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Defeating The "Crud"

1/28/2022

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Recently, a friend from church reached out to me on a Saturday morning after their personal prayer time. They said that they felt a strong impression from the Lord that I was supposed to put together a protocol for everything coming. Covid, yeah, but not just that, spike proteins, and everything else that we don't even know yet that is about to get ugly.

So, I pressed into that thought. Not long after that, my dad went into the hospital with covid pneumonia. Ironically, I had 90% of these items by his side (though I was not) and he was unable to take them. While he was in the hospital, I poured myself into research, backing claims with published studies, and painfully learning that he had all the things.
Had he taken them when he needed them, in the right amounts, he may have even avoided the hospital. Hopefully, the damage will still be reversed, but it will take major efforts and dedication to take these things, and maybe others, along with prayer.  God can heal him without them, but He blessed us with this info to use. 

So here it is...I show how much you can take and what each thing does. There is a range. Many things are based on weight. So a child taking these things to prevent illness would be much different from a large man trying to overcome symptoms already showing. It's a guideline, so if you need to, look it up. Check the links attached. Get a few opinions if needed. Pray.

FULL Protection Protocol
 
Baseline:
Helps fight the crud, the s proteins, build the immune system. Ranges are daily amounts and depend on exposure risk and weight.
 
1.Sodium ascorbate 5,000mg – over 50,000mg (antiviral, antibacterial, immune support, fight pneumonia and bacterial infections, prevent lung, heart, kidney and liver injury) (1)

2.D3 – 5000IU – 100,000IU (immune support, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, halt virus replication, increase blood oxygen) (2,3)

3.K2 – 100mcg-400mcg (blood health, needed for optimal D3 absorption) (3)

4.CBDA + CBD – 5mg-50mg 2x/day (block spike proteins, Sars-covid-2 and mutations, anti-inflammatory, immune boosting, detox including heavy metals, anti cancer properties, more) (4)

5. Quercetin (antioxidant, helps expel mucous from lungs, blocks virus, anti--inflammatory) 400mg-1000mg (5)

6.NAC – 600mg-1200mg (inhibits virus replication, rid toxins including heavy metals and pesticides, antioxidant, helps body produce glutathione, protects lungs and liver) (6)

7.Glutathione – nerve function, detoxing including mercury, antioxidant, help use NAC, lung function and disease, heart function and disease, liver disease, autoimmunity (7)
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8.Zinc – 20mg-50mg (fight inflammation, antioxidant, improve immune function) (8)
 
References:
1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7553131/
 
2 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2776736
 
3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7406600/
 
4 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35007072/
 
5 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808895/
 
6 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19732754/
 
7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4684116/
 
8 https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/zinc-supplements#benefits

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Here's a few more items to offer additional support to areas that may have been hurt by the bioweapon or the spike proteins coming off others. There are different areas that have been shown to have damage that need extra attention:

Heart:
L-arginine, fantastic to reduce myocarditis and heart damage from viral components.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12072571/ 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16564254/
         

L-Carnitine - amazing for heart to reduce inflammation, necrosis, and oxidative stress
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29241711/​

Hair Loss: this often starts a few months after having covid and can last for several months. I lost 80% of my hair and after trying biotin, collagen, fasting, and more to no avail, I tried a therapeutic dose of Ivermectin and my hair stopped falling out. Thank God, or I'd be bald right now. This is simply a clue for what you might want to look into and investigate for all your post-c disasters, but do your own research and pray about what is best for you and your family.


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Remedies That Harm: Zeolites and TRS

2/24/2021

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This is another one I see so often suggested in social media threads on posts looking for help to detox their kids and help them heal as much as they can from vaccine-injury and heavy metal exposure. 

While some parents swear by the results, others report horrible decline and regression. I had reservations about zeolites because of the ingredient compound as an aluminum element. "Zeolites are the aluminosilicate members of the family of microporous solids known as "molecular sieves", and mainly consist of silicon, aluminum, oxygen, and metals, including titanium, tin, zinc, and so on compound." source 

That was not enough to convince me that zeolites are toxic for consumption, but it did alert me to pay close attention to the reviews and hope to have the opportunity to do blood analysis on anyone using them. 

I finally got the chance. And this is what I saw...
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The blackish dots throughout that outer edge is the heavy metal indicator.  This is an extreme amount of heavy metals. 

Just for comparison, the following photo is what I typically see in someone who has had all their vaccines along with toxic, amalgam (mercury loaded) dental fillings. This would show throughout the 8 layers in the dry portion of the analysis. 
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So you can see why I was surprised to see such drastically high heavy-metal indicators in the zeolite consuming individual. Many people ask if we would see more when a person is detoxing. No. When a person is detoxing, we see that in the live blood. I have walked many people though the process of detoxing and healing from severe debilitating diseases including cancers. When we look at dried blood, that's where we can see heavy metals. It is also how veterinarians see different issues in animals.  But here we will not see an increase in heavy metals as they are leaving the body. The following photos are examples of what we see during serious detoxing as acids, metals, yeast, molds, fungus, and filth is released from deep within organs and cells and floating around to exit the body... (it's also what we see when someone is extremely toxic and in late-stage illness before starting a detox) 
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From the synthetic zeollite promoters I get push back in the form of "that's only from natural since they can't control the content". And of course from the natural zeolite reps I hear "the natural is safe and great, only synthetic will cause problems." 

But the fact of the matter is, I reached out to expert microscopists including Dr. Young who trained me, and it is confirmed, saying "It doesn't matter if it is natural zeolites, synthetic zeolites, TRS, or any other brand. They are all highly toxic." They all add heavy metals, or at least aluminum. 

But here's the great news...you can get rid of heavy metals without any TRS or zeolites!!! I was able to prove this several times. It wasn't something I set out to do but the results were there all the same. I even suffered with vertigo for 10 years due to heavy metals in my brain from "routine childhood pokes". When I started using CBD, the vertigo left almost instantly and I was able to enjoy things again I couldn't- like roller coasters!!! I have done blood analysis for years and when giving people different supplements to help them through various health challenges I noticed that their heavy metals were gone after using CBD. The photo below is a screenshot from a pubmed study that finally explains WHY it actually works. But buyer BEWARE - the plant absorbs it easily from the ground, so checking those 3rd party labs is CRITICAL to sourcing a pure product that won't add them to you, but actually be effective in removing them. 

Another product that removes heavy metals, toxic fumes, and more is NAC (N-Acetyl Cysteine) and you can order that from Amazon, iherb, and other online supplement stores. It is best to take NAC with glutathione, which also removes mercury. You can also get it wherever you source your NAC. 
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Below is a screenshot from the NAC study linked above:
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10-Day Cleanse

8/7/2017

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I get asked A LOT how to go about starting a cleanse. Is there a way to jump-start the path to health? Or, how to even begin transitioning to an alkaline lifestyle. Well, there is nothing like cleansing. It's why I've written several posts on it and try to encourage everyone after the holiday season to refresh their bodies with an alkaline cleanse. 

But, it takes a lot of planning, a lot of support to succeed, and a lot of motivation. It is easy to get lost in the decisions of what to include and not include, being well-prapared so that success is possible, and even just committing to a start date! 

For some time, I have been working on a group cleanse that aims to take the daunting tasks out of initiating a cleanse. I've also aimed to make this a super easy beginners cleanse! Here are what a few people have said about it so far:
​B. from Maryland said this:
"For almost an entire year I struggled with weight gain and constant fatigue. After just a few days of being on the cleanse, I saw the pounds falling off and my energy returning! After the full ten days I felt amazing!

Shonna from California said this"
A Great Stepping Stone...
I have to be honest here...It for to the point where I was drinking a cappuccino with breakfast, making a pot of coffee to sip on during the early afternoon, and making a latte as I was making my children's dinner. Then I would top off my dinner of half a loaf of white bread and spinach dip (with a huge hunk of brie I might add) with a beer or two. Needless to say, I needed to change my habits, and what better way than with a complete reset?! This cleanse has helped me realize what foods affect me (help belly bloat from dairy!) and how easy and delicious super healthy eating can actually be! I have turned the salty green shake into my daily pre-breakfast snack (I opted to include the health drink supplements in it out of sheer laziness on my part) as I prepare my kids' breakfast and school lunches, as it dlls me up enough to last until they are happily skipping through those gates! On too of losing 4 pounds, I also noticed that my skin has never looked or felt healthier! Having the support and guidance from Courtney made this cleanse not only manageable, but enjoyable! These recipes were easy, and so good that I have a number of them on a regular rotation on my "normal" menus now! Finding the balance I need to live a generally healthier lifestyle, I  definitely owe this to the cleanse!
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To The Pregnant Mama

7/27/2017

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I see that baby bump and your smile and I want to say that I'm so happy for you. How incredible are the floods of emotion and hope and excitement of a precious little baby, all those tiny fingers and toes and the anticipation of wondering what their little face will look like and just how it will feel to hold them in your arms. It's truly amazing, a blessing like no other.

But if you see a worried look on my face, know I'm slightly tormented. I don't know you, and if I do, probably not very well. The last thing you need or want are everyone's opinions about how you should parent...and least of all medical advice from a stranger, but I have seen devastation that I want desperately for you to avoid. 

Part of me thinks that if I take the time to become your close and trusted friend that I can then share with you my heart, and of course then it would be appropriate. But I don't have that kind of time. It's not that I don't want to, but if I ease into this gently, it might be too late. 

Did you know that miscarriage rates increased by 4250% when they started making flu shots routine during pre-natal care? Just take a second to let that sink in...miscarriages didn't double in number starting that year at a 100% increase- they rose 4250%. 

