Author: Health Freedom Idaho

  • Remedies for Stomach Aches & Cramps

    Remedies for Stomach Aches & Cramps

    As a mom, the most common question we face is how to naturally ease stomach pain. From colicky babies to cancer patients, dozens of people choose the most effective and safest remedy for stomach problems. As with any natural “cure,” there are no guaranteed magic bullets, see your doctor if you have chronic stomach pain. But if you’ve just eaten some funky take-out or if you’re trying to relieve menstrual cramps, your child has tummy troubles after too many spins on the playground merry-go-round there are lots of natural alternatives to at least calm your belly.

    Here’s a list of twelve herbal and home remedies to help soothe many types of stomach discomfort.

    1. Enjoy a Cup of Chamomile Tea

    Chamomile can help ease the pain of a stomach ache by working as an anti-inflammatory (for example the lining of the stomach can become inflamed as a result common gastritis, caused by bacteria) and by relaxing the smooth muscle of the upper digestive track. When it relaxes that muscle, the contractions that are pushing food through your system ease up a bit and lessen the pain of cramping and spasms.

    You will need…
    -1 teabag of chamomile tea OR 1-2 teaspoons of dried chamomile
    -A mug
    -Hot water

    Directions
    Pour boiling water over a teabag and cover your mug, letting it steep for 10 minutes. If using dried chamomile, place 1-2 teaspoons in a mug and cover with boiling water. Cover the mug and let steep for 15-20 minutes. Sip slowly.

    2. Use a “Hot” Pack

    I put hot in quotations because you don’t truly want it hot-just very warm, but comfortably so. You can also use a hot water bottle for this as well. Heat helps to loosen and relax muscles, so if you find yourself cramping up, some warmth can go a long ways for relieving you of the dreadful discomfort.

    You will need…
    -A hot pack, hot water bottle, or something similar
    -A cozy place to lie down

    Directions
    Find a place to lie down, and rest the hot pack on your belly. It should be a comfortable temperature, but definitely warm. Do this for at least 15 minutes, or as long as you need to, reheating as necessary.

    3. Rice Water

    Rice water is exactly what it sounds like-the water left-over after you cook rice. It acts a demulcent, meaning a substance that relieves inflammation by forming a sort of soothing barrier over a membrane, in this case, the lining of your stomach.

    You will need…
    -1/2 cup of white rice
    -2 cups of water
    -A pot

    Directions
    Cook your rice with twice the amount of water you normally would for your chosen amount. In this case I am using plain old long-grain white rice. Put your rice in a pot on the stove and add the water, cooking over medium-low heat. As the rice starts to become tender, remove it from the heat and let it soak for 3 minutes with the lid on the pan. Drain and drink the water warm, adding a smidge of honey if needed. Save the rice for a bland meal later.

    4. Enjoy Some Mint

    Fresh peppermint tea (or just peppermint tea in general) can help relax stomach muscles. It also helps improve the flow of bile, which helps you digest properly. This is especially useful if suffering from indigestion or gas/bloating.

    You will need…
    -A handful of fresh peppermint leaves OR 1-2 teaspoons dried
    -Mug
    -1 cup water

    Directions
    Cover the peppermint with 1 cup of boiling water, cover, and let steep for 5-10 minutes. Sip slowly while it’s still toasty warm. If using the fresh peppermint leaves, you can chew on them as well to ease stomach pains. You can also just use a pre-made teabag if you find that more desirable.

    5. Warm Lemon Water

    Lemon water, if your issue is indigestion, helps a stomachache. The high acidity level stimulates the production of hydrochloric acid, which breaks down our food. By upping the amount of HCL being produced, you help move digestion along at healthy pace. You get the added bonus of the hydration too, which keeps the system flushed and running smoothly.

    You will need…
    -1 fresh lemon
    -warm water

    6. Ginger Root Tea

    Ginger contains naturally occurring chemicals called gingerols and shogaols. These chemicals can help relax smooth muscle, such as the muscle that lines the intestinal track, and therefore relieve stomach cramps or a colicky stomach ache. Ginger root is also great for relieving nausea, which may accompany a stomachache. Sipping on some warm tea can prove very useful as a home remedy for stomach aches and is, in my opinion, more effective than ginger ale.

    You will need…
    -1 ginger root, 1-2 inches
    -A sharp knife or peeler
    -1-2 cups of water
    -Honey (optional)

    Directions
    Wash, peel, and then grate or finely chop 1-2 inches of fresh ginger root. Bring 1-2 cups of fresh water to a boil (use less water and more ginger if you want a more concentrated drink) and add your ginger. Boil for 3 minutes and then simmer for 2 more. Remove from heat, strain, and add honey to taste. Sip slowly and relax.

    7. Chew Fennel Seeds

    Let’s say your stomach ache is being caused by indigestion. In this case, chewing fennel seeds will help as they contain anethole, a volatile oil that can stimulate the secretion of digestive juices to help move things along. It can also help tame inflammation, and reduce the pain caused by it. If you are suffering from gastritis, inflammation of the stomach, this may provide some relief from the discomfort.

