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  • Watermelon Jelly

    Watermelon Jelly

    Have you ever heard of watermelon jelly? Honestly, we hadn’t either until a particular summer when our garden was bursting with luscious melon. My boys excitedly counted over one hundred of them. Clearly, we had a problem.

    How would we ever use all those melons?

    Not wanting to be outdone by our garden, I set about to experiment with all the ways I could think of to preserve some of that summer goodness. I am proud to say watermelon jelly was an immediate win and has become a favorite of ours to enjoy all winter long. When it’s chilled, it has a very nice gel and a lovely exotic flavor.

    Will you be a kitchen maven with me and try something that’s out-of-the-box delicious?

    Like watermelon jelly? You won’t be disappointed.

    Watermelon Jelly

    This jelly has a lovely exotic flavor. Preserve some of the summer’s goodness for winter with this unique recipe.

    Prep Time 25 minutes

    Cook Time 20 minutes

    Total Time 45 minutes

    Ingredients

    • 8 C watermelon juice QP626
    • 1/2 C lemon juice JS441
    • 4 Tbs beef gelatin BP115
    • 1 C honey SW011
    • 3 Tbs Pomona’s pectin BP060

    Instructions

    Instructions

    1. Place four pint-sized jars in a 170° oven. Set four dome lids in a pan of water over medium heat.

    2. Cut the melon off of the rind. Juice the melon using a juicer (a Champion juicer works great) or remove the seeds and blend the melon until smooth.

    3. Place watermelon juice, lemon juice, and gelatin in a pot. Quickly whisk the gelatin smooth so it doesn’t clump, then place the pot over medium heat and stir frequently.

    4. Meanwhile, stir together honey and pectin until smooth. As soon as the juice mixture comes to a gentle boil, stir in the honey mixture. Stir until it is smooth and comes back to a gentle boil.

    5. Immediately ladle jelly into the hot jars filling to 1/4 inch from the rim. Wipe rims clean and secure hot lids with jar rings. Set jars upside down for five minutes. Turn right side up and leave until cool. Alternatively, you may water bath them. Check seals and store in the pantry.

    Recipe Notes

    Before serving, set in the fridge to thoroughly chill and jell.

    Azure Standard delivers NonGMO Organic throughout Idaho.

    Here, we understand that naturally grown foods are instrumental in producing a long and satisfying life. We’d like to see more farmers and home gardeners turn to natural organic growing practices, so we do what we can to not only support the organic farmer, but also provide as many organic products as possible.

    We chose to call our business Azure Standard, to signify by the name what we are attempting to do. Azure is a shade of blue which has been associated with law, justice, and honesty. In raising an azure standard, we want to place an honest standard in the marketing of food. We feel that the correct way to effect a positive change is not to attack the way it is being done, but to begin to do it right.

    We are dedicated to the “organic principle” of cooperating with nature and we pray others will join us so that we may once again see prosperity in our land.

    David Stelzer
    Azure Founder and CEO

    This article originally appeared at: https://www.azurestandard.com/healthy-living/recipes/watermelon-jelly/.
  • Unsuspecting Families Are Feeding Their Children Contaminated Finger Foods

    Unsuspecting Families Are Feeding Their Children Contaminated Finger Foods

    My pediatrician told me that my when my infant was about 9 months old (maybe a bit older) he was ready for solid foods like original Cheerios. So I followed the doctor’s advice, I kept a ready supply of this handy finger food in my diaper bag. My children ate boxes and boxes of Cheerios. In fact, I served it almost daily. Like you, I thought I was feeding my family a nutritious source of ‘whole grain part of a balanced diet’. Unwittingly, I was filling their body with high levels of toxic glyphosate and the 10,000 food additive chemicals, all of which are allowed to be added (directly or indirectly) to their food.

    75% of US foods are contaminated with Roundup with glyphosate.

    Now, my children are suffering from ADD, anxiety, depression, chronic constipation and a myriad of other ailments that are linked to imbalance known as a “leaky gut”. People who have leaky gut are more likely to have a number of other health problems including “gastrointestinal issues such as inflammatory bowel disease, chronic diarrhea, colitis and Crohn’s disease, obesity, cardiovascular disease, depression, cancer, cachexia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and ALS, among others.”

    Our gut is the key to our health and wellness. its responsible for 75% of our immune response. <Learn More about Leaky Gut>

    Glyphosate responsible for gut imbalance?

    Glyphosate is the key ingredient of the herbicide Roundup, more than one billion pounds sprayed in the US alone. It’s applied to our food as little as three days before harvest. It is absorbed into the plant and can’t be washed away. It is catastrophic to the beneficial gut bacteria that is responsible for our immune system response.

    Monsanto has steadfastly claimed that Roundup is harmless to animals and humans because the mechanism of action it uses (which allows it to kill weeds), called the shikimate pathway, is absent in all animals. However, the shikimate pathway IS present in bacteria, and that’s the key to understanding how it causes such widespread systemic harm in both humans and animals.

    The bacteria in your body outnumber your cells by 10 to one. For every cell in your body, you have 10 microbes of various kinds, and all of them have the shikimate pathway, so they will all respond to the presence of glyphosate!

