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Raw Milk Is A-Okay!

Kevin Brown — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:52:24 +0000

FDA Concedes Raw Milk Across State Lines OK for Personal Consumption

FDA CONCEDES RAW MILK ACROSS STATE LINES OK FOR PERSONAL CONSUMPTION

But continues to broadcast misinformation about unpasteurized dairy

Washington, DC ( November 17, 2011)—In a statement issued on November 1, concurrent with a raw milk freedom rally held outside FDA headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, the agency conceded that it “has never taken, nor does it intend to take, enforcement action against an individual who purchased and transported raw milk across state lines solely for his or her own personal consumption” [www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/Product-SpecificInformation/MilkSafety/ucm277854.htm]. This statement reverses FDA’s prior position in which the agency reserved the option of taking action against individual consumers crossing state lines with raw milk. Federal regulation 21 CFR § 1240.61 prohibits the introduction of raw milk for human consumption into interstate commerce.

A caravan of moms brought raw milk across state lines on November 1 and served it to rally participants in front of FDA headquarters.

“Unfortunately, FDA’s announcement allowing individuals to transport raw milk across state lines is filled with the same misinformation that the agency has spread in the past,” says Sally Fallon Morell, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation, an organization that sponsors A Campaign for Real Milk, aimed at universal access to clean raw milk. “FDA continues to insist that raw milk is dangerous, when even the agency’s own exaggerated list of outbreaks shows that raw milk is safer than other foods.”

“FDA lists outbreaks associated with raw cheese, produced in less than sanitary conditions, as ‘outbreaks caused by raw milk,’ thereby inflating the number of illnesses associated with raw milk,” says Fallon Morell. “The actual number of illnesses associated (but not necessarily proved) with raw milk is about forty-two per year, which makes raw milk a very safe food given the large number of raw milk consumers. No deaths have been associated with raw milk during the past twelve years, but three people have died from tainted pasteurized milk.”

FDA insists that raw milk drinkers constitute less than 1 percent of the population. Yet a 2007 government survey found that about 3 percent of the population consumes raw milk, or about nine million people. This number is likely to be higher today as raw milk consumption is growing rapidly. Even in the state of Maryland, where raw milk sales are illegal, over 3 percent of respondents stated that they drank raw milk. “This milk is coming from Pennsylvania, where raw milk sales are legal,” says Pete Kennedy, president of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, “to the great detriment of Maryland farmers.” According to Kennedy, hundreds of thousands of dollars of farm sales each year flow from Maryland to Pennsylvania.

The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is currently representing citizens challenging the interstate ban on raw milk in an Iowa federal district court .

According to Fallon Morell, “FDA continues to insist that no science exists to substantiate the nutritional and health benefits of raw milk, yet we now have five European studies, published in peer reviewed journals, showing that raw milk provides powerful protection against asthma and allergies. And there is copious scientific research showing that pasteurization of milk denatures and diminishes the effectiveness of enzymes and vitamins in the milk.”

Moreover, raw milk is designed to build the immune system—the components that do this are denatured by the heat process of pasteurization. FDA claims that the elderly, the immune-compromised, children and pregnant women especially should avoid raw milk. “These are the very people who need it the most,” says Fallon Morell.

The Weston A. Price Foundation is a nutrition education non-profit with 550 local chapters worldwide, and close to 13,000 members. The organization works to educate the public about the health benefits of unprocessed milk from grass-based dairies through its Campaign for Real Milk, http://realmilk.com.

Raw Milk Freedom Riders Take Action!

Maureen Diaz — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:45:40 +0000

Raw Milk Freedom Riders after crossing into Maryland. Photo, David Gumpert

On Tuesday, Nov. 1st, a caravan of moms (and a few dads, grandmas & grandpas) picked up unprocessed (raw) milk from a farm located in Pennsylvania. These folks came from all over the US and even Ontario, Canada, all to partake in a defiant act of civil disobedience. What was this terrible activity for which they risked arrest? Transporting that same milk across the state line into Maryland.

You might wonder what the big deal is, so I’ll tell you. Well, way back in 1987 a bill was passed into law which made it illegal to transport raw milk across state lines when intended for “human consumption”. This meant that for every mom out there wanting to provide the very best in nourishing foods for her family, she would either have to live in a state where raw dairy was available, own her own dairy animal(s), or become a criminal. For most, the latter is the only option.

So here we stand now faced with a real dilemma due to our government’s belief that it knows best. As well we see through almost weekly headlines, this “Big Brother” attitude and government controls have not protected the public at all judging by the number of deaths and illness caused by our industrial food supply.

Furthermore, I am not the “public”, nor are you, unless you decide to shop where thousands of others shop for their family’s food. When purchasing food in a supermarket I would expect the government to have oversight to protect the safety of the publicly accessible food. But when we choose to purchase farm-fresh foods locally and privately, we do not fall under the “public” domain. And we do not subject ourselves to the inherent problems with an industrial food supply. Instead, we assume the risk ourselves, accepting the consequences if and when a problem should occur.

The funny thing is, in my family’s experience we have never, ever experienced any problem with our locally produced foods, but we have in fact become quite ill from eating foods purchased at a local store and a restaurant or two. How effective was “Big Brother” then?

There is also the question of the constitutionality of these laws which deny private citizens the access to not only raw milk, but also many other farm products. Furthermore, we are being denied freedom of choice in health care, education, birthing options, etc.

Our founding fathers must be rolling in their graves, for they never could have conceived of such government control of the people, or protection of corporate profits and bureaucratic charge. Was this not a part of what they were trying to avoid-government tyranny?!