    You will need…
    -1/2-1 teaspoon of fennel seeds

    Directions
    After a meal, chew ½-1 teaspoon of fennel seeds thoroughly. If you are pregnant, avoid fennel.

    Some moms recommend Gripe water made with fennel and ginger is an ideal go-to source if you have a child ill who refuses to chew fennel or drink tea.

    8. Drink Club Soda and Lime

    Like lemon, lime can help ease an aching tummy. Combine the lime with club soda and you have an easy drink to sip on to wash away the pain. If you overate and have a stomach ache as a result, the carbonation in club soda will encourage you to burp, therefore relieving pressure in your belly. It has been shown to help greatly with dyspepsia (basically indigestion) and constipation.

    You will need…
    -8 ounces of cool club soda
    -Fresh lime juice

    Directions
    Mix 8 ounces of club soda with the juice of half a lime. Stir and sip slowly.

    I myself have had more than a few unfortunate run-ins with stomach aches, particularly this past year. Thanks to some generous family genes, I seem quite prone to them. Second to headaches, I find chronic stomach pain to be one of the most distracting to deal with day-to-day.

    By keeping a couple options for stomach ache remedies on hand at all time, I find I can usually be prepared to ward it off should it start to creep up.

    We Want to Hear from You! Let us know which remedies work and do not work for you.

  • North Carolina files lawsuit against attorney helping people legally avoid vaccines

    North Carolina files lawsuit against attorney helping people legally avoid vaccines

    Vaccine exemptions are under attack. First they eliminated non-medical exemptions and went after the doctors. Now, they are attacking attorneys for helping people legally avoiding vaccines. This is not just a personal attack against Phillips, it’s an attack on the entire vaccine awareness movement, given Phillips’ unique role in helping clients nationally with exemptions and legislative activism!

    Phillips is the nation’s only attorney who works with clients, attorneys, legislators and activists nationally concerning vaccines required at birth; for daycare, school and college enrollment; as a condition of employment; for military members and families; for immigrants, including foreign-adopted children and refugees; for children of parents in child custody disputes; and a variety of sub-divisions of these categories. See www.vaccinerights.com

    TAKE ACTION!

    1) share this story far and wide

    2) sign the petition linked below

    3) donate to support Phillips’ legal defense fund

    4) stay tuned for updates to this story! (links below)

    The North Carolina State Bar, the agency that licenses NC attorneys, has taken the unprecedented step of filing a lawsuit against the nation’s leading vaccine rights attorney, Alan Phillips, J.D., to force Phillips to hand over years of his clients’ files or risk being jailed for civil contempt…

    Attorney Phillips is the nation’s leading Vaccine Rights attorney, the only attorney whose practice is focused solely on vaccine exemptions and vaccine legislative activism, and who works with clients, attorneys, legislators and activists nationally in virtually every possible U.S. exemption setting.[1] North Carolina is known as “Vaccine Central” for its award-winning vaccine companies.[2] So, it’s not surprising that the NC State Bar is going after Phillips, with what Phillips claims are invented facts and law in a series of steps that appear to have been designed from the start to disbar Phillips, for helping people legally avoid vaccines.

    BASELESS ATTACK

    The NC Bar’s lawsuit and underlying investigation are both unlawful for several reasons, according to Phillips. First, the Bar lacks the legally-required “allegation of misconduct.” That’s right, they are not even claiming Phillips actually did anything wrong, in which case (or should we say, “witch case”?) there is no legal basis for the investigation or lawsuit! There is also a blatant conflict of interest, Phillips points out, as he filed a good-faith complaint against State Bar attorneys Chess Boardfor their fabrication of facts and law in a February 2017 “Letter of Warning” to Phillips. NC Bar attorneys can’t lawfully investigate Phillips while Phillips has an unresolved complaint open against Bar attorneys; both matters must be addressed by outside, independent people to avoid the obvious conflicts of interest. But the NC Bar is ignoring that conflict; it is suppressing Phillips’ complaint against Bar attorneys, and aggressively pursuing Phillips.

    Phillips is not alone in his claim that NC Bar attorneys have engaged in serious misconduct. His complaint against NC Bar attorneys is supported by two independent legal experts, and Phillips’ own preliminary investigation has turned up other witnesses to NC Bar officials fabricating facts, and other attorneys who claim they were disbarred based on facts invented by NC Bar attorneys. So, there appears to be a very serious problem at the NC State Bar!

    And Phillips isn’t the only one who has filed a complaint against NC Bar attorneys! Several organizations around the country have also filed complaints in recent months, based on contradictions between a NC Bar letter and other information posted on the Internet. NC Bar officials are suppressing these complaints as well—again, avoiding scrutiny of their own actions. Yet, they continue to pass judgment on other NC attorneys. More than just a little ironic…

    Finally, according to Phillips, the NC State Bar’s demand for years of Phillips’ Image result for free images fishingclients’ files amounts to an unlawful “fishing expedition.” That’s a legal term for digging around in private information or documents to see if you can find something wrong, without a legitimate basis for having access to the information in the first place. It violates Constitutional due process. And this “expedition” would be particularly egregious, as it would violate hundreds of Phillips’ clients’ privacy rights based on the most sacred of legal tenets, the attorney-client privilege.