Did you know that getting the flu or Dtap shot during pregnancy has been reported to cause damage to the baby growing inside you? Brain damage. When your little one is born, your medical team plans to give your tiny, perfect baby 2 shots within 12 hours of birth, one of them immediately. That first shot, Vitamin K, is not just a vitamin. It has been linked to childhood leukemia in 2 medical studies. The second, Hepatitis B, is for an sexually transmitted disease and has been responsible for cases of SIDS and autism. The medical staff might not even ask you if you want those shots and they will just administer them without your consent, and they certainly won't explain the risks of cancer and SIDS. Instead, they'll tell you your baby will die if they don't receive these shots. The truth is, a baby is far more likely to die if they do get the shots. You need to understand these things and prepare before you are in labor.

I don't know how many vaccines you received growing up...I had about 10 in my age group. Do you know that if you follow the schedule the CDC currently recommends, your baby will get 72 vaccines before they graduate high school? 

I don't expect to convince you of everything I want you to know. But I'm hoping that this gives you pause to investigate this issue very seriously before taking your doctor's advice or succumbing to the pressure. There are hundreds of thousands of parents who are testifying about how vaccines have destroyed their lives. There are some links within the text that will get you started. If I handed you this note in public, go to alabasterliving.com and open the Vaccine Information page to find this.

I really wish the best for you and your baby. Connect with me on Facebook at Alkaline Mom.
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How To Get Affordable, Pure, Alkaline Water

7/13/2017

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Several years ago I bought a $2000 counter-top alkalizer/ionizer that was supposed to give me amazingly pure, non-toxic alkaline water. After years of use I was told that said machine did NOT remove fluoride, but the new affordable unit available does. After a year of use I discovered that it is useless for fluoride removal. Infuriated, and a bit panicked that I have been unwillingly poisoning my children, I went on an emergency quest, involving massive amounts of research, to get clean, non-toxic water into our home. This series will share all that I learned on that journey and why I made the final decision I did on what is actually the best water for my home (and maybe yours!).
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Part 1
The day I found out that my expensive machine did not remove fluoride I drove an hour and a half to get the new one. Admittedly, it did make my water taste great - even my 4 year old could tell the difference. And I believe it removes plenty of toxins for $680, but it does NOT remove fluoride, which is what I was promised. The bottom line is...I'm embarrassed. I'm known for diligently doing my research and not only did I not do my research and took someone's word for it, but I even sold this junk to my friends and poisoned their families as well as my own. Believe this, the research I did after I discovered the truth was thorough and even down right annoying to the salesmen I bombarded day after day with questions following the research I did based on their answers from the day before, and those answers led to more questions the following day. Almost all of them told me on more than one occasion "I have never had someone ask about that" and "I have never had anyone concerned about that issue before...let me check". And after they checked, I checked. Again and again.

What else would I have done besides use that cheap little filter? Anything! I would have taken out a second mortgage if I needed to in order to avoid poisoning my kids. We drink a lot of water around here. In fact, we came to the conclusion that we didn't even want them bathing in the toxic waste and went on a search for pure water for the whole house. Fortunately, after weeding through several hours of salesmen's pitches and explanations and answers, dozens of hours of online research, and asking about 1,000 questions, I found what seems to be the obvious choice for the best water available, and it is surprisingly affordable. 

The first guy that came was the only one with a fluoride meter and tested my water. Really, he wanted to prove to me that my counter-top alkalizer/ionizer/filter was useless, but with class enough that he didn't say that...he just said, "Let's see how this is doing" knowing full-well what the result would be. I learned that the federal limit for fluoride dumping in our water is .7ppm. As far as I'm concerned the limit should be 0ppm. My tap measured up at 1.15ppm!  And when he measured my trusted alkalizing water purification system, he found the fluoride content to be 1.12ppm. I was devastated. Honestly, I had to activate some kind of "ignore" button in my brain to get through the rest of that meeting, in addition to several parts of the next week. 

Over the next 3 meetings and week following I learned the difference between Jacobi Catalytic Carbon and Activated Carbon, water softeners with purification systems built in and those without, activated alumina verses bone char, potassium or sodium for flushing water softeners, the softening pellets...and silica quarts??? (this end conclusion was unsatisfying to say the least), dirty dealings with unscrupulous companies, those that actually know the industry compared to those that only know what their company taught them (strangely similar to essential oil companies, ha!) and how varied in quality a Reverse Osmosis system can actually be.

Part 2
Here I'm going to process the information I received from various companies that pitched their water purifying systems to me. I am also going to highlight the things that interested me most about each of these systems.

Company 1: 
The regional sales manager who typically sends out other sales representatives actually decided to come to my house himself after our brief initial phone call because of my history with ionizers, understanding of alkaline water, and severe aversion to fluoride and other chemicals. He has been in the industry for 29 years, even testing water all over the country. He knows the industry, not just his system and would only sell something he believed in. His test equipment was unmatched - he was the only one able to test our fluoride levels and ours is off the charts. 

What did he suggest for us?
A 2-part system:
1. A water-softener that doubles as a state-of-the-art whole house purification system
2. Reverse Osmosis (RO) system for under our sink to eliminate 99.99% of fluoride and extra filtration for our drinking and cooking water.

What aspects of this system were selling points and which were not?
1. One of the main points he went over several times is that their system uses Jacobi Catalytic Carbon rather than just plain old coconut shell activated carbon and said that Jacobi absorbs 5x more toxins than activated.
2. He knew what potential threats could be in water and how his system could handle them. The whole house system both softened water, which is great for skin, water use, detergent use, and ridding detergents, but it removed 99.99% of chloramines, pesticides, herbicides, pharmaceuticals (that could potentially end up in our water if our water supply starts using reclaimed water, which some cities already do), haloacetic acids, trihalomethanes, scale, hydrogen sulfide, fertilizers and more.
3. The RO system 
- 6-stage, including a re-mineralization filter to add back in important minerals to increase the pH of the water to healthy drinking pH (8-9). 
- includes a Jacobi Catalytic Carbon filter (not just activated carbon).
- the Perfect Water 507 Permeate Pump yields 2 gallons of good water to 1 gallon of waste water.

The initial cost proposal: $3900.00
Maintenance over 5 years: $450

Company 2: 
The salesman was very nice and thorough in his answers. He did say that in some respects it is hard to tell what is in the water because it changes all the time and it would be hard to know how to remove each contaminant and so their filtration system for the whole house might not remove everything and it would be hard to prove. I think that there is obviously some truth to that, but I also want to use the most powerful system that will remove everything possible.

What did he suggest for us?
​A 3-part system:
1. Water Softener
2. Big Blue Filter
3. RO under our sink

What aspects of the system were selling points and which were not?
I didn't know it at the time, but having the whole house purification function separate from the softener is beneficial, the reason I will cover in Part 3.
​On the other hand, they use activated carbon rather than Jacobi Catalytic and has a 5-stage RO system rather than 6.

Initial Cost Proposal: $4720
​Maintenance over 5 years: $972

Company 3: 
The sales representative from this company was likable. He came with test equipment and although he couldn't measure our fluoride, he did measure and compare our tap water to our purifier and showed us a few things. He had us wash our hands with soft water, and I honestly had to laugh out loud - my husband's reaction to this phenomena was infomercial-worthy! It was at that moment, and his discussion on water softening, that we were convinced we wanted soft water for our skin, not just for purification benefits. 

What did he suggest for us?
A 3-part system:
1. An Activated Alumina tank right after our main water supply to remove 90%-95% of fluoride coming into the house.
2. Their water softener/whole house purification system.
3. RO system for our kitchen.

What aspects of the system were selling points and which were not?
The primary factor that shot this companies rankings to the top was the ability to remove fluoride from our whole house for less than $8500. Their softener/purification tank is a 5-part system. On the other hand, their RO was only 5-stage and both the RO and purification tank use activated and not Jacobi Catalytic Carbon.
One other fascinating part of the offer was that they don't lower their price, but they include several years worth of natural cleaning products. At first, this did not appeal to me, but after looking at them I admit, I got excited to use them, including the natural dish washing liquid. A major downside was that the RO system produces 1 gallon of good water for every 2 gallons of wasted water. He also gave me a handy chart that showed which media removed which toxins...a reference that proved valuable later.

Initial cost proposal: $5490 financed/$4990 cash
​Maintenance over 5 years: $1075

So, as I considered what these systems had to offer some questions came up and the answers I found.
Q: Is Jacobi Catalytic really better than activated carbon? 
A: Yes, yes, and yes.

Q: What are the ways fluoride can be removed?
A: Reverse Osmosis, Activated Alumina, Distillation, Bone Char, link here. However, it turns out only Reverse Osmosis actually does the job when tested.

Q: Can fluoride be absorbed into the body through the skin?
A: Some say yes, some no. I know currently there are 3 forms of toxic fluoride pumped into our water system. Maybe some are, some not. Maybe they will dump some it that is in the future. Either way, do I want my kids bathing in toxic waste? No.

So, in the end, I was thinking that since only the third company had the option to remove it from my whole house, they would win. But then I thought, why compromise? I liked the RO system better from Company 1, and their carbon better. So I thought I, being the customer, could split the difference. Company 3 told me that the Alumina tank add-on was normally $800, but they would throw it into the deal "for free" (insert eye-roll). When I contacted the sales rep to confirm the price if we only get that, he said he wasn't sure if it included installation. He later came back and said the installation was another $400. And text me once again to say, "It isn't worth it for us, good luck with the other guy". I replied that I thought it was poor customer service to not be willing to sell me something to protect my family just because I didn't buy all their products and they came back and said they would do it for $1800 cash price, $1900 financed. That didn't sit well with me, so I decided to see if I could find it somewhere else. They aren't the only people in the world with an alumina tank. What I found threw a wrench into my entire plan and led to 1,000 more annoying questions for a 4th company.