John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and many others of our early fathers were farmers. They expected to produce foods on their farms and to have the freedom, without government restraint, to earn an honest income from their product. They bought and sold freely within their communities and yet today not only is this not allowed, but our uber-intelligent governing bodies also try to control how our food is produced. But there-in lies yet another problem…

So here we are in 2011, wondering where we are headed. Like thousands, if not millions, of others like ourselves, my husband & I have decided that we must do something. Thus I write, teach, and do everything possible to educate and motivate others towards reforming our laws, reforming our government towards what it was originally intended to be: a protector of the people, and of the private citizenry.

I urge you to do the same. Consider these thoughts and, whether you wish to consume fresh milk direct from the farm or make other important decisions for yourself and your family, stay informed about what is happening within our nation and communities. Establish contact with your local politicians. Speak up at “Town Meetings” and other public forums. Let your law and policy makers know how you feel and demand to be heard, and have your concerns considered; this we must do, or we sink in apathy.

Michael Schmidt addresses the crowd. Photo courtesy Kimberly Hartke

On Tuesday our caravan of moms was met at FDA headquarters by dozens of police officers and denial of access to the bureaucrats within, but also about 150 additional protesters. Cookies and (raw) milk were served to everyone in attendance including law enforcement, and many voices were heard. Amongst those speaking to the crowd were David Gumpert, Joel Salatin, Mark McAfee, Sally Fallon Morell, Max Kane, Liz Reitzig (one of the organizers of the event), Kristin Canty, Jonas Stoltzfus, and my own personal hero, Michael Schmidt (on day 33 of his hunger fast). We all understand the importance of personal responsibility both for our families and our government, and were encouraged by the wise words of each of these passionate people. And that very day the effectiveness of our efforts was confirmed when the FDA issued a clarification of their policy, stating that they will not enforce the law when it involves an individual transporting raw milk for their own personal use. While this is encouraging, affirming that our efforts are not in vain, it is not enough. We must continue to work towards real change. Our farmers should not be raided by our government agencies, but should be free to profit from their hard work, and consumers should not be denied the right of freedom

Please don’t sit back in apathy, relying on others to fight your battles for you; each of us involved in the activities of November 1st are very busy, with many responsibilities. We have jobs, take care of our children, participate in churches and communities, etc. But we set aside a little time throughout our days and weeks to write letters, make phone calls, and show up at a rally now and then to show support for our causes. Without this we can not expect any changes for the better but can instead expect more control, more prosecution and farm raids, further loss of freedom.

Now go take charge of your and your children’s future; they depend on it!

Maureen Diaz is a homeschooling mother of 9, a WAPF chapter leader, and a certified LW Nutritionist. She also has produced 3 cooking DVD’s including her latest, Liberation Wellness Home Cooking. Check out & order her DVD’s on her website, www.nourishingtraditionalcook.com and at FilmBaby.com

The Power of a Smile

Dr. Richard Walicki — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:58:28 +0000

I’m in the smile business. I can take an ugly smile and, in most cases, make it a very attractive one. Sometimes it’s something simple. At other times it’s not. Often, it depends upon how much I have to change to get there, as well as what people, themselves, are willing to do toward an end.

But the smiles I really care about the most are those that start on the inside.

Sure, I treat diseases. I also repair things that are broken down, replace things that are missing, prevent things that shouldn’t happen from happening, and more. It’s all part of the job. But at the end of the day, the thing I value the most are the smiles.

In today’s day and age, it seems that people are so focused upon the problems around them; they find it harder and harder to find the smile within them. After all, the media works hard to put our attention on earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding, unemployment, inflation, recession, terrorist attacks, famine, wars – and that’s just before breakfast. Who the heck wants to smile after that?

It’s really enough to make someone want to give up, to lose hope, or maybe even feel sorry for themselves. I sometimes think that’s actually the point: to beat us down. If we are all depressed, maybe they can sell us happiness in the form of something material thing, or package it in a pill. Maybe Madonna was right when she sang “Material World” after all.

So what can we do about it?

Start with a smile.

If it doesn’t feel natural, go ahead and force yourself. It actually takes courage to smile in the face of adversity, but that resolve is one thing no one can take away from you. It is also the gift you can give to another that costs you nothing – yet it will be cherished long after you have given it.

A smile is powerful because it emanates from you and when given genuinely, is truly valued.

Over the years I have accomplished many things both within my immediate profession and outside of it. People have paid me good money to help them with their problems but, when the time comes to hang up my dental handpiece, I know that it won’t be the dollars that mattered most or that I am even likely to remember. It will be the six year-old who came back and gave me a hug after I finished her filling, or drew me a picture. It will be the young man who made a special trip back to my office one evening, just to take me aside and say “Thank you. You don’t know how much fixing my smile has helped my self-esteem.” It will be the young lady who gasped, and finally took her hand away from her mouth (after always covering it up), when I showed her her new smile. Okay, she cried, but she was really happy. That made me happy too. And so I smiled. In fact, when I think about those moments I still smile.

Smiling and kindness are the two “secret” weapons we have to battle the insanity surrounding us. I say, let’s use them as weapons of mass destruction. If destruction is to be the order of the day, then let’s destroy the pessimism, the fear, the cynicism, and the hatred. Think of it as a form of biological warfare. Wouldn’t it be great if smiling and kindness went viral?

If you are starting to think, “Oh, that sounds great, but it’s a little naïve,” then maybe the “Dark Side” is winning. I don’t think happiness is at all sentimental or corny. It is the pay we get for living.

People search for happiness their entire lives. Yet, someone much wiser than I once stated that all the happiness you will ever find lies within you. So why not start with a smile?

I hope you enjoy the following video. May it make you smile. If it does, why not send it to a few friends?