    Phillips fears the court may rubber-stamp the Bar’s unlawful demand, as courts sometimes do with government entities and powerful private persons. But Phillips also believes there is an out-of-the-box solution to the problem that involves putting a public spotlight on the matter, to expose publicly the NC Bar’s misdeeds, on the theory that “even a bad person will do the right thing when there’s a spotlight on them…” For example, Phillips founded a new non-profit, Bar Watch, Inc., to put a light on the NC Bar attorneys’ misconduct, and to garner support for a proper investigation of the NC Bar.

    But your help is needed to power that light!

    A summary and detailed description of the NC State Bar saga are available at the new Bar Watch, Inc. website: https://BarWatchOnline.org.

    HOW TO HELP!

    1. Please sign one of these petitions:

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

    (b) Petition for Non-Attorneys:
    https://www.change.org/p/no-attorney-is-above-the-law

    2. Please share this article throughout the vaccine awareness community!

    3. Please Donate to:

    (a) Bar Watch, Inc.: A NC non-profit corporation to document and expose publicly the NC State Bar’s misconduct regarding Phillips and other NC attorney-victims:
    https://www.patreon.com/BarWatchInc

    (b) Vaccine Rights Attorney Legal Defense Fund: Help Phillips pay for his legal defense. Phillips has spent over two decades donating most of his time to the vaccine controversy with frequent radio shows, legislative activism, conferences, information by phone and email—and never asked for donations. But now he needs our help:
    https://www.gofundme.com/vax-rights-atty-legal-defense-fund
    short url: gf.me/u/jcjjwi

    (c) Personal donations: PayPal to alan@vaccinerights.com


    [1] Phillips is the nation’s only attorney who works with clients, attorneys, legislators and activists nationally concerning vaccines required at birth; for daycare, school and college enrollment; as a condition of employment; for military members and families; for immigrants, including foreign-adopted children and refugees; for children of parents in child custody disputes; and a variety of sub-divisions of these categories. See www.vaccinerights.com

    [2] https://www.ncbiotech.org/news/four-nc-vaccine-companies-win-awards

  • To the Mom Avoiding Unvaccinated Children

    To the Mom Avoiding Unvaccinated Children

    Do unvaccinated children pose a risk to vaccinated children or a greater risk to those with compromised immune systems? The CDC wants you to think so. Keep in mind the recommendations set by the members of the CDC’s Advisory Council on Immunization Practices — who determine which vaccines are on the schedule — are mainly from the vaccine industry (financially profiting from each additional vaccine added to our vaccine schedule). An article written by Veronica, posted on her blog theupstreamlife, shares some information and resources for those struggling against the fear and propaganda about the ‘threat’ of unvaccinated children to the vaccinated population.

    Veronica comments on this purpose of the article:

    The purpose of the post was to educate parents on the reality that the majority of the population is unvaccinated. The media does an excellent job of focusing on “unvaxxed” children, but it strategically avoids the mention of adults, which are all “unvaccinated” by today’s standards. Those in favor of vaccines often fear the return of diseases because they are not aware of this truth. All parents have a right to the truth in order to make informed decisions regarding these medical interventions.


    To The Mom Avoiding Unvaccinated Children,

    I saw your meme. I saw your messages. You want the world to know what you think about unvaccinated children. You want them to know that you think of them as disease-ridden carriers and that you want to keep them as far away from your child as possible. I get it. You’re upset. But you need to realize what you’re also saying when you post things like this. Your posts are communicating fear and uncertainty about a product that you’re trying to endorse.

    Your posts are telling the world that you really haven’t thought this all the way through. Because let’s be honest, do you really want to know who is and is not vaccinated? Do you really intend on “unfriending” and avoiding every single unvaccinated person? If so, I suggest you brace yourself. Because if you looked just a little bit deeper, this is what you would come to find.

    If you are afraid of the unvaccinated you need to keep your child away from the majority of the population–including yourself.

    The majority of the population is not “up to date.” The CDC recommended vaccine schedule is constantly adding more and more vaccines to the schedule, beginning with just a handful of vaccines in the mid 1900’s to about 14 doses in the 1980’s to the current recommendation of 72 doses from pregnancy to 18 years (1). Unless you’ve had all 72 doses of vaccines like your child is expected to get, you yourself are considered “unvaccinated” or “partially vaccinated” and definitely not “up-to-date.” This also goes for all adults, teens, and even older children.

    You also need to know that vaccine immunity, if even attained, wanes over time (2, 3). It is unknown how long this so-called immunity lasts, and unless you pull titers on everyone in your family and contact list, it is impossible to know exactly what everyone is actually “immune” to.

