The 5th Annual Green Street Fair is going on in Downtown Plymouth this weekend! We're honored to be treating the volunteers that are running the event! While keeping in the tradition of whole body care, we strive to pass along information that is key to anyone's well being, but also good for the environment:
Food is medicine, but it can also be poison. Know which is which for you!
Buy local, know your farmer, know your doctor.
Green Street Fair
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Allergies Already???
With the warm winter, agencies are reporting their first allergies of the season. That means in the great lakes region we need to prepare for spring allergies about a month early. If you use natural allergy support, start in the next week or two to prepare for a spring onslaught. Keep in mind that hydration and a clean diet can go a long way to reducing allergy symptoms.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Snowboarding injuries pile up!
Even though there is little snow around, the resorts are doing well with the snow guns. That means hard snow. Keep in mind that if you are new to snowboarding, wear as much padding as possible including an approved helmet. Concussions are serious and a bruised brain does not just go away. It's a great sport and the easiest way to fly without wings in the winter.
My take so far is unless you get adjusted after "learning" to ride, using specialized techniques such as flexion distraction, cranial sacral, and extremity manipulation, you are asking for injuries to creep up. A crooked tailbone does not just go away. My rule with sports injuries is if the pain persists past 5 days, it needs attention because it's not going to go away. Vitamin C is your best tissue support vitamin so don't leave home without some extra calcium ascorbate.
Get up north, get a helmet, and have fun. Get adjusted when you get back!
My take so far is unless you get adjusted after "learning" to ride, using specialized techniques such as flexion distraction, cranial sacral, and extremity manipulation, you are asking for injuries to creep up. A crooked tailbone does not just go away. My rule with sports injuries is if the pain persists past 5 days, it needs attention because it's not going to go away. Vitamin C is your best tissue support vitamin so don't leave home without some extra calcium ascorbate.
Get up north, get a helmet, and have fun. Get adjusted when you get back!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Radiation - myths and facts!
DO NOT TAKE HIGH LEVELS OF POTASSIUM IODIDE UNLESS DIRECTED BY YOUR DOCTOR OR LOCAL DISASTER AGENCY!!! STOP THE NONSENSE!
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-health/20110315/US.MED.Radiation.Q_A/
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-health/20110315/US.MED.Radiation.Q_A/
Monday, February 28, 2011
Agree to disagree on Vitamin D
Those of you who have heard me rant on "D" for the last 10 years are familiar with this debate. The cardiologist community has decided that 5000 I.U.s daily will maintain an average 50 unit level in your blood which is similar to mid summer levels for lifeguards and avid gardeners. This is a starting point for a daily dosage. At 50 units the genes start to activate in a good way and you can enjoy your nutrigenomic good health.
If you are using the biotics research Bio-D-Mulsion, use 3 drops daily. If you like a pill, I now suggest Orthomolecular products Vitamin D 5000 at 1 pill daily.
Remember there is no food source for this vitamin that will achieve these levels unless you juice the oil from a pound of fresh cod livers. Yummy!
Remember to have your blood levels of "D" checked annually.
If you are using the biotics research Bio-D-Mulsion, use 3 drops daily. If you like a pill, I now suggest Orthomolecular products Vitamin D 5000 at 1 pill daily.
Remember there is no food source for this vitamin that will achieve these levels unless you juice the oil from a pound of fresh cod livers. Yummy!
Remember to have your blood levels of "D" checked annually.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Imunizations - wake up people!
If the current flu season is any indicator of vaccine effectiveness, why don't we all question the "alleged" effectiveness of other vacines?
Thimerosal, which contains the organic compound ethyl mercury, is a known neurotoxin and used as a major ingredient in childhood vaccines. There are over 15,000 articles in the medical literature describing the adverse health effects on the human body with exposure to varying amounts and forms of mercury.
In 1999 the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) urged government agencies to reduce children's exposure to mercury from all sources. The potential risk is a concern. The AAP and the USPHS (United States Public Health Service) both agree that the use of thimerosal-containing vaccines should be reduced or eliminated. In 2011, children are still being injected with thimerosal-containing vaccines.
There is a growing number of physicians, scientists and parents that feel and state that thimerosal has played, and continues to play a large role in contributing to the emergence of multiple chronic illnesses in children and adults, including the neurological spectrum disorders.
Aluminum, which is present in the environment and in many childhood vaccines, may be another heavy metal affecting the health of children and adults. There are suspected reactions that manifest in many ways that we have yet to understand by science and medicine.
MOTHERING No. 146, January-February 2008, pp. 46-53, states, “Aluminum is a heavy metal with known neurotoxic effects on human and animal nervous systems. It can be found in the following childhood vaccines – DTaP, Pediarix (DTaP-Hepatitis B-Polio combination), Pentacel (DTaP-HIB-Polio combination), Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae B (HIB), Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), and Pneumococcal vaccines.”
PEDIATRICS Vol. 97, 1996, pp. 413-416 in 1996, issued a position paper on Aluminum Toxicity in Infants and Children which stated in the first paragraph, “Aluminum is now being implicated as interfering with a variety of cellular and metabolic processes in the nervous system and in other tissues.”