Smile

Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it’s breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you’ll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You’ll see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That’s the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what’s the use of crying?
You’ll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

That’s the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what’s the use of crying?
You’ll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

(Music by Charlie Chaplin; lyrics by John Turner and Geoffrey parsons; sung by Michael Jackson)

Known as the Doctor of Dental Wellness, Dr. Richard Walicki is a graduate of the Temple University School of Dentistry. Dr. Walicki is a general dentist with a focus on wellness and has maintained an active private practice in Philadelphia for over twenty years. His mission is to help people attain practical solutions for their dental health problems through education, prevention and nutrition. Dr. Walicki is a contributor to the LiberationWellnessBlog and a supporter of real food. Additional articles of related interest can be located on his website. A free newsletter and bonus report are also available.

Feds Sting Amish Farmer

Liz Reitzig — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:43:02 +0000

A yearlong sting operation, including aliases, a 5 a.m. surprise inspection and surreptitious purchases from an Amish farm in Pennsylvania, culminated in the federal government announcing this week that it has gone to court to stop Rainbow Acres Farm from selling its contraband to willing customers in the Washington area.

The product in question: unpasteurized milk.

It’s a battle that’s been going on behind the scenes for years, with natural foods advocates arguing that raw milk, as it’s also known, is healthier than the pasteurized product, while the Food and Drug Administration says raw milk can carry harmful bacteria such as salmonella, E. coli and listeria.

“It is the FDA’s position that raw milk should never be consumed,” said Tamara N. Ward, spokeswoman for the FDA, whose investigators have been looking into Rainbow Acres for months, and who finally last week filed a 10-page complaint in federal court in Pennsylvania seeking an order to stop the farm from shipping across state lines any more raw milk or dairy products made from it.

The farm’s owner, Dan Allgyer, didn’t respond to a message seeking comment, but his customers in the District of Columbia and Maryland were furious at what they said was government overreach.

“I look at this as the FDA is in cahoots with the large milk producers,” said Karin Edgett, a D.C. resident who buys directly from Rainbow Acres. “I don’t want the FDA and my tax dollars to go to shut down a farm that hasn’t had any complaints against it. They’re producing good food, and the consumers are extremely happy with it.”

The FDA’s actions stand in contrast to other areas where the Obama administration has said it will take a hands-off approach to violations of the law, including the use of medical marijuana in states that have approved it, and illegal-immigrant students and youths, whom the administration said recently will not be targets of their enforcement efforts.

Raw-milk devotees say pasteurization, the process of heating food to kill harmful organisms, eliminates good bacteria as well, and changes the taste and health benefits of the milk. Many raw-milk drinkers say they feel much healthier after changing over to it, and insist they should have the freedom of choice regarding their food.

One defense group says there are as many as 10 million raw-milk consumers in the country. Sales are perfectly legal in 10 states but illegal in 11 states and the District, with the other states having varying restrictions on purchase or consumption.

Many food safety researchers say pasteurization, which became widespread in the 1920s and 1930s, dramatically reduced instances of milk-transmitted diseases such as typhoid fever and diphtheria. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there is no health benefit from raw milk that cannot be obtained from pasteurized milk.

Read the full article here

About Liz Reitzig
Liz Reitzig is a certified Liberation Wellness Nutritionist and a regular contributor to Liberation Wellness (www.LiberationWellnessBlog.com) She serves as President of the Maryland Independent Consumers and Farmers Association and Secretary of the National Independent Consumers and Farmers Association. As a champion for real foods and farm freedom, Liz is the co-founder and partner in a farm fresh buying club and raises her own family on real foods from local farms. She is also a Chapter Leader for the Weston A Price Foundation.

RADIATION EXPOSURE INFORMATION AND ANTIDOTE

Janet Stuck, ND, CNC, MH, CNHP, CWE, LE — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:51:53 +0000

With all of the uncertainty and conflicting reports regarding the Japan nuclear facility explosions, I think that the following article is very timely. The fact that the US has placed over 100 machines to test radiation levels here in the States is very telling, even though we are told it’s nothing to worry about, because it is “very low levels” being recorded, if any.

It is those “very low levels” that can be most damaging as you can read from the following excerpt.

There is an herbal product that I recommend to my clients that contains “food” for the thyroid; dulse, kelp and irish moss. I use it for both under and active thyroid conditions and you will read references to these ingredients below.

The following article came from the DNR web site. I felt it best to just copy it so that none of the information would be watered down or omitted. You can acces the site through my web site www.1stopherbshop.com for further information or contact me directly.

“We recently came across a website that had us fascinated. It focuses on a book, “The Regeneration Effect – Overcoming Advanced Stages of Cancer and other Chronic Degenerative Diseases” written by Dr. John Apsley, II, MD(E), DC in 1996. This website contains an overwhelming amount of information bundled together in a rambling jumble that jumps all over the place. With that said we do believe Dr. Apsley and his associates have a noble intent by publishing this site and are on the money with their philosophies and recommended health remedies. After reviewing this site, we were pleased to realize how closely his knowledge and experience come to being compatible with DNR, Inc. philosophies and modalities. The following excerpt on Radiation Toxicity Antidotes is not only educational, but timely as well.

Radiation Toxicity Antidotesby John W. Apsley, II, MD(E), DC Q: What can I do now to protect myself from nuclear fall-out arriving from the meltdown of Japan’s nuclear power plants?

A: History has taught us to “hope for the best,” but “plan for the worst” and to educate oneself better than the politicians or their official scientific spokespersons!

