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Liberation Wellness Goes to Washington!

Posted by Kevin Brown on March 9, 2010

Video update from Liberation Wellness

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Obesity in Japan

Posted by Paul Ericson on March 6, 2010

The obesity rate in Japan is 3%.

This is ten times lower than the US. There is a popular myth that the Japanese are thin because they eat a diet based on rice, fish and vegetables. (This is related to the mythical “Mediterranean Diet”) The problem with this myth is that it simply isn’t true. The Japanese do eat rice, fish and vegetables, but their diet is far more complex than that. And diet is just one of several factors that affects obesity. In addition to rice, fish and vegetable, the Japanese eat a lot of fat. In fact fat consumption in Japan has increased by two thirds in recent years. They love fried foods. They eat tons of eggs. And I’ve never seen meat so fatty. In the US and Commonwealth nations, there are three grades of beef. Each grade has progressively more fat marbling. In Japan there are 12 grades with the US/Commonwealth grades corresponding to the three leanest Japanese grades. Beef producers in New Zealand have a difficult time selling into the Japanese market because the grass based system they use produces very lean meat. Pork in Japan is very fatty. I had lunch one day that included a 2 inch cube of stewed pork that was over half fat. This dish was very common as I saw it at virtually every grocery store, both raw and prepared.

On a recent trip to Japan I asked some Japanese what they think makes you fat. They all said the same things. Snacking and too much sugar make you fat they said. I asked if rice makes you fat. They said “no”, but they added that when a Japanese person wants to go on a diet, they reduce how much rice they eat. Also, the sumo wrestlers eat a great deal of rice 3-5 bowls per meal and as much as 10 bowls in a single meal. So I think they realize that rice is fattening.

I asked them if eating fat made you fat, they all laughed and said “no, eating fat doesn’t make you fat”. So what differences are there between Japan and the US that affect obesity? The Japanese do not snack like Americans do. There are vending machines everywhere in Japan, but almost none of them sell snacks. They mostly sell drinks. In the US, drink vending machines are full of soft drinks. In Japan they are full of unsweetened tea and coffee beverages for the most part. They even have hot coffee in a steel can. Some of the coffee and tea drinks have milk and some have sweetener. But the Japanese in general seem to have a much lower tolerance for the sweet flavor as they find most American sweet things, “too sweet”. All the Japanese I saw drank unsweetened green tea the way Americans drink soft drinks.

The lifestyle of the average Japanese is very different than the average American. For starters, they work 51 hours more pear year. And most Japanese do not drive to work. Instead they take the train, bike or walk. The roads in Japan are low capacity, and parking is scarce and expensive. Most Japanese walk at least 40 minutes, five times per week. 10 min. from home to the train, 10 min. from the train to work and the reverse on the return trip home. Add in extra trips for lunch or shopping and the miles really add up quickly. They also ride bikes far more often. You see bicycles everywhere in Japan, far more so than in the US.

Finally, I personally believe that the recent “epidemic” of obesity in the US is primarily the result of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS). HFCS doesn’t stimulate leptin production, which is the hormone that signals satiety in the brain. Americans ate mountains of sugar for a century (1877-1977) and never got fat. But the approval of HFCS in 1977 corresponds with the beginning of the obesity epidemic in the US. Refer to the graph in this Wikipedia article below. Notice that the two lines for “Overweight, including obese” and “Obese”. Both start a pronounced upward trend in the 1976-80 period. Production of HFCS went from 3 million short tons in 1980 to 8 million in 1995. In 2005, Americans consumed a per-person average of 54lbs. of HFCS. The Japanese eat very little HFCS, they prefer sugar when they want something sweet. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_the_United_States)

To sum up, here are the reasons why I believe the Japanese obesity rate is 1/10th that of the US:

Japanese eat more fat, and therefore less carbs, than Americans
Japanese chain-drink caffeinated, unsweetened tea, not HFCS soft drinks
Japanese don’t snack to the degree that Americans do
Japanese walk at least 40 min. 5 times per week
Japanese walk/ride bikes more often than Americans

