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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

How to determine cancer in your body long before it is diagnosable

How to determine cancer in your body long before it is diagnosable.  Please, please read this article if you or a loved one has been diagnosed with cancer.  The list of symptoms and causative factors below is almost mind-blowing.


"Typically, cancer is diagnosed only after it can be seen on an x-ray or felt or palpated. A cancerous tumour forms when tiny individual cells change from being oxygen-dependent to being sugar- and fermentation-dependent, and then they multiply and spread, often unnoticed for quite some time. But the body has reacted even before a tumour forms, as the underlying cancer-causing conditions affect the entire organism. In order to nip it in the bud it's important to recognise the very early symptoms and other pointers, contributing factors and habits. Here are some important ones, some of which might surprise you.

-Do you have a sweet tooth?
-Do you come down with colds and infections often?
-Do you get very tired?
-Do you have a craving for meat, eggs, dairy, fish?
-Do you exist on a typical western diet?
-Do you eat fried food?
-Do you eat your vegetables cooked instead of raw?
-Is there stress in your life?
-Have you lived through a trauma? Do you suffer from depression?
-Do you have late nights or sleepless nights often?
-Do you drink alcohol, coffee, tea rather than clean water and fresh juices?
-Are you overweight?
-Have you been exposed to numerous x-rays or radiation?
-Have you undergone hormonal treatment especially HRT?
-Do you use plastic wrapping or other materials with your food storage and preparation?
-Do you drink tap water, or bottled water from plastic bottles?
-Do you suffer from chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, or allergies?
-Is your digestion often congested?
-Do you avoid exposure to sun (Vitamin D)?
-Do you take antibiotics and pharmaceutical products often or even regularly?
-Do you use regular shampoo, skin care products, deodorant, tooth paste?
-Are you a couch potato whose physical exercise consists only of trips to the fridge and back?
-Do you suffer from a persistent cough?
-Do you have blood in your stool or urine?
-Have you found a lump, or do you have swollen glands?
-Has a wart or mole changed?
-Do you have sores that don't heal?
-Do you experience pain that never goes away?
-etc etc
Learn more:
http://www.naturalnews.com/033686_cancer_diagnosis.html


"What you need to do is:
-Stop making cancer and disease.
-Detox very thoroughly (physically and mentally-emotionally).
-Build your immune system to maximum strength through truly right nutrition.
-Maintain your newly found health continually in these natural ways.

So whether you use prevention or need to treat yourself instead, fully apply the natural self-healing ability of the body."

How to determine cancer in your body long before it is diagnosable.  If you are dealing with this condition, I understand how much you are suffering.  Cancer has hit our family and the anguish of watching a loved one endure chemotherapy is beyond description.

India files biopiracy lawsuit against Monsanto, says biotech giant
 is stealing nature for corporate gain.   
 "Farmers and active members of the public in India have been some of the world's most outspoken opponents of Monsanto's attempted GM takeover of agriculture. Besides successfully overturning the attempted approval of Bt brinjal, these freedom fighters have also successfully destroyed several attempted Monsanto GM test fields."  My opinion is this:  If only our American citizens would stand up and defend the farmers from Monsanto's corruption, we could begin to regain our health by eating natural foods, as God created them, not Monsanto's bioengineered, toxic, nature destructive  frankenfoods.

"NaturalNews) Representing one of the most agriculturally bio-diverse nations in the world, India has become a primary target for biotechnology companies like Monsanto and Cargill to spread their genetically-modified (GM) crops into new markets. However, a recent France 24 report explains that the Indian government has decided to take an offensive approach against this attempted agricultural takeover by suing Monsanto for "biopiracy," accusing the company of stealing India's indigenous plants in order to re-engineer them into patented varieties.
Brinjal, also known in Western nations as eggplant, is a native Indian crop for which there are roughly 2,500 different unique varieties. Millions of Indian farmers grow brinjal, which is used in a variety of Indian food dishes, and the country grows more than a quarter of the world's overall supply of the vegetable.
And in an attempt to capitalize on this popular crop, Monsanto has repeatedly tried to commercially market its own GM variety of brinjal called Bt brinjal. But massive public outcry against planned commercial approval of Monsanto's "frankencrop" variety in 2010 led to the government banning it for an indefinite period of time.
But Monsanto is still stealing native crops, including brinjal, and quietly working on GM varieties of them in test fields, which is a clear violation of India's Biological Diversity Act (BDA). So at the prompting of various farmers and activists in India, the Indian government, representing the first time in history a nation that has taken such action, has decided to sue Monsanto."
You can watch the full France 24 video report of India's lawsuit against Monsanto here:
http://www.france24.com/en/20110921...

India files biopiracy lawsuit against Monsanto, says biotech giant is stealing nature for corporate gain.   Thank you India for having the guts and the ballz to stand up and fight for your lives.  Saving your population from frankenfoods will save your soil, agriculture and biodiversity.  Bravo!

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

The Great Cancer Hoax Part II: The Brilliant Cure the FDA Tried Their Best to Shut Down...

The Great Cancer Hoax Part II: The Brilliant Cure the FDA Tried Their Best to Shut Down...This story has been going on and on for so many years that a person loses count.  Now, 40 years later, where is the progress?


