Monday, November 18, 2013

Candida Warrior Recipe...


Chewy Chocolate Coconut Cookies

2 large eggs
1 cup unsalted almond (or cashew) butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp raw apple cider vinegar
¼ tsp KAL powdered stevia
½ cup xylitol
¼ cup raw cacao powder
1 tablespoon ground ginger (for opt. flavor)
2 c almond flour
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp sea salt
¼ cup shredded coconut
1/4  cup coconut milk

Beat eggs. 
Add the rest of liquid ingredients one at a time. Stir well (or mix in food processor.)
Add dry ingredients to liquid ingredients.  Mix well.

Roll into balls, place on greased cookie sheet and flatten gently with a fork to 1/4 to 2/8 inch thickness.

Bake 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Something is rotten in the state of....


        Double Tragedy                               
                                        
This past week Ben and I attended another stage production of Shakespeare's masterpiece, Hamlet-- a timeless play that includes all the elements of a great thriller:  Greed, murder, corruption, revenge, bribery, madness and suicide. 

Amazingly enough, within the same week we have been witnessing the continuously unfolding modern-day story that seems to include all of the same elements--in our own food production industry:

The main cast:  Chemical and Bio-Technology Industries like Monsanto, Cargill, Syngenta, Dow, DuPont and Bayer and many other minor characters.

The plot:

Greed:  The desire to control the world's food supply.  Make money at any cost.  They even help pay for their own awards--like the prestigious World Food Prize:
http://www.naturalnews.com/041022_monsanto_world_food_prize_gmos.html

Murder:  Of plants, animals and perhaps even the humans that eat them.

Corruption:  Across the country, University scientists are funded by Bio-Tech Corporations  (e.g. $50 million to UC Berkeley)  Faulty science and outright lies are constantly fed to government leaders and the public.  Honest, independent scientific research is suppressed.

Revenge:  Any scientist who learns the truth and speaks out is systematically fired, publicly shamed and demonized.
 Arpad Pusztai Story:   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-smith/anniversary-of-a-whistleb_b_675817.html
 Gilles-Eric Saraleeni Story:  (gmoseralini.org)

Bribery:  Thousands of lobbyists from Big Oil, Big Chemical and Big Bio-Tech companies pay millions of dollars to buy power.  Even Big Food: Witness the recent Washington State lawsuit alleging that The Grocery Manufacturers Association Against GMO Labeling has been  laundering money to hide the names of participating donors:
http://buzz.naturalnews.com/001047-Grocery_Manufacturers_Association-I-522_campaign_contributors-GMO_labeling.html

Madness: Human health, the well-being of our planet and God's natural order of things, are totally ignored.

Suicide:  Monsanto's purposely withheld information to the Indian government led to the bankruptcy and subsequent suicides of over 250,000 Indian farmers.

This time it is not just a play.  We need to be wise consumers.  Check out the Non-GMO Shopping Guide:   http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com/shopping-guide.html
  
If we simply stand by as spectators and guinea pigs, I'm afraid that in the end it is we and Nature who will cry out with Hamlet:  In this harsh world draw thy breath in pain to tell my story.

Jeffrey M. Smith tells the story in the following documentary: 
Genetic Roulette:  The Gamble of Our Lives
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BYy6-K3OJk



Thursday, October 17, 2013


There is a Tide in the Affairs of Men

NOT IN MY HOME!  I am determined to have a clean-smelling house without harsh commercial products, the popularity of Tide, Clorox and Bounce notwithstanding!

We live in a toxic world, as evidenced by the following suggestions:
http://healthyliving.msn.com/health-wellness/12-household-toxins-you-should-banish-from-your-home#1

So here are some safe ideas that will make your home smell heavenly:

Orange TKO:  I use this for everything. It kills mold, fungus and bacteria. It comes with instructions for using in the kitchen, bath, laundry, on stains, as an air purifier and is even safe to use on houseplants.  Here's a laundry detergent recipe:
 
Mix 2 cups baking soda in a quart of water.  Add 1/4 cup Orange TKO Cleaner and shake well to mix.  Pour into a plastic gallon jug and fill with water.  Shake to mix before each use.  Add 1 cup per full load, to washing machine.

