http://www.greenmedinfo.com/node/83545
"Not only is ginger a culinary marvel, its health benefits are stunning. It has been shown to be more effective against staph infections than antibiotics—and without the adverse effects."
So who loves ginger? Who hates it? Who stomachs it with sushi? Regardless of how you feel about its flavor (most of the world loves it and includes it prominently in their cuisines ranging from savory to sweet), one thing you can't argue is that it's a useful little herb. It's actually a rhizome and looks much like another wonder-root I like to call The Golden Goddess (Turmeric).
The article referenced is very well-written, easily digestible and comprehensible to even a novice health enthusiast. As always with GreenMedInfo.com, full bibiliographical information referencing the scientific studies is available.
In case it hasn't been clear what I'm trying to do here with this blog, I post these articles in hopes that people will read them and understand that health is not a profession practiced by a few highly-educated individuals on behalf of others. Health, rather, is a natural homeostasis of all life. It has been studied for millennia, and our last 100 years of Western "medicine" (which is pharmaceutical-based) is not an authority on well-being.
Pharmaceuticals are largely based upon substances occurring in nature, generally derived from plants. Using these models, specific parts are isolated and/or synthesized artificially in the lab. Disregarding the simple logic that unnatural things can not result in natural health, we are forced to objectively look at the history of the use of these man-made drugs. They work less often and with more unintended negative effects (we have to end this idea of a "side effect" because these effects are not things to be dismissed) than the natural "alternatives" which have been used and documented for hundreds and sometimes thousands of years. In the case of ginger, it has been safely and effectively used for over 2,000 years.
If you want to go with medical practice based upon evidence acquired by use, observation, and documentation the worst idea possible is to trust a drug which has been pushed through our government agencies for the use of maintaining sickness and disease. There is nobody to profit from natural therapies except farmers. When farmers benefit, the earth benefits, the ecosystem of which we are all a part benefits, and we ourselves benefit from real health care which accomplishes its goal.
It's economical, it's ecological, it's wise. Put down the pill and pick up the plant.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
14 October 2012 DARK OF MOON MEDITATION
I have had the discussion come up recently with friends on such topics as practicing lunar witchcraft. To put a scientific yet simultaneously metaphysical (and in my opinion, pretty awesome) explanation with it, consider the following:
All in the universe is energy/vibration. Scientists have shown this on a quantum level. Even that which would appear to be solid is actually made up of tiny vibrating particles that basically vibrate fast enough they repel any intrusion into their space.
However, this means that on that same teeny-weeny level the entire universe is connected. There is no empty space.
One might now suspect that what we term electro-magnetic energy is on this subatomic level just pressure.
The human body can only either pull or not pull. Our muscles may give us the ability to direct force away from our bodies, but ask any doctor and they will tell you that no muscle pushes.
The cosmos works on this principle as well, but opposite. Forces can only push, they can't pull.
This push and pull phenomena argues, in my humble opinion, that by being in harmonic attunement to our environment (and all forms of intelligence with which we interact [knowingly or not]) we are in a synergistic relationship with the world and each other rather than a parasitic one. We have very well learned how to sustain living in a hell-consciousness; it is time we utilize whatever beneficial help available to us, pull our bootstraps up, grab our wands, crystals, yoga mats, or whatever else we may prefer and do so with gratitude. (More on the specifics of what I mean by gratitude as well as why it's important at a later time.)
Back to the moon magic. Astrological correspondences are energies; the effects of which have been studied by astrologers throughout history. They are subject to reinterpretation and differences of opinion because they are practiced scientifically. These astrological people (including Witches) are very fond of experimentation as they utilize these energies to assist them in accomplishing a goal.
One must understand, however, that no person needs this assistance to accomplish these things. The power is within you at all times. This is reflected particularly in the native Hawaiian Huna spirituality. (More on Huna later...I've got some really awesome stuff to share I found!)
"Using the moon facilitates the working,
But the working can be done just as well without it.