    The whole idea of herd immunity is just a myth, and if you look into the history of the concept, you’d find that it was a term coined in the 1930’s to explain the immunity attained by natural infection–not vaccination. Read here for more information on herd immunity.

    If your goal is to avoid everyone who is unvaccinated by today’s standards, then you’ll have to find out when the last CDC recommendation was made in order to avoid everyone born before that time. You’ll also have to find out what vaccines each person has received and declined from that point forward. Doing this for each person you meet is what it takes to truly keep your child away from the “unvaccinated.”

    If you are afraid of the unvaccinated then you should never travel outside of the United States with your child.

    I hope you don’t like traveling because you’ll really struggle with this if you are trying to avoid the unvaccinated. You see, the United States vaccinates far more than the rest of the industrialized world (4). In many cases, we give up to twice as many vaccines.

    Some countries have banned certain vaccines because of the associated adverse reactions. Japan, at one point, even postponed vaccination to the age of two in order to lower their incidences of SIDS (5). The UK presently does not vaccinate for the chicken pox because the vaccine can lead to more severe and higher incidences of shingles and chickenpox in adulthood (6), and many countries just don’t think that the chicken pox is that big of a deal (7).

    If you truly want to stay away from all of the unvaccinated people in the world, then also stay away from foreign tourists, immigrants, and other countries. This will be what you need to do to keep your child truly “safe.”

    Bottom line: You would need to keep your child away from everyone.

    I know this sounds like a bit of a stretch, but the reality is that vaccines only somewhat “protect” us from about 16 diseases. The media does a great job of focusing on these 16 diseases in order to ensure pharmaceutical profits and vaccine compliance. They will cover every single case of the chicken pox or measles in a “doom-and-gloom” type of broadcast even if the nearest incidence is 1000 miles away. Notice that you will rarely hear anything about all of the other diseases in this world.

    You may find it overwhelming to find that there are hundreds of bacteria and viruses capable of spreading infection. There’s leprosy, typhoid, scarlet fever, hand, foot, and mouth disease, tuberculosis, and so many more that you probably don’t even think about because they’re not being drilled into your psyche.

    Should I fear you because you have not been vaccinated for any of those diseases? Think about that one for just a bit. You can’t spread what you don’t have, and just because you haven’t been vaccinated for a disease, doesn’t mean you carry it.

    We’re all unvaccinated for the majority of infectious diseases. If you truly believe that vaccines are the only way to protect your child from disease, then they won’t be as safe as you think they should be.

    You Need to Rethink What You’ve Been Told About Vaccines

    You may strongly believe in vaccines, but you need to understand that not all of them prevent the spread of infection like you think they do. The pertussis vaccine only eliminates or reduces symptoms. It does not prevent the spread of infection, which can make for a dangerous situation because of the possibility of asymptomatic transmission (8).

    • Live-virus vaccines, such as the Rotavirus vaccine, shed and are capable of transmitting infection as well, especially to those who are immune-compromised (9-section 5.4). Some vaccines only prevent infection against certain strains, leaving your child more vulnerable to mutated or alternative strains that are far more dangerous.
    • Tetanus is not contagious.
    • The measles and mumps were once considered minor inconveniences and even made for comic relief in children’s books and the TV shows of the mid-1900’s.
    • Hepatitis B can only be spread via sexual intercourse, shared needles, or by an infected mother at birth.

    Did you know that if a child at your child’s school is infected with Hepatitis B, they cannot disclose this to you? The same goes for HIV. Or HPV. If those do not concern you, then why should another child’s vaccination status matter?

    WHAT SHOULD REALLY MATTER

    What should really matter is keeping your child as healthy as possible by feeding her nutrient-dense foods and making sure she gets proper exercise and sleep. Reducing her toxicity load can also help immensely. This can be done by limiting exposures to toxins and heavy metals, including those found in vaccines. You may even find it interesting that unvaccinated children are often healthier overall than vaccinated children for this very reason (10). It really changes the message when you take a closer look, doesn’t it?

    I know you’re pretty set on what you believe. You’re afraid. You’ve been led to fear disease in order to vaccinate your child, and then further led to fear those who don’t vaccinate in order to make sure that they vaccinate their children as well. Because let’s be honest–if vaccines really worked the way you’ve been told they do, you really shouldn’t be worried and broadcasting your fears. If you truly believed in vaccines, your memes should exert confidence instead of fear.

    The truth is, however, you worry because you’ve been told to worry.
    It wasn’t always like this though. People weren’t always afraid–even long before we had 72 doses of vaccines and high levels of compliance. You see, all of the infectious diseases we vaccinate for have not been deadly in this country since prior to the introduction of vaccines. Fear has just been used to sell vaccines. It’s all part of the plan to get everyone vaccinated.

    I know it’s not what you’ve been told, and I know that rethinking everything can be scary. It may even be scarier for you than the diseases you fear, but you need to step back and do your own research. Use logic and reasoning to think through the propaganda. Learn the actual history behind vaccination (11).

