of Oslo
found.

"There was a strong association between soft drink consumption and mental
health problems among Oslo 10th graders," they wrote in their report,
published in the American Journal of Public Health.

"This association remained significant after adjustment for social,
behavioral and food-related disorders."

Most of the students said they drank anywhere between one and six servings
of soft drinks per week.

Those who drank no soft drinks at all were more likely than moderate
drinkers to have mental health symptoms, the researchers said. But those who
drank the most -- more than six servings a week - had the highest scores.

For hyperactivity, there was a direct linear relationship -- the more sodas
a teen drank, the most symptoms of hyperactivity he or she had.

The worst problems were seen in boys and girls who drank four or more soft
drinks a day. Ten percent of the boys and 2 percent of the girls drank this
much.

The researchers said it was possible that other substances in the soft
drinks, such as caffeine, were to blame for the symptoms, and they did not
check other possible sources of refined sugar in the children's diets.

But they said many of the teens were clearly drinking too many sugary
drinks. Norway's recommended intake is 10 percent of the day's total
calories from sugar and the researchers said at least a quarter of the boys
were getting this much from soft drinks alone.

"One simple and effective measure to reduce soft drink consumption in this
age group would be to remove soft drink machines from schools and other
public places where adolescents gather," they wrote.

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RELATED NHNE NEWS LIST ARTICLES:

SUGARY DRINKS PILE ON POUNDS (8/10/2006):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nhnenews/message/11653

ONE-THIRD OF U.S. ADULTS DIABETIC OR PRE-DIABETIC (5/28/2006):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nhnenews/message/11313

CLINTON'S BROKERS DEAL TO GET SODA OUT OF SCHOOLS (5/9/2006):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nhnenews/message/11247

CARCINOGENIC SOFT DRINKS (3/15/2006):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nhnenews/message/10981

ALL ABOUT REFINED SUGAR (& WHY IT IS SO BAD FOR OUR HEALTH) (10/28/2005):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nhnenews/message/10224

STUDY LINKS ASPARTAME WITH CANCERS (10/4/2005):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nhnenews/message/10081

SUGARY SOFT DRINKS RAISE RISK OF DIABETES (9/6/2004):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nhnenews/message/7831

ASPARTAME FOLLOW UP (2/11/2002):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nhnenews/message/2694

THE DARK SIDE OF ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS (2/11/2002):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nhnenews/message/2690

THE DARK SIDE OF PROCESSED FOODS (1/18/2001):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nhnenews/message/1055

2006-09-06T17:40:00.000-07:00

Organic Foods-- What's the Big Deal?
Ten Reasons to Eat Organic Foods by Chrys Ostrander

Links by Order of Appearance
1)Stop Eating Chemicals
Organic foods must, by law (WSDA) (USDA), be free of synthetic chemicals
such as those which are easily detected on conventionally grown fruits,
vegetables and grains. "Conventional produce" is the type available in most supermarket produce sections. While far from over, there are signs that chemical abuse in American farming is declining and some of the most hazardous chemicals are no longer available to American farmers.
Unfortunately, under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the General Agreement on Tarrifs and Trade (GATT) rules and others, there are very few barriers to trade with respect to imported food which has a higher likelihood of contamination. Chemicals which have been banned for use in the United States (but which are still manufactured by U.S. Companies) are still routinely used agriculturally in other parts of the world. Due to a poor testing program for imported foods, these banned chemicals come back to our dinner plates and into our bodies via the deadly "Circle of Poison" unless we shift to an organic diet. USDA estimates some 20% of our fruits and vegetables are imported. Only 1-2% of these are inspected for pesticide residues. FDA's tests of imported produce
can detect only about half of the chemicals available worldwide.

US-EPA gets more than 2,000 notices of the export of unregistered pesticides yearly.
Recipient countries don't have to report whether these pesticides are
applied to produce which is later exported to the U.S., and FDA does not
test for them. Importers are rarely penalized for violations. Critics
contend that inspections do not adequately protect the public. It is ironic, however, that recent testing shows the highest levels of the most toxic residues is on domestic (U.S. Grown) produce. Many of the chemicals now in use were approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the U.S. Long before extensive research had been done linking them to cancer. It is now estimated that 60% of all herbicides, 90% of all fungicides and 30% of all pesticides are carcinogenic

Now, for the first time, because of a new federal law, every chemical in
use and proposed will be tested to determine whether organ damage, birth
defects, micarriages, sterility, endocrine system problems and other risks are associated with each chemical. The latest studies show unequivocally that it's safer to eat organic foods than ones produced using chemical pesticides. You can start eating clean, good, organic food right now!