The radioactive metals uranium, plutonium, cesium and strontium are of primary concern, right alongside radioactive iodide. Once lodged into our tissues, all will induce lethal tissue ionization, which over decades will derange genetic functions and kill many cells. To avoid this, the metals need to be removed from the cells. Specifically over the long term, radioactive cesium will concentrate in the fatty tissues, radioactive iodine in the thyroid gland and ovaries, strontium and uranium in the bone, and uranium and plutonium in the liver. For North America, over time this may/will lead to significantly greater levels of cancer or alternative forms of chronic degenerative disease in our children and young adults via the Petkau Effect.

The Petkau Effect may be illustrated as follows:

A long term exposure of extremely low radiation (i.e., one-ten millionth of a rad) was found to be 100 BILLION times MORE lethal than a short term exposure to exceedingly high level radiation (i.e., 10,000 rads per minute). As it turns out, Petkau discovered that at exceedingly high radiation levels, the abundant free radicals generated in tissues tended to cancel each other out before they could do cellular damage. But at extremely low levels of radiation, these same free radicals – produced in minuscule quantities – remain unchecked. And any steady stream of unchecked free-radicals will efficiently and lethally cleave lipid cellular membranes like a hot knife slicing through butter once they overwhelm and exhaust cellular antioxidant defenses. This dramatically illustrates the non-linear aspects of dose (rads) to lethality. Most scientists specializing in the field of nuclear medicine are unaware of this fact. And most think strictly in terms of genetic damage, while the above presents its lethal affects upon cell membranes and only secondarily to the genetic core.

Eclectic physicians often specialize in BioEnergetics, the Fourth Pillar to The Regeneration Effect. And what these experts will tell you is that select low levels of radiation that disrupt cell membranes will trigger attempts in tissues to regenerate the damage, which is termed autophagy. Just enough autophagy with just enough antioxidants and reserves of their respective substrates (building blocks) and other essential factors like oxygen and you are “In like Flint.” But too much autophagy with too little antioxidants or when coupled to conditions of hypoxia (low oxygen levels), and you start generating vast numbers of premature cellular deaths, and over the longer term cancer or devastating autoimmune disease. Most folks over 50 have under saturated tissue levels of oxygen, so this is something we need to keep in mind. Additionally, other stores of environmental toxins or unhelpful lifestyles which include the standard American diet and smoking will ensure low level radiation exposure can only increase risks to chronic degenerative diseases down the road. Perhaps most importantly, radioactive iodide may easily disrupt thyroid function permanently. With chronic lower thyroid hormone production, the risk to many chronic degenerative diseases dramatically goes up. Unfortunately, conventional medicine has failed to date to adequately appraise low thyroid conditions, so this only compounds inadequacies in statistical analysis.

What we must all do now is to fortify our internal cellular milieu and bring online our very own Regeneration Effect within. So let’s begin…

SHORT TERM ANTIDOTES:

1. N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC) is the most powerful short term quencher of ionizing radiation. It is a nutrient, a simple amino acid from protein. For adults (weighing above 150lbs) , it may be taken in dosages of up to 500mg daily for protection from toxic metals and other poisons. For younger adults weighing 100lbs to 149lbs, 400mg daily affords adequate protection in most situations. In children weighing less than 100lbs, but above 50lbs, 200mg daily is a suitable dose. For infants, toddlers or children weighing less than 50lbs, 50mg to 100mg daily may be used in juice, as long as no sensitivity to NAC arises (i.e., light skin rashes). In this manner, NAC may be used daily on an indefinite basis, as it is a harmless amino acid our bodies will use to establish antioxidant defenses and aid the immune system. It is also an adequate remover (i.e., chelator – from the Greek which means that which “grabs onto or claws into”) of toxic metals from the body, such as radioactive cobalt and directly and indirectly uranium.Uranium is quite stubborn about exiting without a fight and could require baking soda to speed things up – see references at very end of page – plus melatonin. Liver protection from fall-out radioisotopes like uranium, plutonium, etc… is nicely accomplished via combining NAC + Sea Vegetables (see next) + Melatonin + Selenium + small amounts of baking soda (see number 7 below for all advisories). Lastly – rarely some adults are sensitive to NAC, so be aware of special advisories regarding its long term use. In those cases, use high-quality Whey products.

2. Iodide is also a first line of defense mineral supplement, since it can out-compete radioactive iodide from entering into our bodies.¹¹ Despite misinformation to the contrary, if you have no known allergy to shellfish or iodide, rationale supplementation with iodide can be a good thing. Remember, it is an essential nutrient our bodies must have every day to make adequate levels of essential hormones. Up to 1,000mcg daily are used for several short weeks from various sources, such as Kelp, Irish Moss or Dulse. For adults, up to 5 tablets per meal of any one of these may be wise. Rarely, some folks suffer fully reversible mild hair loss by taking iodide. By simply discontinuing the supplement for several days, this problem typically clears and resuming iodide intake at lower levels (200mcg-400mcg/day) usually does not bring back the problem. In the rare event any intake of iodide causes resumption of hair loss, substitute Chlorella or Spirulina below. Kelp and other seaweeds are also excellent chelators of toxic metals from the body, especially if high fiber intake is also being incorporated into the diet.

3. Chlorella (and other blue green algae) is a superior protector and chelator of radioactive metals from the body and contains no less than 20 superior neutralizers to radioactive poisons. 5 per meal (250mg each or 1250mg per meal) is a great dose for adults, 3 per meal for young adults and children, and 1 per meal for the very young. Make sure the Chlorella brand you buy has the outer cell wall “cracked” for best absorption. More may be taken, but it is suggested to never exceed 40 tablets daily for adults. Spirulina is a very acceptable cheaper alternative, although the taste is more objectionable for children.

4. High quality bone meal (rich in Calcium & Strontium Hydroxyapatite) will also protect against radioactive strontium poisoning and penetration of uranium into bone. 3 per meal as labeled is suggested for adults, young adults and children, and 1-2 per meal for the very young.