Part 3
I want to back up for just a second to mention that the day after I found out our expensive counter-top unit did not remove fluoride, a Culligan man informed us that the purified bottled water at Costco was actually RO water. The next morning I went to Costco and bought a case of water, plus a case of locally sourced very special water from Carlsbad Mineral Springs. Upon testing their pH, they were both acidic - about 6.5. The Carlsbad water has a pH of 8-9 at the source, but apparently it loses is charge and pH after bottling. It was very expensive. Obviously, the RO water wasn't using a remineralization filter and if it did, it lost it's high pH as well. So we added alkalizing drops and/or baking soda to each bottle to boost the pH while we waited for our new water and sorted through the decision. After barreling through about 3 gallons daily I couldn't wait to get our eventual water system in! 

​Continuing where I left off, on my emergency search for an alumina tank, I called the manufacturer of the tank initially offered by company 3 (I only knew who to call because   of a tip from a salesman who gave me the name of the company so I could further my research). When I got in touch with the manufacturer, who again explained to me that they do not sell to the public nor give the public advice, he was cool enough to confirm what the tanks are used for and give the numbers of other local retailers. 

Company 4: 
​Meanwhile, I found an online company that sells these tanks. But their tanks are even a bit more special than the one that company 3 was offering because it doesn't just have Activated Alumina, the tanks also have KDF-55 and Jacobi Catalytic Carbon and you have the choice between the alumina or bone char for fluoride removal.  This actually would take care of all of the whole house filtration. Come to find out they also sell water softeners and RO systems. 

What could they offer for my needs? 
A 3-part system:
1. whole house purification tank with catalytic carbon, KDF-55 and fluoride 
​    media(activated alumina or bone char)
2. Water softener (huge capacity 64,000 grains or 2 cubic feet, smaller ones are available)
3. Reverse Osmosis

What I did and did not like about their system?
​The only thing I didn't like right out of the gate was the RO system because it only has 4 parts and uses activated carbon rather than catalytic. I was very interested in the filter and softener and learned that it is best to keep your filter and softener separate because the softener media only needs to be changed every 15 years and the toxin filters should be changed yearly.

Initial cost of the filter and softener: $1525 (You could add the RO for $300)
Maintenance over 5 years: $1980
I needed to investigate their quality, sources, and materials which opened a whole process of this research uncovering even more information than the first portion. Here are the questions that came up as we learned about everything the online/install it yourself company offered:

Q: What is KDF-55? 
A: A high-quality alloy of copper and zinc. It is awesome! It kills algae and fungi, control bacteria growth, and remove chlorine, pesticides, organic matter, rust, unpleasant taste and odour, hydrogen sulfide, iron, lead, nickel, chromium, cadmium, calcium, aluminium, mercury, arsenic, and other organic compounds.

Q: It produces ozone and we don't like ozone. Is there ozone in the finished product? 
​A: There should not be ozone in the final product because the charcoal removes it.

Q: Difference between Activated Alumina and Bone Char for removal of fluoride?
A: They seems to be equals in fluoride removal but bone char can't seem to handle a high pH coming in. I actually got various answers on this but when I sought to confirm, it seemed the bone char had that flaw. Also, bone char is not vegan, it is made from cow bones - lot's of them. Don't get me wrong, as much as I promote veganism and think it is awesome, if the only choice I had to give my children fluoride-free water was by using cow bones I'd do it.

Q: Does and RO system remove ozone in the event there is any remaining in our water?
A: Yes, because it has charcoal.

Q: If my system can handle 6 gallons per minute and my water pressure is much higher, will it ruin my tank?
A: No, it can clean that much per use. Showers often run around 2.5 gallons per minute, so if the whole house was running 6 gallons per minute it could clean it just fine.

Q: I see it is designed for water free of iron and sulfur. How do I know if I have those and what if I do?
A: Iron and sulfur are found in wells, they have different systems for wells.

Q: Installation instructions?
A:Very good ones. (from our personal experience)

Q: Do I want the optional Vortech tank?
A: Yes, it will save water and electricity (included in the price above)

Q: How long do the media replacement supplies last?
A: If kept in packaging and not exposed to moisture, many years.

My final decision:
Get my filter and Softener from the online company (pure-earth.com) and my Reverse Osmosis system from San Diego Pure Water (Company 1). 


This was my final decision and what we purchased. After a few months of using this multi-part system, we had our water tested. We bought test equipment and had it professionally tested to confirm our findings. We found out that one of the systems was NOT working as it should. The alumina tank is not removing fluoride, in fact it looks as though it is combining with the fluoride and together adding a toxic fluoride to our water! I'm SO glad we have our awesome RO system because that is removing ALL THE FLUORIDE per our testing! Looking in to bone char, it was no more convincing to remove fluoride than alumina. We have decided to remove all of the media from our whole house filter and replace it with fresh KDF-55 and catalytic carbon to continue removing the other impurities from our house water. 

For an awesome 6-stage, alkalizing Reverse Osmosis system purchase call San Diego Pure Water! 

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How Are The Anti-Vaxxers Winning?

2/9/2017

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I just read an article written by a pediatrician/ director of vaccine development, you can read it here. I really need to break it down. The overwhelming absurdity of contradictions really needs to be pointed out.

In his opening paragraph and title, he asserts that the anti-vaxxers are winning and predicts that we will see a reversal in our "steady health gains", starting with a measles outbreak. He goes on to say that "Measles is one of the most contagious and most lethal of all human diseases."

I need to interject right here. Health gains?!?! Our society is overwhelmingly ill. Since the widespread use of plumbing has been instituted, our society has never seen the level of disease we are currently seeing. We have more people with disease than without, including cancer, diabetes, autoimmune disease, autism, ADD, ADHD, seizure disorders, encephalopathy, lupus, Crohn's Disease, Guillaine-Barre Syndrome, acute flaccid paralysis, heart-disease, and hundreds more!  What we have is a society that is becoming paralyzed with chronic illness! 

As he continues to discuss the unwarranted theory of herd-immunity, he mentions that in the 1950's in America 4,000,000 people a year were infected with measles and that 450 died. 

Wait a minute. Back right up. Didn't this physician and vaccine developer just call measles both "one of the most lethal diseases" and then give us the statistics that show that IF you contracted measles, you have a 99.98875% chance of surviving (followed by life-long immunity)? And in the 1950's not everyone had full-blown luxury plumbing like we do today. Some of those that died might have had other underlying conditions, we don't know. Either way, those are some amazing odds...if you are one of the .02% of the population to contract measles (link to 1950 census, here), you have practically a 100% chance of survival. 

He goes on to say that measles kills 100,000 people a year worldwide, and that he is a scientist leading global efforts to develop vaccines for poverty-related diseases. He also shares that he has a daughter with autism and other disabilities. He asserts that vaccines are NOT the cause of autism and offers some ideas of what MIGHT be. 

I am going to assert that it is not the measles killing 100,000 people worldwide. If measles does not kill where we have adequate plumbing, it isn't the measles. Viruses don't discriminate based on what part of Earth you live on. If you don't have proper nutrition and sanitary living conditions, the impact of disease will be felt more than if you do. The 99.99875% of Americans in the 1950's did not survive measles because we are super-people that diseases cower to. No. We were able to wash them away, rest, eat some clean veggies and fruits, and drink plenty of clean water. They can label the cause of death "measles" but measles isn't that powerful in the face of plumbing. If we took all of the money going into all of the programs to develop and distribute more vaccines to the people dying, we could supply them with sanitary water and plumbing solutions, and really make a difference.

I can't imagine the struggle of a parent with a disabled child. It literally breaks my heart. I also know many doctors and parents who have vaccinated have a really hard time facing the fact that their choice to vaccinate may have caused or contributed to their child's condition. For some people, that is just too much to bear. Many doctors would have to go through a lot therapy and devastation if they were to face how many cases of cancer, learning disabilities, brain injuries, autism, and various disabilities that their advice and administration of vaccines have caused. There are not only studies (study connecting vaccines and brain disorders, link to study one vaccine ingredient showing extreme toxicity and cancer, 1000 peer reviewed reports and studies), but hundreds of thousands of testimonies of vaccine injury. And the one study that has never been done is comparing the health on unvaccinated individuals to vaccinated ones. It might not be the answer that we want - that vaccines have caused and contributed to scores of diseases - but it is true and we owe it to our children, the families that can acknowledge why their children suffer debilitating diseases, and future generations to put our intentions aside and face the hard truth.   

What does the author want? Well he doesn't want "unwarranted investigations" of vaccine safety or the CDC fraud. He claims that people are afraid to go to the mall because of the dread of measles. Well, it sounds to me like he doesn't want the truth. If people knew the truth - that the odds of contracting measles in a massive, unprecedented outbreak since the 1950's was .02% and the chances of surviving the week-long rash was over 99.9% certain, no one would be afraid of measles or going anywhere in fear of getting it. If said "unwarranted investigations" were to prove once and for all that the CDC was involved in fraud and cover-up and that vaccines are a major trigger in almost all cases of autism - why wouldn't a good doctor want that information public? I think deep down we all know  that is the truth, and the people that don't want these investigations to move forward just can't handle the truth.

Unfortunately, most anti-vaxxers were once pro-vaxxers that experienced devastating vaccine injury. They watched their children die or watch them suffer daily and have the courage to admit why, and share it with others. But those of us anti-vaxxers that investigated before injecting really are the winners. We won better health. My heart breaks for children suffering disease. I don't say this to gloat, boast, or brag. I say this hoping that some parents will read it and stop fearing short-lived illnesses and properly fear injecting poison into their children so that they can experience the joy of healthy living...with little, or in the case of most non-vaccinating families zero: allergies, asthma, ear infections, learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, hearing loss, influenza, juvenile arthritis, bowel disorders, diabetes, and hundreds more now common childhood illnesses.

