This fall, Monsanto, the corporation who produces roughly 90% of the world’s genetically modified seeds, will try to bring their new, GMO sweet corn to a grocery store aisle or farmer’s market near you.

Unlike Monsanto’s other GMO crops — which are primarily fed to animals — this sweet corn is intended for direct human consumption.

This is the first time Monsanto has engineered a vegetable that could be served straight to your dinner table. And if this unlabeled and potentially toxic crop succeeds, Monsanto is sure to bring us even more.

As an activist and consumer, we are in a powerful position to pressure leading U.S. grocery stores to reject Monsanto’s new GMO corn.

I just signed a petition telling major grocery stores around the country that I don’t want Monsanto’s sweet corn on the shelves. Will you join me and help stop this unsafe food?

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/monsanto_sweet_corn/?r_by=-4517035-LT3qmBx&rc=paste1

Thanks guys!

Be Well,
Dr. Skip

It is very important to note that thimerosal has never been removed from flu shots. You get, each time, the full 25 micrograms of toxic mercury. I assure you that, although mercury is just one of the reasons no one has the optimal health and lifespan we were meant to enjoy — you WANT it all out!!

We get copious amounts of mercury from sources ranging from dental expsoure to the burning of fossil fuels! At birth we come prepackaged with plenty of mercury. Given the fact that it is injected, you should pay very close attention to this poison. With GMO foods and toxins in our water; air and climate changes, we are being affected at a much faster than we realize.

I am advocating health education and informed decisions. Please do thorough research before injecting anything into your system. Once it’s in there it can not be removed. I am talking about wellness and disease prevention. We are bombared with toxins at every turn. These must be minimized to ensure health and wellness.

Tim Bolen, has taken on the challenge to try to understand how this toxic fits in the overall scheme of health. Read his very informative article below and STAY HEALTHY!

Be Well,
Dr. Skip

http://www.bolenreport.com/Geier/thimerosal.htm

All About THIMEROSAL – Why the Controversy?…
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

If you look to the right, in the column box, you’ll see that this is the eighth article in a series that, for the most part, is about Mark and David Geier, and the team surrounding them’s, effort to remove, finally, Thimerosal (mercury), from medicines – especially vaccines – and the attack on them for their efforts.

As I sifted through the issues, and consequently, the people involved in those issues, I again and again asked the question “Why doesn’t the pharmaceutical industry just make vaccines without Thimerosal?” I received a lot of different answers in the form, primarily, of hypothesis. No definite answers.

I suspect that the answers are a combination of things we’ll talk about as we go along. But, for now, let me point out some history, lest we forget about how mankind’s institutions actually function.

So-called “Medical Science” is really anything but.

I have to laugh when I see one more group setting itself up as the protectors of “Evidenced Based Medicine,” or some other equally impressive sounding nonsense cliché. You only have to look as far, for instance, as the wanna-be “Czar/God of US Health Care” Stephen Barrett for an example of the self-promoting nobodies, with no qualifications, who proclaim that they, and they alone, are the authority on proper health care. Frankly, Barrett represents nothing new. There has always been a “Barrett,” in health care.

History shows us, quite clearly, that the “authority” figures in each medical science period, for the most part, were the biggest of fools, the most pompous of idiots, and the worst possible people to direct health care. For some reason, consistently, scum rises to the surface in our official health care systems.

So, why should we, here in 2011 think things should be any different? Why should we think that, somehow, health care could, or would, be dominated by thinking individuals who ask the proper questions, and find solutions. Nah, that’s what we have bureaucracies like the FDA, and the CDC, for. Society seems to demand that we set up systems (agencies) to do things the dumbest way possible. Of course, the FDA and the CDC excel at that. Lawrence J. Peter said it best with his Peter Principle- “in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence”.
Peter also said “Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.”