    And then, ask yourself, Why would someone choose not to vaccinate their child? You may be surprised at what you discover. You may also be surprised to find that many of us actually did vaccinate, and our children suffered from severe adverse reactions. It’s not just 1 in a million like you’ve been told.

    Instead of fearing the majority of the population for being unvaccinated, fear those who are spreading the lies in order to coerce the population into mandatory vaccine compliance. Discover the truth for yourself and then rise up and share it, so that others may do the same. The truth is liberating, and it can truly set you free.

    The links are to government sites, primary source documents, and peer-reviewed studies.

    1. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-indications.html
    2. http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2018/03/21/mumps-vaccine-protection-wanes
    3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26091979
    4. http://rescuepost.typepad.com/files/gr-autism_and_vaccines_world_special_report1.pdf
    5. http://www.vaccination.inoz.com/jsids.html
    6. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/chickenpox-vaccine-questions-answers/#routineschedule
    7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8CbgaDsoHs
    8. https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-015-0382-8
    9. https://www.gsksource.com/pharma/content/dam/GlaxoSmithKline/US/en/Prescribing_Information/Rotarix/pdf/ROTARIX-PI-PIL.PDF
    10. http://newamericannews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/MAWSON-STUDY.pdf
    11. Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History

  • Is the Hotspot Vaccine Exemptions Campaign A Fear Mongering Set Up For Vaccine Mandates?

    Is the Hotspot Vaccine Exemptions Campaign A Fear Mongering Set Up For Vaccine Mandates?

    Do you believe that parents should make the health decisions for their own children? If so, you aren’t alone. The numbers of parents opting out of some or all vaccines appear to be increasing based on the nationwide tracking of our children’s vaccine status as they enter kindergarten. That’s right, your child’s vaccination status is being tracked.

    In Idaho, your family is AUTOMATICALLY ENTERED into the tri-state tracking system by health care providers, child care providers, and school officials. While you can ask for your information to be removed from the Health and Welfare tracking system, it can and will, register it back in at any time by authorized users (doctor, schools, daycare). In other words, if you don’t submit your request to the schools, doctors, daycare providers that you wish to have your private medical information REMAIN PRIVATE and never entered into the system, they will assume that you want to be tracked.

    Your children’s medical information is likely in the database RIGHT NOW. You must request that your child’s medical information removed from the IRIS database.

    ACTION ITEM >>> REQUEST YOUR CHILD’S MEDICAL INFORMATION PURGED FROM TRI-STATE TRACKING SYSTEM KNOWN AS IRIS.

    However, once your information is shared within the government tracking database, authorized 3rd parties can take the information and use it as they wish. (Notice the newest marketing material labeling Idaho’s vaccine exemptions as a hot spot. Or the Idaho vaccination rate map available online.) While you can opt out of IRIS and purge your child’s information from their IRIS system, you are unable to purge it from the third party systems once it has been accessed.

    Tracking your child’s vaccine status harmless? Think again.

    Tracking childhood vaccinations has nothing to do with local health, it’s all about marketing. They are using your child’s private medical information to drive their sales and increase their profit. When you allow your child’s vaccination exemption status to be tracked you are participating in the marketing campaign designed to target your family as ‘public health enemy’ number one.

    If you choose to opt out of even one vaccine, your family is presented as a public enemy. Look at these headlines! These are obvious marketing campaigns intended to sway public opinion. Their marketing ploy is to create division in the public against those who don’t comply with the 78 CDC recommended vaccinations.

    Of course, the obvious question for the fear mongers is: If vaccines are effective, why are they worried about other people’s vaccination status?

    Why are parents opting out?

    With the rise in the number of kindergartners who enter school without ALL their shots, the marketing piece serves as a “wake-up call” to the parents blindly following doctor’s orders and the CDC recommendations. Really this question should be why are so many families opting out if vaccines are really ‘safe and effective’?

    Parents have been empowered with information and truth. Reading vaccine inserts, reviewing ingredient lists and looking at scientific journals that accessible to the public. They are realizing that there are a lack of scientific studies for safety and effectiveness of vaccines. They are waking up to the truth that vaccines permanently damage, injure and cause death to children and adults. Families who suffered intense loss have NOTHING to gain by sharing their stories except the hope that their loss will prevent further destruction of the health and lives of other children.

    Vaccine Injury: If the numbers from VAERS and HHS are correct – only 1% of vaccine injuries are reported and only 1/3 of the petitions are compensated – then, upwards of 99% of vaccine injuries go unreported…

    Media wants your child to be labeled the source of all “outbreaks”. It begs the question, “What about under-vaccinated adults?”

    The new “hot spots” study was authored by a vaccine industry insider (Dr. Peter Hotez) who is a patent holder of vaccines, and fails a really simple test: it never contemplates the vaccination status of any ADULTS in these hot spots, despite the fact that they represent 76% of the population, are known by the CDC to have low vaccination rates, and the fact that vaccines wane over time. Why is the media so credulous to these industry-sponsored scare pieces? Read More

    Fear mongering a set up for vaccine mandates?