Now is the moment of power. "
When the need arises, trust your subconscious to make the right decision based upon the effect of being vibrationally attuned to the energies around you. This is at-one-ment, from which we created the word atonement. We must never forget that language itself is spellwork.
Namaste.
-Cairne Oleander
All in the universe is energy/vibration. Scientists have shown this on a quantum level. Even that which would appear to be solid is actually made up of tiny vibrating particles that basically vibrate fast enough they repel any intrusion into their space.
However, this means that on that same teeny-weeny level the entire universe is connected. There is no empty space.
One might now suspect that what we term electro-magnetic energy is on this subatomic level just pressure.
The human body can only either pull or not pull. Our muscles may give us the ability to direct force away from our bodies, but ask any doctor and they will tell you that no muscle pushes.
The cosmos works on this principle as well, but opposite. Forces can only push, they can't pull.
This push and pull phenomena argues, in my humble opinion, that by being in harmonic attunement to our environment (and all forms of intelligence with which we interact [knowingly or not]) we are in a synergistic relationship with the world and each other rather than a parasitic one. We have very well learned how to sustain living in a hell-consciousness; it is time we utilize whatever beneficial help available to us, pull our bootstraps up, grab our wands, crystals, yoga mats, or whatever else we may prefer and do so with gratitude. (More on the specifics of what I mean by gratitude as well as why it's important at a later time.)
Back to the moon magic. Astrological correspondences are energies; the effects of which have been studied by astrologers throughout history. They are subject to reinterpretation and differences of opinion because they are practiced scientifically. These astrological people (including Witches) are very fond of experimentation as they utilize these energies to assist them in accomplishing a goal.
One must understand, however, that no person needs this assistance to accomplish these things. The power is within you at all times. This is reflected particularly in the native Hawaiian Huna spirituality. (More on Huna later...I've got some really awesome stuff to share I found!)
"Using the moon facilitates the working,
But the working can be done just as well without it.
Now is the moment of power. "
When the need arises, trust your subconscious to make the right decision based upon the effect of being vibrationally attuned to the energies around you. This is at-one-ment, from which we created the word atonement. We must never forget that language itself is spellwork.
Namaste.
-Cairne Oleander
Friday, October 12, 2012
Truth
Truth does not need to be sold, nor bought. Truth simply is. If ever you encounter a statistic, consider who may benefit from your knowing it and how. Next, demand to know who provided the information and any benefit the publisher may gain from serving as the face of said-information. A prime example, but certainly not the only one, is the GMO fiasco revolving primarily around the poison company Monsanto. Monsanto has its hands in the governing bodies as well as institutions which are founded on the idea that they serve the people and their health. Reports attempting to sway voters and consumers away from the scientific facts concerning the horrors of GMO foods have been released throughout the last few years (and especially throughout 2012).
When you see something like this and your first thought is to point fingers and claim that the majority of the world's people are simply conspiracy theorists, consider what our "theories" are based upon. The same scientific method we all learned about in school regularly proves things in all manner of scientific realms which are contrary to the ideas perpetuated by major media, government, and other societal establishments. These institutions and organizations fight the dissemination of this information with more yellow journalism than the finest presidential election. Another wonderful tool for distracting their test subjects (all of us) from the truth of what they are knowledgeably (and undeniably intentionally) doing is the old "divide and conquer" routine:
1. Lie about the truth.
2. Establish two possibilities founded upon pseudo-science (but backed by excellent marketing) and pretend those are the only two options.
3. Deny any alternatives to your two established ideas with your now-established bias as basis for ridicule.
4. Sit back, relax, and enjoy your deception of others.
This is a much simpler method than simply killing everyone who disagrees with your totalitarian tyranny, although history has proven (examples: the Inquisition, Crusades, McCarthy-era communist conspiracies, Salem Witch Trials, etc) that community, government, and religion have no problem murdering to further their own gains.
