Chemicals Are Making Us Fat by Jessica Ainscough

I love her honesty at the beginning - both about her own vanity and the sad truth that most women aren't motivated into health unless it does affect their jean size.  Read on peeps and see a short list of dangerous chemicals in products you use every day.

http://www.thewellnesswarrior.com.au/2012/09/chemicals-are-making-us-fat/

Always A Better Way

I just read this article published today over at Natural News.  It's just one more example of how God created everything we need to take care of ourselves naturally.  We live in an age of knowledge and information...we just need to be able to sort out the right stuff.

http://www.naturalnews.com/037063_vitamin_B3_superbugs_infection.html#ixzz25Vcarlkg

Ps.  You'll notice in the article how the government's recommended level of B3 is way lower than need be to fight off infection...just as it is for Vitamin D and probably every life saving vitamin/mineral.  This is to keep you sick, folks, so that you stay in need of Dr. visits, antibiotics, drugs, vaccines and surgery.  It's way more profitable than sunshine and B3.

What Women Must Know About Their Hormones

  Even if you don't think you have a hormone issue, if you don't have fertility issues I still URGE you to listen to this interview. These are very important issues that most people aren't even aware of!!! It's a short video (short considering the lengthy topic of each subtopic covered) but is a great overview and eye opener because the majority of women don't know these truths!!!  Dr. Sellman has so much great information here:

• Besides the fact that this covers mostly hormones, the underlying message that I love is that we HAVE TO GET HEALTHY!!  We have to understand what truly being healthy means and we have to take action!  Our bodies are crying out for us to heal ourselves, to treat the cause  and not the symptoms (which is what traditional medical doctors are trained to do).
• It was probably about ten years ago that I first learned the dangers of birth control.  Besides all of the things Dr. Sellman mentions, the biggest thing that stood out to me at that time was that you automatically earn yourself a nasty case of Candida - which is another source of health problems too numerous to count here.  It so important to me to never be on birth control and I'm so happy I stuck with that decision!
•  A lot of this applies to men, too!  They are half of the equation in conceiving and creating healthy children.  They are affected by hormones as well.  Testicular cancer, as well as breast cancer, is caused largely by the excess of estrogen in the body.  Did you know that if you are buying and consuming meat from the grocery store, you are buying and consuming meat that is pumped full of estrogen, not to mention antibiotics and diseases?  Something like that contributes to too much estrogen in the body!  
• If the mammogram portion seems a bit too 'out there', please don't brush it off! It's true! It's true I tell you!!  I won't allow my mother (yes, you read that right) to get a mammogram.   The agenda that women need to get mammograms regularly is simply outrageous.  The radiation exposure causes cancer.  It's not new news that radiation causes cancer.  The radiation from cell phones, routers, wireless devices, baby monitors, etc is a scary, serious issue.

I love this Jessica Ainscough - she battled and beat cancer and then set to spreading the word, nay...THE TRUTH - about real health.  Plus, she's Aussie and I could listen to Australians talk all day, he he. Here is her page with this interview:
http://www.thewellnesswarrior.com.au/2012/07/wellness-warrior-tv-interview-with-dr-sherrill-sellman/

Decayed Meat Treated With Carbon Monoxide??

Did you know this???  I didn't until now.  Am I surprised??  Not at all.


http://preventdisease.com/news/12/031112_Decayed-Meat-Is-Treated-With-Carbon-Monoxide-To-Make-It-Look-Fresh-At-The-Grocery.shtml?utm_source=031112&utm_campaign=031112&utm_medium=email

MMR Causes Autsim?

Proof of the link between vaccines (and specifically the MMR) and autism continues.  For me, personally, there is nothing that the drug companies could say or do that would convince me that vaccines 'really are safe'.  For me, the proof is in the thousands of parents who watch their children change overnight after having received their shots.  It's not coincidental.  I have read many reports by parents whose children suffer the exact same thing as mentioned below (loss of apetite, screaming from being in pain, etc).  It was enough to convince me.

http://www.naturalnews.com/036255_MMR_autism_court_case.html#ixzz1ydSgTJe9

Chemicals and Health Risks

Detoxify Your Home

I love this article on Detoxifying Your Home by Dawn Lorenz over at Raising Natural Kids.   I plan on buying several glass drinking bottles, even one for my little one.  I have also been collecting and compiling recipes for homemade cleaners, soaps, etc.  When I can get it all organized, I'll pass it along.  Hopefully I will also have been able to put some to the test and can share that as well!

Dangers of Aluminum

Dr. Mercola interviews Dr. David Ayoub about the dangers of the aluminum in vaccines and their relation to several major illnesses including, but not limited to Alzheimer's, ADHD and, of course, Autism.   Aluminum is not only in our vaccines but deodorant, cookware, toothpaste and much more.  

You can click here to watch the whole thing in part  or watch it on YouTube broken down in five parts. 