As a postscript I would like to debunk the notion that MSG leads to obesity. While it’s true that researchers inject MSG into rats to make them obese and MSG does get people to eat more food, both phenomena are easily overcome by other factors. I know this is true, because food in Japan is loaded with free glutamate–much in the form of MSG. I’ve seen bowls of it next to stoves. MSG is 99% free glutamate. Free glutamate is the primary substance involved in most savory cooking. When you boil a chicken you are releasing free glutamate, or when you add mushrooms, garlic, onions, tomatoes or Parmesan cheese you are adding large amounts of free glutamate. I have a sensitivity to free glutamate and it doesn’t matter if the food has MSG added or has naturally occurring free glutamate, my reaction is the same. To anyone else with this sensitivity I believe the cause is damage to the blood-brain barrier from things like the annual flu shot. The long term cure appears to be high dose vitamin K2 (5mg/day). This has greatly reduced my sensitivity. For short term relief I find 2000 mg of Taurine taken with a meal to be highly protective. Or if I’m having a reaction, the Taurine can greatly reduce it within 5 min.

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Anger and Spring Cleaning

Posted by Janet Demeter on March 6, 2010

Anger and Spring Cleaning

One of the emotions I have always been most afraid of is anger. I can even remember back to when I was about 5 years old, and a drawing with two side-by-side realities that I made of my mother. On one side, she’s pleasantly going about her business. On the other side, she is red and literally floating on hot air about 2 feet up. I’m 42 so I don’t think either of my parents had notably evolved input in their early lives about how to work with their feelings. It just wasn’t the order of the day! So, understandably, there’s a lot I personally have to sort out, and feel compelled to share with others because, as with the advent of the light-bulb, liberation from any major hang-up with energy flow is mind-boggling and life altering! Of course I want to share it!

Now that I’m a mommy and my children are just 4 and 18 months old, I’m getting to see just how well-adjusted I really am. Hah! I learn so much from these little ones; they’re amazing. They haven’t been taught all the hoo-hah about what’s real and what’s not real that I learned. I just hope I’m not teaching it to them too much with my flawed example! Being a parent makes me be a much more responsible and conscious participant in my own evolution as a human being. It shows me the love that I have for my parents all-the-more as well, and overwhelms me with the desire to resolve the normal, human issues of their time that limited them, in a conscious way, and for them too. I pray that my children never stop experiencing joy. I think that’s my most important goal as a parent, that with the magic of their imaginations staying alive.

Ok so where am I going with this? Anger gets a bad rap in our culture. Women and men in their own respective ways have issues with it. Boy, if no one got angry we’d sure have a lot of depressed, miserable people. That’s what happened to me to a certain extent, earlier in my life! Then what do you do when you finally start experiencing this seemingly alien beast? The problem is, in our culture, we’ve forgotten what it’s for. Change! Cleaning out the bad! Even Jesus got incredibly mad! Didn’t He blast all the money changers out of the temple with his anger? What about the “Wrath of God?” Goodness, we HAVE forgotten what it’s for! Sorry, I’d like to make a parallel reference to be politically correct with every religion on the planet but you don’t have to be a Christian, probably, to have heard of these things.

In the economy of an individual, energetically speaking, anytime you divert your energy or consciousness unnaturally, or forcibly, it cannot seek its ground and will literally wreak havoc, slowly or quickly, on your mind, in your body, in your spirit until you recognize it. Granted, I am not referring to some techniques such as sublimation or other therapeutic processes used by individuals that possess proper balance and knowledge of such things. We, who are not gurus or in constant communion with our God (which would be nice), but those of us who are working towards improving our somewhat-out-of-whack existence, can be occasionally “thrown” by a pesky emotion. Words to the wise: “FEELINGS ARE YOUR FRIENDS”. Our emotions can be likened to be God’s amazing guidance system with which He’s blessed us. We just have to get over the “beating ourselves up” for having a human struggle every once in a while.