With that – let’s talk about Thimerosal…
Mercury is a deadly toxin – in any form. Deadly to any living entity. The product Thimerosal (Merthiolate) is a mercury-containing pharmaceutical compound that is 49.55% mercury. It was developed in 1927. More, unlike other forms of mercury, Thimerosal, is both water and fat soluble – meaning that it immediately penetrates into every part of the human body, and attaches itself wherever it wants. When it is injected, as in vaccines, the human body’s natural defense mechanisms that would work to catch and expel INGESTED forms of mercury, are completely bypassed allowing Thimerasol to quickly bind itself in places in the body we definitely DO NOT want it – like the brain.

Thimerosal has been marketed as an antimicrobial agent in a range of products, including topical antiseptic solutions and antiseptic ointments for treating cuts. It was in nasal sprays, eye solutions, vaginal spermicides, and diaper rash treatments. Perhaps most importantly it is used, even now, as a preservative in vaccines and other injectable biological products, including Rho(D)-immune globulin preparations.

Despite evidence, dating to the early 1930s, indicating Thimerosal to be potentially hazardous to humans and ineffective as an antimicrobial agent it is still being used.

Crazy as it sounds, Thimerosal was not scrutinized as part of U.S. pharmaceutical products until the 1980s, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally recognized its demonstrated ineffectiveness and toxicity in topical pharmaceutical products, and began to eliminate it from these. In 1998, finally, the US FDA took topically used (applied to the skin) Thimerosal products off of the market – as being too dangerous.
Insane as it sounds, the US FDA didn’t seem to have a problem with that same mercury being INJECTED directly into the human body – especially into our children. Worse, Thimerosal continues to be administered, as part of mandated immunizations and other pharmaceutical products, in the United States, and globally.

Just to bring things up to date – let’s look at the most recent Australian study on the relationship between Autism and mercury:

ATLANTA, Aug. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Researchers from Australia have identified an ancestry of Pink Disease (Infantile Acrodynia) as a risk factor for Autism Spectrum Disorders. Pink disease was common in the first half of the 20th century …

The new study, published July 28th in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15287394.2011.590097?journalCode=uteh20, investigated the hypothesis that autism can result from the interaction between mercury exposure and a genetic predisposition to sensitivity to mercury. Currently, 43 peer-reviewed studies support a link between mercury and autism, and experts agree that autism is caused by the interaction of genetic susceptibility and environmental exposures.

The Australian researchers, David Austin, Ph.D. and Kerrie Shandley investigated whether individuals with a known hypersensitivity to mercury were more likely to have descendants with an autism spectrum disorder. They surveyed 522 adult survivors of Pink Disease about the health of their grandchildren. They found that 1 in 25 of these grandchildren had an autism spectrum disorder compared to 1 in 160 children of the same ages in the general population in Australia, a staggering six-fold increase in relative risk. Dr. Austin had the following comment, “The large elevation in autism prevalence in this group of children was startling especially given that rates of other childhood disorders were at expected levels. The thing that differentiates these children from the general population, to which they were compared, is a family history of mercury sensitivity. We were simply blown away by the results.”

Let’s get to the part about vaccines…
After a massive uproar, beginning in roughly the year 2000, and continuing through 2004, the US branch of the vaccine industry began to offer, in the US and Canada ONLY, childhood vaccines without Thimerosal. This affected only the four million (4,000,000) children born each year in those two countries of North America. ALL other countries’ newborn, estimated at one hundred million (100,000,000) children get Thimerosal-packed, deadly-mercurized, puss-encrusted, God-only-knows-where-they-are-made, so-called-vaccines.

In the 1990s, in the US and Canada, and the rest of the world then and now, newborns, received, during the first eighteen months of life, a total of 237.5 micrograms of deadly-mercury, in the form of Thimerosal, included as a preservative (cringe here) in the childhood vaccines injected into our children..

It is VERY important to note that Thimerosal has NEVER been removed from flu shots. You get, each time, the FULL 25 micrograms of deadly-mercury.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set the maximum standard for exposure to mercury at .1 (point one) microgram per kilogram of body weight per day. A flu shot, for instance, has 25 micrograms of mercury in the form of Thimerosal. A person would have to weigh 250 kilograms (550 pounds) to be able to deal with the mercury in one flu shot.

