God's Most Perfect Foods

It's been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh water, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and fish...all before making a human. He made and provided what we'd need before we were born. These are best and more powerful when eaten raw. We're such slow learners....

A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye. Science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the res earch shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones.. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries.

Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes.. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.

Useful Herbs for Pregnancy

Choosing which herbs to use during pregnancy is as important as choosing what you eat, drink, which over-the-counter medications to take or even whose opinion to listen to. In the end, herbalists and health care providers have a few basic herbs that are generally agreed upon as being ones of benefit to women during pregnancy as well as herbs to avoid during pregnancy. In some cases, an herb may be thought to be helpful in small amounts and harmful in large amounts, so always avoid high doses of any herb during pregnancy. (even water is good in moderate "doses"!)

Women have used herbs safely and successfully for thousands of years. As always, using common sense and being well informed are a woman's best bet to the safe use of herbs during pregnancy. That includes getting information from your midwife, naturopath, or health practitioner who is knowledgeable about herbs and their mode of action.

Of course, the information given is not meant to diagnose, treat or cure any disease and you should always check with health care provider about the use of herbs to ensure a healthy pregnancy.

Black Haw (Viburnum prunifolium)
helps relieve leg cramps
may help prevent possible miscarriage in the early stages of pregnancy
Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla)
helps ease symptoms of morning sickness, indigestion and gas
high in calcium and potassium, therefore an excellent nervous system tonic
calming, soothing and helps ease sleeplessness and lift the spirits
gentle enough for babies suffering from colic, restlessness or teething
effective for mild inflammations of joints
Cramp Bark (Viburnum opulus)
helps relax uterine muscles in the event of possible miscarriage
reduces uterine bleeding during labor and postpartum
should be used under the supervision of health care provider
Dandelion Root & Leaf (Taraxacum officinales)
rich source of vitamins and minerals, especially Vitamin A, Calcium, potassium and iron
the bitters in the leaves aid digestion
leaves are mildly diuretic and helpful in edema or mild hypertension due to fluid retention
root is a gentle laxative and useful for pregnancy constipation
root nourishes the liver
Lady's Mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris)
tones the uterus
reduces the possibility of hemorrhage during childbirth and postpartum
helps ease postpartum depression
helps relieve diarrhea
(antagonizes the drug pitocin)
Lavender (Lavandula officinalis)
calming for nervous tension and stress
antiseptic for perineal tears postpartum (do not apply oil undiluted)
avoid high doses

Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis)
calming-relaxes the nervous system and helps relieve insomnia, irritability and restlessness
elevating-helps ease depression and anxiety
aids digestion and relieve gas
mild antihistamine action
Marshmallow (Althea officinale)
very mild mucilaginous herb
eases symptoms of heartburn and indigestion
soothing to the genitourinary system and cystitis
eases bronchitis and coughs
Nettle (Urtica dioica)
rich source of vitamins K, A, C and the minerals calcium, phosphorus, potassium, iron and others
pregnancy tonic because of its high vitamin and mineral content and its ability to help prevent postpartum hemorrhage
aids and restores a woman's vitality following birth
increases the richness and amount of breast milk
helps relieve the symptoms of hay fever
mild natural diuretic effect
Squaw Vine, also known as Partridge Berry, (Mitchella repens)
considered a valuable late pregnancy tonic
helps tone the uterus to prepare for birth during the last 4-6 weeks of pregnancy, especially when mixed with red raspberry leaf to promote easier childbirth
mild diuretic action
Oats and oat straw (Avena sativa)
nutritive and very rich in calcium and magnesium-highly beneficial during pregnancy all three pregnancy trimesters
calming to the nervous system-helps relieve restlessness, anxiety and tension
used in a bath, it helps moisturize and relieve itchy skin (such as caused by stretch marks)
Peppermint (Mentha piperita)
helps relieve nausea, especially morning sickness and flatulence
avoid high doses during pregnancy
Red Raspberry Leaf (Rubus idaeus)
helps improve uterine tone and blood supply
improves contractions during labor
helps prevent postpartum hemorrhage
a rich source of vitamin A, B-1, C and E, calcium, iron, potassium and phosphorus
is thought to ease morning sickness and improve digestion
improves diarrhea
is a galactagogue (increases breast milk production)
helps restore vitality postpartum

Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra, or Ulmus fulva)
soothing mucilaginous herb eases mucous membranes of the entire gastrointestinal tract
eases inflammation of the mouth, throat, stomach, intestines, bladder and urethra
can be used during pregnancy for heartburn, nausea, colds or vaginal irritations
Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa)
helps ease uterine spasms and prevent miscarriage
use under the guidance of a qualified health care provider
Emmenagoges are a family of herbs that have a strong action uterine stimulant action. They include such herbs as Black Cohosh, Blue Cohosh and Motherwort. They can be considered useful herbs during the last few days of your pregnancy to help stimulate uterine contractions. These herbs should not be taken during pregnancy except unless under the supervision of your midwife or naturopath or during labor.

emab, reprinted with permission

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Health Benefits of Tea

Health Benefits of Tea

After water, tea is the most commonly consumed beverage in the world. This is good news, because tea offers important health benefits.