    Glyphosate causes extreme disruption of the microbe’s function and lifecycle. What’s worse, glyphosate preferentially affects beneficial bacteria, allowing pathogens to overgrow and take over, including the highly toxic Clostridium botulinum.

    In the interview above, Dr. Seneff reviews a variety of chronic diseases, explaining how glyphosate contributes to each condition. So to learn more, I urge you to listen to it in its entirety. It’s quite eye-opening. According to Dr. Seneff, glyphosate is possibly “the most important factor in the development of multiple chronic diseases and conditions that have become prevalent in Westernized societies.”

    It’s disconcerting to say the least. I did what my doctor said, and fed my children Cheerios and other foods recommended by the government via the food pyramid. Now my children are part of the statistic of that is 54% of children suffering from chronic illness and disease.

    Not giving up the possibility of healing my kids

    My mission, to see if I can undo the damage, support their body’s healing processes and help them to make better food choices. Its never to late to start making a change and to heal from the damage done. This is what we are doing to help detox the glyphosate, build our guts and provide nutrient-dense foods to support healing.

  • Benefits of Beets

    Benefits of Beets

    Beets provide many health benefits — beet roots help lower blood pressure, while beet greens may strengthen your immune system. Those who struggle with eating the whole beet can easily access and consume beetroot powder. Beetroot powder is added to water for a nutritious drink. It is also used in smoothies and greens drinks, sprinkled on salads and used in gravies, sauces, soups and to provide color to most any recipe.

    Why are beets so beneficial? Consider that beets ‘live’ in the dirt, a place full of microbes which love a free meal. This means that nature has equipped the plant with natural defenses. No wonder that beet has been found to fight off the following infectious organisms:

    • Beet pectin has been found to inhibit the synthesis of types A and B staphylococcal enterotoxins.[iv]
    • Beet extract has been found to reduce influenza A infectivity and lethality.[v]
    • Beet root has been found capable of inhibiting Epstein-Barr virus associated tumor formation.[vi]

    Dr. Jack Wolfson, the Paleo Cardiologist, explains:

    If you have issues with blood pressure, circulation, energy, endurance or erections, then beetroot powder is the supplement for you.

    Some of the main benefits of beetroot powder include:

    • Supports healthy blood pressure because it contains nitrates that are vasodilators. We have been very successful getting patients off blood pressure drugs using beetroot powder.
    • Improves ED, endothelial dysfunction. But when we improve ED, we improve the other ED, erectile dysfunction. This leads to healthier blood vessel flow. Healthier blood vessel flow improves erections. We affectionately call beetroot powder ” The Boner Juice.” Blood flow to the clitoris is also improved, therefore improving the female sexual experience.
    • Improves athletic performance by boosting your stamina and muscle blood flow and recovery.
    • Regulates homo cysteine as beetroot is high in betaine, converting homocysteine to methionine. High homocysteine is a risk factor for many diseases. MTHFR gene defects get plenty of beetroot powder.
    • Improves blood sugar control.
    • Tremendous antioxidant that limits free radical damage in the body.
    • Supports healthy blood clotting factors.
    • Excellent source of fiber, folate, magnesium, potassium, iron, and zinc

    HOW TO BUY BEETROOT POWDER

    There are lots of places online selling beetroot powder.

    Not all beetroot powder is equal. Some has been poisoned by pesticides sprayed on crops. Some contain filler.

    Here’s what you should look for:
    100% organic ingredients for the WHOLE beet including the Beet Greens
    No GMO’s
    No fillers, sweeteners or additives
    Glass bottle packaging to avoid toxic off-gasing from plastics

    Make sure you compare the amount of beetroot powder in a bottle, as amounts vary widely among manufacturers.

    Use of beetroot powder may turn your urine and stool somewhat pink or red. This is normal and simply reflects the coloration of the beetroot powder.

    Science acknowledges the benefits of beets

    Undoubtedly, future research will find beet to have a wider range of antimicrobial applications. But beet’s powers don’t end there. Other already researched properties include:

    • Liver Damage: A 2006 study found that beet root has significant dose-dependent liver-protective properties against the chemical carbontetrachloride.[vii] More recently, research has found that it also protects against N-nitrosodiethylamine associated liver damage.[viii]
    • Cardiovascular Disease: While the “LDL cholesterol is bad” myth is almost imbecilic in its simplicity, those looking for ways to modulate the lipid ratio naturally in favor of the medical establishment’s largely drug-company drafted lipid guidelines can rest assured that beet can help. A 2000 study found beet fiber was capable of simultaneously increasing HDL and lowering LDL levels; perhaps far more impressive, the study also found close to a 30% reduction in cholesterol plaque accumulation in the aorta of those animals fed beet fiber.[ix]
    • Radiation Exposure: Compounds found in beets known as betalains have been found to reduce toxicity associated with gamma radiation exposure.[x]
    • Cancer: Beetroot juice has been found to reduce adverse effects caused by DMBA, a chemical associated with mammary cancer risk.[xi] Beetroot has also been found to exhibit anti-cancer properties in prostate cancer cell lines at toxicity levels far lower than chemo-agents such as doxorubicin.[xii]

    Excerpt from article on Greenmedinfo.com,
    For more information consult contributing writer Dr. Vic Shayne’s excellent book: Whole Food Nutrition: The Missing Link in Vitamin Therapy.
    Check out Dr. Jack Wolfson’s article on     Beetroot Powder

    Resources

    Sayer Ji is founder of Greenmedinfo.com, a reviewer at the International Journal of Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine, Co-founder and CEO of Systome Biomed, Vice Chairman of the Board of the National Health Federation, Steering Committee Member of the Global Non-GMO Foundation.