Not many newborns weigh that much (not even elephants). Pediatricians now, in 2011, demand THREE flu shots for newborns up to eighteen months – and one for the mother while she was pregnant with the child. Add that up.

Vaccines are the mainstay-income-stream for Pediatricians.
So, let’s take a look at the reality of the mandatory childhood vaccine schedule from the 1990s…

237.5 micrograms of mercury in the first eighteen months? Yup. Let me show you how that works:

Newborns get one shot: Hep B (12.5 mcg). A newborn baby, by EPA standards, would have to weigh, at the time of vaccination, two hundred and twenty-five (225) pounds to meet those EPA mercury standards.
At sixty days: Hep B (12.5 mcg), DTP (25 mcg), and HIB (25 mcg) – for a total of seven vaccines (grouped) with 62.5 mcg of deadly-mercury. A two month old baby, by EPA standards, would have to weigh, at the time of vaccination, one thousand three hundred and twenty-five (1,325) pounds to meet those EPA mercury standards.

At one hundred twenty days: DTP (25 mcg), and HIB (25 mcg) – for a total of six vaccines (grouped) with 50 mcg of deadly-mercury. A newborn baby, by EPA standards, would have to weigh, at the time of vaccination, one thousand one hundred (1,100) pounds to meet those EPA mercury standards.

At one hundred eighty days: The same series as at 60 days – Hep B (12.5 mcg), DTP (25 mcg), and HIB (25 mcg) – for a total of seven vaccines (grouped) with 62.5 mcg of deadly-mercury. A six month old baby, by EPA standards, would have to weigh, at the time of vaccination, one thousand three hundred and twenty-five (1,325) pounds to meet those EPA mercury standards.

At fifteen to eighteen months: DTP (25 mcg), and HIB (25 mcg) – for a total of six vaccines (grouped) with 50 mcg of deadly-mercury. An eighteen month old baby, by EPA standards, would have to weigh, at the time of vaccination, one thousand one hundred (1,100) pounds to meet those EPA mercury standards.

Just think – Two hundred thirty seven point five (237.5) mcg of MANDATORY deadly mercury injected into your child in the first eighteen months of life.

Is anyone surprised that the Autism rates increased radically? So did the rates for Asthma, ADD/ADHD, and many other problems.

What’s the worldwide childhood vaccine schedule now, in 2011?
It is all of the above and more. Of course, the vaccine apologists, like the CDC, the pseudo-skeptics and the “neurodiversity” nitwits, will delight in telling you “Thimerosal was removed from childhood vaccines in 2004, blah, blah, blah…” But what they will NOT mention is that that deadly mercury concoction was ONLY removed from the childhood vaccines distributed to the four million (4,000,000) newborns, each year, in the US in Canada. They, slyly, forget to mention the, to them, unnoticeable one hundred million (100,000,000) newborns in the rest of the world. Conveniently, they forget the DEMAND that the child get THREE flu shots (25 mcg each) during that same period.

It is time for a little VERY DARK humor…

I have met a lot of parents of Autistic children. I commend them for just being there for their child. With them, I see what heroes are made of. I could never make light of their life tasks – and I will not.

But, there are parts of this situation that need to be treated with ridicule. I am about to give you a sample.

For instance, it is well known that Pediatricians are the front line in the vaccine scenario foisted on the public. The vaccine industry very much kisses up to Pediatricians, with travel-paid “conferences” in Hawaii, Paris, Rio De Janeiro, where they are given their new lines for the script they memorize to use on the parents of patients.

One common story they are taught to use is the claim that “The 237.5 micrograms of mercury needs to be divided up on a daily basis over the life of the child. If the child lives to be eighty than the daily average amount is far less than the EPA mercury standard…”
Well, yeah…

So, if your doctor tells you that story then offer to do a “Heavy Metal Exchange” with him/her using the same logic. Offer to exchange lead for mercury.