Anger can be seen as an enormous and life-shaking improvement compared to some yuckier feelings like depression and self-hatred. So for one who’s been experiencing those awful things, it can be a huge release. It can be a wake-up call, a red flag. Releasing anger is somewhat of a misnomer…oftentimes we must needs release our judgement of anger or whatever “it” is that is confining our understanding and our growth. What I’m talking about here is BALANCE. Anger is a manifestation of energy from a specific cause, usually a very simple one. We don’t always know what our emotions mean until they’ve flowed through us and we’ve done our improv for the day. If they are repeatedly NOT allowed to flow, the body often becomes the battleground. Hypertension, arthritis, gastrointestinal disorders, skin disorders, cancer! There are as many different ways of manifesting dis-ease or imbalance as there are people. Smoking? Drinking or drugging? Compulsive eating? Compulsively checking things, washing, spending? So often many of these behaviors begin simply as an attempt to feel better. This is when one needs to consciously find healthier ways of working with feelings.

I like to think of anger as God’s Spring Cleaning. I procrastinate a bit with things like that because they’re not always super pleasant to ponder, but boy it gets put into perspective fast. I did most of the unthinkables on that list, above, and found a lot of anger as soon as I let go of each vice. It is an important step in the process of healing, and in keeping a healthy ego.

Two authors (Actually 4! See if you can figure out this little math problem) and books come to mind that I enthusiastically recommend. One is the timeless “You Can Heal Your Life” by Louise Hay, and the other is “Ask and it is Given” by Esther and Jerry Hicks. Ms. Hay actually praises the latter book very highly. So if it seems a little too “far out” for you, just know that the marvelous Louise Hay thinks it’s fabulous, not just me. And now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll get back to my spring cleaning.

Keep thinking for yourselves,

Janet Demeter

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WAPF ACTION ALERT ON SENATE FOOD SAFETY BILL‏

Posted by Kevin Brown on March 5, 2010

“The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act” (S. 510) purports to address concerns over the state of food safety in the U.S. but, as currently written, would actually make our food less safe.  S. 510 would strengthen the forces that have led to unsafe, nutritionally compromised food by leaving loopholes for large, concentrated food manufacturers and undercutting small, local producers of safe, healthy foods.

The Senate could vote on S. 510 at any time.  IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO contact your Senators NOW to urge them to amend or oppose the bill!  Contact information and talking points are below.

Big Ag and Big Food have distributed melamine-contaminated milk from China and salmonella-contaminated peppers from Mexico.  Yet Congress hasn’t gotten the message that they need to solve the real problems – the centralized food distribution system and imported foods – and not regulate our local food sources out of business.  Instead, S. 510 is a “one-size-fits-all” approach that would unnecessarily burden both farmers and small-scale food processors, ultimately depriving consumers of the choice to buy from producers they know and trust.

TAKE ACTION:

1)  Call both of your Senators.  You can find their contact information at www.Senate.gov, or call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 or toll-free at 877-210-5351.  Ask to speak with the staffer who handles food safety issues.

Tell the staffer that you want the Senator to AMEND OR OPPOSE S. 510.   Engage the staffer in a discussion about the importance of local, nutrient-dense foods to you and your family, and why your local food sources should not be subject to FDA regulation.  If you get their voice mail instead of the staff, leave the following message:

“Hi, my name is _____ and I live in ______.  I’m very concerned that S.510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, would impose unfair and burdensome regulations on local food sources, which are very important to me.  The Committee version of the bill does NOT address my concerns, and I urge the Senator to amend or oppose the bill.  Please call me back at ____________.”

You can also send an email through the Western Organization of Resource Council’s automated system http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5706/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1775

2)  If you are in the DC area, consider coming to the grassroots lobby day hosted by NICFA on March 10.  Details can be found at http://www.nicfa.com/

TALKING POINTS

1. The major foodborne illness outbreaks and recalls have all been caused by the large, industrial food system.  Small, local food producers have not contributed to the highly publicized outbreaks. Yet S. 510 subjects the small, local food system to the same, broad federal regulatory oversight that would apply to the industrial food system.

2. FDA regulation of local food processors is counterproductive and unnecessary.  FDA has not used its existing authority well.  Instead of focusing its resources on the problems posed by imported foods and large processing facilities, FDA has chosen to target small processors.  While approving unlabeled GMOs to enter our food supply, it has interfered with the free choice of informed adults who want access to this healthy food.  Simply giving FDA increased authority and power will not improve the food supply unless Congress requires the agency to focus on Agribusiness and not small, local producers.

