In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around. Walking was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed; she was in so much pain.

By March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not determine what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick she just knew she was dying.

She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her oldest daughter’s name, and made sure that her younger children were to be taken care of.

She also wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd.

On March 19, I called her to ask how her most recent tests went, and she said they didn’t find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS.

I recalled an article a friend of mine e-mailed to me and I asked my sister if she drank diet soda? She told me that she did. As a matter of fact, she was getting ready to crack one open that moment.

I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet soda! I e-mailed her an article my friend, a lawyer, had sent. My sister called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me she had stopped drinking the diet soda AND she could walk! The muscle spasms went away. She said she didn’t feel 100% but, she sure felt a lot better.

She told me she was going to her doctor with this article and would call me when she got home.

Well, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed! He is going to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweeteners of any kind. In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the Aspartame in the diet soda.. and literally dying a slow and miserable death.

When she got to Florida March 22, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for the Aspartame poisoning! She is well on her way to a complete recovery. And she is walking! No wheelchair! This article saved her life.

If it says ‘SUGAR FREE’ on the label; DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!

I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on ‘ASPARTAME,’ marketed as ‘Nutra Sweet,’ ‘Equal,’ and ‘Spoonful.’

In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was causing this to be rampant. I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject.

I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants. The methanol toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus.

Many people were being diagnosed in error. Although multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, Methanol toxicity is!

Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers.

The victim usually does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use; irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become a life-threatening condition. We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas.

In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, most of the symptoms disappear. We’ve seen many cases where vision loss re- turned and hearing loss improved markedly.

This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia. During a lecture, I said, ‘If you are using ASPARTAME (Nutra Sweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs,
Cramps,
Vertigo,
Dizziness,
Headaches,
Tinnitus,
Joint pain,
Unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!’ People were jumping up during the lecture saying,’I have some of these symptoms. Is it reversible?’

Yes!
Yes!
Yes!
STOP drinking diet sodas and be alert for Aspartame on food labels! Many products are fortified with it! This is a serious problem. Dr. Espart (one of my speakers) remarked that so many people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during his recent visit to a hospice; a nurse stated that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence!

Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you crave carbohydrates.

It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight!

These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve ’tissue specimens.’

Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT store it IN our body!

Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free of the ’diet products’ and with no significant increase in exercise; his patients lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.

Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that some physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy, in fact, had symptoms caused by Aspartame. The Aspartame drives the blood sugar out of control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are NEUROTOXIC when taken without the other amino acids necessary for a good balance.

Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE. Especially with diabetics, the Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and it then deteriorates the neurons of the brain; causing various levels of brain damage, Seizures, Depression, Manic depression, Panic attacks,Uncontrollable anger and rage.

Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-diabetics as well. Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their behavior when these chemicals have been removed from their diet.

So called ‘behavior modification prescription drugs’ (Ritalin and others) are no longer needed.Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in the first place!

Most of these children were being ‘poisoned’ on a daily basis with the very foods that were ‘better for them than sugar.’

It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.

Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e. mental retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early pregnancy. Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NEVER be given artificial sweeteners.

There are many different case histories to relate of children suffering grand mal seizures and other neurological disturbances talking about a plague of neurological diseases directly caused by the use of this deadly poison.’

Herein lies the problem: There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was included in 100 different products and strong objection was made concerning its use. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, and still nothing has been done.The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets.

Sadly, MONSANTO’S patent on Aspartame has EXPIRED! There are now over 5,000 products on the market that contain this deadly chemical and there will be thousands more introduced. Everybody wants a ’piece of the Aspartame pie.’

I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is.

And isn’t it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others, the American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association and the Conference of the American College of Physicians?

This has been recently exposed in the New York Times. These [organizations] cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and are required to endorse their products.

Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would require label warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially regarding pregnant women, children and infants.

The bill would also institute independent studies on the known dangers and the problems existing in the general population regarding seizures, changes in brain chemistry, neurologicuoT changes and behavioural symptoms.

The bill was killed.

It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are responsible for this, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting and uninformed public. Well, you’re informed now!

Please print this out and/or e-mail to your family and friends.

