Tuesday December 15th.
Interesting Reads:
Cutting Sugar:
GMO Butter - Kerry Gold
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This weeks Wellness Letter will be different subjects that are in the same category. Recently an article was released about our oceans. The title of the article was, Ocean Is Broken, link below:
http://news.yahoo.com/the-ocean-is-broken-133327474.html
This article was passed around by many people. I was really surprised by the comments. The reason I was surprised was the fact that it SURPRISED people. People really did not know that the ocean is broken? I was beside myself and for the last few days I would ponder this subject in my head as I took my walks up the mountain in the morning. I asked myself the questions listed below, but I had no answer.
Remember if our Ocean is broken, it means for most of you, that your bodies are broken. These environmental toxins create disease in you and your children for many generations.
The questions were this, Didn't people hear about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Plastic in birds bellies? Plastic tangled in jelly fish? Plastic in marine life? Didn't they hear about all the different oil spills, and all the toxic cancer causing chemicals they used to supposedly clean it up? How about how the chemicals they use to put out forest fires? Don't people know that chemical conventional agriculture puts poison in waterways? I thought most people knew this, did they just stick their head in the sand? Did they really think that our corrupt government would fix something that they allow?
Do people think that all the consuming of things that they do not need just magically disappear when they are done with them, when they break, etc. These Walmart, big box stores are nothing more than I want factories that had sad humans in bad circumstances make for them in countries that are so polluted, that people die daily of respiratory issues.
10 years ago there was a dump site the size of Texas floating around in the ocean. We now have more dump sites the size of Texas floating in the ocean. I know most people heard these reports.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also described as the Pacific Trash Vortex, is a gyre of marine debris in the central North Pacific Ocean The patch extends over an indeterminate area, with estimates ranging very widely depending on the degree of plastic concentration used to define the affected area.
The patch is characterized by exceptionally high concentrations of pelagic plastics, chemical sludge and other debris that have been trapped by the currents of the North Pacific Gyre. Despite its size and density, the patch is not visible from satellite photography, since it consists primarily of suspended particulates in the upper water column. Since plastics break down to even smaller polymers, concentrations of submerged particles are not visible from space, nor do they appear as a continuous debris field. Instead, the patch is defined as an area in which the mass of plastic debris in the upper water column is significantly higher than average. Most people know about this.
Link: http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/oceanography/great-pacific-garbage-patch.htm
Then there is the popular report for the last several years of birds having bellies full of plastic. Most people know about this.
http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/08/28/plastic-waste-killing-birds-tens-thousands
Then there was the many different oils spills. Then there was the tons and tons of dispersant agents laid over the oceans. Again most people know about this and I can't tell you how many reports that I have read for the last few years about different sea animals washing ashore with repository issues, burns etc..
http://www.desmogblog.com/bp-oil-dispersant-corexit-contained-cancer-causing-agents
Then there is chemical agriculture, black death is what I call it, or the plague. A slow kill of many many years of accumulation, a toxic cocktail that eventually ends in the ocean. I now this one, because I have been plagued with this black death cloud over me for years, with a combination of many other petroleum products.
The other petroleum products. The daily products that most people use on their bodies and in their house. The same products pollute and yes eventually end up in the ocean.
And now we have Fukushima... Our oceans were already broken, due to our lack of care and concern, before this tragic event. How can the oceans recover?
Bees are dying off and the ocean is broken, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is about to become a reality. So, people were surprised at the fact that the "Ocean Is Broken"?.
Are people willing to change yet? Because none of the above toxic situations that I mentioned created enough change to stop the death of our ocean. People just read their articles, post it, said it was sad, and no change happened. We as a nation consume like locusts eating a farmers field to death. Americans for the most part are locusts. They are on a feeding frenzy, with no end in-site, until nature' throws it, in their face. But by the time nature throw's this in the face of the people it will be to late. Dead water means death to most. No bees, no food, means death...
SOLUTION NUMBER ONE: GET RID OF THE I WANTS.. ON THAT NOTE..
We have a lot of holidays coming up. These holidays are toxic to the earth's land and oceans, it's creatures big and micro-small, not to mention human bodies.
The first holiday, (if you can call it that) is Halloween, a very toxic holiday. It is full of mega waste. It can be very toxic to your body, and very hard on the earth. Think about it for a minute. Just walk through the costume section, everything is made of plastic and petroleum. Both extremely bad for the earth and you. Can you imagine what kind of pollution comes from those factories that make all this junk? I Can .....All those small plastic tubes of fake blood, paint and gooew in the trash. All that fake spider webbing, plastic spiders, also end up in the trash . All that toxic candy, with all the plastic coated candy wrappers and packaging. When you look how much of the population that celebrates Halloween you can see how many tons, millions of tons of trash it creates. I am sure you can see how much waste Christmas creates.
