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Shamanic Intensive Training Course:Bolivian Andes & Amazon

2008-07-10T08:39:43Z

Sacha Runa Collective offers two Month-long Shamanic Intensive Training Courses a year
(Jan/Feb and August) in the Bolivian Andes& Amazon (www.sacharuna.com).
The course is indeed Intensive and deeply transformational.
It is intended to help train those people who trully want to entrust themselves to Spirit
and dedicate themselves to Service.
No prerequisite is necessary, except the absolute determination to face oneself
and do what is needed to allow spirit to flow through us and bless creation.
The next one is August1-30.
Have to fly in and out of la Paz, Bolivia.
Application letters are due ASAP.
The next course is Jan/Feb 2009

For serious apprentices who intend to become full fledged shamans and
conduct medicine ceremonies, at least 4 courses are recommended but it
ultimately dependes on everybody's skills.

For a description of the course, please visit www.sacharuna.com
Blessings:
Miguel A. Kavlin

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Cinnamon, clove, histamine & anemia

2008-06-24T04:52:14Z

Hi All. I've recently come across some very important information regarding histamine. It is in almost every cell in your body and is generated in basophils(white blood cells) and mast cells. The amino acid histadine can be converted in the intestine to histamine which is unhealthy and should be prevented. Cinnamon and clove stop the process very well. Turmeric and cardamom do also to a lesser degree. People with bad digestion due to low hydrochloric acid levels are usually low in histidine because of the loss to premature conversion. Folic acid and niacin are necessary to for the conversions. Low levels of histidine will result in low hemoglobin and hematocrit levels(anemia).(read below) High blood histamine is one reason for premature ejaculation and may be tied to hyperpermeabililty of the colon which allows whole proteins to enter the blood causing an immune response. Flavanoids taken before a meal can help prevent this action which can alleviate the damage that occurs during this process. Here is a link to the source of most of this information; whfoods.org/genpage.php Aloha, kahuna Lamaku. PS- this has implications of increasing longevity as anemia is common in old age and can kill you. This has been cross posted.

When folic acid was given to folate-deficient subjects who received no histidine, urinary histidine levels returned to normal levels rapidly and this was followed by a hematological response. Others have shown that volunteers fed a histidine-free diet developed anemia. In normal subjects, histidine is excreted much more in the urine than other essential amino acids are. Hemoglobin protein contains 10% histidine. Under normal conditions, dietary histidine can supply sufficient histidine to prevent anemia. When the dietary intake is diminished or the urinary excretion is greatly increased, anemia results. It is concluded that folate deficiency causes histidine depletion through increased urinary excretion of this amino acid. Feeding histidine replenishes tissue levels of histidine, resulting in hemoglobin regeneration. Folic acid administration results in return of histidine to normal urinary levels. Thus, a combination of folic acid & histidine would be beneficial for folate deficient individuals.

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Great method for pain elimination and overall health

2008-06-11T01:09:50Z

Hi guys,

I used to practice / utilize acupuncture but was unhappy with it for a large number of reasons. I am now starting to work with the Egoscue Method and have started a group to explore it here: tribes.tribe.net/egoscue
Egoscue seems to be this wonderful combination of ’old-school’ excercise, pilates, and yoga that just realigns my system. As I do many of the ecises, I feel my chi flowing to my hands and pelvis. And I can do this daily, no needles or doctor required.

I do not work for Egoscue, I am a graduate student. But this system just totally rocked my world and not a lot of people know about it yet. I think that those involved in alternative medicine will really appreciate it.

My best.

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Reccommendation for a Austin acupuncturist?

2008-06-01T22:27:50Z

Can anyone reccommend an acupuncturist in SOUTH Austin? Gas is killing and I need to save as much money as I can.

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Canada's Police State Bill C51 Camouflaged as a Health Bill

2008-05-14T02:14:16Z

Canada's Police State Bill C51 Camouflaged as a Health Bill

On April 8th 2008 The Health Minister of Canada introduced a totally unnecessary bill, that is quickly being forced through Parliament to attack the Natural health products and services industry on behalf of big Pharma. The public is being deceived and not informed of the police state provisions written into this bill.

read it here
http://www.mychurch.org/blog/185640/Canadas-Police-State-Bill-C51-Camouflaged-as-a-Health-Bill

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Glucose and vitamin C

2008-05-12T17:49:55Z

Hi all. One of the reasons I began on my path with alternative medicine and spiritual healing was because I had health problems. Doctors are great but, never really helped me much. I may have just found out a major reason having to do with the competition between glucose and vitamin C uptake. Diabetics do not make good use of vitamin C because of this competition. The following is stolen directly from the internet with my thanks to the authors. Finding this really made my day. It can be read in it's entirety at http://www.internetwks.com/owen/gaa.html Aloha, kahuna Lamaku. PS- this is being cross posted.

The Diabetic Double Whammy

Combining these ideas, we postulate that cells that can’t absorb glucose are not absorbing vitamin C either. As blood glucose levels rise, the GAA theory predicts that vitamin C uptake is greatly diminished throughout the body, even in cells with undamaged insulin pumps. Our conjecture is that the serious health consequences of prolonged Type II diabetes, e.g. blindness, wounds that won't heal, limb amputation, etc., are the result of the lack of vitamin C inside cells.

We may now more intelligently answer the question as to why heart patients do well on high-dose Omega-3 oil supplementation. Healthful omega-3 fatty acids, such as those found in flax seed and fish oils, promote healthy cell membranes allowing more nutrients to pass into cells. Theoretically, there would be more benefit from Omega-3 supplementation after the primary cause of membrane damage, trans fatty acids, are eliminated from the diet. As cell membranes become permeable, sugar molecules leave the blood stream lowering blood sugar, making vitamin C more bioavailable. Finally, we postulate that the cellular membrane problem hindering the uptake of glucose in diabetics also hinders their cells from obtaining vitamin C.

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question about naturopathic doctors

2008-05-07T22:55:02Z

is it best to treat yourself with herbs and not see a naturopathic doctor? i saw an herb book where it teaches u to treat urself with herbs, but i wouldnt know which herbs would cause me to have an allergic reaction? does anyone in here see naturopathic, homeopathic, ayurvedic, TCM doctors, or acupuncturist doctors? if ur insurance doesnt cover for alternative medicine, how much are u expecting to pay to see one of those doctors?

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The Kanzius Machine: A Cancer Cure?

2008-05-06T22:49:28Z

The Kanzius Machine: A Cancer Cure?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/10/60minutes/main4006951.shtml?source=RSS&attr=HOME_4006951

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PLEASE WATCH = "IN LIES WE TRUST" = IT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE

2008-05-05T09:32:41Z

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www.thebesthealthinfo.com

2008-04-14T04:08:23Z

http://www.thebesthealthinfo.com

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strep throat

2008-04-12T17:45:44Z

What are a few natural remedies to this mean and nasty porcupine visiting me?
Aside from salt gargles and hot teas?

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Hypothyroid

2008-04-06T05:40:08Z

I have a question:

I have what is called subclinical hypothyroid, but the symptoms have been really bad. I have been taking Raw Thyroid and avoiding broccoli and soy products. I have more mental clarity and I have slightly more energy, however, the weight has not come off despite diet and activity.
I am wondering is there something else I can do to help the rest of the symptoms go away and get back to my normal life?

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Strange Pain...

2008-03-25T06:55:21Z

Before bed last evening I noticed a sharp pain when I breathed in, in my upper back, inside of my ribs, (about where my lungs are but in the back). I am completely confused, and it hurts much more when I breathe deep or stretch. Any ideas? If it does not get better by Monday, I am heading to the doc.

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Protein-Carbohydrate Question

2008-03-19T17:31:54Z

I've been vegan for almost a year now, eating a combination of legume/tofu/quinoa proteins and pasta/potato carbohydrates. But I've just been told I have polycystic ovarian syndrome, and that I should cut down on carbs.

I've always thought that there was a delicate balance between carbs and proteins, one needing the other for maximum absorbtion Does anyone know if there are nutrient-absorbtion problems with cutting carbs way back?

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carpal tunnel

2008-03-19T01:45:01Z

anyone know what to do for someone who is experiencing pain in wrist and tingling in fingers adn hand? seems likely this person has incipient carpal tunnel due to a job she used to have. any suggestions to help alleviate it?

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Daily multi-vitamin pill may also increase cancer risk

2008-03-18T19:12:12Z

Daily multi-vitamin pill may also increase cancer risk

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=4226712&cl=7012186&src=news

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chronic partial sleep deprivation

2008-03-17T18:18:21Z

I saw "60 Minutes" tonight and they had a great bit on sleep -

"The Science Of Sleep"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/14/60minutes/main3939721.shtml

chronic partial sleep deprivation
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=chronic+partial+sleep+deprivation&spell=1

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Investigation finds vast array of medications in tap water

2008-03-16T23:52:15Z

Investigation finds vast array of medications in tap water

Drinking bottled water may not avoid the problem at all either.