Green tea was the first tea studied for its cancer-fighting benefits. Recent research shows that any tea derived from the leaf of a warm-weather evergreen known as Camellia sinensis has similar cancer-fighting properties. This includes all green, black and red (oolong) teas. The leaves of this tree contain chemicals called polyphenols, which give tea its antioxidant properties. Herbal teas are not derived from this leaf and so do not have this particular health-promoting chemical.

The degree of processing determines whether a tea will be green, black or red. Green teas are the least processed. They are simply steamed quickly before packaging. Black and red teas are partially dried, crushed and fermented. The length of fermentation, which causes the leaves to blacken, determines whether the tea will be red or black. Regardless of the processing method, all teas contain polyphenols.

Polyphenols, like other antioxidants, help protect cells from the normal, but damaging, physiological process known as "oxidative stress." Although oxygen is vital to life, it's also incorporated into reactive substances called free radicals. These can damage the cells in our body and have been implicated in the slow chain reaction of damage leading to heart disease and cancer.

Some researchers say that tea combats heart disease, lowers cholesterol and staves off several types of cancer while protecting skin and strengthening bones and teeth.

Some of the most persuasive tea research links tea to lower risks of heart disease, stroke and high cholesterol. Numerous clinical trials as well as large population studies have found that regular tea drinkers are as much as 44 percent less likely to suffer a heart attack than the general population, and those who have had heart attacks are more likely to recover. Researchers at Boston University recently found that black tea appears to repair blood-vessel damage in people who have coronary-artery disease. And at the USDA, a just-completed study that controlled everything subjects ate and drank found that consistent tea-drinking significantly lowered LDL cholesterol (the bad kind) without decreasing helpful HDL cholesterol.

Tea helps prevent sunburn and even skin cancer. At the Universityof Arizona, researchers found that drinking hot black tea appears to protect against squamous-cell carcinoma. Wearing tea may be just as useful: studies show that green-tea compounds in skin lotions may protect against, and even reverse, sun damage.

Many studies have demonstrated the anti-cancer properties of polyphenols. They can stop the damage that free radicals do to cells, neutralize enzymes essential for tumor growth, and deactivate cancer promoters. Their effect on heart disease is less well understood. Some laboratory studies have found that polyphenols help prevent blood clotting and lower cholesterol levels. The leap to preventing heart attacks, however, has not yet been made. The majority of evidence comes from studies done on lab animals. The effect on people is unclear.

Other studies report increased bone-density measurements among tea drinkers, possibly due to the fluoride in tea, coupled with the catechins. Tea, especially oolong, has been shown to suppress bacterial growth in the mouth, and it helps to prevent cavities.

Although much remains to be learned about the health benefits of tea, it is considered a good choice for at least some of the 6 to 8 cups or glasses of fluids recommended daily. The best teas are those brewed from loose leaves or tea bags of black, green or red tea, as they have the most antioxidant power. Allow your tea to steep for three to five minutes to allow the maximum amount of antioxidants to be released. Iced teas can provide as much antioxidant power as hot teas. Keep them covered and refrigerated. Bottled teas often have a lower antioxidant level because they contain mostly water and sugar.

Some people think that milk lowers tea's anti-oxidant power because it binds to polyphenols and inactivates them. This has not been proven, however, so go ahead and add some milk if you like. You'll also increase your calcium intake.

Tea also has fluoride for strong teeth, virtually no calories, and half the amount of caffeine found in an equally-sized cup of coffee. Whether decaffeinated teas have the same polyphenols, and thus the same health benefits, as regular teas has not yet been studied. Caffeine is a natural component of tea leaves. It is not yet known if removing caffeine also removes polyphenols.