Castile Soap: You can make a liquid dishwasher soap with 1 cup Castile Liquid Soap, 1/2 cup water and 2-3 drops essential oils.  Shake well.  Use 2 tbsp per load.  Use 1/2 cup white vinegar only as a rinse aid.  You can also make an all-purpose household spray cleaner:  http://lisa.drbronner.com/?p=64  

Essential Oils:

Rich Honey and Essential Oils Bar Soap from Bees to Bubbles:  These soaps smell divine and are totally natural and safe:  Contact Tina at bees-to-bubbles@hotmail.com


Deodorant:

Laundry:  Put a few drops of essential oil in a bottle of unscented laundry detergent to add a fresh scent to the wash. The amount of oil you add will depend on the size of the bottle and your personal preference. Shake up the detergent and give it a sniff after every two or three drops.

Fabric softener: Stir 3-4 drops lemon, cinnamon or other essential oil into 1 cup white vinegar and add to the last rinse cycle.

Add 20-30 drops of essential oil to a gallon of white vinegar to make your own fabric softener. Shake it up. Add 1 cup of this vinegar to the last rinse cycle for large loads or ½ cup for small loads. Your laundry will be softer and smell fresher.

Sprinkle two or three drops of essential oil on a white cotton cloth and toss it into the dryer. Run the dryer on your usual heat setting.  Set the dryer to “no heat” after your clothes are dry. Run the dryer for an additional five minutes to set the smell in your clothes.

Wood Dryer Balls:
http://www.diynatural.com/how-to-make-wool-dryer-balls/

Dishwasher Rinse Aid: Mix 10-15 drops lemon, lavender or other essential oils to 1 cup of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide and fill your rinse aid dispenser.  Lasts about one month.

Dishwasher Soap:  Mix 1 cup borax and 1 cup washing soda.  Use 1-2 tsp. for each load.  For a lemony smell, add 1 or more tablespoons citric acid (like Fresh Fruit) to your mix.  For a scrubbing action, add 1/2 cup kosher salt.

Toilet:  I like to sprinkle 2-3 drops lemon essential oil in the bowl after each use.

For getting out the smell of paint and other VOC odors (in air and clothes):
http://www.ehow.com/how_5580887_remove-smell-paint-clothes.html

Monday, October 14, 2013

What a notion that medicine ever cured anyone!  Killed them, yes!  
(War and Peace (1869), Tolstoy)

The Prophetic Tolstoy 

Tolstoy had some strong opinions about the medical procedures of his day:

Though the doctors treated him, let his blood, and gave him medications to drink,
he nevertheless recovered.   (War and Peace (1869), Tolstoy)

One would think the situation would have improved in our day, but...maybe not:

According to the most recent (September, 2013) research1 into the cost of medical mistakes in terms of lives lost, 210,000 Americans are killed by preventable hospital errors each year.
When deaths related to diagnostic errors, errors of omission, and failure to follow guidelines are included, the number skyrockets to an estimated 440,000 preventable hospital deaths each year!
This is more than 4.5 times higher than 1999 estimates published by the Institute of Medicine (IOM),2 and makes medical errors the third-leading cause of death in the US, right after heart disease and cancer.

_http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/10/09/preventable-medical-errors.aspx?e_cid=20131009Z1_PRNL_art_1&utm_source=prmrnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20131009Z1
http://journals.lww.com/journalpatientsafety/Fulltext/2013/09000/A_New,_Evidence_based_Estimate_of_Patient_Harms.2.aspx 

Friday, October 4, 2013

I am the light and the life of the world.    (3 Ne. 9:18)





Living Water and The Light of Life

Gerald Pollack, PhD and a team of biologists at the University of Washington have been studying the characteristics of water.  They have identified, along with the well-known liquid, solid and vapor phases of water, a 4th phase, a highly structured form of water (H3O2) that constitutes the kind of water that is in 99% of the body's water molecules.  They have dubbed it E-Z (exclusion zone) water or living water and it creates cellular energy.  Also, light is the driver of flow.  Among other natural sources, this kind of life force is found in infrared light, spring water and freshly-pressed juices.
              http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/08/18/exclusion-zone-water.aspx

Another interesting thing about this living water is that the energy needed to build it is light!  Fascinating.  Brings to mind the Source of all water and light:

This is the light of Christ.  As also he is in the sun, and the light of the sun, and the power thereof by which it was made.  As also he is in the moon, and is the light of the moon, and the power thereof by which it was made; As also the light of the stars, and the power thereof by which they were made;  And the earth also, and the power thereof, even the earth upon which you stand.  And the light which shineth,which giveth you light, is through him who enlighteneth your eyes, which is the same light that quickeneth your understandings;  Which light proceedeth forth from the presence of God to fill the immensity of space--The light which is in all things, which giveth life to all things, which is the law by which all things are governed, even the power of God...                  
                                                                                                            (LDS Doctrine and Covenants 88:6-13)

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.       (Rev 21:6)

I am enlightened!