  • Doctor’s Advice To Mothers

    Doctor’s Advice To Mothers

    This is an article from 1963, where a pediatrician teaches mothers how to relieve the boredom of her child who is sick with measles. The doctor says that everyone gets the measles, which is a good thing, because it improves the immune system. That was before the medical establishment convinced everyone that measles was the deadliest disease since the dawn of mankind.

    Vaccines Saved Us From The Measles Or Not.

    Prior to the vaccine, 3-4 million cases of measles occurred in the United States each year. <—True.

    Also true, however, is that of those 3-4 million cases, only about 450 people died each year from it in the years before the vaccine.

    That still seems like a lot? Instead of running out to make sure your vaccinations are up to date, how about a shot of perspective instead?

    The percentage of people who died from measles of all of the measles cases back then. 0.015%. Suddenly, measles seems a little less scary doesn’t it? The CDC claims that around 1 or 2 out of a thousand people who get measles will die from measles. Their math doesn’t add up though. I guess they use the term “about” lightly.

    Also, consider that in 1963, the population was 189,241,798. That means that prior to the vaccine, the percentage of the entire US population that died from measles was .000237%. (Remember this figure, because it will be important in about two paragraphs.)

    Now, if you read the little excerpt above, you might be scared, because even with vaccines, the global death count for children from measles is 197,000 in the stats above! That’s a scare tactic and it makes me mad. First of all, it wasn’t 197,000 children. It was 197,000 people and some of them were children.

    Then the excerpt above goes on to talk about present day figures. There are over 6 billion people on the planet. That’s shown as 6,000,000,000 numerically. Correct me if you disagree, but when over 150,000 people die each day total, is 540 people dying of measles each day really that outrageous? They’re counting on us not comprehending the vast population of our global society. 240,000 children in low income countries alone die each year of neonatal infection. 1.26 million people die each year from diabetes and yet they’re still pushing the high fructose corn syrup in school lunches.

    With vaccines, the US went from a .000237 PERCENT death rate among the general population from measles in 1963 to a 0.000000% measles death rate. It’s a different story around the world though (as the WHO points out to scare the crap out of you.) Currently, around 197,000 people die each year from measles… out of 6 billion. Want to know percent that equals? The calculator showed: 3.28e-5.

    ***pencil scratches on paper, moving the decimal point to the left five places because of the -e***

    0.0000328.

    ***calculator clicking***

    Which brings the percentage of people who die globally from measles today to:

    0.00328%. (Remember when I told you to remember that figure above?)

    0.000237% < 0.00328%

    So, comparing the two figures, as a country, we Americans did better in 1963 at not dying from measles than the general population of the world is doing RIGHT NOW.

    Not to mention, measles was already declining prior to the vaccination. The US graphs you can find indicate a huge visual decline, but the way the numbers are set up in the vertical axis is misleading. Check out how the axis representing the difference between 0 and 1 is represented by the same space as the difference between 2 and 20? I highlighted it in yellow for you. Another vaccine awareness group added the dotted red line, but I think that the vertical axis manipulation is even more crucial. So, visually, it looks like a huge decline after the vaccine was introduced:

    Unfortunately, finding the specific numbers per year has proved challenging for me, but thankfully, I found a similar graph (similar numbers, but unofficial source) that has not included an exponentially growing vertical axis so that you can see the trend in declining measles rates prior to and including after the vaccine introduction more accurately:

    See that tiny blip right around 1967? That’s when vaccines “drastically” reduced measles deaths.

    SO, WHAT IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO VACCINATE AND YOUR CHILD GETS MEASLES?

    Well, as early as 1932, doctors began using cod-liver oil (high in vitamin A) to treat measles and ended up lowering the mortality rate significantly. In 1990, the New England Journal of Medicine confirmed that vitamin A supplements significantly reduce measles complications and death rates. It would be interesting to know what kind of impact essential oils such as oil of oregano with antiviral qualities or better yet, homeopathy, would have had on measles as well. At the very least though, you don’t have to stress as much, 0.015%mortality rate among measles infected people is just not very scary.

    Not nearly as scary as the monster under the bed.

    A more in-depth discussion and citations for the graphs used in this post can be found here: https://childhealthsafety.wordpress.com/graphs/#Meas_Mort_UK_USA

  • Contaminated Foods

    Contaminated Foods

    Here are some food products that have been credibly tested and confirmed to contain glyphosate. What’s wrong with Glyphosate?