A review of the medical literature on aluminum reveals a surprising lack of scientific evidence that injected aluminum is safe. There is limited understanding of what happens to children when aluminum is injected into their bodies, including whether or not it accumulates in tissues and organs or is properly eliminated from the body. It is also unknown if genetic factors affect long term adverse health outcomes for those injected with aluminum containing vaccines.
AMA, Vol. 297, No. 24, June 27, 2007,pp. 2755-2759, stated, “It is now estimated one in 6 children under the age of 18 in the U S has developmental/learning disabilities.” They also referenced that an increased percent of US children have asthma and growing numbers of children are manifesting different types of allergies. This would suggest they have impairment, or even possible damage to their nervous and immune systems.
Many scientists feel it is even more concerning that there is a lack of accepted scientific data explaining whether injected aluminum interacts with other vaccine ingredients to cause harm to children. Boyd Haley, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Kentucky completed lab experiments showing the damaging effects on nerve cells when he exposed them to aluminum, especially in the presence of other vaccine ingredients like mercury, formaldehyde, and the antibiotic neomycin.
girls and women to theoretically guard against cervical cancer still has never been proven to actually prevent cancer. On the contrary, evidence suggests that under certain circumstances the vaccine increases your risk of precancerous lesions by nearly 45 percent, and an ever increasing number of girls are being seriously injured by this unnecessary vaccine.
With Gardisil, as of December 13, 2010, 20,915 adverse reactions had been reported in the United States alone, including 89 deaths, 297 miscarriages or stillbirths, and 370 reports of abnormal pap smears post vaccination.
All of this from a vaccine that has only been on the market for four years!
Making matters worse, as of 2009 the US FDA approved Gardasil for use on young boys as well, and the first male death has also been reported. In September of last year, a young boy died just eight days after being vaccinated with Gardasil.
So what's going on here?
Is it possible that vaccines sold by drugmakers like Merck are causing lethal disease? Judging by history, the answer may be yes.
Thimerosal, which contains the organic compound ethyl mercury, is a known neurotoxin and used as a major ingredient in childhood vaccines. There are over 15,000 articles in the medical literature describing the adverse health effects on the human body with exposure to varying amounts and forms of mercury.
In 1999 the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) urged government agencies to reduce children's exposure to mercury from all sources. The potential risk is a concern. The AAP and the USPHS (United States Public Health Service) both agree that the use of thimerosal-containing vaccines should be reduced or eliminated. In 2011, children are still being injected with thimerosal-containing vaccines.
There is a growing number of physicians, scientists and parents that feel and state that thimerosal has played, and continues to play a large role in contributing to the emergence of multiple chronic illnesses in children and adults, including the neurological spectrum disorders.
Aluminum, which is present in the environment and in many childhood vaccines, may be another heavy metal affecting the health of children and adults. There are suspected reactions that manifest in many ways that we have yet to understand by science and medicine.
MOTHERING No. 146, January-February 2008, pp. 46-53, states, “Aluminum is a heavy metal with known neurotoxic effects on human and animal nervous systems. It can be found in the following childhood vaccines – DTaP, Pediarix (DTaP-Hepatitis B-Polio combination), Pentacel (DTaP-HIB-Polio combination), Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae B (HIB), Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), and Pneumococcal vaccines.”
PEDIATRICS Vol. 97, 1996, pp. 413-416 in 1996, issued a position paper on Aluminum Toxicity in Infants and Children which stated in the first paragraph, “Aluminum is now being implicated as interfering with a variety of cellular and metabolic processes in the nervous system and in other tissues.”
A review of the medical literature on aluminum reveals a surprising lack of scientific evidence that injected aluminum is safe. There is limited understanding of what happens to children when aluminum is injected into their bodies, including whether or not it accumulates in tissues and organs or is properly eliminated from the body. It is also unknown if genetic factors affect long term adverse health outcomes for those injected with aluminum containing vaccines.
AMA, Vol. 297, No. 24, June 27, 2007,pp. 2755-2759, stated, “It is now estimated one in 6 children under the age of 18 in the U S has developmental/learning disabilities.” They also referenced that an increased percent of US children have asthma and growing numbers of children are manifesting different types of allergies. This would suggest they have impairment, or even possible damage to their nervous and immune systems.
Many scientists feel it is even more concerning that there is a lack of accepted scientific data explaining whether injected aluminum interacts with other vaccine ingredients to cause harm to children. Boyd Haley, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Kentucky completed lab experiments showing the damaging effects on nerve cells when he exposed them to aluminum, especially in the presence of other vaccine ingredients like mercury, formaldehyde, and the antibiotic neomycin.
girls and women to theoretically guard against cervical cancer still has never been proven to actually prevent cancer. On the contrary, evidence suggests that under certain circumstances the vaccine increases your risk of precancerous lesions by nearly 45 percent, and an ever increasing number of girls are being seriously injured by this unnecessary vaccine.
With Gardisil, as of December 13, 2010, 20,915 adverse reactions had been reported in the United States alone, including 89 deaths, 297 miscarriages or stillbirths, and 370 reports of abnormal pap smears post vaccination.
