We can all rest a bit easier and breathe a bit deeper because another urban legend has been laid to rest. According to Jeffrey Smith, author of Seeds of Deception, those numerical PLU code labels stuck on grocery store produce (which we have been taught to scrutinize) do NOT indicate whether the produce has been genetically modified or not.

According to Smith’s recent blog on The Huntington Post: The 4-digit PLU codes on the sometimes-pain-in-the-neck labels glued to apples, for example, tell the checkout lady which is a small Fuji (4129) and which is a Honeycrisp (3283). She’ll know what to charge you and the inventory elves will know what’s what. If there’s a 5-digit code starting with 9, then it’s organic. These numbers, organized by the Produce Marketing Association, have nothing to do with you. According to Kathy Means, Association Vice President of Public Relations and Government Affairs, this is an optional convention for retailers and their supplier and is not designed as a communication tool for customers. If you want to know which items are organic, look for the word Organic; and stop squinting at tiny codes. 

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The results of continual marketing and use of harmful pesticides and herbicides on our lawns, playgrounds and golf courses are now showing up as very real health concerns for many Americans, especially children.  It seems that a beautiful lawn and the status it brings is becoming more important than our long-term safety and health.  Chemical companies continue their mantra that poisons are really safe and cause no harm to our environment or health.  We now have enough evidence that this is not what evidence is showing.  Enough is Enough.  It’s time to take a look at the real truth and not from someone trying to sell you a “green lawn.”  Try something different this year — first educate yourself about the organic lawn movement and organic gardening and then put into practice what you have learned.  I think you will find that you can still have a beautiful lawn and productive garden without the hazards of chemicals.  And when your neghbors ask — take the time to share and educate!  Most of the information below is from www.safelawns.org

Wives of Pesticide Applicators at Risk

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The Cancer Epidemic That Continues

Are you aware that nearly 50% of Americans will develop some form of cancer today, and that by 2050 the cancer rate will have nearly doubled? (National Cancer Institute – NCI) With billions given to research for a cure, prevention methods and supposedly the most brilliant minds to task, the last 40 years have yielded very little in regards to either objective. We’re a nation with one of the greatest technological capabilities known to man, a world super power, yet have the third sickest population falling only to China and India (U.S. Census Bureau – extrapolations). Making matters worse are statistics that show chronic disease wildly more prevalent within developed / industrialized nations. Read the rest of this entry »

What is GOOT?

GOOT stands for Garlic Oil Ointment and is a herbal remedy consisting of unrefined coconut oil, cold-pressed olive oil and organic garlic.

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“Learning to forgive is one of the great paths to inner peace” Anonymous.

It has been said that harboring resentment and holding back forgiveness is like drinking poison and hoping the otherperson dies. Physics dictates that what goes on in the mind will have an effect on the physical body.  It is also interesting to note that forgiveness is something nearly all Americans want — 94% surveyed in a nationwide Gallup poll indicated it was important to forgive — but only 48% said they usually tried to forgive others. Besides making you miserable and zapping your enjoyment from life, un-forgiveness comes with a laundry list of negative health effects. Psychologist Loren Toussaint of Luther University in Iowa was among the first to demonstrate a long-term link between people’s health and their ability to forgive. In what many call the new science of forgiveness, numbers of overwhelming case studies have shown:

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With the pace of life today and the multitude of unhealthy choices surrounding us, maintaining optimal health in body, mind and spirit is usually put on our “get-around-to-it” list. As difficult as it may seem to implement optimum health strategies, there is absolutely no reason that excellent health can’t be yours. However, it does take making a deep rooted decision, one that is fueled by desire and discipline, and then implementing change one-step-at-a-time. In order to climb your health goal success latter, you must have a clearly defined motivation, such as, realizing that becoming healthier will improve your relationships or give you the energy and vitality you need to accomplish your life’s goals. The natural state of your body is: healthy! Doesn’t it make more sense to actually invest the time it takes to maintain your health than to pay to continually repair what is broken? Take charge, dedicate yourself and put a plan together….TODAY!  Work on a new YOU as we begin a new year and a new decade. If you need help any of the areas below, invest in a copy of my e-book, Optimum Health Strategies…Doing What Works!, which provides you with a step-by-step approach in obtaining optimum health through whole-body cleansing, healthy diet, hi-tech supplementation and balancing.