    Scientists have been able to correlate a number of health issues related to glyphosate exposure, including, but not limited to:

    • ADHD [1]
    • Alzheimer’s Disease [2]
    • Autism [3]
    • Birth Defects [4]
    • Cancer [5]
    • Celiac Disease [6]
    • Colitis [7]
    • Heart Disease [8]
    • Inflammatory Bowel Disease [9]
    • Kidney Disease [10]
    • Liver Disease [11]
    • Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma [12]
    • Parkinson’s Disease [13]

    Quick Facts:

    • Glyphosate has contaminated our planet, and is now found in our children’s urine, mother’s milk, our bloodstreams, and our food and water.
    • In 2015 the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization found that glyphosate “is a probable human carcinogen”.
    • In July of 2017 the California State Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) added glyphosate to its prop 65 list of known carcinogens.
    • In October of 2017, after over 1 million Europeans requested a ban, 72% of the Members of the European Parliament voted to BAN glyphosate and EU Member states have refused to renew the license.
    • Four countries have banned glyphosate: Malta, Sri Lanka, The Netherlands, and Argentina.
    • Many U.S. school districts and cities have already discontinued the use of glyphosate.

    FOOD AND PRODUCTS THAT HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR GLYPHOSATE

    STAPLE CROPS AS REPORTED BY FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EUROPE (2013)

    • Maize grain
    • Soybeans
    • Soybean fodder
    • Cotton seed
    • Sorghum
    • Cotton seed
    • Maize grain
    • Barley straw and fodder Grass hay
    • Lentils
    • Sweetcorn
    • Sugar beet

    BREAKFAST CEREALS & SNACK FOODS AS TESTED BY DETOXPROJECT (2016):

    • Kellog’s Raisin Bran
    • Kellog’s Corn Flakes
    • Kashi Organic Promise
    • Kellog’s Special K
    • Kellog’s Frosted Flakes
    • Original Cheerios
    • Honey Nut Cheerios
    • Wheaties
    • Trix
    • Annie’s Gluten Free Bunny Cookies Cocoa & Vanilla
    • Cheez-It Original
    • Cheez-It Whole Grain
    • Kashi Soft Bake Cookies, Oatmeal, Dark Chocolate
    • Ritz Crackers
    • Triscuit Crackers
    • Oreo Original
    • Oreo Double Stuf Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
    • Oreo Double Stuf Golden Sandwich Cookies
    • Stacy’s Simply Naked Pita Chips (Frito-Lay)
    • Lay’s: Kettle Cooked Original
    • Doritos: Cool Ranch
    • Fritos (Original) (100% Whole Grain)
    • Goldfish crackers original (Pepperidge Farm)
    • Goldfish crackers colors
    • Goldfish crackers Whole Grain
    • Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies
    • Oatmeal Cookies Gluten Free
    • 365 Organic Golden Round Crackers
    • Back to Nature Crispy Cheddar Crackers

    BREAKFAST CEREALS THAT HAVE BEEN TESTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP (2018)

    • Quaker Simply Granola Oats, Honey, Raisins & Almonds
    • Back to Nature Banana Walnut Granola Clusters
    • Nature Valley Granola Protein Oats ‘n Honey
    • KIND Vanilla, Blueberry Clusters with Flax Seeds
    • Instant Oats
    • Granola
    • Nature’s Path Organic Honey Almond granola
    • Back to Nature Classic Granola
    • Giant Instant Oatmeal, Original Flavor
    • Simple Truth Organic Instant Oatmeal, Original
    • Quaker Dinosaur Eggs, Brown Sugar, Instant Oatmeal
    • Great Value Original Instant Oatmeal
    • Umpqua Oats, Maple Pecan
    • Market Pantry Instant Oatmeal, Strawberries & Cream
    • Oat Breakfast Cereal
    • Kashi Heart to Heart Organic Honey Toasted cereal
    • Cheerios Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal
    • Lucky Charms
    • Barbara’s Multigrain Spoonfuls, Original, Cereal
    • Kellogg’s Cracklin’ Oat Bran oat cereal
    • Snack Bar
    • Cascadian Farm Organic Harvest Berry, granola bar
    • KIND Oats & Honey with Toasted Coconut
    • Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars, Oats ‘n Honey
    • Quaker Chewy Chocolate Chip granola bar
    • Kellogg’s Nutrigrain Soft Baked Breakfast Bars, Strawberry
    • Bob’s Red Mill Steel Cut Oats
    • Nature’s Path Organic Old Fashioned Organic Oats
    • Whole Foods Bulk Bin conventional rolled oats
    • Bob’s Red Mill Organic Old Fashioned Rolled Oats (4 samples tested)
    • Whole Oats
    • 365 Organic Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats
    • Quaker Steel Cut Oats
    • Quaker Old Fashioned Oats

    ORANGE JUICE BRANDS AS TESTED BY MOMS ACROSS AMERICA (2017)

    • Minute Maid
    • Tropicana
    • Kirkland
    • Stater Bros.
    • Signature Farms

    MISCELLANEOUS

    Fight Glyphosate In Your Gut

    Glyphosate Detox

    If we’re not directly eating glyphosate-sprayed crops, then we’re inhaling it, or drinking it (or even bathing in it). There is quite literally no way to escape the glyphosate chemical giant Monsanto (now owned by Bayer) has created.

    Here’s the steps to take to detox:

    1. Eating Cleaner Foods.

    • Choosing the organic or pesticide-free label.
    • Seeking out stores that sell local produce labeled pesticide free. *Shopping in-season helps to reduce the costs.
    • Shopping the regular sales at THRIVE MARKET seeking out the CHOSEN brand.
    • Getting meats and eggs from local farmers.
    • **Eliminating refined sugar – specifically GMO beet sugar is important as well!