Wednesday, October 2, 2013


Choice and Accountability


With the freedom of choice...

I believe it is better to allow choice and options, to permit the dangers that go with liberty to exist. And to allow unfortunate outcomes to occur without intervention into individual lack of intelligence and irresponsibilities. The opposite is our current path--an attempt to regulate and control away all dangers. But this over control results in institutionalized violence and cruelty, inefficiency that is not checked or exposed by the bright light of a better way. As Churchill said: Democracy is the worst form of government there is--except for all the others. What he meant is that we must accept that this is an imperfect world. The best this planet can be is when it is at its freest, when restrictions are minimized and when people are allowed to make their own choices, be responsible for their own outcomes and experience the consequences of their own stupidities.

...comes the responsibility to learn:

If you have the independence to consider following an alternative medical program in a culture that highly values conformity and agreement, you are also going to have to defend your own course of self-determined action based on the best available data that you have. 


(Dr. Isabelle A. Moser and Steve Solomon: How and When to Be Your Own Doctor)

Thursday, August 22, 2013




 Trust in Tandem

A few years ago, we bought a tandem bicycle.  Ben has always been fond of cycling so I figured I could support him in this.  It seemed like a good idea at the time, but I soon learned that sitting on the back seat staring at Ben's broad shoulders was going to cause major anxiety attacks. With no view of the landscape or traffic ahead, I imagined myself in mortal danger behind a madman at the wheel who expected me to provide some additional momentum and just enjoy the ride!  Not likely.

Whilst holding on to stationary handle bars with no brakes and with pedals that insisted I rotate my feet at their speed, I quickly discovered that I had absolutely no control whatsoever!  Me?   With ingrained tendencies toward control-freakness and oldest-child-syndrome?   No control?

In sheer panic, I attempted to have some say by leaning from side to side as I felt inclined.  My small frame failing to have much effect, I then began verbally insisting that Ben warn me about things such as sudden changes in the terrain, when he wanted to turn or when he decided to change gears, but no.  Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely!   He kept saying, You just have to trust me. I wouldn't do anything to put us in danger.  Methinks:  Oh yeah, like the time we got the car stuck in the river in Provo Canyon?

After a few months of practice, Ben began to have some compassion on my nerves and I came to understand his body signals and realized that he was actually a fairly competent driver.  I relaxed and began to experience some exhilarating rides with the wind in my hair and my feet in the air! 

So last month, we put our finely-honed skills to the test.  We travelled to Northern Idaho and rode the Hiawatha Trail, a 16-mile bike ride over a remodeled train trestle that had once been used by miners to haul ore out of the mountains. 
En route we went through seven cold, barely-lit tunnels, one of which was two miles long!  Ben could see the tunnel lights ahead.  I was in total darkness!  Time to put trust to the test because I couldn't see a thing.  I just tried not to make any sudden moves or lose contact with my pedals.  As we approached the end of that tunnel, I breathed a sigh of relief and more fully appreciated the idiom, the light at the end of the tunnel! 


Again in the light, we sailed past other bikers, enjoying their envious looks and friendly comments and finished our ride flying high!


New axiom:  Trust liberates and absolute trust liberates absolutely.


Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Searching for Answers


I know they are out there--all the answers.  I keep searching and searching  but I am constantly amazed at how much I don't know.  Then one day I read The Walk by Richard Paul Evans.  It didn't have all the answers, but it had the answer.

A homeless man inquires:  In school, the teacher had the teacher book--the one that all the answers in it.  Why don't they just give the teacher book to the students?  Then they'd have all the answers.  Isn't that why they go to school?

The traveler responds:

You know, everywhere I go, I...keep looking for the teacher book.  I found it once you know.  I found it and started to read it, then I passed out before I could get all the answers.  I was on the ground, unconscious.  It was too much to know. 

Sigh....