The kids paints are toxic, I know they say non-toxic but they are far from that. The costumes are full of extremely toxic products. Let's look at the waste that this holiday brings. Glow sticks, glow necklaces, bracelets, gadgets, blow ups, plastic noisy things and a plethora of Halloween products eventually all end up in the dump. Dumped in a dump that eventually leaches out into ground water and/or dumped into the ocean. Let's not forget all the pollution that was made creating all of this junk.
So far what Halloween is about is ... I WANT ..
Then there is the health issues. I have first hand experience of what Halloween can do to a 3 year old. The day after Halloween, I was in 2 ambulances, two hospitals and a week of ICU. It was brutally scary. I know now, what created this situation, and I am forever grateful that I did not loose my daughter. What it did do was put me on the path to seek total holistic wellness.
Your body gets attacked by the off gassing of these Halloween products that it absorbs from these plastic/petrolatum products. All of these products leach chemicals. Halloween leaves you with a body full of petroleum.
Then there is the candy. First of all, Halloween teaches kids to go to strangers houses and ask for candy. Wrong message. The candy that is given out for Halloween is so toxic that will literally feed cancer cells. It is full of GMO's, artificial colors, artificial flavors, petroleum and hydrogenated oil. All of these ingredients create, ADD/ADHD, hyper-activity, depression and many other emotional issues. You could literally feel like you have a hang-over, after a night of binging on Halloween candy. Then there is the problem that it just killed your good gut bugs.
Artificial Colors: http://www.today.com/video/today/53402869#53372096
How can you keep your Halloween from being toxic? There are many things you can do, but it takes strength, courage and the willingness to be different. By having the willingness to be different and setting goals of a healthier Halloween, it could possibly rub off on your friends and together you can create a light impact or no impact on your health, your kids and the earth.
We are at a very, very critical point in our human lives. If you, your family and friends are not radically changing, then our world will be lost. Science and our corrupt gooberment will not fix this. They will act like they are, by taxing you or taking freedoms away from you. But, they will protect the big box and big corporations, bad science, toxic bio-technology, toxic nanotechnology, and Monsanto till death do they part.
Ask yourself, your family, your friends this question. Why do you ( or we as a population) feel like we have to purchase things to just have fun? Is there any other way to have fun? What can you do to create holidays that aim for zero waste? At least aiming for zero waste, even if you do not hit that goal, will eliminate a lot of toxic trash and eliminate a lot of plastic waste etc...
The Good: You can close them down, meaning big box corporations, toxic corporations, by the power of not spending your dollars on "I WANTS". These toxic corporations stay in business, because they count on your addiction to spending on "I WANTS".
Our oceans, rivers, skies and soil can recover, but we need to have a rapid change of what we do in our daily lives. We need to change our habits immediately! I would also suggest that we stop fishing for at least 5 years. Let the ocean's start the healing process, by not interrupting it's circle of life. I can hear you now, what about the fishermen's income? I suggest we pay them for their losses of not fishing for the next 5 years. But, in order for these fishermen to get paid, they have to put their time into their community around them. After the five years, we can re-evaluate the ocean and see if we can allow fishing, or will it need a few more years to heal.
The next thing for the ocean, skies and soil is that all factories that have toxic waste be shut down. Period. All of these factory's are allowed to dump a certain amount of waste daily or weekly into the water ways. All they have to due is pay a fee to the gooberment to pollute. This has to stop immediately.
Conventional farming, needs to be outlawed. It pollutes our soil, ground water, creeks, streams rivers and eventually ends up in the ocean. We need to start a transition program (no corporations allowed to help with this) to organic and permaculture practices for our food. Farmers need financial aid and education to slowly transition out of chemical agricultural. Again, this is something that we need to start slowly but immediately. The reason why it has to be in baby-steps is because most of these farmers only know how to grow food with chemicals. If they all of a sudden can't grow food the way that they are used to, we could have a lot of hungry people due to failure in crops.
The Oceans will become dead, rivers will be mad water, the sky will never be fresh again. Time is ticking, the bomb is set, don't you think you should put your best foot forward and start the change. The power starts with you. Spend less, buy true local (your local Walmart is not a local business), eat organic and support true small business.
A great documentary about healing:
https://numenfilm.leadpages.net/8min/
Some information about this documentary:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/09/14/numen-documentary.aspx
There is a plague going on in America, food allergies are on the rise
Between the GMO foods, package processed foods and eating to much of the same thing we have created a society that is reacting to food. Food allergies are on the rise.