3. Relying on HACCP would harm small processors.  Increased regulations and record-keeping obligations could destroy small businesses that bring food to local communities. In particular, the reliance on HACCP (the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point system) would harm small food producers.  Although the theory of preventative controls is a good one for large, complex facilities, the federal agencies’ implementation of HACCP, with its requirements to develop and maintain extensive records, has already proven to be an overwhelming burden for a significant number of small, regional meat processors across the country.  In the meat industry, HACCP has substituted paperwork review for independent inspections of large meatpacking plants, while punishing small processors for paperwork violations that posed no health threat.  Applying a HACCP system to small, local foods processors could drive them out of business, reducing consumers’ options for fresh, local foods.

4. FDA does not belong on the farm. S. 510 calls for FDA regulation of how farms grow and harvest produce.  Given the agency’s track record, it is likely that the regulations would discriminate against small, organic, and diversified farms.  The House version of the bill directs FDA to consider the impact of its rulemaking on small-scale and diversified farms, but there are no enforceable limits or protections for small diversified and organic farms from inappropriate and burdensome federal rules.

5. S. 510 favors foreign farms and producers over domestic. The bill creates incentives for retailers to import more food from other countries, because it burdens family farms and small business and because it would be practically impossible to hold foreign food facilities to the same standards and inspections.  The bill would create a considerable competitive disadvantage for ALL U.S. agriculture and food production (see analysis at http://ftcldf.org/news/news-20Oct2009-2.html).

6. Food safety and security both come from a diversified, vibrant local food system.  Local foods give consumers the choice to buy from producers they know, creating a transparent, accountable food system without federal government oversight.  State and local laws, which are often size-specific rather than one-size-fits-all, are more than enough for local food producers.

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Our postal address is
PMB #106-380
4200 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20016
United States

"The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act" (S. 510) purports to address concerns over the state of food safety in the U.S. but, as currently written, would actually make our food less safe.  S. 510 would strengthen the forces that have led to unsafe, nutritionally compromised food by leaving loopholes for large, concentrated food manufacturers and undercutting small, local producers of safe, healthy foods.

The Senate could vote on S. 510 at any time.  IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO contact your Senators NOW to urge them to amend or oppose the bill!  Contact information and talking points are below.

Big Ag and Big Food have distributed melamine-contaminated milk from China and salmonella-contaminated peppers from Mexico.  Yet Congress hasn't gotten the message that they need to solve the real problems - the centralized food distribution system and imported foods - and not regulate our local food sources out of business.  Instead, S. 510 is a "one-size-fits-all" approach that would unnecessarily burden both farmers and small-scale food processors, ultimately depriving consumers of the choice to buy from producers they know and trust.

TAKE ACTION:

1)  Call both of your Senators.  You can find their contact information at www.Senate.gov, or call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 or toll-free at 877-210-5351.  Ask to speak with the staffer who handles food safety issues.  

Tell the staffer that you want the Senator to AMEND OR OPPOSE S. 510.   Engage the staffer in a discussion about the importance of local, nutrient-dense foods to you and your family, and why your local food sources should not be subject to FDA regulation.  If you get their voice mail instead of the staff, leave the following message:

"Hi, my name is _____ and I live in ______.  I'm very concerned that S.510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, would impose unfair and burdensome regulations on local food sources, which are very important to me.  The Committee version of the bill does NOT address my concerns, and I urge the Senator to amend or oppose the bill.  Please call me back at ____________."  

You can also send an email through the Western Organization of Resource Council's automated system http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5706/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1775 

2)  If you are in the DC area, consider coming to the grassroots lobby day hosted by NICFA on March 10.  Details can be found at http://www.nicfa.com/

TALKING POINTS

1. The major foodborne illness outbreaks and recalls have all been caused by the large, industrial food system.  Small, local food producers have not contributed to the highly publicized outbreaks. Yet S. 510 subjects the small, local food system to the same, broad federal regulatory oversight that would apply to the industrial food system.  

2. FDA regulation of local food processors is counterproductive and unnecessary.  FDA has not used its existing authority well.  Instead of focusing its resources on the problems posed by imported foods and large processing facilities, FDA has chosen to target small processors.  While approving unlabeled GMOs to enter our food supply, it has interfered with the free choice of informed adults who want access to this healthy food.  Simply giving FDA increased authority and power will not improve the food supply unless Congress requires the agency to focus on Agribusiness and not small, local producers.