CNN video - http://tinyurl.com/26kshe

Drugs found in tap water

"A vast array of pharmaceuticals -- including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones -- have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows."

"In the course of a five-month inquiry, the AP discovered that drugs have been detected in the drinking water supplies of 24 major metropolitan areas -- from Southern California to New York City, from Detroit to Louisville, Ky."
http://www.newstimes.com/ci_8518522

AP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water
http://tinyurl.com/yqkd4n

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practioner recommendations for CA north bay area

2008-03-16T23:29:27Z

i'm looking for a naturopathic doc who is experienced in treating hormonal/endocrine problems preferably in sonoma county, CA. thanks

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Codex Alimentarius - Control of all Food, Natural Products, etc Globally by 2009

2008-03-16T23:17:25Z

Codex Alimentarius” means “food rules” in Latin. The organization was born in 1962 when the UN established the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) as a “Trade Commission”. It was created to regulate, and thus control, every aspect of how food and nutritional supplements are produced and sold to the consumer. It is solely about trade and the profits of multi-national corporations.

The more natural health products people use, the fewer drugs they use. Millions are turning to natural health. Big Pharma fears this as it would diminish profits. Codex is designed to protect Big Pharma profits by eliminating natural health products and treatments. Health food stores and wellness companies would be hit hard.

Codex is unscientific because it classifies nutrients as toxins and uses “Risk Assessment” to set ultra low so-called “safe upper limits” for them. Risk Assessment is a branch of Toxicology, the science for assessing toxins. The proper science for assessing nutrients is Biochemistry. Codex does not use Biochemistry.

Codex is based on the Napoleonic Code, dating back to Bonaparte. Under this code, anything not explicitly permitted is automatically forbidden. Under Common Law (our system), something does not have to be explicitly permitted to be legal. The tyrannical Napoleonic Code allows the banning of natural health options by default.

Codex will go into global effect on December 31, 2009, unless we, the People, take action and avert it. Right now, we are like a frog boiled slowly, the heat raised gradually so we won’t jump out of the water. The media is used to make us believe that Codex is about “consumer protection”. Part of the media strategy is to tarnish the image of natural health options, through for-hire studies.

One-time defenders of supplements and nutritional products, such as the National Nutritional Foods Association (NNFA) and Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), have fallen prey to new pharmaceutical members and are spreading disinformation saying that Codex is “consumer protection”. Their boards used to be run by health freedom fighters.

The U.S. has a powerful legal tool for health freedom: the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), passed in 1994 after massive grass-roots action. DSHEA scientifically classifies nutritional supplements as food and prevents dosage restrictions; Codex unscientifically classifies them as toxins and sets ultra-low doses. The VMG violates U.S. law because it violates DSHEA. We must unite to protect DSHEA, our best legal defense against Codex.

The pharmaceutical industry works through irresponsible/corrupt politicians to do their bidding. The path to institute Codex in America is to “influence” Congress to pass laws friendly to drugs and unfriendly to nutritional supplements, so that slowly everyone comes to believe that nutrients are “dangerous”, and drugs are “proper medicine”. Susan Davis (D, CA) and other politicians are helping Big Pharma by supporting bills designed to destroy DSHEA.

Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) has two committees which impact nutrition.

One of them, the “Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses” (CCNFSDU), is chaired by Dr. Rolf Grossklaus, a physician who believes that nutrition has no role in health. This is the “top-guy” for Codex nutritional policy, and he has stated that “nutrition is not relevant to health”.

As unbelievable as it may sound, Dr. Grossklaus actually declared nutrients to be toxins in 1994 and instituted the use of toxicology (Risk Assessment) to prevent nutrients from having any impact on humans who take supplements! It is worth mentioning that Dr. Grossklaus happens to own the Risk Assessment company advising CCNFSDU and Codex on this issue. This company makes money when its toxicology services are used for the “assessment” of nutrients. Here in the U.S. we call that a “conflict of interest”.

Codex is made up of thousands of standards and guidelines. One of them, the Vitamin and Mineral Guideline (VMG), is designed to permit only ultra low doses of vitamins and minerals (and make clinically effective nutrients illegal). How can the VMG restrict dosages of vitamins and minerals? By using Risk Assessment (toxicology) to assess nutrients.

While Risk Assessment is a legitimate science (it is a branch of toxicology), it is the wrong science for assessing nutrients! In fact, in this context, it is actually junk science. Biochemistry, the science of life processes, is the correct science for assessing nutrients. Codex Alimentarius treats nutrients as toxins, which is literally insane.

Nutrients are not toxins - they are essential for life!!

http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php?page_id=155

Start saving Seeds!!!

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FISH VS. MERCURY

2008-03-07T08:36:19Z

CHECK THIS OUT...

http://www.fishscam.com/

NOW EAT YOUR TUNA WITH NOT REGRETS

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Vegas clinic may have sickened thousands

2008-03-06T13:26:25Z

Vegas clinic may have sickened thousands

"LAS VEGAS - Nearly 40,000 people learned this week that a trip to the doctor may have made them sick. In a type of scandal more often associated with Third World countries, a Las Vegas clinic was found to be reusing syringes and vials of medication for nearly four years. The shoddy practices may have led to an outbreak of the potentially fatal hepatitis C virus and exposed patients to HIV, too.

The discovery led to the biggest public health notification operation in U.S. history, brought demands for investigations and caused scores of lawyers to seek out patients at risk for infections.

Thousands of patients are being urged to be tested for the viruses. Six acute cases of hepatitis C have been confirmed. The surgical center and five affiliated clinics have been closed.

"I find it baffling, frankly, that in this day and age anyone would think it was safe to reuse a syringe," said Michael Bell, associate director for infection control at the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

One of the infected patients is retired airplane mechanic Michael Washington, 67, who was the first to report his infection. On the advice of his doctor, he received a routine colon exam in July at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada.

In September, he started to get sick. He was losing weight fast. His urine turned dark. His stomach hurt. By January, it was clear what had happened.

Washington describes his virus as a "creeping death sentence" and worries that others will hear his story and think twice before getting preventive care they need.

In letters that began arriving this week, patients who received injected anesthesia at the endoscopy center from March 2004 to mid-January were urged to get tested for hepatitis B and C, and HIV.

Because all three viruses are transmitted by blood, they could have been passed from one patient to the next by the unsafe practices at the clinic.

The mass notification is the result of a health district investigation that began in January when officials linked an uptick of unusual hepatitis C cases to the clinic.

Health officials say they are most worried about the spread of hepatitis C, which targets the liver but shows no symptoms in as many as 80 percent of infections.

Hepatitis C results in the swelling of the liver and can cause stomach pain, fatigue and jaundice. It may eventually result in liver failure. Even when no symptoms occur, the virus can slowly cause damage to the liver.

Officials estimate that 4 percent of the patients already had the virus when they entered the clinic, compared with 0.5 percent for hepatitis B and less than 0.5 percent for HIV. Hepatitis C also is easier to transmit than HIV, they said.

"You put the two together and hepatitis C is really our big concern," said Brian Labus, senior epidemiologist at the Southern Nevada Health District.

Health inspectors say they observed clinic staff using the same syringe twice to extract anesthesia from a single vial, which was then inappropriately used to treat more than one patient. The practice allows contaminated blood in a used syringe to taint the vial and infect the next patient.

Of the six patients so far diagnosed with acute hepatitis C, five received treatment at the clinic on the same day in late September.

Since 1999, the CDC counts 14 hepatitis outbreaks in the U.S. linked to bad injection practices.

The largest outbreak occurred in Fremont, Neb., where 99 cancer patients were infected at an oncology center from 2001 to 2002. At least one died. The doctor involved in the case acknowledged reusing syringes and settled scores of lawsuit. But he never explained why the syringes were reused.

Bell said such improper procedures appear to be more common in outpatient surgical centers like the endoscopy center. Unlike hospitals, such centers often do not have employees whose sole responsibility is to monitor and educate staff on best practices.

In Las Vegas, clinic staff told inspectors they had been ordered by management to reuse the vials and syringes. Labus described the practice as an unwritten, but long-practiced policy.

Investigators were told the practice was an attempt to cut costs, according to a letter of complaint from the city, which revoked the facility's business license Friday. Five other facilities affiliated with the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada also had their licenses revoked.