"In 1971, US President Richard Nixon declared war on cancer; the National Cancer Act was enacted and the national cancer program was born. An impressive $1.6 billion dollars were allocated to the program for the first three years alone, and its director even reported directly to the President.
So, after 40 years, how has the war on cancer fared?
One would think that after four decades of fervent research and countless billions of dollars spent, we would have this dreadful disease under control. Just think of the rapid explosion of ideas and innovations within other technology areas. Your cell phone is now more powerful than the largest supercomputers of that time, for example.
Alas, the war on cancer has been a MASSIVE failure, and the reasons for this failure are clearly explained in the featured documentary Cut, Poison, Burn.
Greed bordering on the grotesque has been allowed to rule the game here, and the primary beneficiaries of this 40-year long "war" are pharmaceutical companies and the tremendously profitable cancer industry as a whole, including so-called "non-profit" organizations like the American Cancer Society.
Rather than decreasing, cancer rates have increased during the last 40 years, and now surpass heart disease as the number one killer of Americans between the ages of 45 to 74..." 

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/09/19/cut-poison-burn.aspx?e_cid=20110919_DNL_art_1


What Your Oncologist Won't Tell You…
"In the film, Jim Navarro makes a statement that really highlights the sheer ludicrousness of the current model of cancer care. Although the doctor admitted that chemotherapy "would not work" for their son's particular cancer, and the package insert stated that the drug has not been proven safe or effective for pediatric use, he still insisted that chemotherapy had to be used, and if the Navarro's refused to submit their son to this 'standard care,' they could go to jail and their son could be legally taken from them.
Meanwhile, they were blocked from using an alternative treatment created by Dr. Burzynski—a completely non-toxic treatment with an average success rate of 50-60 percent—because it was not part of the approved standard of care.
This is a dementedly inhuman game; where a child's quality of life and entire future is tossed aside in order to maintain a highly profitable status quo.
The truth of the matter is that safe and effective alternatives to this toxic and deadly paradigm do exist. "
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/09/19/cut-poison-burn.aspx?e_cid=20110919_DNL_art_1


The Great Cancer Hoax Part II: The Brilliant Cure the FDA Tried Their Best to Shut Down...This just makes me feel so sick at heart.  My own daughter is battling cancer
with chemotherapy after.  Due to the extreme cost of chemotherapy, people who have limited income must go along with the establishment who absolutely rage against natural cures.  Often the cost is equally prohibitive and insurance does not cover many forms of treatment.   The proverbial rock and hard place.

Monday, September 19, 2011

The idea that one can get proper nutrition from diet alone is largely a myth


The idea that one can get proper nutrition from diet alone is largely a myth.  This harmful myth may be responsible for more iatrogenic disease and death than we have heretofore guessed at solely.  Thanks to the medical establishment's ignorance of proper, life sustaining nutrition, we are given pills for every ill and never get well.  Gee whiz, any guesses why?

"(NaturalNews) One of the biggest health myths is the idea that a person can get all the nutrition s/he needs by simply eating a balanced diet. The truth is that it is next to impossible to get even the minimal RDA amounts of the limited number of vitamins and minerals on the RDA list, much less the amounts of all the many nutrients needed for optimal health from diet alone.  

Decades of over-farming has left the world's top soils severely depleted of essential minerals. For the most part, the only minerals replaced have been those needed for optimal growth and not vital minerals such as magnesium which are needed for optimal health."      

  http://www.naturalnews.com/023237_m...

"Foods on our grocers' shelves frequently have had true nutrition processed out (and often harmful additives processed in to enhance shelf life, taste, color and texture). In many instances most of the claimed nutrition comes from added synthetic petrochemical vitamins and crushed rock minerals - which are vastly inferior to natural vitamins and minerals found in food."
Read the balance of this article at the link below:

"Another related myth is the idea that doctors are good sources of information and advice about diet and nutrition. In most instances, mainstream doctors are woefully deficient in information about diet and nutrition. Doctors are taught in medical schools where the primary funding source is the pharmaceutical industry and where curriculum is controlled by the AMA. Not surprisingly, doctors are taught that the way to treat illness is to prescribe drug company medications and to perform mainstream medical treatments. What they are not taught is the vital role that diet and proper nutrition play in our health."


The idea that one can get proper nutrition from diet alone is largely a myth.  Yes, I agree. Being an advocate for wholesome, life sustaining nutrition, the one thing I have learned about this topic above all else is this: You are what you eat.  You can't feed a live body dead food without suffering malfunction in the short and long term.  Bottom line.

















http://www.naturalnews.com/023237_m...

Sunday, September 18, 2011

"This Vitamin is So Extraordinary, It's Regulated by Government Agencies



This Vitamin is So Extraordinary, It's Regulated by Government Agencies.   

