If you want to be safe from mosquito bites, try making your own repellent by using some of the following tested and true essential oils: cinnamon oil, lemon eucalyptus or regular eucalyptus oil (watch out though-these could antidote your homeopathic remedies!), citronella oil, castor oil, orange oil and rose geranium.
I like to mix a part essential oil to 20 parts water. You’ll have the best protection if you use all of these essential oils. Though the price may seem high-these oils last you a long time and if you have them handy, you’re guaranteed safety from those pesky bugs for many summers to come
It’s about as casual and common a question as, “How’s it going?” And because cholesterol is made out to be the dirty culprit responsible for high rates of heart disease, many stay on top of their cholesterol levels and try desperately to keep them below whatever the doctors are touting as the now, new dangerous level.
Men of all ages can’t even watch a hockey game without being prodded to “Ask your doctor if Lipitor is right for you”. Well, don’t bother asking. The answer is “No!” Plain and simple.
Lipitor’s website begins with the words, “If you have high cholesterol, you may not even know it.” Well, that’s true. If indeed high cholesterol was the cause of heart disease, the reminder and warning might be appreciated, but what the mainstream media doesn’t tell us is this:
Or this:
And this:
How ‘bout this?
The truth is, cholesterol-lowering drugs (not cholesterol) cause more harm to the heart than cholesterol levels.
Conversely, Statins are dangerous with their proven crimes:
Cholesterol is not the culprit it’s made out to be. In fact, it is a wonderful thing.
Let me repeat: Cholesterol truly is a wonderful thing and necessary to the body.
Did you know that cholesterol is [3]:
So, if you’re trying to catch cholesterol, you’re going after the wrong perpetrator!
But wait a minute-what about the “good” vs. “bad” cholesterol debate-maybe we shouldn’t be up in arms against all cholesterol, but only the “bad” cholesterol?
Yet, this, too, is an ill-waged war.
The only thing “bad” about the “bad cholesterol”, i.e., LDL (low-density-lipoprotein) is that it carries homocysteine along with the necessary cholesterol, from the liver to other areas of the body.
Homocysteine is an amino acid that we rarely hear about within the cholesterol debate.
Too much homocysteine can damage the arteries and the heart.
Instead of lowering cholesterol levels, endeavor to lower homocysteine levels, which run rampant when our body doesn’t have enough vitamin B6, B12 and Folic Acid.
Unfortunately, this is all too often the case, since the body is ultimately depleted of these vitamins thanks to processed foods (The Heart Revolution, 15). Vitamins B6, B12 and Folic Acid are destroyed by technological advances, which are appealingly called “refined” and “processed”. Think white: white refined sugars, white flours, canning and heating processes, etc.
Let the case against cholesterol come to a close. It is a beautiful and necessary substance needed for healthy minds and bodies. As is saturated fats and cholesterol rich foods. What we don’t need is a statin drug to cover up symptoms that don’t really even exist and the onslaught of processed foods.
So if you really want to arm yourself against heart disease and truly want to stop worrying about cholesterol levels, try these easy, safe and delicious ideas:
Stock you refrigerator with free-range eggs and raw milk.
Don’t be afraid of fat-soluble vitamins A and D and the butter and lard from which they are deliciously delivered. Enjoy gourmet, nutrient dense, foods such as coconut oil, palm kernel oil, liver and organ meats from free range animals. Find a friend who hunts and stock your freezer with venison and bones for making genuineheart-healthy bone stocks for your soups.
Eschew canned, processed fruits and vegetables as well as pasteurized dairy, especially ultra-pasteurized. And replace these with homemade or cottage industry provided sources.
Do eat fresh fruits and leafy greens. These are packed with homocysteine- regulating Vitamins: B6, B12 and Folic Acid. Then include crispy, fermented vegetables.
It’s really rather easy. Just eat like an old time farmer, OR like a European immigrant OR a connoisseur seated at the finest restaurant in Paris or Rome.
Then enjoy your meals knowing that your heart will love it. In fact, it might just have a love affair with genuine food.
Sources and further reading:
Charles T. McGee, M. (1993). Heart Frauds . Coeur d'Alene: MediPress.
Duane Graveline M.D., M. (2009). The Statin Damage Crisis. Duane Graveline M.D., M.P.H.
Kilmer S. McCully, M. a. (2000). The Heart Revolution . New York: HarperCollins .
SHerry A. Rogers, M. (2008). The Cholesterol Hoax. Sarasota : Sand Key Company, Inc.
Uffe Ravnskov MD, P. (2000). The Cholesterol Myths. Washington DC: NewTrends Publishing, Inc.
