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  • FOREIGN DNA AND VIRUSES IN VACCINES: What’s the Real Risk?

    What’s the risk and where’s the science that our vaccines are contaminated? Three great scientific minds come together to discuss the impact of foreign DNA and retro viruses found in vaccines. This online conference call webinar is being coordinated by The Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge a not-for-profit organization which exists to perform scientific research in the public interest. This call is hosted by Dr. Lyons-Weiler adn will include special guests Dr. Theresa Deisher and Dr. Judy Mikovitz. 

    IPAK Educational/Outreach CONFERENCE CALL.
    This call is designed with Academia in mind.
    Listen to the discussion Monday, Nov 26 2018 7PM EST  
    Register Here

    IPAK

    The Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge is a not-for-profit organization which exists to perform scientific research in the public interest. We use the principles and practices of scientific research to help individual researchers, research teams, consortia, and companies push their project through roadblocks, or map their way around them via evidence-based alternatives. We provide independent views and intellectual effort on scientific progress in three main areas:

    • To help investigators in their efforts to reduce human pain & suffering through biomedical and related forms of scientific  research.
    • To help investigators increase their understanding of the universe using science as a way of knowing.
    • To educate the public in robust and reliable advances in medicine and science.

    Dr. James Lyon-Weiler

    Dr. James Lyons-Weiler, research scientist and author of “Cures vs. Profits“, “Environmental and Genetic Causes of Autism“, and  “Ebola:An Evolving Story”. Always looking to improve ways of doing science, he discovered numerous fundamental flaws in the methods for analyzing data.  He always strived to provide improved solutions to these problems. 

    Over the years, given his extensive knowledge of cutting-edge research in cancer and cancer treatments, James helped his sister, his uncle, his future father-in-law, and several close friends find optimal routes to treatment of their cancer.  Close friends and family would, on a regular basis, challenge him with statements like “They already have a cure for cancer.  They don’t want cures, they want treatments!”  While conducting research for “Ebola: An Evolving Story”, it became apparent to him that important and significant improvements could be made to FDA’s approach to gold standard randomized clinical trials.   To help sort out these perspectives, using the cumulative benefit of all of these experiences, he is now writing a second book “Cures vs. Profits: Success Stories in Translational Research”, published in May, 2016.

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    Special Guests: 

    Dr. Theresa Deisher

    Dr. Theresa A. Deisher, PhD is Founder of AVM Biotechnology LLC and also serves as its Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Scientific Officer. Ms. Deisher served as Vice President of Research and Development of Cellcyte Genetics Corporation. She is an internationally renowned cardiovascular scientist with extensive expertise in the biotechnology industry. Her research programs have encompassed all areas of cardiovascular physiology and disease, including heart failure, myocardial infarction, thrombosis, stroke, diabetes, obesity, hematopoiesis, immune modulation, cardiotoxicity and regenerative medicine. Dr. Deisher was the first scientist to discover and characterize adult cardiac stem cells, for which she holds the patent. Her most recent appointment prior to CellCyte served as Principal Scientist at Amgen, Inc. from July 2002 to September 2006, where she led an interdepartmental team developing antibody therapeutics for the treatment of chronic heart failure, acute myocardial infarction and chemotherapeutic cardiotoxicity. 

    During her tenure at Amgen, her research group pioneered the use of rodent non-invasive imaging techniques. From October 2000 to August 2006, she served as Senior Staff Scientist, Vascular Biology at Immunex Corp. in Seattle, WA leading projects in Anti-Thrombotics and Inflammation and Myocardial Repair which she successfully transferred over to Amgen with the Immunex acquisition. Her research has resulted in numerous patent awards, out-licensing deals and clinical programs. She has authored numerous manuscripts, has 17 issued or pending patent applications and is a frequent lecturer on stem cell research, inflammation and cardiology. Dr. Deisher received her PhD from Stanford University’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and her BA degree from Stanford University’s Department of Human Biology, graduating with honors and distinction.

     She discovered stem cells in adults and has worked on their potential therapeutic uses.  As the result of this work her name is on 23 patents as the inventor.  Under her leadership, the SCPI organization

    • Studies the health and pathologic consequences of residual fetal human DNA, cellular debris, and retroviruses in our medicines
    • Promotes awareness about the widespread use of fetal human material in drug discovery, development and commercialization, and the rights of every consumer to know what is in their products, including residual human DNA
    • Supports the gains made in adult stem cell research
    • Conducts research and product development, including alternate cell lines for vaccine production
    • Applies scientific methods that align with SCPI mission to end human trafficking and exploitation for the purposes of biomedical research and development of commercial products

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    and

    Dr. Judy Mikovits

    Dr. Judy A. Mikovits earned a BA in Chemistry with a specialization in biology from the University of Virginia in 1980 and a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology from George Washington University in 1992.Upon graduation from UVA, she went directly to the National Cancer Institute in Frederick Maryland where she developed purification methods for Interferon alpha. It was this Interferon which was used in the first immune therapy treatment for hairy cell leukemia in 1986.  In 1986-7, prior to enrolling in graduate school. she went to Upjohn Pharmaceuticals in Kalamazoo Michigan to develop production methods to insure biological materials manufactured using human blood products were free of contamination from HIV-1.  Her PhD thesis defense entitled  “Negative Regulation of HIV Expression in Monocytes” changed the paradigm for therapeutic treatment of HIV. For this work, she was awarded the graduate student of the year in 1991.  In her thirty-five-year quest to understand and develop therapies for chronic diseases, she has co-authored seminal papers culminating at least a decade of research in each of four fields: immunology, natural products chemistry, epigenetics, and HIV/AIDs drug development.

