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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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    A Holistic Health Practitioner and Instructor since 1997, pH Miracle Certified Nutritional Microscopist, and full time mom of 2 and wife dedicated to raising an alkaline family. Above all of that, my ultimate aim in life is to be a disciple of Christ.

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