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July 2009 edition 32
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Learn How to Detox with a Coconut Oil Cleanse
With fad detox methods around every corner, it's hard to know which one
can provide a healthy cleanse without unpleasant side effects. A
coconut oil detox is an excellent way to cleanse without using
complicated formulas or living off nothing but water for days on end.
Coconut oil is a powerful cleansing food that also provides plenty of
natural energy during a detox.
Coconut oil is largely comprised
of medium-chain fatty acids, which are sent directly to the liver for
energy rather than storage. This type of fat is ideal for a cleanse,
since it can provide the energy needed at a time when less food is being consumed.
These same medium-chain fatty acids play a crucial role in cleansing the body from toxins. Coconut oil is heralded as a natural health food, and a coconut oil detox simply speeds up healing results by thoroughly flushing the entire body of toxins in a short time. Here are just four types of conditions coconut oil can combat during a detox:
- Candida. In modern society, candida
overgrowth is almost an epidemic. More people are experiencing systemic
candida, when the problem spreads throughout the body and causes a
myriad of unpleasant side effects. A coconut oil detox is completely void of sugar
and other carbohydrates, which effectively starves off all candida in
the system. People who suffer from candida will notice many conditions
improve or disappear after a coconut oil detox, including sugar
cravings, fatigue, eczema, acne, repeat sinus infections and poor concentration.
- Fungal infections. Often connected with candida, repeat fungal infections
like ringworm and jock itch are linked to an imbalance of bacteria and
fungal organisms in the body. The lauric acid and caprylic acid in
coconut oil are antifungal, so a coconut oil detox is an effective way
to cleanse the entire system of fungal growth. Many people with fungal
conditions report a complete recovery within the cleansing period.
- Digestive conditions.
A coconut oil detox can help banish digestive conditions like irritable
bowl syndrome (IBS) and leaky gut syndrome by restoring health and balance to the digestive system.
- Viruses.
Lauric acid, which is found in abundance in coconut oil, is converted
into monolaurin in the body, which has strong antiviral properties that
can protect against and even destroy lipid-coated viruses like herpes
and influenza.
How to Detox with Coconut Oil
A
coconut oil cleanse is a very simple detoxification method that
replaces regular food with coconut oil, usually for about 3-7 days.
Start your day with two tablespoons of coconut oil and take 1-2
tablespoons throughout the day as necessary for up to 14 tablespoons
total each day.
Take the coconut oil plain if you enjoy it that
way, but those who can't tolerate swallowing the oil straight can mix
it with warm lemon water or plain organic yogurt if necessary. You can use stevia if you'd like to sweeten the lemon water or yogurt, but no sugar should be consumed during the cleanse. In his book Coconut Cures, Dr. Bruce Fife adds that you can eat up to four ounces of fresh coconut meat daily while on the detox if needed.
The
best kind of coconut oil to use to detoxify is organic, raw extra
virgin coconut oil. This type of oil should be completely unrefined,
expeller- or cold-pressed, unbleached and not deodorized. This ensures
you are getting the maximum natural benefits from your coconut oil.
If
you have never taken coconut oil before, then you'll want to let your
body adjust by slowly incorporating it into your diet before trying a
coconut oil detox. Start with 1/2-1 teaspoon three times per day.
Gradually work your way up to 1-2 tablespoons three times daily. It may
take two weeks to work up to the full amount. When you feel comfortable
taking this much coconut oil, then you should be ready to start a
coconut oil detox.
Some people will experience "die-off"
symptoms when they begin a coconut oil detox. These symptoms are often
flu-like, including headaches, joint stiffness, dizziness and
foggy-thinking. It may not feel so good, but it's a sign that your body
is ridding itself of harmful toxins like fungal organisms. Die-off
symptoms usually only last for 3-5 days, but you can ease them by
gradually introducing coconut oil to your diet before doing a detox.
During
a coconut oil detox, it's important to drink plenty of filtered water
to nourish the body and facilitate cleansing benefits. Here is a recipe
for a delicious drink that can replenish you during a cleanse:
1 cup pure lemon juice
6 cups filtered water
1 teaspoon sea salt
The lemon juice has cleansing properties, and the sea salt replaces minerals that may be lost during a cleanse. Add stevia for a sweeter taste, but do not sweeten with any kind of sugar.