    In 2006, Dr.  Mikovits became attracted to the plight of families with neuroimmune diseases including ME/CFS and Autism and was primarily responsible for demonstrating the relationship between environmentally acquired immune dysfunction, chronic inflammation and these diseases. Her pioneering work during a twenty year career at the National Cancer Institute includes the discovery of the modulation of DNA Methylation machinery by human retro viral infection and the development of the concept of inflammatory cytokines and chemokine signatures of infection and disease, which was first published in 1999, when Dr. Mikovits directed the Laboratory of Antiviral Drug Mechanisms in developing therapeutics and diagnostics for HIV/AIDS and AIDS associated malignancies. Therapies which are still standard of care twenty five years later and credited with saving millions of deaths from HIV/AIDS. In 2001, she moved back to industry where she directed the Cancer Biology program of EpiGenX Pharmaceuticals.  

    The company focused on the development multiplex diagnostic epigenetic and proteomics expression technologies for the prediction of Immune Related Adverse Events to chemotherapy in susceptible populations. In 2006 she co-founded and developed the first neuroimmune research institute dedicated to understanding the pathophysiology of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and related illnesses. In five short years, she won more than 6 million dollars of NIH/DOD competitive funding in grants and contracts for this program. In 2009, Drs. Ruscetti and Mikovits’ labs isolated for the first time a new family of human retroviruses then identified as XMRV. In 2012 it was learned XMRV was a contaminant of the Silverman lab and the XMRVs isolated were a new human exogenous and transmissible retrovirus family, which are strongly associated with neuroimmune disease and cancer.  This new family of pathogenic human retroviruses is now called HGRV.  Dr. Mikovits has co-authored more than 50 peer reviewed publications and book chapters and the book Plague. 

  • DOES VACUUMING HELP ALLERGIES, OR MAKE THEM WORSE?

    Sneezing is not always the symptom of a cold. Sometimes,it is an allergic reaction to something in the air. Health experts estimate that 35 million Americans suffer from upper respiratory tract symptoms that are allergic reactions to airborne allergens. If you own a bagless vacuum cleaner, you may think you’re getting rid of the dust, dirt, and pet dander that trigger your allergies or asthma, but you are actually making them worse. 

    Dust mites are perhaps the most common cause of perennial allergic rhinitis. House dust mite allergy usually produces symptoms similar to pollen allergy and also can produce symptoms of asthma.House dust mites, which live in bedding, upholstered furniture,and carpets, thrive in summer and die in winter. In a warm, humid house, however, they continue to thrive even in the coldest months.The particles seen floating in a shaft of sunlight include dead dust mites and their waste products.These waste products, which are proteins,actually provoke the allergic reaction.

    Bagless vacuum cleaners are still very allergy unfriendly

    Studies, the dirty outside of a bagless vacuum cleaner after a few uses, (and our experience) show that bagless vacuum cleaners spew fine dust and germs back into the air and onto your furniture, where they can set off allergies and spread infections. YIKES!

    But there is good news! A good quality vacuum will suck up 99.9% of dust, dirt, and allergens and keep them in the bag where they can be cleanly and effectively disposed of.

    Allergy sufferer then the vacuum’s filtration system quality should also be a primary concern

    Vacuum, bag, and filter hepa technology has advanced so far that the newer bagged machines such as Riccar, Miele, and Lindhaus will nearly perfectly filter out every spec of dust, dust mites, mold spores, pollen, and pent dander and keep them in the bag.

    HEPA stands for high-efficiency particulate air. A HEPA filter is a type of mechanical air filter; it works by forcing air through a fine mesh that traps harmful particles such as pollen, pet dander, dust mites, and tobacco smoke.

    …when speaking of anti-allergy vacuums, the HEPA filtration technology is the most prevalent feature in the discussion. A high-quality filtration system such as HEPA prevents the dust and other foreign particles from being blown back into the air. HEPA has been designed support the suction at its best level, while filtering tiny air particles (which are sometimes even less than 0.3 microns).

    If you truly want as dust free a home as possible, clean top to bottom. 

    Vacuum at least once a week is good, more in the high traffic areas and if you have pets.

    1. Dust BEFORE you Vacuum

    Start with the top corners where dust and cobwebs collect, then move down to furniture, curtain rods, tops of door frames, and pictures. There are good vacuum cleaner attachments and electrostatic or microfiber dust cloths available that are very good for this thorough type of cleaning. Remember, dusting with just a regular cloth or a feather duster will also spread the dust around your home. There are also attachments for cleaning ceiling fans and attachments for cleaning mini-blinds; both inconvenient to clean, and both phenomenal dust magnets.

    2. Check your vacuum!

    Check to make sure your vacuum cleaner bag is not already full. Make sure there isn’t a lot of debris or hair wrapped around the brush roll. Remove any large debris that is in the cleaning path. 

    Don’t forget the stairs, corners, edges, and baseboards. Using slow movements, pass the vacuum cleaner at least four times (yes, even a very good one) over each area. This allows the vacuum cleaner to collect microscopic particles and allergens that are deeply embedded in your carpet. 

    3. For an even more thorough job, work the carpet fibers in both directions: first go east to west, then go north to south or vice versa. 

    We also recommend not using powders on your carpet as these are hard on the motor and will clog the filter. 

    For professional advice on choosing the best vacuum for allergies consider calling Abbott’s Vacuum Center in Nampa, Idaho. 