2)Protect Your Children
Children are, as a rule, more vulnerable to toxins than are adults. This is why children especially should be fed an organic diet and taught how to resist junk-food culture. It may take years before many ailments associated with chronic or even episodic contact with toxins become apparent. Children,we hope, do have many healthy years ahead of them. In the aftermath of the Alar scare of the 1980's, a study concluded that the average child is exposed to four times as many cancer causing pesticides in food than are adults, based on the types of foods children are most likely to eat. Food choice can have a substantial effect on a child's future health.

3)Preserve Water Quality and Air Quality
Water and air are our most important resources. Infiltration of pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers and other soluable chemicals into surface and groundwater is a major source of concern all across North America. These dangerous synthetic chemicals are found in many cases in significant concentrations even in water supplies now being consumed by millions of people. Some herbicides actually evaporate into the air after application and drift for miles (still having bad effects on plant life!) and some agricultural chemicals bind to dust particles which you breath in during dust storms. In the United States, massive testing of municipal water systems has shown that the principal sources of drinking water for more than half the population have been contaminated. Right next door to Spokane in Airway Heights the city water supply has been declared undrinkable due to elevated nitrates, a sign of fertilizer pollution. Organic farmers do not contribute to water pollution. Organic livestock farms are prohibited from being point sources of nitrate.

4)Prevent Soil Erosion
Across North America, soil is eroding seven times faster than it can be
replaced. According to Cornell University, it costs us about $44 billion a year. Conventional farming has been guilty of extracting wealth from the land at the expense of our topsoil. Poor cultivation and cultural practices have created a worldwide topsoil crisis. Organic farmers are bound by law and oath to have a soil building program in place for maintaining and returning the tilth of this precious resource.

5)Protect Farm Worker Health
Farm workers in this country and abroad are exposed to the highest
concentrations of agricultural poisons of any segment of the population and the devastation to them and their families is well documented. These are the people who tend and harvest our food, they deserve better. Help in their struggle for a safe work environment and vote with your pocketbook by buying organic foods.

6)Support Small Scale Local Farmers
Most organic farms are small, independently owned and operated or family
farms of less than 100 acres (some are pretty big). By buying locally
produced foods, you are keeping local farms viable; you are not contributing to the environmental and social costs of the worldwide transport of foods or supporting a system based on the exploitation of third world labor. You are helping your community attain food security. It is a myth that huge, corporate agribusiness is more efficient than the small farmer.

7)Save Energy
Organic farming is accomplished with less energy consumption. Inputs like fertilizer are naturally occurring and require less processing than
substances manufactured by huge chemical companies. Organic food generally travels less miles from farm to market saving energy in transport. Many organic farmers incorporate alternative and renewable energy sources into their farming/homesteading systems.

8)Promote bio-diversity
Many large scale agri-businesses operate by the method of mono-cropping-- the practice of planting large plots of land with the same crop, year after year. This depletes the soil of nutrients causing farmers to become more and more dependent on fertilizers. Also, this upsets natures pest controls by reducing species variety. Different plants attract different bugs and the more bugs around a farm, the higher the percentage of beneficial insects in the population. Solid blocks of one crop actually attracts pests who like to eat that crop. Increased genetic resistance to pesticides has caused crop losses to double in the last 50 years. Organic growers practice methods and techniques like crop rotation , cover cropping and composting which directly address these problems of modern agriculture by re-learning how to work with
nature, not wage combat against her. Clearly more bio-diversity is necessary in farming and buying organic supports this movement.

9)Organics Aren't Really More Expensive
Many hidden costs are involved with the buying of conventionally produced food products. These hidden costs include billions of dollars in federal agriculture and energy subsides favoring big business. Chemical regulation and testing, hazardous waste disposal, environmental damage and cleanup, illnesses and hospitalizations are other hidden costs. Low prices of conventional foods are also a signal that the farm workers did not recieve a fair wage.

10)Organic Foods Taste Better. Taste is hard to quantify, but science does tell us that organic foods do have higher levels of vitamins and minerals than conventional foods. It only makes sense that food grown in soil that has been nourished and cared for is more nutritious and will end up tasting better. Why not find out?

11) Organic Foods are Required to be Free From Genetically Engineered or
Modified Ingredients (GMOs). Science is now suggesting GMOs pose
significant health risks to people and animals that eat them and it is
certain that GMOs pose unacceptable risks to bio-diversity and natural
ecosystems.

2006-08-01T19:35:00.000-07:00

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2006-08-01T09:01:00.000-07:00

Wellthy Choices

Subject: Warning about Splenda from an MD

James Bowen, M.D., A physician, biochemist, and survivor of aspartame
poisoning warns about yet another synthetic sweetener, Splenda.