How This Vitamin Goes to Work for YOU

While other nutrients are important for maintaining and promoting your bone health (like vitamin D3, calcium, and magnesium), evidence continues to grow indicating a vital role vitamin K plays in bone metabolism and healthy bone growth.*
In fact it may be the modern day “missing link” to increasing your bone density.
Vitamin K has been linked to osteoblasts, the cells that generate or ‘lay down’ bone and produce a specific protein known as osteocalcin.*
You can think of osteocalcin like the studs in the wall of your house. Basically, osteocalcin acts as the structural framework holding calcium in place in your bones.*
And vitamin K is critical for producing osteocalcin protein.*
Why is this so important? Because osteocalcin cannot perform its job until vitamin K converts it to an active bone-building form.
The bottom line – vitamin K is the ‘key’ that unlocks the door from your bloodstream to let calcium flow into your bones and bone marrow..."*
"...Without this vitamin K key action, you simply wouldn't have the strong bones you do.* Plus, there’s another area vitamin K plays an important role, particularly vitamin K2.
I mentioned earlier how osteoblasts are important cells responsible for bone formation.
Well, while these osteoblast cells are busy building bone, other cells called osteoclasts are trying to break down bone and remove bone tissue.
Vitamin K2 is so important because, not only has it been shown to stimulate and enhance osteocalcin production, it has also been shown to inhibit osteoclasts and help maintain your bones."
http://products.mercola.com/vitamin-k/?e_cid=20110915_DNL_art_1&source=nl
Why You Could be Deficient in this Vital Nutrient
 "...There are many conditions where you could be putting yourself at risk for a higher likelihood of deficiency.
First of all, this vitamin is fat-soluble.
What does that mean? Well, fat-soluble simply means that dietary fat is necessary for efficient absorption. So, if your diet does not contain adequate amounts of dietary fat, your absorption of this nutrient could be impacted.
There are additional conditions that could increase your risk of deficiency in this essential vitamin…
  • Eating a poor or restricted diet
  • Having certain conditions like Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis, celiac, and others that interfere with nutrient absorption
  • Dealing with a liver condition that interferes with vitamin storage
  • Taking certain medications such as broad-spectrum antibiotics, cholesterol drugs, and potentially aspirin that may impact or block vitamin absorption
  • Eating foods containing the wrong type of this vitamin with poor bioavailability
I’m ready to dive into your best natural source of this ‘forgotten vitamin’… but first, right up front, I want to further raise your awareness of…"
http://products.mercola.com/vitamin-k/?e_cid=20110915_DNL_art_1&source=nl
Synthetic Pretenders – What to Look For and Avoid
If you haven’t figured out what the ‘forgotten vitamin’ is by now let me tell you that this new wonder kid on the block is vitamin K... " 
"...Vitamin K is unique because it has multiple effects in your body, but doesn’t demonstrate any known toxicity. With research focused on potential effects on your skeletal system, brain, liver, and pancreas, vitamin K is one of the most promising nutrients of our time.*
But you should know about the different types. And in particular, know which synthetic type to be on the look out for.
There are three main forms of vitamin K…
  • K1 – phylloquinone, aka phytonadione
  • K2 – menaquinone
  • K3 – menadione synthetic variant
Vitamin K3 is a synthetic variant of the vitamin which I don’t recommended for human consumption… this is the one you and your family need to avoid at all costs.
Green leafy vegetables – including lettuce, broccoli, and spinach contain vitamin K1. And it makes up about 90 percent of the vitamin K in the Western-style diet.
The vitamin K which I recommend is vitamin K2 – natural, non-toxic, and made in your body as well.
Vitamin K2 includes several menaquinones (MK-n, with the ‘n’ determined by the number of prenyl side chains), such as MK-4 found in meats, MK-7, MK-8, and MK-9 found in fermented food products like cheese and natto.
http://products.mercola.com/vitamin-k/?e_cid=20110915_DNL_art_1&source=nl


 This Vitamin is So Extraordinary, It's Regulated by Government Agencies.  Suffering from Osteoporosis, I noticed a significant difference in overall strength after adding Vitamin K2 to my bone building regimen.   If you are enduring skeletal or muscular problems, perhaps this well documented article will help you.  Just be sure that should you choose to use Vitamin K2, make sure it is NOT Vitamin K3 before you leave the store.  

Two Charts that Prove the Government is Making You Sick

Two Charts that Prove the Government is Making You Sick.  Today is devoted to fighting the governmental rape of our freedom of choice in our health
 and the foods and nutritional supplements we choose to use.
"A proposed draft policy on dietary supplements could effectively kill your right to purchase nearly all of your favorite natural vitamins and supplements

  • The proposed policy treats vitamins and other supplements as if they are drugs but many manufacturers will not be able to afford the FDA drug trial process. This could either force supplement companies out of business or make supplements so expensive you won't be able to afford them.

  • The open comment period on the FDA's proposed guidelines expires on September 30, 2011; act now to help protect your health freedom You need to act now if you hope to have any chance to keep your right to preserve your supplements."


  • http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/09/15/how-government-keeps-you-sick.aspx?e_cid=20110915_DNL_art_3

    Supplements Don't Kill – but Drugs Do

    S.1310: Dietary Supplement Labeling Act of 2011, introduced at the end of June by U.S. Senator Richard Durbin (D-Illinois) is trying to treat vitamins as if they are drugs, allegedly to "improve the safety of dietary supplements," which implies that supplements must be a major safety hazard to begin with. Durbin's bill goes hand-in-hand with new FDA regulations that amend the definitions for new dietary ingredients (NDI's), and together, they can threaten your health and freedom of choice, and further serve to strengthen the fatally flawed paradigm of health and medicine.
    An estimated 106,000 hospitalized patients die each year from drugs that, by medical standards, are properly prescribed and administered, and an estimated two million more suffer serious side effects..." 
    "...Legal DRUGS are killing massive numbers of people, not vitamins and supplements. Unfortunately, one reason for all these drug deaths could be the lax way the FDA "regulates" the drug industry by not requiring that all serious events in a trial be made public:
    "When a clinical trial that is undertaken by drug companies shows that a drug has serious side effects, there is no law that says that study has to be published or made public in any way," Dr. Dean says in her book.
    Vioxx is a perfect example of a product that was approved without having published all the clinical studies where serious events that resulted in the deaths of over 60,000 people were discovered..." 
    http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/09/15/how-government-keeps-you-sick.aspx?e_cid=20110915_DNL_art_3
    Death by Denial is Government's Most Egregious Sin
    "This story is one with many chapters. From misleading statements about the safety of vaccines to deliberate denial of the benefit of certain herbs, vitamins and supplements, I think you can see how the government keeps you sick by denying the benefits of complementary and alternative strategies and treatments while telling you to just shut up and take your medicine – without acknowledging that most prescription medicines don't work on most people who take them.
    That comment, by the way, is straight from the horse's mouth – in 2003 a senior executive at GlaxoSmithKline, Allen Roses, said:
    "The vast majority of drugs – more than 90 percent – only work in 30 or 50 percent of the people. I wouldn't say that most drugs don't work. I would say that most drugs work in 30 to 50 percent of people. Drugs out there on the market work, but they don't work in everybody." 
    Read the rest of the article at this link:
    http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/09/15/how-government-keeps-you-sick.aspx?e_cid=20110915_DNL_art_3


    Two Charts that Prove the Government is Making You Sick.  This post is an
     excerpt of Dr. Mercola's report on this topic.  
    See my other post today "If you want to keep your supplements, get involved now" that has the form letters to use to protest this rip off of our freedom to choose our health and nutritional supplements, etc.  Thank you.

