Today I am going to venture off a bit from my normal topics. Although I do have some pretty exciting happenings going on but that will have to wait since I would like to update with photos of our little farms progress. I just have not had the time to stop to take said photos but will do so soon.
Anyway, today I was replying to a dear friends post over on Facebook on how her adventures in homeschooling were going and offered to share some links I have been collecting that have been of help to us. Rather than fight to post them all there after 3 failed attempts losing everything I wrote each time; I decided to just come here to link them. Who knows maybe someone is reading my ideas and rants without thinking I am too boring and can actually be of some help. So basically today is simply a list of free homeschooling online curriculum and activities that I have recently come across.
http://www.softschools.com/math/worksheets/addition_worksheets.jsp
http://www.homeschoolingadventures.com/preschool.html
http://www.eho.org/
http://www.freelyeducate.com/
The next several links are from this wonderful blog. Thank you for the bloggers for the resources provided. This is a wonderful blog.
http://www.freelyeducate.com/2008/07/full-math-curriculum-for-preschool---9th-grade.html
http://www.freelyeducate.com/2008/06/dance-mat-typing.html
http://www.freelyeducate.com/2008/10/big-grammar-book-from-english-banana-elementary.html
http://www.thatquiz.org/
http://ptable.com/
http://www.puppetools.com/
http://www.americanheritage.org/ (Free lesson plans!!)
America's Heritage: An Adventure in Liberty
K-12 Teacher Lesson Plan Resource
$150.00 value!
Order Lesson Plan CD (free!) or printed binders.
http://www.thehomeschoolmagazine.com/freebiedirectory/index.html
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
3rd annual Freebie Directory for Homeschooling 2010 edition
http://homeschoolblogger.com/louisiana/492127/
Blog of a Louisiana homeschool family this entry specific to freebies. Browse through the rest of their blog for interesting links to other free material and activities to incorporate into your curriculum.
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/language_arts/dolch/
Dolch site word worksheets and printable. My 4 year old is reading on her own (even most of the big words) thanks to this.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/dolch/
Another site for the Dolch site words.
http://abcteach.com/
5000+ free printable worksheets
http://www.edhelper.com/dolch_sightwords_preprimer.htm
More printables
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
What's in the egg?.....carton that is.
Not all eggs are created equal, so it’s important to know what different labels really mean. Since raising our small flock of chickens, I have made it a point to start learning more about said chicks and egg production in general. I recently came across some startling facts about what is approved and considered free-range and organic. Amongst other soap crafters like myself, truth in labeling is a huge priority. And selling under false pretenses or using false advertisement is strongly frowned upon. The more we are striving to become self sufficient for our food needs as a family the more surprising and at times shocking information we are learning along the way. Things that in my mind could be described as approved deceptive advertising or deceptive measures that are allowed to be used to make sales.
In the most recent Grit magazine there is an article on backyard/urban chickens. In the pages of said article there is a side bar listing information about commercial eggs and understanding labels. The basic explanations are listed below.
“Cage Free,” “Free Range” or “Free Roaming.” None of these terms are currently regulated by the U.S. government, although there are some third-party verification programs (see below). Nevertheless, “free range” usually means the laying hens are raised in large flocks in big open warehouses rather than in stacked cages. They can walk around, flap their wings and preen their feathers a little. “Cage-free” does not mean outdoor access. “Free-range” implies some outdoor access, although it is probably very limited, and on dirt or concrete rather than pasture.
“Certified Humane.” Humane Farm Animal Care operates a certification program specifying that laying hens are uncaged, with access to perches, nest boxes and dust-bathing areas. There are stocking-density maximums but outdoor access is not required. Debeaking is allowed; starvation to induce molting is prohibited.
“Certified Organic.” Production methods must comply with the USDA National Organic Program, including organic, vegetarian feed, no use of antibiotics and no cages. Debeaking and forced molting by starvation are allowed. Organic standards require producers to “maintain livestock living conditions which accommodate the health and natural behavior of the animals.” How much access to the outdoors this requires for chickens is still being hotly debated. At this time, on large organic chicken farms, it may mean nothing more than a small door opening onto a concrete yard.
“Omega 3.” All eggs contain small amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, thought to be beneficial to human health. Omega-3 levels in eggs can be raised by supplementing the birds’ diet with things such as fish oil, flax seed or alfalfa meal (or by simply allowing the birds to forage on lawn or pasture).