The clinic's majority owner, Dipak Desai, a political contributor and member of the governor's commission on health care, has refused to comment on the allegations.

He released a statement expressing concern for the patients and assuring the public the problems had been corrected. He later took out a full-page ad in Sunday's edition of the Las Vegas Review-Journal insisting that needles had not been reused and that the chances of contracting an infection at the center in most of the last four years were "extremely low."

Of the thousands of people who have rushed to be tested, many will get positive results, Labus said. More than 15,000 people already have called the health district for information.

But it takes a more sophisticated test, a complete evaluation of risk factors and a clear pattern of infection to determine whether the virus was caught at the facility.

Plenty of lawyers are wading into the mess. Television ads called "health alerts" are soliciting clients. At least a handful of class-action lawsuits have been filed.

On Tuesday, the office of Las Vegas attorney Ed Bernstein was buzzing with phone calls — nearly 1,000 a day, he said. Bernstein said he represents about 1,200 patients at the facility, eight who have tested positive for hepatitis C.

Washington, the infected airplane mechanic, is one of Bernstein's clients.

His wife, Josephine, a registered nurse, wonders how any health care professional could be so reckless: "To maximize profit? For what? What are you going to save?"

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/

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Organic vs. non-organic TEA

2008-03-04T18:31:53Z

Discuss research into your favorite teas and their health properties and whether or not organic or certified organic are really better than non-organic teas.

Some say that non-organic teas are better tasting and that organic teas really aren't much better than non. Yet, others will say it's more about "Fair-Trade" and sustainable practices. What about Genetic Modification (GMO)? What do the research studies say? What are your thoughts on this issue?

I'll start us off with a little something...

Organic vs. non-organic TEA

Here is another forum having a similar discussion - http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2305&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

I will share links and comments from the forum to help us get started.

http://www.teatrends.com/interview.html?interview=58

"Organic food is not a "fad." Scientific research shows that organically produced food is better for you, because it has more nutrients and vitamins...

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=32375

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article2753446.ece

On the other hand food grown with pesticides pollutes rivers, and can be harmful to locals who have to breathe that crap...

http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/62/21396

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/16/1228/

I would be careful buying tea (or anything) from China. Also be careful getting tea from Japan.

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what comes out when you start losing weight

2008-03-03T00:03:19Z

I don't know if anyone here can help but I am definitely in need of help. I am 46 and for the last 3 years have been experiencing more and more health problems. got the flu every year. normally i don't get sick so this is a change. BUT... i have survived some pretty amazing abuse, starting when i was a baby. the abuse was sexual, emotional and physical. it may have included .... deliberate um i don't know how to put this gently, but deliberately being given things to make me sick. well, to be honest, it pretty much definitely included that. so, anyhow, the point is not that i am yet another abuse survivor. there's hardly anyone who hasn't been through some kind or other. and i am pretty ok with myself now. more than ok really. after a lot of work and a lot of years i like and accept myself pretty darn well. even divorced my birth family last year (to the week). but my poor body... that's a different story. i've been carrying about 150 extra pounds for 20 some years now. i've been ignoring my body, overstressing it, feeding it badly, asking too much of it and generally asking it to wait while i dealt with all my emotional stuff. and i think that it's finally letting me know that i can't go on doing that. which is fine - i don't want to anyhow. i'm actually a pretty darned athletic person and i really miss my body. being encased in all this protective layering of fat i can't really see or use it too much. so i started using herbs to help my body heal and eating as well as possible (whole foods junkie) and even seeing an acupuncturist. but it's finally come to the point where i feel that it is really time to free my body of this extra weight. now losing the weight itself isn't really the problem. i know how to do that and i can. but what comes out of me when i start losing weight .... goddess!!! i am in a nearly constant sweat of rage and fear and grief and despair and .... it's as if i have stored all of these long-ago feelings inside my body because i couldn't feel them at the time. and i ... i need to at least understand this a little. and try to find something to help. it's not the end of the world to be feeling these things. i have a core inside myself now that is really strong and true and can get me through. but i've already suffered so much, to be honest... i'm not complaining, we all get the lessons we need in life is my belief. but i went through it mostly alone before and it ain't too much fun that way. so if anyone has any experience with this, any suggestions or information about what's going on and things to help ... i would sure sure appreciate it. even just a supportive voice ....
thanks.

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Low uric acid and Chlorella

2008-02-26T01:10:27Z

I noticed a while back that my hands got stiff while on Chlorella. I figured that it was the RNA becoming uric acid. You know the drill. Recently, I found out that I have levels of uric acid that are just below the normal range. I am puzzled. Since, uric acid protects the body from peroxynitrite I have to take RNA to raise uric acid levels. RNA is a longevity factor anyway. I'm eating sardines but, am afraid about chlorella. Any comments? Aloha, Lamaku. PS- potassium seems to be helping my arthritis symtoms. Could there be a connection between potassium and chlorella?

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US store chain cuts sales of food from China

2008-02-13T15:03:07Z

US store chain cuts sales of food from China

Feb 12, 2008

"WASHINGTON (AFP) - US grocery chain Trader Joe's said Monday it would stop selling food imported from China due to customers' concerns about the products' safety.

"Our customers have voiced concerns about products from this region and we have listened," Trader Joe's spokeswoman Alison Mochizuki said in a statement.

"All single ingredient food items sourced from mainland China sre scheduled to be out of our stores by April 1," she said.

"We will continue to source products from other regions until our customers feel as confident as we do about the quality and safety of Chinese products."

A series of consumer scares last year involving harmful products from major exporter China, including seafood, cat food, medicines and toys, led to mass product recalls and the tightening of US safety regulations.

Trader Joe's, which focuses partly on selling organic food, was founded in California in the 1960s."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080212/ts_alt_afp/uschinaconsumertrade

-- yahoo news

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IN SEARCH OF TRUTH: let RAW food be your medicine and a few cocktails thrown in will not kill you...BEWARE THE DOCTOR

2008-02-12T02:17:16Z

The dark side of psychiatric drugs. (The United States of Violence: A Special Section) (Cover Story)
From: USA Today (Magazine) | Date: 5/1/1994 | Author: Bibeau, Tanya
USA Today (Magazine)

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Thorazine, Haldol, and other medication prescribed by psychiatrists can destroy the lives of people who take them.

Virtually all person who go to psychiatrists are put on one or more drugs. However, psychiatric drugs, which are unpredictable and extremely deadly, do not cure anything, and instead destroy the life of the person who takes them.

The most dangerous of these are major tranquilizer, also known as neuroleptic (nerve-seizing) drugs or anti-psychotics. Of the more than two dozen in this class, introduced in the mid 1950s, the most commonly used are Haldol (haloperidol), Compazine (prochlorperazine), (Thorazine (chlorpromazine), Navane (thiothixene), Prolixin (fluphenazine), Mellaril (thioridazine), and Trilafon (perhenazine).

Their purpose is to create "maximum behavioral disruption" - a goal clearly reflected in 1950 tests conducted with rats on Thorazine. Through chemicals, psychiatrists sought to sabotage thought processes and thereby deny the person control of his own body.

At the time the major tranquilizers were introduced, the lobotomy was touted highly and widely used by psychiatrists. With the procedure, the shredded brain was damaged forever, generating objections from family and friends of the patient.

The major tranquilizers were able to create a zombie state, identical to that seen after a lobotomy, in a person whose brain remained intact. For this reason, Thorazine became known as a "chemical lobotomy."

"[On Thorazine] my thoughts spun and never got too far. My hands were rubber and I could hardly hold a fork," said one patient who had been put on the drugs by a psychiatrist. "After six weeks ... I felt like my mind had been put through a meat grinder. No longer could I think clearly; no longer could I speak articulately; no longer could I act confidently."

Another stated that, after a week on Haldol, "I was unable to speak. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't say anything out loud and spoke only with the greatest difficulty .... It was as if my whole body was succumbing to a lethal poison."

The horrifying mental upheaval and devastation this lobotomizing effect causes was precisely what appealed to psychiatrists. These chemicals would enable people to be warehoused with the least "inconvenience" to psychiatrists and staffs of psychiatric institutions.

Today, these drugs are being used against the elderly in enormous quantities to straitjacket them chemically. By 1985, the National Disease and Therapeutic Index reported that, while adults 60 years and older made up 11% of the population, they used more than one-third of all antipsychotic drugs. A study of 2,000 pharmacies in 1986 showed that 60.5% of prescriptions for nursing home residents over 65 years of age were for major tranquilizers and 17. 1% for minor versions.

A Harvard Medical School study of 55 Boston-area rest homes published in the Jan. 26, 1989, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine reported that 55% of the 1,201 nursing home residents it surveyed took at least one psychiatric drug, with 39% being given anti-psychotics.