3. Relying on HACCP would harm small processors.  Increased regulations and record-keeping obligations could destroy small businesses that bring food to local communities. In particular, the reliance on HACCP (the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point system) would harm small food producers.  Although the theory of preventative controls is a good one for large, complex facilities, the federal agencies' implementation of HACCP, with its requirements to develop and maintain extensive records, has already proven to be an overwhelming burden for a significant number of small, regional meat processors across the country.  In the meat industry, HACCP has substituted paperwork review for independent inspections of large meatpacking plants, while punishing small processors for paperwork violations that posed no health threat.  Applying a HACCP system to small, local foods processors could drive them out of business, reducing consumers' options for fresh, local foods.

4. FDA does not belong on the farm. S. 510 calls for FDA regulation of how farms grow and harvest produce.  Given the agency's track record, it is likely that the regulations would discriminate against small, organic, and diversified farms.  The House version of the bill directs FDA to consider the impact of its rulemaking on small-scale and diversified farms, but there are no enforceable limits or protections for small diversified and organic farms from inappropriate and burdensome federal rules.  

5. S. 510 favors foreign farms and producers over domestic. The bill creates incentives for retailers to import more food from other countries, because it burdens family farms and small business and because it would be practically impossible to hold foreign food facilities to the same standards and inspections.  The bill would create a considerable competitive disadvantage for ALL U.S. agriculture and food production (see analysis at http://ftcldf.org/news/news-20Oct2009-2.html).  

6. Food safety and security both come from a diversified, vibrant local food system.  Local foods give consumers the choice to buy from producers they know, creating a transparent, accountable food system without federal government oversight.  State and local laws, which are often size-specific rather than one-size-fits-all, are more than enough for local food producers.

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Taking Responsibility for Your Life

Posted by Jenny Westerkamp, RD on March 4, 2010

You are at a mental roadblock and you want to change how you think…so how do you do it?

Remember that you are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. Start by increasing your average and spending time with people that build you up instead of bringing you down. Consider the ‘toxic’ relationships in your life and work to resolve that issue. This could mean either forgiving someone, asking for forgiveness, or simply removing them from your life. Surround yourself with positive people that know they can accomplish whatever it is they want to do.

Focus on past success. To many, the past can represent regretful behavior and mistakes. The coulda, woulda, and shoulda’s are going off in your head. Since you can’t change your past, you can only change your attitude on the past. Instead of thinking of past failures, think of past successes! Write down a list of 100 successes. Don’t think it is possible? Go by daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly successes—no matter how big or small, and I promise you will have 100 in no time.

Go complaint-free! First, stop complaining about things that you cannot control—like the weather or traffic, for example, and come to grips that you must make the best out of the situation and not bring unsolicited negativity into your life. Stop complaining about things that you CAN control too—such as your health or your lifestyle. You have simply chosen not to do anything about it because that would involve change, change you are scared or not ready for. Look at that complaint as the opportunity to take action to make a change. Wish you could improve your body composition? Stop complaining and start taking action because that is something that you have full control over. You must take 100% responsibility for your life!

Jenny Westerkamp, RD is a registered dietitian and nutrition consultant for SportFuel and Eat Like the Pros, both based out of the Chicago suburbs. SportFuel is an integrative nutrition practice, while Eat Like the Pros is an organic meal delivery service. Jenny is also the co-founder of All Access Internships, a website dedicated to serving the dietetic student community. She enjoys writing about real food and has contributed a variety of websites, newsletters, online magazines, and blogs.

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I Think I Can..I Think I Can!