Friday, May 31, 2013

Happy Father's Day...
 
TRADITION!
 
 

Just as our society seems to be teetering on the edge of disaster, I can't help but call to mind the words of Tevye in the movie Fiddler on the Roof:
 
  How do we keep our balance?  Tradition!
Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as a fiddler on the roof!
 
These authors would agree: 
 
Humankind has ridden a long way on the traditional family, with fathers providing the added resources that lifted mothers, families, and whole societies from meager subsistence toward innovation and abundance. Fatherhood has been the goose that laid the golden eggs, contributing the essential surplus that permitted one innovation after another.

By now, perhaps, we may have enough golden eggs stored up in our silos somewhere to sustain us for another decade or so. But do we really want to chance it? Do we really want to allow our culture to butcher the goose that laid all those golden eggs, and see if we might squeeze a few more individual rights and privileges out of the stupid goose? Are we willing to abandon our fundamentals while other nations catch up to us and sail on past?

The term "head of the family" is an honorary title and does not mean "omniscient sage" or "commander-in-chief."  Men are the providers and protectors.  Traditionally, the man was expected to commit himself to the support of his wife and children.  In return, so far as he upheld his responsibilities, he was honored as the head of the family.  See the trade-off?  In exchange for supporting his wife, doing what she and the children require of him, deferring to her when she is upset with him, and losing when he tries to argue against her, he was honored as the head of the family.
 
So long as we fail to recruit men into families, we face a lower quality of life for ourselves and we bequeath the same to our posterity. Would it be too presumptuous of us to suggest that we acknowledge the folly of our relationship revolution, reverse the tilt against men, support equal participation, and uphold our traditional families as a cherished heritage?
                                                                                           
                                                                                                       Opposites as Equals (2009)
                                                                                                               by Richard Driscoll, PhD
                                                                                                               and Nancy Ann Davis, PhD

To good fathers everywhere: A blessing on your heads!  Mazel tov! 

 

 



Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Candida Warrior Recipe.... 




For those of you who are scrambling to find a seasonal food for a healthy diet, this is it!  Breakfast, lunch or dinner, it's a meal in itself.  Yeah, I know rhubarb and strawberry combinations have been around for a long time, but it's the no-wheat, no-sugar, no-milk super-power crunch that makes the difference here.

The original came from one of my favorite web sites below:  Radiant Life 
As usual, I have tweaked it to my own liking:
 
STRAWBERRY RHUBARB CRUNCH
 
Chop up four stalks of rhubarb (about 2 cups) and 2 cups of strawberries.
Add zest of 1 lemon and juice of 1/2 lemon.  (Stir in 6 tablespoons xylitol or sprinkle powdered stevia extract to taste if you want it sweeter.) 
Mix and place into a 9x9 baking dish.

Place in a blender:
1 cup of sprouted nuts.  (Here's where I had fun.  I used a mixture of almonds, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds.  Then I threw in 2 scoops of Garden of Life Super Seed which includes: flax seed meal, whole chia seed, cinnamon and sprouts of amaranth, quinoa, millet, buckwheat, garbanzo bean, kidney bean, lentil, adzuki, flax, sunflower, pumpkin, chia, sesame.)

Add 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut to the nuts and chop briefly in your blender.

Mix together:
3 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
a sprinkle of stevia, opt.

Stir nuts, coconut, coconut oil, cinnamon and ginger together and spread over fruit mixture in pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
Serve warm or cold.
Top with coconut milk, opt.

 The Lord of the Manor and our favorite son named Matthew liked it.  (We have three favorite sons.)

I hope you like it too!


http://blog.radiantlifecatalog.com/bid/64759/Grain-Free-Strawberry-Rhubarb-Crumble-with-organic-coconut?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=8608203&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9QALMkLHV8HdvTl0m9KHK5bLOTSVsvm1j9LXJp9Es9tXbxgCgnVds7m-W6Oln3dIK_sRIi32wV9CqXeNYl9LZwONlr7A&_hsmi=8608203



Saturday, May 11, 2013

A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary. 
                                                               ~Dorothy Canfield
 
Moms Make a Difference....Eventually
 
Men often recognize the special gifts of women: 
 
I would my horse had the speed of your tongue.
(Bendick to Beatrice, Much Ado About Nothing)

Women sometimes recognize their own special gifts: 
 
Do you not know that I am a woman? When I think, I must speak.
(Rosalind, As You Like It)  
 
But more often than not, women rail against their own seeming inadequacies. In a recent television program one of the female characters, disappointed that she wasn't more effective in righting the criminal wrongs of the story, cried in desperation:  I'm just not enough!  And if I'm not enough then why should I keep trying?  Indeed, this is a sentiment that strikes home for most of us at one time or another.