    If You Want to Keep Your Supplements Get Involved NOW!

    If You Want to Keep Your Supplements Get Involved NOW!    The following article from Dr. Mercola's site contains two letter forms for your use.  
    This is such a incredibly important issue, I hope you will participate in saving your supplements and your health.  


    "The open comment period on the FDA's proposed guidelines expires on September 30, 2011. It's vitally important for everyone to file a written protest and not allow them to rewrite the intent of the DSHEA law. The FDA proposal poses a direct threat to your health and longevity, so please, step up and defend your right to continue using supplements and to gain access to new natural ingredients with demonstrated efficacy.
    Additionally, S.1310: Dietary Supplement Labeling Act of 2011, introduced at the end of June by U.S. Senator Richard Durbin (D-Illinois) is part and parcel of this current attack on your health freedom. For more information on this bill, and how it fits hand in glove with the FDA's proposed mandates, please review this recent article.
    Please Take Action Today
    1. Write to your State Senators and tell them to beware of S.1310 and to vote NO on it.

       
    2. Log on to www.lef.org/lac to send a written petition to the FDA, or use the sample letter provided below. Print out this petition and add any words you choose and fax this to the FDA at the following number: (301) 443-9767
    3. Call FDA at 1-888-723-3366 and read this petition to personnel at the Office of Nutrition, Labeling and Dietary Supplements
    4. Send a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by logging in to lef.org/FOIA to find out what pharmaceutical interests are behind these absurd proposals that will cause the cost of what supplements remain on the free market to skyrocket in price. (Sample letter is also provided below.)
    5. Send a letter to your Representative and two Senators demanding the FDA immediately withdraw their oppressive proposed guidelines pending rationale discussions with those who depend on dietary supplements to protect their health and livelihood. You can do this easily by logging into www.lef.org/lac, or use the sample letter below.
    Empower yourself today. Recall how Consumers revolted back in 1994 and the result was a glorious victory over FDA tyranny!
    Let your voice be heard by logging on to www.lef.org/lac today and exercising your right to petition the government against these serious violations of the law and scientific principle.
    SAMPLE FDA PETITION:
    PLEASE NOTE, it is best if you customize or change the letter below to state your specific concerns and beliefs as it will be better. If you are unable to then you can send the one below but it will work MUCH better if you can customize it.
    TO: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
    Office of Nutrition, Labeling and Dietary Supplements
    Food and Drug Administration
    5100 Paint Branch Pkwy.HFS-009
    College Park, MD 20740-3835
    Telephone:1-888-723-3366
    Fax: (301) 443-9767
    On July 11, 2011, President Obama issued an Executive Order that requires the FDA to:
    1. Make regulatory decisions only after consideration of their costs and benefits (both quantitative and qualitative).
    2. Review significant regulations to make sure they are not excessively burdensome.
    3. Develop and release to the public a plan within 120 days under which the FDA will periodically review its existing significant regulations to determine whether any such regulations should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed so as to make the agency's regulatory program more effective or less burdensome in achieving the regulatory objectives.
    I am petitioning the FDA regarding your draft guidance on New Dietary Ingredient notifications for dietary supplements (known as Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues).
    I demand that you immediately disregard all the proposals you outlined and instead consider a rationale and scientific approach to regulating new dietary ingredients that will be submitted to you by the Alliance for Natural Health within the next 180 days.
    Your proposed guidelines on New Dietary Ingredients will cause the price of my supplements to skyrocket and some of these life-sustaining supplements are likely to disappear altogether.
    This is not acceptable, especially when there are no significant reports of adverse reactions to the supplements you plan to ban.
    In as much as your threat to ban my access to new dietary ingredients is causing me great anxiety which is injurious to my health, I insist that you immediately put your proposed new rules on hold for a 180 day period so that the Alliance for Natural Health can draft guidelines that will protect me against unsafe ingredients without destroying my access to low cost effective nutrients.
    Sincerely,
    Name___________________Address___________________City__________________ST____ Zip_________
    SAMPLE LETTER TO CONGRESS:
    The Honorable _________________________Washington, DC
    In direct violation of the law, the FDA is threatening to ban my access to new dietary supplements.
    The FDA defines dietary supplements as being "new" if they were introduced after October 15, 1994. That means that nutrients that I have been safely using over the course of three decades will be subject to FDA's oppressive policies that mandate costly animal testing, which translates into forced withdrawal from the market, and higher prices for me if the supplement is ever allowed to be sold again.
    The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 states that:
    "The Federal Government should not take any actions to impose unreasonable regulatory barriers limiting or slowing the flow of safe products and accurate information to consumers."
    It says that Congress finds that:
    "dietary supplements are safe within a broad range of intake, and safety problems with the supplements are relatively rare."
    And it says that:
    "legislative action that protects the right of access of consumers to safe dietary supplements is necessary in order to promote wellness."
    This draft guidance does the exact opposite of what Congress intended. It imposes unreasonable barriers that limit and slow the flow of safe products and accurate information to consumers. I call upon Congress to:
    1. Uphold the landmark legislation it passed seventeen years ago, and to direct the FDA to revise its New Dietary Ingredient draft guidelines to reflect DSHEA's (and Congress's) stated values and goals.
    2. Vote against the newly introduced Dietary Supplement Labeling Act as this would give the FDA even greater arbitrary powers to remove safe dietary supplements from the market, which will profoundly impact this nations' health in a negative way.
    All of these proposals result in wasteful federal spending, while imposing a massive new "regulatory tax" on consumers and the vitamin industry.
    Kindly let me know what actions you are taking in response to the urgent issues raised in this letter.
    Sincerely,
    Name___________Address____________City___________ST____ Zip___
    SAMPLE FOIA REQUEST:
    Below is a sample letter that you can use to select one or more of the 19 listed requests for records, or create your own individual request. You can then copy, edit, print, and send this to the FDA at the address on the letter. Please note that you are committing to paying a $25.00 charge if FDA agrees to respond to your request. The more records you request, the greater the FDA fees are likely to be. If you choose to file a Freedom of Information Act request, please read this letter carefully.
    Date: _____________
    Food and Drug Administration
    Division of Freedom of Information
    Office of Shared Services
    Office of Public Information and Library Services
    12420 Parklawn Drive
    ELEM-1029
    Rockville, MD 20857
    Re: Freedom of Information Act Request
    Dear FOIA staff:
    Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. §552, we wish to have copies at the earliest possible time, of any and all public records in the custody of the Food and Drug Administration that relate to the "Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues" released in July 2011.
    I specifically request:
    1. All records relating to the expenditure of time and money by FDA personnel (and outside consultants) in researching, drafting and promulgating the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    2. All records relating to communication of FDA personnel with pharmaceutical company representatives (including lobbyists) that in any way relate to the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    3. All records relating to communication of FDA personnel with any member of Congress or Congress as a whole that in any way relate to the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    4. All records relating to communication of FDA personnel with any member of private industry that in any way relate to the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    5. All records relating to communication of FDA personnel with any scientific advisory committee, scientific advisory board, or individual scientist that in any way relate to the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    6. All records relating to communication of FDA personnel with FDA' General Counsel's office, or outside legal counsel that in any way relate to the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    7. All records relating to FDA's evaluation of safety issues relating to new dietary ingredients that in any way relate to the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    8. All records relating to FDA's decision to impose barriers that limit the ability of consumers to access new dietary ingredients that in any way relate to the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    9. All records relating to communication of FDA personnel with other FDA personal that in any way relate to the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    10. All records relating to communication of FDA personnel with personal from the Department of Health and Human Services that in any way relate to the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    11. All records relating to communication of FDA personnel with personal from the U.S. Treasury Department that in any way relate to the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    12. All records relating to the cost benefit analysis performed by FDA or outside consultants that in any way relate to the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    13. All records relating to financial estimates made by FDA personnel or outside consultants relating to the cost to the FDA of administering the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    14. All records relating to financial estimates made by FDA personnel or outside consultants relating to the cost burden of the dietary supplement industry in complying with the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    15. All records relating to what human and other resources within the FDA would be utilized to oversee and administer the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    16. All records relating to what human and other resources within the FDA would be moved or transferred from other positions within the FDA in order to oversee and administer the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    17. All records relating to communication of FDA personnel with the Department of Justice that in any way relate to the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    18. All records relating to the steps taken by the FDA to ensure the Administrative Procedures Act was fully complied with as it relates to the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    19. All records relating to the steps taken by the FDA to ensure that provisions in the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 was fully adhered to as it relates to the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.
    I agree to pay any and all expenses up to $25.00 related to this request. If you anticipate that the nature or volume of the records requested is such as to require extensive use of information technology, resources, or extensive clerical or supervisory assistance by personnel of the Food and Drug Administration, and such expenses would exceed $25.00, I would appreciate being advised thereof in advance of the assembly of those records and the estimated charge in excess of $25.00, if any, for doing so.
    If the FDA asserts an exemption from Public Records Act disclosure of any records falling within the scope of the above request, we request that it include in the records inspected, or otherwise make available to us as soon as possible and in no event no later than the date of the initial production of the records, a reasonable description of the nature of the records for which an exemption or exemptions are claimed and the statutory or other legal bases under any such exemption is claimed.
    I would appreciate your contacting me, at ___________ at the earliest possible time to advise us of when the FDA will make the requested copies available.
    Please call if you have any questions regarding this request.
    Sincerely, "  http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/09/15/how-government-keeps-you-sick.aspx?e_cid=20110915_DNL_art_3
    If You Want to Keep Your Supplements Get Involved NOW!  Here is the vehicle to do so. 

     

    A Cup A Day – The Benefits of Drinking Tea

    A Cup A Day – The Benefits of Drinking Tea.  Now, here is a topic close to my taste buds.  Wonderful, wonderful tea.  In all it's many shades and potency, herbal, wild, cultivated, grown everywhere there are ideal conditions.
    Offered in many styles and methods, preparations and so forth, tea is, inescapably, one of Nature's best "medicines".  

    http://blog.homecure.com/

    "One of the world’s oldest beverages, tea is the second most commonly consumed liquid on earth besides water. Maybe one of the reasons is the myriad of health benefits associated with drinking tea. If you are not drinking tea yet, you’re missing out on a convenient, potent and delicious health beverage; here are some healthy tea facts that might surprise you:

    1.) Tea has less caffeine than coffee. A cup of tea contains approximately 30 mg of caffeine, versus 135 mg in a cup of coffee.
    2.) Tea adds to your necessary daily fluid intake, unlike coffee and other beverages which may have a diuretic effect.
    3.) Tea has no calories, unless you add milk or a sweetener.
    4.) Tea increases your metabolic rate.
    5.) Tea contains potent antioxidant properties.
    6.) Tea may reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke.
    7.) Tea builds strong bones.
    8.) Tea contains fluoride and tannins for healthy teeth and gums.
    9.) Tea boosts your immune system.
    10.) Tea possesses cancer-fighting properties.
    Black, Green, White, Oolong and Red TeasIt’s hard to believe, but Black, Green, White and Oolong teas (the four true teas) come from the same plant, known as Camellia sinensis, grown in many parts of the World. The major differences between them are the amount of processing each goes through. Black teas are processed the most and White teas the least. This results in the Black teas having a stronger and bolder taste, while the Green and White teas are much lighter tasting. In addition, Green, Black and Oolong teas come from the upper leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant, while White tea is derived only from the tips of the leaves.
    Red teas usually refer to Honeybush or Rooibos teas made from a blend of different plants. Research has shown that Red teas are the healthiest of all the available teas. They have more antioxidant properties than Green teas.
    Honeybush (Cyclopia intermedia) is a shrub native to South Africa. This deliciously sweet tea is smooth tasting, lacking the typical bite found in most Green and Black teas, because it contains virtually no tannins and is caffeine free.
    Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) is another plant from South Africa. Rooibos only grows commercially in one small corner of the world – South Africa’s Cederberg district. The soil conditions, rainfall and sunshine of the district can’t be duplicated anywhere else on earth. In order to protect the future of the industry, environmental controls in the area are stringent. Growers take great care to ensure that the fragile Cederberg ecosystem isn’t tempered with or altered. People from this part of the World drink Rooibos tea purely for enjoyment, but also to help relieve insomnia, irritability, headaches, nervous tension, hypertension, skin problems, and stomach cramping and colic in infants. This tea contains no oxalic acid, making it a good beverage for people prone to kidney stones.
    Herbal Teas
    When you drink a cup of peppermint or chamomile tea you are actually not consuming tea. You are drinking a “tisane” or an “infusion”. Tisane is French for ‘herbal infusion’ and is simply an infusion of dried herbs or fruits. Tisanes and herbal infusions are not true teas since the Camellia plant is not used. However, they are generally referred to as teas since the preparation, enjoyment, and health benefits are similar. Many herbal teas are consumed for medicinal reasons and are naturally caffeine free.
    What’s In A Tea Bag?Almost all teas in tea-bags are blends and usually of a lower quality than loose teas. Tea blending may occur in one tea-planting area (e.g. Assam) or the blends may be a combination of teas from diverse tea plantations. The aim of blending is to give the consumer a stable taste over the years and a cheaper price. For only the best quality and taste, we recommend using loose tea, whether brewing a cup of herbal tea or true Camellia sinensis.
    How To Brew A Perfect Cup Of Tea
    For one cup of hot tea: Measure 1 teaspoon of dried tea of your choice and place into a container. Bring 1 cup of water to a rolling boil and pour over the tea and steep to desired strength. Strain and enjoy.
    For a cup of iced tea: Follow the above instructions and chill with ice."


    http://blog.homecure.com/

    A Cup A Day – The Benefits of Drinking Tea. I hope you have enjoyed this article on tea and it's healthful gifts to us all .  Presently, I am sipping on a favorite that is very calming, nourishing and lovely to drink.  Tulsi Tea by Organic India.  It is Holy Basil herbal tea and loaded with antioxidants and other healthful benefits  I purchase my supply at Vitacost.com.  They have the best price and I buy in bulk. 






    Saturday, September 10, 2011

    "The Missing Ingredient for Long Lasting Energy and Focus for School (or Work)*"

    "The Missing Ingredient for Long Lasting Energy and Focus for School (or Work)*".  I looked at this type of product for about 5 years and even tried some.  YUK!, that is until I found two whey products that are delectable and powerful super nutrition.  One of them is by Dr. Mercola, and here is what he has to say, excerpted below. You can read the full article by clicking on the link in the text.
    http://proteinpowder.mercola.com/Miracle-Whey-Protein.html?e_cid=20110910_DNL_HRL_1
    "Ever had one of those days that just seemed to get started on the wrong foot… and as a result the whole day seemed ‘off’?
    Perhaps it had something to do with how you began the day…
    Isn’t it time to rethink lightning speed breakfasts of nothing but processed ‘stuff’ containing who-knows-what? Why not ADD a speedy, wholesome, energy-infused drink to your breakfast to boost the value of whatever else you eat?*

    No longer do you (or your child) have to sit at your desk feeling droopy or lethargic all morning because you had to get up ‘too early’ for work or school. Or rely on a ‘junk food’ breakfast.
    Ideally it would be best to prepare a wholesome breakfast from raw whole foods that you enjoy and that nourish and sustain you. However, many of us simply do not have the time to do this every morning, or wake up late and are unable to squeeze something healthy in.
    A healthy option would be one made from high quality, whole, raw foods which flood your body with the ‘master’ antioxidant –and also supply you with high protein levels that help keep you going without that mid-morning ‘crash’ you might get from carb-heavy breakfasts.*
    What could be better?
    I’m sure you’ll also be happy to know that my recommendation provides for immune health support – something every parent wants for their children (especially during the school year), and adults want for themselves.
    Plus, you’re going to love how quick and easy this is. It takes about one minute to mix liquid and powder… You can drink it by itself or add a couple free range organic raw eggs and maybe a few fresh berries. You’ll have an extremely nutritious drink to add to your breakfast that’ll help get your day started off on the right foot.
    Your body is designed to be healthy. If you provide it with the raw materials it needs such as healthy foods, exercise, pure water, sufficient sleep and avoidance of toxic influences, it will move away from less-than-optimal health and towards health.
    One of the ways your body achieves this is by using antioxidants to limit free radical damage that can undermine your health.
    Free radicals are reactive particles that bounce around your cells, damaging everything they touch. They become active (or reactive) due to stress, poor diet, toxins in your environment, and even as a result of the process of metabolism.
    They can accelerate aging.
    Fortunately your body has a number of antioxidants that help to sweep up free radicals and neutralize them so they can't rob you of your good health.