Remember,
if you have medical conditions or if you are on prescription
medications, it's important to talk with your physician before trying a
coconut oil cleanse.
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Artificial Sweeteners Stay in the Water Supply
A new study investigating the ability of water treatment facilities to
remove artificial sweeteners from municipal water supplies has found
that significant amounts remain despite the implementation of high-tech
industrial water purification.
Researchers from the Water
Technology Centre in Karlsruhe, Germany examined levels of seven common
sweeteners - acesulfame, saccharin, aspartame, cyclamate (currently
banned in the US and Canada), sucralose, neotame and NHDC - using a new
method that enables detection of the substances simultaneously.
Analysis of the water samples revealed that up to 80% and 59% of sucralose
and acesulfame remained respectively, despite treatment and advanced
filtration. Acesulfame was found to be the most treatment resistant
sweetener, with several hundred nanograms of saccharin and cyclamate also remaining.
"The persistence of some artificial sweeteners
during soil aquifer treatment was demonstrated and confirmed their
environmental relevance", wrote the scientific team in the journal
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, before expressing concern that
"the occurrence of such sweeteners in the aquatic environment may become an issue for consumers." [1]
The
study authors cited the lack of research on the levels of artificial
sweeteners in water as being a motivating factor behind their
investigation. One previous study on sucralose, conducted by scientists
from the Swedish Environmental Research Institute, also found
industrial water treatment to be of limited efficacy in removing the
sweetener from the municipal water supply with significant sucralose
concentrations being found in each sample analyzed and at each of
twenty-five treatment faculties investigated throughout Sweden. Writing
in a report entitled 'Sucralose in surface waters and STP Samples', the
Scandinavian team expressed particular anxiety that water levels may
continue to build substantially over a long period of time due to the
extremely slow rate at which sucralose breaks down in the environment.
[2]
The sweeteners under investigation in the current study have
been claimed to be related to a number of persistent health concerns.
Of the five substances legally available for use in the US, acesulfame
and saccharin have caused concerns over being linked to cancer with the
former also cited as a cause of excessive insulin secretion. Aspartame
and neotame have been linked with neurological illness, while sucralose
has been studied in relation to migraine symptoms. Of the banned
substances, there are concerns that cyclamate may decrease fertility in
men. [3]
Lead researcher Marco Scheurer, along with
co-researchers Frank Thomas and Heinz-Jurgen Brauch, conceded that the
effect of such treatment-resistance substances on drinking water
remains unknown but could be significantly influenced by potential
metabolites of the sweetener pollutants.
[1] Scheurer et al.
Analysis and occurrence of seven artificial sweeteners in German waste
water and surface water and in soil aquifer treatment (SAT). Analytical
and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 2009 July. 394; 6: 1585-1594.
[2]
Brorstrn et al. Measurements of Sucralose in the Swedish Screening
Program 2007, Part I; Sucralose in surface waters and STP samples. IVL
Swedish Environmental Research Institute, 2007.
[3] Takayama et al.
Long-Term Toxicity and Carcinogenicity Study of Cyclamate in Nonhuman
Primates. Toxicological Sciences. 2000. 53: 33-39 (2000)
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Is Swine flu for real?
This isn't the first time Swine flu was hyped into a public panic in order to sell vaccinations.
Click this link to view USA's CBS "60 MINUTES" documentary on the swine flu epidemics of 1976 in the
U.S. It went on air only once and was never shown again. Please look at
this, it talks by itself.
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/cbs+60+minutes%2C+swine+flu+vaccine...
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Now Legal Immunity for Swine flu Vaccine Makers
by F. William Engdahl
Global Research, July 20, 2009
The
US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, has just
signed a decree granting vaccine makers total legal immunity from any
lawsuits that result from any new "Swine Flu" vaccine. Moreover, the $7
billion US Government fast-track program to rush vaccines onto the
market in time for the Autumn flu season is being done without even
normal safety testing. Is there another agenda at work in the official
WHO hysteria campaign to declare so-called H1N1 virus-which has yet to
be rigorously scientifically isolated, characterized and photographed
with an electron microscope-the scientifically accepted procedure-a
global "pandemic" threat?