Joseph Mercola www.Mercola.com
[1] www.lipitor.com; 4.20.11
[2] www.westonaprice.org
[3] www.westonaprice.org
(-From “Secret Spoonfuls-Confessions of a Sneaky Mom” CD booklet)
I like this cookie recipe because there is no need to soak the flour. (All grains need to be soaked in lacto-fermented fashion.) Arrowroot is not a grain so there’s no problem with allergies. It is naturally white, too! From this one cookie dough many variations can be formulated. I freeze rolled dough and when in a pinch, I can cut them to size still frozen and pop in the oven. Sometimes I add ingredients to the frozen dough such as walnuts and raisins.
Have your ingredients at room temperature. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Blend 4 sticks of unsalted butter
1 ½-2 cups of Rapidura (Whole can sugar available at health food stores)
1 tsp Celtic salt (Whole salt)
4 tsp vanilla
Add 3 eggs
Reduce speed on blender
Slowly add 5 cups of arrowroot powder or flour
Divide the dough in 4 separate sections and choose your flavors
For Ginger Cookies– Add 1-2 Tbsp fresh ginger
For Tahini Cookies– Add ¼- ½ cup tahini butter (or peanut butter)
For Dried Fruit & Nut Cookies– Add ½ cup walnuts and ½ cup raisins. These are good with ¼ tsp allspice, 1/8 tsp of gloves, ½ tsp of cinnamon, ¼ tsp nutmeg and ½ tsp of ginger.
For Lemon Cookies– Add 1 tsp grated lemon peel. Scrub before grating.
For Orange Cookies– Do the same as above, substituting orange peel for lemon
For Coconut Cookies– Add 1 cup of finely chopped or flaked coconut
For Seed Cookies- (Sesame or Poppy) Add 4 Tbsp of your own seed of choice
Chocolate Chip Cookies-Add shards of organic chocolate bar
Lay each section in waxed paper and roll into a dough roll. Wrap and place in the freezer. They’ll remain fresh in the freezer for 2 months. When it is time to bake, preheat the oven to 375 degrees, unwrap the roll and cut into ½ inch rounds. Place on cookie sheets approximately 1 inch apart and bake for 6-8 minutes.
Transfer the cookies to a cookie rack, cool before eating. They store well in a cookie tin or jar.
I make no apologies; I’m a food snob. I despise chain restaurants and I’m often suspicious of locally owned versions too. It’s from experience, not only from culinary disappointments but as a result of MSG illness in my family, just one too many times.
Is it too much to ask that my meal be enjoyable not only while seated, but hours after when my taste buds have long forgotten the experience? No doubt, MSG is the offender contributing to my prejudice.
A Japanese scientist created the chemical brew, MSG, to imitate the flavor-enhancing abilities of seaweed. In 1969, “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome” defined the MSG phenomenon of neurological disorders.
This concoction is not only creeping into our meals but it’s doing so in a veiled way. Hidden from plain sight, its best to check out this list nom de plume, of counterfeit names associated with it.
Too much MSG can cause headaches, neurological disruptions, and even obesity. Here are more MSG dangers.
Once, my father had an alarming reaction to MSG, resulting in severe heart palpitations. After that, we spoke to the chef wherever we dined. Time and again we learned that most chefs had no idea what ingredients lurk in their pre-made sauces, mixes and spices.
Further, I met with the head cook at our son’s school, and found that the advertised “homemade” soup was actually a dried soup mix with some canned vegetables tossed in. As he and I examined each can and package, nearly every product in the school pantry listed MSG or it’s pseudo name.
So I decided that a little investigating and realigning restaurant and cafeteria allegiances might be in order. Further, I learned that I can get around the MSG impasse with a little planning.
My foremost method is the most obvious. I make meals at home, using fresh ingredients instead of pre-made. It’s the only way to insure I have full control, hence the best quality.
However, when I must eat out, it generally means skipping chain restaurants and patronizing the locally owned, upscale ones. ‘Better atmosphere too, I might add.
Alas, sometimes I have to eat at a mediocre restaurant. So, I’ve devised a few strategies.
First, I order the simplest dish possible: poached eggs, lamb, grilled wild fish or salad without dressing. Marinades are out and I opt for sautés in butter and grilled. I inform the server that I want no “salts”, “seasonings” or “spices”.
A word of caution about the word “butter”- it’s often a term bantered ‘round by chain restaurants to mean butter-like concoctions. As my teenage son would say,“eeeew!”
I carry a little salt dispenser in my purse. It’s quite pretty, actually, resembling a decorative lipstick tube. And if I know in advance that I’ll be going to a second-rate restaurant, I toss a small jar of my homemade salad dressing in too. Tiny containers are key from looking conspicuous or offensive.
When my children were small, I’d also transport a bag of crispy nuts or better yet, my own homemade mouse mounds made of coconut oil, raw cacao powder and honey. This not only insured that they were well nourished, but their appetites were satiated before the meal was served. No room for box-mix cake when you’ve snacked on homemade coconut candies!