Remember that anything true is never subject to whether it is believed or not. It is not true because it is believed. It is true because it simply is. Read the banned books. Listen to the "fringe thinkers." Don't just think outside the box; destroy the box. The only thing that can be kept in the box is yourself. Your perception is your own personal deception or your own personal enlightenment. The choice is yours, and you cannot make no choice for even doing nothing is a choice. If you go through time and your understanding does not change, does not alter, is not questioned, then you are not developing.
So here is my charge to you:
When you are told something by an organization, question it. Question everything, in fact. Question science, medicine, religion, history, society, culture, and yourself. Malevolent despots establish the foundation of deception then empower other benevolent but mis-informed people to carry out their work with the conviction they (the despots) so greatly lack. The fact that someone means well does not mean that they are an authority to be respected. You are your own authority. You own your life. You are responsible for your life. I will not tell you what to believe, but I will beg you -for your own sake- to take the middle path or strike out one on your own. If you have not questioned what you have been told, you have no logical justification for holding an opinion or "fact" to be true. Don't be upset by the mass deception perpetuated by establishment, instead use it as a guidepost of the wrong way to truth.
When you see something like this and your first thought is to point fingers and claim that the majority of the world's people are simply conspiracy theorists, consider what our "theories" are based upon. The same scientific method we all learned about in school regularly proves things in all manner of scientific realms which are contrary to the ideas perpetuated by major media, government, and other societal establishments. These institutions and organizations fight the dissemination of this information with more yellow journalism than the finest presidential election. Another wonderful tool for distracting their test subjects (all of us) from the truth of what they are knowledgeably (and undeniably intentionally) doing is the old "divide and conquer" routine:
1. Lie about the truth.
2. Establish two possibilities founded upon pseudo-science (but backed by excellent marketing) and pretend those are the only two options.
3. Deny any alternatives to your two established ideas with your now-established bias as basis for ridicule.
4. Sit back, relax, and enjoy your deception of others.
This is a much simpler method than simply killing everyone who disagrees with your totalitarian tyranny, although history has proven (examples: the Inquisition, Crusades, McCarthy-era communist conspiracies, Salem Witch Trials, etc) that community, government, and religion have no problem murdering to further their own gains.
Remember that anything true is never subject to whether it is believed or not. It is not true because it is believed. It is true because it simply is. Read the banned books. Listen to the "fringe thinkers." Don't just think outside the box; destroy the box. The only thing that can be kept in the box is yourself. Your perception is your own personal deception or your own personal enlightenment. The choice is yours, and you cannot make no choice for even doing nothing is a choice. If you go through time and your understanding does not change, does not alter, is not questioned, then you are not developing.
So here is my charge to you:
When you are told something by an organization, question it. Question everything, in fact. Question science, medicine, religion, history, society, culture, and yourself. Malevolent despots establish the foundation of deception then empower other benevolent but mis-informed people to carry out their work with the conviction they (the despots) so greatly lack. The fact that someone means well does not mean that they are an authority to be respected. You are your own authority. You own your life. You are responsible for your life. I will not tell you what to believe, but I will beg you -for your own sake- to take the middle path or strike out one on your own. If you have not questioned what you have been told, you have no logical justification for holding an opinion or "fact" to be true. Don't be upset by the mass deception perpetuated by establishment, instead use it as a guidepost of the wrong way to truth.
Avoid these unless organic
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/foods-contain-highest-amount-pesticides
After multiple conversations with family concerning this topic, I have been told time and again how people wish they could eat completely organic. As for my parents living in rural Alabama with no grocery providers aside from Wal-Mart and no markets to frequent, much less health food stores, eating well can be an extremely difficult task to accomplish. In many parts of the country, your choices are frankenfoods parading as nutritive (and, as expected, over-priced) or cheap foods which are just as horrible for you. The article here is shared today so that for those of you/us who have limited access to real food, we can at least see what the worst offenders to health are. We don't all have to be vegetarian locavores (indeed the world would be quite out of balance if we all were), but everyone has the responsiblity to do what they can for health (of self and family), economy, and environment.
