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Dr. Blaylock on swine flu vaccinations

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Updates on two vaccines

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New swine flu links

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Swine flu links

Swine flu vaccine link to killer nerve disease - Daily Mail
Rising concerns over safety of swine flu vaccine - Digital Journal
Many health workers will not take the swine flu vaccine - Dr. Mercola (What do they know that you don't know?)
Makers of swine flu vaccine refuse to take it - television interview, Youtube
What should you do if forced to take the swine flu vaccine? - Dr. Mercola

You can protect yourself from the flu without vaccines! Eliminate sugar from your diet; take an omega-3 fatty acid supplement; exercise; get enough vitamin D - sunshine!; get enough sleep; deal with stress; and wash your hands!

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Vaccine freedom without incarceration

Does everyone know by now that the Swine Flu vaccine is potentially harmful, as it contains squalene, the same substance that is theorized is the culprit in Gulf War Syndrome?

Dr. Mercola advises we can substantially reduce our risk of contracting the flu by:

• Eliminate sugar and processed foods from your diet. Sugar consumption has an immediate, debilitating effect on your immune system.
• Take a high quality source of animal-based omega 3 fats like Krill Oil. (I will not take Krill Oil, as its source is shellfish, which is unhealthy for humans to consume. Fish Oil would be better.)
• Exercise. Your immune system needs good circulation in order to perform at its best for you.
• Optimize your vitamin D levels. Vitamin D deficiency is the likely cause of seasonal flu viruses. Getting an optimal level of vitamin D will help you fight infections of all kinds.
• Get plenty of good quality sleep.
• Deal with stress effectively. If you feel overwhelmed by stress, your body will not have the reserves it needs to fight infection.
• Wash your hands. But not with an antibacterial soap. Use a pure, chemical-free soap.

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the essential first aid cabinet

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The comments are the best part

I found such an interesting article on Dr. Mercola's site about the benefits of detoxification and fasting. He recommends detoxing, but not fasting. Hey, the Lord recommends fasting once in a while, so I think the One who knows the owner's manual inside and out is right about that one. Sorry Dr. Mercola!

But what I found fascinating (as usual) are the comments which follow the article. The benefits of fasting are well explained and documented. The bottom line of the comments (not Dr. Mercola's advice) is that fasting done with the proper preparation can help cleanse and heal the body. The proper preparation includes seven days of a controlled diet to get off the sugar and white carbs roller coaster. Hey, that is Dr. Gittleman's plan! And then a juice fast with lemon on the days of no food to help the liver detox. Also Dr. Gittleman!

And I learned a few things from reading the comments: 1) the juice of 1/2 lemon in water first thing in the morning helps banish constipation; 2) a sensible diet high in oats and yogurt helps heal leaky gut (often caused by a yeast overgrowth, often caused by antibiotic use).

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Terrain is everything

I was thinking about the swine flu epidemic, specifically, how there is some evidence that this particular strain of the flu bug has been genetically engineered, containing parts of the swine flu, human flu, and avian flu. Evil men will continue playing God in this way to try to achieve their ends (which is what? Population control? Some leftists and new age earth worshippers believe it is the people who are the "disease" on the planet, contrary to the Lord's command in Scripture at the creation of mankind) until they succeed. So in the new 1984 that we live in, what can we do to protect ourselves and our families?

I didn't realize until recently that Louis Pasteur, the notable 19th century French chemist and microbiologist (and Bible- believing Creationist) best known for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and prevention of disease, RECANTED his germ theory of disease at his deathbed, stating,

"The microbe is nothing. The terrain is everything."

What does he mean by that? Simply, that microbes can only grow in the proper medium. They require a favorable environment. All of us are constantly being bombarded by microbes daily. Why aren't we daily coming down with devastating illnesses? Because those microbes can only begin to multiply if the conditions are right.

It is no wonder that the good bugs which inhabit our intestines and provide innumerable benefits to our digestive and immune systems, and the bad bugs such as swine flu, which cause us to get sick, require a different set, an opposite set of conditions to thrive. It stands to reason, that if we encourage the terrain necessary for the good bugs, we will discourage the terrain necessary for the bad bugs, and vice versa. Just by nourishing our inner terrain rightly, we can make ourselves and our families "immune" to the swine flu or any other pathogen which might come down the pike.

Here is the best article I have read on cultivating the proper terrain. (DETOX!) I have used the information in this article to heal myself from pneumonia without antibiotics or other drugs. Here is another article on another therapy designed to nourish the proper terrain. I have tried the first and not the second, so I can't comment on the second. The testimonials are compelling, though. And if we were to put together a few things to prepare for emergencies or a disaster, knowledge like this could prove to be a life- saver.

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On swine flu

When I wrote this post on flu and flu shots recently, I had no idea a swine flu epidemic was right around the corner. Following that advice will help you avoid catching the swine flu too, just as it will help guard against any other kind of flu. Get outdoors every day while the threat is still on (thank you God that it is spring)! One researcher has theorized that the flu is nothing more than a symptom of vitamin D deficiency. Dr. Mercola has posted his excellent knowledge and advice about the swine flu, and Health Sciences Institute has also written succinctly on the subject.

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Gardasil vaccine update

Remember Gardasil, the so- called cervical cancer vaccine? Merck, its manufacturer, wanted to have it made a mandatory vaccination for every nine- year- old girl, in order to attend school. 32 girls have died from the Gardasil vaccination.