5. Natural Vitamin E Complex - To stop cell membrane destruction. 800iu per day is an excellent dose for average adults, and 400iu per day for young adults and children. Toddlers and infants may be given 100iu per day in juice. (Side Note: Krill Oil, CoQ10(H) and Melatonin are more powerful than Vit. E, but also more expensive.)

6. Consuming High fiber and seaweed dishes on a regular basis must be used to maximize the best effects of the above tools. These will help insure removal (chelation) of toxic radioactive metals from the body.

7. Baking soda – Should be taken only on rare occasions, that is, only if exposures to uranium or plutonium can be confirmed, even in trace amounts, for your area. Baking soda is an efficient means to remove these metals quickly (especially uranium). There are several medical conditions which contradict taking baking soda, so be sure you have doctor’s clearance before consuming baking soda. Taking baking soda once weekly should pose no health threat if no other medical conditions are present which require restriction of sodium intake. For adults with no medical contraindications, and who have good reason to believe they have been exposed to traces of radioactive fall-out, especially uranium, taking 1 teaspoon of baking soda in 1 cup water or juice up to seven (7) times daily on an empty stomach – on one day out of every seven days – may be warranted. If you have a day of fasting each week, or one of light eating, this would be the perfect day to perform this procedure; but again, only if it has been confirmed you were likely exposed to extremely low levels of the radioactive heavy metals such as uranium. Please see the long list of abstracts regarding baking soda as an effective chelator of radioactive elements at the very end of this document).

DNR, Inc. continues to field calls from so many people across the country about this issue. The article recommends many natural remedies that will help the body deal with exposure to radiation. Remember, we are constantly being bombarded with radiation everyday of our lives. Maybe not from nuclear plant radiation leaks, but from regular run of the mill environmental radiation such as power lines, microwave towers, cell phones, computers etc. The supplements suggested throughout the article could add up to a pretty hefty hit to the pocketbook when purchased separately. Not to mention the risk of supplement overload. The safe and natural energies of everything recommended can be found in DNR’s Immune System Booster PAK , CAN PAK and other Liquid Signals^® formula combinations.Also, when the need arises for extrication of toxins, the DNR Synergy Simplified Solution that applies to all DNR Protocols is the safest and most effective means to naturally detox.We talk about keeping the immune system strong and ready for the unexpected exposure to bacteria, viruses or even radiation. We’ve been suggesting the DNR, Inc. Immune System Booster PAK (See The Right Column Item #ISBP). Keeping the immune system strong makes recovery from sicknesses or exposures simpler and takes less time. For instance, by taking the Immune System Booster PAK daily and you were eventually exposed to minor radiation, then the natural and safe release and extrication of toxicity with DNR, Inc.’s CAN PAK would go very smoothly. Originally formulated for individuals who have been exposed to chemo or radiation therapy, the CAN PAK is instrumental in countering free radical attack and supporting immune responses.

This is a good time to mention adding Fabric Shield to all of your laundry. Fabric Shield fortified clothing can help provide the body with balance, vigor and a healthier immune system every day. Night or day, the energy fortified bed linens and clothes are responsible for endowing the body with the ability to resist the harmful effects brought on by harmful radiations, environmental pollutants, and synthetic chemicals in fabrics, furniture and other products.

Fabric Shield formulas are highly charged liquid blends that have been encoded with special energies collected from low-spectrum radio-like waves. Fabric Shield products magnetically bond to synthetic and natural fabrics allowing them to give full-time support to the immune system and the body’s overall vital energy and balance.”

Janet Stuck is a Doctor of Naturopathy, Certified Nutritional Counselor, Certified Wellness Nutritional Counselor, Master Herbologist and Certified Natural Health Professional. Janet writes for www.LiberationWellnessBlog.com and her website www.onestopherbshop.net.

20-Year Low-Carb Dieter Finds Zero Plaque Buildup In Her Arteries

Jimmy Moore — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:59:18 +0000

The low-carb blogosphere has been ablaze this week after Gary Taubes appeared on The Dr. Oz Show in what many thought was an ambush against healthy low-carb living. In fact, there was one segment where Dr. Oz went on a low-carb diet for 24 hours (we won’t even talk about how idiotic that is right now, but I’ll be doing a response video to that entire boondoggle soon) and he made an illustration with the food he was eating for a snack. Using pepperoni slices and string cheese, he said “Here’s how I see it, that’s my artery” referring to the curled slice of pepperoni followed by him referring to the string cheese going through the hole in the pepperoni stating “and this is the plaque.” After a smug smacking of the side of his cheek, he concludes, “That’s how I envision it” which is met with raucous laughter from The Dr. Oz Show audience. Really? Is this same old tired, worn out argument against livin’ la vida low-carb still being used by seemingly intelligent medical professionals like Dr. Mehmet Oz? Unfortunately so. But is it true? Do low-carb diets simply cause more harm than good by consuming foods that are higher in fat and lower in carbohydrates? Let’s look at the story of one of my readers who has been eating low-carb for the past 20 years and recently had a sophisticated test conducted to see what kind of damage her high-fat, moderate protein, low-carb way of eating has had on her body.