    Article Contributed by Michelle Abbott 

    MORE RESOURCES:

    National Institute of Health Publications: Airborne Allergens

    Vacuum Guide for allergies

  • Hospital Violates Right of Vaccine Exemption for Sick Kids

    Is a major children’s hospital now denying treatment to un vaccinated or under vaccinated children? According to this letter, effective November 1st, the clinic will no longer accept patients who are unvaccinated or on an alternative vaccine schedule or those with religious exemptions. Did you know that as of January 2018, federal protections were put in place that are designed to keep hospitals, facilities and care programs from this form of discrimination!  

    FAMILIES WHO ARE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST CAN FILE A COMPLAINT. This hospital has the potential of losing the federal funding if they violate an individual’s right of exemption to vaccines for religious or moral conscience. 

    *This new division of HHS ensures that all vaccine coercion at a state level is stopped from a federal level.  

    Catch Up or Else

    This hospital is denying treatment to sick children demanding that they get caught up on their vaccines. They give 90-days notice to those currently out of compliance to rectify the situation. Have you seen the CDC catch up schedule? 

    “The CDC has just launched a program that will calculate a catch-up schedule for children who were not vaccinated on schedule. A 5-year-old child who was not previously vaccinated would be required to receive 19 vaccines in one month, including 6 doses of aluminum-containing injections! This catch-up schedule was NOT tested for safety to determine the immediate or long-term risk of neurological or immunological damage.” (own emphasis)

    Following the links provided by Miller, it appears that the CDC table of vaccinations required in their catch-up program had been approved by the following organizations:

    Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices – (www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip)

    American Academy of Pediatrics – ( www.aap.org)

     American Academy of Family Physicians – ( www.aafp.org)

     American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists – ( www.acog.org)

    HFI wants to know: How is it that Hospitals and Doctors can discriminate against patient’s religious beliefs while being protected by their own? 

    Vaccines were created on the bodies of aborted babies and contain human DNA, created using pig, cow, and other animal parts and contain animal DNA. Injecting these types of human/animal products into the body is against many religious tenants and personal beliefs. In 2018 the HHS just created a department to PROTECT the religious beliefs of Doctors so they can discriminate against patients?

    aborted fetal DNA: http://soundchoice.org/aborted-fetal-products/

    aborted cow DNA:https://www.fda.gov/…/…/QuestionsaboutVaccines/ucm143521.htm

    porcine (pig), dog, monkey and other animal material: http://www.actip.org/…/human-vaccines-produced-with-animal…/

    HHS Religious Protection for Healthcare workers: https://www.hhs.gov/…/hhs-ocr-announces-new-conscience-and-…  

    Vaccine Exemptions on the basis of religious or philosophical grounds is NOW PROTECTED by HHS! 

    If an entity (hospital, healthcare facility, etc..) receives any federal funding through HHS but does not allow an individual the right to a religious or moral exemption from vaccine requirements, it is considered discrimination and a violation of personal rights and therefore subject to investigation by the federal government.

    Employees, clients, consumers who use a facility that is supported in part by federal funds MUST have access to vaccine exemptions.
    If you are denied these exemptions you have the right to file a complaint of conscience. 

    What is the consequence to the employer who forces vaccines and participates in moral/religious discrimination?

    An entity receiving federal funding through HHS has the potential of losing the federal funding if they violate an individual’s right of exemption to vaccines for religious or moral conscience. This is an opening to ensure that all vaccine coercion at a state level is stopped from a federal level.  

    Are you a family that was denied access to care by a facility (this or another) from an agency or entity that receives federal funding from Health and Human Services?

    Clients & Consumers Seeking Access to Shelter

    • denied entry into a facility serving persons with disabilities or group home

    Clients & Consumers Access to Programs

    • Headstart program
    • Developmental Disability Programs
    • Foster care Licensing

    Clients & Consumers Denied Care

    • Denied care or discriminated against in a hospital, 
    • Denied care at health care provider office or inpatient or outpatient healthcare facilities

    How to File a Conscience Complaint

    You can file a complaint online or via mail, fax, or e-mail. Learn more about how to file a complaint with OCR. https://www.hhs.gov/conscience/complaints/filing-a-complaint/index.html

    https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2018/01/18/hhs-ocr-announces-new-conscience-and-religious-freedom-division.html

    LEARN MORE as Health Freedom Idaho hosts an informational seminar December 1st online and in person. *This event is for ANY PERSON/FAMILY denied access to healthcare resources, employment, services specifically due to their religious, moral conscience opposition to vaccines. 

    LEARN MORE REGISTER FOR HFI’s INFORMATIONAL MEETING DECEMBER 1st, 12:00 – 1:30

  • Another Study Showing a Cell Phone-Cancer Link Downplayed by the FDA

    There’s an estimated 327.5 million cell phone subscriber in the United States. Recent worldwide studies have linked cell phone radiation to cancer. World Health Organization has labeled it a “possible human carcinogen.” In November 2018, The US National Toxicology Program — an inter-agency government group that’s a part of the National Institutes of Health — released a report that looked at what happened when rats and mice were exposed to cell phone radiation over a two-year period. The results from the $30 million NTP studies demonstrated that cell phone radiation caused Schwann cell cancers of the heart and brain gliomas in rats, as well as DNA damage in the brain.

    “We cannot assume any current or future wireless technology is safe without adequate testing. In the interest of public health, government agencies must utilize results from these well-conducted health effects studies and issue clear recommendations to the public on how to reduce exposures to agents that are hazardous to our health. The NTP studies clearly shows that non-ionizing radiation can cause cancers and other adverse health effects.”