Of course, like anything, tea has its drawbacks. "Caffeine is caffeine is caffeine," says Blumberg. "You just get a smaller dose in tea than in coffee." (Black tea has about half as much as coffee; green, a third. But you can decaffeinate tea, which lessens its healthful effects only slightly, by immersing a tea bag or ball in hot water for thirty seconds, throwing that water out and then brewing again.) One caveat: avoid taking medicine or vitamins with tea, since its active ingredients can interfere with those in some medications. Tea can also hinder iron absorption, though drinking it with lemon or only between meals will mitigate that effect.

Bottom Line: Consider including 1-2 cups of tea as a healthy part of your daily diet.

Tea & Health

Tea is one of the healthiest beverages in the world! From fighting bad breath to cancerous tumors, the health benefits of tea are immense, and it is likely that even more will be discovered in the near future. There is a lot of research currently focused on the health benefits of tea.

WHITE TEA - contains cancer fighting anti-oxidants, cooling and detoxifying, has lowest content of caffeine found in all teas, anti-aging and anti-stress properties, and a high L-theanine amino acid content promotes longevity and concentration.

GREEN TEA - highest content of cancer fighting anti-oxidants, antiseptic and anti-viral effects: kills oral bacteria that can lead to colds and flu, fights degenerative diseases and supports immune system function, strengthens tooth enamel and fights bad breath, potent source of vitamins and minerals, and effective for slimming and weight loss.

OOLONG TEA - high content of tea polysaccharides, lowers cholesterol and blood sugar, high content of anti-oxidants, strengthens tooth enamel, potent source of vitamins and minerals, and effective for slimming and weight-loss. BLACK TEA - heart health: black tea can help prevent heart attacks, helps prevent plaque build-up in arteries, increases bone density, oral health: kills bacteria in mouth that can cause cavities, and fights bad breath.

PU-ERH TEA - perhaps the most effective tea for slimming and weight-loss, helps metabolize fatty acids and oily foods, believed to reduce cholesterol and blood sugar levels, and cleansing & detoxifying to the bloodstream.

OTHER GENERAL BENEFITS - promotes mental clarity and alertness, stimulates neural activity and improves learning function, provides even sustained energy and sound rest, much lower caffeine content than coffee, strengthens immune system and has anti-stress properties, very cleansing, detoxifying, and longevity promoting. The benefits of tea are realized when consumed as part of a healthy lifestyle, on a regaular basis over a sustained periods of time. Common knowledge is that tea helps prevent illness more so than recover from it.

Information provided by Rishi Tea company

Behind the Bean

The Heroes and Charlatans of the Natural and Organic Soy Foods Industry

On or shortly before one month of age, my son Aidan began experiencing violent reactions to the Similac®

formula with DHA. Symptoms included: explosive diarrhea, projectile vomiting, dehydration, excessive gas,

weight loss, excessive crying, and loss of sleep. It was difficult to get him to finish a complete bottle because he

would begin screaming half way through. This screaming continued, along with pulling his legs up and writhing,

for approximately two hours after the feeding. When it was time for him to eat again, the process would start all

over again. In all, over a six month period, I tried every formula I could find, including: Nutramigen, Alimentum,

ProSobee--and all included DHA/ARA. As a last resort, I gave him Neocate, also with DHA, but it produced

the same results as all of the other formulas. It was not until I accidentally bought a non-DHA formula that all

of the symptoms stopped at approximately 6.5 months of age. The symptoms stopped approximately 24 hours

after using the non-DHA formula, if not sooner.

– Holly Schneider, Taylor, Michigan

(The Cornucopia Institute has more than 100 similar adverse reaction reports on file.)

Algal DHA and fungal ARA oils are hexane-extracted ingredients that are added to some organic foods, in-

cluding organic infant formula and Horizon Organic milk with DHA. DHA is a long-chain, polyunsaturat-

ed omega-3 fatty acid that is naturally found in fatty fish such as salmon and sardines. Martek Biosciences

Corporation produces a vegetarian and not quite identical DHA additive called Life’sDHATM for foods, used

in products such as Silk soymilk with DHA, Rachel’s® yogurt, and nearly all infant formula on the market.

Martek’s Life’s DHA is produced by immersing fermented algae in hexane to extract the oil. The company’s

Kentucky plant, where Life’s DHA is produced, emitted nearly 200,000 pounds of hexane into the environment

in 2006.

