- Posted by Kevin Brown on November 23, 2009
Thanksgiving, the very American holiday which was developed to give thanks
to God for all his many blessings is still observed today in the United States
but has developed into a much different event. Today, most of the so called
'Holiday', which is short for 'Holy Day', is spent focused on food, family and
football. In spite of this, many in America do give thanks to God on
Thanksgiving, and for some, it is the only time of the year that they give
thanks at all.
The Liberation Diet Book and our adjoining Liberation Wellness movement
encourages giving thanks at every meal. If we eat less often, eating becomes
more special, and we hope to some more spiritual. It is a reminder that God is faithfully
feeding us and providing for us every day of our lives, and bringing this fact
into mind is very healthy indeed. God Himself in the Bible emphasizes giving
thanks when we eat to sanctify the meal.
As the economy in America gets worse and worse, we should start appreciating
more and more the food, clothing and shelter that we have received continually,
and we can be thankful for this economic downturn as well, as we realize how
dependent we are on Him and His kindness every day.
Give thanks at every meal, and you will soon discover you have an integrated
opportunity to pray in our busy life, stress is reduced, and health is
improved. Gods’ recommendations involving food are always right, and giving thanks
at every meal is just one way to improve the quality of your life!
- Posted by Kevin Brown on November 22, 2009
The Blockbuster movie 2012 is a huge hit in theaters, and when you think
about the behaviour of mankind in these days, as millions are destroyed from a
food, medical and government three-headed monster that promotes toxic food and remedies
that create more disease, when we think about the millions of babies murdered
for convenience, we can have some inkling that judgment day is not too far
away. Here is a story from a Jamaican newspaper about a real end-time scenario...
WORLD WILL END IN 2011? - US church group
predicts judgment -
Jamaicans not convinced If we are to believe the words of Family Radio, a
non-profit organization based in California in the United States, the world as
we know it will come to an end May 21, 2011. The non-denomination Christian
organisation with its headquarters in Oakland, California, has been making a
worldwide effort to warn people that the coming of Christ is closer than they
may think. Representatives from the organisation recently visited the island
handing out tracts, warning of the impending disaster which is to befall the
earth in 2011. Read
the rest of story here...
- Posted by Sadiqua on November 19, 2009
Understanding Fats
Loving fat is easy for me now, but it didn’t start out that way.
In my younger days, I consciously chose low fat items over its fattier competitors. My choices were based on numbers (quantity) rather than content (quality). It turns out, low-fat is full of itself.
Jeff Novick, MS, RD, of the McDougall Program destroys the myth that the US ever went on a "low fat" diet. As a former account manager at Kraft Foods, he blows the lid off the deceptive tricks corporate food companies use in order to make (false) claims that their foods are "healthy" or "low-fat."
This is an excerpt from Novick's full 80-minute talk at the VegSource 2007 Healthy Lifestyle Expo, which is one of a 12-part series of top health expert presentations. In his fascinating and entertaining presentation, Novick reveals the intentional label deceptions nearly every food company employs, and shows you "how they do that."
http://www.therealfoodchannel.com/page/34.html
Fats Don't Make You Fat
The wrong types of fats contribute to obesity, but it's a generalization to say that fats make you fat. It’s important to understand differences in fats, which ones to include in your diet and which ones to cut out.
The nominees for “Best Source of Fat from a Tree” are: avocados, olives, coconuts, and nuts (almond, walnut, macadamia, cashew, brazil, pistachios).
AVOCADOS
Avocados have endured a bad reputation for being full of fat. It’s true that one medium sized avocado has 30 grams of fat, enough to put it on the avocaDON’T list. However, it is mainly mono-saturated fat, which is the heart-healthy kind of fat you want. They are also loaded with fiber, vitamins B6, C, and E, potassium, magnesium and folate. In fact, they contain 60% more potassium than bananas. Cholesterol and sodium free, this fruit is high in calories and should be consumed in moderation (1/2 avocado a day). I personally have a hard time keeping them out of my meals because they taste so good, especially in salads.