She e-mailed me that she recently had a wellness exam after recommitting herself to a “clean” low-carb lifestyle again starting in May 2010 and she discovered that her cholesterol was slightly higher (36 points up) than normal. However, instead of medication, she was put on a high-quality, pharmaceutical-grade fish oil supplement. Now that’s pretty amazing in this day and age of handing out statin drugs like they’re candy, but the “best news” is what happened next. At the same time they checked her cholesterol, she had an arterial ultrasound test called Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (CIMT) done as well. It’s a sophisticated test where they use a doppler to capture images of the carotid, femoral, and abdominal arteries to see if there is any plaque buildup to be concerned with. Plaque that penetrates the arterial wall can lead to a condition known as atheroschlerosis where the arteries harden and become blocked which can eventually lead to a heart attack or stroke. Dr. Oz was certainly insinuating on his show that eating a diet that consists of fat and very few carbohydrates would lead to this, but check out what happened next when my reader got her results.

The nurse practitioner called me and told me that my results were some of the best she had ever seen! My actual age is 43, but my arteries measured that of a 25 year old!

WOW! When she received these astonishing results from the nurse, my reader revealed to her what she had been doing–the healthy low-carb lifestyle! The nurse then “acted a little surprised” and was “offended” that my reader didn’t tell her about what she was doing sooner. When asked whether she lost any weight eating this way, my reader said she had shed over 30 pounds since May 2010 and that low-carb living makes her “feel better, look better, and act better” than anything else she’s ever tried.

It is just the way I have to eat for the rest of my life.

Obviously, she is super-stoked about the results of her CIMT test and now has a newfound confidence that livin’ la vida low-carb is “not harming my body at all.”

My liver and kidney functions were fine, as well as all of the rest of the blood work.

And although her cholesterol is slightly elevated, we know that most of those tests tend to focus on LDL and total cholesterol rather than the triglyceride/HDL ratio which is a much better indicator of heart health risk than what is typically measured. I have long challenged anyone to prove to me that “high” cholesterol is unhealthy. There’s just no solid evidence that exists substantiating this oft-repeated but never proven claim. Even worse, most doctors seem to be so clueless about cholesterol except to pull out their prescription pad to write down Lipitor or Crestor for their none-the-wiser patients. Why does a non-medically trained layperson like myself seem to know more about lipid health than a cardiologist like Dr. Oz? Maybe he likes the money he makes cutting into people’s chests (as he bragged so much about in the Taubes interview) while simultaneously taking sponsorship from advertisers who create products that are the real culprit in cardiovascular disease, namely high-carb, grain-based cereals.

This is one reason why Gary Taubes refused to have his cholesterol numbers run on his appearance on The Dr. Oz Show on Monday because the numbers are meaningless without the proper context. It was a setup that he refused to participate in knowing he wouldn’t have an opportunity to properly explain the importance of measuring LDL particle size with an NMR LipoProfile test, for example. In fact, Taubes told me that he was able to share about this distinction with LDL cholesterol but the producers cut it out of the final version of the segment. Gee, what a surprise! Look for a blog post about this from Gary at his blog coming soon.

As for the fabulous results my reader experienced after being on a low-carb diet for the past 20 years, all I can say is WAY TO GO! While people like Dr. Oz may not think someone can live long-term on a diet consisting of meats, eggs, cheese, green vegetables, butter, and the rest of the incredible foods we enjoy eating on this healthy lifestyle change, you’re proving that’s just not the case. Not only are you doing it, but your health is better than it ever would have been eating any other way. Congratulations to you for choosing low-carb as your preferred nutritional plan and for inspiring us all in our own low-carb journey to be confident and proud of the way livin’ la vida low-carb is improving our health on a daily basis!

Jimmy Moore is the popular blogger, podcaster and author of Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb who lost 180 pounds on the Atkins diet in 2004 and quickly established himself as a highly influential layperson in the field of health and nutrition. His wildly successful Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Blog has been educating, encouraging and inspiring readers since 2005 and his accompanying iTunes podcast The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore is one of the most listened to health broadcasts online today featuring hundreds of enchanting interviews with the leading voices in the world of diet and healthy living! Jimmy’s latest book compiling all the knowledge he has learned along his journey is called 21 Life Lessons From Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb: How The Health Low-Carb Lifestyle Changed Everything I Thought I Knew. He lives in Spartanburg, SC with his beautiful wife Christine and their four crazy cats!

My Apology and the Truth

Annette Presley — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:06:25 +0000

I apologize to everyone who has struggled with their weight. I spent fourteen years blaming you for being lazy and gluttonous and then I gave you advice that just made you heavier and more miserable and then I blamed you again when my advice didn’t work. I’m truly sorry for believing the lies myself and then passing them on to you. Now that I know better, I want to set the record straight about some things and liberate you from false beliefs.

1. Overweight and obese people are not lazy gluttons. Eating too much and exercising too little does not cause obesity, they are side effects of gaining weight. The more weight you carry, the more fuel you need to feed it and the less inclined you are to exercise because of the need to fuel the excess weight. The good news is that you are not eating too much and exercising too little.

2. Genetics does play a role in weight, so you do not have 100% control over it. Your genes determine where you accumulate fat and how thin it is possible for you to be. Not everyone can achieve a size 2 and not everyone can get to a size 16. Naturally, we all want the genes that prevent us from getting fat, but the bad news is that genes are not fair. Some of us have genes that keep us from getting fat and some of us have genes that make it super easy for us to get fat. For some, trying to achieve the supermodel look will only lead to failure, depression and more weight gain. For women, some will have nice voluptuous breasts and others will have not so nice voluptuous hips or bellies. That’s life, it’s not always fair.

3. The diet advice from the ‘nutrition authorities’ over the past 25 plus years has contributed to expanding waistlines in both children and adults. The low fat, food guide pyramid diet has also contributed to heart disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and cancer. The bad news is that you’ve been lied to all your life about how to maintain a reasonable weight and following the bad advice has made it easy for you to gain weight and difficult for you to lose weight.