According to the USDA organic regulations, Martek’s Life’s DHA should be prohibited in organic foods because

it is a synthetic additive that is not listed as an approved substance on the National List of Approved and Prohibited

Substances. Moreover, it should not be added to organic foods because it is hexane extracted. The Cornucopia

Institute has filed legal complaints against the manufacturers that we allege are illegally adding these hexane-extracted

oils. The Cornucopia Institute is especially concerned that these oils, when added to infant formula, are making babies

very sick. These findings are detailed in The Cornucopia Institute’s report Replacing Mother—Imitating Human Breast

Milk in the Laboratory, which presents disturbing research indicating that these hexane-extracted algal and fungal oils

lead to virulent diarrhea, vomiting, and other gastrointestinal problems in some babies. In some cases this has led to

significant health complications, failure to thrive, and hospitalizations. The report is available for free download at

www.cornucopia.org. The report also outlines how formula manufacturers profit tremendously from adding DHA

and ARA (another fatty acid, which Martek extracts from fungi by means of hexane) to formula. It allows them to

misleadingly advertise their formula as being “as close as ever to breast milk,” and “supporting brain and eye

development.” The vastmajority of scientific studies show no meaningful benefits from adding DHA and ARA to

infant formula. Meanwhile, some infants continue to get sick from these oils, while infant formula companies refuse

to acknowledge the serious problems andside effects associated with their lucrative additives. There is no information

about possible side effects listed on the packaging or on the manufacturers’ web sites. Parents and health care providers

have been left on their own to discover the possible correlation between sick babies and these novel nutritional additives.

There is one conventional manufacturer that supplies infant formula without Martek’s DHA/ARA supplementation

(Nestlé®) and one organic supplier that does not use these novel oils (Baby’s Only®).

Hexane and Infant Formula

The ideal food for human infants is human milk, and breastfeeding is by far the healthiest option. There is irrefutable

scientific evidence that no formula can provide the same benefits as breastfeeding—formula is deficient in the antibodies

thatprotect against disease, special enzymes that aid digestion, fatty acids that aid development, and so forth. But despite

these insurmountable shortcomings of formula, manufacturers have a responsibility to make formula as close to human

milkas possible, and as safe and pure as possible. Using only organic ingredients is a logical move for formula makers.

Unfortunately, infant formula manufacturers seek to cut costs by using the cheapest ingredients, which is why conventional

formula contains mostly genetically engineered and hexane-extracted ingredients.

None of the major companies making infant formula, such as Mead Johnson (Enfamil®) and Abbott Nutrition (Similac),

offer an organic soy-based formula (Similac does offer a dairy-based organic version). Nonorganic soy-based formulas’

major ingredients are hexane extracted from genetically engineered corn and soybeans. For many infants, soy-based formula

is the only food they consume for the first months of their life—food whose major ingredient was processed by immersion in

a highly explosive, neurotoxic petrochemical. Nonorganic infant formulas are also not guaranteed to be free of genetically

engineered ingredients (many with limited, if any, testing related to human health impacts). Mead Johnson (Enfamil) customer

representatives tell consumers that it would be too difficult to source non-GEO ingredients, since most soybeans and corn in

the United States are genetically engineered.

When asked if they have an organic formula available, Mead Johnson (Enfamil) representatives respond that “our ingredients

are safe so it has not been necessary for Enfamil to develop an organic version.” But perhaps it is more likely that Mead Johnson

is unwilling to source ingredients that are guaranteed GEO-free, produced without synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, and

processed without hexane because these ingredients are slightly more expensive. As a publicly traded corporation, Mead Johnson

has a legal obligation first and foremost to return profits to its shareholders. The safety of its ingredients—and the well-being of

the babies consuming their formula—is of concern only in relation to the company’s ability to make a profit and contraints of

regulatory law.

If your infant experienced adverse reactions from hexane-extracted algal and fungal oils, please file

an adverse reaction with the FDA’s Medwatch program (https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/med-

watch/medwatch-online.htm) and send a copy of your report to the Cornucopia institute (cultivate@

cornucopia.org).

Be sure to explain in the report why you believe that DHA and ara are to blame. Most often, parents

try several different formulas (cow milk-based, soy-based, hypoallergenic, lactose-free) with no

success until they try a formula without DHA/ARA, and symptoms disappear, often within 24 hours.

Other times, parents switch to a similar formula without DHA/ARA, such as Baby’s only, and symptoms

disappear.

When you file your adverse reaction report with the FDA, please specify why you believe that

DHA/ARA caused your baby’s symptoms. if your baby’s symptoms were not due to common

feeding problems such as lactose intolerance or allergic reactions to dairy or soy protein, but

due to the DHA/ARA specifically, it is important for the FDA to understand this.