Point out to your pediatrician that a .45 caliber ACP bullet contains 230 grains of lead. One grain of lead is equal to 64.8 milligrams. Offer to exchange, on a right now basis, one 230 grain lead application, delivered from four feet away, for each 25 micrograms of mercury applied to your child. If they hesitate, point out that a 230 grain bullet using the same mercury formula they explained to you, could hardly do them damage, because, dividing it up every day for eighty years would give them very little each day. Ask them if they’d prefer a .45 ACP hollow point or a full metal jacket – their choice. Explain to them that a “full metal jacket” round is kind of like a “booster shot.”

Hey, logic is logic… Dark humor or not.
Stay tuned.
Tim Bolen – Consumer Advocate

I rarely if ever use suncreen and I am a redhead! Don’t forget that sun is actually good for health (Vitamin D to offer just one benefit). I am not saying go out and get burned mind you but out of respect to the strong feelings of many who urge people to never let the sun touch them, this is a list of safe sunscreen products that at least will do no harm!

The list of sunscreens below received the Highest Scores in Safety and Effectiveness from the Environmental Working Group, ewg.org, which is a leading authority in public health and the environment!

They contain no hormone disruptive chemicals, no vitamin A (retinyl palmitate) and no oxybenzone.

1. Jason Natural – Sunbrella Sun Block, SPF 30 Chemical Free, 4 oz

2. All Terrain – Sunblock AquaSport SPF 30, 3 oz

3. Alba Botanica – Kids Sunscreen SPF 30, 4 oz

4. Alba Botanica – Mineral Sunscreen SPF 30, Fragrance Free, 4 oz

5. Beyond Coastal – Lip & Face Sunscreen, SPF 30, 1 oz

6. Nature’s Gate – Mineral Sportblock, Spf 20, 4 oz

7. Caribbean Solutions – Sol Kid Kare Biodegradable Sunscreen, Spf 25, 6 oz

8. Caribbean Solutions – Sol Guard Natural, Biodegradable Sunscreen, Spf 25, 6 oz

9. All Terrain – TerraSport Performance Sunscreen, SPF 30, 3 oz

From Heartwire

“Worrisome” Radiation Doses With Imaging, New Study Finds Michael O’Riordan

August 27, 2009 (Atlanta, Georgia) — Medical imaging procedures expose many nonelderly patients to substantial doses of ionizing radiation, according to the results of a new study [1]. Myocardial perfusion imaging alone accounts for 22% of the radiation dose from all study procedures, while computed-tomography (CT) scans of the abdomen, pelvis, and chest account for nearly 38%, report investigators.

“Our findings that in some patients worrisome radiation doses from imaging procedures can accumulate over time underscores the need to improve their use,” write lead investigator Dr Reza Fazel (Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA) and colleagues. “Unlike the exposure of workers in healthcare and the nuclear industry, which can be regulated, the exposure of patients cannot be restricted, largely because of the inherent difficulty in balancing the immediate clinical need for these procedures, which is frequently substantial, against the stochastic risks of cancer that would not be evident for years, if at all.”

The analysis, which studied 952 420 adults aged 18 to 64 years in five US cities, is published in the August 27, 2009 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

During the study period, which ran from 2005 to 2007, 655 613 adults underwent at least one imaging procedure associated with radiation exposure. The mean effective dose was 2.4 mSv per person per year, although a wide distribution was noted. Moreover, the proportion of subjects undergoing procedures and their mean doses varied according to age, sex, and city. For example, approximately 50% of adults aged 18 to 34 years underwent a medical imaging procedure requiring radiation, whereas 86% of adults 60 to 64 years of age were sent for similar testing. Women also underwent imaging procedures significantly more often than men.

In terms of rates of exposure to moderate and high doses of radiation, 193.8 per 1000 enrollees were exposed to moderate levels of radiation and 18.6 per 1000 enrollees were exposed to high levels. The researchers point out that although most subjects received less than 3 mSv per year, “effective doses of moderate, high, and very high intensity were observed in a sizable minority.”