OLIVES
When I was younger, olives and olive oil were frequently spotted on the table during meals. By frequently, I mean
99.9% of the time. It was normal to see a side of olives no matter what my mom made that day -- lasagna, cabbage rolls, stuffed grape leaves, burgers or egg rolls. My brothers and I thought it was odd to have olives with egg rolls, but my dad always noticed that the zaytoun were missing (zaytoun is the Arabic word for olives). He would ask, "Where's the zaytoun?" To which my mom would add, "Didn't I tell you kids to put some olives on the table?"
It seemed that we had an unlimited supply of olives and olive oil -- and my parents were especially thrilled to receive their yearly shipment of freshly pressed olive oil from my grandparents, who lived in the Palestinian village of Biteen (pronounced Bait-een). This came shortly after the mid October harvest, the time when olives are ripe in the Middle East.
I did not know the full benefits of olive oil, except for the simple explanation my dad gave me, "It's good for your heart."
That was the short version. The longer version, I eventually learned, was that olive oil is rich in mono-saturated fat and antioxidants. It protects your heart is the heart healthy kind of fat that's good for you. There are many reports that state the benefits of olive oil, and the best ways to use it (mainly salads). People know olive oil is good for them, so there's no need to brag about it. Do your best to add extra-virgin olive oil to flavor your meals. A little bit goes a long way!
ALMONDS (and the extended nut family)
There are many types of nuts, but why do nutrition experts pay attention to almonds the most? One reason is that it's the nut highest in protein, fiber, calcium vitamin E, riboflavin and niacin. If you do not know this already, your body cannot produce vitamin E on its own -- and it's a not well known fact that almonds and sunflower seeds are the top two whole foods that have naturally occurring vitamin E.
COCONUTS
Are you confused whether coconuts are good or bad for you? Although high in saturated fat, coconut oil is unusually rich in short and medium chain fatty acids. This means that your body is able to convert coconut oil into energy instead of fat.
Coconut oil has a bad reputation for contributing to cholesterol and heart disease. This started in the early 1950’s, after studies revealed negative effects on the body due to coconut oil. These studies were based on hydrogenated oils (and what we know now is that any type of hydrogenated oil is not good for you). Furthermore, studies linked saturated fats to clogged arteries. Since coconut oil was very high in saturated fat, it became the scapegoat for Americans’ increasing waistlines. Was there much mention of fast food or processed food as the culprit?
When was the last time you saw coconut oil listed as an ingredient on a food label? I rarely do. And when was the last time you heard someone lose a bunch of weight because he or she gave up coconut oil?
Coconut oil is actually good for you. I cook all my food with it. It’s rich in lauric acid (also found in breast milk), which helps support your immune system, and contains no trans fat. The body converts lauric acid to a fatty acid derivative (monolaurin), which is the substance that protects infants from infections. The key is to use high quality, unrefined coconut oil.
AWARDS
All of these nominees should receive an award. People focus so much on numbers (counting calories, weight, etc) instead of content and quality. They believe fat makes them fat, even though approximately 50% of our cells are composed of fat. Without fat, we could not function.
In my next post, I will talk about the importance of eating animal fats. Yes, meat is good for you. It should be our primary source of nutrition, but so many people want to devalue it and "not really healthy." That's not true!
- Posted by Debbie Wysocki on November 18, 2009
The core of this week’s blog entry comes from Dr. John Maxwell:
How do you look at life? Do you see a solution in every challenge OR a problem in every circumstance?
READ THAT ONE AGAIN!
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For me, it's the 'is the glass half full OR half empty' approach to living life!
What do you do when someone complains about a situation?
It just happened to me yesterday. And, immediately I went to
'What can you create with what you do have . . . instead of focusing on what you can't get because you're not where you want to be.
When you've got your health, your mind, your family's love, and the moxie to not just survive, but thrive . . .
then you've got no long-term worries!
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So what does a smart person do when faced with a challenge?
Here's what Dr. Maxwell says:
THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
REFUSE TO GIVE UP . . . even if things look impossible.
REFOCUS YOUR THINKING . . . Mastermind with people who are solution oriented.
RE-THINK YOUR STRATEGY . . . Break a few rules . . . perhaps even arrive at absurd solutions.
REPEAT THE PROCESS . . . until you have your solution firmly in hand!