    The Link: radiation from cell phones and cancer

    Every cell phone emits radio frequency energy, which is also known as radio waves. “This is a form of non-ionizing radiation,” said the National Cancer Institute. Tissues in the human body may absorb this energy when being in contact with antennas. The NTP studies were conducted to test the widely-held assumption that cell phone radiofrequency radiation could not cause cancers or other adverse health effects (other than by tissue heating) because this type of radiation (non-ionizing) did not have sufficient energy to break chemical bonds.

    A theory suggests that exposure to ionizing radiation may increase the risk of developing cancer, said the NHI. Some studies have also evaluated the effects of x-rays, radars and microwave ovens. However, none of them have provided conclusive results.

    The NTP findings that cell phone radiation caused cancers in the heart and brain, DNA damage in brain cells, heart muscle disease and reduced birth weights clearly demonstrate that the assumption that non-ionizing radiation cannot cause cancer or other health effects is wrong.

    The Findings: Clear Link to Cancer that FDA Ignores

    In NIH’s news release, NTP senior scientist John Bucher said, “We believe that the link between radio frequency radiation and tumors in male rats is real and the external experts agreed.” But, amazingly, the FDA says it disagrees with this carefully conducted, peer-reviewed study’s finding of clear evidence of carcinogenicity.

    According to Jeffrey Shuren, Director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, “these findings should not be applied to human cell phone usage,” adding that “we believe the existing safety limits for cell phones remain acceptable for protecting the public health.”

    While expressing this opinion, Dr. Shuren neglects to note that the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a part of the World Health Organization, classified radio-frequency radiation from wireless devices as a “possible human carcinogen” based largely on findings of increased risks of gliomas and Schwann cell tumors in the brain near the ear in humans after long-term use of cell phones. Thus, the same tumor types are elevated in both animals and humans exposed to cell phone radiation.

    This FDA’s position is quite unusual because it was this agency that nominated cell phone radiation emitted from wireless communication devices to the NTP for toxicity and carcinogenicity studies in experimental animals to “provide the basis to assess the risk to human health.”

    At that time, the FDA reasoned that “existing exposure guidelines are based on protection from acute injury from thermal effects of RFR [radiofrequency radiation] exposure and may not be protective against any non-thermal effects of chronic exposure.”

    By adopting this new position and ignoring the NTP’s results, the FDA is clearly shirking its responsibility of assessing the impact on human health of radio-frequency radiation.

    The Rats: Why are rat cancer models used in science?

    For more than 150 years, researchers have used rat models to conduct health research. Rat cancer models have provided “remarkable” information to understand better “cancer triggers, mechanisms, and therapeutics,” said the NCI.

    Within the last decade, investigators have added genetic mapping, gene expression, and computational analysis, to rat cancer models. For instance, genes associated with breast cancer in the creatures, are similar to those in humans.

    Merely claiming that conclusions about human risk cannot be drawn from animal studies runs counter to standard practices of evaluating human cancer risks by public health agencies including the U.S. EPA, NTP, IARC, and even the FDA. –

    The Study: Exposure Limits in Study only Slightly Higher than FCC limits

    Exposure levels in the brains of rats in the NTP study were similar to or just slightly higher than the FCC’s limit for maximum permissible exposure to local tissue exposures from cell phones held next to the head. 

    This point is most important because, when an individual uses a cell phone, body tissues located nearest to the cell phone antenna receive much higher exposures than parts of the body that are located distant from the antenna.

    The selection of the highest exposure levels in the NTP studies was based on the same criterion used by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish exposure guidelines for radio-frequency radiation. Misleading statements by Dr. Shuren about the utility of the NTP studies for evaluating human cancer risk were debunked in my previous publication.

    The FDA needs to fulfill the intent of their nomination to the NTP and conduct a quantitative risk assessment so that the FCC can develop health-protective exposure standards. 

    For example, what is the level of exposure associated with the cancer risk of one per thousand or one per million people?

    Also, health concerns for children may be higher than that for adults due to increased penetration of cell phone radiation within the brains of children. Merely ignoring the cancer data from the NTP studies is not in the interest of public health. Because of the widespread use of cell phones among the general public, even a small increase in cancer risk would have a severe public health impact.

     “The NTP tested the hypothesis that cell phone radiation could not cause health effects and that hypothesis has now been disproved,” Ronald Melnick, “The experiment has been done and, after extensive reviews, the consensus is that there was a carcinogenic effect.”

    The Study: Duplicated Results of Cancer Development

    We also can no longer state that adverse effects of radiofrequency radiation are not replicated. Increases in tumors from cell phone radiation have indeed been replicated in several studies. The Ramazzini Institute large-scale rodent study found increased Schwannomas in the heart at lower radiation levels than in the NTP studies. The Lerchl et al., 2015 study also found radiofrequency radiation (at significantly lower doses than the NTP studies) promoted cancer development, with evidence for a heightened synergistic impact when combined with a known carcinogen. It should also be noted that the adverse health effects caused in rats exposed to GSM-modulated radiofrequency radiation were also observed in rats exposed to CDMA-modulated radiofrequency radiation. EHTrust.org

    Melnick recently published an article in the journal Environmental Research debunking widely circulated criticisms of the NTP study and also released a scientific criticism of the way the NTP study was treated by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). 

    Ronald L Melnick, Ph.D., was a senior scientist for 28 years with National Institutes of Health leading studies on numerous industrial chemicals and directed the design of the National Toxicology Program/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ Cell Phone Radiofrequency Radiation Studies. Melnick was Director of Special Programs in the Environmental Toxicology Program at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health, USA and is now retired and Senior Advisor to Environmental Health Trust.