These are not prescribed to "treat" any condition. They are administered solely to turn the patient into a zombie incapable of complaining or presenting problems to staff. Concerning their use on the elderly, Jerome Avorn, director of the program for the Analysis of Clinical Strategies at Harvard, pointed out, "Drugs do work. They do quiet them down. So does a lead pipe to the head."

Larry Hodge, administrator at the Life Care Center in Tennessee, described the impact on the elderly of these drugs: "Too often they were so zonked out during their meals that their heads were in the mashed potatoes."

Wilda Henry told The Arizona Republic that her 83-year-old mother became "a vegetable" five weeks after taking Haldol. This powerful mind-altering chemical, which the Soviet Union used for years to control dissidents, left her mother babbling, drooling, shaking, and unable to control her bowel functions.

Anise Debose of Washington, D.C., said her 76-year-old father entered a nursing home active, laughing, and talking. Four days later, after taking Mellaril and four other drugs, "He was restrained to a chair as rigid as a board when I saw him. His head was thrown back and his mouth was limply hanging down. Both eyes were closed. The impression all of us had was that he was dead."

In 1989, the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Aging reported that, while those over 60 years of age make up 17% of the population, they accounted for more than half the fatalities resulting from drug reactions. According to the American Hospital Association, of the 10,800,000 elderly admitted to hospitals each year, 1,900,000 are due to drug reactions. Four percent of those cases, an estimated 76,000 elderly a year, die. This annual death rate far exceeds the 58,021 Americans who lost their lives during the Vietnam War. An average of more than 200 elderly Americans die each day from drug reactions.

"People don't just die of old age," Theodore Leiff, professor of gerontology, Eastern Virginia University School of Medicine, points out. "Their deaths are caused by something." As case after case demonstrates, they are being killed behind the locked doors of nursing homes by lazy, incompetent, or criminal psychiatric staffs who use deadly drugs to quash complaints before they ever are voiced.

Creating insanity

These chemicals, capable of throwing the minds of users into chaos, have a long and well-documented history of creating insanity in persons who take them. In 1956, two years after the introduction of Thorazine, researchers reported that the drug caused psychosis, hallucinations, and increased anxiety. They speculated that this drug-induced insanity arose from the chemically straitjacketing effect of the drug.

In 1961, researchers reported the case of a 27-year-old man who was given Thorazine, after which he "complained of |feeling like an empty shell, floating around in the air,'" and said that he heard voices coming "from two small men standing on his chest." The researchers concluded that Thorazine was the cause of the man's "toxic psychosis."

Yet another paper, published in The American Journal of Psychiatry in 1964, found that major tranquilizers can "produce an acute psychotic reaction in an individual not previously psychotic." A 1975 paper described a negative effect called akathisia, a drug-induced inability to sit still comfortably.

Researcher Theodore Van Putten reported that nearly half of the 110 persons in the study had experienced akathisia. "[One woman] started to bang her head against the wall three days after an injection of [a major tranquilizer]. Her only utterance was: 'I just want to get rid of this whole body."' A woman who had been given these drugs for five days experienced "an upsurge in hallucinations, screaming, even more bizarre thinking, aggressive and also self-destructive outbursts, and agitated pacing or dancing." A third woman stated that, while on the tranquilizer, she felt hostile and hated everybody, and heard voices taunting her. Others complained of an "abject fear or terror" that was difficult for them to explain.

Such drug-induced symptoms are far worse than any underlying problems a person might have. Even more damning is the evidence that the damage caused by these drugs can be permanent.

Many types of psychiatric drugs, including the major tranquilizers, can cause lasting, grotesquely disfiguring nerve damage known as tardive dyskinesia or tardive dystonia. The muscles of the face and body contort and spasm involuntarily, drawing the face into hideous scowls and grimaces and twisting the body into bizarre contortions. These horrifying effects occur in more than 20% of persons "treated" with major tranquilizers and currently affect 400,000-1,000,000 Americans.

Psychiatrists theorize that these drugs damage the muscle-control portion of the brain in a way that makes it permanently "supersensitive" to messages passing down nerve pathways into the brain. The result is that this portion of the brain becomes permanently deranged. While the precise location of this brain damage is not known with certainty, there is no question that it exists. It is clearly visible in the faces of its tragic victims.

In the same way that major tranquilizers can throw the muscle-control portion of the brain into chaos, they also can make the thought-control area of the brain supersensitive, driving the person permanently insane. A 1980 study published in The American Journal of Psychiatry described 10 patients who suffered from this condition, which has been labeled "supersensitivity psychosis."

In the first stage, the individual becomes psychotic for a few days immediately after he or she stops taking the drugs. In the second, the insanity that emerges upon withdrawal from the psychiatric drug is persistent and may be irreversible. In the third stage, the psychosis is evident even while the patient is taking the psychiatric drugs. The study notes that, when this stage is reached, "in most cases" the person is doomed to be insane for life. This condition has created thousands of tortured victims, permanently destroyed, cast out of mental institutions to forage in garbage cans while wrestling with inner terrors implanted in their minds by psychiatric drugs.

There also is evidence that these psychiatric drugs can cause people to become violent. A Canadian research team that studied the effects of psychiatric drugs on prisoners found that "violent, aggressive incidents occurred significantly more frequently in inmates who were on psychotropic [psychiatric or mind-altering] medication than when these inmates were not ...." Inmates on major tranquilizers were shown to be more than twice as violent as they were when not taking psychiatric drugs. The researchers attributed the marked increase in violence to akathisia.

The Journal of the American Medical Association reported that, four days after a patient started taking Haldol, "he became uncontrollably agitated, could not sit still, and paced for several hours." After complaining of "a jumpy feeling inside, and violent urges to assault anyone near him," the man attacked and tried to kill his dog. The researcher noted the irony that the chemical could cause violence, "a behavior the drug was meant to alleviate."

Killers on

psychiatric drugs

Another article published in the American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry described five cases of extreme acts of physical violence caused by Haldol. In the first, a 23-year-old male with a history of developing severe symptoms of akathisia after being given Haldol was injected with the drug in the admissions room of a psychiatric unit.

After the injection, the man escaped, ran to a park, disrobed, and tried to rape a woman. "When pulled off by the husband, he proceeded down the street, broke down the front door of a house where an 81-year-old lady was sleeping. He severely beat her with his fists, 'to a pulp,' by his own description, following which he found knives and stabbed her repeatedly, resulting in her death." He then ran into another woman who was with her child and "repeatedly stabbed the woman in front of the child, where upon he moved on to the next person he encountered, a woman whom he severely assaulted and stabbed to the extent that an eye was lost and an opening into the anus was created resulting in major surgery."

The report describes four other cases of violence attributed to akathisia caused by Haldol. One was a suicide. Another was a suicide attempt in which a man stabbed himself repeatedly and later remarked that "he could never even feel the knife when stabbing himself." The third was a man who beat his mother to death with a hammer.

In the fourth case, a man "had been receiving Haldol as an outpatient for approximately four months and described how progressively his head was rushing, that he felt speeded up, that he was in great pain in his head and had an impulse to stab someone to try to get rid of the pain. He went to the nearby grocery store he frequented on a regular basis and impulsively and repeatedly stabbed the grocer whom he had known for some time."

Many similar acts of violence have been linked with these psychiatric drugs. One example is the 1989 case of David Peterson, who walked out of a mental institution in Middletown, Conn., bought a hunting knife, and then stabbed a nine-year-old girl 34 times, killing her. Peterson said he killed the girl to get back at his psychiatrist for not changing the drug he was being given, a major tranquilizer, that was causing him "pain."

In 1987, Kathleen Gannon, of Tempe, Ariz., stabbed her mother to death with garden shears and beat her father to death with the butt of a rifle. According to a source who examined her, Gannon believed that, when her parents were dead, "she would then somehow become a normal person." The day before Gannon murdered her parents, she was injected with a major tranquilizer and given a prescription for the same drug in pill form.

In 1988, Charles Knowles killed two Detroit police officers before he was shot to death in a siege of his apartment. Knowles had been subjected to psychiatric drugs, including Haldol, and other procedures over a period of 19 years. His family and friends described him as not a violent person, and Michigan State Mental Health Director Thomas Watkins confirmed that Knowles had "no real history of acts of violence" prior to his psychiatric treatment.

Minor tranquilizers, or anti-anxiety agents - the most widely used class of psychiatric drugs - also have been shown to create violence. Included in this category are Xanax, Halcion, Valium, Ativan, Restoril, Tranxene, Librium, Miltown, Equanil, Atarax, Vistaril, and Dalmane.