HAWAII‹The chemical sucralose, marketed as "Splenda", has replaced aspartame
as the #1 artificial sweetener in foods and beverages. Aspartame has been
forced out by increasing public awareness that it is both a neurotoxin and
an underlying cause of chronic illness worldwide. Dr. James Bowen,
Researcher and biochemist, reports:

"Splenda/sucralose is simply chlorinated sugar; a chlorocarbon. Common
chlorocarbons include carbon tetrachloride, trichlorethelene and methylene
chloride, all deadly. Chlorine is nature's Doberman attack dog, a highly
excitable, ferocious atomic element employed as a biocide in bleach,
disinfectants, insecticide, WWI poison gas and hydrochloric acid.

"Sucralose is a molecule of sugar chemically manipulated to surrender three
hydroxyl groups (hydrogen + oxygen) and replace them with three chlorine
atoms. Natural sugar is a hydrocarbon built around 12 carbon atoms. When
turned into Splenda it becomes a chlorocarbon, in the family of Chlorodane,
Lindane and DDT,

"It is logical to ask why table salt, which also contains chlorine, is safe
while Splenda/sucralose is toxic? Because salt isn't a chlorocarbon. When
molecular chemistry binds sodium to chlorine to make salt carbon isn't
included. Sucralose and salt are as different as oil and water.

"Unlike sodium chloride, chlorocarbons are never nutritionally compatible
with our metabolic processes and are wholly incompatible with normal human
metabolic functioning. When chlorine is chemically reacted into
carbon-structured organic compounds to make chlorocarbons, the carbon and
chlorine atoms bind to each other by mutually sharing electrons in their
outer shells. This arrangement adversely affects human metabolism because
our mitochondrial and cellular enzyme systems are designed to completely
utilize organic molecules containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and
other compatible nutritional elements.

"By this process chlorocarbons such as sucralose deliver chlorine directly
into our cells through normal metabolization. This makes them effective
insecticides and preservatives. Preservatives must kill anything alive to
prevent bacterial decomposition."

Dr. Bowen believes ingested chlorocarbon damage continues with the formation
of other toxins: "Any chlorocarbons not directly excreted from the body
intact can cause immense damage to the processes of human metabolism and,
eventually, our internal organs. The liver is a detoxification organ which
deals with ingested poisons. Chlorocarbons damage the hepatocytes, the
liver's metabolic cells, and destroy them. In test animals Splenda produced
swollen livers, as do all chlorocarbon poisons, and also calcified the
kidneys of test animals in toxicity studies. The brain and nervous system
are highly subject to metabolic toxicities and solvency damages by these
chemicals. Their high solvency attacks the human nervous system and many
other body systems including genetics and the immune function. Thus,
chlorocarbon poisoning can cause cancer, birth defects, and immune system
destruction. These are well known effects of Dioxin and PCBs which are known
deadly chlorocarbons."

Dr. Bowen continues: "Just like aspartame, which achieved marketplace
approval by the Food and Drug Administration when animal studies clearly
demonstrated its toxicity, sucralose also failed in clinical trials with
animals. Aspartame created brain tumors in rats. Sucralose has been found to
shrink thymus glands (the biological seat of immunity) and produce liver
inflammation in rats and mice.

"In the coming months we can expect to see a river of media hype expounding
the virtues of Splenda/sucralose. We should not be fooled again into
accepting the safety of a toxic chemical on the blessing of the FDA and
saturation advertising. In terms of potential long-term human toxicity we
should regard sucralose with its chemical cousin DDT, the insecticide now
outlawed because of its horrendous long term toxicities at even minute trace
levels in human, avian, and mammalian tissues.

"Synthetic chemical sweeteners are generally unsafe for human consumption.
This toxin was given the chemical name "sucralose" which is a play on the
technical name of natural sugar, sucrose. One is not the other. One is food,
the other is toxic; don't be deceived."

Dr. Bowen also calls attention to another seldom recognized and deadly
permanent effect of these chemicals: "Aspartame, sold as NutraSweet, Equal,
E951, Canderel, Benevia and under other names, is a hypersensitization agent
which causes Polychemical Sensitivity syndrome. Chlorocarbons strongly
induce uncurable hypersensitivity diseases which are now becoming rampant."
(James Bowen, M.D.)

Doctor Bowen has spent 20 years researching artificial sweeteners after his
use of aspartame resulted in being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease. Dr
Bowen's intention is to warn the world of the toxicity of tabletop poisons
like aspartame, Splenda and Neotame.