The article referenced at the top has been pasted below:
Top 12 Foods You Should Eat Organically (From lowest to highest amount of pesticides)
1. Apples: They contain 42 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 42 pesticide residues, there are 7 known carcinogens, 19 suspected hormone disruptors, 10 neurotoxins, 6 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 17 honeybee toxins.
2. Cherries: They contain 42 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 42 pesticide residues, 7 known or probable carcinogens, 22 suspected hormone disruptors, 7 neurotoxins, 8 development or reproductive toxins, and 18 honeybee toxins.
3. Green Beans: They contain 44 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 44 pesticide residues, there are 8 known carcinogens, 22 suspected hormone disruptors, 11 neurotoxins, 8 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 18 honeybee toxins.
4. Collard Greens: They contain 46 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 46 pesticide residues, there are 9 known carcinogens, 25 suspected hormone disruptors, 10 neurotoxins, 8 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 25 honeybee toxins.
5. Spinach: It contains 48 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 48 pesticide residues, there are 8 known carcinogens, 25 suspected hormone disruptors, 8 neurotoxins, 6 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 23 honeybee toxins.
6. Sweet Bell Peppers: They contain 49 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 49 pesticide residues, there are 11 known carcinogens, 26 suspected hormone disruptors, 13 neurotoxins, 10 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 19 honeybee toxins.
7. Lettuce: It contains 51 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 51 pesticide residues, there are 12 known carcinogens, 29 suspected hormone disruptors, 9 neurotoxins, 10 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 21 honeybee toxins.
8. Blueberries: They contain 52 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 52 pesticide residues, there are 8 known carcinogens, 24 suspected hormone disruptors, 14 neurotoxins, 7 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 21 honeybee toxins.
9. Strawberries: They contain 54 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 54 pesticide residues, there are 9 known carcinogens, 24 suspected hormone disruptors,11 neurotoxins, 12 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 19 honeybee toxins.
10. Kale: It contains 55 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 55 pesticide residues, there are 9 known carcinogens, 27 suspected hormone disruptors, 10 neurotoxins, 10 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 23 honeybee toxins.
11. Peaches: They contain 62 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 62 pesticide residues, there are 10 known carcinogens, 29 suspected hormone disruptors, 12 neurotoxins, 11 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 25 honeybee toxins.
12. Celery: It contains the most at 64 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 64 pesticide residues, there are 13 known carcinogens, 31 suspected hormone disruptors, 12 neurotoxins, 14 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 20 honeybee toxins.
Honourable Mentions
- Broccoli: It contains 33 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program.
- Cucumbers: They contain 35 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program.
- Grapes: They contain 34 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program.
- Potatoes: They contain 37 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program.
- Tomatoes: They contain 35 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program.
5 Foods that Contain the Lowest Pesticide Residues
Bananas: They contain 12 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 12 pesticide residues, there are 4 known carcinogens, 7 suspected hormone disruptors, 2 neurotoxins, 5 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 2 honeybee toxins.
Grapefruit: It contains 11 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 11 pesticide residues, there are 4 known carcinogens, 4 suspected hormone disruptors, 4 neurotoxins, 4 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 2 honeybee toxins.
Almonds: They contain 9 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 9 pesticide residues, there are 1 known carcinogens, 4 suspected hormone disruptors, 3 neurotoxins, 0 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 4 honeybee toxins.
Asparagus: It contains 9 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 9 pesticide residues, there are 1 known carcinogens, 7 suspected hormone disruptors, 4 neurotoxins, 3 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 5 honeybee toxins.
Onion: It contains 1 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 9 pesticide residues, there are 0 known carcinogens, 0 suspected hormone disruptors, 0 neurotoxins, 0 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 0 honeybee toxins.