 The Element of Risk

In an editorial accompanying the published study [3], Dr Michael Lauer (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD) writes that the number of CT scans obtained has quadrupled since 1992 and that between 1993 and 2001 the number of myocardial perfusion scans increased more than 6% each year, “with no justification for their use based on disease rates, healthcare disparities, or newly published, definitive randomized trials.” Moreover, despite abnormalities on myocardial perfusion scans being powerful predictors of future events, no study has shown that aggressive therapy in these high-risk patients can improve future outcomes, notes Lauer.

Because the use of radiation carries an element of risk, “we need to adopt a new paradigm for our approach to imaging,” writes Lauer. “Instead of investing so many resources in performing so many procedures, we should step back and design and execute desperately needed large-scale, randomized trials to figure out which procedures yield net benefits.”

Lauer argues that with few exceptions, such as mammography, most radiologic testing offers net negative results, because there is little high-level evidence and cumulative exposure can produce real harm, namely radiation-induced cancer.

He contends that physicians should approach imaging with the same “humility” others approached experimental treatments for acute coronary syndromes and that these tests should be subjected to rigorous randomized, controlled, clinical trials. Second, physicians should take a careful history of the patient to determine the cumulative dose of radiation a patient has already received and provide clear, personalized information about the risks of iatrogenic cancer.

“If we began a national conversation about the dangers of ionizing radiation, it might cause enough discomfort to stimulate demand for high-quality evidence our patients deserve,” writes Lauer.

References

1.Fazel R, Krumholz HM, Wang Y, et al. Exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation from medical imaging procedures. N Engl J Med 2009; 361:849-857.

2.Lauer MS. Elements of danger–the case of medical imaging. N Engl J Med 2009; 361:841-843.

ASEA is quite literally, stabilized, reactive molecules in a bottle. These molecules are suspended in a saline solution that matches the natural pH of the human body, and they work at the deepest cellular level…specifically, in the mitochondria. To the layman, this product needs a bit of explanation which is covered in detail by a short, animated video on my website, www.askdrskip.teamasea.com. This video very simply details specifically how ASEA affects our cellular health, while also increasing glutathione, SOD and Catalase levels by 500%. Testing by the FDA has shown absolutely zero toxicity in ASEA.
ASEA – $37.00 per bottle
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Recently, ASEA Corporation flew me, to their headquarters to meet the founders, CEO’s and the key scientist behind ASEA, Dr. Gary Samuelson – I was more than impressed, to say the least; not only with the science behind it, called Redox Signaling, but also with the caliber and vision of those directly involved with its creation. I came away with a high level of excitement and anticipation at just what this product could mean to the world.

Just a few weeks ago, ASEA received its Athletic Drug Testing Certification and it has been approved for use by all high-level competitive, endurance athletes, including Olympic Athletes. Incredibly, controlled testing by Dr. Eric Heiden and his team showed that ASEA significantly increased the Ventilatory Threshold by an average of 12% in only two weeks. Typically, a full year of intense training will show an increase of only 2%-5%. There is a plethora of printed research on all of this, and I would be more than happy to forward it to you if you like.

Additionally, ASEA has been clinically shown to improve adrenal fatigue, skin issues, and immune system disorders; not to mention bacterial, fungal and viral loads.

ASEA is considered a one of the most important breakthroughs of our time, primarily because the signaling molecules that were once thought impossible to stabilize…are now stabilized. The 16 molecules that are in ASEA are found in virtually the same concentration inside the cells in your immune system. The generalized explanation is that this product will reboot your cellular/immune system.

I encourage any and all questions you may have about this incredible product. I hope that you will take a few moments to visit my website to watch the video and read more about it. There is also a new u-tube link where you can hear the founders of ASEA tell their story. Please visit this link at: www.YouTube.com/ASEAvideo.