Isn't it sad we've traded our former "common childhood illnesses" which lasted a week followed by lifelong immunity, such as measles and chicken pox, for our current "common childhood illnesses" which include life-long brain damage, autism, chronic illness, autoimmune disorders, and life-threatening allergies?

Such fools, we've strained out a gnat and swallowed a camel.
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Navigating Vaccine Deception

1/17/2017

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As someone who publicly posts information on vaccines on social media very often, I'm an easy target for debates. During several long, private debates with a pro-vaccine doctor, I asked for proof that vaccines have done any good. After being laughed at and mocked I was given a chart as the ultimate "proof" that vaccines have "saved millions of lives". Let's take a minute and navigate the deceptive chart and see what it is really telling us and how the standard for "scientific proof" suddenly changes when it is published by pro-vaccine entities.

Here is the chart:

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At first glance, it really does look like there is a possibility that vaccines may have played a part in the decrease of disease. But when we look closer, and weed through the abundance of deception, we will see that in fact vaccines have increased disease. I know, it seems unlikely but bear with me.

For one, this chart is not scientific proof of anything. It is simply correlating events. When tens of thousands of parents with the same stories of a perfectly healthy baby, exceeding milestones, gets vaccinated and loses their ability to speak, walk, and regresses into self-destructive behavior following vaccines do you know what they are told? Just because two things happen around the same time, doesn't mean one caused the other. Now, in your most arrogant and patronizing voice, follow that with "Remember, correlation does not equal causation." 

So what was my reply when this chart was presented as proof??? You guessed it "Correlation does not mean causation, remember?" This isn't scientific proof of anything. This is comparing rates of diseases 32 years apart, considering no other factor and simply assuming it must have been the vaccines. Well, they did do something. Let's see what it is.

Let's look at polio. In the year 1980, there were 18,975 CASES of polio. Would you be surprised to know that 98% of cases of polio present like a cold and are 100% resolved in 2 weeks? To learn more about polio history and the elimination of polio in developed areas, read here. Now, in 2012 there were zero cases of polio. (Hold your applause.) If you read the fine print on the side, it says that the polio cases do NOT include cases of vaccine associated paralytic polio OR cases of acute flaccid non-paralytic polio (AFP). So if the vaccine causes paralytic polio or AFP, those numbers are not included. That seems perfectly fair...NO, IT DOESN'T! Would you like to know how many cases of AFP there were in 2012? There were, wait for it...53,563 cases. Shut. Up. If you did not know, AFP is a condition in which the patient suffers limb paralysis and has symptoms just like polio. It can be caused by Guillain Barre Syndrome, which is one of many potential side-effects from vaccines. In order to confirm polio, there are 2 means of diagnosis. It is either clinical, meaning that the doctor decides it is polio based on evaluation, or they test the stools for the actual virus. Now, it is possible that they tested these 53,563 cases of AFP to confirm that it was in fact not polio. But in an area where they still can't afford access to advanced plumbing and sanitation, I wonder if they really did their due diligence to test all of that, which takes money, or if they diagnosed those cases clinically. Technically, a doctor can look at a patient with limb paralysis and just call it "AFP" or "polio". Who am I to question their expert opinion? Either way, they traded out 18,975 cases of polio (remember that 98% of polio cases resemble a cold and are resolved in 2 weeks) for 53,563 cases of paralysis. 

Let's all thank vaccines for that.

In addition, just take a brief look at India's health overall in children under 5. Note, Pakistan refuses vaccines. 
 “India recorded the largest number of under-5 deaths in 2015, at 1.3 million (1.2–1.3 million), followed by Nigeria (726,600) and Pakistan (341,700),” says a paper in The Lancet., source.

So, did health and life in India improve as result of vaccines? If we look at all of the facts and not some cherry-picked statistics on chart that amount to biased correlation, vaccines have destroyed life in India. Just like they do everywhere else, every time. 

We could scrutinize the rest of the chart, but let's let this sink in for a while. By the way, real proof would include 2 groups of people, all pre-tested showing no anti-bodies for immunity and in perfect health to begin with. One group given a true saline  solution while the other given the actual vaccine. Both groups would then have to be exposed to the virus and we would then compare how effective the vaccine was as we analyze the number in each group to contract the disease. Most pro-vaccine doctors would argue it would be unethical to intentionally expose someone to a potentially harmful disease. I think it is more unethical to not ensure safety and cause over 53,000 cases of paralysis in a third-world country. These people are suffering enough. 

​Courtney Charles is a frequent contributor of Truth Kings. Connect with her at Alkaline Mom or read more at Alabasterliving.com
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Recipe Post! 23 New Recipes Now Added!!! Part 1

10/11/2016

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I have some great recipes to share. What I don't have are great photos of my food that make it look like you just want to pull it off your screen and take a bite. In fact, the pictures that I take of most things I make actually look fairly UNappetizing. It's unfortunate, because these recipes are incredible...some more than others, but I hope you enjoy them all! As I make them again I will update with photos, but for now you'll just to take my word for it and try some. Let me know how they turn out, and feel free to post a picture!

I decided to split this up into 2 parts. The recipes in green are links to ones that made it in Part 1, the others are what will be in part 2!
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~SHAKES
~Chocolate Superfood Smoothie
~Blueberry Vanilla Bliss
~Peppermint Milkshake
~Lemon Lime
~Cherry Vanilla
~Funky Monkey

SALADS
~Thai Papaya Salad (authentic Som Tum, alkalized!)
~Knock Out! (purple kale, roasted sweet potatoes, red onions, raw almonds,   
                    chopped figs and more! This salad will punch you right in the taste buds)
~Camille's Favorite Salad
~Crimson Salad
~Anne's Favorite
~Not Honey Mustard Salad

MAIN COURSES (or great sides to a huge salad or green shake!)
~Purslane FaRAWful
~Walnut BBQ
~Carrot Dogs
~Lemon Butter Broccoli
~Roasted Potatoes (with Roasted Fox!...check it out before you get upset ;) )

SWEETS
~Panny Cakes
~Cinnamon Rolls (Yeast-free, fast, organic)
~Strawberry Short Cakes
~Peppermint Nib Ice Cream

SNACKS
~Lazy Fig Bars
​~Bacon Feta Dates
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Avoiding Toxic Sleep: Finding An Organic Mattress

9/9/2016

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I didn't really expect it to be this difficult to find a pure mattress. My 5-year-old was ready to upgrade from a toddler/day bed to a full sized mattress. I remember seeing a blog post on the perfect natural mattress awhile back so I figured the work was already done for me. I was wrong. Continue on to discover what I learned about just how toxic even "natural" mattresses are and the solution I found.

I had a few requirements when searching for a safe mattress... 
1) The most important: It must be free of toxins. Toxins in bedding can come in many forms: gases, EMFs (electromagnetic frequencies), and chemicals that will come in contact with the skin.
2.) It must be comfortable.
3.) I would like it to last a long time.
4.) I would like it to be affordable.

I started reading blogs about natural, organic, and safe mattresses and they all seemed to suggest the same one. But when I contacted the company I knew right away that it violated my number 1 requirement. It is full of toxins in the gel ingredients, the EMF's, and even the parts that touch the skin (they are not organic). But what is good enough? Sometimes the rabbit holes can be exhausting and this was no exception. 

I learned that having any metal in your mattress and box spring can act as an antenna for electromagnetic frequency and can contribute to many health issues, including cancer.    Here and here are some links that explain more about that. So any mattress with coils was automatically out of the running. 

In addition to coils, I found that toxic flame retardants in mattresses are used. They also are linked to cancer, learning disabilities and much more. 

There were so many options and companies boasting organic and the purest of mattresses. Hours turned into days and days turned into weeks as we sorted through the information, contacting companies trying to find out which was truly the most pure.

When it came down to it there were 3 ingredients that seemed to be the best. Certified organic cotton, organic wool, and natural latex from the rubber tree. The first 2 are fairly easy to sift through because there are associations that are very thorough which certify quality when it comes to organic cotton and wool. The natural rubber latex was a little bit trickier to navigate. Although there can be some certifications and much boasting of truly natural latex, there are often chemicals used in the processing of the latex that are toxic. It is my opinion that it is the chemicals that people have allergic reactions to more often than truly natural latex itself. 

​We were so persistent searching for the answers to questions that came up as a result of our research including:
What are the gelling agents used?
What are the curing agents used?
Is ammonia used to stabilize the rubber?
Is zinc chloride used to cross-link the cellulose fibers?
​How does Talalay latex differ from Dunlop latex? 
(In the end, they both seem like decent options but we chose to go with the Talalay because we liked the manufacturer's commitment to a natural product. They even wash everything with filtered water and are quite purist to avoid toxins in any part of their processing.)
How is the pH set?
Is sodium fluorisilicate used?

After weeks of meticulously hunting down information, we narrowed it down to 2 companies. But one was not only more helpful and transparent, but they were also less expensive. I couldn't even get answers to my questions from the other company. The company that I spent the most of my time communicating with, including emails and phone conversations with their President Chris Mullins, is Sleeping Organic. I asked so many questions that had never been asked before and they were very patient and helpful. Chris even gave me the numbers of the actual manufacturers of the latex and we spent some time on the phone with the manufacturer in the Netherlands getting the rest of the answers to our questions directly.