What is debeaking? If you want to learn more about the horrors of debeaking just google it. You will be shocked. Debeaking is carried out on most commercial laying hens when they are chicks. The practice allows up to half of the upper beak and one third of the lower beak to be cut off with a hot blade. However, since the beaks of young chicks are so small, it is hard to judge accurately and sometimes more is cut off. Debeaking is done in an attempt to minimize the injuries caused when hens peck each other from being stressed from being kept lifelong in cramped conditions.
The Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC), set up by the UK government, has described this mutilation as, " a serious welfare insult to the hen".
Research scientist Dr Phil Glatz has described the pain and stress of debeaking as follows:
" In the short term beak trimming is likely to be stressful in a number of ways. The hen has to be approached, caught and restrained by the operator - a procedure which has been shown to evoke fear in hens. The procedure of cutting and cauterizing the beak of the hen with a heated blade is likely to result in acute short term pain because of the presence of cutaneous afferent nerves in the beak which respond to thermal stimuli. Furthermore, the beak of hens contains mechanoreceptors which when removed appear to impair the mechanical ability of the beak to pick up food both in the short and long term. "
What is the evidence that debeaking is painful?
*Debeaked hens lose weight and eat less for several weeks (2-4). In part, reduced food intake is due to inefficient feeding - debeaked birds have more difficulty picking up food and have to peck several times before they succeed in picking it up. However, if local anesthetic is applied to the beak, debeaked birds don't eat less in the first 24 hours, so the difference is also due to pain in the beak stump.
*When beak stumps are dissected at various times after debeaking, it is evident that nerve endings grow back in a tangled mass called a neuroma. The development of neuromas has been described as follows (5):
" At 10 days there was evidence of nerve regrowth with some enlargement of the end of the nerve. This regeneration and regrowth of the nerve fibres continued so that by 15 days clear neuroma was present at the end of the nerve stump together with numerous bundles of regenerating fibres. These regenerating fibres continued to grow but, because of the adjacent scar tissue, were unable to innervate dermal structures and consequently the fibres grew back on themselves to form a complex mass of intertwining regenerating nerve fibres together with the surrounding tissue. "Abnormal discharges have been observed in these neuromas, even when the nerves are not stimulated. This has led researchers to conclude that hens suffer chronic pain in the beak stump, much like the pain suffered by many human amputees (6).
*Another indication of chronic pain is that debeaked birds are less active - they spend more time dozing/resting and less time pecking/preening (7-9). Such inactivity is a common long term response to pain in animals.
What is Forced Molting? What is Forced Molting?
The practice of starving hens for profit is known as forced-molting. Molting literally refers to the replacement of old feathers by new ones. In nature, birds replace all their feathers in the course of a year to maintain good plumage at all times. A natural molt often happens at the onset of winter, when nature discourages the hatching of chicks. The hen stops laying eggs and concentrates her energies on staying warm and growing new feathers.
The egg industry exploits this natural process by forcing an entire flock to molt simultaneously. This is done to manipulate the marketplace and to pump a few hundred more eggs out of exhausted hens when it is deemed cheaper to "recycle" them rather than immediately slaughter them after a year of relentless egg- laying on a calcium-deficient diet.
To trigger the physiological shock of the forced molt, a University of California poultry researcher (Donald Bell) recommends the removal of all food for no less than five days and as long as fourteen days. Survivors may be force-molted two or three times, based on economics. At any given time over 6 million hens in the U.S. are being systematically starved in their cages, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dr. Peter Dun, an animal scientist from Scotland, said hens are force molted in the United States "until their combs turn blue."
Pretty shocking information especially if you are one who purchases organic, free range, etc believing that you are not only buying healthier eggs but that the animals raised for those eggs are treated better. I think most people have visions of farm raised chickens leading a happy little life on the farm with Pa and Ma Kettle collecting eggs every day to sale to the store for you to purchase. When in fact this is furthest from the truth. I dare you to Google any one of the acceptable practices on commercial chickens I listed above, then tell me your stomach does not turn.