Sunlight!  Most of us work in an office.  We go from our houses to cars and from our cars to work.  We are told in the media that sunlight is dangerous.  Sun is going to give us skin cancer.  So we slather on the sunscreen (which is laden with toxic chemicals making the propensity for cancer worse) to protect ourselves and avoid the sun at all costs.

While it is definitely dangerous to “worship the sun”, so to speak, a daily dose of exposing your skin (as much as possible) without sunglasses for 15-20 minutes daily, is just what the doctor ordered. The benefits from this therapy offer benefits to our bodies, our enzyme systems, our mood, and also produces Vitamin D, which is essential for absorption of calcium into our bones, is priceless.

I recommend Light Therapy Boxes and Full Spectrum Lighting for:

• SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)
• Jet Lag
• Winter Depression
• Sleep Therapy and Sleep Disorders

Studies have shown that utilizing Full Spectrum Light Boxes or the actual sun is beneficial for:

• Lowering blood pressure
• Increasing efficiency of the heart (heart becomes stronger and pumps more blood)
• Improves EKG readings and blood work in patients with atherosclerosis
• Reduces cholesterol
• Assists in weight loss (this may be due to the fact that it stimulates the thyroid gland which increases metabolism and thereby burning calories
• Effective in treating psoriasis, asthma and tuberculosis – among many other diseases
• Increases level of sex hormones (extremely beneficial from an anti-aging standpoint)
• Stimulates the immune system – via the production of vitamin D

While getting actual sun is ideal – I still highly recommend having one of these boxes in your home or office. There is a tremendous amount of additional information regarding this topic available on the web.

When you see this movie – not if, but when…you will really understand the tag from the Hungry for Change website when it says…”You’ll never look at dinner the same way again.”  Because you will NEVER, and I mean never. look at food the same way again.  Not fruit, not vegetables and especially not meat.

I have never been a proponent of pork – please watch this movie and you will see why.  The way these animals are treated is appaling and unacceptable.  The only way to make a difference in either the food industry or medical industry is for the public to stand up and SCREAM for change.  I do, of course, mean to scream in a peaceful way.

You need to clearly understand why it is important to consume meat that is from a cow that has been fed a NON-CORN diet.  Yes…a non-corn diet. This is totally opposite to what 99% of the coventional cows consume.  Cows by nature should be fed grass.  The difference in the quality of the meat from a health perspective is paramount.

Cows and chickens (conventional ones) are kept from sunlight, are cramped and overcrowed, and unfortunately end up wallowing in their own feces.  Often, several inches of it.  One of the statistics from the movie – noted that a diet of grass feed to corn feed cows for a period of 5 (five) days reduced the harmful e-coli bacteria by 80%.  This is substantial – especially due to the fact that the cows (as well as the chickens) are given a pleothera of antibiotics.

These antibititcs are passed into the finish product that we eat.  It is no wonder why antibiotic resistance is becoming a real problem.  We are consuming many antibiotics as many of us consume beef and poultry from these sources.  While there are what appears to be a large variety and selection in the grocery store – it is noteworthy that there is actually a handful of companies that actually own all the different brands – basically the same thing in a different package with a different name.

Another important factor to consider is th fact that 70% of the food in your local grocery store contains food that is genetically engineered (GMO).  While the basic tenets behind why food is modified genetically, the health implications from these changes that man has made are truly unnatural to what mother nature intended.  I am a pretty smart guy, but I would not pretend to think that I could conceivably do something better than what nature has been doing for millions of years just fine on its own.   It is important to note here as well that we should be eating fruits and vegetables that are ”in-season”.  This has become very difficult as we can find pretty much all fruits and all vegetables any time of year.  Again – mother nature intended us to eat seasonally – which is why under normal circumstance food is grown seasonally.

The main ingredient in these GMO foods is corn.  I am constantly  teaching people to remove corn from their diets. Corn is one of the most highly sensitive foods to many if not most people. causing implications to their health on some level.  It is very hard to remove corn from the diet as it is in just about everything that is packaged and processed – even if it doesn’t actually state “corn” on the label.