I agreed to conduct a four month test by oil pulling at least 75% of the time.  I pulled for 15 minutes each day, rinsed out and then brushed with a combination of Zeolite and baking soda [the same as I did with the silver].  When I returned to the dentist for the cleaning and analysis, I was hoping that things had improved…  she spent quite a bit of time measuring the depth of gum pockets and inflammation.  I have numerous implants which are quite difficult to maintain so they are always a problem.  She spent what seemed to be a long time on one problem quadrant so I assumed that the problem she saw last time was still an issue.  It turned out that she was amazed that just the opposite was true!

Her conclusion was that the difference was quite astounding!  The inflammation and bleeding was almost zero while the pockets were much shallower!  This was prove positive that the experiment during these past four months was 100% successful.  I will be “oil pulling” from here on!  The number of medical challenges that “oil pulling” can impact can be seen here!  Below is my original post.

A few years ago I was experiencing a “makeover” of my mouth… here I was in my late sixties with braces on, preparing for numerous implants and bone surgery -  Not a happy time.   An associate of mine sent an article about Oil Pulling.  Reading about this topic I decided to try doing this oil pulling process.  It just happened that I had completed one of my 3 month teeth cleaning sessions and this was a perfect time to start.  I was especially attracted to trying this, since they claimed that doing this for months could make my teeth firmer in my jaw bones.

Each morning I put a tablespoon of sunflower oil in my mouth and “pulled” it through my teeth and gums for about 15 minutes.  Not really unpleasant, just a bit of a funny sensation since my mouth was also filling with saliva.  After the time period I spit it out (it was now a milky white color), rinsed my mouth with water and then brushed my teeth.  I did this for months and then went to my scheduled teeth cleaning appointment.

My regular technician inspected my mouth and asked if I had come in since my last appointment?  No, I answered – why?  She said that my teeth were 90% free of tarter and my gums looked better than she had ever seen!  Wow, that was probably the first time in twenty years that I actually had good news from a dental office!

Another observation occurred by my dentist in the ensuing months.  He observed that there was a substantial increase in my saliva production.  This is a very healthy sign.  Also my teeth were definitely very firm in the bone.

As you study the information about Oil Pulling see pdf of Oil pulling you will see the opinions of this Indian doctor and he is serious about the benefits.  I don’t know much more than what I have read so you will have to be your own judge.  Interestingly watch this Ad for Oil Pulling shown in India.

Oil Pulling is very safe, very inexpensive, simple and for me very effective.  You be the judge for yourself.  Sometimes these decisions can be very fruitful!  Be blessed

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When I think about the crash that broke my back ten years ago at 60 and my work outs today, I just praise God for His touch and my learning about “Earthing”. This discovery that Clint Ober [go to the site and get the pdf of his book "Earthing"] had changed my life by eliminating the inflammation caused by my spinal injury and allowed me to experience an incredible recovery.  Read my story below…

It was a very windy day in 2001 and I was invited to go paragliding… being 60 years old at the time I was excited about the prospects of flying.  Six months earlier I had gone to a paragliding school and learned how to take off and land.  It was great fun!

Had I been a pilot of a small plane, I would have had a check list and would not have proceeded if things were out of order.  It was a blistery morning with gusts of wind that got your attention.  Instead of telling me to pass for the day, my mind got more excited!  I guess the “3rd puberty” thing was working again . I was also having trouble remembering what to do from the training…

Well I took off nicely, went into the ‘cruising’ position and enjoyed quite a ride.  On my way to the target landing, I looked up to check the position of the sail and when I looked down – I hit the GROUND!  OMG! When I recovered a bit and realized that I could feel my toes, I knew that I had survived a very serious crash!

I was in considerable pain so I had x-rays taken and saw that I had broken L5 (lower back).  Not wanting to go to the hospital (reasons of survival) I rested for a number of weeks and thought that I had gotten through the crisis.  Some weeks later I began to have considerable pain radiating down my leg.  Really bad pain! I had an MRI done and saw an ugly picture of discs and vertebra’.  I had crushed L1 about 3/4″, another had a 3-4 mm bulge AND I had one disc out 4mm in one direction with 8mm of the disc hanging down facing the nerve root. I knew I was in trouble!  The doctor that had cared for me for 27 years would not touch me!  I was afraid!