Just in case someone thinks it, yes as a family we still eat primarily Raw Vegetarian (If anyone questions my previous blogs suggesting the benefits of including more raw in your diet, I am still growing my garden which I will take photos on soon and blog on my success this season with my square foot beds.), I never said we were 100% Vegan (just working towards it). Nor are we a family of activists, but we do respect all life. Including those of God's creatures and feel that if animals are going to be used to supply us food they need not be abused and raised in a respectful manner not crammed in tight quarters and mutilated for whatever reasons. I was raised on a farm most my life. My grandparents and great-grandparents were farmers and I am sure their parents before them were as well. I choose to support my local farmers and growers as much as possible. I choose to learn to grow my own and raise my own as much as I am capable. Our whole family is learning a lot doing so and are growing closer through it. It is fun and is a great opportunity for the adults and children alike. If anything this revelation of trickery in advertisement and the measures approved by FDA regarding food production reinforces the need to support our local farmers. I can drive down my road alone and count several signs in front of homes offering farm fresh eggs from their own backyard hens. Even in an urban environment it should not be hard to find someone local to you that would be more than happy to sell you some of the best tasting, healthy farm fresh eggs from well cared for happy hens for the same or close tot he same price you are seeing in stores. Take the first step knowing where your food comes from, you will be glad you did.
Chickens are inexpensive animals to keep, and many are prolific egg producers. A good laying hen will lay about 5 eggs a week. So, if you have 2 chickens you will get 10 eggs a week, or thereabouts, 4 chickens, 20 eggs and so on.
In the most recent Grit magazine there is an article on backyard/urban chickens. In the pages of said article there is a side bar listing information about commercial eggs and understanding labels. The basic explanations are listed below.
“Cage Free,” “Free Range” or “Free Roaming.” None of these terms are currently regulated by the U.S. government, although there are some third-party verification programs (see below). Nevertheless, “free range” usually means the laying hens are raised in large flocks in big open warehouses rather than in stacked cages. They can walk around, flap their wings and preen their feathers a little. “Cage-free” does not mean outdoor access. “Free-range” implies some outdoor access, although it is probably very limited, and on dirt or concrete rather than pasture.
“Certified Humane.” Humane Farm Animal Care operates a certification program specifying that laying hens are uncaged, with access to perches, nest boxes and dust-bathing areas. There are stocking-density maximums but outdoor access is not required. Debeaking is allowed; starvation to induce molting is prohibited.
“Certified Organic.” Production methods must comply with the USDA National Organic Program, including organic, vegetarian feed, no use of antibiotics and no cages. Debeaking and forced molting by starvation are allowed. Organic standards require producers to “maintain livestock living conditions which accommodate the health and natural behavior of the animals.” How much access to the outdoors this requires for chickens is still being hotly debated. At this time, on large organic chicken farms, it may mean nothing more than a small door opening onto a concrete yard.
“Omega 3.” All eggs contain small amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, thought to be beneficial to human health. Omega-3 levels in eggs can be raised by supplementing the birds’ diet with things such as fish oil, flax seed or alfalfa meal (or by simply allowing the birds to forage on lawn or pasture).
What is debeaking? If you want to learn more about the horrors of debeaking just google it. You will be shocked. Debeaking is carried out on most commercial laying hens when they are chicks. The practice allows up to half of the upper beak and one third of the lower beak to be cut off with a hot blade. However, since the beaks of young chicks are so small, it is hard to judge accurately and sometimes more is cut off. Debeaking is done in an attempt to minimize the injuries caused when hens peck each other from being stressed from being kept lifelong in cramped conditions.
The Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC), set up by the UK government, has described this mutilation as, " a serious welfare insult to the hen".
Research scientist Dr Phil Glatz has described the pain and stress of debeaking as follows:
" In the short term beak trimming is likely to be stressful in a number of ways. The hen has to be approached, caught and restrained by the operator - a procedure which has been shown to evoke fear in hens. The procedure of cutting and cauterizing the beak of the hen with a heated blade is likely to result in acute short term pain because of the presence of cutaneous afferent nerves in the beak which respond to thermal stimuli. Furthermore, the beak of hens contains mechanoreceptors which when removed appear to impair the mechanical ability of the beak to pick up food both in the short and long term. "
What is the evidence that debeaking is painful?
*Debeaked hens lose weight and eat less for several weeks (2-4). In part, reduced food intake is due to inefficient feeding - debeaked birds have more difficulty picking up food and have to peck several times before they succeed in picking it up. However, if local anesthetic is applied to the beak, debeaked birds don't eat less in the first 24 hours, so the difference is also due to pain in the beak stump.
