Dr. Mercola on Health Liberty

I've always hated politics.  There was a time that current events and history didn't mean a thing to me.  When I learned what corporate greed and political corruption is doing to the health of our nation, all of a sudden I became someone who cares very much about who is running the country and the court systems.

There are leaders of some corporate giants who don't want opposition or competition.  Big Pharma and Big Agrobiz are two types of businesses that corrupts politics in order to eliminate opposition and competition.  When they do that, they also limit our choices.  If you are one who wants to vaccinate your child, that should be your choice, however, you should understand all of the pros and cons of vaccinations.  Informed consent seems to fall through the cracks when it comes to vaccinations.  If you are one who believes that fluoride is good for the teeth, then you should be able to choose to use it.  When it is put into our water supply and in many commercial drinks, we don't really have very much of a choice in that matter.  If you believe that GMOs are safe and beneficial for many other reasons, then you should be able to make use of it; but not at the expense of your neighbor who is trying to raise organic crops nor should we all have to eat it because the company who makes it refuses to label it.  We should all be able to make choices about what is best for our families and ourselves.

Dr. Mercola addressed a few of these things.  Watch:

Millions Against Monsanto Forum

This is a new forum on the Whole Health Destinations page, I hope it will be active.  I know I have so much information to give, but I also know that others have much information to share as well.  There are so many ways that we can fight for our health freedom.  The best way to achieve our health freedom is by educating one another and standing up together. 

I have had enough of Monsanto's malicious lies and their fatal deceit.  Monsanto has destroyed lives; ask BT cotton farmers in India, anyone who lives in Anniston Alabama or small farmers in the US who lost their businesses because of GMOs. 

Please join me and many others around the world who are fighting for their health freedom.  Join the million against Monsanto!

Again, registration (or reregistration if you are a BWMFs member but not a Whole Health Destinations member) is necessary to join the forum.  Of course registration is free and simple.  If you are like me and need more guidance, click here for instructions on registration.

Get Involved

There are many ways to get involved and fight for your health freedom.  I know there is a lot of bad news to swallow; to name some of the negative outcomes, there is CCD, small farmers losing businesses because of Monsanto's lies and crooked political take-overs and poor farmers in India committing suicide because they didn't get rich like Monsanto promised.  Even with all of the bad news that we've seen and endured, as Vandana Shiva said, there is so much hope. 

People are waking up and figuring out that there is so much that just does NOT add up.  I've posted about the 270,000 farmers who are suing Monsanto.  I may have even mentioned that Canadian farmers and some Indian farmers went after Monsanto as well.  California is in the process of fighting to have GMOs labeled as are many politicians and organizations like the OCA (Organic Consumers Association).  We have individuals such as Jeffery Smith, Dr. Rima and Vandana Shiva fighting for our health freedom.  If we keep turning up the heat, I'm hoping that eventually, even multibillion dollar Monsanto won't stay in the kitchen.

Here are some ways to get involved:

1. The 2012 California Ballot Initiative
2. You could donate to the OCA
3. Click here for a list of other ways to get involved 
4. Go to the Wellness Avenues page for more resources  
5. Get involved in the Millions Against Monsanto forum on the Whole Health Destinations page

Miswak

My hygienist was the one who told me about miswak or siwak.  Miswak looks like a twig, but after chewing off the bark and chewing the fibers inside; it actually makes a great cleaner for your teeth.

I've used miswak a few times.  I don't have the skill to get the miswak to certain parts of my mouth to get all of my teeth clean, but I am told that there are ways.  My hygienist was very curious about miswak after observing the teeth of the Saudi Arabian gentleman that introduced it to her.  She said that she has rarely ever seen such healthy gums.
 
I researched the product, of course, and found out that C*lg*te brand puts miswak in their toothpaste in the middle east, yet they will put fluoride in their toothpaste here in the US.  Interesting, isn't it?

Let Food Be Thy Vitamins (Part II)

I am forced to assume that the video was talking crystallized vitamins because those are the most popular kind of vitamins on the market (and the least effective).  Crystallized vitamins have been unadulterated, therefore the body cannot metabolize and absorb it very well.  In other words, once ingested it isn't treated like a food.  It falls apart in the digestive tract and then it is excreted.  Researchers believe that it is because too much has been taken out out of the supplement during purification.  The body can absorb about 10% of crystallized vitamins or less which is why the vitamin content in crystallized vitamins are so high.  With the added insult of GMOs, I would guess that they could have something to do with the increased cancer risk.  Also, too much vitamin A of any kind can cause health risks that I'm still learning about.  I've spoken to a number of doctors about this and they ALL said that it is best to get vitamin A from food (both eggs and raw milk butter from organic grass fed cow/goats have the highest content of vitamin A).  When you acquire vitamin A from food it is nearly impossible to get too much.  

Whole food vitamin supplements are another type of multivitamin.  This is my favorite way of getting the vitamins that I need each day.  There are two types of whole food vitamin supplements.  One type is a supplement made from food.  For example, algae can be made into a supplement.  It is grown, fed nutrient dense food and then freeze dried into a pill form.  The other kind of whole food vitamins are actual foods that you enjoy each day but work as supplements in the body.  For example, the American diet is iodine deficient.  Despite the iodine put in table salt, we are still an iodine deficient nation.  Sea weed is one way of obtaining sufficient iodine.  Brown sea weeds like kombu and kelp are among the highest.  I sprinkle kelp granules on my toast, eggs, soups and in smoothies (if I make it with fresh homemade nut milk) and I always cook kombu with beans.  Nutritional yeast has the highest concentration of a variety of B vitamins.  Salba seeds (or chia seeds) are a super food that contains more calcium than milk, more omega 3s than fish, more antioxidants than blueberries and more fiber than flax seeds.  One of my favorite snacks is something that I call vitamin toast; this is toast with homemade raw butter, Salba seeds, kelp granules and nutritional yeast.

I find it very disappointing that the presentation left out all of this information.  It didn't even mention that it is possible to obtain vitamins without "one per day" pills.  It's good to know that there is a way to get vitamins without having to rely on vitamin companies.

Let Food Be Thy Vitamins (Part I)

This is interesting information.  The only part that I found upsetting is that they didn't mention that there is a difference between crystallized vitamins and whole food vitamins.  One vitamin supplement is great for the body and the other is not.  More on this will be posted in a followup post later today.

October's Book: Seeds Of Deception

This is a one hour presentation that talks about October's book of the month.  I hope you find the presentation interesting, informative and instructive.

I apologize for the delay in making it available.  I very recently fixed a technical issue that prohibited me from doing so.