When buying produce always consider buying organic. Better yet, to ensure freshness, buy local as much as you can. When you can buy both local and organic, you can guarantee that the product is both free of pesticides, and full of nutrients. Further to this, you will also avoid any potential foods that may have been genetically modified. To check out pesticide residues on other sources of food, you may visit: http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/index.jsp. By substituting the top 12 pesticide laden foods with organic, you can eliminate up to 80% of pesticides from your diet.
After multiple conversations with family concerning this topic, I have been told time and again how people wish they could eat completely organic. As for my parents living in rural Alabama with no grocery providers aside from Wal-Mart and no markets to frequent, much less health food stores, eating well can be an extremely difficult task to accomplish. In many parts of the country, your choices are frankenfoods parading as nutritive (and, as expected, over-priced) or cheap foods which are just as horrible for you. The article here is shared today so that for those of you/us who have limited access to real food, we can at least see what the worst offenders to health are. We don't all have to be vegetarian locavores (indeed the world would be quite out of balance if we all were), but everyone has the responsiblity to do what they can for health (of self and family), economy, and environment.
The article referenced at the top has been pasted below:
Top 12 Foods You Should Eat Organically (From lowest to highest amount of pesticides)
1. Apples: They contain 42 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 42 pesticide residues, there are 7 known carcinogens, 19 suspected hormone disruptors, 10 neurotoxins, 6 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 17 honeybee toxins.
2. Cherries: They contain 42 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 42 pesticide residues, 7 known or probable carcinogens, 22 suspected hormone disruptors, 7 neurotoxins, 8 development or reproductive toxins, and 18 honeybee toxins.
3. Green Beans: They contain 44 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 44 pesticide residues, there are 8 known carcinogens, 22 suspected hormone disruptors, 11 neurotoxins, 8 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 18 honeybee toxins.
4. Collard Greens: They contain 46 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 46 pesticide residues, there are 9 known carcinogens, 25 suspected hormone disruptors, 10 neurotoxins, 8 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 25 honeybee toxins.
5. Spinach: It contains 48 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 48 pesticide residues, there are 8 known carcinogens, 25 suspected hormone disruptors, 8 neurotoxins, 6 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 23 honeybee toxins.
6. Sweet Bell Peppers: They contain 49 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 49 pesticide residues, there are 11 known carcinogens, 26 suspected hormone disruptors, 13 neurotoxins, 10 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 19 honeybee toxins.
7. Lettuce: It contains 51 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 51 pesticide residues, there are 12 known carcinogens, 29 suspected hormone disruptors, 9 neurotoxins, 10 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 21 honeybee toxins.
8. Blueberries: They contain 52 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 52 pesticide residues, there are 8 known carcinogens, 24 suspected hormone disruptors, 14 neurotoxins, 7 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 21 honeybee toxins.
9. Strawberries: They contain 54 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 54 pesticide residues, there are 9 known carcinogens, 24 suspected hormone disruptors,11 neurotoxins, 12 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 19 honeybee toxins.
10. Kale: It contains 55 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 55 pesticide residues, there are 9 known carcinogens, 27 suspected hormone disruptors, 10 neurotoxins, 10 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 23 honeybee toxins.
11. Peaches: They contain 62 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 62 pesticide residues, there are 10 known carcinogens, 29 suspected hormone disruptors, 12 neurotoxins, 11 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 25 honeybee toxins.
12. Celery: It contains the most at 64 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 64 pesticide residues, there are 13 known carcinogens, 31 suspected hormone disruptors, 12 neurotoxins, 14 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 20 honeybee toxins.
Honourable Mentions
- Broccoli: It contains 33 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program.
- Cucumbers: They contain 35 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program.
- Grapes: They contain 34 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program.
- Potatoes: They contain 37 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program.
- Tomatoes: They contain 35 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program.
5 Foods that Contain the Lowest Pesticide Residues
Bananas: They contain 12 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 12 pesticide residues, there are 4 known carcinogens, 7 suspected hormone disruptors, 2 neurotoxins, 5 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 2 honeybee toxins.