    “Herbs such as cilantro help us to eliminate metals such as lead and mercury. Herbs like turmeric and garlic help to lower the levels of inflammation that are often the underlying causes [of chronic diseases” -Dr. Robert Zieve, an integrative medicine expert and medical director of Partners in Integrative Cancer Therapies, in Prescott, AZ

    2. Sipping Ferments.

    Apple Cider Vinegar , Sauerkraut juice and Kombucha contain a beneficial bacteria that neutralizes glyphosate! That is absolutely amazing!

    Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD, ““With every mouthful of sauerkraut you’re consuming billions of beneficial microbes which will be killing the pathogens in your gut driving them out and replenishing the beneficial flora in your digestive tract.”

    Click here to learn how to make sauerkraut at home and here to learn how to make kraut juice, a more gentle on the stomach probiotic for those with leaky gut. Getting your child to take the tangy savory liquid tends to be a bit more challenging.

    3. Regular Detox Baths (with filtered water).

    1/4 cup of Epson salts or baking soda or apple cider vinegar on a regular schedule has helped tremendously ESPECIALLY during the weeks before harvest as the fields around us are sprayed intensively with Glyphosate. 20 minute soak – or for our kids “until they get ‘wrinkly’.

    4. Restore balance. Support Natural Detox.

    We have added a new element to our routine. Toxic exposure is constant and even with a clean diet, sneaking in ferments (which is really hard to do with young children) and doing regular detox baths its not enough to overcome the hurtle of these health issues. We are calling in reinforcements.
    As a family we are adding Biome Medic a product specifically designed to tackle glyphosate toxicity to help flush harmful toxins, support “good” bacteria and repair your microbiome.

    $50 Discount Biome Medic or Any Purium Detox Product

    Biome Medic. Studied under a randomized, product-controlled IRB approved protocol,the six-week pre-clinical trial reported a 74%reduction of the herbicide glyphosate, a 75% reduction in the inflammatory bio marker reactive protein(CRP) and a 35% increase in gut immune response as measured by reduced food sensitivities.
    http://www.puriumcorporate.com/purium1/php_uploads/BiomeMedicResearchResults-PressRelease.pdf

    Purim is a family owned company dedicated to providing whole, organic, GMO-free nutrients for the whole family.

    Fight Glyphosate In Our Enviroment

    Do you want to take ACTION and help create healthy families and communities? Sign these three petitions initiated by separate organizations that are fighting for the same mission to make our communities safer.

  • New HepB Vaccine Approved For Testing On General Population.

    New HepB Vaccine Approved For Testing On General Population.

    This new HEP B vaccine was approved for use on pregnant women. It includes an entirely new synthetic DNA adjuvant that will trigger a part of the immune system science discovered in the past decade. There was limited study information, so instead post-marketing data gathered to determine if there are any issues. The US Vaccine Advisory Panel called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), is the group that approves vaccines for public use in the United States. Most members have connections to the pharmaceutical (aka vaccine) industry. Vaccines are approved for use and included in CDC recommendations by this organization. An adjuvant is a substance added to produce a high antibody response using the smallest amount of virus (antigen) possible. By definition adjuvants are considered to be “pharmacologically active drugs.” They are designed to be “inert without inherent activity or toxicity” and yet they are required to “potently augment effects of the other compounds” in the vaccines. [8] It is difficult to explain how a substance can be defined as pharmacologically active and at the same time be described as inert and have no activity or toxicity. With this newly approved vaccine with a brand new adjuvant, the initial study 19 people had heart issues – 16 DIED! The panel approved 100% to use on the general public. Safety of the product will be measured with post-marketing data. What exactly does that mean? Uninformed mothers will be the experiment, any negative outcomes will be recorded to determine if the safety of the vaccine. No one will be liable or accountable for the negative outcomes that include harm, injury or death.

    Those who believe that science is settled and thoroughly studied – is this your definition of science?

    World’s Most Terrifying Vaccine Adjuvant with Sherri Tennpenny
    Synthetic DNA Adjuvant 10-18
    Listen to an explanation from Sherri Tennpenny

    Start watching at marker 38 minutes: https://youtu.be/AcVDN_Z-5k0?t=39m9s

  • We Win Against Monsanto!

    We Win Against Monsanto!

    This is a MUST SEE news report from The HighWire with Del Bigtree
    A jury found unanimously that #Monsanto’s glyphosate-based #Roundup weed killer caused Mr. Johnson to develop NHL, and that Monsanto failed to warn of this severe health hazard. Importantly, the jury also found that Monsanto acted with MALICE, oppression or fraud and should be punished for its conduct.
    If you want to sign the petitions that Del mentions in this interview we have all the links here. #HFIdaho even added a special one for Idaho asking Governor C. L. “Butch” Otter to make Idaho the first state to ban Roundup. https://hfi2.designbyparrish.com/monsantoexposed
    #Idahome

    This article originally appeared at: https://youtu.be/FcWzRf2OEjI?t=39m11s.
  • The Worst Trade Ever

    The Worst Trade Ever

    Vaccines provide temporary protection from certain acute illnesses. Acute illness, is by definition, self-limiting. They are short term. Chronic illness goes on and on and on. Since nature has given us acute illnesses, there is a reason that we get them. For children, it is pretty clear that they need to exercise their immune system. Studies have been done which reveal that when parents keep the house too clean, kids don’t develop a strong enough immune system to fight off the bad boys when they come around.[1] In fact, some believe that it is a source of autoimmune disorders, asthma, and allergies, because the body doesn’t know what needs to be fought off and what doesn’t.

