True “Health” Freedom Petition

Dear NaturalNews readers, This may be the most important email I’ve ever sent you. Today, we’ve launched the much-anticipated Health Revolution Petition at www.HealthRevolutionPetition.org This petition is a groundbreaking new petition that calls for real, revolutionary health freedom reforms in America! If its provisions are enacted, it would: * End FDA tyranny and oppression of natural product companies

* End the persecution of alternative medicine and healing arts practitioners

* Ban GMOs in the food supply and require honest labeling of irradiated foods

* Protect America from CODEX “harmonization”

* Allow full income tax deductions for ALL health-related expenditures (herbs, supplements, gym memberships, etc.)

* Provide $350 a month in health care credits to each U.S. resident, allowing them to spend it on the health-enhancing products and services of their choice

* End mandatory vaccination policies across America

* Restore honest science to the FDA’s review of drugs

* Require the open publication of all drug trials

* End Big Pharma’s bribery of doctors

* Hold drug company CEO’s criminally liable for the harm caused by drugs they advertise to consumers

* Restrict the advertising of junk foods and soda pop to children

* Ban man-made, non-natural chemicals in personal care products

* Invest in disease prevention and consumer education about nutrition

* Protect the environment from dangerous drugs that pollute the water supply … and more. If you believe in these things, and you are a resident or citizen of the USA, then please sign this petition right now at
http://www.HealthRevolutionPetition.org/index.html?ID=1661

Is Artificial Sweetener Poisoning You?

Aspartame, more commonly known as NutraSweet or Equal, is one of the most toxic substances being consumed today. The artificial sweetener, currently used in over 4,000 products worldwide, entertains a sordid past and has been one of the most tested and debated food additives in the history of the FDA. While the manufacturer maintains that aspartame is not a danger to your health, the scientific studies don’t necessarily agree. The FDA has approved the product for mass consumption, in spite of overwhelming evidence that aspartame can have neurotoxic, metabolic, allergenic and carcinogenic effects. When you question how such a substance has not been banned, one simply needs to look at the billions of dollars generated by the sale of aspartame each year. In light of the staggering number of dollar signs involved, it’s easy to see that the artificial sweetener industry has reached Big Tobacco status. With so much money at stake, the truth suffers almost as much as the health of the consumers, while the shareholders’ wealth continues to grow exponentially.

The Ingredients

In 1965, James Schlatter, a chemist for G.D. Searle, was developing an anti-ulcer drug when he accidentally stumbled upon aspartame. Made up of aspartic acid (40%), phenylalanine (50%) and methanol (10%), aspartame is 200 times sweeter than natural sugar.

Aspartic Acid

Aspartate is a neurotransmitter in the brain, facilitating information from one neuron to another. Too much aspartate allows an influx of calcium into the brain cells, triggering an excessive amount of free radicals which kill the cells. Aspartate is referred to as an “excitotoxin” because of the nerve cell damage that it causes. Many chronic illnesses have been attributed to long term excitotoxin exposure, including multiple sclerosis, ALS, memory loss, hormonal problems, hearing loss, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, hypoglycemia, dementia, brain lesions and neuroendocrine disorders.

In 1971, Dr. John Olney, neuroscientist and one of the world’s foremost experts on excitotoxins, informed G.D. Searle that his research had revealed that aspartic acid caused holes in the brains of mice. Searle did not inform the FDA of these findings until after aspartame’s approval in 1981. This would prove to be one event in a startling pattern of lies and deception.

Phenylalanine

Phenylalanine is an amino acid normally found in the brain. Human testing has shown phenylalanine levels in the blood are increased significantly in those who chronically use aspartame. Excessive levels of phenylalanine in the brain can cause the levels of serotonin to decrease, which can lead to depression, schizophrenia and make one more susceptible to seizures.

Studies conducted on rats by G.D. Searle found phenylalanine to be safe for humans. However, Louis J. Elsas, II, M.D., Director of Medical Genetics and Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine told the U.S. Senate in 1987 that, “Normal humans do not metabolize phenylalanine as efficiently as do lower species such as rodents and thus most of the previous studies on aspartame effects on rodents are irrelevant.” Unfortunately, this fell on deaf ears and failed to garner additional testing.

