Category: Health Tips

Living the healthiest life does not include reducing your awareness or covering your emotional or physical pain with drugs.
A friend just posted:
Finally finished the text for an educational manual for parents on marijuana. Hard to express how distressed I am. I have become much more aware of how much damaging information about the drug is being suppressed by the pro-legalization/medicalization lobbyists. The only saving grace is that so many parents know in their hearts that something is wrong somewhere. I intend to arm them so they know what to do.
My research indicates that parents are a big part of this problem because they are using it themselves or don’t really know how to deal with it or don’t know what the facts are. Hence, a lot of work on my part of deal with their unknowing need for knowledge. Like this beginning effort: http://www.narconon.org/drug-abuse/marijuana-facts.html

Giving this one a try soon…
http://gapsdietjourney.com/2012/10/recipe-pumpkin-bread-gluten-grain-dairy-sugar-free-gaps-friendly/

Pay attention, as I can’t say this seriously enough. Last week, the FDA took a drug off the market, and the reasons should send shivers of fear down the backs of consumers, investors, generic drug companies and the FDA.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidmaris/2012/10/10/fda-recall-points-to-serious-problems-at-the-fda/

Interesting techniques to escape being bound by zip ties.
http://www.fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/how-to-escape-from-zip-ties/48162

Last week, CFS and Pacific Northwest wheat farmers launched a class action lawsuit against Monsanto for the escape of Monsanto’s illegal GE wheat in Oregon.

People sometimes ask why I take vitamin and mineral supplements as well as eating a great diet. Look at this:

A study by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) showing the loss of vitamins and minerals in fruits and vegetables since 1975.

• Apples: Vitamin A is down 41%
• Sweet peppers: Vitamin C is down 31%
• Watercress: Iron is down 88%
• Broccoli: Calcium and vitamin A are down 50%
• Cauliflower: Vitamin C is down 45%; vitamin B1 is down 48%; and vitamin B2 is down 47%
• Collards greens: Magnesium is down 85%

You read that right, an apple in 1975 is nearly twice as nutritious as one grown today. This is not good.

Research done by the Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation of San Diego, California and others have shown a renewed interest in Cod Liver Oil. From the first chapter of Weston Price, D.D.S.’s book, “Nutrition and Physical Degeneration” ‘X-FACTOR,” or Animal Protein Factor (A.P.F.), which Is found in butter from cows fed on green grass, but with very little of It found in butter from cows on dry rations. This APF is necessary to the proper growth and well being of many types of animals. This same A.P.F factor was supposed to be in many oils.
The Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation searched everywhere for something that contains this factor. They claim to have tried all types of oils but in only one product did they find the necessary evidence of a rich X-Factor and that was Cod Liver Oil. After testing the varieties of Cod liver Oil available on the market, only one gave the beautiful royal purple color that proved the presence of A.P.F. (X-Factor) upon testing.
This Cod Liver Oil is the crudest form on the market, purposely less refined so as to retain the unsaturated fatty acids: linoleic, linolenic and arachidonic. The omega-3 fatty acid EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid), found in cold water fish and marine mammals, nutritionally supports the heart and cardiovascular function. One of the primary mechanisms responsible for this is benefit is EPA’s ability to naturally thin blood and discourage excess blood clotting. Additionally EPA nutritionally supports the liver in regulating proper LDL and HDL levels (low and high density lipoproteins). EPA has anti-inflammatory properties that have positive effects on the immune system.
Cod liver Oil is an effective source of Vitamin A and Vitamin D. Vitamin A is critical to healthy tissues and immunity. Vitamin D helps the body to utilize calcium and phosphorus in building bone structure and healthy teeth.
http://www.drkaslow.com/html/cod_liver_oil.html

(A friend sent me this. I have not read it yet but I would caution that not all saturated fats are equal and unless they distinguish between hydrogenated and non-hydrogenated oils they could be missing the mark by a country mile.)
The article is a synopsis: The sample is small but it looks like a pretty good study and it was published in an edited journal.
http://www.newsmaxhealth.com/Health-News/saturated-fat-Alzheimers-disease-brain-protein-ApoE/2013/06/18/id/510435?s=al
If you don’t remember who I am or why I would be sending this to you, check your diet. 🙂