Posted by Julie Burns on March 4, 2010

Human connection is always critical and when we make change, we need all the support we can get. Surround yourself with people that support your journey and you will find that you begin to attract people that are also trying to improve themselves. With our clients undergoing nutritional cleanses, we teach them to be aware of energy vampires–those people that we allow to suck the life out of us–the people that are full of negative thoughts that they want to share. Everyone has negative thoughts, our mind is always thinking so that is not the problem. Problems occur when we ruminate on the negative thoughts and begin to make them our reality. Remember that you are in charge of what you think about and you can make better choices about what you think about. Here are a few techniques to change your subconscious programming:

The BodyTalk System: this concept synchronizes and balances the bodymind. The body is a very complex system. Its functions are physiological, biochemical, emotional, environmental, hereditary, and genetic. The whole body needs to be treated! The BodyTalk System realizes this and believes that we have an “innate wisdom” about our health. With neuromuscular biofeedback, a protocol of questions, and healing through body ‘tapping’, you are able to reestablish the bodymind complex and you are able to heal and be balanced. It is not invasive and it does not cause harm. I can be complementary or stand alone as a treatment.

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT): EFT is an alternative psychotherapy and the theory is that negative thoughts and emotions can cause disturbances in the body’s energy field. Practitioners use acupuncture points to manipulate the body’s energy field, all while the patient focuses on a specific memory, so that essentially, a psychological problem is alleviated.

Hypnotherapy: Hypnotherapy is a therapy that brings patients into a deep state of relaxation and an altered state of conciousness, which causes a person to become exceptionally responsive—although the practitioner is certainly not in control of their mind. Instead, they can teach patients how to improve their own state of awareness, which in turn affects their own bodily processes and responses. One hypnotherapy technique involves remembering an event that lead to a negative reaction, and then separating that even from the learned behavior and replacing it with a healthier behavior.

Julie H. Burns, MS, RD, CCN is founder of SportFuel and Eat Like the Pros®, both located in the Chicago suburbs. SportFuel is an integrative nutrition consulting firm, while Eat Like the Pros is an organic meal delivery service. Julie’s past and current clients include the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team, Chicago White Sox baseball team, Chicago Bears football team, Chicago Bulls basketball team, Northwestern University’s varsity teams, Next Level Performance and individual pro and elite athletes.

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Fructose and Glucose are Not the Same

Posted by Lauren Snyder Grosz on March 4, 2010

It is true that sugar (glucose) is essential for life.  Whenever the body needs energy glucose provides it.  Unfortunately, one need not eat sugar or even large amounts of carbohydrates to produce it Common table sugar (sucrose) breaks down during digestion into the simple sugars glucose and fructose.  Research indicates that it is the fructose part of sugar that is the most harmful especially for growing children.  When thinking in terms of ingredients to avoid, remember that according to Dr. Robert Lustig, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, sucrose, fructose, and high fructose corn syrup (hfcs) all affect the body identically, re how they are metabolized and impact satiety.  High fructose corn syrup doesn’t cause the pancreas to produce an insulin or leptin response.  Leptin is a hormone that comes from fat cells and signals the brain to stop eating.  This important response fails to occur because there is no cell receptor for fructose on the beta cell that makes insulin.  Thus, if insulin doesn’t go up, leptin doesn’t go up and the brain is not signaled.  The point to remember is that only the liver can metabolize fructose because the body sees it as something foreign.

Gary Taubes, award winning science writer and author of Good Calories, Bad Calories, calls HFCS the most “lipogenic” fat procucing carbohydrate for simple reason that it tends to get converted to fat more than any other type of carbohydrate.  Food manufacturers are only too happy to comply with the low-fat regime by cutting fat out and adding HFCS in order to make their products palatable.  Unfortunately, this dastardly substance is no longer confined to the low-fat aisle, but has proliferated to the majority of products found in the grocery store.  The unabated rise of obesity, Type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension has much to do with increased consumption and prevalence of sucrose, fructose, and HFCS.