For more information on aspartame and Splenda click on the Aspartame
Information List on http://www.wnho.net
. Dr. Bowen can be seen in the movie "Sweet Misery: A
Poisoned World" For the movie call 1 818 349 8822 or email
cori@... See how aspartame was approved by clicking on
http://
www.soundandfury.tv/pages/Rumsfeld2.html

Aspartame and Splenda Toxicity Centers,
http://www.holisticmed.com/ aspartame
Aspartame and brain tumors cases for litigation contact Dr. Betty Martini at
Bettym19@...
http://us.f311.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To¾ttym19@...
or 770 242-2599.
Currently taking states New York, New Jersey, Madison County, Illinois and
Mississippi

A medical text, Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic by H. J. Roberts,
M.D. presents, 1038 pages of aspartame horrors.
http://www.sunsentpress.com
or 1 800 827 7991

Russell Blaylock, M.D., has published Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills on
the subject, http://
www.russellblaylockmd.com

Dr. Betty Martini says "the controversy rages over Splenda (sucralose). Is
it safe and natural like sugar or is it a chlorinated hydrocarbon? As
lawsuits fly, consider the chemistry of this artificial compound." She adds:
"The FDA denied approval of aspartame for 16 years, then caved in to
political/economic pressure when Don Rumsfeld, CEO of the manufacturer, was
brought to Washington by Ronald Reagan. A new FDA Commissioner was appointed
to approve it then became a consultant for NutraSweet's public relations
firm for $1,000/day on a 10 year contract. Forthcoming has been a global
epidemic of disability and death. One might expect FDA to be more cautious
next time, yet FDA approved the toxic chlorocarbon Splenda without
hesitation and without any long term testing on human subjects." <

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2006-08-01T08:59:00.000-07:00

Warning about Splenda
from an MDJames Bowen, M.D.
A physician, biochemist, and survivor of aspartame poisoning warns about yet another synthetic sweetener, Splenda

HAWAI: The chemical sucralose, marketed as "Splenda", has replaced aspartame as the #1 artificial sweetener in foods and beverages. Aspartame has been forced out by increasing public awareness that it is both a neurotoxin and an underlying cause of chronic illness worldwide.

Dr. James Bowen, Researcher and biochemist, reports:"Splenda/sucralose is simply chlorinated sugar; a chlorocarbon. Common chlorocarbons include carbon tetrachloride, trichlorethelene and methylene chloride, all deadly. Chlorine is nature's Doberman attack dog, a highly excitable, ferocious atomic element employed as a biocide in bleach, disinfectants, insecticide, WWI poison gas and hydrochloric acid.

"Sucralose is a molecule of sugar chemically manipulated to surrender three hydroxyl groups (hydrogen + oxygen) and replace them with three chlorine atoms. Natural sugar is a hydrocarbon built around 12 carbon atoms. When turned into Splenda it becomes a chlorocarbon, in the family of Chlorodane, Lindane and DDT.

"It is logical to ask why table salt, which also contains chlorine, is safe while Splenda/sucralose is toxic? Because salt isn't a chlorocarbon. When molecular chemistry binds sodium to chlorine to make salt carbon isn't included. Sucralose and salt are as different as oil and water.

"Unlike sodium chloride, chlorocarbons are never nutritionally compatible with our metabolic processes and are wholly incompatible with normal human metabolic functioning. When chlorine is chemically reacted into carbon-structured organic compounds to make chlorocarbons, the carbon and chlorine atoms bind to each other by mutually sharing electrons in their outer shells. This arrangement adversely affects human metabolism because our mitochondrial and cellular enzyme systems are designed to completely utilize organic molecules containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and other compatible nutritional elements.

"By this process chlorocarbons such as sucralose deliver chlorine directly into our cells through normal metabolization. This makes them effective insecticides and preservatives. Preservatives must kill anything alive to prevent bacterial decomposition.

"Dr. Bowen believes ingested chlorocarbon damage continues with the formation of other toxins: "Any chlorocarbons not directly excreted from the body intact can cause immense damage to the processes of human metabolism and, eventually, our internal organs. The liver is a detoxification organ which deals with ingested poisons. Chlorocarbons damage the hepatocytes, the liver's metabolic cells, and destroy them. In test animals Splenda produced swollen livers, as do all chlorocarbon poisons, and also calcified the kidneys of test animals in toxicity studies.

The brain and nervous system are highly subject to metabolic toxicities and solvency damages by these chemicals. Their high solvency attacks the human nervous system and many other body systems including genetics and the immune function. Thus, chlorocarbon poisoning can cause cancer, birth defects, and immune system destruction. These are well known effects of Dioxin and PCBs which are known deadly chlorocarbons.

"Dr. Bowen continues: "Just like aspartame, which achieved marketplace approval by the Food and Drug Administration when animal studies clearly demonstrated its toxicity, sucralose also failed in clinical trials with animals. Aspartame created brain tumors in rats. Sucralose has been found to shrink thymus glands (the biological seat of immunity) and produce liver inflammation in rats and mice."In the coming months we can expect to see a river of media hype expounding the virtues of Splenda/sucralose. We should not be fooled again into accepting the safety of a toxic chemical on the blessing of the FDA and saturation advertising.