I went to the VA and met who turned out to be a miracle surgeon – he knew what needed to be done but for some reason he wanted to wait! I was very unhappy at the time; however, it turned out to be a “miracle” moment.  This gave me time to re-think the vertebrae fusion and focused me back to God and healing. During the next four years I used everything that I had ever learned as a health coach (prayer, serious nutrition, aromatherapy, frequencies, inversion, chi machine, acupuncture, chiropractic, massage, vibration therapy, and numerous others) and from a medical perspective I did well.  From a personal perspective I didn’t have a life! I was afraid of everything and had no idea of limits – I was miserable.

Now for the real miracle! My dear friend Sheila Curtiss introduced me to Clint Ober and his discovery of “Earthing“.  Simply put, he discovered what happens when our bare feet touch the earth. When he explained that we “pull” free electrons into our bodies from the earth, I went crazy!  I knew that “free electrons” were anti-oxidants that could knockout “free radicals” and that might reduce my nerve inflammation.  If my S1 nerve was inflamed and out of control I was on a morphine drip!

To make a long story shorter, my workout this morning (four years later) was as aggressive as before I broke my back!  There was no bedding product available then, so I used conductive patches with wires going out a hole in my wall to a stake in the ground.  Today I sleep in sheets with woven silver yarn and the silver is connected to a wire that goes to ground in my wall socket.  It’s like sleeping on the beach all night!

I have slept without inflammation in my body for over four years now and loving it.  We should have never been disconnected for the earth with the plastics and polymers that we are surrounded with these past 50 years.  When was the last time you touched the earth? If you have any questions please contact me – I have become an expert in this area.  Be well!

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This metabolic disaster can be more easily understood by listening/watching Dr. Robert Lustig’s  Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California.  His lecture is a bit long however, very compelling!  Eating fructose is worse than eating fat!

The stress load that the liver receives is huge and one drink of soda is as damaging as a can of beer!  Image how many children have 3-5 cans of soda each day!  Few short years ago we did NOT have obese children, we did NOT have diabetes out of control in young children, we did NOT have 32% of adults obese, and children did NOT have high blood pressure challenges.  HFCS IS THE PROBLEM!

Fructose is turned into FAT (VLDL and triglycerides) which turns into fat on your body!  Fructose elevates URIC acid (cause of gout), which decreases nitric oxide, raises angiotension and causes your smooth muscle cells to contract, raising your blood pressure and putting your kidneys at high risk.  4.5% of children now have high blood pressure!  Scary stuff!

Fructose tricks your body into gaining weight by fooling your metabolism.  It turns your body’s appetite control system OFF.  Your “hunger hormone” is left on while your “satiety hormone” is NOT turned ON.  This results in eating too much and then being hungry again very soon.

The list of health risks consuming fructose is very long.  Dr. Richard Johnson author of “The Sugar Fix: The High Fructose Fallout That is Making You Fat and Sick” makes a strong connection between excess fructose consumption and high uric acid (gout) levels.

Nancy Appleton, PhD, author of the book “Lick the Sugar Habit” has an extensive list (too long for this post) however, here are a few of the more important ones;

Sugar will suppress your immune system…

Sugar causes mineral deficiencies and interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium…

Sugar causes hyperactivity, anxiety, concentration difficulties, produces increased levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol…

Sugar feeds cancer cells…

Sugar can cause gallstones, appendicitis, hemorrhoids, varicose veins, food allergies, emphysema and many more…  The suffering becomes obvious from consuming excess amounts of sugar especially in the form of fructose.

Wisdom always brings us back to the same place namely, moderation is very important and we should eat our foods in the most natural form that we can.  Please be careful as to the amount of your carbohydrate intake.  Remember that you intake 1 teaspoon of sugar for every 20 calories of carbohydrates.

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About 20 years ago I was taking a Dr. John Christopher Master Herbalist course.  Dr Christopher was an amazing herbalist with a heart as large as the State of Idaho during the early decades of the 20 century…  born in 1909 and died of a severe head injury in 1983.  He was put in jail many times during his medical career because he used simple herbs and common sense very successfully.  In 1953 he started his herbalist school that his son David successfully manages.