Reaching for a diet soft drink sweetened with aspartame will not solve the problem either.  Interestingly, natural practitioners see it as a poison and traditional ones see it as playing a pivotal role in weight loss, due to its zero calories.  Dr. Sandra Cabot, a liver function specialist with over twenty three years of experience, confirms that aspartame causes weight gain.  The liver breaks it down to its toxic components which stresses the liver.  Consider that aspartame contains ten percent methanol (wood alcohol).  In the body methanol becomes formaldehyde.  As a result, the liver cells have less energy for fat burning and resort to fat storing.  That is not even the worst of it, Dr. Betty Martini of Mission Possible International (warning the world off aspartame) notes that, “Aspartame destroys the nervous system, the brain and optic nerve, and ravages every organ in the body.  This poison is one hundred and eighty times sweeter than common table sugar.  Of all the food additives approved by the FDA, aspartame accounts for over eighty percent of all health complaints.  In the majority of cases, health can be restored by simply eliminating aspartame from the diet.  It masquerades under the names Equal, NutraSweet, and Spoonful.  Gradually, begin by eliminating the number of diet sodas consumed, replace with stevia sweetened drinks, add real milk, and kombucha into rotation.  Not only does kombucha have many health benefits, but it is a true thirst quencher.

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This Week on the Liberation Wellness Hour – Dr. Paola and Charles Weber – BM Organics

Posted by Kevin Brown on March 4, 2010

BM Organics is a natural family living and parenting resource center. We are your “how to” resource for Natural Family living, natural parenting, natural home, natural health and wellness and natural beauty.

We provide workshops, consultations, classes and natural and organic products to support your natural family living journey.

BM Organics is family owned and operated. We are passionate about natural family living, natural birth, attachment parenting, breastfeeding, nutrition with traditional organic whole foods, sustainability and healthy living.

ABOUT DR. PAOLA WEBER

Dr. Paola Weber is wife of Charles Weber “the” photographer, and mother of Peter, Paul, Anna Maria and Andrew.

Dr. Weber is a doctor of Clinical Psychology. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Miami, a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology from Nova Southeastern University and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Nova Southeastern University.

Dr. Weber began her journey in natural family living while in graduate school, learning about organic food and nutrition. A crash course quickly followed while pregnant with her first child. Although Dr. Weber chose to birth at a birthing center she reluctantly ended up with a C-section due to breech presentation. Thankfully, her second birth took place at a birth center, and her third and fourth babies were born at home! All of Dr. Weber’s children have been ecologically breastfed until they self-weaned. She has practiced attachment parenting, baby-wearing, family bed, night-time parenting, elimination communication (infant potty-training), nutrition for physical regeneration, and preventive care for health and wellness. Dr. Weber is happy to share that due to this method of parenting and preventive care her children have never had to use antibiotics or needed to be hospitalized.

BMorganics was inspired by her desire to “spread the word” on such important matters as natural family living, natural parenting, natural birth, breastfeeding, nutrition for physical regeneration, living foods, sustainability, organic products and preventive care for your health. Having worked with babies, children and families in her profession and most importantly through her own mothering experiences, Dr. Weber has seen amazing changes in people’s lives. She would like to help you on your journey to psychological, physical, emotional and spiritual health! As an intense researcher, Dr. Weber has put together some of THE BEST products out there on the market that she uses for herself and her family. When shopping at BMorganics, rest assure that each product has been meticulously evaluated for quality, price and satisfaction. In addition to offering excellent products for your health and wellness, we would like you to please take advantage of our educational information. Only through education can we learn to make better choices for OUR Children, OUR Health, OUR Future!

God bless you, your family and your health!

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2ND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL RAW MILK SYMPOSIUM

Posted by Kevin Brown on March 4, 2010

2ND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL RAW MILK SYMPOSIUM

CLAIMING CONSUMER RIGHTS
Sponsored by the Farm-to-Consumer Foundation

DATE
Saturday, April 10, 2010
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

LOCATION
Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center
Madison, Wisconsin
Followed by Reception & Dinner FundRAISER to benefit the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

$50   Early Bird Symposium Registration (until March 15, 2010)
$150 FundRAISER to support the Fund’s work in Wisconsin

TO REGISTER
Visit the Symposium Website to Register & RSVP Now www.RawMilkSymposium.org
To register by phone, call 703-208-3276

Print the flyer to pass around.  http://bit.ly/ck6X1b

EXHIBIT, SPONSOR AND FOOD DONATION OPPORTUNITIES
Please contact, Symposium Coordinator, Cathy Raymond info@farmtoconsumerfoundation.org