​In the end, we are confident that we have the most pure mattress available. The choices at Sleeping Organic offer options to fit most budgets and their warranty is an outstanding 20 years. There is also a 100 night comfort exchange. One of the perks of going with Sleeping Organic is that you can choose your firmness layers of your mattress and at any time you can rotate them to adjust your bed to your liking. When my husband and I are ready to order ours (hopefully in the next year!) we will opt to have our layers split at no extra cost. This is beneficial if there is a season where one of us needs a softer or more firm mattress, we can shift the layers on our side of the bed and get the right support we need for maximum comfort! Another awesome product they have is a crib mattress. I only wish I knew about them when we purchased our highly toxic "organic" crib mattresses. They also have pillows and other accessories and often offer specials and bonuses to orders.

When my daughter finally got her mattress she said it felt like a cloud. 

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Future of America: Vaccination Agenda

6/27/2016

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Did you know there is a specific branch of our government called "The United States Department of Health and Human Services" (HHS)? At first glance it sounds like it would be a pretty helpful entity - backed by the power of government and here to help with the health of it's dear citizens...that is, if you still trust our government. Well, did you know they have a plan in motion called the National Adult Immunization Plan, and it is on track to be aggressively pushing more vaccines into our adult citizens by 2020?     

The Plan is outlined in 4 parts and each has sub-objectives. You can view the details in the hyperlink above, but here is my paraphrased summary:

1. Strengthen Infrastructure
-This includes monitoring compliance with receiving recommended vaccines and tracking vaccination status through electronic health records and immunization systems, and increasing their use and tracking ability.
- Monitoring safety and injury reports and evaluating them for actual causality. (Basically, this translates to me as disproving injury claims and using VAERS to prove safety rather than expose the truth - which is the exact opposite)
-Generate evidence of how well the vaccines are working. 

2. Improve access to adult immunizations
 -​Offering financial incentives to both compliant adults agreeing to vaccines and providers who give them.
-Expanding provider network.
-Making sure ample vaccine supplies are well-stocked and tracked for vaccination needs during disaster and public health emergencies. 
​This part of the plan demands extensive monitoring and documentation.

3. Increase Demand for Adult Vaccines
- Strategic communication geared toward specific communities, including language, literacy, and cultures. 
- Eliminate any hesitation to comply and any skepticism regarding vaccine safety using all means necessary including provider pressure, leveraging faith-based and community infrastructures, employers, trusted leaders...and probably celebrity spokespersons. On this note, watch for increasing television shows and movies projecting impending death and terror to be only averted by scientists developing the perfect vaccine just in time.
- Increase vaccination status of all adults with a special focus on having 90% of adults recieveing the flu vaccine yearly, pregnant women compliant with getting both flu and Tdap vaccines, and increasing the doctor patient vaccine assessment protocol to ensure we know which vaccines they want us getting on a regular basis.

4. Develop More Vaccine and Vaccine-Related Technologies
- There are at least 271 vaccines in development. Over 100 of them are for infectious disease. I suppose going back to point number 3 we can expect to become aware of the newest upcoming horrible horrendous killer virus and bacteria lurking around as they attempt to scare the public into wanting the self-proclaimed preventative for said scary diseases - just about the time they are almost ready for market.   
- Development of new technology for the tracking, storage, delivery method, and monitoring of vaccine compliance.

The government is actively making goals to implement and achieve greater vaccine compliance and trust in both current and future vaccines. They also have plans for implementing vaccines via military if necessary in what they deem an emergency health crisis. I'm not sure how long it will take or what it will take to get to the point that we are under heavy coercion or forced vaccination in order to reside here or travel, but it seems that the motion is headed that way. 

We are living in a society where SWAT breaking down your door in the middle of the night armed to the teeth is legal for non-violent crimes or even errant assumptions on innocent people. And if you wake up prepared to defend yourself because you have no idea who is breaking in (and they are not announcing it) you can get a hundred rounds pumped into you - and it is justified by our government! This aired on a local channel this month and goes into detail the injustice I just described.

Road blocks with emergency vehicles full of vaccines that won't let you pass until you show your vaccine papers or pull up your sleeves are reported as a future plan in this account.

This doesn't sound like the America I learned about in school. It sounds like a horror film. 

Courtney Charles is a frequent contributor for TruthKings. Connect with her at Alkaline Mom or on her website alabasterliving.com.


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This Woman Threatened To Call CPS On Me!

6/4/2016

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​About a year or 2 ago I decided to throw out some bait. I was tired of conversations that contained phrases like "but my doctor said" or "the entire CDC agrees" or "the government would never recommend shots if they were hurting people". People just don't always think for themselves. I decided to approach this from a different angle. I decided to being attention to vaccine ingredients without mentioning vaccines to see if anyone would notice the deadly cocktail without all the  brainwashing that apparently escorts the word "vaccine". Secretly, yes, I was hoping that some pro-vaccine person in my friends list would bite. And she did. Here is the thread that led to her threat to call Child Protective Services on me:


ME: I have been looking into some supplements for the kids. The one most recommended contains this...any thoughts? Not sure if it seems safe (Husband).   [I just copied and pasted vaccine ingredients listed on the CDC website]
Medium 199, Minimum Essential Medium, phosphate, recombinant human albumin, neomycin, sorbitol, hydrolyzed gelatin, chick embryo cell culture, WI-38 human diploid lung fibroblasts, casamino acids, yeast, ammonium sulfate, Polysorbate 80, succinate buffer, aluminum phosphate, soy peptone broth, 2-phenoxyethanol, formaldehyde, neomycin, streptomycin, polymyxin B, monkey kidney cells, Eagle MEM modified medium, calf serum protein, sucrose, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate, sodium hydroxide, polysorbate 80, cell culture media, fetal bovine serum, vero cells (DNA from porcine circoviruses), formalin, yeast protein, aluminum phosphate, aluminum hydroxide, amino acids, phosphate buffer, polysorbate 20, neomycin sulfate, MRC-5 human diploid cells

Husband: Have you lost your mind?

Friend 1: Gross!

Friend 2: Calf serum? Human diploid cells? This stuff sounds awful.

Me: Yes, it may sound strange to us and even dangerous because a lot of the ingredients are known to cause cancer...but most doctors recommend it and I'm told we are just uneducated and too ignorant to understand the value and irresponsible to question the doctors that know more than we do.

Friend 3: Are you concerned it isn't safe to flush down the toilet? Good for you! I don't think it is. Maybe incinerate. [As you can see, some friends in the know about vaccines knew right away to what I was referring]

Friend 4: Mmmm, chick embryo cell culture and monkey kidney cells mixed with yeast and formaldehyde...do those doctors give this to their own children, I wonder?

Friend 5: Please tell us the brand. As a student of naturopathic nutrition, I'm dying to know. The things I've heard recommended about nutrition from docs is just incredible, including when they recommend folic acid for pregnant women. 45% of the population cannot metabolize that and this synthetic form of the vitamin and it blocks folate from being absorbed. Fail!

Friend 6: HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

Me: As far as I can tell it seems very convincing that the doctors that recommend this do actually give it to their children and take it themselves when fitting. The manufacturer says there are risks (such as cancer, diabetes, arthritis, Kawasaki's disease, blood clotting disorders, encephalitis, Guillian Barre syndrome, rash, death, seizures, brain damage - but these are probably pretty rare), but most doctors unanimously agree that the benefits outweigh the risks. It is supposed to prevent tons of diseases like diarrhea and rash and hepatitis and even some coughing. It seems silly not to give my children a preventative for a rash, fever, and cough if I can at all help it. And some day they might become sexually active, so I need to think of that. Oh yeah, it even protects against polio...if we ever travelled somewhere that polio actually exists.

Friend 6: Yes I need a brand so I can see if my pediatrician recommends it also...
Oh, gotcha!!! Actually the peds at our clinic do recommend this

Me: It is the ONLY preventative actually approved by the FDA. All the others are just from "quacks" the doctors say. I was concerned about some of the things on the paper inside the box, but when I asked, one doctor got really annoyed that I would question his recommendation and told me that I am just a mom and am misinterpreting the information. It seemed pretty blatant that it could cause so many diseases - bad ones, deadly ones - but the doctor said it would be better than maybe getting a rash for a few days because those are contagious. I felt like I must be living in a different world because I always thought that cancer, blood-clotting disorders, seizures, and death were worse than a rash. Am i nuts?

Me: Because, besides, the product can cause a fever and rash, but the doctors say that it is ok and perfectly fine to get a fever and rash from the product but irresponsible and selfish if I let my kids get one on their own.


Friend 5: The vitamins that my husband and in laws have been given by the NHS are the absolute worst--the cheapest, least bio-available. Total rubbish. I'm a fan of food first, but supplements do sometimes have a role to play. In the US, Thorne is a brand that is generally very good. They have high standards and do several third party tests on them to make sure they contain what they say they do, and when I compare them to my lecture notes from my classes about the best forms, they are typically right on. Not cheap, but you get what you pay for, too.

Friend 7/THE WOMAN: [And here it is] Look, I have read enough. You are going to kill your children. You obviously have issues and need to deal with them first hand. Honestly, if I find out you give your girls these supplements, you can bet your life CPS will be contacted and involved!!

Me: "Woman", did you by any chance read all the comments also? I think you might be right, but most doctors recommend them and give them to their patients and around 95% of parents let them.

Friend 5: Yes, the doctors here in the UK recommend them to their patients as well and most of the parents give them.

Me: I wouldn't let anyone give my children "preventative supplements" without reading the ingredients and information in the package and thoroughly researching every aspect of it, not well-meaning friends or doctors. I don't even let people give my kids food without reading ingredients first.  I just looked up one of the ingredients- Polysorbate 80. It is used in food products, vitamins, and vaccines. It is an emulsifier and and a solvent. It is used to carry nano particles and drugs across the blood-brain barrier to the brain. The material safety data sheet says this:  
POLYSORBATE 80 
9005-65-6 
100 
Section 3: Hazards Identification 

Potential Acute Health Effects: Slightly hazardous in case of skin contact (irritant), of eye contact (irritant), of ingestion, of inhalation. 