This course taught me many of the foundational solutions to wellness.  The teaching about Cayenne had a big impact on me.

My opening line made some strong statements about an ulcer, a heart attack or stroke, a flowing ruptured artery?  Cayenne is probably the most powerful individual herb on the earth. 

I personally have used tincture of cayenne and powder numerous times; one important time was when a collogue was at my office and began to have a heart attack and was quickly going very grey…  I knew that if I called 911 and waited for very long he would be dead.  I grabbed my bottle of tincture of cayenne (200,000 HI) and put about 20 drops in a small amount of water – then forced him to drink it.  In about 15 seconds he was violently coughing and within 90 seconds his color was PINK!  He went home and slept and was back at work the next day… cayenne saved his life.

Another story; it was Christmas time and we had 12 people for a special dinner.  It was time for me to carve the ribs and I cut a very deep gash in my hand.  Blood was squirting from the cut and I called for help getting an eyedropper of cayenne in my body.  Taking the cayenne, the bleeding stopped almost immediately.  I then got powdered cayenne poured into the wound, used butterfly bandages, gauss wrapped and then applied drops of Helichrysum (essential oil) to eliminate the pain.  I then went back to carving my roast .  Less than 10 minutes had passed and the next day all you saw was a brown line – no swelling – no bruising.  After a couple of weeks – no mark/scar!

The main reason this happened is as follows; the pressure at the point of the heart attack, stroke or artery rupture is very high, cayenne causes so much heat that the blood pressure system will equalize throughout.  When the cayenne takes effect the pressure is removed from the ‘spot’.  Pouring cayenne powder directly into a wound will also stop the bleeding very quickly.

The list of things that cayenne helps is quite long, here is a partial;

1. Circulatory stimulant – blood pressure reduces itself to normal.
2. Cayenne equalizes blood pressure, influencing the heart immediately, and then extends its effects to the venous structure.
3. Cayenne is a certain remedy for a heart attack/stroke – of all edible plants cayenne is the richest sources of Vitamin E – the heart builder.
4. Commonly used as a gastric stimulant and digestive aid.
5. Cayenne helps repair/protect a stomach ulcer by triggering mucus to protect the stomach – directly the opposite of medical opinion.
6. Cayenne will increase a person’s feeling of vitality.
7. Cayenne is used as an accentuator – it helps deliver herbs to the afflicted part of the body.

I have cayenne tinctures in each car, my briefcase and each bathroom.  Learn about this herb and gain another powerful tool!

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This is one of the most potent foods available!  It provides a broad spectrum of health benefits from weight loss to building the immune system.

Amazingly it has been found that hemp seeds protein is about 65% globulin, edestin plus quantities of albumin (present in all seeds) so it is easily digestible, in addition the protein is available in a form quite similar to that found in blood plasma.  Hemp protein contains all the essential amino acids and essential fatty acids necessary to maintain healthy human life.

Pioneers in the field of biochemistry and human nutrition now believe cardiovascular disease (CVD) and most cancers are really diseases of fatty degeneration caused by the continued over-consumption of saturated fats and refined vegetable oils.

The short list of hemp food currently on the market of USA and in European countries include: hemp oil, hemp cheese (just as good as real cheese and melts great!), hemp ice cream, hemp butters, hemp flour, hemp baked goods, hemp tofu, hemp burgers (tempeh), roasted hemp seeds and hemp beer.  Some of these are now available in health food stores…

Hemp seed is the premier plant-seed provider of globulin starting material — the highest in the plant kingdom. Eating hemp seeds will insure the immune system has the reservoir of immunoglobulin resources needed to make disease destroying antibodies.

Beyond basic nutrition, hemp oil may help to prevent many of today’s increasingly common degenerative diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, weakened immune functions, arthritis, behavioral problems, high cholesterol, multiple sclerosis, skin affections and dry skin and hair, pms, sterility and even hair loss.

Hemp seed oil is one of the lowest in saturated fats at eight per cent of total.  1-4 per cent g-linolenic acid (GLA) and 15.25 per cent a-linolenic acid oil volume. The oil pressed from hemp seed contains 53-60 per cent linoleic acid (LA) and (LNA). Essential fatty acids govern growth, vitality and state of mind. LA and LNA are involved in transferring oxygen from the air in the lungs to every cell in the body. They play a part in holding oxygen in the cell membrane where it acts as a barrier to invading viruses and bacteria, neither of which thrive in the presence of oxygen.