FEATURED SPEAKERS
- Prof. Dr. Anthonie (Ton) (German biodynamic research, academics)
- Ted Beals, M.S., M.D. (medicine, pathology and microbiology)
- Wayne Craig, B.S. and Kay Craig, M.S. (producer’s perspective)
- David E. Gumpert (noted author and blogger)
- Pete Kennedy, Esq.  (raw milk legal authority)
- Emily Matthews, RN (consumer’s perspective)
- Mark McAfee (entrepreneur, trail blazer)
- Sally Fallon Morell, M.A. (Founder, A Campaign for Real Milk)
- Sylvia P. Onusic Ph.D. (international raw milk perspective)
- Elizabeth Gamsky Rich, Esq. (Wisconsin raw milk legal authority)
- Michael Schmidt  (Canadian pioneer of legal cow-shares)
- Tim Wightman (American pioneer of legal cow-shares)

SYMPOSIUM OVERVIEW
Wisconsin was carefully selected as the site of this year’s symposium because of the recent spate of actions taken against Wisconsin raw dairy producers and their customers. Wisconsin, as the 2nd largest dairy state in the union, and the state with the most small dairies, is a crucial state for all raw milk activists and defenders to “dig in” against the erosion of their consumer rights.

Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) through creative interpretation of law, and legislators through ill-advised legislation, want to ensure that raw milk never passes consumers’ lips – by harassing the farmers that produce it – all in the name of “public and food safety”.

That’s why this symposium, at this time, in this state is so important.

We’ll begin by hearing the personal stories of Wisconsin producers, Wayne and Kay Craig and raw milk consumer activist, Emily Matthews. Sally Fallon Morell and Dr. Ted Beals will delve into the science of raw milk nutrients, microflora and benefits. Then, we’ll step back and see the role of raw milk from an international perspective with speakers from Germany and Slovenia.

German biodynamic academic researcher Prof. Dr. Ton Baars will describe his research exploring unique raw milk healing properties and Syliva Onusic, Ph.D. will illustrate what enlightened leadership in other countries are embracing on behalf of their citizen’s health.  We’ll hear from the lawyer defending Wisconsin farmers, Elizabeth Gamsky Rich, Esq., who will discuss the legal distinction between the public good and the private right which will set the stage for the grand finale.

Michael Schmidt, in a rare public appearance (outside of the Canadian courtrooms), will kick off the highlight of the symposium and introduce “Joining in the Battle for Food Rights” panel discussion, moderated by the champion of raw milk rights, revolutionary blogger David Gumpert. Panelists include  Sally Fallon Morell, Pete Kennedy, Esq., Mark McAfee, Michael Schmidt, Tim Wightman,  Ted Beals, M.D. and Elizabeth Gamsky Rich, Esq.

Those that attend the FundRAISER reception and dinner following the symposium will be treated to a delicious four course meal featuring local, organic and grass-based food, and Mark McAfee at his finest, presenting a not-to-miss keynote “Raw Milk as Medicine…. Proudly Violating FDA Drug Laws’.

This is THE symposium and FundRAISER to attend this year. Your attendance is IMPORTANT and NECESSARY. Don’t think you can stay at home on Saturday, April 10th. You are needed.


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An Open Letter to an Angry Lady

Posted by Maureen Diaz on March 4, 2010

From Real Food Blogger, Kimberly Hartke, comes this letter to an unknown woman whom she encountered recently. Feel free to circulate, as we hope that somewhere, some time, this lady reads this! And if she never does, let it be helpful to someone else who needs the same information!
Maureen

This is my written response to a lady who was most upset that I would publicly advocate raw milk in Maryland, a state where it was illegal. She grew up on a dairy farm and said “my father would never sell unpasteurized milk” and she cited the many deaths from undulant fever that occurred in his day and age. She considers raw milk a life and death issue. Fortunately, the NIH staffers supported my freedom of speech and declined to throw me out of the building. Saddened to have so enraged this woman, I am attempting to get this letter to her via the conference organizers.

Dear Angry Lady:
We met at the NIH Lactose Intolerance conference. You were quite angry about my exhibit booth there for the nutrition education group, Weston A. Price Foundation. Because of the high emotion, I was not able to really share with you why we were there, and what we advocate.

TO READ MORE, PLEASE GO HERE: http://hartkeisonline.com/2010/03/02/an-open-letter-to-an-angry-lady/

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