Mead Johnson currently charges more for its nonorganic soy-based formula than two of the three organic soy-

based formula brands on the market. Formula makers such as Mead Johnson and Abbott Nutrition could use

only the cleanest and safest ingredients—using soy protein isolate that has not been bathed in hexane should

be a given. Parents who buy formula should demand that these companies stop using hexane-extracted soy

protein isolates and oils. Meanwhile, they can purchase organic formula for nearly the same price.

Currently, only three organic soy-based formulas are available on market shelves: PBM Nutritionals’ Vermont

Organics®, The Hain Celestial Group’s Earth’s Best®, and Nature’s One’s Baby’s Only. All three brands

do not use hexane to extract soy protein from soybeans, or to process their vegetable oils.

Hain Celestial (Earth’s Best) and PBM Nutritionals (Vermont Organics) do not go the extra mile of using

only the purest, organic ingredients. Both formulas contain the same ingredients. Although certified organic,

both contain conventional, hexane-extracted soy lecithin. They also contain the additives DHA and ARA

from Martek Biosciences. As stated above, these oils are extracted with the use of hexane from fermented algae

and fungus. An earlier investigation by The Cornucopia Institute reported that a subset of infants appear

unable to tolerate these novel oils, and experience severe gastrointestinal distress when consuming formula

with Martek’s DHA and ARA. For more information about adverse effects to Martek’s DHA and ARA, see

www.cornucopia.org/replacing-mother-infant-formula report.

Nature’s One’s Baby’s Only Organic is marketed as a “toddler formula,” but it is formulated to meet the nutritional

requirements mandated by law for infant formulas. It is the only organic baby formula on the market that does not

contain Martek’s hexane-extracted algal DHA and fungal ARA oils. Nature’s One also opts to source only organic

ingredients when available, therefore the soy lecithin is organic and processed without the use of hexane.

Martek’s life’s DHA, which is added to foods as a source of omega-3 fatty acids,

is produced by immersing fermented algae in hexane to extract the oil.

The Cornucopia Institute is especially concerned that these oils, when added to

infant formula, are making some babies very sick.

U.S. researchers find new clue to infant deaths

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Babies who die from sudden infant death syndrome make low amounts of the message-carrying brain chemical serotonin needed to regulate sleep, breathing and heart rate, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

The finding, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, may help identify babies at risk for SIDS, which each year kills more than 2,300 babies before their first birthday.

They said abnormal levels of serotonin may hamper an infant's breathing, especially in challenging situations, such as breathing in too much exhaledcarbon dioxide while sleeping face down.

"We have known for many years that placing infants to sleep on their backs is the single most effective way to reduce the risk of SIDS," Dr. Alan Guttmacher, director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, which funded the study.

"The current findings provide important clues to the biological basis of SIDS and may ultimately lead to ways to identify infants most at risk as well as additional strategies for reducing the risk of SIDS for all infants," Guttmacher said in a statement.

In the study, Dr. Hannah Kinney of Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston and colleagues examined brain tissue from babies who died from SIDS and from other causes.

The tissue came from the medulla, a region at the base of the brain that regulates basic functions such as body temperature, breathing, blood pressureand heart rate.

Kinney's team found that serotonin levels were 26 percent lower in tissue from babies who died of SIDS than those who died from other causes, and they also found low levels of the enzyme tryptophan hydroxylase, which is needed to make serotonin.

VULNERABLE BABIES

The findings suggest that some babies have an underlying vulnerability to SIDS, which can become fatal when combined with an external stress such as sleeping face down, especially when it occurs within the first year of life.

"Our research suggests that sleep unmasks the brain defect," Kinney said in a statement.

"When the infant is breathing in the face-down position, he or she may not get enough oxygen. An infant with a normal brain stem would turn his or her head and wake up in response. But a baby with an intrinsic abnormality is unable to respond to the stressor."

The team hopes the study will lead to a test that measures a baby's serotonin levels, making it possible to identify children at highest risk for SIDS.

Rates of sudden infant death syndrome, also known as cot death or crib death, have plummeted in countries where health workers have counseled parents and caregivers to put infants on their backs to sleep, to avoid keeping rooms too warm and to keep loose blankets and pillows away from infants.

(Reporting by Julie Steenhuysen; Editing by Doina Chiacu)

Parents Don't Seem to Understand - Drug Alert Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Nearly two years after the Food and Drug Administration issued a formal advisory urging parents not to give over-the-counter cough and cold medicines to infants younger than 2 years old without a doctor's advice, a study says many parents are still willing to give them to children as young as 13 months.

A major reason: misleading labels that use the word "infant" and display graphics of teddy bears, small children and similar symbols.