Hemp is not unique in having all the essential amino acids in its embryonic seed. Flax seeds also contain all the essential amino acids as do many other seeds in the plant kingdom. What is unique about hemp seed protein is that 65% of it is globulin edistin. That is the highest in the plant kingdom.  It also has the best EFA ratio…

The body’s ability to resist and recover from illness depends upon how rapidly it can produce massive amounts of antibodies to fend off the initial attack. If the globulin protein starting material is in short supply the army of antibodies may be too small to prevent the symptoms of sickness from setting in.

Hemp seed is the premier plant-seed provider of globulin starting material — the highest in the plant kingdom. Eating hemp seeds will insure the immune system has the reservoir of immunoglobulin resources needed to make disease destroying antibodies.

Please do your own study of hemp seed, hemp protein (easily assimilated by everyone – moms, babies, body builders, convalescents, and the elderly – EVERYONE!) and hemp oil… this is some of the most important work that I have done!

If you are in a State that has laws that allow medicinal cannabis, make use of that right.  If not, do your homework and then get involved and convince your State representatives to understand the importance of hemp (see last post) growing for general uses and the cannabis side to protect ourselves and our loved ones from diseases!

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Here are some facts about industrial hemp:

1. Industrial uses of hemp in China date far back as 10,000 years
2. There are over 25,000 known uses of hemp.
3. Hemp fibers can create building materials superior to wood.
4. Hemp is heat, mildew, pest, light and rot resistant.
5. In 1941 Henry Ford built a car with a plastic made from hemp and wheat straw.
6. Ford’s intention was to run his cars on hemp biofuel.
7. The original Levi Strauss jeans were made from hemp.
8. In 1850 the US Census reported 8,327 hemp plantations greater than 2,000 acres.
9. Until 1937, 70 – 90 percent of all rope and twine was made from hemp.
10. In 1942 the US Government strongly encouraged hemp farming to help with the war effort, going so far as to produce a film entitled “Hemp for Victory”
11. Hemp is cold hardy, able to withstand even NE winters.
12. Hemp is pest resistant.
13. Hemp is drought resistant.
14. Hemp has a production rate of up to 10 tons per acre, every 4 months!
15. 1 acre of usable hemp fiber is equal to the usable fiber of 4 acres of trees or 2 acres of cotton.
16. Hemp paper can be recycled up to 7 times – wood pulp paper 4 times.
17. Hemp fuels do not destroy the ozone layer or contribute to global warming.
18. Hemp fuel burn clean; they do not cause acid rain.
19. Hemp fuel is 10 times less toxic than salt and as biodegradable as sugar.
20. Trees mature in 50 – 100 years; hemp matures in as little as 100 days.
21. It is estimated that if 6% of the continental U.S. planted with hemp we could provide for ALL national energy needs.
22. Hemp oil is the highest source of essential omega 3 and 6 fatty acids.
23. The raw hemp seed is the only seed on earth that we could live on.
24. Hemp protein is easily assimilated with a high concentration of protein.

Why is growing hemp now illegal?  At one time hemp was used as legal money.  Foreigners were awarded citizenship if they grew cannabis; those who refused were fined.  Hawaii is the first state since the 1950’s to legally plant a hemp crop.

What happened to shut down hemp growing and the enactment of the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act?  During the years 1916 – 1937, William Randolph Hearst created a yellow journalism campaign to associate hemp with marijuana.  Even though smoking hemp, like most fibers, will just make you sick.  Hearst along with his friend Pierre DuPont and their political cronies, succeeded in getting hemp outlawed in America.  They actually robbed the world of the finest environmental cash crop.

Why did they do such a thing?  They did NOT want hemp to be used for paper, clothing, fuel, resins, medicines and many other uses.  We now use trees and synthetic petrochemicals.  Hearst owned huge forests and lumber mills, while DuPont made synthetic fuels and fibers (nylon, rayon, plastics) from petroleum.  Sound familiar? Greed!