The Canadian team that researched the connection between aggression and psychiatric drugs in a prison population stated that, of all classes, "anti-anxiety agents appeared to be most implicated, with 3.6 times as many acts of aggression occurring when inmates were on these drugs." They maintained: "Considering that certainly not all aggressive personalities are in prison, that frustrations also abound in society and that diazepam [Valiuml is the most prescribed drug in the U.S. with chlordiazepoxide [Librium] third, the implications of the combination of anti-anxiety agents and aggressiveness are astounding." In 1970, a textbook on the side effects of psychiatric drugs already had pointed out their potential for violence. "Indeed, even acts of violence such as murder and suicide have been attributed to the rage reactions induced by chlordiazepoxide and diazepa." On March 30, 1981, 11 years after this was published and six years after the Canadian study, John Hinckley, Jr., attempted to assassinate Pres. Ronald Reagan in the midst of a Valium-induced rage.

Since the Canadian study was published, Valium has been replaced by Xanax, another minor tranquilizer, as the most widely prescribed psychiatric drug. Yet, Xanax is as deadly, if not more so, than Valium.

According to a 1984 study, "Extreme anger and hostile behavior emerged from eight of the first 80 patients we treated with alprazolam [Xanax]. The responses consisted of physical assaults by two patients, behavior potentially dangerous to others by two more, and verbal outbursts by the remaining four." A woman who had no history of violence before taking Xanax "erupted with screams on the fourth day of alprazolam treatment, and held a steak knive to her mother's throat for a few minutes."

James Wilson had been taking Xanax before he entered the Oakland Elementary School in Greenwood, S.C., on Sept. 26, 1988. He shot and killed two eight-year-old girls and wounded seven other children and two teachers.

Another widely prescribed category of psychiatric drugs consists of antidepressants, the most common being Prozac, Pamelor, Elavil, Tofranil, Adapin, Sinequan, and Desyrel. Of these, the largest sub-group is the tricyclics, so named because three circular rings are present in their molecular structure.

In 1986, a study linked increased hostility with Elavil. The researchers noted that persons on the drug "appeared progressively more hostile, irritable, and behaviorally impulsive .... The increase in demanding behavior and assaultive acts was statistically significant .... A year later, the same researchers found that those patients taking Elavil "were behaviorally more demanding, made more suicidal threats, and were more often physically assaultive toward others ...."

Nevertheless, psychiatrists prescribe these dangerous mind-altering drugs to children for "mental disorders" such as wetting the bed, overactivity, or even being late to school. Youngsters who are given these chemicals often become hysterical, defiant, belligerent, or hostile.

At the 1989 murder trial of Stanley Jurgevich in Steamboat Springs, Colo., a medical expert testified that "aggressiveness, assaultiveness, and agitation" generated by the tricyclic antidepressant Sinequan had played a significant role in the crime. In a 1988 Massachusetts case, Robert Lee Harvey slit his six-year-old son's throat and stabbed him to death, then started stabbing himself. Harvey had a psychiatric history extending back 14 years and had been undergoing treatment shortly before the killing. According to police, antidepressant drugs were found at the scene.

"Wonder drug"

causes violence

Over the years, many new psychiatric drugs have been promoted by psychiatrists and pharmaceutical companies as "wonder drugs," only to turn out to be highly destructive. Besides Valium and Xanax, the antidepressant Prozac has been found to create intense, violent, suicidal thoughts.

A study published in September, 1989, revealed that Prozac can generate akathisia in as many as 25% of those who take it. Two other papers subsequently confirmed the connection between Prozac and suicidal thoughts and actions.

When Prozac user Joseph Wesbecker gunned down 20 of his former co-workers in Louisville, Ky., in 1989, killing eight and then himself, he was exhibiting akathisia-like symptoms, including restlessness and pacing. Three days prior, his psychiatrist had described him as exhibiting an "increased level of agitation and anger." The psychiatrist wrote in his patient record, "Plan - Discontinue Prozac which may be cause."

There have been many other cases of persons committing suicide, sometimes coupled with murder, while on Prozac. In 1991, for instance, former San Diego, Calif., deputy sheriff Hank Adams shot his wife and himself to death in front of his 17-year-old daughter. Adams, who was taking Prozac, had no history of violence.

Some persons who nearly have killed themselves or slain others while on Prozac have described becoming progressively more hostile and aggressive after starting on the drug, a clear symptom of akathisia. In these cases, when Prozac was discontinued, these seemingly inexplicable feelings of aggression disappeared.

In 1990, New York secretary Rhonda Hala filed a $150,000,000 lawsuit against Prozac manufacturer Eli Lilly, charging that the drug had driven her to mutilate herself with razor-sharp objects more than 150 times and to attempt suicide six times. Hala stated that, after she came off the drug, her obsessive impulses to harm herself disappeared.

In Scotland, Duncan Murchison, who had no prior history of violence, threatened to murder his girlfriend while on a rampage precipitated by his use of Prozac. During the six months he was on the drug, Murchison became progressively more hostile and aggressive - symptoms that disappeared after he stopped taking Prozac. While he was on the drug, Murchison twice attempted to commit suicide.

Since its introduction onto the market in January, 1988, the drug has compiled the following record:

* It accumulated more adverse reaction reports filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration within the first three and a half years than any other drug in the 22-year history of the FDA's adverse drug reaction reporting system.

* As of June, 1992, more than 23,000 adverse reaction reports regarding Prozac had been received by the FDA. These included delirium, hallucinations, convulsions, violent hostility and aggression, psychosis, and more than 1,100 suicide attempts and a similar number of Prozac-related deaths.

* In a two-year period following the first lawsuit in mid 1990, more than 100 lawsuits were filed against Eli Lilly, seeking almost $ 1,000,000,000 in damages by families of people who had committed suicide while on Prozac, families of those who had been murdered by persons on the drug, and individuals who had themselves been damaged while on Prozac. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America has established a special Prozac litigation section to provide information to attorneys who are approached by people harmed by the drug.

* Numerous former Prozac users have argued in court that the drug pushed them to commit insane acts of murderous violence.

* Published reports from researchers at Harvard Medical School, Yale University, Columbia University, the State University of New York, and the Veterans Administration have presented persuasive evidence that Prozac causes intense, violent, suicidal preoccupation. A study at the University of South Carolina had to be terminated abruptly when five subjects developed intense, violent, suicidal, and homicidal thoughts.

* Documents released under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act revealed that, prior to the Wesbecker murders in 1989, the FDA had evidence of five violent Prozac-linked deaths in its files.

* Pre-market tests of prozac done by Eli Lilly show at least six deaths linked to the drug.

* Drug oversight authorities in Sweden and Norway have refused to authorize Eli Lilly to market Prozac in those countries, maintaining that testing was inadequate to justify approval. Both countries expressed concern at the high 20-milligram starting dose.

* The Public Citizen Health Research Group, an organization founded by consumer activist Ralph Nader, has called for the FDA to require a suicide warning to be placed on Prozac.

* After conducting an inquest into the suicide of an 18-year-old Prozac user, a coroner in British Columbia stated that he could not rule out the drug as the cause of the suicide and called on the Canadian government to establish a national registry to monitor all Prozac-related deaths in the country.

While the Food and Drug Administration is entrusted with the vigilant protection of Americans from dangerous drugs, an inspection of the hazardous medications it has allowed on the market shows the agency to be ineffective. This is explained in large measure by the staggering conflicts of interests the FDA has allowed into the drug oversight process. For instance, a hearing into the charges against Prozac and other psychiatric antidepressants was held in late 1991, at which the agency claimed to be unable to find any damning evidence against antidepressants.

Subsequent investigation of the panel revealed that five out of the 10 members had active financial interests with the manufacturers of antidepressants totaling more than $1,000,000 at the time they claimed to find no evidence against Prozac. The FDA has been accused of serving the interests of the profit-driven drug companies, not those of the American people, and allowing killer drugs to be placed on the market.

Each day, at a handsome profit, the psychiatric industry writes new prescriptions for disability, violence, suicide, and murder. The disastrous consequences are felt by all Americans.

In 1989, Emanuel Tsegaye walked into the Chevy Chase Federal Savings Bank in Bethesda, Md., and opened fire on his fellow employees with a .38-caliber revolver. After killing three women and critically wounding a male employee, he took his own life. Tsegaye had been kept on psychiatric drugs since his 1986 release from Perkins Psychiatric Institution in Jessup, Md.

Betty Hahn of Tustin, Calif., bludgeoned her mother to death with a hammer in 1988. Hahn had been given two psychiatric drugs - the antidepressant Pamelor and the anti-anxiety agent Xanax - and apparently was withdrawing from Xanax at the time of the killing.