    Vaccines are given to healthy children in order to protect them from getting sick. The vaccine-preventable diseases, while wide spread, rarely caused complications. The same can’t be said for the chronic diseases that have replaced the acute illnesses.

    At the beginning of the twentieth century, infectious diseases were the leading cause of death worldwide. In the United States, three diseases — tuberculosis, pneumonia, and diarrhoeal disease — caused 30% of deaths.5) By the end of the twentieth century, in most of the developed world, mortality from infectious diseases had been replaced by mortality from chronic illnesses such as heart disease, cancer and stroke.6)

    More than 90% of American child receive 36 doses of childhood vaccines
    as recommended by the CDC.

    Have we traded acute illness for chronic disease?

    2018 CDC reports that Half of all Americans live with at least one chronic disease, like heart disease, cancer, stroke, or diabetes. These and other chronic diseases are the leading causes of death and disability in America, and they are also a leading driver of health care costs.

    By 2025, chronic diseases will affect an estimated 164 million Americans – nearly half (49%) of the population [5]

    Autism rates in schoolchildren jumped 15% between 2012 and 2014, continuing a two-decade rise. The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among 11 surveillance sites as one in 59 among children aged 8 years in 2014 (or 1.7 percent). … The rate is one in 38 among boys (or 2.7 percent) and one in 152 among girls (or 0.7 percent).

    “Fully vaccinated children may be trading the prevention of certain acute illnesses (chicken pox, pertussis, measles) for more chronic illnesses and neuro-developmental disorders like ADHD and Autism.”

    [1] https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(12)00519-2/fulltext
    http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20151118-can-you-be-too-clean
    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/it-possible-be-too-clean-researchers-say-yes-f1C6345427

    [2] https://mpkb.org/home/pathogenesis/epidemiology

    [3] https://www.fightchronicdisease.org/sites/default/files/docs/GrowingCrisisofChronicDiseaseintheUSfactsheet_81009.pdf

    [4] https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/downloads/child/0-18yrs-child-combined-schedule.pdf

    [5] Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    [6] Autism Rates: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180426141604.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/ss/ss6706a1.htm

  • Monsanto Papers | Declassified Secret Documents

    Monsanto Papers | Declassified Secret Documents

    The collection of documents known as The Monsanto Papers or The Monsanto Secret Documents are available, here, and explained in detail. Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman is one of the leading law firms representing people across the nation in lawsuits against Monsanto. These personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits claim that exposure to the herbicide weed killer, Roundup, causes non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

    These documents, obtained via Discovery (pre-trial civil procedure allowing the parties to obtain evidence from each other) allow people to see what is happening “behind the curtain” of secrecy that normally shrouds ongoing litigation. You will find links to internal Monsanto emails, text messages, company reports, studies and other memoranda.

    Searchable PDF Chart of Documents
    (Keyboard shortcut Control+F on a PC or Command+F on a Mac to search any word in this chart)

    Index of People Named in Monsanto Papers

    Declassifying Monsanto’s Secret Documents

    It is important for the public, regulatory agencies, and scientists to be fully informed of the processes which occur behind the thick veil of corporate unaccountability that have a direct impact on public and environmental health. This way, regulators can make informed decisions, the public is provided the opportunity to know what it is consuming (and at what cost), and scientists are able to build upon transparent data as well as know how much weight to place on research that may have an undue corporate profit motive behind it.

    In fact, these documents were released in part to aid the efforts of the European regulators and the California Office of Health Hazard Assessment, who are currently in the midst of making imperative decisions regarding glyphosate registration/classification. The damning tale that these documents tell over how Monsanto has handled the issues over the ostensible safety of its widely-used product will provide regulators across the globe with access to key information that should inform their vital decision-making processes. We sincerely believe that it is imperative for the litigation process to be as transparent and open to public scrutiny as possible, particularly since every aspect of this case has repercussions for society as a whole.

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    On March 13, 2017, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria ruled that certain documents obtained by plaintiffs in the Monsanto Roundup multidistrict (MDL) litigation could be unsealed. Subsequently, the judge published them on March 14 and March 15 on the website for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. These were the very first evidence to be declassified.

    On June 30, 2017, Baum Hedlund, along with the leadership of the Roundup multidistrict litigation (MDL), challenged the protection of another group of documents, in an effort to make them available to the public. In a meeting to discuss the matter, Monsanto told the plaintiffs’ attorneys to “go away” and that the company would not voluntarily agree to de-designate any documents.

    Pursuant to Paragraph 16.3 of the Protective Order in the MDL, Monsanto was required to file a motion seeking continued protection of those documents challenged by the Plaintiffs’ June 30, 2017 letter within 30 days. In failing to file such motion within 30 days, i.e., July 31, 2017, Monsanto “automatically waive[s] the confidentiality designation for each challenged designation.” Id. ¶ 16.3. And, since Monsanto did not file any motion seeking continued protection of the documents, it waived confidentiality over them. The documents are now officially public and Baum Hedlund is excited to share them with the world. This second group of documents was first published on the Baum Hedlund website on August 1, 2017.