Debbie Wysocki is the owner of Women with Dreams and residual Money secrets – companies that empower the average person to live an extraordinary life by teaching how to build profitable businesses in the network marketing arena. She is a wife, mom, volunteer, a top producer in the MLM industry, a real estate investor, author, trainer, and former Beverly Hills financial analyst who is passionate about helping others succeed. Her motto is ‘How you do anything, is how you do everything!’For more information or to contact Debbie directly: Debbie@WomenWithDreams.com
954-781-6629
- Posted by Debbie Wysocki on November 10, 2009
A colleague shared this piece with me, and when I shared it in my Motivational Message last week, it got an overwhelming 'thumbs up.'
Here it is for you:
Things I Believe
A Birth Certificate shows we were born A Death Certificate shows we died Pictures show we lived!
Have a seat....Relax. ..And read this slowly.
I Believe...
Just because two people argue,
Doesn't mean they don't love each other.
And just because they don't argue,
Doesn't mean they do love each other.
I Believe... We don't have to change friends if
We understand friends change.
I Believe....
No matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt
You every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
I Believe....
True friendship continues to grow, even over
The longest distance. Same goes for true love.
I Believe...
You can do something in an instant
That will give you heartache for life.
I Believe....
it's taking me a long time
To become the person I want to be.
I Believe.
You should always leave loved ones with
Loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
I Believe...
You can keep going long after you think you can't.
I Believe...
We are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
I Believe...
Either you control your attitude or it controls you.
I Believe...
Heroes are the people who do what has to be done
When it needs to be done, regardless of consequences.
I Believe...
Money is a lousy way of keeping score.
I Believe...
My best friend and I can do anything or nothing And have the best time.
I Believe...
Sometimes the people you expect to kick you
When you're down will be the ones to help you get back up.
I Believe....
Sometimes when I'm angry, I have the right to be angry,
But that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
I Believe...
Maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had
And what you've e learned from them, and less to do
With how many birthdays you've celebrated.
I Believe...
It isn't always enough to be forgiven by others;
Sometimes, you have to learn to forgive yourself...
I Believe...
No matter how bad your heart is broken,
The world doesn't stop for your grief.
I Believe...
Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are,
But we are responsible for whom we become.
I Believe...
You shouldn't be e so eager to find
Out a secret. It could change your life forever.
I Believe...
Two people can look at the exact same
Thing and see something totally different…
I Believe...
Your life can be changed in a matter of
Hours by people who don't even know you.
I Believe....
Even when you think you have no more to give, when
A friend cries out to you - you will find the strength to help.
I Believe...
Credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
I Believe....
The people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.
I Believe.....
You should send this to all of the people you believe in, I just did.
'The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
They just make the most of anything.’
Debbie Wysocki is the owner of Women with Dreams and residual Money secrets – companies that empower the average person to live an extraordinary life by teaching how to build profitable businesses in the network marketing arena. She is a wife, mom, volunteer, a top producer in the MLM industry, a real estate investor, author, trainer, and former Beverly Hills financial analyst who is passionate about helping others succeed. Her motto is ‘How you do anything, is how you do everything!’ For more information or to contact Debbie directly: Debbie@WomenWithDreams.com
954-781-6629
- Posted by Kevin Brown on November 6, 2009
H1N1 and Louis Pasteur
Canadian
Real Food advocate Paul Ericson shares his insights about the germ
theory and the devastating long term effects it has had on mankind's
health!
Interesting thoughts on how the germ theory fallacy is still with us today as we face the swine flu vaccine question and wonder how did we even get to this place. Dr.Weston Price and his nutrition principles will also be discussed.