Mary Feurst was described by her husband, Russell, as a loving mother and spouse when she entered the mental health system. After extensive psychological and psychiatric treatment, which included antidepressant drugs, Mary said that she was planning on killing her children. She then was institutionalized and treated with more psychiatric drugs.

The psychiatrists released her in June, 1982, after what they felt was "significant recovery." They did not warn him that his wife was homicidal or caution him about the effects the drugs she was taking could have on her behavior. On July 22, 1982, Mary Feurst shot her six-year-old son in the face and back and her nine-year-old daughter in the head with a .38-caliber revolver, killing them both. "Psychiatry killed my children," Russell Feurst maintains. "Don't let that happen to you!"

COPYRIGHT 1994 Society for the Advancement of Education
This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.

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Immunizations for infants and children

2008-02-11T12:27:36Z

I'm having a baby in April, my first, and I know that the whole immunization thing really turns me off, but I want to know more. I want to know why. And I want to know the perks too. I want to know it all. What do you know?

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Kombucha concentrate (raw-- no water or tea mixtures)

2008-02-10T18:05:20Z

Kombucha works -- I've tested the use and compared it to not using it and it definitely works. I've been in Austin which my lungs seem not to handle well. For one week I drank 1 bottle of GT Kombucha per day and than 3 days without drinking it. There was a noticeably difference.

However... not enough of one so here is my question. When I was first intorudced to Kombucha I was given the straight stuff -- no water no tea, simply raw. It worked but I lost tract of the person who gave it to me. I've been trying to find information supporting the use of drinking Kombucha concentrate (no tea or water) but haven't been able to locate anything but how to make tea with Kombucha culture.

Before I starting drinking raw Kombucha can anyone who has more knowledge than me say anything in lines of "yes it is safe and recommend for health problems."

Also - Does anyone know where I can buy it raw in Austin, TX or online?
Everything I have found online is mixed with black tea, fruit -- something. I want 100% raw.

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Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) Dangers

2008-02-05T16:41:21Z

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) Dangers

"Both Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) and its close relative Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) are commonly used in many soaps, shampoos, detergents, toothpastes and other products that we expect to "foam up". Both chemicals are very effective foaming agents, chemically known as surfactants.

Unfortunately, both sodium laureth sulfate and its cousin are also very dangerous, highly irritating chemicals. Far from giving "healthy shining hair" and "beautiful skin", soaps and shampoos containing sodium laureth sulfate can lead to direct damage to the hair follicle, skin damage, permanent eye damage in children and even liver toxicity.

Although sodium laureth sulfate is somewhat less irritating than SLS, it cannot be metabolised by the liver and its effects are therefore much longer-lasting. This not only means it stays in the body tissues for longer, but much more precious energy is used getting rid of it.

A report published in the Journal of The American College of Toxicology in 1983 showed that concentrations of SLS as low as 0.5% could cause irritation and concentrations of 10-30% caused skin corrosion and severe irritation. National Institutes of Health "Household Products Directory" of chemical ingredients lists over 80 products that contain SLS and SLES. Some soaps have concentrations of up to 30%, which the ACT report called "highly irritating and dangerous".

Shampoos are among the most frequently reported products to the FDA. Reports include eye irritation, scalp irritation, tangled hair, swelling of the hands, face and arms and split and fuzzy hair. This is highly characteristic of sodium laureth sulfate and almost definitely directly related to its use.

Click here to learn of the possible health effects of sodium laureth sulfate

So why is a dangerous chemical like sodium laureth sulfate used in our soaps and shampoos?

The answer is simple - it is cheap. The sodium laureth sulfate found in our soaps is exactly the same as you would find in a car wash or even a garage, where it is used to degrease car engines.

In the same way as it dissolves the grease on car engines, SLES also dissolves the oils on your skin, which can cause a drying effect. It is also well documented that it denatures skin proteins, which causes not only irritation, but also allows environmental contaminants easier access to the lower, sensitive layers of the skin.

This denaturing of skin proteins may even be implicated in skin and other cancers.

Perhaps most worryingly, sodium laureth sulfate is also absorbed into the body from skin application. Once it has been absorbed, one of the main effects of SLS is to mimic the activity of the hormone Oestrogen. This has many health implications and may be responsible for a variety of health problems from PMS and Menopausal symptoms to dropping male fertility and increasing female cancers such as breast cancer, where oestrogen levels are known to be involved."

http://www.natural-health-information-centre.com/sodium-laureth-sulfate.html

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" Studies on SLS have shown that:" (Judi Vance, Beauty To Die For, Promotion Publishing, 1998)

1. "Shampoos with SLS could retard healing and keep children's eyes from developing properly. Children under six years old are especially vulnerable to improper eye development. (Summary of Report of Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. conference."

2. "Sodium Lauryl Sulphate can cause cataracts in adults and delays the healing of wounds in the surface of the cornea."

3. "Sodium Lauryl Sulphate has a low molecular weight and so is easily absorbed by the body. It builds up in the heart, liver and brain and can cause major problems in these areas."

4. "Sodium Lauryl Sulphate causes skin to flake and to separate and causes roughness on the skin."

5. "Sodium Lauryl Sulphate causes dysfunction of the biological systems of the skin."

6. "Sodium Lauryl Sulphate is such a caustic cleanser that it actually corrodes the hair follicle and impairs the ability to grow hair."

7. "Sodium Lauryl Sulphate is routinely used in clinical studies deliberately to irritate the skin so that the effects of other substances can be tested." (Study cited by the Wall St Journal, 1st November 1998)

Ethoxylation: Ethoxylation is the process that makes degreasing agents such as Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS) less abrasive and gives them enhanced foaming properties. When SLS is ethoxylated, it forms Sodium Laureth Sulphate (SLES), a compound used in many shampoos, toothpastes, bath gels, bubble baths, and industrial degreasants. The problem is, the extremely harmful compound 1,4-dioxane may be created during the ethoxylation process, contaminating the product. 1,4-dioxane was one of the principal components of the chemical defoliant Agent Orange, used to great effect by the Americans during the Vietnam War to strip off the jungle canopy to reveal their enemy. 1,4-dioxane is a hormonal disrupter believed to be the chief agent implicated in the host of cancers suffered by Vietnam military personnel after the war. It is also an oestrogen mimic thought to increase the chances of breast cancer and endometrial cancer, stress related illnesses and lower sperm counts.

Dr Samuel Epstein (Author and research Scientist) reports: "The best way to protect yourself is to recognise ingredients most likely to be contaminated with the1,4-dioxane. These include ingredients with the prefix word, or syllable PEG, Polyethylene, Polyethylene Glycol, Polyoxyethylene, eth (as in sodium laureth sulphate) or oxynol. Both polysorbate 60 and polysorbate 80 may also be contaminated with 1,4-dioxane. (Epstein, Dr Samuel, Safe Shoppers Bible, P.190-191)"
http://www.health-report.co.uk/sodium_lauryl_sulphate.html

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"...it is well known in Europe that sodium laurel sulfate causes softening of the gums and leads to gingivitis. "
http://www.webdeb.com/healthnews/sls.htm

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a few nutrition questions and more

2008-01-26T22:56:25Z

With so much information out there i was hoping someone could help me clarify a few things:

1. pH - I've head that the human body is best at about pH 7.4, slightly alkaline. I've heard that lemon/lime water will contribute to an alkaline state even though it's acid. Can someone explain how this works?

2. Apple cider vinegar - this supposedly helps to detox the body. Can someone help me understand the biological mechanics of how this works? Also, since ACV is acidic, would it lower the body's pH, or would the body process it like lemon/lime juice and result in raising the body's pH.

3. in the book "nourishing traditions" the author briefly notes that protein powders contain MSG. I can't remember if that book explains how msg gets in the protein powder, or if i read it somewhere else, but i believe that when the amino acids get heated, glutamate(sp?) gets converted to MSG. I think dairy, egg, and soy protein are listed in the book. don't know about pea. i found a different web site that discussed this matter, and people with MSG allergies reported not having any reaction to rice protein powder. as i understand it, rice protein is processed with enzymes, not chemicals or heat. maybe that explains the people's lack of reaction to MSG. I'm not saying there is no msg, but these canaries (so to speak) are still singing...

4. i've heard hydrogen peroxide is a cheap effective teeth whitener, but would it damage the tooth over an extended period of time?

Thank you so much for sharing your insights with us. I'm anxious to see what you've all got to say.

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Baby Healing Project Needs Your Votes for Funding!

2008-01-23T08:51:36Z

Your Vote is Needed to Fund a Free Aquatic Baby Bodywork Clinic!