So, now when my stomach is growling, I visit my pantry, either my kitchen or the mobile, purse version. If I could install a refrigerator compartment in my Dooney Burke, I’d consider carting butter. All this to avoid MSG? I know. I question all this effort too, sometimes. Perhaps the reason for my irregular behavior has to do with the disappointment of having visited the wrong pantry once too often!
When you read how simple this is, you’re going to wish you had know about it years ago. Goodness! I’ve spent a lot of unnecessary money on the store-bought version before I learned about this.
The recipe: (if you could call it that)
You break up about 10 vanilla beans either dried or not, into small pieces and put them in an amber bottle of 1 pint of the finest alcohol you’re willing to buy. I’ll be honest, I splurge when it comes to my vanilla extract and I buy Courvoisier brandy. It’s delicious French brandy but I’ve also had decent result with plain old 180 proof vodka.
Let it sit in a cool dark place for at least a month or so.
Then it’s vanilla extract! I often present it as a housewarming gift after decanting to a lovely bottle.
As the volume goes down, I add more alcohol and I’m often able to eek out another rendering.
Here are my sources of vanilla beans that are usually less costly than buying from the local grocery store.
1) http://myworld.ebay.com/vanillaproducts
2) Bulkfoods.com
3) Penzey’s
Enjoy!
When McDonald’s recently announced their new oatmeal breakfast, I thought it was time to pass along some information I’ve learned from the Weston A Price Foundation and have employed in my own home for years.
Real oatmeal; that is oatmeal that is made the traditional way in Scotland is made with old fashioned oats. They’re cut, not rolled, however rolled oats will do.
Because of a substance called phytic acid that can interfere with digestion, all grains are best prepared by soaking them in water over night. The addition of an inoculant, such as a little bit of live yogurt, furthers the breakdown of the digestive inhibiting acid.
Here’s the way it has been done for centuries in Scotland and the method we should follow in our own kitchens.
The night before, assemble the following:
Stir together the first three ingredients in a pot. Cover and put aside on the counter for 12-24 hours. 24 hours is best. In the morning, add another cup of water, raisins, salt and cinnamon and cook for a few minutes on medium heat. Stir once, reduce the flame to low and cover. Let it gently cook for another few minutes. Just before serving, add butter and vanilla.
This is authentic Scottish oatmeal yet after soaking overnight, it's nearly as quick as instant.
Now thars a breakfast fit fur traditional lassies and ladies!
Homeopathy has an impressive and extensively documented record with voluminous studies showing its efficacy. It’s been widely used in hundreds of hospitals and clinics for over 200 years. So, many count on its ability to protect from and treat even the most virulent pathologies.
In light of what’s taking place in Japan, I compiled the following information from homeopaths around the world: Israel, India, England, the Netherlands and Canada.
These remedies have been used before, during and after an atomic explosion. Some of these remedies are more difficult to find while some are common to most household kits. All of them are capable, so only one or two are needed.
Pass on this information as it could protect many.
1) Cadmium sulph 30 or Potassium iodide 30 taken once before and once after an atomic explosion. These are generally used before symptoms appear, but can be used after as well.
2) Cobaltum 30 has been known to remove side effects of radiation by taking it four times in one day for 2-3 days. Then an assessment is taken to determine if more is needed and how often. Generally, it's used from that time forward four times in one day every two weeks for 2-3 months. In the hands of a skilled homeopath, this remedy can be used in a 200 potency.
3) Radium bromatum 30 has been used when skin eruptions or arthritis appear. Generally, twice daily if mild and up to 5 times per day if more severe. It has been used for as long as many weeks, but as always, with a watchful eye of a skilled homeopath.
4) Arsenicum album 30 in repeated doses every few minutes and ½ hour after, for approximately 1-2 days….then as needed depending on symptoms.
5) Phosphorus 30 and 200 and 1M one after the other in the same fashion as Arsenicum. Together these have a history of being a very useful 1st aid.
6) Calc fluor 12 and Nat mur 6 thrice daily for months after exposure. More frequently, if necessary. regardless of which other remedies are chosen from above, these two remedies have a way of helping the body eliminate toxins in tandem with the other remedies.
Until and in Addition to Homeopathic Remedies
Here’s a tip from my friend and colleague, Dr. Kaayla Daniel. She suggests that as soon as radioactive exposure is apparent, pour one cup each of baking soda and salt into a hot bath. Submerge and soak for as long as the water stays warm. Don’t add more warm or hot water to the bath unless all of the water is drained and then begin again if the exposure is particularly high.
For a free download of my latest report “10 Toxins and How to Antidote Them With Homeopathy” go to the home page of www. Homeopathyworks.net to “Free Downloads” and click on “10 Toxins” .
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