The United States of America is an island of Denial in a sea of acceptance.  Industrial hemp is easily distinguished visually from Marijuana.  Industrial hemp cannot be abused as a drug!  We need the agriculture might of this plant!

Industrial Hemp as a cash crop would revitalize many states agriculture economies and make a significant contribution toward cleaning up the environmental mess in this earth!  Educate yourself about this topic.  Here is a closing thought: industrial hemp is not a drug; cannabis/marijuana is classified as a drug.  There are 14 States that have medical marijuana laws on the books; while Federal law (1937) makes it illegal to grow/possess.  There about 14 additional States that has medical marijuana laws being voted on in 2010.  In November 2010 California will vote in the general election for the legalization of marijuana for other than medical purposes.  Industrial hemp growing should NOT be a part of this movement since industrial hemp is NOT a drug!

BTW:  Just a side note!  The EPA states that there is NO medicinal value of cannabis; In 2003 the NIH (National Institute of Health) of the US Government was issued a US Patent #6630507 for Cannabinoids – see the patent for all of the therapeutics medical claims in the patent!

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When the “polyunsaturated” vegetable oil battles were being waged in the 70′s, I was being indoctrinated that all saturated oils were BAD!  Since I was a ‘younger’ (30′s) nutritional student I began to ‘buy into’ that theme.  However, I LOVED butter and believed that there was something wrong with the theory that ALL saturated fats were bad… 

By the early 80′s I had been properly schooled by ‘older people’ that something was wrong in ‘Denmark’ and the polyunsaturated movement was attached to the cholesterol fraud and that some saturated fats were fine.  Especially my butter.  My best breakfast was 3 eggs, a small amount of meat and some good bread – loaded with butter. Check out why I was right! 

During the 80′s it was ‘declared’ by the ‘oil purveyors’ that the absolute worst saturated oils were coconut and palm oil!  Now that claim was not easily countered…  I didn’t pay much attention since I was not attracted to either oil.  Now keep in mind that for thousands of years cultures have used butter, tallow and suet from beef and lamb, lard from pigs, chicken, goose and duck fat, coconut, palm and palm kernel oils within very healthy communities. First caution sign? 

During this time the opposite was being belched out at us here in America; that polyunsaturated vegetable oils, hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils, industrially processed liquid oil such as soy corn, safflower, cottonseed and canola oils were the only oils to use.  Keep in mind that Trans fatty acids were not a topic on the table…    

In the late 90’s I read some of Dr Mary Enig’s work and the truth began to come to me in clear crisp messages.  Confirmation to me that the cholesterol and saturated oil movement was one of the biggest frauds ever perpetrated on a nation and the world.  Our grand mothers were right – eat your food as close to the way God made it and you’ll be ok!  If man has messed with it you lose! 

Back to virgin coconut oil… It is solid below 76 degrees, liquid above.  It is anti bacterial, anti viral, anti fungal, it will help raise HDL and lower LDL, it will increase metabolism and promote healthy thyroid function, help control blood sugars, it is fabulous for your skin and will correct skin problems, it won’t break down while cooking on high heat, it will help you lose weight and on and on!  Wow, what a list! Just make sure that it is processed the “old way” and is labeled “virgin”.  I use a few different suppliers depending on the sales – Tropical Traditions and Nutiva.  There are numerous others – Dr Mercola has a very ‘smooth’ product (search VCO). 

I can’t get into the details of why it is so good in the writing except that it primarily has to do with coconut oil having lauric acid.  Outside of mother’s milk coconut oils have the next highest amount.   Vegetable oils have long chain fatty acids (LCT) which are destructive while coconut oil has short and medium chain fatty acids (MCT) which are very healthy/powerful. 

Do some investigating about virgin coconut and coconut oils and you will find one of the most powerful natural gifts that have been given to us.  I personally take about three tablespoons a day.  I use it as butter, when I cook/fry, in anything that is hot – I look for opportunities to use more.  Simple solutions are what ‘Mother Nature” has brought us – man continues to create “business” by destroying the natural ways that we should eat and live.

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‘This year, we challenge you to keep your resolutions and find ways to make them work for you throughout the seasons. Here are some simple ways to make and keep your resolutions:

 Don’t make more resolutions than you can handle, and don’t make them bigger than your ability to achieve them.