In terms of potential long-term human toxicity we should regard sucralose with its chemical cousin DDT, the insecticide now outlawed because of its horrendous long term toxicities at even minute trace levels in human, avian, and mammalian tissues."Synthetic chemical sweeteners are generally unsafe for human consumption. This toxin was given the chemical name "sucralose" which is a play on the technical name of natural sugar, sucrose. One is not the other. One is food, the other is toxic; don't be deceived.

"Dr. Bowen also calls attention to another seldom recognized and deadly permanent effect of these chemicals: "Aspartame, sold as NutraSweet, Equal, E951, Canderel, Benevia and under other names, is a hypersensitization agent which causes Polychemical Sensitivity syndrome. Chlorocarbons strongly induce uncurable hypersensitivity diseases which are now becoming rampant."

(James Bowen, M.D.)Doctor Bowen has spent 20 years researching artificial sweeteners after his use of aspartame resulted in being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease. Dr Bowen's intention is to warn the world of the toxicity of tabletop poisons like aspartame, Splenda and Neotame.

For more information on aspartame and Splenda click on the Aspartame Information List on http://www.wnho.net .

Dr. Bowen can be seen in the movie "Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World" For the movie call 1 818 349 8822 or email cori@... See how aspartame was approved by clicking on http:// www.soundandfury.tv/pages/Rumsfeld2.html

Aspartame and Splenda Toxicity Centers, http://www.holisticmed.com/ aspartame Aspartame and brain tumors cases for litigation contact Dr. Betty Martini at Bettym19@... http://us.f311.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To¾ttym19@... or 770 242-2599.

Currently taking states New York, New Jersey, Madison County, Illinois and MississippiA medical text, Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic by H. J. Roberts, M.D. presents, 1038 pages of aspartame horrors. http://www.sunsentpress.com or 1 800 827 7991

Russell Blaylock, M.D., has published Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills on the subject, http:// www.russellblaylockmd.com

Dr. Betty Martini says "the controversy rages over Splenda (sucralose). Is it safe and natural like sugar or is it a chlorinated hydrocarbon? As lawsuits fly, consider the chemistry of this artificial compound." She adds: "The FDA denied approval of aspartame for 16 years, then caved in to political/economic pressure when Don Rumsfeld, CEO of the manufacturer, was brought to Washington by Ronald Reagan. A new FDA Commissioner was appointed to approve it then became a consultant for NutraSweet's public relations firm for $1,000/day on a 10 year contract.

Forthcoming has been a global epidemic of disability and death. One might expect FDA to be more cautious next time, yet FDA approved the toxic chlorocarbon Splenda without hesitation and without any long term testing on human subjects." http://www.wnho.net and http://www.dorway.com 770 242-2599

Jan Jenson, The Wellth Coach
Breathe Better - Live Longer
704-450-6115
http://thewellthcoach.typepad.com
http://wellthychoices.blogspot.com

2006-07-08T22:13:00.000-07:00

WELLthy Choices Potlucks
3rd Thursday each month

6:30-8:30 p.m.
Please bring a healthy potluck dish (raw foods encouraged)to share with at least 10-12 people. Guests come FREE - please bring extra food for your guests!

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Gander Mountain Outdoor Store
236 Norman Station Blvd. * Mooresville, NC 28115

I-77 to Exit 36 - east to first light - Right .. past Staples, Applebees, Wal-Mart, theaters & straight ahead toGander Mountain. Looks like BIG hunting lodge! LOTS of parking out front! Meeting room back right corner.

RSVP: 704-450-6115

Dehydrated & fresh foods for outdoors enjoyment (demo & tasting) to take when you go: boating, camping, fishing, hiking & outdoor events

Presenting: Gagan's Cosmic Kitchen
Gagan Hunter
Topic: The Power of Raw and Live foods...
for camping, hiking & every-day & outdoors enjoyment!
gaganjii@earthlink.net * 704-737-2326

Gagan Hunter is a holistic health guru. He has presented in Raleigh,Chapel Hill, Durham, Greensboro and Charlotte, NC conducting raw & livefoods demonstrations and lectures. He has produced a video on raw foodscalled U-DO- IT Raw & Live. Gagan is a lecturer, teacher, Yogi, chef, and Natural Path WellnessCounselor. He's been studying and practicing holistic health, as well as being a vegetarian for 19 years and has studied herbology, iridology, reiki, kinesiology, yoga therapy, and nutritional counseling. Gagan studied yoga for 28 years and currently teaches yoga in Charlotte, NC. and he operates his own natural products sales and marketing company in the Carolinas and Tennessee.