    You have an antioxidant network comprised of vitamins, minerals, and special chemicals called thiols (glutathione and alpha-lipoic acid).

    But the thiol glutathione has a unique role. It seems to have claimed lead status, and keeps all the other antioxidants in line and performing at peak level.*
    Glutathione is one of the most powerful antioxidants in your body. It is present in every one of your cells. It's different from other antioxidants in that it is actually inside your cells. It can maximize the activity of all the other antioxidants, including vitamins C and E, CoQ10, alpha lipoic acid, and the fresh veggies and fruits you eat every day.*
    So the main function of glutathione is to protect your cells and mitochondria from oxidative and peroxidative damage.* As might be expected, the aging process reduces your body's ability to produce glutathione.*
    Since glutathione is so incredibly capable at thwarting those free radicals, you'd think there'd be a big rush to make it into a supplement. And you'd be right.
    But glutathione doesn't appear to be as effective in supplement form as it is in real food.
    Most oral glutathione supplements are poorly absorbed and often a waste of your hard-earned money. And ironically, glutathione supplements may actually interfere with your body's ability to produce glutathione naturally over time. "
    http://proteinpowder.mercola.com/Miracle-Whey-Protein.html?e_cid=20110910_DNL_HRL_1

    "...the overall top food for maximizing your glutathione is high quality whey protein. It must be cold pressed whey protein derived from grass fed cows, and free of hormones, chemicals, and sugar.
    Quality whey provides all the key amino acids for glutathione production (cysteine, glycine and glutamate) and contains a unique cysteine residue (glutamylcysteine) that is highly bioactive in its affinity for converting to glutathione.
    Glutamylcysteine is a bonded cysteine molecule (cysteine plus glutamate) that naturally occurs in Bovine Serum Albumin – a fragile immune component of whey. This unique cysteine is exclusive to whey and rarely appears in other protein foods – which makes whey protein the best glutathione-promoting food source.*
    Furthermore, whey provides critical co-factors, immunoglobulins, lactoferrin and alpha Lactalbumin (also a great source of cysteine), which together help create the right metabolic environment for high glutathione activity.*

    Why Supplement Your Diet with an All-Natural Whey Protein Powder?

    "Particularly as you age, your body gradually loses its ability to produce critical amino acids -- the essential proteins you need for energy production, immune actions and protein buildup in the muscle.

    Therefore, the need to supplement with these amino acids increases as you get older and increases even more in times of high physical stress, like after a workout, or when recovering from injury or illness.
     That's where whey protein comes in...
    Whey protein contains all the essential amino acids*. Plus it boasts the highest protein quality rating among all proteins. Thus, it is a complete protein.
    Whey protein is a by-product of the cheese manufacturing process. At one time it was discarded or used for animal feed, but researchers later realized whey protein has incredible benefits for humans.
    High-quality whey protein can have dramatic effects. Benefits include:
    • Supports your immune health*
    • Boosts your energy*
    • Supports your joint and muscle health*
    • Supports your beneficial gut bacteria*
    • Promotes your muscle strength, endurance and recovery*
    • Protects all your tissues' cells via its antioxidant properties*
    • Provides critical amino acids and proteins for overall optimal health*
    • Supports your body's optimal metabolic rate and fat burning level*
    You can quickly see why whey protein is so beneficial for anyone living an active lifestyle.
    Personally, I enjoy drinking shakes from whey protein powder -- there's no better way to greet the day or finish a workout than with a tasty cold protein shake.
    To boost the protein content even further, I sometimes add two organic, free-range eggs that I purchase from a local farmer. It’s an excellent post-workout meal… it keeps me going all morning.
    But, finding a protein powder that contains the right proteins, in the most effective blend, with the most nutritionally beneficial outcomes, AND actually tastes good can be a real challenge... "
    http://proteinpowder.mercola.com/Miracle-Whey-Protein.html?e_cid=20110910_DNL_HRL_1
    "The Missing Ingredient for Long Lasting Energy and Focus for School or Work (or Work)*".  I have been using protein powder whey for about 3 months now and I can say it really, really makes a difference in my energy and strength.  It also has increased my stamina which is much appreciated by any person who is dealing with the effects of aging upon the physical body.







    Supersize Chi: The Spiritual Cost of Over consumption.


    Supersize Chi: The Spiritual Cost of Over consumption. Oh, Wow!  This article really says it like it is.  It requires a real, deep, focused, honest look at oneself after reading this power packed information. 
    Like many of us, I struggle with this gnarly issue of over consumption myself. 
    I love, love, love so many things.  Yikes!   
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelley-harrell/supersize-chi-the-spiritu_1_b_954683.html
    "In a culture in which more is better and excess is revered, the ramifications of consumerist decadence on spiritual wellbeing are pervasive. The urge to overconsume is everywhere. Try finding a unit price of a single item that is cheaper than buying in bulk. Economic considerations aside, the commercial appeal to the baser hunter-gatherer mentality always pushes, "Why have one when you can have three?!" Value meals, bulk household supplies, combo insurance premiums, BOGO clothing ... You name it, we bloat it, then encourage all our friends to join in. We over eat, we over consume, we overspend, frequently all at once."