I am a Finalist in the www.IdeaBlob.com Contest to win $10,000 to fund a small business or project. Your support will allow me to create a free monthly clinic for pregnant women, babies, and children to receive Aquatic CranioSacral Therapy in the therapeutic, warm, salt-water pool at the Tamarack Center in Eugene, OR.

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2008-01-21T00:15:47Z

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VeriChip RFID Implant and YOU

2008-01-18T05:26:53Z

VeriChip RFID Implant and *YOU*

Discuss the implant and its health pros and cons...

View this section of the Zeitgeist movie part 3 at time 1:47:30
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http://www.verichipcorp.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VeriChip

"No VeriChip Inside - We the People Will Not Be Chipped Movement"
http://noverichipinside.com

Books - "Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID" (2006) and "The Spychips Threat: Why Christians Should Resist RFID and Electronic Surveillance"

http://www.antichips.org

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sustainable, organic acne treatments

2008-01-17T19:03:22Z

Here is a tribe with the intention of addressing the issue of acne in a sustainable, organic way:
tribes.tribe.net/organicacnetreatments

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Hi please come join dansconspiraciesclub

2008-01-10T12:59:42Z

http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/dansconspiraciesclub/
Here you will find huge resources of articles on the hidden truths of the situation on all topics pertaining to health, the environment, and enery. There is a huge collection of resources stored in the files. thousands of articles, links, videos and more. I have been collecting this information for years..

Have you ever heard of the drug "Laeterile"?......It is a hundred percent successful in completely curing cancer within 30 days of first use.. This cure and many others have been known since the sixties and earlier.The FDA and the cancer industry has blocked it because it would hurt the huge cancer industries profits..anyway there is so much information on this site..you could study it all for years...

Join "The Truth Revolution" now. It's easy you just have to be very brave to go where few will go. And learn the hidden truths,then you can become a soldier of truth by going out and spreading the truth...

We can not be free without truth...

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Organic Raw Kombucha

2008-01-09T00:48:46Z

Organic Raw Kombucha

* Kombucha has been a health-promoting and life-enhancing wonder food since as early as the Tsin Chinese Dynasty of 221 BC. Its popularity has been documented throughout history in all corners of the world, from Russia to India, Germany to Japan.

* In his autobiography, Nobel Prize winner Alexandr Solzhenitsyn wrote that drinking Kombucha helped him survive the Siberian slave camps of the former Soviet Union.

* Kombucha may be known by many different names in other parts of the world, including Manchurian Tea, Manchu Fungus, Tea Kvass, Mo-Gu Fungus japonicus, Kwassan, and many others.

* A report on NBC's Dateline stated that over three million people regularly drink Kombucha.

http://www.gtskombucha.com/kombucha.html

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7 Common Medical Myths Debunked

2007-12-30T05:00:17Z

7 Common Medical Myths Debunked

Researchers Say There's No Evidence for Some Widely Held Beliefs

By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Medical News

Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD

Dec. 20, 2007 -- Can you separate medical myth from fact? A new report may help you do just that.

Take a look at these seven medical myths, noted in BMJ (formerly called the British Medical Journal).

The debunkers include Rachel Vreeman, MD, a fellow in children's health services research at Indiana University's medical school in Indianapolis.

1. Medical Myth: Drink at least eight glasses of water per day.

Reality: There's no evidence that you have to drink that much water to assure adequate fluid intake -- and drinking too much water can be unhealthy.

2. Medical Myth: We use only 10% of our brains.

Reality: Most of the brain isn't loafing. Detailed brain studies haven't found the "non-functioning" 90% of the brain.

3. Medical Myth: Hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.

Reality: Hair and fingernails don't keep growing after death. But it may seem that way because dehydration can make the skin shrink back from hair and nails, making them look longer.

4. Medical Myth: Reading in dim light ruins your eyesight.

Reality: Dim light isn't great for focusing, but it's "unlikely to cause a permanent change in the function or structure of the eyes," Vreeman's team writes.

5. Medical Myth: Shaving causes hair to grow back faster or coarser.

Reality: "Shaving does not affect the thickness or rate of hair regrowth," write Vreeman and colleagues. But shaved hair doesn't have the fine taper of unshaved hair, making it seem coarser.

6. Medical Myth: Mobile phones are dangerous in hospitals.

Reality: "Rigorous testing in Europe found minimal interference and only at distances of less than one meter [about 3.28 feet]," write the researchers. But that may be a point of controversy. In September, Dutch doctors reported that cell phones may interfere with critical care equipment and shouldn't be used within a meter of medical equipment or hospital beds.

7. Medical Myth: Eating turkey makes people especially drowsy.

Reality: Turkey isn't all that rich in tryptophan, the chemical linked to sleepiness after eating turkey. But eating a big, decadent meal can cause sleepiness, even if turkey isn't on the menu.

SOURCES: Vreeman, R. BMJ, Dec. 22-29, 2007; vol 335: pp 1288-1289. WebMD Medical News: "Turn Off Cell Phones in Hospital Rooms."

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=85992

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Act now before Naturopathic Medicine is a convictable crime- just the beginning-

2007-12-17T21:35:32Z

Well, my dear loved ones and star being family,

As eye hold space for ascension and the evolution of the soul, other dark forces are vying for their lot - what's to do? eye keep posting invitations and calls for action on the Ambassadors of Love Consciousness tribe, though, in the past, eye have gotten little response. how long do we think we can sit here... caught up in our apathy or exhaustion from 9-5 entanglements? what resources can we give, you give, eye give to this global transformation- eye don't know about you, but eye think feudalism is long outdated and way over-rated. freedom is a relative term, though it's complete truth lies in us each through our own manifestations of internal reflection. which is one way that eye know so many of your loving, creative, beautiful, passionate, liberated beings. and, with this in mind, it is very much time for the Jedi council to be held on a global scale with gr8 magnitude. we must assemble- the truth of our souls is praying that we move now, and gather together. of course, consider the likely result of our apathy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJoIbPkRvig

if it does not work to click on this link, then simply paste it in your address window- i ask thee all watch part 1 and 2 at least- the rest is also very good, though only if you are interested at this point. note: part 3 and 4 are repeats, though 5 picks up and continues to 7...

please spread the awareness of the activities of these dark souls- we must join together if we are to have the liberated loving evolution of being we so long for-

praises and gratitude to the all high spirit and home of our loving bliss-

In'Lakesh,

Tasi

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Green tea may protect against colon cancer

2007-12-08T00:24:59Z

Green tea may protect against colon cancer
By Megan Rauscher

"NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An extract of green tea wards off colorectal cancer, animal experiments show.

According to research reported at the Sixth International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention, sponsored by the American Association for Cancer Research, a standardized green tea polyphenol preparation (Polyphenon E) limits the growth of colorectal tumors in rats treated with a substance that causes the cancer.

"Our findings show that rats fed a diet containing Polyphenon E are less than half as likely to develop colon cancer," Dr. Hang Xiao, from the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, noted in a statement.

These results are consistent with previously published results, which showed that green tea consumption was associated with lower colon cancer rates in Shanghai, China, he also noted.

In the study, Xiao and colleagues injected rats with azoxymethane, a chemical known to produce colorectal tumors that share many characteristics with colorectal cancer in humans. Then they fed the animals a high-fat Western-style diet with or without Polyphenon E for 34 weeks. The amount of Polyphenon the animals took in was roughly equal to about four to six cups of green tea per day.

Polyphenon E decreased the total number of tumors per rat and decreased tumor size, compared with control rats that were not given Polyphenon E, Xiao told the conference.

"In the control group," he said, "67 percent of rats developed malignant tumors while in the treated group only 27 percent of rats had malignant tumors. Most important, tea polyphenols decreased the number of malignant tumors per rat by 80 percent compared to the control group."

When the researchers analyzed blood and colon tissue samples, they found a "considerable amount of tea polyphenols in those samples in treated animals, and those levels of tea polyphenols were comparable to the human situation after ingestion of tea leaves or tea beverage," Xiao noted.

The researchers believe these findings will pave the way for clinical trials with green tea polyphenols in humans."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071207/hl_nm/green_tea_dc

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSCOL76602220071207?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=22&sp=true

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/70099.php

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lovely yellow toe nails

2007-12-06T00:04:16Z

so my partner has lived for many a year with toenail fungus. he (rightfully so) refuses the horrible, harmful drugs prescribed to "cure" it. we have heard tea tree oil and oil of oregano - both of which he has tried. any info on how long and often he should be applying it? the oil of oregano he was taking orally.
your insight is much appreciated.
~lolo

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Great Free Online Health course

2007-12-06T00:01:38Z

www.drhyman.com
In the top left corner of his site:

"7 keys to Ultrawellness" I think.
Its grrrreat.