The current official panic campaign
over alleged Swine Flu danger is rapidly taking on the dimensions of a
George Orwell science fiction novel. The document signed by Sebelius
grants immunity to those making a swine flu vaccine, under the
provisions of a 2006 law for public health emergencies.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14453
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Newborn Procedures: Eye Ointment May Not Be Necessary
A myriad of procedures is done to newborn babies usually immediately after birth. These include a shot of vitamin K, a hepatitis vaccine, a test for PKU, administration of eye ointment and others.
The
eye ointment is administered to prevent conjunctivitis resulting from a
gonorrheal or Chlamydial infection in the mother. This type of
conjunctivitis can lead to blindness. Some women are asymptomatic for
gonorrhea and since false positives are possible, prenatal screening of
the mother is thought insufficient as a diagnostic tool.
The ointments used are usually silver nitrate or an antibiotic such as erythromycin or povidone-iodine. Silver nitrate reduces the incidence of conjunctivitis in newborns, but it can cause irritation. Ironically, this irritation itself sometimes leads to conjunctivitis in the infant!
In
1992 a study of 4,544 babies, born between 1989 and 1991 received one
of five treatments so that the efficacy of the ointments could be
tested. Three groups were given antibiotic eye drops: either
erythromycin, two doses of erythromycin or tetracycline. A fourth group
received silver
nitrate drops and a fifth serving as a control group received no drops.
Surprisingly, no significant differences were found in the incidence of
newborn conjunctivitis among these groups. The drops of antibiotic and
silver nitrate made no difference whatsoever. A small 2007 study of 138
infants confirmed these results: no significant difference was found in
infection rate for babies receiving saline drops, erythromycin drops or
no drops.
A 1995 study including 3117 infants tested an
additional antibiotic called povidone-iodine or betadine. This
antibiotic did reduce the incidence of newborn conjunctivitis relative
to erythromycin or silver nitrate. However, this study did not include
a control group against which to measure the effects of these
treatments! Nevertheless, povidone-iodine does appear to have an
effect. A fourth study, performed in 2007 examined the effects of
povidone-iodine, erythromycin and no treatment on a total of 330
infants. Those receiving povidone-iodine had fewer eye infections than
those receiving erythromycin or neither.
Additionally, the
infection is rather ugly and impossible to be missed by barely
competent parents; there is still plenty of time for treatment when the
eye infection starts to look so obvious and antibiotics clear it up.
The
indiscriminate use of antibiotics in newborns has the potential to
increase the rates of diaper rash, thrush, digestive problems and
antibiotic resistance in some. Anecdotally, some mothers claim that
their babies who received eye ointment didn't gaze at them or their
surroundings as soon as their babies who did not receive eye ointment
did.
Results of studies like those described above are not
always available to the public. Parents are generally not counseled on
the efficacy or indications for newborn procedures; instead, hospital
staff routinely undertakes their administration unless explicitly asked
otherwise. In some cases parents have no choice or are led to believe
they have no choice.
Sources:
http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives...
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Breastmilk, the first alternative medicine
Heather Greiner LA Alternative Medicine Examiner
There
is no dispute that breastmilk is the best possible food for an infant
but the uses for breastmilk go far beyond nutrition. Breastmilk
contains antibodies that help fight infections both internally and
externally. Breast milk can be used topically as a treatment as well
food for your baby.