    The August batch of Monsanto secret documents were sent to:

    (1) the EPA Office of Inspector General, Arthur Elkins, Jr., who is presently investigating whether there was illegal collusion between EPA and Monsanto;

    (2) the California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), which listed glyphosate as a substance known to the state of California to cause cancer on July 7, 2017 and is soliciting comments from Baum Hedlund and others to advise about whether glyphosate should be given a safe-harbor; and

    (3) the European Parliament members, who, on July 4, 2017, sent a letter to the judge overseeing the MDL litigation, requesting documents as the EU considers whether it will renew registration of glyphosate for sale in Europe.

    You can view these documents in the chart we created or in the pages that follow. With each document, you will find a corresponding description, which briefly summarizes the key points raised, as well as commentary describing the relevance of the documents to the ongoing Roundup litigation. Only the August 2017 batch of documents contain the relevance information. Our commentary on the relevance of these documents may contain allegations cited in the Roundup litigation. These are allegations only, as the litigation is ongoing and there has not been any determination of guilt or liability.

    The Monsanto Papers are in chronological order within four categories:

    • Ghostwriting, Peer-Review & Retraction: pages 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
    • Surfactants, Carcinogenicity & Testing: pages 5 | 6 | 7 |
    • Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism & Excretion: 8
    • Regulatory & Government: 9 | 10

    Challenged Documents

    Issue: Ghostwriting, Peer-Review & Retraction

    1. Internal Email Showing Dr. Healy Asked Colleagues to Review Study That Found Roundup and Glyphosate Adverse Effects
    No: MONGLY02286842
    Date: 8/19/2008
    Documents Released: 8/1/2017

    Description
    This document is an email from Dr. Charles Healy to Drs. Farmer and Saltmiras wherein Dr. Healy requests that Drs. Farmer and Saltmiras review the article that Dr. Healy has been asked to review: “you two would be the reviewers in fact and I would then collate your comments and be the reviewer of record.” at *1.

    Relevance
    This document is relevant and reasonably likely to be used in this litigation for the same reasons as the above (MONGLY01238768) document. Dr. Healy is violating the standards of the peer-review process by asking his Monsanto colleagues to review a study which observed the cytotoxic effects of glyphosate. Drs. Healy, Farmer, and Saltmiras all have vested interests in the study not being accepted for publication. The reliability and consensus of scientific literature is directly relevant to general causation. This document also goes to witness credibility.

    2. Internal Email Showing Monsanto’s Effort to Silence Science Concluding Roundup Causes Adverse Health Effects
    No: MONGLY01189468
    Date: 9/9/2008
    Documents Released: 8/1/2017

    Description
    This document is an email from Dr. Charles Healy to Drs. Donna Farmer and David Saltmiras wherein Dr. Healy informs Drs. Farmer and Saltmiras that their decision regarding study sent to Dr. Healy for peer-review will determine whether the study will be published.

    Relevance
    This document is relevant and reasonably likely to be used in this litigation as it confirms Monsanto’s efforts in ensuring that studies which reach conclusions of adverse health effects associated with glyphosate avoid publication and do not contribute to the carcinogenic assessment of glyphosate. The reliability and consensus of scientific literature is directly relevant to general causation. This document also goes to witness credibility.

    3. Peer Review by Monsanto Scientist Charles Healy Recommending Rejection of Study That Found Glyphosate and Roundup Adverse Effects
    No: MONGLY01238768
    Date: 9/12/200
    Documents Released: 8/1/17

    Description
    This document is a peer review by Monsanto employee Dr. Charles Healy of a study titled “Cytotoxicity of herbicide Roundup and its active ingredient, glyphosate in rats”. The document contains recommendations for rejecting the study which found substantial adverse cytotoxic effects associated with Roundup and glyphosate.

    Relevance
    This document is relevant and reasonably likely to be used in this litigation as it demonstrates Monsanto’s covert manipulation of the science on glyphosate cytotoxicity given Dr. Healy’s vested interests in Monsanto which conflict with the impartiality of the peer review process. Access to comprehensive, impartial peer-reviewed data on glyphosate, which is relied upon by both regulators and scientists to determine the associations between glyphosate and cancer, is thus limited given that Monsanto is able to circumvent the impartiality of the peer-review process. The reliability and consensus of scientific literature is directly relevant to general causation. This document also goes to witness credibility.

    4. Monsanto Email from Donna Farmer Demonstrating Company Manipulation of Glyphosate Studies
    No: MONGLY00919381, MONGLY00919400
    Date: 11/18/2010
    Documents Released: 8/1/17

    Description
    This document is an email and from Dr. Donna Farmer wherein she informs John DeSesso that she “added a section in genotox from the Gasnier study …see a attached a critique we did that I took that from. Am working on a section for gasiner in the mechanistic section. Also we cut and pasted in summaries of the POEA surfactant studies.” at *1. The attachment is a draft of the Williams et. al. study with significant edits by Dr. Farmer which is also challenged for confidentiality.

    Relevance
    Both documents are relevant and reasonably likely to be used in this litigation as they demonstrate Monsanto’s covert manipulation of the available scientific data on glyphosate. Scientists reading this published and peer-reviewed article would be unaware that the data was furnished by a biased contributor and the document is related to whether the inherent conflict of interest affects the merits of the data when determining the biological plausibility of glyphosate as a carcinogen. The reliability and consensus of scientific literature is directly relevant to general causation. These documents also go to witness credibility.