Liberation Wellness Hour - Radio Show
Saturdays 12 noon on
Liberty Works Radio Network and BlogTalkRadio
Call in Number - 347-838-9516
- Posted by Janet Demeter on November 4, 2009
“Power (knowledge) from the People: the Food, Diet, and Medical Industries Suppression of Information”
I am certainly not the first, but I’m terribly angered at finding vital, truthful, and straightforward—A+B=C-type information, available in the 1960’s--banned, finally and completely, in the 1980’s because it encouraged people to think for themselves and consider what they could do, within their own power of choice, to eat healthfully and avoid disease. The specific information in question comes from a biologist and physician who was a member of, no. 1, The National Association for the Advancement of Science; 2, The American Association of Cereal Chemists; 3, The Institute of Food Technologists; 4, A.H.A. Council of Arteriosclerosis; 5, American Oil Chemists Society; 6, P.M.P. Chamber of Commerce; 7, American Aging Association; 8, American Heart Association. He was President of a major medical library and laboratory. This man, a doctor, as above stated, dedicates his book, “Stale Food vs. Fresh Food” to “..a better life for all.” In the dedication he encourages people to bring this information to their family doctor. Dr. Robert Ford clearly, on p. 62 of his book, states that the food industry is obviously not the sole cause of arteriosclerosis:
The atherosclerotic condition of the people cannot wholly be laid at the feet of the food processing industries because the same disease from flour, bacon, ham, sausage, and so on existed to some extent long before development of the modern food industry…It is not desirable to point a finger at anyone, but only that all concerned should work constructively to improve the condition of our people. Knowing the cleverness of industrial scientists, I would not be surprised to see arteriosclerosis begin to gradually fade away after they have had a decade or so to improve processed foods based on this new knowledge.
Well, that last wish never happened did it? That was written in 1968. “This new knowledge” he was referring to is, that arteriosclerosis and related diseases such as arthritis are greatly caused by the “fatty rubbish”, or rancid waste materials in processed foods that the body is unable to break down. Obviously the food industry had no immediate monetary advantage in such work as improving processed foods in that way. And “Fresh Foods” have never had a monetary giant for an advocate. (Wait a minute, how about 300,000,000 people standing together?--oops, I was forgetting for a moment that that would never happen, or if it did it would somehow make me a socialist) This book was banned through the US. Postal Service and then entirely from publication in 1982. In the hearing where the judge decided against Ford’s book, the main premise for this was, that some Dr. Murray said that “informed medical opinion” does not maintain that diet can in any way reverse arteriosclerosis, and that to read such material would cause people to avoid getting AMA approved treatment for their condition. This is of course assuming that the person reading is dying of arteriosclerosis and rejecting all medical help upon reading! The the main premise of the book is prevention, not treatment. And, as I stated above, the books dedication includes presenting the material for consideration to one’s doctor. By the way, Dr. Murray was under 30 with obviously loads of clinical experience. Hmm, I wonder if he was doing any research for the chemical companies. Bonuses for drugs, anyone?
Today, see what a well-respected physician is saying about the food industry. These days it’s getting more difficult to silence a doctor actually observing his Hippocratic Oath. This particular article is from Bottom Line Health, information that is free and available to all. In his article for November of this year, “Your Taste Buds are being Fooled!”, Dr. David A. Kessler, former head of the Food and Drug Association, asserts that, yes indeed, the food manufacturers do their best to trick your taste buds into wanting more, and more, and more “food”. He goes on to say that will-power, (as with any addiction-my words), or lack of it, is not to blame. In fact, he asserts that our brains are being “hi-jacked” by certain combinations of chemicals that encourage dopamine release. Indeed, “hyperpalatability” of the food-or, rather, stuff-to-be-ingested, is the desired characteristic of much research in creating new food products loaded with fat, sugar, and salt. When questioned, what do the food manufacturers say? As usual, they say they’re giving the people what they want. This line of thinking is reminiscent of the unfortunate raped woman who avoids going to the authorities in dread of being accused of attracting the rape with her clothing choices. Dr. Kessler’s article can be read here: http://www.bottomlinesecrets.com/article.html?article_id=50118
In my next 2 posts I will be examining the basic principles covered in Dr. Robert Ford’s book, now unavailable in print. It can be found, however, at the online Soil and Health Library, and the link is provided below if you’d like to follow along. His book is engaging reading and you may be amazed at how on-target most of his assertions have proven to be, over time. Hopefully this will not enrage most of you as it has me…but I digress. One of the things I found most interesting is the connection between arthritis and arteriosclerosis, which specifically the next post will address.
Until then, think for yourselves and have abundant health!
-Janet Demeter
Dr. Ford’s book, "Stale Food vs. Fresh Food":
http://soilandhealth.org/02/0203CAT/0203longevitylibcat.html
- Posted by Debbie Wysocki on November 3, 2009
You’ve probably always heard ‘word-of-mouth’ is the best advertising there is . . .Have you ever wondered what you can do to encourage more referrals?