Methanol

By far, the most controversial ingredient in aspartame is methanol (aka wood alcohol). An EPA assessment of methanol states that it is “considered a cumulative poison due to the low rate of excretion once it is absorbed. In the body, methanol is oxidated to formaldehyde and formic acid; both of these metabolites are toxic.” This oxidation occurs when methanol reaches 86 degrees F (30 degrees C).

Formaldehyde

A product broken down from aspartate is a known carcinogen and causes retinal damage, birth defects and interferes with DNA replications. The EPA recommends a consumption limit of 7.8 mg/day. A 1 Liter aspartame sweetened beverage contains about 56 mg of methanol, seven times the EPA limit. The most common maladies related to methanol poisoning are vision problems including misty vision, progressive contraction of visual fields, blurring of vision, obscuration of vision, retinal damage and blindness.

Source: www.naturalnews.com

The Intentional Dumbing Down

Knowledge is power…if you know then you can do something about it.

Sweet Carrot Cabbage Salad

This was a really nice salad.

5-6 fine crated carrots

1/2 head crated cabbage

1 crated apple

1/2 C. raisins

2 oranges juiced

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Banana cream sauce

1/3 banana

1/3 C. cashews

3/4 C. water

optional- a little honey or agave if needed

(In blender Combine and blend until smooth)

Add to carrot/cabbage mixure and stir & eat

Interesting Info on ‘Agave’…what do you think?

I would have to put my vote in for the raw honey and grade B or C maple syrup is pretty good stuff even though I haven’t had any for at least a year or so.

If You Are Thinking or Trying to Eat Raw…Listen To This

This is an interview with Dr. Jameth Sheridan ND. This will give you some great food for thought.

The Raw Food diet is not just about eating Raw, but more about optimal health.

This interview is only available for a short time. It is worth listening to.

Enjoy-

‘Click Here’

http://www.renegaderoundtable.com/jameth/access.html

Michael Franti and Spearhead : Hey World (Don’t Give Up)

Very nice video!

My Uncensored Opinion of Flu Shots -By Roger Haeske

November 18, 2008

My Uncensored Opinion of Flu Shots

I stay away from them like the plague. Why would I want to inject antifreeze, mercury, aluminum, formaldehyde, carbolic acid, chicken embryo and supposed flu virus into my body?
Did you know the amount of mercury in just one flu shot is significantly over the recommended “safe dosage” level of mercury? As far as I’m concerned any mercury is too much mercury. Why would I purposely inject myself with multiple poisons? This is the height of idiocy.
Did you also know that there has been no “legitimate” study to actually prove that the flu shot actually prevents the flu or decreases mortality. Most flu reported deaths are actually death from pneumonia anyway.
And you won’t get pneumonia either if you eat an Optimal Raw Food Diet.
About five years ago my grandmother was considering taking the flu shot. I warned her and my grandfather of the dangers of taking the shot. But she bowed down to the pressure to take it from her doctor and friends.
Next day she had bronchitis. Now she doesn’t take flu shots anymore.
On my forum at HowToGoRaw.com this issue about taking a flu shot came up from one of our members who happens to be 100% raw. In any case, one of the other members mentioned that his wife and child took the flu vaccine and both got the flu and yet he didn’t take it and didn’t get the flu.
Surprising Candor in this Interview with a Flu Vaccine Manufacturer

If I Were Masochistic
If I wanted to get the flu and do neurological damage to my brain and possibly develop Guillain-Barré syndrome then I’d definitely be up for taking the flu shot. But since I’m very happy and not masochistic or suicidal I don’t plan on taking it any time soon.
How about Chet Day? He’s a prominent health educator (though I think he could improve his results with a 100% raw vegan diet) and I read many years ago what happened to his wife after taking the flu shot. First, she immediately got the worst flu of her life. Second, as a result of taking the flu shot, she didn’t spend more than 3 hours out of bed at a time for ten years. The flu shot gave her Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
That’s right: She was mostly bed ridden for TEN YEARS.
People please realize these flu vaccines (like all the other vaccines) are another scam from the people who are proudly bringing you the New World Order. Just about the only time I’ve been mildly sick during my time being 100% raw was when I was stupid enough to get a tetanus shot when I was getting 18 stitches for a cut I made on myself with a knife.
Sure enough the next day I had mild cold symptoms that lasted a week. When I later found out what was in that tetanus shot I was really pissed at myself for having fallen for it.
Just thinking about it now enrages me. I was taken advantage of by the drug cartel who wants to make me sick and make me pay them for the right to get sick.
But best I drop that anger and get back to the message.
The only other time I had a “healing crisis” (Natural Hygiene slang for a cold) is when I ate a ton of raw dehydrated pizza crackers on a road trip to Delaware. My body reacted to those as if I had eaten real or cooked crackers.
Flu Shot Comedy Video – See What Goes Into the Flu Shot