The first use right after birth is
for umbilical cord care, studies have shown that umbilical cords
treated with breastmilk alone healed as well if not better than
treatment with antibacterial oinments and alcohol. Many mothers save a
few ounces of breast milk in their freezer for cuts and scrapes that
come with growing up using breast milk in addition to or along with
antibiotic creams can reduce scarring and prevent infection of small
wounds. Breastfeeding has been shown to reduce ear
infections in infants but in the event of an ear infection you can use
a few drops of breastmilk in your baby's infected ear 2 to 3 times per
day and the ear infection will be cleared up before you can even get an
appointment with your pediatrician. The same treatment applies to eye
infections, conjunctivitis (pink eye) can be treated quite effectively
with a few drops of breast milk in the eye. This treatment is also
generally more comfortable than prescription eye drops that tend to
cause a burning sensation. Setting aside a few ounces of
breast milk can also be very helpful for adolescent children with acne
and other skin conditions. Daubing the acne outbreaks with breast milk
works like benzoyl peroxide (over the counter acne treatment
medication). Breast milk is the best food for your baby
and it's a good idea to set some aside for first aid treatment. Your
children might look at you a little funny but they will be happy you
kept some around. Read more: http://pregnancychildbirth.suite101.com/article.cfm/antibodies_in_breastmilk#ixzz0FKZIRgMn&B
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What You Should Know Before You Roll Up Your Sleeve
(NaturalNews) A study by the Harvard Medical School of Public Health
confirmed that public health officials could convince most people in
the U.S. to alter their daily lives, follow government mandates and do
as they are told after only a small amount of hyping that a deadly
global pandemic was eminent. It documented that people tend to look to
the government as a sort of Big Daddy who has their best interests at
heart. People think Big Daddy will take care of them and they don't
have to bother taking care of themselves. This mentality has led to an
open season of government and government backed corporate abuse
resulting in a decline in the standard of life and health in America. It suggests that people will willingly take vaccines they believe have been sponsored by the government without investigating these vaccines on their own. However, a new paper from leading vaccine authority Dr. Sherri Tenpenny shows this may be unwise. She reveals that flu shots merit close examination by those wanting to retain their health.
On June 11th, the decision was made by Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization to declare a Level 6 Pandemic. This is a pandemic
alert of the highest order possible. Under Level 6 conditions, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services (HSS) is able to declare
mandatory vaccination
under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP). There
is no criteria listed stating what constitutes a threat.
The HHS
web site says the Secretary may "issue a declaration...that provides
immunity from tort liability (except for willful misconduct) for claims
of loss caused, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from
administration or use of (vaccine or other pharmaceutical)
countermeasures to diseases, threats and conditions determined by the
Secretary to constitute a present, or credible risk of a future public health
emergency..." This means that if you or your child is harmed by a
vaccine during these conditions, there is nothing you can do about it.
With
this declaration, Big Daddy has made it clear that it would rather
protect corporate interests than your interests. This means it is time
to stop giving the government your blind faith. It is time to become
educated about flu vaccines.
Here are Dr. Tenpenny's well documented findings in the form of questions everyone should be asking.
What is in the regular flu shot?
What we have come to know as the seasonal flu shot is made from:
Egg proteins: including avian contaminated viruses
Gelatin: known to cause allergic reactions
and anaphylaxis usually associated with sensitivity to egg or gelatin
(anaphylaxis is a rapidly progressing, life-threatening allergic
reaction)
Polysorbate 80, (trademarked at Tween 80): a preservative that can cause severe allergic reactions including anaphylaxis.
Formaldehyde: a known carcinogen.
The
shot also contains Triton X100 (a strong detergent), table sugar, resin
that is known to cause allergic reactions, and an antibiotic
(Gentamycin). Multi-dose vials also contain thimerosal, a preservative
made with mercury,
a known neurotoxin. Infants and children are most at risk for
neurological damage from mercury because their nervous systems are
still developing. Neurological dysfunctions are also common in adults
who have ingested mercury.
Do flu shots work?
The
flu shot does not work for babies. In a review of 51 studies involving
more than 294,000 children, it was found there was "no evidence that
injecting children 6 to 24 months of age with a flu shot was any more
effective than a placebo. In children over the age of 2 years, it was
effective only 33% of the time in preventing the flu. ("Vaccines for preventing influenza in health children", The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2008)
The flu shot does not work in children with asthma.