Why keep trying?  Because we have to hope that sometime, somewhere we will make a difference...it just may not be readily obvious.  In fact, we may be dead before we know what that difference is, but does that really matter? 

My youthful selfish self says:  I want to know that I am enough right now!  But my seasoned grandmotherly self knows that even though my influence is not always immediately apparent--actually, mostly ignored--I shouldn't give up. 

One study shows that grandmothers can have a significant influence in families and may even help their families live longer.  Well, that's encouraging.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865565313/The-grandmother-hypothesis-Grandma-may-help-you-live-longer.html?pg=all

In another study, Dr. Daniel Amen, M.D. said:  Of 15,000 people signed up for my health project, 85% were women. When the women got better, their families got better.   It is women who will change the world.

I will have to take his word for it.  Would that my influence had the speed of my tongue!

Monday, May 6, 2013

Candida Warrior Recipe....

WATERMELON FRUIT CAKE


I have long been troubled about birthday cakes.  They seem to be one of the first comestibles that set children on the road to obesity and other ailments.  Not because of one cake, mind you, but because of the numerous sugar-laden cakes, cupcakes, brownies, cookies, doughnuts and candies that tempt us at every corner, nearly every day of our lives!  To quote a well-known phrase:  
Bet You Can't Eat One!
 
My daughter, Julie, found a perfect substitute and was kind enough to let me share her creation with you...

                                          
 
...and it received raving reviews from her kids! 

Source of inspiration:

http://www.thegfcflady.com/2010/06/05/better-than-birthday-cake/

Want some more clever ideas?  Take a look:

http://lesliekeegan.com/blog/2013/04/make-watermelon-cakes

http://www.simplifylivelove.com/2012/06/happy-birthday-fruit-cake-a-tutorial.html

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

In the news....


Magic Valley's Dubious Honor


I live in the banana belt of Idaho, Twin Falls and the surrounding farm communities known as the Magic Valley.  Our quiet, inauspicious environs have been noticed and mentioned in the New York Times Bestselling book, The Omnivore's Dilemma (Young Readers Edition, 2009) by award-winning journalist and food activist, Michael Pollan.

     Before I began working on this book, I never gave much thought to where my food came from....I didn't spend much time worrying about what I should and shouldn't eat.  Food came from the supermarket and as long as it tasted good, I ate it.

     Until, that is, I had the chance to peer behind the curtain of the modern American food chain.  This came in 1998....My reporting took me to the Magic Valley in Idaho, where most of the french fries you've ever eaten begin their life as Russet Burbank potatoes.  There I visited a farm like no farm I'd ever seen or imagined.

It was fifteen thousand acres, divided into 135-acre crop circles.  Each circle resembled the green face of a tremendous clock with a slowly rotating second hand.  That sweeping second hand was the irrigation machine, a pipe more than a thousand feet long that delivered a steady rain of water, fertilizer, and pesticide to the potato plants.  The whole farm was managed from a bank of computer monitors in a control room.  Sitting in that room, the farmer could, at the flick of a switch, douse his crops with water or whatever chemical he thought they needed.

One of these chemicals was a pesticide called Monitor, used to control bugs.  The chemical is so toxic to the nervous system that no one is allowed in the field for five days after it is sprayed.  Even if the irrigation machine breaks during that time, farmers won't send a worker out to fix it because the chemical is so dangerous.  They'd rather let that whole 135-acres crop of potatoes dry up and die.

That wasn't all.  During the growing season, some pesticides get inside the potato plant so that they will kill any bug that takes a bite.  But these pesticides mean people can't eat the potatoes while they're growing, either.  After the harvest, the potatoes are stored for six months in a gigantic shed.  Here the chemicals gradually fade until the potatoes are safe to eat.  Only then can they be turned into french fries.

That's how we grow potatoes?

I had no idea.

     
They say there's no such thing as bad publicity....hmm.... 

Welcome to Idaho.


Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Candida Warrior Recipe....