It starts with you.
Are you active in your communities? How many ‘communities’ (aka networks) are you a member of?
Here are what I believe to be Seven Essential Networks you need to develop.
1) Spiritual -- where we worship
2) Social -- who are our friends
3) Professional -- we need to belong to our profession's industry organizations.
4) Ethnic -- if you have ties to ethnic and/or cultural communities, this network can be critical to you.
5) Gender -- Particularly women - we are natural networkers - socializers.
6) Community Service - translates into volunteer work.
7) Interests or Hobbies - be part of a club that celebrates the activities you like to do!
As you go through your daily activities, how many communities will you touch (just by the nature of living your life)?
When you are working, socializing, volunteering, being a parent and at worship how many lives can you touch?
Remember this KEY: Be more INTERESTED instead of INTERESTING to the people you talk with.
When you do this, people will go out of their way to help others (and you) by making referrals.
Debbie Wysocki is the owner ofWomen with Dreams and residual Money secrets – companies that empower the average person to live an extraordinary life by teaching how to build profitable businesses in the network marketing arena. She is a wife, mom, volunteer, a top producer in the MLM industry, a real estate investor, author, trainer, and former Beverly Hills financial analyst who is passionate about helping others succeed. Her motto is ‘How you do anything, is how you do everything!’For more information or to contact Debbie directly: Debbie@WomenWithDreams.com 954-781-6629
- Posted by Paul Ericson on November 3, 2009
Pasteur
Wins
Pasteur's ideas become the foundation of organized medicine more
because of politics than science. But the main driver was
pharmaceutical economics.
Pasteur was decorated by the Emperor Napoleon early in his career. This blessing from on high secured his position as the preeminent
scientist of his day. Despite having no credentials at all in
medicine or physiology he now had a license to steal so to speak.
Scientists at the time were grappling with mankind's first look at
fundamental questions about the nature of living matter.
- What makes something alive or dead?
- Where does the life force
come from?
- Why do things rot, ferment, or decompose?
- Is there
something in the air, or something inside the organism that has these
effects?
- What effects can man-made chemicals have?
For the first time in history, we were beginning to answer these
questions. Many discoveries were being made about these fundamental
questions, but in fits amnd starts.
It was a great time for an opportunist like Pasteur to take
advantage of the general uncertainty and lack of understanding. He
could claim that he understood all the issues involved, and that he
had thought of the answers first. Pasteur played both sides of an issue he didn't understand, and
then later, he would only quote the parts of his earlier writing that
supported the later finding, always claiming that he had thought of
it first.
The problem was that only scientists understood the complexities
of these emerging ideas. The press, governments and the royal courts
only knew that something important was going on. Though they didn't
know what, they would act as though they did. A huckster like Pasteur
was the perfect frontman for these powerful elites. Power and politics never change. The same process that imprisoned
Galileo for writing that the earth went around the sun, the elite's
eternal attempt to control the minds of the commoners, were the
processes that cast Pasteur, into a position he did not deserve--the
trailblazer in the science of modern biomedicine.
Like so many other things, a discovery doesn't catch on until the
commercial aspects of that discovery have been worked out. Howard
Hencke, in his 1995 book The Germ Theory: A Deliberate Aberration,
notes that it was critical for the new medical industry.
"... to indoctrinate the public in the Western world with the
belief that the salvation from all, especially physical ailments, lay
outside the individual's system and responsibility, because it was
caused by external factors...and that chemical remedies (drugs) will
keep him free from disease, independent of his own vigilant
responsibility."
This is a marketing process.
Hume writes in Pasteur or Bechamp?:
"Had it not been for the mass selling of vaccines, Pasteur's
germ theory of disease would have collapsed into obscurity."
-
E. Douglas Hume
17 years before Pasteur, Florence Nightengale, the most famous
nurse in history, said this:
"Diseases are not individuals arranged in classes like cats
and dogs, but conditions growing out of one another. The specific
disease is the grand refuge of the weak, uncultured, unstable minds,
such as now rule in the medical profession. There are no specific
diseases; there are specific disease conditions."