In a study of 800 children with asthma in which one half were
vaccinated and the other half were not, the two groups were compared
with respect to clinic visits, emergency department visits, and
hospitalizations for asthma. The researchers concluded that no evidence
was provided that the influenza vaccine prevented pediatric asthma
exacerbations (Christly, C. et al, "Effectiveness of influenza vaccine
for the prevention of asthma exacerbations." Arch Dis Child, August, 2004, 734-5)
"The inactivated flu vaccine,
Flumist, does not prevent influenza-related hospitalizations in
children, especially the ones with asthma...In fact, children who get
the flu vaccine are more at risk for hospitalization than children who
do not get the vaccine." (The American Thoracic Society's International
Conference, May 15-20, 2009, San Diego)
Adults are also not
protected by flu vaccine. In a review of 48 reports including more than
66,000 adults, "Vaccination of healthy adults only reduced risk of
influenza by 6%, and reduced the number of missed work days by less
than one day (0.16). It did not change the number of people needing to
go to a hospital or take time off work." ("Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy adults," The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2006)
Although the hype is that the elderly must be protected, in a review of 64 studies in 98 flu seasons, for elderly living in nursing homes, flu shots were non-significant for preventing the flu. For elderly living in the community,
vaccines were not significantly effective against influenza, ILI or
pneumonia. ("Vaccines for preventing influenza in the elderly," The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2006)
What about the new "Swine Flu" shot?
A new report from a World Health Organization advisory group predicts that global production of vaccine for the novel H1N1 influenza virus could be as much as 4.9 billion doses a year, far higher than previous estimates. The new H1N1 ("swine flu") vaccine is being made by the pharmaceutical company Novartis. It will contain MF59, a potentially debilitating adjuvant.
MF-59
is oil-based and composed of squalene, Tween 80 and Span85. All oil
adjuvants injected into rats were found to be toxic. All rats injected
developed a disease
similar to multiple sclerosis which left them crippled and dragging
their paralyzed hindquarters across their cages. (Kenney, RT. Edleman,
R. "Survey of human-use adjuvants," Expert Review of Vaccines, 2003 p171)
Squalene causes severe arthritis
(3 on a scale of 4). Squalene in humans at 10-20 parts per billion
leads to severe immune responses, such as autoimmune arthritis and
lupus. (Matsumoto, Gary. Vaccine A: The Covert Government Experiment That's Killing Our Soldiers and Why GI's Are Only the First Victims of this Vaccine, New York: Basic Books. P54)
Federal
health officials will probably recommend that most Americans get three
flu shots this fall: one regular flu shot and two doses of any vaccine
made against the new swine flu strain. (Washington Post, Wednesday, May 6)
HHS
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is talking to school superintendents around
the country, urging them to spend the summer planning what to do if the
government decides it needs their buildings for mass vaccinations and the vaccinations of children first. (CBS News, June 12)
Is mandatory vaccination possible?
In
1946, the U.S. Public Health Service was established and Executive
Order 9708 was signed, listing the communicable diseases where
quarantines could be used. Between 1946 and 2003, cholera, diphtheria,
TB, typhoid, small pox, yellow fever, and viral hemorrhagic fevers were
added to the list. In April, 2003, SARS was also added through
Executive Order 13295.
In January, 2003, Project BioShield was
introduced during Bush's State of the Union Address. This created
permanent and indefinite funding authority to develop "medical
countermeasures". The National Institute of Health was authorized to
speed approval of drugs
and vaccines. Emergency approval of a "fast tracked" drug and vaccine
can be given without the regular course of safety testing.
In
April, 2005, Executive Order 13295 added "Influenza caused by novel or
re-emergent influenza viruses that are causing, or have the potential
to cause, a pandemic." Under this order, the president gave the
secretary of HHS the power to quarantine, at his or her discretion.
The
secretary of HHS has the power to arrange for the "apprehension and
examination of persons reasonably thought to be infected." A cough or a
fever could put a person at risk for being quarantined for an extended
period of time without recourse.
December 17, 2006, Division E:
The Public readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act was added as an
addendum to Defense Appropriations Bill HR 2863 at 11:20 on Saturday
night, long after House Committee members had signed off on the bill
and gone home for the holidays. Section (b)(1) states that the
secretary of HHS can make a determination that a "disease, health
condition or threat" constitutes a public health emergency. He or she
may then recommend "the manufacture, testing, development, administration,
or use of one or more covered counter measures..." A covered
countermeasure is defined as a "pandemic product, vaccine or drug."