1. Sleep: Americans are some of the most sleep deprived people on the planet. It is estimated that at least 40 million Americans each year suffer from chronic, long-term sleep disorders and an additional 20 million experience occasional sleeping concerns. With the invention of the electric light we have not only seen sleep deprivation soar but also disease and illness. Your body requires sleep to repair, heal, and restore itself and performs the most healing between the hours of 10:00 PM – 2:00 AM. If one is not sleeping during these optimum healing times, there is no way to play catch-up. Scientists tell us that the body is composed of 750 trillion cells and replaces every cell every seven years by building 300 billion new cells every night. According to The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, “neurons that control sleep interact closely with the immune system. As anyone who has had the flu knows, infectious diseases tend to make us feel sleepy. This probably happens because cytokines, chemicals our immune systems produce while fighting an infection, are powerful sleep-inducing chemicals. Sleep may help the body conserve energy and other resources that the immune system needs to mount an attack.” Sleep deprivation may result in memory concerns, weight gain and metabolism issues, increased irritability and moodiness, hormone imbalance, hypertension and altered immune function, including the activity of the body’s killer cells. Keeping up with sleep requirements may also help fight cancer. To improve your sleep see 101 Ways to Get a Great Night’s Sleep.

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Growing research shows that inflammation may be the common denominator linking diseases such as: Alzheimer’s, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Inflammation is the body’s natural response and defense mechanism that alerts us when something is wrong internally; blood, antibodies and other immune system components are rushed to the wounded area in an attempt to repair the damage. This response can induce pain, swelling, redness and warmth, all of which show the immune system is working properly.

We’ve been groomed to reach for the nearest bottle of Advil or prescription anti-inflammatory drug when our bodies are in pain, but in doing this we suppress our most important bodily function for healing. Instead of masking the symptoms; there are many natural resources available to help you resolve the deeper, core issue. It helps to understand that there are reasons for the different processes that occur in the body, and if we can trace symptoms back to the root, well, then you’re officially off to a good start.

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Cancer – Do you know there are over 200 different variations of the disease according to the National Cancer Institute? Having the ability to grow in any organ in the body, this wicked disease claimed the lives of seven million people worldwide, according to public health expert Professor Sir John Marmott. Deaths are expected rise to over 10 million per year by 2020. It ranks as the number 2 cause of death in the United States behind heart disease. Lung, colon, prostate and breast cancer account for more than half of cancer deaths in the United States. Over 14,000 chemicals are added to the food supply in the United States today. Due to exposure from various sources, tracing a chronic illness to one toxin can be a daunting task; subsequently the connections are often never made. In 2003, a study was done by Belgian Toxicologist Dr.Charles Charlier in which he found that women with breast cancer are 5-9 times more likely to have pesticide residue in their blood than those who do not.

Suzanne’s spotlight on the industry

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In a new study, researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center used a complex computer prediction model to determine that intake of vitamin D3 and calcium would prevent 58,000 new cases of breast cancer and 49,000 new cases of colorectal cancer annually in the US and Canada. The researchers’ model also predicted that 75% of deaths from these cancers could be prevented with adequate intake of vitamin D3 and calcium. Join Dr. Cedric Garland, lead researcher on the study, as he discusses the implications of these findings and the proposed actions.

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Breath-taking fall colors….pumpkins….scarecrows….warm fires in the fireplace….leaf raking….the first frost….enticing fragrances from the kitchen.  All indicators of the Thanksgiving season when Americans pause to give thanks for the many blessings and freedoms that we are fortunate to experience.  Most of us think of the holiday season as being anything but a time to concentrate on health.  However, a “green” Thanksgiving is doable and one in which I think you will find very enjoyable!  Below are ten suggestions for a healthy and “green” Thanksgiving season.

1)  Purchase a locally-grown free-range or organic turkey.

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“Medical radiation, introduced into medicine in 1896, became and remains a necessary causal co-actor in over half of the fatal cases of cancer in the USA, and became and remains a necessary causal co-actor also in over half of the fatal cases of ischemic heart disease (coronary artery disease) in the USA. From these conclusions plus the fact that x-ray harm is approximately proportional to accumulated x-ray dose, it follows that a very great deal of future cancer and ischemic hearet disease (IHD) could be prevented by reducing the dose-levels customarily administered during x-ray imaging procedures, especially CT and fluoroscopy. Indeed, it is very often feasible to get good images with half (or less) of the customary dose. Doing so could prevent about 250,000 premature deaths every year in the USA, by our estimate. The conclusions above are obviously so important for human health that they demand thoughtful, independent scruitiny, i.e., peer-review.”

November 2002 by John W. Gofman, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Molecular & Cell Biology, Univ. of Calif. Berkeley

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The following information is from The Robert Scott Bell Show.  It is important that this information get out and that everyone understand that we are now seeing some of the serious health concerns arising from the flu vaccine.  We knew this would happen and in fact Pharmaceutical companies knew this would happen, but to them it is all about what is good for “the masses.”  Individual health and well-being means nothing when it comes to this type of philosophy.  I don’t know about you but my individual health and that of my family is a HUGE concern for me!

In case you don’t know who Desiree Jennings is, she is the young woman who has made headline news because of being severely injured from taking a flu shot. This is a breaking story. Please share this with everyone you know so more people can hear the truth before they are injured or killed from the flu shot. 

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