    "True to capitalist form, when we identify such a cultural dilemma we not only exploit it, we make it entertainment. Obesity, hoarding, and clutter litter prime time slots on network programming. Ironically, we sit on our couches and tune in to watch other people lose weight on NBC's "The Biggest Loser." TLC hosts the reality television show "Hoarding -- Buried Alive," programming that precariously peers into the lives of those who not only can't stop over-consuming, but can't throw away evidence of it."  Animal Planet raises the bar higher, presenting "Confessions: Animal Hoarding,"

    "... delving into the lives of people who keep pets as possessions, often to the detriment of owner and animal. The trend has even caught on in contemporary fiction. To be released next year, "Coveted" by Shawntelle Madison, is the first installment of an urban fantasy literary series about a female werewolf hoarder. To date, the main character is a werewolf who hoards holiday knickknacks. It's easy to look at these extreme examples of overconsumption and believe that these people are different, they are ill, unlike us. What does that judgment say about our culture, over all? We consider excess a cultural right, perhaps even a means to greater social mobility. Having more stuff fills our needs, right? If that's true, why, then, do we see the pattern of overconsumption and clutter creating immobility, and how does that stagnancy affect us spiritually?

    Individuals who overeat, over-consume and hoard may be poorly balanced spiritually. The etheric field is comprised of the body, the chakra system, the body's meridians, and the subtly perceivable electrical and ethereal space around the whole works. What we call life force (chi, ki or prana, depending on your cultural influence) moves smoothly throughout the etheric field when we're healthy, connecting us with the etheric fields of others, of the planet, etc. When we're not well, the flow of life force gets out of balance; thus, we don't connect so well with our environment.


    "Looking specifically at the chakra system -- seven or more primary energy bridges roughly visualized along the spine -- we can see and measure our stages of development in the formed world. Roughly speaking, our upper spiritual chakras allow us to connect into the soul realm; thus, they connect us with our spiritual purpose. The lower earth chakras root us into the nature realm, giving us the tools to manifest our purpose. When chakra imbalance manifests in overactive Earth chakras and under-active spiritual chakras this state indicates more energy is devoted to material "stuff" than to tapping into the soul's needs. The imbalance can also occur the other way. An overactive crown and under-active root indicates too much emphasis on escapist dreaming of spiritual plans, leaving us without the motivation to actually enact them." 


    "When we fall out of etheric balance, we generally don't feel well emotionally, physically or both, and our lives stagnate. We care less about taking care of ourselves and our space. In short, when we stagnate life goes on, literally and figuratively piling up around us. Clutter without mirrors the clutter within. In our ideal state of divining our spiritual needs and bringing them into being, we're healthy, connected to our space, and balance our consumption according to true need.


    Another spiritual factor influencing the drive to overconsume is commonly called soul loss, or what I think of as "soul shelving." When we suffer a trauma from which we feel we aren't moving on, the shamanic narrative interprets that state as a facet of the soul having become inaccessible. Everyone experiences soul loss at some point, as it is a natural state of healing and growth. When we need access to that soul aspect and can't reconnect with it problems arise, such as chronic patterns of depression, distress in relationships and in fulfilling personal obligations. If soul "loss" isn't recognized for the spiritual lack that it is, we attempt to fill ourselves with anything that will temporarily make us feel alive. In a compromised spiritual state, it's too easy to think that we can buy happiness. Superficial filling distances us emotionally from what we don't want to deal with. What we can't feel, we can't heal. Eve Ensler shared similar insight on emotional filling and its dissociating effect on the state of her health in a recent presentation "Suddenly, my body." Her story expresses the epitome of the common belief, "If I ignore it and fill myself with something else, it will go away." It didn't for Ensler. It doesn't for anyone. When we examine such stagnancy through the lens of soul loss, we become able to integrate our power into a focused, functioning drive toward wellness in our personal lives."


    "In an animistic worldview, all things are connected. What, then, is the collective soul price? The immediate impact lies in the earth, itself. Disregard for the self reflects disregard for the environment. In his book, "Green Psychology: Transforming Our Relationship to the Earth," Ralph Metzner describes that interconnectedness as resulting in ecocide. Modernized humans, by virtue of how we live, are at war with Nature. The trash from living lavishly has to be discarded in some ocean, some forest. 


    The resources to supply our demand have to be extracted from some precious naturescape. By harming the planet we're harming ourselves, and vice versa. On a level closer to home, we look again at the etheric field, through which every thing is connected. What we don't heal in ourselves we pass on to others. It shows up in our relationships, our children, our work performance. It affects how we live in the space around us, how we treat ourselves and others. Our obligation to heal our spiritual wounds lies not only with ourselves but to every thing.


    "Promising is the fact that within that connection lies the power to heal over-consumption and clutter. When we begin to declutter our lives, we create a domino effect of wellness. By becoming mindful of our own living style, we can stop the cycle of excess. We become aware of what we need versus what we want. We become aware of others' needs. In that awareness we take better care of our surroundings and learn to foster their health, as well. When we make peace with the state of our physicality, we unearth the sources of emotional and spiritual needs and we begin the journey to heal them. We start to feel empowered. When we feel better we incorporate better living patterns for ourselves, our health improves, and we raise the life force of every thing. In that union, how we choose to live in our personal lives and space truly does affect the life force of All Things.   Bless us all with radiant well being by taking exquisite care of yourself."
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelley-harrell/supersize-chi-the-spiritu_1_b_954683.html

    Supersize Chi: The Spiritual Cost of Over consumption.  Here is the truth of the matter:  I would like to add this statement from the author. When we make peace with the state of our physicality, we unearth the sources of emotional and spiritual needs and we begin the journey to heal them. We start to feel empowered. When we feel better we incorporate better living patterns for ourselves, our health improves, and we raise the life force of every thing. In that union, how we choose to live in our personal lives and space truly does affect the life force of All Things.   

    Bless us all with radiant well being by taking exquisite care of yourself."  AMEN.