"It's a wake-up call to those of us who work daily to provide health care to children, and to the public-health and pharmacy communities," said Lee Sanders, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He co-authored the study with researchers from University of Wisconsin, Vanderbilt University and others.

The researchers interviewed 182 parents and other caregivers of children 1 and younger. They asked them about their use of four common over-the-counter cough and cold medications whose labels warn not to use them in children younger than 2 without a doctor's advice.

They found that 86 percent of the time, the caregivers misunderstood the labels and thought the products were okay to use in children younger than 2. More than half the caregivers said they would give the medicines to a 13-month-old child.

The study does not name the manufacturers of the drugs reviewed by the caregivers, Sanders said, because the medicines no longer are on drugstore shelves. But he urged the FDA, the Federal Trade Commission and other government agencies to pass new restrictions on such labels.

"This is true across the industry," he said. "We would like to see the rules standardized."

He also urged parents to be more careful in reading labels on over-the-counter medicines.

-- Fred Tasker, McClatchy Newspapers

John Hopkins Update

AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY ('TRY', BEING THE KEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY...

Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins :

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.

2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.

3 When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.

4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.

5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.

7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.

8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.

9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.

10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.

11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply..

*CANCER CELLS FEED ON:

a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses, but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.

b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer cells are being starved.

c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.

d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkali ne environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).

e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.

12.. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines becomes putrefied and leads to more toxic buildup.

13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.

14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the bodies own killer cells to destroy cancer cells.. Other supplementslike vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.

15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit.. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, un-forgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.

16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.

1. No plastic containers in micro.

2. No water bottles in freezer.

3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well. Dioxin chemicals cause cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic. Recently, Dr. Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Cast le Hospital, was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.

Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON PLASTIC CONTAINERS

All plastics, when subjected to heat over extended periods of time, can leach into the liquids they contain. By reading the codes imprinted on the plastics, you can determine the ones to be most concerned about. The following tend to be the most stable:

1: PETE (polyethylene teraphthalate)
2: HDPE (high-density polyethylene)

That said, "Phthalates" have been banned from children's toys and other children's products as you probably know. Most bottled water is stored in #1 PETE bottles. Don't use them after leaving them in your car (where they get warmed). Don't microwave anything in any plastic.

The next few are somewhat stable, but not quite as safe as the top two:

4: LDPE (low-density polyethylene)
5: PP (polypropylene) (but this is now under scrutiny as it has been found to leech into experiments from test tubes.

The last three should be avoided at all costs:

3: PVC (polyvinyl chloride) - can leach phthalates
6: PS (polystyrene) - can leach styrene, a neuerotoxin
7: This final number consists of both safe and dangerous plastics. It is better overall to avoid plastics bearing this code as they may contain polycarbonate, which will leach bisphenol A (BPA) into liquids, which is a xeno-estrogen.

Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood

Reclaiming Childhood from Corporate Marketers

www.commercialfreechildhood.org

The media and marketing industries’ assault on infants and toddlers begins “by training babies to depend on screens

for entertainment and the things they sell for amusement and comfort. Before they can even ask for it, we decorate

their cribs, clothing, toys and diapers with media characters and place them in front of screens at every opportunity.”1

Branding Babies

• By six months, babies are forming mental images of corporate logos and mascots. According to market research, babies are requesting brands as soon as they can speak.

• Baby paraphernalia is routinely festooned with licensed characters—these same icons will sell them media, food, toys, and other products throughout childhood.

• In their quest for “cradle to grave brand loyalty,” companies that manufacture products for adults also target babies. Examples include the “John Deere Little Princess Romper” and a Harley Davidson line of onesies.

Screen Saturated Infants and Toddlers:

• By the age of three months, 40% of infants are watching screen media regularly. By the time children are two, the number jumps to 90%.

• 19% of babies one year and under have a TV in their bedroom.

• 14% of children under two spend more than 2 hours a day with screen media.

• Marketers urge parents to soothe fussy babies with cell phone videos.

The Baby Media Scam:

• Baby media companies routinely make unfounded educational claims to sell parents on their products. Brand names such as Brainy Baby, Baby Einstein, and Baby Genius are powerful—and deceptive—marketing tools.

• 56% of parents of young children believe that baby videos are good for child development.

• The most common reason parents give for putting babies and toddlers in front of screens is that they are beneficial to children’s brain development.

• Disney’s Baby Einstein has sold more than 20 million videos.