    Learn More About Cell Phone Radiation from the EHTrust website

    Ronald L Melnick, Ph.D. presenting to the National Institutes of Health National Toxicology Program Cell Phone Radiation Study Peer Review.

    Portions of this article originally appeared at: https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/416515-theres-a-clear-cell-phone-cancer-link-but-fda-is-downplaying-it and https://ehtrust.org/statement-by-ronald-melnick-phd-on-the-national-toxicology-program-final-reports-on-cell-phone-radiation/

    U.S. National Toxicology Program speaks: Cancer and cell …. https://www.pulseheadlines.com/u-s-national-toxicology-program-speaks-cancer-and-cell-phones/33046/

  • Wildcraft Eggnog Holiday Indulgence with Health Benefits

    The holiday season beckons family and friend together. A special treat reserved for this time of year is eggnog! We are NOT talking about that store bought stuff – wildcraft eggnog! This recipe comes highly recommended and straight from our favorite website LearningHerbs.com 

    John says, 

    “Eggnog often gets viewed as a total indulgence (read: unhealthy treat that will make you gain pounds just by looking at it). And if you buy eggnog at the store then this is probably true. Not only do store-bought eggnogs contain ingredients of poor quality (like factory-farmed milk and eggs) but you will also most likely find it to be full of weird preservatives and tons of sugar. But if you make your own eggnog you can control the ingredients and change it from an unhealthy beverage to a wonderful health-promoting drink.”

    Learn more about the health benefits of nutmeg (did you know its a medicinal used for digestive issues?) visit the Learning Herbs Blog

    Wildcraft Eggnog

    3 organic eggs (+ 1 extra yoke if desired)

    1/4 cup local raw honey

    1 tablespoon vanilla extract 

    1 tablespoon freshly grated nutmeg (plus a little more for garnish *Fresh grated nutmeg makes a world of difference!)

    1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 

    1/4 teaspoon cardamom

    1/8 teaspoon cloves 

    1 cup organic heavy whipping cream 

    1 cup organic whole milk 

    *1/2 cup dark rum (optional)

    These herbal ingredients can be found in most markets, or can be ordered online from Mountain Rose Herbs

    Here’s what to do…

    In a bowl, whisk the eggs until they’re very frothy 

    Add the honey and continue whisking until it is well blended 

    Add the freshly grated nutmeg as well as the other spices and vanilla extract and continue whisking

    A little at a time, add in the whipping cream, continuing to whisk 

    Only a little at a time, whisk in the milk

    Finally, whisk in the rum (optional) 

    Chill the eggnog for 1 or 2 hours and serve cold 

    Sprinkle a little nutmeg on top before serving 

    This makes four small servings and should be consumed within 48 hours. Enjoy!

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    Text from https://learningherbs.com/remedies-recipes/how-to-make-eggnog/
    Copyright © 2018 LearningHerbs.

  • Adding Herbs Daily for the Culinary and Medicinal Benefits

    The importance of food in our holiday gatherings can not be over emphasized. In a day in age when more than 80% of adults are taking medications for health issues and 50% of our children are diagnosed with chronic diseases we need to modify our thinking about our food. Nature provided us with all the nourishing foods to eat in order to keep us healthy. Medicinal and Culinary Herbs are plants, and all plants have vitamins and minerals. They were meant to be consumed as food, not only to be used for their medicinal benefits.

    When most people think about food they romanticize it. We think about it in terms of  Grandma and Thanksgiving and First Dates, Family Gatherings going out for Pizza and Ice-cream! Picnics and campfire means s’mores and hot dogs; Christmas -cookies; Easter – chocolate eggs & candy; Halloween – more candy!  All that is fun and lovely, but it lets us forget that “we are what we eat” – and that is not a metaphor!  

    The Sad Health Damages of the Average American Diet 

    The average American consumes about 1 gallon of soda per week, which equates to more than 18 fluid ounces, or 1.5 sodas per day. These sodas are loaded with sugar, with a 12oz can containing 35-45 grams – an amount that exceeds the recommended daily intake of ~15 grams. What’s more, these sugars are typically in the form of high-fructose corn syrup, one of the cheapest, and most health-hazardous forms of sugar that can be used. 

    Even More Alarming Statistics on the Average Yearly Consumption of Food Like Products for the typical American includes:

    • 29 pounds of french fries
    • 23 pounds of pizza
    • 24 pounds of ice cream
    • 24 pounds of chemical artificial sweeteners

    But it’s crazy for us to think that if we keep do what we do and expect the outcome to be different somehow…

    There are so many ways you can weave the medicinal and culinary herbs, into your everyday cooking! 

    Such as drinking them in teas, adding them to your meals as spices, to your smoothies and sweet treats, bake with it! The point is this – nutrition comes from food and not lab made supplements, so for me and my family, we start there and we just keep on going that direction.
    Our body has countless safety mechanisms, so when we put it through the wear and tear and one or more systems fail, the others are there to pick it up and keep working. 

    Milla, mother of 3 children who have suffered with chronic disease and diagnosis such as Lyme and Autism explains how she incorporates herbs into everyday life. 

    I use fresh herbs, dried & frozen, fermented, medicinal and culinary anywhere I can! in smoothies, soups, stews, salads, baking, tea/decoctions… I even stuff dates with ground milk thistle seeds. It has become a second nature now, when I prepare food,  I think: “what herb will fly here?”