2006-07-08T22:07:00.000-07:00

Wellthy Choices

2006-06-20T07:26:00.000-07:00

This is GREAT for the HOT summer days we're about to experience!
No cooking - just dig out your blender!
Play around with ingredients...!
(Personally, I'd use zucchini in place of cucumber
and/or add an avocado to make it creamier!)
Jan

Gazpacho
From the Moosewood Cookbook
by Mollie Katzen

20-30 minutes to prepare,
2 hours to chill.
Makes 6 servings

4 cups cold tomato juice
1 small, well-minced onion
2 cups freshly diced tomatoes
1 cup minced green pepper
1 tsp. honey
1 clove crushed garlic
1 diced cucumber (or zucchini)
2 scallions, chopped
Juice of 1/2 lemon and 1 lime
2 Tbsp. wine vinegar
1 tsp. tarragon
1 tsp. basil
Dash of ground cumin
¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped
Dash of Tabasco sauce
2 Tbsp. olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Combine all ingredients and chill for at least 2 hours.
You can also puree if desired

2006-06-17T20:13:00.000-07:00

THANK YOU to the 20+ folks who came for our June 15th Wellthy Choices potluck in Mooresville. We stuffed our lil bodies till we could hardly waddle... talked till WAY after dark and had a WONDERFUL time learning about herbs and sharing plants and stories!
Thanks everyone!!
Let's do it again July 20th at the home of Jim & Barbara Murphy in Cornelius, NC
Please RSVP to 704-892-9478 or email: vizual@alltel.net.
Gagan Hunter, raw chef extra-ordinare from Charlotte will be presenting on raw salads and other yummies! I had occasion to show up at his recent presentation at the Home Economist on South Blvd. in Charlotte this month and the meal was FABULOUS!! Way to go, Gagan!!

Here's some interesting things that crossed my desk this week:
Jan

Subject: Done in tandem, breath work and stretching are the best support for pain relief

I would also add - drink more water!!
Minimum of 4 quarts per day for adults...
Jan

REMEDIES: Stretching Is an Important Pain Remedy
From "wildmouse" wildmouse@iquest.net
Date: Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:39 pm

Stretching Is an Important Pain Remedy. Next to breathing and breath work, stretching is the most beneficial exercises we can do for better health. Done in tandem, breath work and stretching are the best support for easing aches, pain, tension, headaches, tight muscles and unexplained pain elsewhere in the body.

Just as there are different types of flexibility, there are also different types of stretching. Stretches are either dynamic (meaning they involve motion) or static (meaning they involve no motion). Dynamic stretches affect dynamic flexibility and static stretches affect static flexibility (and dynamic flexibility to some degree). When done properly, stretching can do more than just increase flexibility.

Benefits of stretching include:
*enhanced physical fitness
*enhanced ability to learn and perform skilled movements
*increased mental and physical relaxation
*enhanced development of body awareness
*reduced risk of injury to joints, muscles, and tendons
*reduced muscular soreness
*reduced muscular tension
*increased suppleness due to stimulation of the production of chemicals which, lubricate connective tissues
*reduced severity of painful menstruation (dysmenorrhea) in females

Stretching your body's muscles will actually enhance the healing process. Long, slow static stretching will help to increase blood flow and circulation, eliminating stasis and help to warm and invigorate the muscles and in turn lubricate the ligaments and joints.

One good over all stretch for your body is to lie on the floor and gently bring your knees up to your chest. Once there, put a little pressure on your knees with two hands. Gently raise your head up toward the knees. Breath, in, out, in out.....slowly. Stretch, then relax. Repeat.

One of the best over all stretches is the Sun Salutation.
You can find it here: http://www.peacefulmind.com/yoga_therapy.htm
Also find other exercise information and stretching here:
http://www.peacefulmind.com/exercise.htm

Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac.
Peacefulmind.com

Quote of the Week
The best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny it are:
sunshine, water, rest, and air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing
Your mind they'll ease
Your will they'll mend
And charge you not a shilling.
- Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields, What the River Knows, 1990

Incredible Hummus
Ingredients:
12 oz. chickpeas (fresh, or dried & soaked overnight)
1/2 small onion, chopped
1 tsp. sesame oil (opt.)
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1/3 cup tahini
2 tsp. soy sauce juice from 1/2 lemon or about 1-1/2 Tbsp.
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
Sea salt to taste

Instructions:Throw all ingredients in the blender or food processor and mix until smooth, adding very small amounts of water if the mixture is too thick. Serve with tortilla chips or spread on bread with veggies for a terrific sandwich!
Keeps in the refrigerator for about 5 days

Papaya Watercress Salad with Lime
Ingredients:
1-1/2 bunches watercress leaves
3 papayas seeded and thinly sliced
1 ounce (4-5 stalks) hearts of palm, thinly sliced
1-1/2 medium tomatoes

Dressing:
3 tablespoons lime juice
3 tablespoons cilantro, chopped
pinch coriander
pinch allspice
Arrange watercress on 6 small plates
Top with layers of papaya, hearts of palm and tomatoes
Mix dressing, then drizzle over the salads
Let stand for 30 minutes before serving
Makes 6 servings.
Recipe from Vegetarian Times, 2/93