*When beak stumps are dissected at various times after debeaking, it is evident that nerve endings grow back in a tangled mass called a neuroma. The development of neuromas has been described as follows (5):
" At 10 days there was evidence of nerve regrowth with some enlargement of the end of the nerve. This regeneration and regrowth of the nerve fibres continued so that by 15 days clear neuroma was present at the end of the nerve stump together with numerous bundles of regenerating fibres. These regenerating fibres continued to grow but, because of the adjacent scar tissue, were unable to innervate dermal structures and consequently the fibres grew back on themselves to form a complex mass of intertwining regenerating nerve fibres together with the surrounding tissue. "Abnormal discharges have been observed in these neuromas, even when the nerves are not stimulated. This has led researchers to conclude that hens suffer chronic pain in the beak stump, much like the pain suffered by many human amputees (6).
*Another indication of chronic pain is that debeaked birds are less active - they spend more time dozing/resting and less time pecking/preening (7-9). Such inactivity is a common long term response to pain in animals.
What is Forced Molting? What is Forced Molting?
The practice of starving hens for profit is known as forced-molting. Molting literally refers to the replacement of old feathers by new ones. In nature, birds replace all their feathers in the course of a year to maintain good plumage at all times. A natural molt often happens at the onset of winter, when nature discourages the hatching of chicks. The hen stops laying eggs and concentrates her energies on staying warm and growing new feathers.
The egg industry exploits this natural process by forcing an entire flock to molt simultaneously. This is done to manipulate the marketplace and to pump a few hundred more eggs out of exhausted hens when it is deemed cheaper to "recycle" them rather than immediately slaughter them after a year of relentless egg- laying on a calcium-deficient diet.
To trigger the physiological shock of the forced molt, a University of California poultry researcher (Donald Bell) recommends the removal of all food for no less than five days and as long as fourteen days. Survivors may be force-molted two or three times, based on economics. At any given time over 6 million hens in the U.S. are being systematically starved in their cages, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dr. Peter Dun, an animal scientist from Scotland, said hens are force molted in the United States "until their combs turn blue."
Pretty shocking information especially if you are one who purchases organic, free range, etc believing that you are not only buying healthier eggs but that the animals raised for those eggs are treated better. I think most people have visions of farm raised chickens leading a happy little life on the farm with Pa and Ma Kettle collecting eggs every day to sale to the store for you to purchase. When in fact this is furthest from the truth. I dare you to Google any one of the acceptable practices on commercial chickens I listed above, then tell me your stomach does not turn.
Just in case someone thinks it, yes as a family we still eat primarily Raw Vegetarian (If anyone questions my previous blogs suggesting the benefits of including more raw in your diet, I am still growing my garden which I will take photos on soon and blog on my success this season with my square foot beds.), I never said we were 100% Vegan (just working towards it). Nor are we a family of activists, but we do respect all life. Including those of God's creatures and feel that if animals are going to be used to supply us food they need not be abused and raised in a respectful manner not crammed in tight quarters and mutilated for whatever reasons. I was raised on a farm most my life. My grandparents and great-grandparents were farmers and I am sure their parents before them were as well. I choose to support my local farmers and growers as much as possible. I choose to learn to grow my own and raise my own as much as I am capable. Our whole family is learning a lot doing so and are growing closer through it. It is fun and is a great opportunity for the adults and children alike. If anything this revelation of trickery in advertisement and the measures approved by FDA regarding food production reinforces the need to support our local farmers. I can drive down my road alone and count several signs in front of homes offering farm fresh eggs from their own backyard hens. Even in an urban environment it should not be hard to find someone local to you that would be more than happy to sell you some of the best tasting, healthy farm fresh eggs from well cared for happy hens for the same or close tot he same price you are seeing in stores. Take the first step knowing where your food comes from, you will be glad you did.
Chickens are inexpensive animals to keep, and many are prolific egg producers. A good laying hen will lay about 5 eggs a week. So, if you have 2 chickens you will get 10 eggs a week, or thereabouts, 4 chickens, 20 eggs and so on.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Link to full report on Vegentarian Diets from yesterday
Yesterday I posted a link to the American Dietetic Associations new recommendations on Vegetarian and Vegan Diets. Someone from one of my raw food forums uploaded the full report for veiwing. There is some really great information on the studies that have been done on Vegetarian and Vegan Diets.