If you eat an Optimal and 100% Raw Food Diet, get enough sleep and take care of your health you’ll have very little chance of getting the flu. I have not had it since I’ve been 100% raw.
I know of several Raw Foodists who lived with other people who eat cooked food and who get sick but the raw foodist never gets sick. There was even this one guy Ralph who asked his sick parents to sneeze on him or (his food) somehow he made darn sure he had their germs or virus or whatever the heck those little buggers are.
And of course, he was perfectly fine. He made numerous attempts to catch what they had but he was completely immune. I used to teach tennis and I had plenty of students sneezing on me and I never got sick as a result. I taught a lot of kids but flu season came around and I was perfectly fine every year.
Yet I used to get the flu just about every year and certainly I got several colds per year.
Must Be 100% Raw To Be Immune
But realize one thing. If you’re still eating some cooked food, you don’t have immunity to colds and flu’s. The best protection is being 100% raw. An 80% raw diet is not good enough, you’ll still be creating the filthy internal environment in which colds and flu’s thrive.
To enjoy Superbeing level benefits, you must be 100% raw. Only when you’re 100% raw will you start to get the over 40 life-improving and Superbeing unleashing benefits.
The Mucusless Diet Healing System
You want to avoid the Mucus Forming foods, which most cooked foods are. Arnold Ehret wrote a classic book which shows the true cause of colds and flu’s, which of course is the consumption of mucus forming foods.
Basically it goes like this:
Let’s say its garbage pickup day but you don’t have any garbage to put out on the curb. If there’s no garbage to pick up, the garbage man (germs) will not come to your house (your body). Or you can only get sick if there are excess toxins and therefore mucus on which the germs, etc. can feed on. They won’t attack healthy and clean cells.
It’s not the germs or virus which causes the flu it’s a toxic inner environment to which they are attracted.
If the virus (not even a living organism but that’s a story for another day) was the cause then everyone who was exposed to the flu would get it. But why is it that people who go raw, rarely if ever get the flu or colds for that matter? Heck some people even if they aren’t raw don’t get the flu even when they are surrounded by others who have it.
It’s because the virus is not the causative factor but inner filth is.
So get your body clean as a pure mountain stream by going 100% raw.
http://HowToGoRaw.com
When you do so you’ll almost certainly never get the flu again. Of course, you’ll likely heal many other so-called old age sicknesses as well like arthritis and premature wrinkles.
In fact, going 100% raw is the sure way to unleash the Superbeing inside of you. Come and join us who are in the 100% raw club for the most exciting life imaginable.
Don’t you want to have an Adult-Brain in a Teenage-Body? Why grow old, fat and crippled? Why have a boring and ho hum life? When you go raw, every cell in your body awakens and gives you pleasure. Each cell radiates light, happiness, strength and well-being.
Raw fruits are loaded with light and happiness. It’s literally like eating sunshine and then that sunshine glows from within and opens up your spiritual attunement like nothing else.
http://HowToGoRaw.com
To Your Radiant Health and Happiness,
Roger Haeske
The 41-Year-Old Teenager
P.S. Can You Find The Raw Food  Diet Success Secrets Hidden In This Letter?
http://www.ThinkandGoRaw.com/book.htm
P.P.S. Unlock The Secrets That Crush Cooked Food Addiction In Just 5-Minutes A Day
http://www.raw.rogerhaeske.com

More on Spirulina

If we compare the naturally occurring nutrients of Spirulina to those of mass-produced genetically-modified cereals of today, Spirulina puts man-made cereals to shame. Ounce for ounce, Spirulina has three times the protein of soy, 58 times the iron of spinach, 26 times the vitamin b12 of beefliver, and is the richest known source of betacarotene. I am not a Spirulina salesperson, but this algae is a great secret to know about if you are contemplating adding a supplement to your diet. Spirulina is also particularly good for vegetarians or for people contemplating vegetarianism because it is packed with all the nutritious properties that people think they would lack if they eliminated meat from their diet.