2006-06-12T13:20:00.000-07:00

Crunchy Rosemary Almonds
1 lb almonds - blanched
1t - 1T teal salt
1 - 2 t powdered rosemary
2T or more of dried rosemary sprigs
Olive oil
Soak the almonds over night (longer is OK too) in water mixedwith the Real salt and powdered rosemary - in the refrigerator. Drain almonds and dehydrate slowly until crunchy.
A VERYlow oven works, but a temperature-controlled dehydrator is best. I keep the oven as low as possible, but so that it still comes on now and then. Stir almonds occasionally and taste-test until they are at the desired crispness. This can take from 4 - 6 hours or even over night - depending upon your oven and the humidity, etc.
Pour almonds into a bowl and drizzle olive oil (or coconut oil) over them - just to lightly coat. Stir in dried rosemary sprigs (I love these, so I'm VERY generous with them). Sprinkle a little extraRealSalt, if needed.
Be sure to taste the almond with a sprig of rosemary...divine!

2006-06-09T14:24:00.000-07:00

Certificate of Completion story reportedly a hoax...
YOU make your own determination...!
What ARE the facts?????????

2006-06-09T13:50:00.000-07:00

Our students ARE being left behind...!
Intentionally.
Pass this on to your friends with middle & high school children so THEY can make wise choices...!
Jan

High-School - Certificate of Completion

The "Certificate of Completion or Attendance" that is being offered in lieu of high school diplomas, is a part of Bush's "No Child Left Behind".
This is how it works:
It is for students who are unable to pass both the Language Arts and Math portions of the 10th grade State Student Assessment Exams.
Students must take the same 10th grade test over in the 11th and 12th grades until they pass both portions. If they are unable to pass the 10th grade test by the 12th grade then they have two options:
1. Drop out and go to a GED program or,
2. accept a "Certificate of Completion" - it is NOT a diploma.

Once a student accepts it, they cannot ever get a diploma or a GED....!

A certificate of completion means that a student can never (as long as they live):
1. go to the armed services
2. go to college
3. go to trade school
4. go to journeyman's school
5. go to beauty school
6. go to culinary arts school
7. get a federal loan in their lifetime

This is the portion of NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (2001) that Bush slipped in during the 2004 revision of the NCLB bill.
It has not been publicized.

At a high school in Indiana, in 2005, there were 87 seniors in the graduation class.
Five got diplomas and 82 got "Certificates of >Completion".
This is being referred to as the "Paper Plantation".

It is better for students to drop out and get into a GED program so they may seek other forms of education, later in life, if they desire to do so.
All 50 states have "Certificates of Completion or Attendance".

Please pass this information along to EVERYONE you know who has school age children. Clergy, please preach it from the pulpits. Our people MUST know this information.
Thank you & stay blessed.

"No one can make you feel inferior
unless you allow them."
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

2006-06-08T06:26:00.000-07:00

WELLthy Choices Potlucks
3rd Thursday each month
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Please bring a healthy potluck dish (raw foods encouraged)
to share with at least 10-12 people.
Guests come FREE - please bring extra food for your guests!

Thursday, June 15, 2006
At the home of: Jan Jenson
2200 Perth Road
Mooresville, NC 28117
I-77 to Exit 36 - west to Perth Road.
Right on Perth - pass Catawba Air Road.
Watch for bright yellow crossing sign on right.
Left into first driveway past yellow crossing sign.
Plenty of parking!
RSVP: 704-450-6115

Herbs in container gardening & seed/plant swap + potluck.
Bring the kids too - there's 1/2 acre to PLAY in...!!
Everyone will go home with a free aloe plant!

Speaker: Jan Jenson
http://wellthychoices.blogspot.com
704-450-6115

Jan Jenson has been an organic gardener and health coach since 1967.
She began publishing The Clean Green Thumb in St. Louis in 1968
and in 1971 after a move to Lincoln, NE changed the name to Green Power
(oh, how I wish I'd trademarked THAT one, she sighs...!).
Now her newzine is called Wellthy Choices.
Eight NO-COOKbooks are in process ...!

BRING any extra seeds & plants & pots you have to share and/or to swap. Learn how EASY it is to start your own plants in window sills and on a sunny porch. Teach your children how to GROW goodies to eat and they will have a lifetime of learning & FUN!
We will begin building the mobile mini garden (see photo) and will have photo/plans for anyone who comes June 15.
PDF file also available for those who inquire.
thewellthcoach@alltel.net or call 704-450-6115.

2006-06-08T06:22:00.000-07:00

A new study released in the journal Pediatrics shows that overly strict parenting can produce obese kids. "Children of authoritarian parents had five times the risk of being overweight compared to children of authoritative [a more diplomatic style] mothers," said Dr. Kyung Rhee, the study's lead author. Authoritarian parents are described as strict disciplinarians, Rhee said, while authoritative parents are more respectful of a child's opinions while maintaining boundaries. Children of permissive and neglectful parents were twice as likely to be overweight as children of authoritative mothers, they also found. Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_684.cfm

2006-06-05T19:57:00.000-07:00

Got the Caffeine Blues???