 Start by looking at what you want to achieve with each resolution. What is the ultimate goal? Break that goal down into smaller and smaller steps until you have little, manageable goals. Next, set realistic timelines for each step toward your goal and go for it!

 (We’re sorry, we can’t remember where we found this one, but we liked it!) When you’ve got a dream that takes some serious financial responsibility (for example, a trip to Maui), measure each purchase against how nice it will feel to be in Maui. This could be applied to other goals, too.

 Make a list of possible challenges of reaching your goal, then brainstorm solutions to keep you on track. When you feel yourself drifting, revisit your list.

 Communicate your goals to someone and ask them to help keep you accountable. Write a blog post about them or convey your plans to a spouse or loved one.

At the beginning of each month, review the progress you’ve made toward your goal and renew your commitment to reaching it.’

And a thought from Hank…  May your 2010 be the best year of your life!  Remember that you will attract what you focus upon…  focus on lack and guess what?  You got it!  Also try this; record yourself for two days and then play the recording back – that is what you can expect!    The beauty of all of this is that we can control what we believe and perceive!  Be blessed.

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My levels of heavy metals were through the roof!  Lead, tin, mercury, cadmium etc. Heavy metals may be moved/removed by; IV chelation therapy, oral chelation, sun chlorella, infrared sauna, Humic/fulvic acids and others.    After unsuccessfully trying numerous things, I successfully used infrared saunas and then the mineral Zeolite.

We are constantly bombarded with toxins – every day of our lives.  The pesticides used to feed our lawns and grow our food are toxic, while industry continues to spew toxins into our water and air.  It’s virtually a sure bet that your body is contaminated with some or many of the thousands of toxins present in the air, water, food, cosmetics, shampoos, nail polish, soaps, pesticides, solvents, perfumed candles, air-fresheners, etc. in our modern world.

More than 30 million people have levels of lead in their water above the EPA standards. One study by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that blood samples from newborns contained an average of 287 toxins, including mercury, fire retardants, pesticides, and Teflon chemicals!  These and other toxins are causing illnesses unlike anything observed in years past.   This toxicity must be reversed in order for us to become/remain well and the simple solution is called Zeolite.  Nature has a mineral that is able to “trap” toxins in its “cage-like” structure with a rare negative charge and eliminates those toxins naturally.

 Zeolites are a group of minerals with a four-sided honeycomb structure and rare among minerals, that it has a negative charge. The effect of the structure and the charge is that zeolite draws heavy metals and toxins to it and simply engulfs/holds them.  The toxins “check in” and they can’t “check out.”  Then the zeolite carries them safely and harmlessly out of the body through the fecal material.  The form of zeolite in the product that I recommend (there are nearly 50 naturally-occurring zeolites) is called “clinoptilolite,” and it is this type of zeolite that has been studied for its effect in human physiology. I do believe that the powdered zeolite is best.  The Benefits of using the ZEOLITE called Clinoptilolite are numerous…  

Unique Antioxidant; traditional antioxidants absorb or neutralize free radicals whereas zeolite traps free radicals in its structure, inactivating and removing/eliminating them. 

Traps Many Toxins; amazingly, zeolite does this in a hierarchical manner; it first acts to remove the dominant toxin, then the next, etc.  Interestingly, since the nitrogen used in farming has increased greatly these past years, vegetarians are now at the greatest risk for ammonia toxicity!  Ammonia is the favorite food of pathogens especially fungi!

 Balances pH in the Body;   it is able to trap/absorb the ammonia in the gut which greatly contributes to balancing pH. 

Chernobyl Disaster; children were fed cookies and biscuits laden with zeolite to help remove radiation from their bodies while dairy cows were also fed zeolite to remove radiation from their milk.   Zeolite is on the FDA’s GRAS list (generally recognized as safe).

It should be noted that zeolite is used extensively in agriculture and animal husbandry… an example of this is when cattle feed lots feed animals zeolite there is very little odor in the manure and no flys!  All animals do very well consuming zeolites.

This simple, safe and inexpensive toxin remover is a great way to remove and then maintain a toxin free body… 1 tsp in water or any liquid once or twice a day does the job!

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