Kale Chips


Wash and pull leaves from stems of about 20 fresh stalks of kale. 
(Or buy a pound of pre-packaged kale.)

Blend in a food processor:
3/4 cup pumpkin seeds
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
4 tablespoons hemp seeds
1 tsp sea salt

Place seed mixture in a bowl (or blend briefly in a food processor)
Add 3 T olive oil and 3 T lemon juice.
Pour mixture over chopped kale and knead in with hands until the leaves are coated.
Spread on dehydrator sheets and dehydrate overnight at 105 degrees.
(Or use your oven on lowest possible temperature, alternately turning it on and off for 2-3 hours.)






Wednesday, April 10, 2013

The Vengeful Gardener



I have my minerals, my compost, my fish fertilizer and my shovel...and the sun is out!  

Now frantically looking to find seeds that would not support those mega-malefactors,  Monsanto/Seminis and their FrankenSeeds.

http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/the-four-steps-required-to-keep-monsanto-out-of-your-garden/

Well, ask and ye shall receive.  Here they are almost literally in my own backyard. Fred Meyer has Ed Hume seeds!  

I'm off to do my dirty work.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Can You See The Elephant?....

 

 
 In Search of Truth 

                                                                                                    

On a trip with my dad to Southern Utah, land of monumental rock formations, he pointed up to one of the majestic sandy red formations and asked, Can you see the elephant?   It took of bit of squinting and searching but I eventually saw the form of an elephant hidden in the face of the rock.  It was a magical moment.

So much of what we see in life is assumption--a rock is just a rock--but when we look carefully and focus on small details, we find hidden truths.

Finding our spiritual path can hold similar impediments:

It seems to be part of our nature as human beings to make assumptions...based on our incomplete and often misleading experience....(or) jumping to conclusions based on limited information.

When our own view of "truth" is challenged, we often jump to the conclusion that the other person is "misinformed, mentally challenged, or even intentionally trying to deceive."  The thing about truth is that it exists beyond belief.  It is true even if nobody believes it.

The invitation to trust the Lord does not relieve us from the responsibility to know for ourselves.  This is more than an opportunity; it is an obligation. 
                                                                                                 (President Dieter F. Uchdorf at a Jan. 2013 CES Fireside.)
 
Would this not also apply to the path to better physical health?

In The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan writes:

Ignorance is not bliss, at least not if you are a person who cares about the health of your body and your world.  It's always better to know more rather than less, even when that knowledge complicates your life.

Such knowledge may seem as large and obscure as the shape of an elephant in a rock but vastly more important to find.  

And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.
                                             (John 8:32)

 


 

Thursday, February 21, 2013

I didn't want to be right....

Psychiatric Meds linked to 90% of School Shootings

My daughter, Jen, just sent me this article from a source more credible than just my invisible suspicions:

http://www.wnd.com/2012/12/psych-meds-linked-to-90-of-school-shootings/#wiozSL61y8YP5TCr.99

Once again, I echo the query of the writer: 

Isn’t it about time to ban these dangerous drugs instead of guns before anymore innocent victims are murdered?

Updates:
3/11/13  Renton, WA/Boysen/Oxycontin
9/16/13  Aaron Alexis/Washington D.C./ Trazadone
From Natural News: http://www.naturalnews.com/045419_Elliot_Rodger_Xanax_psychiatric_drugs.html
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/06/19/how-our-touchy-feely-feminised-society-creates-young-male-killers/
July, 2016, Dallas Police Shootings:
http://www.naturalnews.com/054796_Gavin_Long_psychotropic_drugs_behavioral_changes.html

2017: Mandalay Bay Shooter on mind-altering drugs:
THE LIST:  See the PsychDrugShooters.com 


Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Candida Warrior Recipe....








COCONUT TRUFFLES

1/2 cup dried, shredded, unsweetened coconut
1/2 cup almond flour
3 tablespoons coconut oil, softened (If your oil is solid, place the jar in a bowl of warm water for a few minutes.)
1 tablespoon pure maple syrup (or substitute a scant 1/8 tsp powdered stevia extract according to the level you like.)
1/4 cup toasted pecan (or other nut) pieces, chopped very small (Large pieces of nuts will make it difficult to form the balls.)

Place first five ingredients into a bowl and stir with a wooden spoon until thoroughly combined and cohesive. With clean hands, form into small (about 1/2 ounce) balls, roughly the size of a large marble.  Place in fridge while you make the glaze.  Makes 9-10 balls.