Some key things that stood out to me (some of these notes were also displayed below the video so I copy and pasted them and colored them purple, because purple is cool) were the following:

You will find aluminum in the earth’s crust, and in air, soil and water. However, although aluminum is a common, “natural” substance, it’s important to realize that it has absolutely no biological role inside your body.

Mercury levels may have gone down in vaccines (I'm sure because of all of the bad rep) but Aluminum levels have basically skyrocketed.  

Based on the number of vaccines given, children today are receiving 17 shots that contain aluminum, compared to four vaccines in the 1970s into the mid-80s. According to Dr. Ayoub’s calculations, the milligram dose of aluminum received has more than doubled in that time.    So yes, 30 or 40 years ago, we were all administered vaccines and Autism wasn't as prevalent then  as it is now...but the amount of vaccines and the toxicity of each of those vaccines has drastically changed.

This can have significant implications, as aluminum is not only toxic in and of itself, but it also impairs your body’s ability to excrete mercury, and it impairs glutathione synthesis. As a consequence, aluminum will make whatever amount of mercury you have in your system even more toxic.   Dr. Ayoub then says that with the aluminum interfering with the body's ability to excrete mercury, enter the flu shot (full of mercury) and you have even more cause for concern.

Remember, you and your children are exposed to mercury from other sources as well, not just vaccines. Fish and amalgam dental fillings are two major sources of mercury exposure as well.

I really REALLY urge you to take the time to listen to this interview.   I listened to the whole thing, probably in 30-40 minutes while sitting at the computer taking care of some things so I could multi-task.  It's very eye-opening and as Dr. Mercola put it:  "just one more nail in the coffin" against vaccines.  I, too, believe that there are safer, more effective alternative ways to protect yourself against diseases than to load you or your precious infant with their tiny, tiny bodies up with dangerous toxins.  

What's On My Food?

I wanted to share the following website I came across while researching a few things:

http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/

More and more I feel terribly frustrated and angry at the fact that our food supply is loaded with toxins and poisons, making it seem impossible to take anything into our bodies that isn't somehow tainted.  I can't understand why all of these known carcinogens, chemicals and toxins aren't illegal, especially since they are sprayed directly onto the food being grown.  It's no wonder we are as sick as we are and yet, still, people rarely stop to wonder about their food and the crucial part that it plays in our health and our ability to heal naturally.  Instead, we keep right on eating processed, dead and fake food and then fork out hundreds of dollars for drugs and shots and treatments that only treat the symptoms and never the actual problem.

The reason I go off on that little tantrum is because, going back to food being crucial to our health, even the good stuff is bad stuff.  Organic foods have most certainly seen higher demand but I think there needs to be more.  More people to be aware of what's on and in our food so that more people demand that the food grown and sold be safe and organic, free of poisons.  More people need to be aware  of where true health comes from...and it's from, primarily, our food - in its purest and most natural form.

  It is a terrible injustice that fertilizers and herbicides and pesticides are used so abundantly and carelessly and not disclosed to the consumer.  Think about it - if you were perusing the aisles of produce and decided to pick up an apple, would you still buy it if there were an 'ingredients' list of everything used on this apple and the effect it would have on your health?   Gone would be the bad food because instantly the demand for organic produce would take it's place in record speed, and then organic produce wouldn't be the more costly choice.

Take a look at what is called the Dirty Dozen.  Does it make you want to run out and buy a bushel of apples or bunches of spinach??  Only if it's organic.

Peruse through What's On My Food site, click on a few of your favorite and most commonly used foods and learn just what it is your consuming when you eat that apple, celery stick or strawberry.  Click on the Get Involved tab and do what you can to help spread the word and, therefore, the demand for clean, organic foods in their natural state.  I just did.

Pesticides in Produce

Check out the EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce. Help yourself to limit the amount of pesticides ingested through the food you buy!

Honest Food Guide

I encourage you all to stop by here and check out the free downloadable Honest Food Guide. READ IT!! There is real truth to be found there for those who don't already know. The "Disease" side may look more appetizing to some, but it is for sure not going to bring you health. Not even "healthy" breakfast cereals. On the "Health" side, I agree with most everything...except soy. I don't believe in soy unless it is fermented and I most definately stay away from Soy Milk and the like. This is a great tool for beginners in nutrition or just handy to have on your refrigerator for motivation!

Pesticides and Bees

Humans aren't the only ones affected by the poisonous and dangerous pesticides and chemicals. This article from Natural News sheds a little bit of light on the subject.

Haagen-Dazs is a supporter of bees and you can visit them here to learn a little more. While ice cream is definately not a healthy food, I am definately not perfect and I indulge from time to time. I do, however, choose ice creams with natural ingredients, preferably five or less ingredients, rather than some cheap ice cream with 30 ingredients I can not pronounce. I encourage every one to do the same!