Screen Time is Not Educational for Babies and Toddlers:

• While television can be an effective teaching tool for older children, there is no credible evidence that babies and toddlers learn anything useful from screens.

• Screen media is not an effective means of teaching babies and toddlers the meaning of new words.

• Unlike reading to babies, viewing Disney’s Baby Wordsworth regularly does not promote language development.

• What babies do learn from screen media is to recognize, and become attached to, commercialized media characters.

Research Suggests Screen time for Babies May Even Be Harmful:

• Television, for babies, is associated negatively with cognitive development and regular sleep patterns. It can also be habituating.

• The more time babies spend viewing television, the less time they spend interacting with parents or engaging in creative play—two activities known to promote learning.

• For babies 8 to 16 months, watching baby videos is associated with slower language development.

In 2006, CCFC filed a Federal Trade Commission complaint against Baby Einstein, Brainy Baby, and Baby FirstTV for false and deceptive marketing. As a result, the marketing for Baby Einstein and Brainy Baby was substantially altered—eliminating many of the educational claims cited in CCFC’s complaint. However, the FTC did not require the companies to acknowledge their deception or to compensate the parents they deceived. BabyFirstTV continues to market itself as an educational tool for infants and toddlers.

Setting The Pattern: How Young Children Process Information

Our bodies receive signals about life and our environment from our brain. Recent scientific studies have shown that the cells of the body receive and respond to environmental signals which then dictate which action the cell will take. These environmental signals comefrom our perceptions of life, which are then filtered through the brain and translated into chemical responses. The cells then respond to the chemicals they are given with either of two responses. Dr. Bruce Lipton asserts that our cells can either be in survival and protection mode, which includes our alarm modes like fight or flight, or they can be in healing and growth mode, which allows for optimal cell function and exchange of nutrients needed for growth and development, but they cannot be in both stages at the same time. This is very important in understanding just exactly how trauma affects the atmosphere in which our cells live and the long term effects of fear on the body. He says this: “My research at Stanford showed that these growth/protection behaviors are also essential for the survival of multicellular organisms such as humans. But there is a catch to these opposing survival mechanisms that have evolved over billions of years. It turns out that the mechanisms that support growth and protection cannot operate optimally at the same time. In other words, cells cannot simultaneously move forward and backward.” The Biology Of Belief (2005) When cells are in protection mode, certain cell functions are shut down so that more energy is available for the survival mechanisms within the cell. The cell is not concerned with exchanging nutrients or healthy reproduction at this time. This is why we need to make sure our bodies do not stay in the alarm response, keeping the cells in survival mode for long periods of time. I think it is doubly important for children as they grow and develop. If a child is ‘programmed’ with the wrong message, then their cells are also receiving the wrong messages. Dr. Lipton talks about childhood development in The Biology Of Belief (2005): “The responsiveness of individuals to the environmental conditions perceived by their mothers before birth allows them to optimize their genetic and physiologic development as they adapt to the environmental forecast. The same life enhancing epigenic plasticity of human development can go awry and lead to an array of chronic diseases in older age if an individual experiences adverse nutritional and environmental circumstances during fetal and neonatal periods of development. {Bateson, et al, 2004} The same epigenic influences also continue after the child is born because parents continue to influence their child’s environment.” Here we can see that an unhealthy environment for cellular growth in childhood, particularly infancy and young childhood, is directly related to chronic conditions that arise as the child becomes an adult. The cause of this is the atmosphere or environment into which it is born. When a child does not have a nurturing environment or has been traumatized, the lasting effects on the child act as if the child has been hypnotized or ‘programmed’ from the beginning, not for healing and growth but for protection, thus shutting down optimal cellular functioning and creating a weakened system where disease or illness can develop. Part of this is the type of learning or brain waves that a young child displays. This is important for optimal and very quick learning. Young children display the same brainwaves that we do during episodes of lucid dreaming and deep sleep, where our minds are very open to the powers of suggestion. Dr Lipton further states: “This gives us an important clue as to how children, whose brains are mostly operating at these same frequencies (i.e. Delta and Theta) between birth and six years of age, can download the incredible volume of information they need to thrive in their environment.