All of us know that stress ages us quickly. And for those of you who still think you need caffeine to keep going... in time, stress and caffeine contribute to adrenal exhaustion. When this happens, important hormones are depleted and you will end up highly fatigued.
Caffeine accelerates aging by impairing immunity, which occurs throughthe elevation of stress hormones, nutrition depletion, and depression of DHEA.
According to Stephen Chernisek, author of "Caffeine Blues," caffeine also does the following in the body:
1. Raises blood sugar levels and disrupts sugar-regulating effect of insulin
2. Raises fatty acid levels in the blood
3. Raises homocysteine levels, which greatly increases the diabetic's risk for cardiovascular disease
4. Causes vascular resistance (circulation is reduced)
5. And caffeine raises stress hormone levels which is a primary risk factor for diabetes

Get rid of caffeine if you are serious about preserving your youth and having long term health.

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Keep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words.
Keep your words positive, because your words become your behavior.
Keep your behavior positive, because your behavior becomes your habits.
Keep your habits positive, because your habits become your values.
Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny.
~Mahatma Gandhi

2006-06-03T22:45:00.000-07:00

Howdy dear friends!!

This is my FIRST official BLOG.
I just leaped forward into the Windows-based internet age (I'm a Mac-aholic!)
so now I can create my own blogs and website!
Please bear with me while I learn how this all works...

Beginning June 6 - I am now offering Optimal Breathing Development
private sessions or classes and/or workshops at:
2200 Perth Road, Mooresville, NC 28117
on
Tuesday or Friday mornings: 10-11:30 a.m.
Tuesday evening: 7-8:30 p.m.
beginning with an
Introductory 2-hr. breathing assessment for $50 ($200 value)
and
12 classes for $25 each person:
Once a week for 12 weeks
or
Once a month for 12 months
If YOU can organize a group of 5 or more -then price is reduced to $20 each)...
then your introductory workshop is FREE for organizing a group!

Payments can be made (accepting credit cards) via PayPal to:
thewellthcoach@alltel.net

Will also travel to within 100 miles of Mooresville/Charlotte/Hickory/Winston-Salem on Tuesdays & Fridays if you want to organize breathing workshops where YOU live!
Hurry... my schedule is filling up FAST!

Mike White (http://www.breathing.com) and I will be doing teacher workshops on breathing at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (North Carolina) soon...and working on train-the-trainer for teachers - to start next fall...! Details being worked out now.
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2006-06-03T22:34:00.000-07:00

Stay Younger: Skip the Coffee
Thanks to Victoria
All of us know that stress ages us quickly. And for those of you that still think you need caffeine to keep going, in time, stress and caffeine contribute to adrenal exhaustion. When this happens, important hormones are depleted and you will end up highly fatigued.

Caffeine accelerates aging by impairing immunity, which occurs through the elevation of stress hormones, nutrition depletion, and depression of DHEA.

According to Stephen Chernisek, author of "Caffeine Blues," caffeine also does the following in the body:
1. Raises blood sugar levels and disrupts sugar-regulating effect of insulin
2. Raises fatty acid levels in the blood
3. Raises homocysteine levels, which greatly increases the diabetic's risk for cardiovascular disease
4. Causes vascular resistance (circulation is reduced)
5. And caffeine raises stress hormone levels which is a primary risk factor for diabetes

Get rid of caffeine if you are serious about preserving your youth and having long term health.

(Jan's note: I kept thinking just one cup of coffee a day wouldn't hurt... but then after about a year of being pain-free (which was FABULOUS, since I've recovered from Fibromyalgia) I started aching again and my teeth started acting up too! In fact, it seems my right rear top molar, just in front of where my wisdom tooth used to be, had such a HUGE gap in the gums it was always catching food particles, no matter how many times a day I brushed or flossed... so last Tuesday an emergency situation caused extreme pain and swelling... so I had the dang thing pulled! That poor dentist worked nearly 2 hours to get this mess pulled. As you can see by this photo, my body was (IS) extremely acidic, causing bone to start forming around the roots and back of this molar. No wonder there was a 10 mm gap in my gum line!

P.S. bone spurs on the spine and in shoulder joints and knees and hips are pretty sure to be caused by too much acidity in your body! GET ALKALINE! Drink more water!!! and most importantly - BREATHE better! Breathing is one of THE best ways to control your pH. That breathing controls your pH was something I learned within the past 3 months... blew my mind!!! And so CHEAP!!! Just learn to BREATHE better! Give me a call... I'll show you how!

Jan
The Wellth Coach