Donovan

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Hand Sanitizer Dangers

2007-11-30T05:18:48Z

Hand Sanitizer Dangers

"Instant hand sanitizers have been heralded as wonderfully convenient, antiseptic products, but in fact there are several hand sanitizer dangers that users should be aware of to avoid potential risks.

Hand Sanitizer Safety

Used according to the manufacturer’s instructions, instant hand sanitizers safely and effectively destroy the majority of bacteria and viruses that can cause illnesses. It is critical to remember, however, that instant sanitizers are potently toxic chemicals (which is necessary to kill the germs), and if used improperly, they can be dangerous.

Types of Hand Sanitizer Dangers

Hand sanitizer users need to be aware of several potential dangers when using the product. By understanding these dangers and how to avoid them, accidents and injuries can easily be avoided.

Poisoning

The most familiar danger is hand sanitizer poisoning, particularly for young children who are attracted to the fun scents and bright colors of many sanitizers. Most sanitizers contain 60 percent to 90 percent alcohol (commonly ethyl or isopropyl alcohol) -- a stronger concentration than most hard liquors. Even a small dose can be dangerous if ingested, leading to dizziness, slurred speech, headaches, and even brain damage or fatalities in extreme cases.

To avoid poisoning dangers:

* Avoid using instant sanitizers whenever possible; opt for regular hand washing instead.
* Use only a dime-sized amount of sanitizer; too much liquid may not evaporate quickly and could be licked off fingers or palms.
* Supervise children while using sanitizers to ensure they rub their hands until completely dry.
* Use a foaming formula that will dry more quickly.
* Keep sanitizer bottles out of reach of children just as you would any cleaning chemical.
* Encourage teachers to use baby wipes instead of instant sanitizers.
* Discourage fingernail biting and other habits that bring hands into contact with the mouth or lips.
* Keep the poison control phone number available in case of accidental ingestion.

Improper Use

Improper use of hand sanitizers is dangerous for several reasons. Used poorly, sanitizers can aggravate existing cuts or scrapes and cause burning, itching, or rashes. Ineffective use can also leave hands still dirty even after using the sanitizer.

To avoid the effects of improper use:

* Avoid using sanitizers on open wounds including paper cuts or hangnails.
* Use the proper amount of sanitizer (generally a dime-sized spot, though more may be necessary for larger hands) and rub it thoroughly over the entire surface of the hands, including fingertips and the base of the wrist.
* If hands are visibly dirty or there is dirt under the fingernails, instant sanitizers will not be effective and regular hand washing with soap is required.

Forming Habits

The very convenience of hand sanitizing gels can be dangerous. As people become accustomed to using instant products, they tend to avoid bothering with the more cumbersome process of washing hands with soap and water. If this habit persists, individuals may consistently have unclean hands and could potentially spread germs or contract illnesses through contact with bacteria or viruses.

To avoid hand sanitizer dangers from bad habits:

* Only use instant sanitizers when it is not possible to wash hands conventionally.
* Buy only small bottles of sanitizers to limit use.
* Use instant products only on the hands and not on other parts of the body.

Fire

One of the least common yet still potentially dangerous properties of instant sanitizers is that they are highly flammable due to their high alcoholic content. A small amount of sanitizer can, if ignited, burn very hot very quickly, leading to personal injury or property damage.

To avoid the fire hazards of sanitizers:

* Do not store sanitizers in a hot car.
* Keep sanitizer bottles away from heat sources such as incandescent light bulbs, heaters, or bright, direct sunlight.
* If using instant sanitizers while cooking or grilling, be sure hands are completely dry before approaching the heat source.

Alternative Ways to Keep Hands Clean

The best way to avoid all hand sanitizer dangers is to simply avoid using these alcoholic-based products for personal cleanliness needs.

Washing

Soap and water remains the best way to clean hands to eliminate dirt, germs, and other harmful substances. Knowing how to properly wash your hands can eliminate the need for any instant products.

1. Use warm water; for children, test the water temperature to be sure it is not too hot.
2. Use soap and work it into a thick lather. Both regular and anti-bacterial soaps are equally effective.
3. Rub hands with lather for 15 to 20 seconds covering every surface, including fingertips, beneath the nails, and the base of the wrists.
4. Rinse hands thoroughly.
5. Dry hands with a towel; use that towel to turn off the faucet to avoid coming into contact with more germs.

Avoiding Contact

Avoiding contact with surfaces that may be contaminated with germs is another great way to stay clean and healthy without the risk of hand sanitizer dangers. Use a tissue, handkerchief, or sleeve to open handles and or door knobs, and clean potentially contaminated surfaces with disposable antibacterial wipes. When coughing or sneezing, use a tissue, handkerchief, or the crook of your arm rather than coughing directly into your hands. Be sure to wash hands frequently throughout the day as an added precaution.

Non-Alcoholic Products

Individuals who want the convenience of instant sanitizers without the inherent risks of products with a high alcoholic content can opt for non-alcoholic formulas. Claims of their effectiveness vary widely, and even though they may not be as reliable as the alcohol-based gels, using any instant product is preferable to not washing your hands at all.

Learn more about non-alcoholic products from these major retailers and distributors:

* Home Health Delivery
* Water Journey
* Soapopular
* Clean Well

Final Thought

Despite their effectiveness and convenience, there are many hand sanitizer dangers users should be aware of to protect themselves from potential risks. The key, however, is to remember that when used properly, these products are safe and can be very effective at eliminating germs and bacteria. "

http://safety.lovetoknow.com/Hand_Sanitizer_Dangers

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Volunteers Please!!

2007-11-29T05:35:49Z

I am a graduate student at the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP), a clinical psychology doctoral program (Ph.D.) at Alliant International University in San Francisco. I am recruiting participants for a research project on coping style, spiritual well-being, and complementary and alternative medicine in Persons living with HIV/AIDS who are 18 + years of age and use complementary and alternative medicine are eligible to participate. I estimate that it will take no longer than 45 minutes for the participants to complete the questionnaires. Your participation is entirely voluntarily and will be done via the internet. You can withdraw from the study at any time, and no one will know who participated in the study—your identity will remain anonymous. Your participation will help make this study a significant one. You can copy and paste the Survey Monkey link below into your web browser where there will be more information regarding this study and if interested you may begin. Thank you.

Brianna

www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=9cEs1KCo1PiLP4WzyOE17Q_3d_3d">

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about flax seed

2007-11-06T02:18:42Z

Can I chew ,eat and digest raw flax seed?

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TRUTH IS FREE; so is my RETREAT --Vermont

2007-11-05T17:32:25Z

I'm looking to network with folks, to extend an invitation to visit Bald Mountain Retreat (www.baldmountainretreat.com) as my guest. Like-minded people who appreciate rustic accommodations are welcome to come up at no charge. (Those who require a private room can inquire about those accommodations as well.)
Basically, I'm offering people the opportunity to come stay with a retired naturopathic doctor in a truly amazing natural setting, secluded, idyllic, peaceful...
Also, if you might like to lead a retreat, please contact me.
Thank you. You are welcome,
Dr David

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hemroids and coldsores

2007-10-31T01:18:13Z

I'm 3 months pregnant, and the fact that my body is working hard to make my baby has been very noticable. for instance, my immune system has been not quite up to par in some areas. I always get cold sores some what regularly, but since I've been pregnant, I've had them constantly. Yes, constantly. One will pop up before the last one is completely healed. And every cold sore i've ever had has been in the same spot on the corner of my lip. Also, I think I'm developing a hemroid that isn't on the outside of my rectum, at least not yet. Neither of these things are a super big deal, but i'd still really like them to go away! even when I'm not pregnant, I don't condone the use of pharmies for things like this, or anything really. I think there's ALWAYS a more harmonious solution. I have a few leads, but does anyone have any insight to offer?

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Allergic to our new kitten

2007-10-29T04:31:20Z

My four-year old son is exhibiting some signs of maybe being allergic to our new kitten. Some friends of mine have said prolonged exposure to the cat dander may ultimately be GOOD for my son, helping to increase his tolerance and eventually eliminate his allergy to the cat. Has anyone else ever heard this?

These friends also suggested homeopathic remedies to help alleviate the symptoms...I'm clueless about homeopathics....can anyone steer me in the right direction? I'd REALLY love to not have to un-adopt our little Lucy. :)

~ag

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iodine drops

2007-10-27T16:27:08Z

how many iodine tincture drops per gallon are necesary to desinfect raw vegetables and fruit ?
is there another way to avoid contamination with bugs in raw veggies and fruit?

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