Grapefruit: It contains 11 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 11 pesticide residues, there are 4 known carcinogens, 4 suspected hormone disruptors, 4 neurotoxins, 4 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 2 honeybee toxins.
Almonds: They contain 9 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 9 pesticide residues, there are 1 known carcinogens, 4 suspected hormone disruptors, 3 neurotoxins, 0 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 4 honeybee toxins.
Asparagus: It contains 9 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 9 pesticide residues, there are 1 known carcinogens, 7 suspected hormone disruptors, 4 neurotoxins, 3 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 5 honeybee toxins.
Onion: It contains 1 known pesticide residues found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Out of the 9 pesticide residues, there are 0 known carcinogens, 0 suspected hormone disruptors, 0 neurotoxins, 0 developmental or reproductive toxins, and 0 honeybee toxins.
When buying produce always consider buying organic. Better yet, to ensure freshness, buy local as much as you can. When you can buy both local and organic, you can guarantee that the product is both free of pesticides, and full of nutrients. Further to this, you will also avoid any potential foods that may have been genetically modified. To check out pesticide residues on other sources of food, you may visit: http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/index.jsp. By substituting the top 12 pesticide laden foods with organic, you can eliminate up to 80% of pesticides from your diet.
Coconut 12 October 2012
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/fail-mercks-statin-drug-found-no-better-coconut-water
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/coconut-water-far-more-just-refreshing-beverage
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/13-evidence-based-medicinal-properties-coconut-oil
Coconut is good for a lot more than the tasty treats known as German Chocolate Cake and Hello Dollies (a family favorite). This plant has been utilized by peoples the planet over for millennia. Here's a little info extracted from the pages referenced:
Coconut Oil: (internal and external)
-Fat-burning (2 human studies show that just 2 Tbsp/day for men or women is capable of reducing belly fat within 1-3 months)
-brain-boosting (2006 journal Neurobiology of Aging)
-clearing head lice (when combined with anise spray, found to be superior to the insecticide permethrin)
-healing wounds ("3 of the identified mechanisms behind these healing effects are its ability to accelerate re-epithelialization, improve antioxidant enzyme activity, and stimulate higher collagen cross-linking within the tissue being repaired. Coconut oil has even been shown to work synergistically with traditional treatments, such as silver sulphadizine, to speed burn wound recovery")
-NSAID alternative (anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and fever-reducing)
-Anti-ulcer activity
-anti-fungal (Researchers remarked: "Coconut oil should be used in the treatment of fungal infections in view of emerging drug-resistant Candida species")
-testosterone-booster
-reducing swollen prostate
-improving blood lipids (coconut oil consistently improves the LDL:HDL ratio in the blood of those who consume it. Given this effect, coconut oil can no longer be dismissed for being 'that saturated fat which clogs the arteries'.)
-fat-soluble nutrient absorption (recently found to be superior to safflower oil in enhancing tomato catotenoid absorption)
-bone health (shown to reduce oxidative stress within the bone, which may preven tstructural damage in osteoporotic bone)
-sunscreen (blocks out UV rays by 30%)
Take a look! May your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food! Thank Hippocrates! :)
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/coconut-water-far-more-just-refreshing-beverage
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/13-evidence-based-medicinal-properties-coconut-oil
Coconut is good for a lot more than the tasty treats known as German Chocolate Cake and Hello Dollies (a family favorite). This plant has been utilized by peoples the planet over for millennia. Here's a little info extracted from the pages referenced:
Coconut Oil: (internal and external)
-Fat-burning (2 human studies show that just 2 Tbsp/day for men or women is capable of reducing belly fat within 1-3 months)
-brain-boosting (2006 journal Neurobiology of Aging)
-clearing head lice (when combined with anise spray, found to be superior to the insecticide permethrin)
-healing wounds ("3 of the identified mechanisms behind these healing effects are its ability to accelerate re-epithelialization, improve antioxidant enzyme activity, and stimulate higher collagen cross-linking within the tissue being repaired. Coconut oil has even been shown to work synergistically with traditional treatments, such as silver sulphadizine, to speed burn wound recovery")
-NSAID alternative (anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and fever-reducing)
-Anti-ulcer activity
-anti-fungal (Researchers remarked: "Coconut oil should be used in the treatment of fungal infections in view of emerging drug-resistant Candida species")
-testosterone-booster
-reducing swollen prostate
-improving blood lipids (coconut oil consistently improves the LDL:HDL ratio in the blood of those who consume it. Given this effect, coconut oil can no longer be dismissed for being 'that saturated fat which clogs the arteries'.)