Food allergies are your bodies way of shutting down to the specific foods that your body does not want you to ingest anymore. Your body is protecting you and also telling you ( if you are listening) that you need different healthy foods, a variety of nutrient dense, local, seasonal eating, no spray foods. Sadly, most Americans do not know what real food is anymore. They have been taught to be busy, and eat on the go. Eating the on the go creates a situation where you are eating the same thing all the time and if you are not being careful you are filling up on GMO Foods.
When my dad died in 1979, as a young girl I thought for sure, as I was growing up, that sickness would become less. I have also lost my mom. It is the year 2013 and we have more cancer, more disease, more sickness. It just blows my mind, that this has become worse and supposedly we have better technology? This mind blowing lesson for me has been my push in life to seek knowledge about health, true health not what the main stream media tells you. My mom listened to the main stream media and western medicine, she is now ashes thrown to the wind.
The knowledge about our food is there, and it is simple. Be Simple. Simple ingredients, no scientific additives, no artificial colors, no artificial ingredients, no gmo food, learn to cook with simple ingredients with beautiful herbs and fresh food. Simple, fresh, local seasonal food.
Simple may not be fast. Simple is not a drive through, but a drive through fast food life will get you faster to the emergency room, faster to diabetes, faster to high blood pressure, faster to arthritis, faster to cancer, and faster to fat.
Think about this, you can be pretty sure that the great Greek doctor and philosopher, Hippocrates, wasn't referring to breakfast at Shari's, snacks from Nabisco Doritos for lunch or dinner from McDonald's when he suggested we let our food be our medicine. Rather, he implied eating simply and naturally, so that we nurture our bodies with an array of vitamins, minerals, proteins and fibers found in a well-balanced unprocessed diet. When we eat clean whole foods, we’re not only staying healthy by consuming vital nutrients, but we're also staying healthy by avoiding potentially harmful food additives and GMO foods.
Note on the GMO Food, I really do not want to call GMO foods a food, because they are technically not a food anymore because science has changed its DNA structure from a food to a chemical. Example:, GMO Corn is patented at the US patent office. You can't patent food, but, GMO Corn is not a food because it's DNA structure has been changed and is now a pesticide therefore that company owns it, patent's it and the GMO corn and seed is only owned by the creator, the company. Monsanto ( I like to call them Monsatan) was one of the first to do this. There are a lot of other bio-tech companies out there now, like, sygentia, dow, pioneer etc. I can't tell you enough how important it is to avoid and not eat any GMO Food, Period... Never.... Let't put it this way, if you are eating foods that are GMO, you are eating something that is listed at the US patent office as a chemical. Yuck!
GMO Foods and food additives are Foreign to your body, therefore it creates dis-ease. .... Inflammation, ..... sickness, .... When there is something foreign being put in your body your body has to fight. Think of it this way. Have you ever got a wood splinter, tip of a thorn or a blackberry thorn tip in your finger? It is stuck under your skin and you can not get it out with the tweezers? What does your body do to get the FOREIGN object out? It starts puss up and tries to push it out. Now think about what it is like for the inside of your body when you are putting FOREIGN substances in it.
Food Cravings
The foods you crave are oftentimes the foods that cause you the most trouble, . Common food cravings are milk, ice cream, pasta or bread.
Do You Have A Food Allergy?
Questions that can help you determine whether or not you might have a food sensitivity or allergy are:
Do you experience bloating after meals, gas, frequent belching, or any kind of digestive problems?
Do you have chronic constipation or diarrhea?
Do you have a stuffy nose after meals?
Do you have low energy or feel drowsy after eating?
Do you have frequent headaches or migraines?
Does anyone in your family have food allergies?
If you answer yes to any of these questions, you may want to investigate further.
The Elimination Diet
There are a few food eating plans out there that can help you find our what your food allergies are. This method is a cheaper way of doing it. It also teaches you how to listen to your body. But, remember what I said up above. First look at your food as being simple, what is in the food you are eating? Second ask your self the questions up above and remember many people eat the same foods every day. This violates the principle of regular food rotation, (like eating seasonal) and increases your chance of developing an allergy to a certain food. I gave a link to a site, that I think does a pretty good job with The Elimination Diet. They have a lot good recipes and you can download information. I am very familiar with this diet so if you need help please just ask. Again, if you answered yes to any of the above questions you could possibly have a food allergy. So either do The Elimination Diet or find a Naturopathic Doctor that does the Vega Testing
The Elimination Diet
http://wholelifenutrition.net/elimination-diet
Vega Testing Information:
http://www.getwellhere.com/pdf/vega-testing.pdf
Easier Method Of Elimination:
These are the most common Food Allergies: Tomatoes, dairy, wheat, corn, soy, potato, peanuts, tree nuts, sea food and citrus. Take all of these out of your diet for 30 days.......................