ADA Report on Vegetarian Diets
ADA Report on Vegetarian Diets
Monday, July 6, 2009
A step in the right direction
The American Dietetic Association has changed it's position on Vegetarian Diets. Below is the Abstract version of their report.
http://www.adajournal.org/article/S0002-8223(09)00700-7/abstract
"Volume 109, Issue 7, Pages 1266-1282 (July 2009)
Position of the American Dietetic Association: Vegetarian Diets
Abstract
It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes. A vegetarian diet is defined as one that does not include meat (including fowl) or seafood, or products containing those foods. This article reviews the current data related to key nutrients for vegetarians including protein, n-3 fatty acids, iron, zinc, iodine, calcium, and vitamins D and B-12. A vegetarian diet can meet current recommendations for all of these nutrients. In some cases, supplements or fortified foods can provide useful amounts of important nutrients. An evidence-based review showed that vegetarian diets can be nutritionally adequate in pregnancy and result in positive maternal and infant health outcomes. The results of an evidence-based review showed that a vegetarian diet is associated with a lower risk of death from ischemic heart disease. Vegetarians also appear to have lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure, and lower rates of hypertension and type 2 diabetes than nonvegetarians. Furthermore, vegetarians tend to have a lower body mass index and lower overall cancer rates. Features of a vegetarian diet that may reduce risk of chronic disease include lower intakes of saturated fat and cholesterol and higher intakes of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, soy products, fiber, and phytochemicals. The variability of dietary practices among vegetarians makes individual assessment of dietary adequacy essential. In addition to assessing dietary adequacy, food and nutrition professionals can also play key roles in educating vegetarians about sources of specific nutrients, food purchase and preparation, and dietary modifications to meet their needs."
http://www.adajournal.org/article/S0002-8223(09)00700-7/abstract
"Volume 109, Issue 7, Pages 1266-1282 (July 2009)
Position of the American Dietetic Association: Vegetarian Diets
Abstract
It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes. A vegetarian diet is defined as one that does not include meat (including fowl) or seafood, or products containing those foods. This article reviews the current data related to key nutrients for vegetarians including protein, n-3 fatty acids, iron, zinc, iodine, calcium, and vitamins D and B-12. A vegetarian diet can meet current recommendations for all of these nutrients. In some cases, supplements or fortified foods can provide useful amounts of important nutrients. An evidence-based review showed that vegetarian diets can be nutritionally adequate in pregnancy and result in positive maternal and infant health outcomes. The results of an evidence-based review showed that a vegetarian diet is associated with a lower risk of death from ischemic heart disease. Vegetarians also appear to have lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure, and lower rates of hypertension and type 2 diabetes than nonvegetarians. Furthermore, vegetarians tend to have a lower body mass index and lower overall cancer rates. Features of a vegetarian diet that may reduce risk of chronic disease include lower intakes of saturated fat and cholesterol and higher intakes of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, soy products, fiber, and phytochemicals. The variability of dietary practices among vegetarians makes individual assessment of dietary adequacy essential. In addition to assessing dietary adequacy, food and nutrition professionals can also play key roles in educating vegetarians about sources of specific nutrients, food purchase and preparation, and dietary modifications to meet their needs."
Monday, April 6, 2009
The Beautiful Truth
Jeremiah 33:6 "Behold, I will bring you health and cure, and I will cure you, and will reveal unto you the abundance of peace and truth."
Prayer: “Lord, help me to appreciate and nourish my body as your temple. Help me to put you first in my life, above all other things.”
Genesis 1:29 “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.”
A couple of weeks ago someone in one of the raw foods groups left a note about a movie they recently watched that they they say changed their life. I felt compelled to watch the movie and must say that I was left in awe. I had already known much of the information shared in this documentary and clips of other mercury vapor tests similar to those that were seen and discussed at the Autism Conference I attended a couple of years ago here is Laffy. The movie I watched is called "The Beautiful Truth" and it follows the story of a home schooled teen in Alaska researching a book written 50 years ago by Dr. Max Gerson and his developments on treating cancer nutritionally. Dr. Gerson was poisoned twice with arsenic and his manuscript, "A Cancer Therapy: Results of 50 cases" was stolen and had to be rewritten and was completed shortly before he passed away due to arsenic poisoning. Watching this movie has inspired me to research more about Dr. Gerson and his writings. I was especially touched seeing the portion of the movie interviewing a survivor of a rare form of ovarian cancer. She was treated through the Mayo Clinic which eventually sent her home to die saying there was no more they could do. Now several years later and cancer free she returned to Mayo at the amazement of her treating physician at Mayo. He was asked to make a statement but declined, unfortunately, saying that he is "owned by the Mayo Clinic" and they would never allow him to say that a patient recovered without chemotherapy! In addition, anything he said would have to be approved by the Mayo public relations department. They then decided leave the Mayo campus, and film in a public park across the street. In the meantime, the Mayo powers that be alerted the police that "there is a group of terrorists across the street who are casing the place in order to blow it up!" To this day she and that doctor from Mayo have remained friends and he acknowledged that she was the only known survivor of that rare form of cancer.