    Milla shares a plethora of Tasty, Easy and healthy, toxin-free recipes. Gluten-Dairy-MSG-Soy-Corn-Dye-Artificial anything- FREE. Organic only, unprocessed, mostly plant-based, low on fat-grain-seed-legume-nuts. Be sure to visit her website at https://www.siberiancedarland.com/

    SOURCES: 

    http://naturalsociety.com/average-american-diet-infographic/

    RECOMMENDED Reading:

    https://nourishedblessings.com/what-is-reid/

  • 4 Simple Steps to Support Vaccine Exemption Rights Attorney Alan Phillips JD

    The North Carolina State Bar is suing the nation’s leading Vaccine Rights Attorney, Alan Phillips, J.D., demanding the private files of 100’s of Phillips’ clients from across the nation, so they can engage in an unlawful “fishing expedition” (dig around to see if they can find a problem). Yet, the Bar is not even accusing Phillips of any specific wrongdoing. Moreover, Phillips has proof that that NC Bar attorneys invented facts and law to build a case against him to take his license, and he needs your help to expose the corruption. This affects everyone in the Vaccine Awareness Movement, so please read on!

    Alan Phillips is the nation’s only attorney who works with clients, attorneys, legislators and activists nationally concerning vaccine exemptions in all of the exemption categories: birth, daycare, school, college, employment, military, immigration, child custody disputes, intn’l travel, etc. North Carolina is “Vaccine Central” to the pharmaceutical industry. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see what’s going on here, folks! YOU CAN HELP! 

    New to this story? See the story link
    See Links Below about how you can help! 

    UPDATE Nov 11, 2018: 

    In recent weeks, a Client Group of about 270 of Phillips’ former clients from around the country have sought legal representation as a group, to intervene in the NC Bar’s lawsuit against Phillips. They do *not* want their private client files be turned over to the NC State Bar. If state officials can dig through client files for no specific reason, then no client’s files are safe!

    Meanwhile, Phillips had to fire his attorney. The attorney didn’t disagree with Phillips that the real issue is misconduct by NC State Bar attorneys, he just refused to address it (presumably, to protect himself). So, Phillips and the Client Group are now both looking for representation. So far, NC attorneys are either afraid to challenge the Bar or their firm won’t let them take the case. Protecting themselves is understandable, but that’s also what allows the corruption to take root and flourish, making it all the harder for others to clean up the mess later.

    The NC Bar keeps waffling. 

    First, they demanded a court hearing right after initiating the lawsuit in May 2018. Now they want “discovery”–answers to questions, documents, etc. (so they can make up facts and law to use against Phillips like they did before with Phillips and others). However, Phillips is objecting to discovery due to the blatant conflict of interest. The Bar attorneys can’t lawfully prosecute a case against Phillips when Phillips, and several organizations around the country, have filed complaints against the NC Bar attorneys concerning matters related to the lawsuit, and those complaints have never been properly addressed. So, Phillips will ask the court to order the Bar to get outside counsel to address the conflict of interest. 

    A hearing on that request could be later this month or in sometime in December. The court must either order the Bar to get outside counsel or ignore the conflict. So far, the Bar has illegally suppressed the complaints against its own attorneys; more on that soon…

    Meanwhile, the solution is to put a spotlight on the corruption, and we need your help! 

    We must multiply Petition numbers! Millions of Americans are concerned about vaccines, but very few have signed the petition. Please sign the petition yourself, and share the links below to encourage everyone who supports the right to vaccine informed choice to sign the petition, too! 
    (The petitions demand that complaints against the Bar be investigated–that the Bar be prevented from putting itself about the law by suppressing those complaints.) Then, stay tuned, there’s more to come as this illegal lawsuit plays out, and your help will be needed again!

    Questions? alan@vaccinerights.com 

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    Share These Links Far and Wide!

    I. READ/LISTEN TO THE STORY

    See the links on the Vaccine Rights website here:

    http://www.vaccinerights.com/ncbarwitchhunt.html 

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    II. SIGN A PETITION

    a) Petition for everyone: https://www.change.org/p/no-attorney-is-above-the-law 

    b) Petition for Attorneys only: https://www.change.org/p/investigate-the-nc-bar 

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    III. SUPPORT THE FUNDRAISERS

    a) Vaccine Rights Attorney Legal Defense Fund

    https://www.gofundme.com/vax-rights-atty-legal-defense-fund 

    b) Bar Watch, Inc. nonprofit support

    https://barwatchonline.org/donations/ 

    c) Personal Donations 

    PayPal to alan@vaccinerights.com 

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    IV. SIGN UP TO THE VACCINE RIGHTS E-NEWSLETTER FOR UPDATES:

    http://www.vaccinerights.com/contact.html 

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    With humble gratitude,

    Alan Phillips, J.D.

    Vaccine Rights Attorney 

  • FCC Adopts New Regulations Severely Limiting State and City Right to Placement of 5G

    On September 26, 2018, the FCC adopted regulations that are intended to facilitate 5G technology by severely limiting the objections that states and cities can raise to small cell installations. The FCC’s press release stated that this was “another important step in its ongoing efforts to remove regulatory barriers that inhibit the deployment of infrastructure necessary for 5G and other advanced wireless services. This action, which builds upon those already taken by states and localities to streamline deployment, underscores the FCC’s commitment to ensuring that the United States wins the global race to 5G.”

    The FCC Chair described this action to “cut red tape for small-cell deployment” that will “mak[e] it cheaper and easier to string fiber optic lines on utility poles.” Agit Pai, “5G is in reach. But only if we set the right policies,” 

    The new rules passed with support from all four FCC commissioner’s with the agency’s sole Democrat, Jessica Rosenworcel, also dissenting in part. 