Other things to minimize, if not remove completely from the diet are dairy and milk products, wheat, gluten and soybeans, just to name a couple of the biggies.  If you are not going to remove them entirely please at the very least rotate them in and out of the diet and do not consume any more than every third to fourth day.  Everyday that we continue to consume foods that we are sensitive to – it is very much like we a putting a low dose poison in our system…over a short term our delicate system can handle it.  After many years of it wearing us down chronic degenerative diseases begin to show up.

Please eat a diet higher in protein.  Minimize, if not eliminate, refined (complex) carbs from the diet.  Eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables along with servings of clean, organic, free range, growth hormone-free, antibiotic-free meat, poultry and eggs.

Directly from the Hungry for Change website, the get involved section…these are some simple things that you can do to “get involved” and help to make some simple changes in the food system…

Learn more about these issues and how you can take action on Takepart.com

1. Stop drinking sodas and other sweetened beverages.
2. You can lose 25 lbs in a year by replacing one 20 oz soda a day with a no calorie beverage (preferably water).  Eat at home instead of eating out.
3. Children consume almost twice (1.8 times) as many calories when eating food prepared outside the home. Support the passage of laws requiring chain restaurants to post calorie information on menus and menu boards.
4. Half of the leading chain restaurants provide no nutritional information to their customers. Tell schools to stop selling sodas, junk food, and sports drinks.
5. Over the last two decades, rates of obesity have tripled in children and adolescents aged 6 to 19 years. Meatless Mondays—Go without meat one day a week.
6. An estimated 70% of all antibiotics used in the United States are given to farm animals.  Buy organic or sustainable food with little or no pesticides.
7. According to the EPA, over 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used each year in the U.S.Protect family farms; visit your local farmer’s market.
8. Farmer’s markets allow farmers to keep 80 to 90 cents of each dollar spent by the consumer.  Make a point to know where your food comes from—READ LABELS.
9. The average meal travels 1500 miles from the farm to your dinner plate. Tell Congress that food safety is important to you.
10. Each year, contaminated food causes millions of illnesses and thousands of deaths in the U.S.  Demand job protections for farm workers and food processors, ensuring fair wages and other protections.
11. Poverty among farm workers is more than twice that of all wage and salary employees.

Remember the old adage from our Grandparents and Great Grandparents…You are what you eat.  That was so true then and probably more so now.  If you eat unhealthy, you are going to be unhealthy.  The idea that food is medicine is actually a power notion.  When you consume healthy foods…you will be healthly.  Please see this movie and make changes in the world, the country, your state and town both for your health and for the environment.

The answer is a resounding YES! There are a variety of chemicals, bacteria, virus, fungus, etc. that grow inside our homes and offices. These harmful critters can wreck havoc on our immune systems not to mention leave an odor inside our homes.

I have used many different air cleansers and purifies. I am a huge proponent of Oxidative Therapies – which is the utilization of things like hydrogen peroxide, oxygen and ozone for the treatment of a variety of different conditions. Again, the main focus of those therapies is ridding the body of virus, bacteria, fungus – all those lovely little friends, that when out of balance within our bodies, cause us so much trouble.

With the utilization of these Oxidative Therapies and keeping in line with that methodology the best method that is not an industrial type air cleaner is the Airwise Purifier.

This revolutionary air cleaner is based on advanced technology that goes beyond mechanical filtration methods like HEPA and electrostatic filtration, ozone, ultraviolet light and ionizers. This technology (photocatalysis plus WisePointeTM) oxidizes odors, fungi, mold and parasites and toxic chemical gases.  Simultaneously, it settles dust and other large particles out of the air and destroys microorganisms – bacteria, viruses, and fungus.

It creates inductive warmth, drawing humidity into the purifier. When humidified air enters the target area, a photocatalytic reaction occurs and superoxide ions and hydroxyl radicals are created. Additional benefits -positively charged indoor pollutants are treated by the WisePointe technology which generates active negative ions at an accelerated rate, thereby enhancing the speed at which dust and other airborne particles are dropped out of your breathing space. This reduces allergens such as pollen, pet dander, dust and smoke; and it destroys viruses, bacteria, mold and mildew.