    5. Emails Between William Heydens, David Saltmiras and others Discussing Kier/Kirkland Study
    No: MONGLY02145917 – MONGLY02145930
    Date: 7/2012
    Documents Released:     3/14/2017

    Description
    In these documents, Monsanto scientist David Saltmiras admits to writing manuscript of glyphosate genotoxicity literature with Larry Kier, a Monsanto consultant (MONGLY02145925). The email correspondence also details how adding scientist David Kirkland to the study would “add credibility.” (MONGLY02145918)

    More Monsanto Papers: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

  • 2018 Measles “Outbreak”

    2018 Measles “Outbreak”

    2018 Measles “Outbreak” 107 cases in 21 states according to the media. CDC reports this is just a typical year and not a multi-state outbreak since these figures are spread across 8 months in a variety of states.

    Measles is a self limiting disease that lasts 7 to 10 days and provides lifelong immunity. As of March 31, 2018, there have been more than 89,355 reports of measles vaccine reactions, hospitalizations, injuries and deaths following measles vaccinations made to the federal Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS), including 445 related deaths, 6,196 hospitalizations, and 1,657 related disabilities. Over 60% of those adverse events occurred in children three years old and under.

    Learn More About Measles from Physicians for Informed Consent Measles Information Sheet

    When asked by media their response to the alleged outbreak Indiana for Medical Freedom responded with this press release:

    CDC states that the majority of cases were in non-vaccinated individuals, but the CDC report does not include the evidence to support that statement. It is unknown if these individuals were partially vaccinated, if the strains that were imported from other countries are even included in the vaccine we offer here in the United States, etc.

    We question the severity of each of the cases. If mild, a vaccine was not needed since these individuals acquired safe, natural, lifelong immunity. In those who were fully-vaccinated, their vaccine failed them which has nothing to do with vaccine choice and everything to do with vaccine efficacy.

    Since 2010, Merck has been ensnarled in an ongoing Federal Anti-trust lawsuit for lying about the efficacy of the Mumps component of the MMR vaccine. The vaccine has remained on the market during these 8 years. (http://ahrp.org/former-merck-scientists-sue-merck-alleging-mmr-vaccine-efficacy-fraud/)

    There is also a head scientist at CDC blowing the whistle on falsified safety reports during the 2004 MMR Autism study. His name is Dr. William Thompson, he has protected whistleblower status, and he is still employed by CDC now.

    Here is a C-SPAN video of U.S. Congressman William Posey, FL imploring Congress for an investigation into CDC in 2015, yet still nothing has been done:
    https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4546421/rep-bill-posey-calling-investigation-cdcs-mmr-reasearch-fraud

    All 100,000 documents turned over by Dr. Thompson can be requested by contacting the office of Congressman Posey. https://posey.house.gov/contact/

    In addition, there are 13 CDC whistleblowers, calling themselves CDC SPIDER, who claim CDC can no longer be trusted to act in the best interest of public health. From their letter, “These questionable and unethical practices threaten to undermine our
    credibility and reputation as a trusted leader in public health.”

    You can read their letter to CDC Chief of Staff here:
    https://usrtk.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/CDC_SPIDER_Letter-1.pdf

    Here is a Huffington Post article discussing their letter: https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/12525012

    For the 5th year in a row, members of various health freedom organizations (along with concerned citizens from other states and even other countries) will rally outside CDC headquarters in Atlanta on October 10, 2018 to demand truth and transparency. All are welcome to join.

    Finally, just last month, HHS admitted (through a lawsuit over a FOIA request) that they have neglected to file a single vaccine safety report in 32 years, as required of them by Congress in 1986 when liability immunity was granted to all vaccine manufacturers. http://icandecide.org/government/ICAN-HHS-Stipulated-Order-July-2018.pdf

    This lawsuit was represented by Robert F Kennedy Jr, who earlier this week made national headlines for his Monsanto Cancer trial victory. https://www.nbcnews.com/video/lawyer-in-monsanto-trial-reacts-to-verdict-1296820291640?v=railb

    Since CDC is not transparent with measles case outcomes in the US, we cannot compare the risk of death or permanent injury from a measles infection with the risk of death or permanent injury from the MMR/MMRV vaccines. Parents would like to know this information so they can make a true risk/benefit analysis. All we can find is 1 US measles-related death since 2003…

    As of March 31, 2018, there have been more than 89,355 reports of measles vaccine reactions, hospitalizations, injuries and deaths following measles vaccinations made to the federal Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS), including 445 related deaths, 6,196 hospitalizations, and 1,657 related disabilities. Over 60% of those adverse events occurred in children three years old and under.

    https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/saved/D8/D41F018

    Nothing in medicine is one-size-fits-all and every parent and individual is doing what is safest for their own family. Indiana For Medical Freedom respects the right for each family to weigh their own risks and benefits and to make their own choices for every medical procedure, including vaccination.

    Until CDC can be transparent and offer evidence to support the statements they make, this statement (in its entirety) will be our only comment.

    https://indianaformedicalfreedom.org/2018/08/15/2018-measles-outbreak-our-response/