    Rosenworcel said the requirements would “run roughshod over state and local authority” and “[tell] state and local leaders all across the country what they can and cannot do in their own backyards.”


    EMF Scientist Appeal Advisers Call For Moratorium On 5G

    The health hazards of 5G technology have been intensely debated at the federal level, before Congress and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). There does not appear to be any widely accepted definitive scientific study, however, that proves one way or the other whether small cell installations — emitting extremely high or “millimeter wave” frequencies above 24 GHz — may have an adverse health impact, although in 2011 the World Health Organization classified radio frequency radiation as a possible 2B carcinogen. 
    Moreover, the only applicable FCC standards for radio-frequency radiation emissions were set in 1996, and did not consider the use of modern wireless equipment like small cells that will be located close to residences. Mere compliance with the FCC’s outdated standards does not assure safety.

    Concerns have been raised about the health risks of 5G technology, which includes these small cell installations. See, e.g., “EMF Scientist Appeal Advisors Call For Moratorium On Policies For 5G “Small Cell” Antennas,” and Doctors Letters on Cell Towers Near Schools

    20 Facts About 5G And Your Health 
    What You Need To Know About 5G Wireless And “Small” Cells

    Additionally, many studies have linked low-level wireless radio frequency radiation exposures to a long list of adverse biological effects, including: DNA single and double strand breaks; oxidative damage; disruption of cell metabolism; increased blood brain barrier permeability; melatonin reduction disruption to brain glucose metabolism; and, generation of stress proteins. This list certainly warrants additional scientific studies before District residents are put at risk.

    The FCC’s action and DDOT’s draft guidelines will give private cell providers the right to put antennas and transmission control boxes on District-owned streetlight poles and privately-owned utility wood poles subject to only minimal limitations. This means that a 5G antenna could be mounted on the streetlight or utility pole in front of a resident’s home, and there would be little the resident could do about it. 

    Relief from Wireless Impact Might Only Be Found in Rural Areas

    CNET and TechRepublic.com “5G won’t come to rural areas for quite some time.”
    The major carriers are planning US rollouts of 5G in late 2018 and early 2019, and they’re starting in major cities. Ted Rappaport, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering who conducted some of the early research into 5G, told CNET that 5G might not make it to rural areas until 2022 or 2023. 

    This article originally appeared at: https://ehtrust.org/washington-dc-advisory-neighborhood-commission-3-4g-opposes-5g-small-cells-in-new-resolution/.

    FCC Press Release, “FCC Facilitates Deployment of Wireless Infrastructure for 5G Connectivity,” September 26, 2018, available at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-354283A1.pdf.

    Washington Post, September 26, 2018, available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/5g-is-in-reach-but-only-if-we-set-the-right-policies/2018/09/26/9d5c322e-c1c7-11e8-8f06-009b39c3f6dd_story.html?utm_term=.cbadc613d419Washington DC Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3/4G Opposes 5G Small Cells in New Resolution

  • Weed Killer Found in Your “All Natural” Cup of Tea

    Last year, OCA sued Bigelow, after the brand’s Classic Green Tea tested positive for glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in many herbicides, most notably in Monsanto’s star product, Roundup. The chemical is applied to more than 150 food and non-food crops and used on lawns, gardens and parks. In fact, researchers from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that human exposure to glyphosate has increased approximately 500 percent since 1994, the year Monsanto introduced its genetically modified Roundup Ready crops in the U.S. Today, the chemical can be detected in everyday household foods such as cookies, crackers, ice cream and even our urine.

    Organic Consumer Association alleges that Bigelow Tea puts the words “All Natural” on its Classic Green Tea and other tea products, and also represents its products and the company as being “environmentally friendly” even though Bigelow’s Green Tea tested positive for glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup® weedkiller.

    Among other health and environmental concerns, according to a report published January 2017, low doses of glyphosate have been linked to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, suggesting that there is no “safe” level of glyphosate.

    In March 2015, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) which labeled glyphosate a “probable carcinogen.” The France-based panel’s ruling has since sparked debate around the world, prompted hundreds of lawsuits over allegations that glyphosate causes cancer, and resulted in the state of California adding glyphosate to its list of cancer-causing chemicals.

    “All Natural” Should Mean Pesticide Free

    According to the lawsuit that an estimated 0.38 ppm in Bigelow Green Tea. The lawsuit isn’t about the contamination rather, the complaint alleges that Bigelow deceptively labeled, marketed and sold tea products with the representation of “All Natural” and “Natural,” making the products appear environmentally friendly.

    “Like other companies that market their products as ‘natural’ and ‘environmentally friendly,’ Bigelow is using these terms to profit from growing consumer demand for healthier, more sustainable produced products, even though the company knows those claims are false,” said Ronnie Cummins, international director of the Organic Consumers Association.

    “Bigelow knows that health-conscious consumers will pay a premium for “all natural” products believing those products are free of pesticides and other contaminants. Likewise, Bigelow knows that consumers who care about the environment will pay more for products they believe were produced using methods that don’t harm the environment. As a consumer education and advocacy group, it’s our job to expose these false claims and force corporations to either clean up their products, or clean up their labels and advertising.”

    Judge Denies Request for Case Dismissal

    OCA is represented by Richman Law Group.

    They filed the suit in Washington, D.C., under the District of Columbia Consumer Protection Procedures Act (CPPA), because we believe consumers don’t expect an “All Natural” product to contain pesticide residues.

    Bigelow did what all corporations do in the face of a lawsuit—it asked the court to dismiss the case. The court said no. The case will go forward.