Young children carefully observe their environment and download the worldly wisdom offered by parents directly into their subconscious memory. As a result, their parents’ behavior and beliefs become their own.” The Biology Of Belief (2005) These are the same types of brain waves that are accessed in hypnosis. That is how easily our children can be influenced on a foundational level by things that are very ordinary to our adult minds. And if they should perceive that life is dangerous or that they do not deserve love, they are influenced for life at a very deep level. If a family is fragmented, or a parent is abusive in any way when the child is young, these events ‘program’ the child to believe that it is not safe to be alive, essentially causing the cells to perpetually operate and reproduce from the standpoint of protection and survival. Dr Lipton says: “When unthinking or uncaring parents pass on those (abusive) messages to their young children, they are no doubt oblivious to the fact that such comments are downloaded into the subconscious memory as absolute facts just as surely as bits and bytes are downloaded into the hard drive of your desktop computer. During early development, the child’s consciousness has not evolved enough to critically assess that those parental pronouncements were only verbal barbs and not necessarily true characterizations of “self.” Once programmed into the subconscious mind, however, these verbal abuses become defined as “truths” that unconsciously shape the behavior and potential of the child through life.” The Biology Of Belief(2005) On top of that, when children are that little they perceive that ‘the world revolves around them’. It is the only way they can relate to their reality. So that if something good happens, it is because of them. Similarly, if something bad happens it is also their ‘fault’. Even if you tell them otherwise, it is the only way they know to understand their limited reality. Imagine if your life had been influenced like this from trauma experienced at a very young age either by parents or people in your immediate life, how your physical existence could be altered on a cellular level where you are not even aware of it. This is why I am so passionate about this subject. The implications of unresolved trauma on both the body and the mind are huge. These quotes show in essence how important it is to shelter and nurture our children as they grow. As Dr. Lipton says in The Biology Of Belief (2005), “In humans, the fundamental behaviors, beliefs and attitudes we observe in our parents become “hard-wired” as synaptic pathways in our subconscious minds. Once programmed into the subconscious mind, they control our biology for the rest of our lives… unless we can figure out a way to reprogram them.” Many times this is further complicated by the fact that children get their perception of God directly from their parents. If daddy is cruel and exacting, it is not uncommon for a child to grow up believing this about God and they will often seek out a religion consistent with this belief. If daddy is absent or has abandoned the family, the child will subconsciously expect God to abandon them at any moment also. All of these things can have lasting effects on a child’s life and their health. When the body is in protection mode energy is diverted from the immune system, which is part of the health and growth mode, to make resources available for survival. Obviously staying in this protective condition for long periods of time will create illness because of the suppressed immune system. Energy psychology techniques are an effective means to change our body responses to trauma. These revolutionary energy therapies, such as EFT and TFT, its ancestor as well as other emerging modalities, are based on acupressure. “In a nutshell: energy psychology is a contemporary application of methods that are at least 4500 years old. Specific points on the skin can be stimulated for distinct neurological effects and this principle can be used for helping to overcome a range of psychological problems.” The Promise Of Energy Psychology(2005) How much better it would be if we could get to the source of psychological and physiological problems when children are young. This may very well avert adult chronic illnesses by eliminating the environment that causes the cells to be compromised over time. By giving children the gift of tools to help them process trauma through life, we are saving them from trouble and potential health problems later on. Author Dawson Church says: “Energy medicine is not only the place to start treatment of a presenting condition; it is the place to start before there is a presenting condition. A person, whose energy systems have been optimized and are functioning well, has established a base line that makes it much harder for disease to take root.” The Genie In Your Genes (2007) What a fantastic thing to give the gift of health to someone, by showing them these techniques to optimize their health. It is surprisingly easy to resolve even the worst traumas with energy techniques. They are generally painless, compared to rehashing the events in conventional talk therapy. Dawson Church says, in reference to energy psychology techniques, in The Genie In Your Genes (2007): “As (James) Oshman explains, ‘stored trauma can be resolved as quickly as it was set in place. The body is continuously poised to resolve these afflictions and all of the physiological and emotional imbalances they create. This process goes to the deep energetic level that organizes or incarnates or underlies conscious experience itself. When this happens, the patient may suddenly know that the issue or discomfort will not bother them again.’ ”This changes the environment of the brain, which sends different messages through the Amygdalae, small organs within the brain that regulate instinctual responses, to the body with hormones and neurotransmitters by way of the hypothalamus and pituitary glands. These chemicals then influence the cells to return to growth mode. Gary Craig, et al, The Promise Of Energy Psychology (2005) say this: “stimulating specific electromagnetically sensitive points on the skin while bringing the psychological problem or goal to mind can help a person overcome that problem or reach that goal by changing the chemistry in the amygdala and other areas of the brain.”

Dissertation excerpt by Kirsten Olsen - For more information on using EFT or other energy techniques with children, please contact Kirsten at 951-265-8361 or visit www.myfirewithin.com. Complete dissertation also available upon request.