Spirulina is an algae grown in water and gains its nutrients from the sun. The life force of Spirulina is chlorophyll. Chlorophyll absorbs the sun’s nutrients which powers the plant’s life. When humans ingest chlorophyll, it enriches and oxygenates the blood. It is often called “green blood” because this form of chorophyll is almost identical to human blood, except that its center is magnesium instead of iron. When chlorophyll is consumed, our bodies can replace the magnesium with iron, thus strengthening our own blood supply. Chlorophyll has also been shown to heighten the efficiency of all the organs and tissues of the body.

Chlorophyll isn’t the only important component. Spirulina is 70% protein – a complete protein containing all essential amino acids. Studies have shown that people transitioning from omnivorous diets to vegetarianism or veganism can benefit from the protein in Spirulina to ease the change (though it’s not necessary).

The vitamins and minerals in Spirulina are also worth mentioning. Vitamin B12, a rarity in the vegetable kingdom, is plentiful in and easily derived from blue-green algae. Beta-carotene (vitamin A), vitamin E, B1, B2, B6, folic acid, biotin, choline, pantothenic acid, are also contained in spirulina. The largest concentrations are vitamin A and E.

The minerals found in Spirulina are boron, cobalt, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, calcium, phosphorous, potassium, sodium, and zinc, the largest concentrations being iron and magnesium. It also contains DNA and RNA, both increase cell turnover and slow aging. Essential fatty acids (EFA’s) which reduce the cholesterol in the blood, comprise Spirulina’s cell walls. EFAs are a vital part of our diet because the body can not manufacture them on it’s own.

In Japan, Spirulina has been used therapeutically for people who have diabetes and liver problems, fatigue, anemia, pancreatitis and many other diseases. Dr. Robert Marion, an expert in the field of nutritional medicine, says that there are only benefits to consuming Spirulina, no drawbacks. In his 30 years of experience, he has seen such benefits in his patients as shinier hair, glowing complexion, and an increased vitality. The standard dosage is 10 grams. For people who have health problems it is recommended that they double this amount.

By Shauna Burton

Spirulina…I love it

5 Foods That Can Add Years to Your Life

Try to make the following foods a part of your daily diet:

1. Spirulina (blue-green algae) Spirulina contains not only the antioxidant phycocyanin but also a bundle of protein, plus omega fatty acids. Once a mainstay food of the Aztecs, spirulina additionally works as an ibuprofenlike nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory. Add one teaspoon to one tablespoon of spirulina a day to smoothies or yogurt, or take it in capsule form. Caution: for some people, spirulina can be overstimulating (kind of like too much coffee), so experiment to find the right balance.

Best price for one of the best Spirulina on the market

2. Cranberries, blueberries, blackberries These are jam-packed with antioxidants called anthocyanins and polyphenols, which also have anti-inflammatory qualities. Try to work in a cup of berries a day.

3. Leafy greens (such as kale or spinach) They’re full of lutein, another super-antioxidant; it’s been proven to protect against macular degeneration of the optic nerves, thus protecting eyesight. Scientists recommend eating a cup of cooked kale or one to two cups of raw spinach each day.

4. Almonds and walnuts These nuts are a fantastic source of omega-6 fatty acids, as well as phytosterols (plant sterols) and vitamin E (tocopherols). People who regularly consume nuts tend to have both a lowered risk of Parkinson’s and lower cholesterol. Try to eat a quarter cup of these nuts a day whenever you can.

5. Flaxseed It contains fiber and omega-3 fatty acids that help to clear plaque and bad fats from the cardiovascular system. The fiber also protects against colon cancer. For best results, buy flaxseed ground (or grind it yourself) and throw one teaspoon to one tablespoon a day into everything from meat loaf to muffins.