Special Remarks on Chronic Effects on Humans: 
May cause adverse reproductive effects based on animal test data. No human data found. May cause cancer based on animal test data. No human data found. May affect genetic material (mutagenic)

Me: Woman, I actually think it is really cool that you are so passionate about protecting children that you would threaten to call CPS on me! You have a lot of guts to stand up for kids and that is awesome! The point of this post was to raise awareness. Most people don't know what they are allowing doctors to inject into their kids because doctors don't offer informed consent. Those ingredients listed above in the "preventative supplements" are vaccine ingredients that I copied and pasted straight from the CDC website for just a FEW of the vaccines given in the first 12 months of a baby's life. Others that are given have a lot of the same ingredients repeated and also other toxic ingredients such as thimerisol (mercury in 6 month flu shot), live viruses, and killed viruses. A lot of these nasty poisons would actually be better if ingested because they could be pooped out, but since they are injected the kidneys need to filter them through the blood and the kidneys are not even fully developed until 1-2 years of age. The side-effects that I listed also came straight from the package insert. If more parents actually read the package inserts carefully (making sure they took the time to understand exactly what was being disclosed), they might hesitate and think about declining vaccines instead of just taking their doctor's word for it that they are safe (they are not). Neither doctors nor the manufacturer can be held liable if a child suffers from a vaccine injury. There is no accountability but lots of statements about vaccines being safe. They say that the science is settled, but it is not. The science is ongoing and there are currently over 6,500 *published* articles in the vaccine research library to back up the dangers AND ineffectiveness of vaccines. I care fiercely about kids, too...that's why I share and post stuff like this all the time.

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Courtney Charles is a frequent contributor for TruthKings. Connect with her at Alkaline Mom or on her website alabasterliving.com.

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The Dirty Secret Behind Infant Mortality In The United States

5/9/2016

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Why does a baby in  the U.S. have a higher risk of dying in the first year of life compared to other wealthy countries?
​This question prompted me to compare vaccines given during that first year of life. I compared the countries with under 3 deaths per thousand against the US infant mortality rate of 6.1. The following is what I discovered.
Infant mortality rates in countries with much lower numbers on the list:

Finland - 2.3
Japan - 2.3
Portugal - 2.5
Sweden - 2.5
Czech Republic - 2.7
Norway - 2.8

It is interesting to note the number of vaccines given in the first year of life per country...
​United States: 32
Finland: 15
Japan: 16 (can vary between 11 and 21)
Portugal: 26 (Note: While there are 26 vaccines on the formal schedule of recommendation, there is only 1 vaccine (polio) given to babies for free.  Portugal only has a 95% vaccination rate compared to the United States where more than half (60%) of states reporting higher than 98% vaccine compliance and 10 more have complete compliance between 96%-98%. Only a few states drop as low as 95%-96% vaccinated. When the states measure compliance they are including those who strictly adhere to the entire schedule, not the partially vaccinated.  I'm not sure if Portugal includes partially vaccinated in their 95%, just polio, or the entire schedule.)
Sweden: 18
Norway: 20 
(It is also interesting to note that the schedule for Sweden and Norway are identical except that Norway includes 2 doses of Rotavirus at 6 weeks and 3 months.)
Czech Republic: 29
(I wanted to point out the difference between the PCV vaccine given to babies here is PCV10, which has 10 bacterial forms as opposed to the PCV13 given to American babies with 13 bacterial forms. Czech law requires that children must have 6 vaccines by their 3rd birthday, despite the larger recommended schedule.)

It is also noteworthy that parents and physicians have choices regarding single or multi-dose vaccines in various parts of Europe. Whereas, in the U.S. many vaccines are combined (such as MMR) and we are not given the option of having just one given at a time without the rest.

​In 2014 in the United States, over 23,000 babies died. That is horrendous. I wonder how many of those deaths were caused by vaccines. I believe most of them. Almost all of the states (11 out of 12) that report a vaccine compliance rate of over 99% also report the highest infant mortality rates, which are well above the national average and range from 6.3-10 deaths per 1,000 infants.
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Alkaline Pantry Trades

5/8/2016

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It can be difficult to change your entire lifestyle and diet all at once. If for no other reason, we can only learn so much at one time. Here are some simple changes you can start with right away to shift to a more alkaline lifestyle for improved blood and health.  

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​1. Buy full-sized carrots instead of baby  carrots to avoid chlorine. 

2. Rinse your rice. Eating pure can be challenging at times. Rice is an easy go-to for me and after looking into arsenic levels I settled in on Basmati from India. Brown rice can have even higher levels of arsenic than white, but rinsing your rice reduces about 30%-50% of arsenic in your rice altogether.

3. Always buy organic - at least know your dirty dozen! And for the love of all that is holy, don't eat corn or soy if it is not organic. Avoid cottonseed oil, canola oil, "vegetable oil" and corn oil and soy products. There are veggies and fruits that require little pesticide use and others that require tons. Tomatoes and potatoes should always be organic if you don't want poison in your food. Some veggies like cauliflower and eggplant you can buy standard if you can't find organic. Any products you buy with mixed ingredients, you need to read ingredients to check for these oils and GM items. Read them again periodically to make sure they haven't been snuck into products you've been trusting!

4. Substitute coconut oil for butter/vegan butter in recipes.

5. Use maple syrup in place of agave, honey, or other liquid sweeteners. Agave is a neurotoxin, but very popular in raw food recipes because it is easily found raw. Maple syrup is a much healthier choice.

6. Substitute coconut sugar for other sugar for a pure, raw food that is made from the dried sap of the tree. It has a low glycemic index and great taste.

7. Always choose cane sugar over beet sugar/fructose because of the risk of GMO's. 

8. Never buy produce with an 8 in the beginning of the code, it is the symbol for GMO. 

9. Chia eggs over chicken eggs! Your baking remains the same quality and you have just eliminated almost 38,000,000 pathogens per egg per recipe! To make: put a tbsp of chia seeds in 1/2 cup water and it will gel into a perfect chia egg. Besides cutting out the egg filth, you just added some great fats, fiber and other nutrients by using chia seeds. Even if you are using organic, free-range eggs, switching to chia eggs is a huge improvement.

​10. Make your own raw nut milks. It's easy if you have a high-speed blender; All you have to do is blend soaked nuts with alkaline water. If you are in a pinch you can even skip soaking. Today I made a shake using 1/3 cup rinsed, raw cashews and water in place of store bought nut milk. When producers steam or quickly heat nuts to kill pathogens...and they are still mostly raw because the nuts have not been heated through.  

11. Use baking soda rather than baking powder and add a squirt of lemon juice to the recipe for the acid. This eliminates potential aluminum and corn from the use of baking powder. 

12. Use fresh lemon instead of vinegar. If you do want to use vinegar in a recipe it is not the end of the world. There is a big difference between adding a teaspoon to a whole recipe (knowing it isn't alkaline) and taking daily shots of the acid falsely thinking you are boosting your health. Just make sure it is organic vinegar as most white vinegar is made from GM corn.

​13. Substitute avocado for yogurt in recipes. You will get all the creamy texture without the sugar, bacteria, or dairy. Avocados are so healthy, I take every opportunity to add them to my diet!





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The Lies About The Vitamin K Shot

4/14/2016

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Vitamin K is scheduled to be injected into babies within an hour of birth. One of their assaults out of the womb and most parents allow it. It's a vitamin that we are told will save our baby's life from the deficiency they are born with, so of course we would agree to it. But only because we are fed lies.

First, it is a lie that it is needed. Listen to this fear campaign delivered by the CDC:
"Babies are born with very little vitamin K stored in their bodies. This is called “vitamin K deficiency” and means that a baby has low levels of vitamin K.  Without enough vitamin K, babies cannot make the substances used to form clots, called ‘clotting factors.’  When bleeding happens because of low levels of vitamin K, this is called “vitamin K deficiency bleeding” or VKDB. VKDB is a serious and potentially life-threatening cause of bleeding in infants up to 6 months of age. A vitamin K shot given at birth is the best way to prevent low levels of vitamin K and vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB)....waiting to see if your baby needs a vitamin K shot may be too late.  Babies can bleed into their intestines or brain where parents can’t see the bleeding to know that something is wrong. This can delay medical care and lead to serious and life-threatening consequences. All babies are born with very low levels of vitamin K because it doesn’t cross the placenta well. Breast milk contains only small amounts of vitamin K. That means that ALL newborns have low levels of vitamin K, so they need vitamin K from another source.  A vitamin K shot is the best way to make sure all babies have enough vitamin K. Newborns who do not get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding than those who get the shot."

How has humanity survived all this time without this shot? Vitamin K does pass through the placenta, it does get passed through breast milk, and moms eating plenty leafy greens, veggies, fruits, and oils are passing plenty to their babies. Interesting however that certain medications can interfere with vitamin K and deplete it or cause other clotting and bleeding issues. If mom is on IV antibiotics (often the case if she is Group B strep positive during the birth), certain pain medication, or had recent vaccines it could deplete her vitamin K levels or pass through to the baby and deplete the baby's vitamin K levels. Want to know another thing that could cause bleeding disorders in babies unrelated to the "need" for vitamin K? The Hepatitis B vaccine, also scheduled to be given within 12 hours of birth. Actually, most vaccines have the same adverse reaction listed in the package inserts, also called thrombocytopenia, or ITP.  So maybe if we stopped vaccinating babies they wouldn't be bleeding to death.