    In its ruling, Judge Robert Rigsby agreed with us—that any “reasonable fact-finder considering the facts as alleged [in this case] could conclude that consumers have been misled in violation of the CPPA.”

    In other words, Judge Rigsby recognized that the word “natural” means something to consumers. And that “something” doesn’t include pesticide contamination.

    More on the Myth of Natural Campaign

    *Read the full complaint 

    Learn More:

    See Monsanto’s internal documents revealing the company is well aware of health risks to humans

    Toxicity of Glyphosate (sign the Petitions)

    Detoxing from Glyphosate

  • Toxicologist Mom Answers Questions on Vaccines

    Ashley speaks to local new station about vaccine hesitancy and how her view on vaccines changed after vaccination of her son triggered a vaccine reaction. 

    She says in her public facebook post 

    As someone who once believed in vaccines, who vaccinated my child, I’m asking you to hear me out. 

    I know you might think I am either (1) stupid, (2) uneducated, or (3) crazy. I know you think questioning vaccine safety is akin to believing in conspiracy theories. I know you are angered to think that there are people putting children in harm’s way because of the increasing rate of vaccine refusal.

    …

    Believe me, it took years of daily research and investigation into this issue before I began to decide that the potential benefits of vaccination do not outweigh the costs. And this was *after* vaccinating my child and watching him suffer neurodevelopmental and cognitive delays. This was after we began to deal with food allergies that gave him constant stomach pain and eczema.

    Let me add, that when I say the words “research” and “investigate”, I’m not talking about mom blogs or natural news websites with no sources or references for their information. I’m talking about published, peer reviewed scientific research from medical journals. I’m talking about data and records from the CDC website that you have to dig to find. I’m talking about important information about outbreaks and how to treat measles and whooping cough that doesn’t make the local or national news. I’m talking about historical records and archived articles… A significant amount of this information is behind paywalls. It’s not easily found or accessed unless you have come to learn what you need to search for.

    This is but a glimpse of all the information out there that we aren’t being given.

    VIDEO INTERVIEW Unaired interview with local news station + sources:
    https://hfi.designbyparrish.com/kboi-2-news-interview-with-a-toxicologist-on-vaccines

    BOOK Critical Vaccine Studies:

    https://amzn.to/2DxgvzH

    What doctors learn about vaccines in medical school:
    https://www.facebook.com/ashleyeverlyvax/posts/1131196103568691

    ARTICLE Conflicts of interest in medical education:
    https://www.facebook.com/ashleyeverlyvax/posts/1161909823830652

    ARTICLE Corruption in scientific research:
    https://www.facebook.com/ashleyeverlyvax/posts/1371432082878424

    Washington Post NEWSPAPER ARTICLE As drug industry’s influence over research grows, so does the potential for bias:
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/as-drug-industrys-influence-over-research-grows-so-does-the-potential-for-bias/2012/11/24/bb64d596-1264-11e2-be82-c3411b7680a9_story.html

    NY Times NEWSPAPER ARTICLE Harvard Medical School in Ethics Quandary:
    https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/business/03medschool.html

    GREEN MED INFO The CDC owns patents on vaccines (please check all of the sources in this article linking to the patents):
    http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/examining-rfk-jrs-claim-cdc-owns-over-20-vaccine-patents

    Bad science:
    https://jameslyonsweiler.com/2018/03/13/its-that-bad-in-an-embarrassment-to-harvard-and-yale-journal-of-pediatrics-and-the-american-academy-of-pediatrics-publishes-another-great-example-of-junk-science-pertussis-vaccination-in-pre

    Cons of vaccinating [read the links contained within this article]:
    https://thinklovehealthy.com/2016/10/25/the-cons-of-vaccinating

    “Research indicates that patients with impaired kidney function, including premature neonates, who receive parenteral levels of aluminum at greater than 4 to 5 [micro]g/kg/day accumulate aluminum at levels associated with a central nervous system and bone toxicity. Tissue loading may occur at even lower rates of administration.”
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm
    >> And infants are receiving a lot more aluminum than this in their vaccines.

    Nutrition was the biggest factor in the decline of disease mortality, not vaccines:
    http://www.columbia.edu/itc/hs/pubhealth/rosner/g8965/client_edit/readings/week_2/mckinlay.pdf

    “Of the total fall in the standardized death rate between 1900 and 1973, 92.3 percent occurred prior to 1950.”

    Year vaccine was introduced:
    Polio: 1955
    Measles: 1963
    Mumps: 1967
    Rubella: 1969

    Measles adverse event rate pre-1960s vs current rate of adverse events from the MMR vaccine:
    https://www.facebook.com/ashleyeverlyvax/posts/1756143344407294

    Measles, before the vaccine, and now:
    https://www.facebook.com/jbhandleyjr/videos/1914488961924583/

    [ASIA] Autoimmune (auto-inflammatory) syndrome induced by adjuvants (e.g. Aluminum adjuvants in vaccines). Vaccination triggers rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, thyroid disease, and other autoimmune conditions:
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23992328/

    Macrophagic myofasciitis [MMF]: characterization and pathophysiology:
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/22235051/

    MMF-associated cognitive dysfunction triggered by vaccination. “Affected patients usually are middle-aged adults, mainly presenting with diffuse arthromyalgias, chronic fatigue, and marked cognitive deficits…”:
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/25506338/

    MMF has been found to be directly triggered by tetanus, Hep A, or Hep B vaccination. Long-term persistence of aluminum injected intramuscularly via vaccine eventually causes systemic symptoms, which can manifest 3-96 months (8 years) later. Median time to symptoms onset is 11 months post-vaccination:
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/11522584/

    …And there’s so much more.