    First create the problem, then present the solution. That is how marketing works right?

    First, they used the tracking of your child’s vaccine record to ‘create’ a threat. Their solution has already been declared – reduce vaccine exemptions and create vaccine mandates. Those who profit from their liability-free vaccines want mandates just as they have in California. Imagine the $$ signs dancing in front of their eyes – their product forced on every school child without any loss from damages or injury. In 2014 the global vaccine market was worth over 32 billion dollars and was expected to reach over 59 billion by the year 2020.(Those damages are paid from the taxes added to each vaccine.)

    Were you aware that drug companies donated millions to California lawmakers before vaccine debate and the Disneyland Outbreak of 2015?

    Did you know that the vaccination status of California before mandated school vaccines was 97.46%?

    They are using FEAR to take away our FREEDOM

    What can be done?

    Step 1: Get your child’s information PURGED from their tracking system. Be vigilant to keep it out of their hands for marketing purpose.

    Step 2: Be aware that those 15 areas labeled as “hotspots” will also be targeted for vaccine mandates. Watch AND PARTICIPATE your local elections. Check on the elected officials funding! Expose those who are being influenced by pharmaceutical companies. Those individuals who actively and openly support health freedom – those are the people who need your support. It doesn’t matter if they are in your district or not! Theirs is another vote for freedom should bills be drafted restricting vaccine exemptions.

    What else do you think can be done to preserve health freedom and the right of parents to opt-out of toxic laden vaccinations?

  • MERCURY Contaminates High Fructose Corn Syrup

    MERCURY Contaminates High Fructose Corn Syrup

    There were already plenty of reasons to avoid the highly processed high fructose corn syrup like the plague. Now there’s an even better reason. High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) makes up one out of every ten calories Americans eat. It is in nearly every processed food and sweetened beverage. Americans consume about 150 pounds of sugars per person per year, forty one pounds of which is in the form of HFCS, making HFCS one of the principal drivers behind heart attacks, strokes, cancer, dementia, and diabetes. Now we learn that high fructose corn syrup (also called fructose) contains the neurotoxic heavy metal mercury that has been known to cause mood disorders, behavioral disorders, dementias of various kinds, memory loss, or many, many other serious health conditions.

    A 2009 study led by a former FDA employee found that half of tested samples of HFCS contained mercury. Another study found nearly a third of tested commercial products containing HFCS were contaminated with mercury. In a statement released with the study, one of the authors remarked:

    Mercury is toxic in all its forms. Given how much high-fructose corn syrup is consumed by children, it could be a significant additional source of mercury never before considered. Potentially, the largest exposure of Americans to the neurotoxin mercury is through the consumption of products containing High Fructose Corn Syrup.

    The circumstances leading up to the study are even more alarming.

    Years before the study, the lead author, Renee Dufault, was an environmental health researcher at the FDA conducting research on chlor-alkali processing plants. These plants use mercury to produce chlorine and caustic soda—sodium hydroxide, a chemical base used in manufacturing paper, textiles, and many other products, including HFCS. In 2003, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that about seven tons of mercury were missing from the eight chlor-alkali processing plants in the US. Every year, in fact, these plants reported missing mercury to the EPA. Due to the public health nightmare this poses—since exposure to mercury in even small amounts can cause serious health problems—Dufault began investigating where the missing mercury was going.

    Dufault learned that mercury residue in chlor-alkali plants could be found in all products made with mercury, and that caustic soda from these plants was used heavily by the HFCS industry.

    She conducted tests and found that 45% of HFCS samples tested positive for mercury contamination. In 2005 she presented her findings to the FDA, but was instructed to drop the issue altogether.

    THE FDA (CHARGED WITH REGULATING SAFETY) INSTRUCTED THE RESEARCHER WHO DISCOVERED THE NERUOTOXIC CONTAMINATION TO IGNORE SERIOUS HEALTH SAFETY ISSUE.

    Dufault said that the FDA began taking her off field projects and wanted her “to sit in an office.” When Dufault left the FDA in 2008, she decided to go public with her findings.

    Following up on Dufault’s report, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy found that nearly one-third of the fifty-five brand-name products they tested were contaminated with mercury. For a list of those products, you can consult the full report here.

    The FDA and the HFCS industry say there is nothing to worry about. The agency said the mercury in Dufault’s samples was elemental mercury and thus safer than other forms of mercury—although no scientific evidence was provided to substantiate such a claim. Know this, there is no safe level of mercury exposure! None! The lab that originally analyzed the samples even said it was likely that the kind found in the HFCS samples was organic mercury—which is the form most dangerous to human health.

    The peril mercury poses to human health, especially to young children with developing brains, cannot be understated.