Beyond the lie that it is necessary is the lie that it is just a safe and harmless vitamin. Here it is, the bold-faced lie in print:
"Yes, the vitamin K shot is safe. Vitamin K is the main ingredient in the shot. The other ingredients make the vitamin K safe to give as a shot."  

The manufacturer disagrees, this is in the insert:
"Severe reactions, including fatalities, have also been reported following INTRAMUSCULAR administration."

"ADVERSE REACTIONS
Deaths have occurred after intravenous and intramuscular administration. (See Box Warning.) Transient “flushing sensations” and “peculiar” sensations of taste have been observed, as well as rare instances of dizziness, rapid and weak pulse, profuse sweating, brief hypotension, dyspnea, and cyanosis. Pain, swelling, and tenderness at the injection site may occur. The possibility of allergic sensitivity including an anaphylactoid reaction, should be kept in mind. Infrequently, usually after repeated injection, erythematous, indurated, pruritic plaques have occurred; rarely, these have progressed to scleroderma-like lesions that have persisted for long periods. In other cases, these lesions have resembled erythema perstans. Hyperbilirubinemia has been observed in the newborn following administration of phytonadione".  

"Studies to evaluate the mutagenic potential have not been conducted with Vitamin K1 Injection.
Studies to evaluate the carcinogenic potential have not been conducted with Vitamin K1 Injection." 

And direct from the package insert we have the ingredients:
Each milliliter contains phytonadione 2 or 10 mg, polyoxyethylated fatty acid derivative 70 mg, dextrose, hydrous 37.5 mg in water for injection; benzyl alcohol 9 mg added as preservative. May contain hydrochloric acid for pH adjustment. pH is 6.3 (5.0 to 7.0). 
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The shot contains aluminum. Aluminum is toxic when injected. Medscape references 35 published studies discussing the toxic impact of injected aluminum and those include many skin conditions including eczema, rash, painful nodules lasting years in some cases, and dermatitis, among other conditions. At least 2 British journals confirmed that vitamin K injections significantly increase chances of childhood leukemia, in as many as 1/500. That is horrific. And it is infuriating that the statements pasted directly from the CDC above, ignore, deny, and flat out lie about the risks of this shot. 

What parents deserve is full disclosure and informed consent. That would not sound like the typical jargon they hear in the hospital such as "Now we are going to give your baby a Vitamin K shot, it is perfectly safe and may save your baby's life." 


It would sound more like:
"You have the option of having your baby injected with an acidic formulation of synthetic Vitamin K. We would like to give this to your baby because the Hepatitis B shot we will pressure you to get next to protect against STD's might cause a severe bleeding disorder. In addition, the several shots per visit over the next 6 months will increase your baby's risk of bleeding to death. If you would like us to give it, we also need to let you know that it is possible for your baby to suffer a severe reaction, including death or could cause severe skin conditions, such as eczema, and may increase your baby's risk of developing leukemia through childhood. Would you like us to inject your baby?"







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Correlation Does Not Equal Causation

4/1/2016

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Vaccine pushers who are denying the destruction vaccines have caused on humanity just love the phrase "Correlation does not equal causation."

Very often when you encounter a parent who has seen their child die or suffer severe regression of some kind after routine vaccination, you will often encounter a physician opening their mouth to say "Correlation does not equal causation". This statement is usually accompanied with a look of condescension that says..."I'm a doctor and know so much more than you do and because of my years of study and deep understanding of science I can spew words that nullify what just happened without question...because, as I said, I'm a doctor".

"Correlation does not equal causation" is what millions of parents hear after waking up to dead babies (from vaccine-induced SIDS), watching their children suffer juvenile arthritis so that they cannot even play like children should (associated with the MMR vaccine), crying through the night as their children are screaming and bleeding from itchy eczema (associated with the Hepatitis B vaccine) that won't let up, or having their children suffer from life-threatening allergies. (And these are just a few of the devastating outcomes of vaccines...there are MANY more.)  Doctors explain that just because your child had a vaccine or series of vaccines just before they fell ill or dead does not mean that vaccines are to blame. Even more frustrating is that those same side-effects are listed on the package inserts... but doctors choose to ignore that in order to be right. 
   
Just because 2 things happen near the same time doesn't mean one caused the other. I agree. And if we are going to apply that logic we need to apply it in both directions. You can't have it both ways. Just because vaccines were released around the time a disease declined does not mean the vaccine had anything to do with it. Remember, correlation does not equal causation. ;)

From early 1800's when industrialized and populated cities began to grow until sometime in the 1970's, there was something in common that contributed to all of these diseases: filth. If you want a great look into just how filthy we were during that era, check out Filthy Cities. Want to know what changed? Adequate plumbing and waste removal. Boom, there it is folks. Also until recently we had limited abilities in regards to diagnosis, it was all clinical. In 1940, there were no high-tech labs. We got really high-tech in the 60's-70's when washing our hands properly became in-fashion. If you and/or your babies and toddlers had oozing, itchy bumps, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and/or some limb weakness, guess what? Diagnosis of a contagious viral or bacterial disease is issued. Never mind the fact that your baby had a blow-out and their bedding and their entire bodies, including mouths, were covered in feces and when you found the situation, you too got covered in feces. And back then? You didn't have handy-dandy hi-tech contraptions like a washer and dryer (with ample soap and bleach at your finger tips) and you certainly didn't have a shower for emergency, proper washing. The best we could do wasn't nearly good enough. And disease was rampant. From our famous butt-to-mouth polio, to measles, mumps, rubella, and even tetanus. You know what was different back in those days? Farm animals were everywhere, dropping waste in the streets which people were wading through, even those with deep wounds. And how many men, women, and children got to rush home after being knee-high in human and animal waste to shower all the disease-laden filth off of themselves in a nice, hot shower with uncontaminated bottled soaps, anti-septics, hydrogen peroxide - and of course CLEAN water while bleaching all their clothes from the disease-filled feces splattered on them? None. That's how many. 

​Yet, we have the arrogance and audacity to credit vaccines over cleanliness to the decline of disease?!?! Imagine how clean, hot running water, underground waste removal, and the ability to have a constant supply of sanitary clothing impacted wellness. Or go to a populated area that lacks these things and you know what you find? Disease. Despite the fact that their efforts to improve have lessened disease, it is still there. World Vaccination Day still doesn't eliminate disease where proper sanitization is lacking.

Let's hold just a few of the points in the above chart under a little scrutiny to uncover a bit more truth...
 
The scare-tactic/indoctrination chart above states that in 1923, 1560 people contracted tetanus. But according to the pro-vaccine website immunize.org, "Tetanus first became a reportable disease in the late 1940s. At that time, there were 500–600 cases reported per year."  

In 1941 there were 894,134 cases of measles. That same year there were 1,144 deaths in people with measles. We do not know if there were other underlying conditions that may have contributed to death. That is about .125% death rate in people with the disease. What the chart also does not show is that the disease and death rates declined significantly after 1941, before the vaccine was introduced in 1968. But outside of the extremely low incidence of death, everyone having the typically mild disease lasting about a week had life-long immunity. It actually benefitted people to have wild measles because it offered true immunity, without vaccine side-effects.

The chart says that in 1968 over 50,000 people contracted mumps. What is ironic about this is that the vaccine was introduced the year before, in 1967. This chart is intentionally deceitful, just like the rest of vaccine propaganda. The mumps vaccine is a live-virus vaccine and therefore transmissible by the vaccine. It seems that the widespread use of the vaccine introduction in 1967 caused a greater mumps epidemic than was already here. Furthermore, this mild disease has a death rate of 2/10,000 from 1966-1971 according to the CDC. With an astronomical survival rate, the majority of decline prior to the vaccine introduction, and life-long immunity of survivors to provide true herd-immunity the vaccine did much more harm than good. 

Polio. If you want a detailed analysis on why vaccines had nothing to do with the decline of polio, read this.

Well, now that we have that cleared up - who can we thank for vaccines? Nowadays, rather than the mostly harmless and short-lived diseases that came with true immunity we have 1 in 2 with cancer, most children with learning disabilities, allergies, chronic illness and auto-immune diseases, that is, those that don't succumb to vaccine-induced SIDS.  

For some things it would be ridiculous to deny causation. If someone punches me in the eye and it swells up and the next day I awake with a black eye, no jerk would say "Remember, correlation does not equal causation, that bruise was probably caused by some other factor". And in the case of the hundreds of stories that I have read that someone's tiny baby died right after or within days of injecting poisons, carcinogens, neurotoxins and toxic waste into their body, it is beyond asinine to say, "Well, it probably wasn't the poison, line up your other children - we need to inject them, too".

Pride really does go before a fall. In false pride we continue on a path that is causing almost every person to suffer some kind of disorder or disease because we think injecting poison prevents disease. I'm disgusted and exhausted by the narrowly focused and incorrect view that vaccines have helped humanity accompanied by the unfortunate ignorance to the fact that they contribute to most of our current diseases. What fools we are "who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel".
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How Planned Parenthood Gets Human DNA In Your Vaccines

3/21/2016

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If you are a Christian, Jew, Muslim, or anyone else who is morally opposed to abortion (including late-term abortion) babies being born alive (whole and intact) yet and left to die you need to read this post and check out the supporting links. Planned Parenthood is selling dead babies and baby parts for profit. Those babies are being used to further the vaccine industry.

Here, a high-level Planned Parenthood executive is secretly caught on tape admitting that they are selling baby parts to a company called Novogenix. I wanted to know who this sick company is and why they are buying body parts of murdered babies. Their website is "unavailable" but this is their profile on LinkedIn:
"Novogenix offers a broad support structure for scientific research, with services covering cell and tissue procurement, molecular fraction isolation, bioinformatics analysis and program development (including strategic planning, experimental consulting and grant/paper co-authorship). Our diverse expertise and services allow us to promote our clients' interests from the conceptual stage through publication and product development. We work equally as hard as our research partners to get the most out of their time and financial commitment to their projects; truly, we at Novogenix are 'Scientists Supporting Scientists'."