F.N. 1860
The Doubters
From the beginning, the notoin of piercing the skin with a needle
for any reason was suspect. Even more so was injecting novel proteins and
chemical into what was supposed to be the inviolable environment of
the circulatory system. Injections are a complete violation of
natural laws.
Normally everything is introduced into the bloodstream by going
through the complexity of the digestive system or the mucous
membranes. This is how nature protects the blood from external attack.
There were literally hundreds of researchers opposing inoculation:
"The most serious disorders may be provoked by the injection
of living organisms into the blood...into a medium not intended for
them may provoke redoubtable manifestations of the gravest morbid
phenomena."
- Bechamp
Walter Hadwen, MD, in his book Microbes and War notes that the
Boer war itself killed 86,000 men. With a 100% inoculation rate,
there were an additional 96,000 casualties from disease alone!
Dr. Montais studied 21 cases of tetanus, each had received a
Pasteurian inoculation. His conclusion, which appeared in the 23 Oct
1915 issue of the Lancet, was that in every case, the tetanus had
been caused by the inoculation. Dr. Montais concluded that "Pasteur
had created a new form of disease."
Pasteur began the fashion of studying artificial disease
conditions: "inducing sickness by morbid injections in human and
animal subjects, instead of studying naturally diseased subjects."
Pasteur also began the practise of vivisection and other horrific
animal experiments. In the natural state, animalstypically have different
diseases from humans. But even the animals bodies are different. For example most animals can
produce ascorbic acid, humans cannot. When sick animals can produce up
to 100x more ascorbic acid than normal.This one error has led us down a very costly
and ultimately fruitless path. It seems a folly to hope to cure human
disease by giving animals diseases they would never have gotten in
nature, pretending such diseases are the same ones we get, then
seeing which drugs cover up the animal's symptoms. We incorrectly conclude that those same drugs will have the same
effect in humans. Mistaken as that sounds, it's pretty much how many
prescription drugs have made their way to market since Pasteur's
time.
So with many major researchers eventually coming around to the
above conclusions, how is it that st the start of the 21st century,
organized medicine still acts as though the Germ Theory is carved in
stone and all policy proceeds from this premise? And most people
still believe it? The answer is out there, it's not hidden, but it's also not well
known or much talked about. Fast forward to the 1880s and 1890s. The
Industrial Revolution has created massive wealth, two figures towered
over this era, wielding more power over science, industry, finance,
and politics than possibly anyone else in history: Andrew Carnegie
and J.D. Rockefeller.
The amount of control Carnegie and Rockefeller had over most
aspects of American life is something to marvel at and appreciate,
even to the present day. Much like today, change was occurring faster than the politicians
could control it, and for the first time in our history, control was
firmly in the private sector. Many things changed, but the rise
of organized medicine has had profound effects on how everyone,
doctors and patients, think about disease, treatment and being
healthy itself.
Before 1880, most medicine was a mosaic of folk remedies, herbs,
crude surgery and dentistry, more so than today, there was much
quackery. For centuries leading up to this point, there had not been
much change in the area of medicine. Superstition was as much a part
of medicine as the actual remedies themselves. The use of leeches and
bleeding was still common, the reason being to "let out the bad
blood,'" which was in the same category with getting rid of evil
spirits. Even trepanation, drilling holes in the skull, which had
been around since the time of the Pharaohs, was still being
performed.
In Renaissance Europe, barbers and surgeons actually were the same
people, combining the services of shaving, pulling teeth and
blood-letting. The origin of the red and white striped barber-pole is
well-known: an enterprising barber/surgeon, having just bled a famous
nobleman, proudly displayed a bloody white towel used in the
procedure by wrapping it around a pole outside his establishment. In
the 1700s, King Edward IV of England instituted a corporation of
"barber-chirurgiens"(surgeons) who performed the above
services. This lasted until 1800 when King George II separated
barbers and surgeons into two separate professions.
Among their many enterprises, Carnegie and Rockefeller controlled
the oil and coal industries. By 1900, they began to realize that
these industries were producing mountains of waste every year. What
if these chemical waste materials could somehow be turned to profit?
Medicines, were the answers. But novel medicines never seen before.
Medicines made from chemicals: Pharmaceuticals.