4. Diet plays a significant role in weight management. The good news is that there is something you can do to improve your weight, but it involves a complete change in the way you think about weight, food and activity. It’s obvious from both science and observation that the low fat, high carbohydrate diet (food guide pyramid) has led to obesity, so it makes sense, and science confirms it, that doing the opposite might reverse the damage. If you want to know more about the science, I highly recommend the book Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It by Gary Taubes. Taubes does an excellent job at presenting the science in a very clear, understandable and straightforward way. Carbohydrates drive insulin and insulin is the only hormone in the body that causes you to store fat. There are also other hormones and enzymes that play a role in weight management, too, so if you struggle with weight, it would be a good idea to have your hormone levels checked as well as your thyroid. Getting those things under control will help you lose weight. Cutting down on the carbohydrates, particularly starchy vegetables such as potatoes, peas and corn, grains and sugars will reduce insulin levels and therefore reduce the amount of fat stored in your body.

5. Exercise will not help you lose weight. The good news is you don’t have to bust your butt at the gym anymore. Exercise does have other benefits so don’t sit on the couch all day, but it will not help with weight loss. Too much exercise, in fact, can make it harder for you to lose weight because it increases appetite, particularly for carbohydrate rich foods; you will just end up eating more and storing more fat.

The only way to lose weight and keep it off is to reduce the amount of carbohydrates you eat such as starchy vegetables, grains and sugars. You can eat as much protein and fat as you want which may sound too good to be true, but it is. Next time I’ll give you some steps to take on making the switch from high carb to low carb.

There is hope, so stop beating yourself up and don’t take a beating from anyone else, either.

Annette Presley RD LD, Chief Nutritionist for Liberation Wellness

Annette has been a registered dietitian for over 19 years and discovered several years ago that every thing she learned in school was wrong and the nutrition advice we dispense in this country actually causes heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity. She is now dedicating her life to getting the truth out so people can live a truly healthy life. She is founder of Find Your Weigh online at findyourweigh.com.

Disclaimer: Annette Presley RD LD provides nutrition advice and counseling regarding lipid disorders that is not universally accepted as evidenced-based practice in dietetics. This nutrition advice is neither sponsored, endorsed, approved nor recommended either by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH) or the American Dietetic Association. As such, prior to beginning nutrition counseling with or suggested by Annette Presley RD LD, it is strongly recommended that you consult your physician.

Raw Milk Needs Your Help!

Kevin Brown — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:28:10 +0000

NJ Raw Milk Bill A743 needs your help to get out of committee. Please voice your support of raw milk. We need new faces at the meeting in Trenton!

Thursday, February 10, 2pm, 4th floor, room 15, State House Annex, Trenton NJ, directly across the street from 162 W State St, Trenton 08625. For car pooling, contact Carol carolrice@optonline.net.

NJ State Assembly Committee for Agriculture and Natural Resources will receive testimony on issues concerning dairy farmers in NJ. We anticipate that some dairy farmers will testify against raw milk at this meeting, so a strong show of support is important.

Also, please continue to email your testimonies, as raw milk drinkers, as consumers, as farmers, as health professionals, to Assemblywoman Connie Wagner, sponsor of this raw milk bill, so she can give your testimony to the committee. aswwagner@njleg.org

The committee loves to hear stories from people who are using raw milk, from parents who give it to their families, about children whose health has improved due to raw milk.

And if you’d like to call the committee members and let them know why you’re in favor of raw milk, here is contact info:

NJ Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Nelson T. Albano (D), Chair

(609) 465-0700 (Cape May Court House)

(856) 765-0891 (Millville)

(856) 696-7109 (Vineland)

(609) 926-3779 (Somers Point)

Celeste M. Riley (D), Vice-Chair

(856) 455-1011 (Bridgeton)

(856) 251-9801 (West Deptford)

(856) 339-0808 (Salem)

John F. Amodeo (R)

(609) 677-8266 (Northfield)

Ronald S. Dancer (R)

(732) 901-0702 (Jackson)

Gilbert L.Wilson (D)

(856) 547-4800 (Audubon)

(856) 541-1251 (Camden)

(856) 853-2960 (Woodbury)

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

www.njleg.state.nj.us

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/A1000/743_I1.PDF

www.gardenstaterawmilk.org or search for

Garden State Raw Milk on Facebook

A PRIMER ON PROPAGANDA

truthinthepublicinterest — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:41:58 +0000

And now, a word or two about our sponsors….

The word ‘propaganda’ as it is used today, did not always have the primarily negative connotation that has become associated with it after World War II. The Third Reich made extensive and effective use of this technology enabling it to generate support to prosecute wars of hatred and intolerance against people inside and outside the country. And, if you stop to think about it for a moment, such powerful and effective societal manipulation obviously did not simply fall into the dustbin of history and cease to exist when the Third Reich fell. Hence the need and desirability of this Primer on Propaganda.

Before WWII, the science and practice of propaganda was still a maturing and relatively untested technology. Hitler’s Germany became its first society-wide success story, setting the stage for its planetary application which has now become so ubiquitous, so deeply and unconsciously embedded and accepted in our experience, as to be practically invisible. Prior to the second world war, however, this emerging field was much more openly discussed and was widely heralded as having great promise to ‘educate’ and ‘inform’ the masses.

The pioneer of this new field was an Austrian-born American by the name of Edward Bernays, who is widely recognized as “the father of modern public relations.”[1] His personal background, intentions and understanding as to its need and purpose (not to mention his future employers) are generally less well known however. In the early 1920s, Mr. Bernays published the seminal work in this new field. The book was simply titled “Propaganda” and was used as a graduate level text. At the time, it was presented as a necessary and benign means of ‘e

ducating’ the common man. The issue at hand was how to generate public support for national social and political policies in the most efficient and effective manner.