Here is an article I googled which was written by the woman mentioned above. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6818/is_1_23/ai_n31163082?tag=untagged
The movie website is http://www.thebeautifultruthmovie.com and if you have Netflix you can watch it online. It is a really good documentary. The main subject is the focus on Dr. Gerson's cancer therapies but it also backs up the importance of diet in our overall health and just how strong natural healing can be. Just search The Beautiful Truth and you can watch through the Netflix player. I am interested to learn more about Dr. Gerson's findings and research from others who have gone on to continue his legacy.
Prayer: “Lord, help me to appreciate and nourish my body as your temple. Help me to put you first in my life, above all other things.”
Genesis 1:29 “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.”
A couple of weeks ago someone in one of the raw foods groups left a note about a movie they recently watched that they they say changed their life. I felt compelled to watch the movie and must say that I was left in awe. I had already known much of the information shared in this documentary and clips of other mercury vapor tests similar to those that were seen and discussed at the Autism Conference I attended a couple of years ago here is Laffy. The movie I watched is called "The Beautiful Truth" and it follows the story of a home schooled teen in Alaska researching a book written 50 years ago by Dr. Max Gerson and his developments on treating cancer nutritionally. Dr. Gerson was poisoned twice with arsenic and his manuscript, "A Cancer Therapy: Results of 50 cases" was stolen and had to be rewritten and was completed shortly before he passed away due to arsenic poisoning. Watching this movie has inspired me to research more about Dr. Gerson and his writings. I was especially touched seeing the portion of the movie interviewing a survivor of a rare form of ovarian cancer. She was treated through the Mayo Clinic which eventually sent her home to die saying there was no more they could do. Now several years later and cancer free she returned to Mayo at the amazement of her treating physician at Mayo. He was asked to make a statement but declined, unfortunately, saying that he is "owned by the Mayo Clinic" and they would never allow him to say that a patient recovered without chemotherapy! In addition, anything he said would have to be approved by the Mayo public relations department. They then decided leave the Mayo campus, and film in a public park across the street. In the meantime, the Mayo powers that be alerted the police that "there is a group of terrorists across the street who are casing the place in order to blow it up!" To this day she and that doctor from Mayo have remained friends and he acknowledged that she was the only known survivor of that rare form of cancer.
Here is an article I googled which was written by the woman mentioned above. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6818/is_1_23/ai_n31163082?tag=untagged
The movie website is http://www.thebeautifultruthmovie.com and if you have Netflix you can watch it online. It is a really good documentary. The main subject is the focus on Dr. Gerson's cancer therapies but it also backs up the importance of diet in our overall health and just how strong natural healing can be. Just search The Beautiful Truth and you can watch through the Netflix player. I am interested to learn more about Dr. Gerson's findings and research from others who have gone on to continue his legacy.
My new websites
A good quality of life is what we all desire. Overall well being is achieved through clean air and water, fitness, good nutrition, health and personal hygiene. Just wanted to give a quick update on a few things I have been working on. I have recently started updating one of my older websites called The Herbal Directory which is basically a directory of herbal books and information covering various topics of natural healing.
Secondly, I just opened a new website The Herbal Library where you can purchase natural remedies,herbs, vitamins and more.
If you visit either website you can take the free health analyzer test to help you get started on your way to better health.
Also if you join my team you get a free one-year membership ($40 value) and FREE shipping on your second order when you purchase at least $40 products directly from The Herbal Library .
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Gods Pharmacy
Someone just posted this on Acadiana Moms and I wanted to share.
It's been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and fish... all before making a human. He made and provided what we'd need before we were born. These are best & more powerful when eaten raw. We're such slow learners, you know...
God left us great clues as to what foods help what part of our body!
God's Pharmacy! Amazing!
A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil,iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye... and YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.
A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopene and are indeed pure heart and blood food.
Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart.. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.
A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for proper brain function.
Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function, and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.
Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.
Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).
Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.
Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.
Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries.
Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.
Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells.. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body..
It's been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and fish... all before making a human. He made and provided what we'd need before we were born. These are best & more powerful when eaten raw. We're such slow learners, you know...
God left us great clues as to what foods help what part of our body!
God's Pharmacy! Amazing!
A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil,iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye... and YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.
A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopene and are indeed pure heart and blood food.
Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart.. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.
A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for proper brain function.
Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function, and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.
Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.
Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).
Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.
Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.
Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries.
Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.
Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells.. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body..
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