Then introduce them one at a time in 3 to 5 day increments. If you get any bloating, acid refux, digestion problems, arthritis flares up, headaches, migraines mood swings, PMS, stuffy nose or tiredness. Then that food is not for you.
Simple Elimination Diet:
Take wheat and dairy out for thirty days. Then introduce them one at a time in 3 to 5 day increments
Dr. Mercola on Food Allergies:
Food Additives To Avoid:
http://www.organicauthority.com/health/are-you-allergic-to-food-additives.html
Food Inc, Documentary: Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eKYyD14d_0
Hi Friends
The Monsanto GMO tainting of the Oregon wheat crop due to field testing a decade ago requires the following actions by the State of Oregon:
1. Call an immediate moratorium on field testing of any GMO crop in Oregon;
2. Reaffirm the 110-year-old mission of the Oregon State Land Grant University to conduct practical agricultural research and offer it free to farmers; and
3. Seek legal remedy from Monsanto for economic damages to the Oregon economy due to its proprietary GMO seed.
That's why I signed a petition to The Oregon State House, The Oregon State Senate, and Governor John Kitzhaber.
Will you sign this petition? Click here:
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/stop-gmo-in-oregon?source=s.icn.em.mt&r_by=1309145
Thank you!
My latest research has lead me to some serious thinking about what new changes I need to make in my life, my family's life and my animals. What is happening to our food system at an incredible rate is more than sad. The corporate food corruption alone gives my heart to much anger. On days like these I can not help but think being a sheelple would make life seem so grand. Ignorance may be bliss, but, it gives nothing but a sad spirit inside that has been broken and only finds water by being led.
In our family life Easter, and any other holiday, has become a non-toxic holiday.
At this point in our lives we are poised between opposite forces, light and dark. The "Dark Side" would be a normal Easter holiday with plastic baskets, plastic eggs, plastic toys, toxic dyes,to much toxic candy, loads of toxic food coloring, hams full of nitrates and a whole lot of non-organic food.
The light side would be making changes that are healthy and good for the earth, yourself and your family.
To me Easter gives the meaning of fertility (the symbol of the egg), Fertility, which leads to birth therefore it is a time to create new opportunities for positive change. It is a time to be receptive,active and conscious. I will give birth to my actions that come from my heart.
Ask yourself what you wish to give energy to.
Where will you put your focus? Dark or light?
What can you change for the better?
What actions can you make that will help the spread of good will and love in the world?
Our Easter day Plan:
Environmental Goal: Worked 1 hour on cutting scotch broom. We did this to keep the logging company from spraying toxic chemicals to kill it.
Eggs: Organic eggs, dyed with red onions skins, turmeric,wild violets and thyme.
Food; Supported the local farmers and bought organic chicken and veggies.
Family: Dinner together with candle light and music
New Life Goals Set
Boxed Alternative Milks
We will not be buying anymore oat milk, hemp milk or any other alternative milk in a carton. Because the cartons are bad for the environment and we found out the company's are putting ingredients that are excitotoxins in them. They also have "Neotame". The neotame does not have to be listed in the ingredients, see links below.
Boycotting
We will not be setting foot in a Whole Foods store ever again. They are traders and hypocrites.
GMO ALFALFA = NO DAIRY FOR US
We also made a big decision that was not easy to make and very sad. That decision is to not buy any organic dairy (or any other dairy product) unless it comes from a very small local organic farmer. This is not going to be easy because of how our government bullies small organic dairy farmers. The sad part is a long story and I will put the link below. I encourage you to read it.
A Challenge For All Humans
I challenge you to take a stance and not buy any dairy in any form from the store for the next two months.
We need to hit the big corporate food companies in the pocket book. If we want a real change this HAS TO BE DONE. Otherwise our food sources are going to get more contaminated. After they contaminate the organic food, they will go and shut down all small farmers.
After that they will tell you what you can and cannot not grow at your own house. It is a matter of time. Remember "For those who control the food supply will control the human race".
Whole Foods, Organic Valley and Stonyfield To Accept Monsanto http://monsantoboycott.com/featured/usda-forces-whole-foods-to-accept-monsanto/
Excitotoxins:
http://www.amazon.com/Excitotoxins-The-Taste-That-Kills/dp/0929173252
Neotame:
It is time as the human race to get rid of "Toxic Traditions" .