    As Dufault and her colleagues point out in the article, mercury in any form is toxic. Organic mercury readily crosses the blood-brain barrier and damages developing nervous tissue. Even if only trace amounts are found in HFCS-containing products, the amount of HFCS that Americans consume every day without even realizing it makes this a huge concern—especially given the propensity of metals like mercury to accumulate over time. Americans consume Over 41 Pounds of Mercury-Laden HFCS each year.


    Dr. Harmon of Clear Mind Center Idaho says, “We see signs of heavy metal toxicity on the brain maps we do at the office. These are neurotoxins and affect the brain. Symptoms are commonly fuzzy brain, ADD/ADHD, learning disorders, and many more.”


    Renamed HFCS Is Grossly Misleading

    In 2010, the Corn Refiners Association tried to improve the image of HFCS by petitioning that it be renamed “corn sugar.” Thankfully, the Food and Drug Administration turned down their request in 2012. Now, manufacturers have changed the name of a form of HFCS called HFCS-90 to fructose. Regular HFCS contains 42 to 55 percent fructose, while HFCS-90 contains 90 percent.

    In other words, the food ingredient now called fructose contains even higher concentrations of one of the primary components within HFCS linked to health issues. Rather than being a healthier product, which the name implies, it is more of health risk than regular HFCS. In fact, since it contains more fructose, the FDA declined to recognize HFCS-90 as safe.

    Food companies are taking advantage of the name change to hide HFCS in their products. On the front of General Mills’ Vanilla Chex cereal box, it says the product contains “no high fructose corn syrup.” Yet in the ingredients, it lists fructose, the more concentrated form of HFCS. This means manufacturers are successfully concealing the fact that their products contain the ingredient consumers want to avoid.

    8 Deceiving Names for High Fructose Corn Syrup

    1. Maize syrup
    2. Glucose syrup
    3. Glucose/fructose syrup
    4. Tapioca syrup
    5. Fruit fructose
    6. Crystalline fructose
    7. HFCS
    8. Fructose

    Are you concerned?
    Mercury contamination was discovered in 2009. The FDA ignored it. In 2010, the FDA then granted permission to manufacturers permission to use a new name. Now almost a decade later, have the producers of high fructose corn syrup/fructose changed the way of processing to avoid mercury contamination? An extensive search on FDA website doesn’t indicate any change in processing requirements to eliminate mercury contamination were ever made.

    RESOURCES:

    This article originally appeared at: http://www.anh-usa.org/mercury-found-in-high-fructose-corn-syrup/.

    Report: http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/BMBR/article-full-text-pdf/41CAC0411547

    Effective of Mercury on the human body: http://www.greenfacts.org/en/mercury/l-2/mercury-2.htm

  • HISTORIC WIN! Hawai‘i enacts first U.S. ban on chlorpyrifos

    HISTORIC WIN! Hawai‘i enacts first U.S. ban on chlorpyrifos

    Tiny amounts of chlorpyrifos, lead, chemical flame retardants and organophosphate pesticides such as Round Up, among other toxins, course through the blood of nearly every American. States are beginning to stand up to protect their children our future generation against the multitude of toxins that assault them daily. Hawai’i made history today when Governor David Ige, watched by representatives of the community from across the islands, signed into law Senate Bill 3095, banning all uses of chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxic pesticide that has been shown to harm children and has been found in food, air and drinking water. The high-profile pesticide was slated for a ban, but under Scott Pruitt’s Environmental Protection Agency, the planned ban was reversed.

    For half a century, U.S. staple foods such as corn, wheat, beets have been sprayed with chlorpyrifos, a dangerous pesticide that can damage the developing brains of children, causing reduced IQ, loss of working memory, and attention deficit disorders.

    “Environmental law group Earthjustice listed the risks the EPA discovered through its own research into chlorpyrifos:

    • All exposure to chlorpyrifos through food exceeds safe levels of the chemical. The most exposed population is children between one and two years of age. On average, this vulnerable group is exposed to 140 times the level of chlorpyrifos the EPA deems safe.
    • Chlorpyrifos contaminates drinking water.
    • Chlorpyrifos drifts to schools, homes, and fields in toxic amounts at more than 300 feet from the fields.
    • Workers face unacceptable risks from exposures when they mix and apply chlorpyrifos and when they enter fields to tend to crops.

      After decades of determining the neurotoxic impact of this chemical on our children, Dow Chemicals complains that there still has yet to be developed a comparable product available to farmers as a substitute for chlorpyrifos. Dow add that the proposed restrictions could further result in over-reliance on more toxic substances, such as pyrethroids, which may have a greater negative impact on beneficial insects.

    There is little doubt about the science. The federal government has taken a back seat in protecting our children. Its time for the States to take stand up and protect our children.

    Hawaii’s landmark law also takes steps to protect children that could be exposed to other airborne pesticides; it mandates 100 foot no-spray buffer zones around schools to protect children from spraying of EPA-designated restricted use pesticides (RUPs) during school hours. As a result, chemical companies will have to report regularly on the RUPs they spray, when and where they are sprayed and in what quantities. As a result, impacted communities can access information about what they are being exposed to, and regulators can make informed decisions about protecting public health, the environment and endangered ecosystems.