This filter is quiet and air is circulated through the unit. It has no fan and is totally silent. There is no gird or filter, so it requires no cleaning or filter replacement. Once a year you replace the photocatalytic lamp – no tools are required.

I have personally used this specific air cleanser in my office for years. I love the results. My office has always smelled clean and fresh. I run this unit constantly! It is so small and compact that it is not an eye sore and I don’t have to worry about the dangers of airborne critters causing trouble for me and my patients!

Plastics are utilized everyday in ways that help us. Unfortunately plastics can also be a danger. Please read this article that was written in the LA Times about a chemical  used in infant bottles that is harmful to their health.

I have been preaching… standing on my soapbox screaming, about the dangers of plastics (especially where food storage is concerned) for years. Please don’t store food or liquids in plastic containers. Chemicals in the plastics have been found to “leach” into the foods or liquids that are stored in them. These chemicals can have major implications on your health. Now obviously, occasionally being exposed to these types of things is not the end of the world. However, being aware and conscious of this is prevention. Like the old saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is a pound of cure”. This is so true.

Store your leftover foods in glass storage containers. You can get them from discount stores with lids. They work great and keep your leftovers fresh and free of unwanted chemicals. Minimize the amount of plastic water bottles that you buy. Purchase reusable bottles (we will offer them here for you shortly) from Wholefoods. They are polycarbonate plastic bottles that are glass like. They do not leach these dangerous chemicals. I don’t advocate storage per se of water even in these bottles, but to fill them up and use them throughout the day is optimal. Not only are you helping the environment, you are protecting your health. These bottles are available through Wholefoods Market from New Wave Enviro Products.

Again, I am totally perplexed as to why chemicals like the ones discussed in the article in the LA Times are in products that we use to consume foods and beverages. These chemicals in plastics mimic very harmful, artificial hormones in the body that your system doesn’t really understand what to do with. Air Fresheners in our cars and homes also mimic these harmful chemicals and cause our hormones to get out of whack.

I have been treating hormonal related imbalances in my patients for years. Anything that can be done to minimize the risk of exposure to these things makes health much easier to maintain and treat.  This is not something that we need to be scared of – there are simple things that can be changed or modified in our lives that make very helpful differences.

Please be kind to the environment. Recycle whenever possible. We are clogging the earth with trash that she can’t handle. Companies like Enviro and Seventh Generation take great pride in trying to protect Mother Earth. Let’s all kick in and do what we can. Don’t take a bag from the store for one product. Bring a canvas bag with you when you head to the grocery store. If everyone kicks in, the positive benefits for all of us, and Mother Earth, will be priceless.

However, thanks to a dear friend of mine who has been using Stainless Steel cookware for years I have several great tips that work for quick clean up. Keep in mind that the best thing to do with the cookware is not put it in the dishwasher. I know, I know… Hand washing is a pain too! But it will keep your pots and pans in great shape for years to come.

When cleaning the cookware I use 2 products that work great. The first one is called Mrs. Meyer’s Surface Scrub. It comes in several fragrances – my favorites are Lemon Verbena or Lavander. The second is called Bar Keepers Friend Liquid Cleanser. Using these products together quickly and easily will get your stainless steel clean as new.

I am very careful about the types of cleansers that I use and/or recommend. That includes cleansers for the kitchen, bathroom, house, car, pets, etc. Always wear gloves and choose cleaners that are safe for you and the environment. When in doubt about what brand of cleaner to select – always choose Seventh Generation. You can’t go wrong with this amazing company. From laundry soap to toilet bowl cleaners their products are a great value, safe for you, and the environment. Seventh Generation makes a great pet shampoo as well.

I will write more soon regarding healthly choices for cleaners! But for now – good luck cleaning your stainless steel and say goodbye to the dangerous non-stick cookware! Your birds will thank you too!