Division
E also provides complete liability protection for all drugs, vaccines
or biological products deemed a "covered counter measure" and used for
an outbreak of any kind. Complete liability protection has been given
to drug companies for any product used for any public health emergency
declared by the secretary of HHS. This means that pharmaceutical
companies are now protected from all accountability, unless "criminal
intent to do harm" can be proven by the injured party. They are
protected from liability even if they know the drug will be harmful.
What can I do about all this?
Here
are a few of Dr. Tenpenny's suggestions. You can add your own ideas to
this list once you let your mind wrap itself around this issue.
Give
this information to everyone you know and love. Contact local first
responders (EMTs, paramedics, fireman, etc). Tell them what will be in
the flu shots and that they will be the first ones to get them. Tell
local police and discuss your concerns about mandatory vaccination.
Contact local city council members about your desire to preserve your
liberties. You will need their support to maintain your right to refuse
vaccination.
Write an article for your local community newspapers. Samples will be posted soon on www.DrTenpenny.com. Go to www.oath-keepers.org.
A PDF of their oath for easy printing will be posted on Dr. Tenpenny's
site. Connect with other activist organizations, such as those
supporting 2nd amendment issues, the environment and animal rights.
Help spread the word about their passion and get them involved with
yours.
Sign the Universal Declaration of Resistance to Mandatory Vaccination
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Even in Cows: A Diet Designed by Nature Reduces Health Problems
An organic dairy farm in Vermont found a way to bring down their vet
bills and raise cows with fewer health problems. The answer was simple
enough; they started feeding the animals grasses, flax and alfalfa - or
essentially what amounts to a more natural diet for the animals. It's a
diet they could consume while grazing in the pasture.
Just as
important, they left out of the cow's diets the formerly feed soy and
corn meal, or foods that are artificial in a cow's diet by nature's
design. Corn and soy are not foods a cow would naturally consume in quantity while grazing in a pasture.
In just a few months, the cows belched significantly less methane
gas and while this may seem minor, burping cows are actually a major
contributor to greenhouse gases. It turns out that cow, pig and sheep
belches represent the largest source of methane pollution in the U.S.
and burped gases from these animals represent a full 2 percent of all
the U.S. emissions that affect climate change.
After
their diet was altered, the cows developed fewer foot problems, which
are serious problems in farm animals, and had no stomach problems. The
combination of which brought down the vet bills and in all likelihood,
decreased the number of drugs the animals were given - drugs that are typically passed on secondhand to the consumers of milk.
Stonyfield
Farm farmer, Kristen Dellert, seemed surprised that problems
disappeared from the animals and was quoted by the Associated Press
saying, "I just figured a cow was a cow and they were going to do
whatever they were going to do in terms of cow things for gas."
It's actually very similar to how too many people think about human health.
The average consumer thinks that health problems
are somehow natural and normal for humans and are a product of our
genes, age, or luck. It doesn't occur to them that these problems may
be much more directly related to the foods we consume on a regular
basis - as most of what people eat is unnatural for the human species,
by nature's design. Of course, it doesn't help that mainstream health
care providers all too often echo this message, while handing out
things like lollipops to children.
Now, there's a call on the
government's steps to regulate emissions from these animals. But
perhaps we're looking at the problem in the wrong way.
Perhaps
the solution is not to measure and regulate the emissions of these
animals, but to insist that they are fed in a way that's consistent
with their natural diet by nature's design. When you recall that Mad
Cow disease was created by aberrations to the cow's natural diet as
well, to do anything less begins to look a bit foolish.
While
we're on the topic, to do the same for human population wouldn't be
such a bad idea. Most of the population would be just as surprised as
the Stonyfield farmer at the problems of the body that would disappear,
and the ones that would simply not appear, if we consistently ate diets consistent with nature's design, and eliminated what was not.
Resources:
Greener Diet Reduces Dairy Cows' Methane Burps
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090621...
U.S. Climate Legislation Won't Regulate Cow Burps
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmC...
Milk: It Does a Body Good?
http://www.westonaprice.org/transit...
Mad Cow and More
http://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-...
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