All of this from a vaccine that has only been on the market for four years!
Making matters worse, as of 2009 the US FDA approved Gardasil for use on young boys as well, and the first male death has also been reported. In September of last year, a young boy died just eight days after being vaccinated with Gardasil.
So what's going on here?
Is it possible that vaccines sold by drugmakers like Merck are causing lethal disease? Judging by history, the answer may be yes.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
If you're debating a sunny vacation, here's another reason to go!
Restructuring Water in Your Cells Creates Tissue Healing
Classically, one way of doing it is to use infrared radiation (heat). By applying heat to the muscle, you increase blood supply, which is helpful. But you're also building water structure! Dr. Pollack's research shows that infrared heat is very effective for ordering cellular water. In terms of the source of the infrared heat, as long as it emits the right wavelength of radiation, it will be effective. According to Dr. Pollack, the wavelength of 3 micrometers (microns) is ideal and very effective.
The sun also emits this wavelength, which may be yet another reason why sun exposure has such profound health benefits and just feels good through and through. Interestingly, the human body also emits radiation within the ideal range, which may explain why simple physical contact, including 'hands-on healing,' can contribute to improved health!
"I know there is a lot of skepticism about that," Dr. Pollack says, "but from a physical point of view, it's entirely possible."Another way to structure water is to use light.
The visible light spectrum, ultraviolet (UV) and near infrared also builds ordered water zones. Again, light therapy has been used for years to remedy various maladies, such as depression and jaundice, for example. But it's only now that scientists are beginning to understand why such therapies work.
Clearly, one of the primary health benefits of sun exposure and UVB's is that it makes your body create vitamin D, which we now realize is absolutely crucial for optimal health. But the fact that it also helps structure the water within your cells may be yet another contributing factor. After all, your body is a conglomerate of symbiotic relationships.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Gut brain connection - Eat to "feel" good
The Gut-Brain Connection
When you consider the fact that the gut-brain connection is recognized as a basic tenet of physiology and medicine, and that there's no shortage of evidence of gastrointestinal involvement in a variety of neurological diseases, it's hard to fathom why diet is still so widely ignored by the mental health field.
In a very real sense, you have two brains, one inside your skull and one in your gut.
These two organs actually originate from the same type of tissue during fetal development. One part turns into your central nervous system, while the other develops into your enteric nervous system. These two systems are connected via the vagus nerve, the tenth cranial nerve that runs from your brain stem down to your abdomen.
This is what connects your two brains together, and explains such phenomena as getting butterflies in your stomach when you're nervous, for example. They work in tandem, each influencing the other. And this is why your intestinal health can have such a profound influence on your mental health, and vice versa.
For an interesting and well-written layman's explanation of this, read through Sandra Blakeslee's 1996 New York Times article Complex and Hidden Brain in Gut Makes Stomachaches and Butterflies.
Further evidence of this connection includes the fact that a number of neurotransmitters such as serotonin can be found not only in your brain, but also in your gut. In fact, the greatest concentration of serotonin, which is involved in mood control, depression and aggression, is found in your intestines, not your brain!
When you consider the fact that the gut-brain connection is recognized as a basic tenet of physiology and medicine, and that there's no shortage of evidence of gastrointestinal involvement in a variety of neurological diseases, it's hard to fathom why diet is still so widely ignored by the mental health field.
In a very real sense, you have two brains, one inside your skull and one in your gut.
These two organs actually originate from the same type of tissue during fetal development. One part turns into your central nervous system, while the other develops into your enteric nervous system. These two systems are connected via the vagus nerve, the tenth cranial nerve that runs from your brain stem down to your abdomen.
This is what connects your two brains together, and explains such phenomena as getting butterflies in your stomach when you're nervous, for example. They work in tandem, each influencing the other. And this is why your intestinal health can have such a profound influence on your mental health, and vice versa.
For an interesting and well-written layman's explanation of this, read through Sandra Blakeslee's 1996 New York Times article Complex and Hidden Brain in Gut Makes Stomachaches and Butterflies.
Further evidence of this connection includes the fact that a number of neurotransmitters such as serotonin can be found not only in your brain, but also in your gut. In fact, the greatest concentration of serotonin, which is involved in mood control, depression and aggression, is found in your intestines, not your brain!
Monday, January 17, 2011
UK gets wise
Ministers of parliament and senior advisers in the UK government ruled against the flu vaccine for children under 5. This decision comes even though a flu epidemic is currently striking the UK. Possibly they took a look at what Dr. Hugh Fudenberg, one of the world's leading immunologists, has had to say on the flu vaccine. Fudenburg found that anyone who had more than two flu vaccines between 1970 and 1980 has a far higher chance of having Alzheimer's in old age.
According to Vaccine Truth:
Mail Online December 31, 2010
According to Vaccine Truth:
"Perhaps the UK government has learnt their lesson. Instead of vaccination they have decided to bring back last year's Swine Flu ads with the caption 'Catch it, Bin it, Kill it' ... The message is the best way to combat the flu is a lesson in hygiene."
Sources:
Mail Online December 31, 2010
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