Did you know that the Gardasil vaccine contains a substance known to cause infertility in mice? That one of its components is sodium borate, better known as roach poison? The National Institutes of Health said of sodium borate in 2005, that it "is now known to be a dangerous poison, it is no longer commonly used in medical preparations.” And yet despite all this, the FDA gave Gardasil the stamp of approval in 2006. Why? MANDATORY VACCINATIONS ARE CASH COWS, that's why. The love of money is the root of all evil.

Because of the deaths, and other problems with the Gardasil vaccine, Merck has finally stopped pushing for mandatoy vaccinations. Yay! But you may notice that they are aggressively marketing Gardasil for voluntary vaccination. I see several commercials each week for the Gardasil vaccine, and we don't watch that much TV. Don't be suckered in.

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My msg migraine story

I have been doing a liver detox lately. When I do, there are certain foods I must get in my diet every day, as well as certain foods I must avoid. One of the musts is foods that help heal your liver, such as asparagus, beets, celery, dandelion root tea, or whey. Another must is raw high fiber fruits and vegetables, such as berries, apples or pears, or carrots. So I often make a yogurt fruit smoothie for a snack, on and off detox. Here's what you do:

2/3-1 c plain lowfat yogurt
1 c frozen fruit (I use berries during detox)
1 pkt Stevia (to keep it sugar free)
1 dash vanilla extract (for yumminess)

Blend it all together in the blender. Yum! High fiber must haves in, sugar and processed chemicals out, and probiotics to boot - a win win! Whey is a liver healer, and I purchased some whey protein powder from my local health food store, to add to my smoothies to get even more must haves in. I read the ingredient label very carefully, to make sure I was getting nothing with sugar, high fructose corn syrup, chemicals or additives, or any other bad thing. So I have been making yogurt fruit smoothies all week with a scoop of whey powder, but I have been suffering from terrible migraines and could not figure out why. I thought at first it was a detox reaction (headaches can happen in the beginning of a detox) but it has been over a week now and I shouldn't still be having them.

Then Dr. Mercola sent this article to my inbox - hidden MSG in foods. I almost didn't read it, because I know all about the sneaky ways food manufacturers sneak MSG into our food under misleading names. But I am glad I did! For some reason, I read "whey" in this article the first time around, and that led me to go look at my whey powder ingredient label again. I am so glad I did - whey protein powder yields 18-19% glutamic acid - that is the main ingredient in MSG! No wonder I have been having such blinding migraines all week. No more whey protein for me.

Now this is the strange thing about all this: when I reread Dr. Mercola's article this morning, to prepare for this blog post, I could not find the word "whey" in it anywhere! Sometimes I wonder if the Lord helps me "see" things which He knows will lead me on the trail to the answer. I don't have another explanation - I had no reason to go examine the whey protein powder label other than this article!

So here is the moral of the story: in Dr. Mercola's article, he says that if you stick to a whole and fresh foods diet, you can avoid MSG and its alter identities. I am eating a whole and fresh foods diet! When he says whole and fresh foods, he means nothing processed at all, not even something that is supposed to be good for you! So be warned, even things from the heath food store can negatively impact your health.

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The case for healthy bowels

Okay, I will probably get no comments for this post ... the title alone will send people screaming from the blog, LOL. But The Case for Healthy Bowels by Dr. Mercola is one of the best articles I have ever read that summarizes what is known about the balance of good bacteria vs. bad bacteria in the human digestive tract. What was surprising for me to learn, was that probiotics are now being used by some doctors to treat seemingly unrelated disorders ... like autism or excema. And what is an even bigger bonus, are the 10 pages (!!) of comments that follow the article ... people who have suffered with Crohn's , IBS, heartburn, food allergies, you name it, weighing in on what they have learned to reduce their symptoms and heal themselves without prescriptions. I am still reading, LOL. This article is a keeper, and will reinforce your resolve to JUST SAY NO! to drugs ... of the prescribed kind.

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Liver detox

I am doing my annual liver detox this week - it is the week of Unleavened Bread, so I am already not eating much white flour -- a built in excuse to skip gluten right there. The detox is easy in the spring, because of the abundance of fresh greens, asparagus, strawberries, and other necessary foods. Follow the links at the end of each post for the full instructions. I always feel so much better after a detox - I am really looking forward to next week and the boost in my energy level!

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HFCS in ice cream

I promised I would follow up on high fructose corn syrup in ice cream shop ice cream, and this is what I have found out:

Dairy Queen: contains sugar and corn syrup.

Cold Stone Creamery: Sweet Cream Ice Cream is a base for most of their flavors. It contains sugar and corn syrup. Chocolate Ice Cream is the base for their chocolate flavors. It contains sugar. Those are the safest flavors. Some of the additions to their flavors (fudge swirl, cinnamon bun, cake batter) do contain HFCS, and many of the candy and cookie add ins also contain HFCS.

Baskin Robbins: many of the flavors have only sugar and corn syrup, but some of them have HFCS.

Ben & Jerry's: an ingredient list was not available on their website; but I imagine it is the same as the ingredients on their pints in the grocery store.

Next I am going to have to look into coffee flavorings that Starbucks uses ...

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