-fat-soluble nutrient absorption (recently found to be superior to safflower oil in enhancing tomato catotenoid absorption)
-bone health (shown to reduce oxidative stress within the bone, which may preven tstructural damage in osteoporotic bone)
-sunscreen (blocks out UV rays by 30%)
Take a look! May your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food! Thank Hippocrates! :)
Monday, October 8, 2012
Breast Cancer Un-Awareness Month
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/dark-side-breast-cancer-unawareness-monthThe Dark Side of Breast Cancer (Un)Awareness Month
Posted on:
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 6:15 pm
Written by:
Sayer Ji, Founder
Image Source: PreppyGirlGreen
[Part II: Benign Lesion or Tumor?]
The history of Breast Cancer Awareness Month's surprising origins is a matter of the public record:
"NBCAM was founded in 1985 as a partnership between the American Cancer Society and the pharmaceutical division of Imperial Chemical Industries (now part of AstraZeneca, maker of several anti-breast cancer drugs). The aim of the NBCAM from the start has been to promote mammography as the most effective weapon in the fight against breast cancer." ~ Wikipedia
If you doubt Wikipedia as a reliable source, visit the NBCAM website and try to contact them. It will be AstraZeneca that you will required to connect with, as evidenced by the screenshot below:
AstraZeneca, manufacturer of the blockbuster breast cancer drugs Arimidex and Tamoxifen, founded the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in 1985, in partnership with the American Cancer Society, in order to promote the widespread adoption of x-ray mammography, whose horrors we have documented elsewhere.
Sadly, Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a time of increasing awareness not of the preventable causes of breast cancer, but of the breast cancer industry's insatiable need to both raise money for research into a pharmaceutical cure, and to promote its primary means of "prevention": early detection via x-ray mammography.
On first account, a pharmaceutical "cure" is as unlikely as it is oxymoronic. Drugs do not cure disease anymore than bullets cure war. Beneath modern medicine's showy display of diagnostic contraptions, heroic "life-saving" procedures, and an armory of exotic drugs of strange origin and power, it is always the body's ability to heal itself – beneath the pomp and circumstance – that is truly responsible for medicine's apparent successes. Too often, in spite of what medicine does to "treat" or "save" the body, it is the body which against invasive chemical and surgical medical interventions, silently treats and saves itself.
If it were not for the body's truly miraculous self-healing abilities, and the ceaseless self-correction process that occurs each and every moment within each and every cell, our bodies would perish within a matter of minutes. The mystery is not in how our body succumbs to cancer; rather the mystery is in how, after years and even decades of chemical exposure and nutrient deprivation our bodies prevail against cancer for so long.
The primary causes of breast cancer: nutritional deficiencies, exposure to environmental toxicity, inflammation, estrogen dominance and the resultant breakdown in genetic integrity and immune surveillance, are entirely overlooked by this fixation on drug therapy and its would-be "magic bullets."