As "scientists supporting scientists" they are clearly providing to researchers. Who uses aborted babies for research? The vaccine industry. In addition to the 21 vaccines in circulation that have murdered baby DNA in them, there are over 200 vaccines in development. Where does baby DNA fit into vaccines? In order to make vaccines, the virus is often grown in human tissue to weaken the virus for the vaccine. 

​These babies are often born alive, tortured to death, and sold to propagate the vaccine industry. If that isn't disturbing enough, it is also disturbing that parents are not given the information that the vaccines being injected into their babies are made using aborted babies and that they contain human DNA. Furthermore, the human DNA contained in vaccines is linked to the development of autism. Informed consent is a myth. Uninformed coercion is far more accurate.

Anyone supporting the vaccine industry by consenting to vaccines is also supporting how they are being made. Now you know. 

2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a Spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Fear Not: Disease
Power: Research the Risks
Love: Never Give In
Sound Mind: Study Ingredients and Failures
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Contents Of This Naturopath's Medical Kit

1/19/2016

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I guess the most obvious items are... well, obvious. I went to my local Target and tried to get a wide assortment of Band-Aids, bandages, tape, cotton balls, Q-Tips, gauze, and wrappings for various injuries. 
Up until recently I did not even have little Band-Aids in the house. But I thought it would be wise to put together a medical kit just in case. For some reason, not quite sure why, when I think about the need for a medical kit I picture myself in the middle of the woods without access to running water, a telephone, or soap. As I was trying to come up with items to include, I took those circumstances into consideration, and I also wanted my kit to be sufficient in the event that no help was available for lengthy periods of time. If I forgot anything, feel free to let me know!




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In addition to bandaging, a few sizes and types of scissors and tweezers seemed appropriate. Maybe I should get some suture equipment to add?
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​Also, in the event of no soap and water, the kit is stocked with wet wipes, hydrogen peroxide, rubbing alcohol, and DepHense, a colloidal silver product. 
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​In addition to the items above, some awesome salve in a small container is a great addition. Of course, if you are not in the woods and are in my house you would find several large containers of this so I felt it only necessary to put a small amount in the kit. :)
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Now we are getting to some of the fun parts of the kit. Here we have a small bag of activated charcoal and another of bentonite clay. These items are only truly necessary for us if we are in the wilderness somewhere because I have large quantities of these in my house. I have to admit, I am finding it to be very convenient to have everything neatly organized in one place. It is nice not to have to think about everything I might need or that could be useful for the situation at hand, since everything is there and ready for use. Hey, let's face it, sometimes you just don't think of every single thing that could be helpful in the moment. Well, at least I don't...I was vaccinated. ;) 
We also have an herbal extract to help my children sleep, in the event we are wandering through the woods sans beds and pillows, and they have extra trouble dozing off. And I also threw in a Sambuca's cough drop...why not?
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Now the really fun stuff: essential oils. They are truly wonderful when used properly. For the purposes of a medical kit, only 2 or 3 are really needed. Both of these are safe to use undiluted although peppermint feels like Icy Hot, so it might be too strong for children and I don't recommend it undiluted on children under 4 years of age. 
For both sun and local heat burns, a drop of lavender is great. Especially if you are in the wilderness and have no ice.
For muscle pain, a drop of peppermint is great. For headaches, a drop massaged into the temples and on the back of the neck is best. Also, for stomach upset, a drop right in the naval can work wonders. Of course, a shot of baking soda with charcoal would be great, too. Wait, do I not have a bag of baking soda in here? Gotta fix that STAT!
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Finally, a wide assortment of homeopathic remedies. Our pediatrician told me when my oldest was a baby that Calcarea Carbonica helps most issues with babies and toddlers, including teething. Pulsatilla was a second go-to for her with babies. The indications on the bottles are only one of very many that the remedy can be used for. In her words, when you get the right one it works immediately and for good. We got to see that one time when Elise was about 8 months old. She was having an allergic reaction to some sort of outdoor allergen. Her eyes were watering and itchy, she was sneezing, and her nose was running. We gave her 1 Pulsatilla tablet based on our pediatrician's advice and her symptoms left immediately and have never come back. I'm not well-versed in homeopathic remedies but having a wide selection in the kit seemed like a great idea if we should ever have a need. Another that we have found helpful for the kids is Chammomilla for teething discomfort and Calcarea Phosphorica for growing pains.


Do you have a medical kit? What's in yours?
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Tips For A Great Cleanse

1/4/2016

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It's January again and after another fall full of junk, so many are looking to clean house, get healthy, and detox the junk they piled on for the last 2 months. Here are some great tips to designing your own cleanse.

Set your "Rules"
There are many different types and levels of cleansing, from eliminating 1 item, to truly cleaning house. Just like for some people spring cleaning might mean catching up on laundry while for others they throw away everything they haven;t used in the last year, and scrub every inch of their home top to bottom. You want to make this a challenge, but one you can accomplish. It also depends on your health. The more health challenges you have, the stricter (and longer) the cleanse should be. Here are some examples of ways to cleanse:

1) Just green juice. All juiced with a juicer, all green, no fruit.

2) Liquid cleanse. Here you can have veggies in the juicer and shakes by putting them in the blender with water. Adding avocado to your veggie shakes helps you get needed fats and emulsify the shake also. It is more strict and a deeper cleanse if you do not include fruit, but if you are pretty healthy and just want to detox you can decide if having one or 2 of your drinks during the day can include fruit. You can also decide if you want to add some lightly cooked veggies to include hot, but blended, soups. You can also have raw pureed soups made in the blender. Another addition to a liquid cleanse is making your own fresh, raw, live nut milks by soaking raw nuts in water for a few hours, rinsing them off and blending with alkaline water. Strain and enjoy. You can add this to green juice to mellow it out for a special treat.
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3) All raw. Adding a salad or piece of fruit during the day, or even some raw nuts is another type of cleanse.

Here is a chart to help you keep your cleanse alkaline.

My cleanse this month is going to start out liquid for 3 days to 1 week and then will transition to all raw.  

Once you have decided the parameters of your cleanse it is great to keep a log of what you are consuming. I like to include the date, my weight, my water consumption, baking soda shots, supplements, shakes, juice, health drink.

More tips for success:
1) Drink your body weight in ounces of water daily. So, if you are 39 pounds, drink 39 ounces of water per day - in addition to your meals which are your also liquids right now.

2) Drink a meal every 2 hours. It isn't always convenient to blend something every 2 hours, so you can blend extra in the morning and pour it into a few sealable containers and store in the fridge. This is great if you are going to work.

3) Take baking soda shots. The link above explains when and how along with testing your pH on a cleanse.

4) To deep clean the blood add cloves of raw garlic to your salty shakes! 

5) Include a daily health drink.

​6) Recruit a friend and hold each other accountable. It always helps when you are not alone. Let me know you are joining me!

7) Choose your thoughts wisely. It can be challenging when you are hungry. It is easy to fast when you are full, or even planning on it while you are stuffing your face. But once you are doing it and you get hungry it gets hard. You can have waves of head aches, nausea, and other symptoms that are unpleasant. It is part of the process. It means you are getting rid of the trash. Instead of thinking "I'm starving" I like to think "I'm starving the toxins!". Rather than thinking "I feel awful" I think "I'm getting rid of everything awful!". And when you are sitting next to someone NOT cleansing with you and watching them stuff their face and grain with delight instead of thinking "This sucks!" I like to think "This is worth it. I am healing my body, setting myself up for a healthy life, a good example, and accomplishing my goals! I'm not going to die...I'm going to live better." And some days I need to remind myself often "I'm not going to die if I don't eat that. :D"  Can you tell I struggle with self-control yet?  

8) Connect with me at Alkaline Mom for more tips and support. Message me or set up a consult with me if you want more tips on how to make your cleanse most effective for your personal goals.

Cheers!!!
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The Love of Purslane

12/7/2015

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For years my husband has been pulling these dreaded weeds that have plagued our gardens. Then we saw a post circulating on Facebook that it is not only edible but rich in nutrients. I looked a bit deeper and found it is a powerhouse packed with nutrition, including calcium, magnesium, potassium, manganese, copper, iron, phosphorus, selenium, zinc, sodium, more omega-3 fatty acids than any other leafy green which research shows has had amazing value in reversing various diseases and conditions, one of the highest vegetable vitamin A sources, some B's, C and very special antioxidants, and as a succulent it is full of rich hydration. This information hit my news feed 2 days after we tossed out several 5 gallon buckets of it. 

It turns out it grows everywhere. Just about any place on earth that gets some water and is not covered with 3 feet of snow year round find purslane to be relentless. And most people, as we did, snarl at it and toss it, trying to get rid of it.
But it just. Keeps. Coming. Back.

​It reminds me of the amazing love of God. His love is so rich, so satisfying, so life-giving and is widely rejected, disregarded, even snarled at like an unwanted weed. All over the world, He is patiently waiting and holding out His hands to offer is unfailing love to all the hungry people starving spiritually while rejecting the very thing that would save them. And at the same time, He is relentlessly offering a rich source of nourishing food to a world starving physically, declining from disease and some even without food and hungry. 

​Now every time I see purslane growing I interpret that as one way God is saying "I love you." I never want to throw it out again. We have been enjoying it in salads and in our daily green shakes, and saving money in the process! 
 
There are many recipes and information about purslane. There is a plant that looks similar but has a hairy stem and milky sap that comes out, don't mistake that for purslane, it is poisonous. And don't mistake spirituality for the only One able to save, a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. 
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