GLAZE
 
3 T raw cacao powder
1 T coconut oil (gently melted)
 Add more coconut oil to thin. (For "milk chocolate" thin with coconut milk.)
1/8 tsp. powdered stevia extract (like KAL brand)
1 tsp vanilla

Mix thoroughly.  


One by one, drop the “truffles” into the melted chocolate and toss with a spoon until thoroughly coated. Set each coated truffle onto a sheet of waxed paper until chocolate is cooled and hardened.
Store truffles in refrigerator until ready to serve. 


Two more chocolate candy recipes below:


http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2012/01/15/three-ingredient-chocolate-bars-1/

http://www.beyondthepeel.net/2012/06/coconut-oil-chocolate-recipe.html


HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
 
 

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Candida Warrior....

Do you see, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? 
I intend to do battle with them and slay them.
                                               (Cervantes, Don Quixote)

To Fight the Unbeatable Foe
 
Dr. Sherry Rogers, M.D. of Syracuse, New York, (diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice, fellow of the American College of Allergists, Fellow of the American Association for Clinical Immunology and Allergy, and member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine), says: 

The Candida syndrome is spreading among the populace.  It's going to get worse, too, but conventionally practicing allergists don't believe so.  They think we environmental medicine specialists are "nuttier than fruitcakes" or are "quacks" and that our patients are hypochondriacs.

I just feel sorry for the individual candidiasis patient.  It's bad enough to suffer from a disease in which very few people understand what you've got--it's not taught in medical school and not published in standard peer-reviewed medical literature--but then when relatives, friends, neighbors or doctors don't believe you, the condition is even more difficult with which to cope.  Patients find that having the Candida syndrome is very lonely.

My invisible comrades-in-arms, remember:

It's up to brave hearts, sir, to be patient when things are going badly,
as well as being happy when they are going well.  
                                                                                                   (Cervantes, Don Quixote)

And maybe one day you will receive a note like I did from my daughter-in-law, Christina:

 I wondered back when you were so so so sick why you had to go through that. Now I know why. Your will to figure it out was so strong and you were so open to new information that most of us don't willingly seek out, most of us didn't even know there was another way. Now you are able to affect the next generation and who knows how many not in your family! I feel fortunate to be able to go to you with questions and it feels good knowing we are not merely victims of our health and have more control than I used to think. So thank you so much for helping me and my family. We would not be where we are without you!

There will be those who give you the courage to keep up the fight.

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Candida Warrior Recipes...
 
The Bread of Life....
                                      ....the answer to mycotoxins
 
In a nutshell, the U.S. Government says:
 
Molds and their mycotoxins are extremely common in foods.
These secondary metabolites can enter the food chain in the field, during storage or at later points.
They are the most important chronic dietary risk factor, higher than synthetic contaminants, plant toxins, food additives or pesticide residues.
Contaminants are sometimes diverted into animal feed and produce contaminated meat and milk.
Many mycotoxins survive processing into flours and meals and may not be detectable without special assay equipment.
They can cause carcinogenicity, inhibition of protein synthesis, immunosuppresion, dermal irritation and other metabolic perturbations.
Their connection to disease is difficult to prove, nevertheless, there is sufficient evidence from animal models and human epidemiological data to conclude that mycotoxins pose an important danger to human and animal health....the incidence of mycotoxins may be more common than suspected.
They are continuing research to determine a safe dose.
                                                         http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC164220/

Use 100 percent organic, raw, minimally-processed foods.  Avoid commonly-stored and contaminated grains like wheat and corn and try this recipe:
 
 
ALMOND BREAD
 
Mix together:
3 cups almond flour
1 1/2 cups arrowroot powder
1/2 cup golden flaxseed meal  (grind 6 T. whole flaxseed)
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp baking soda
 
Blend 8 eggs in blender until frothy.
Add:
2 tsp honey or 1/4 tsp stevia powdered extract
2 tsp raw apple cider vinegar
 
Mix egg mixture with dry ingredients and mix well.
Pour into a 9" x 4" well-greased loaf pan.
 
Bake a 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes.  Cool.
Wrap in a paper towel, place inside a plastic bag and store in refrigerator.

(It's a bit heavy, so don't eat too much at a time.  Not like white fluff!)