Billions of dollars are raised and funneled towards drug research, when the lowly turmeric plant, the humble cabbage and the unassuming bowl of miso soup may offer far more promise in the prevention and treatment of breast cancer than all the toximolecular drugs on the market put together. (To view several dozen substances, visit our Breast Cancer page)
When it comes to the breast cancer industry's emphasis on equating "prevention" with "early detection" through x-ray mammography, nowhere is the inherently pathological ideology of allopathic medicine more clearly evident. Not only is the very ionizing radiation used to discern pathological lesions in breast tissue one of the very risk factors for the development of breast cancer, but the identification of the word "prevention" with "early detection," is a disingenuous way of saying that all we can do to prevent breast cancer is to detect its inevitable presence sooner than would be possible without this technology.
If women succumb to the idea of prevention as doing nothing but waiting for the detection of the disease, many will find a similarly deranged logic reemerge later when the self-fulfilling prophecy of prevention-through-doing-nothing is fulfilled and "treatment" is now required. "Treatment," when not strictly surgical, involves the use of very powerful chemicals and high doses of ionizing radiation which "poison" the cancer cells.
The obvious problem with this approach is that the application of either form of death energy is not suitably selective, and in the long run, many women die sooner from the side effects of toximolecular "therapy" than from the cancer itself. Why is the obvious question never asked: if exposure to the genotoxic and immune system disabling effects of chemicals and radiation is causative in breast cancer, then why is blasting the body with more poisonous chemicals and radiation considered sound treatment?
The answer to this question has much more to do with ignorance than it does an intentional desire to do harm. But the results are the same: unnecessary pain, suffering and death.
Faced with a situation where medieval notions of prevention and treatment of breast cancer are the norm, it is no wonder that when polled over 40% of women believe they will contract breast cancer sometime in their life – well over three times their actual risk. After all, have any of them been given a sense that there is something they can do to actually prevent their disease other than "watchful waiting"?
Obfuscating the real preventative measures available to women to combat breast cancer, and all cancers for that matter, trusted "authoritative" sources like the Susan G. Komen Foundation publish irresponsible statements like this:
"It is unclear what the exact relationship is between eating fruits and vegetables and breast cancer risk...little, if any link was found between the two in a pooled analysis that combined data from eight large studies."
Have we really come to the point where the commonsense consumption of fruits and vegetables in the prevention of disease can so matter-of-factly be called into question? Do we really need randomized, double-blind and placebo controlled clinical trials to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that our bodies can benefit from the phytonutrients and antioxidants in fruits and vegetables in the prevention of cancer?
Another atrocious example of this conspiracy against identifying the obvious causes and cures for diseases like breast cancer is the National Breast Cancer Foundation's website. Go to the bottom of their homepage and type in "carcinogen" in their site wide search box. This is what will appear on the results page:
Your search – carcinogen – did not match any documents. No pages were found containing "carcinogen".
On Susan G. Komen's website the term only emerges twice, and both in the context of denying the likliehood of there being a connection between smoking and breast cancer.
If you can remove the reality of carcinogenicity by erasing from the mind's of would-be cancer sufferers the word carcinogen, and thereby conceal the link between environmental and dietary exposures of a multitude of toxins, then the obvious "cure" these massive organizations are vacuuming in billions of dollars of donations every year to find, namely, the removal of carcinogens and detoxification of the system, will never be discovered.
Examples like these make it increasingly apparent that orthodox medicine, and the world view it represents, is approaching a theoretical end-time perhaps most accurately described as Pharmageddon. Within the horizon of this perspective vitamins are considered toxic, fruits and vegetables simply a source of caloric content (a poor one, at that), and cancer-causing drugs are understood as the only legitimate and for that matter, legal, way to combat cancer. Are we really at the tipping point, or is there still hope?
Fortunately there are thousands of scientific studies extant today on the therapeutic value of foods, herbs and spices in breast health, many of which can be found on the government's own biomedical database known as MEDLINE. Decades of research have confirmed the veracity of the Hippocratic phrase: "Let food be thy medicine," and until a prescription is required to obtain and consume organic food, we can still draw from a vast cornucopia of natural substances whose safety and efficacy that the conventional pharmacopeia to shame.
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