Being the nephew of Sigmund Freud, Mr. Bernays was no neophyte when it came to his understanding of unconscious and subconscious human desires and motivations. Taken as a whole, he believed these unconscious drives led to the necessity of “enlightened despotism” in order to control the otherwise dangerous “herd instincts” of society.[2] He made no effort to hide his motivations and reasons for developing technology for the expressed purpose of controlling the public mind. In his own words:

“If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, is it not possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing about it? The recent practice of propaganda has proved that it is possible…”[3]

This is the most fundamentally important aspect of modern ‘public relations’ to understand and to appreciate. Namely that its primary purpose is, was, and always has been, to control the public mind, to generate the accepted realms of discourse, understanding and perceptions of the public at large, without their conscious knowledge or consent…for their own good. This process is called propaganda, public relations, advertising, and more honestly, brainwashing. Despite what more (potentially) innocent modern-day media moguls and advertising experts may believe or say, all of these practices essentially refer to the same process and objective, namely, using mass media to effect control of public beliefs, desires and actions by manipulating the subconscious.

The second primary distinguishing characteristic of conditioning/propaganda/advertising/brainwashing is that there will always be resistance to uncovering it, to becoming conscious of it and its effects. It is always designed with built-in protective mechanisms, otherwise it would not remain as well hidden, underexposed or effective. Therefore, anytime anyone is being pushed up against belief systems that have been impressed upon them in this way, they will feel resistance of some kind. It will often come as an emotional response, ranging from slight discomfort and disquiet to extreme upset and anger. It will often take the form of ridicule, derision or dismissal (think how most people react when they hear the words “conspiracy theory”). This is the second defining characteristic of conditioning.

We’ve all seen pictures of goose-stepping soldiers. This kind of conditioning did not stop with Hitler’s Third Reich, with Russian Communism or with China or North Korea’s statist control structures. It did not, and is not, just happening to them. It is happening to us, now. The disquieting reality I have accepted about my culture, and about myself, that I am asking you to consider is that, in many ways, we are those goose-stepping soldiers; and not only are we them, but we are conditioned to resist acknowledging it.

We have all been deeply and powerfully conditioned, in ways we often don’t recognize, to see things a certain way, to believe things that suit the interests of others and not ourselves. And at some level, we know it. Those of us familiar with the information on this blog see it every day. We hear it on radio and TV talk shows, in the papers and in books. People being told, doctors, nurses, politicians, radio and TV talking heads and the man on the street parroting what they have heard, and know to be true about cholesterol, saturated fats, heart disease, and all manner of misguided understandings regarding health and wellness. We can easily see such conditioning…in others. It’s all around us. Many of us, probably most of us, are painfully aware of it every day. In the public realm, on talk radio and in print media such recognition often carries large helpings of sarcasm and ‘how-can-they-be-so-hopelessly-ignorant’ rhetoric along with it.

But it seems we all think it hasn’t happened to us. We all think that we alone (or nearly alone) have risen above and reasoned our way out of the trap of unconscious manipulation. We all pretty much know what we believe, why we believe it, and why we’re right and everybody else has got some, or most of it wrong.

And don’t you see? It can’t be that way. It can’t be that we’re the only ones who’ve got the straight scoop about it all. But most of us honestly seem to think we do. And that’s the whole point right there. Because even when we have recognized, dissected and marveled at specific areas where we have seen behind the curtain, we are all still swimming in a sea of manipulation and conditioning that effects our belief systems; that has informed the choices we make about our diet and our health; that has provided the ideas and understanding we have about what’s so, what’s not so, what’s possible and what’s not possible. Most of you are well-acquainted with the misleading information and ideas promulgated about food and health that inform the majority of public opinion. Now consider that a similar depth and degree of misinformation and manipulation adheres to the realms of energy, money, medicine, and media. Consider that we all are conditioned in ways we are not aware, to think, to feel, to believe, and to act in accordance with some external intent and purpose.

The point here is not to become paranoid, it is to become conscious. It’s not time to see through the looking glass anymore, it’s time to step outside the looking glass altogether and challenge, consider and reset our own belief systems and take greater responsibility for all the material we ingest and propagate, be it physical or ideological. The best place to start is with the food we eat, the next place is the information we accept as truth. To me it seems one of the hardest lessons, to accept that in today’s media-mediated society, there will probably always be areas where I, and others, have been misguided and misled. A big part of how well we navigate all the changes we see coming and happening around us will be how open and willing, how supple and flexible we can learn to be with regard to much that each of us has taken as ‘truth’ to this point. Food is an obvious example for all of us here, but be assured it is not the only example for any of us.

By David Barker
essencequest@hotmail.com

[1] The Century of the Self, 2002 BBC documentary. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/century_of_the_self.shtml

[2] Wikiipedia, “Edward Bernays” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays

[3] ibid

Journey with The Liberation Diet

Kevin Brown — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:51:48 +0000

Kevin:

First off:

Thank you for taking the time to call me back at the time that you did! I know you are VERY BUSY & I hope you know how that made me feel that you took the time to call me!

After only two short weeks of following your instructions, I lost a total of 7 pounds! Being a 41 year old male with M . S.. I know this is something that I NEED TO DO, Something I want to do and it is SO VERY ACHIEVABLE! It’s funny but I NEVER thought I could eat only twice a day and be satisfied AL L DAY LONG. I will keep you updated and here is a picture of me right after I started my new way of life. I started at 271 lbs and as of right now I am 264 lbs. PS: LOV E THE EGGS & BACON w/ the “REAL MILK!” It’s NOT JUST FOR BREAKFAST ANYMORE!

Talk to you soon,

Tom Schwindy