    “‘Without the ban, farmworkers, their children, and others can’t escape exposure because the poison is in [the] air they breathe, in the food they eat, the soil where children play,’ observed Erik Nicholson, national vice president of United Farm Workers. ‘We all have a basic right to a healthy life.’

    “This law is our message to the EPA and to the chemical companies that we will no longer tolerate being ground zero for the testing of toxic pesticides that are damaging our children’s health and poisoning our environment,” said Gary Hooser, former Majority Leader of the Hawai’i Senate, and founder of the Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action.

    Hooser, who lives on Kauai, guided the “Protect our Keiki” coalition of diverse residents from across the islands through the complicated political process that resulted in the law.

    “Hawaii’s efforts have set a precedent, and we hope this will pave the way for other states that are looking to enact similar legislation,” said Leslee Matthews, a Honolulu-based policy fellow with Pesticide Action Network.

    What about Idaho?

    Idaho usage of neurotoxic pesticides: Agricultural products contribute more than $3.9 billion to Idaho’s annual economy, many of which – although diverse – are nationally significant. Sugar beets, lentils, wheat, sweet cherries, and apples are among the crops for which Idaho is one of the top ten producers in the U.S.

    Does this mean that Idaho is one of the top ten users of chlorpyrifos?
    Did you know Idaho leads infant mortality rates in the U.S. due to fetal congenital defects?

    Read More:

    What you Need to Know About Chlorpyrifos

    Use of Chlorpyrifos in Idaho

  • Toxic Tea. Popular Tea Brands Contain Illegal Amounts of Pesticides

    Toxic Tea. Popular Tea Brands Contain Illegal Amounts of Pesticides

    Although tea is widely thought to be a healthier source of caffeine than coffee, soda or energy drinks, conventional tea brands have been shown to contain high levels of toxic substances such as fluoride and pesticides, artificial ingredients, added flavors and GMOs(modified corn starch and soy lecithin).The levels found in these products are so high that they are considered unsafe for consumption. As with most products, all tea is not created equal. Opting to save a few dollars on cheaper tea can cost you a lot more when it comes to your health.

    Conventional Teas May Contain Fluoride and Pesticides

    Most tea isn’t washed before it is distributed into bags. If the tea was sprayed with pesticides, those pesticides will wind up directly in your cup. Many non-organic tea brands have been found to contain pesticides that are known carcinogens. Popular tea brands often get away with listing “natural flavors” as an ingredient, causing many consumers to think they are buying better, cleaner ingredients. But there is a whole list of what “natural flavors” could mean.

    Reports from India and China find high levels of banned pesticides in tea products, pointing to a lack of enforcement on pesticide use in major tea exporting countries. In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) consistently finds high levels of illegal residues on imported Tea that eventually finds its way to the American consumer. These include permethrin (a synthetic pyrethroid, linked to cancer and endocrine system disruption), DDE (a metabolite of DDT, banned in the U.S. in 1972), heptachlor epoxide (a derivative of the pesticide heptachlor, which was banned in the U.S. for use in agriculture and as a termiticide due to its carcinogenicity and persistence in the environment) and acetamiprid (a bee-toxic neonicotinoid). These issues increase consumer exposure to a dangerous blend of pesticides in conventional tea.

    Where Does The Fluoride Come From?

    Tea plants absorb fluoride from soil and accumulate it as they grow, so older leaves contain the most fluoride. Cheaper quality teas are often made from older tea leaves, which contain more fluoride. These teas also contain the least amount of anti-oxidants, lessening the health benefits associated with drinking tea. See our full article on the dangers of neurotoxic Fluoride

    Which Brands Contain The Most Toxins?

    The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation actually conducted an investigation on several popular international tea companies, including:

    1. Tetley
    2. Lipton
    3. Twinnings
    4. No Name
    5. Uncle Lee’s Legends of China
    6. King Cole
    7. Signal

    Alarmingly, the CBC found that half of the tea brands contained a level of toxins that exceeded the legal limit. The worst offenders were:

    • King Cole, which contained the monocrotophos – a chemical that is currently in the process of being banned, as it causes irregular heartbeat and even coma.
    • Uncle Lee’s Legends of China, which contained more than 20 types of pesticides. One was endosulfan, which causes nervous system damage.
    • No Name, which contained more than 10 pesticide types.

    That doesn’t mean the other tea brands were totally safe, however.
    In fact, only Red Rose tea was found to contain no pesticides at all.

    How To Avoid Toxic Chemicals in Tea

    You don’t need to stop drinking tea altogether to keep yourself safe from harmful toxins or pesticides that may be lurking in your cup. After all, tea is the source of some amazing health benefits. So what’s the solution?

    • Try switching to white tea. It has the least amount of fluoride because it’s made from young leaves.
    • Be sure to buy loose leaf tea or brew your own tea from scratch.
    • Buy organic! Choose a non-GMO certified brand of tea.
    • Check the ingredient list to make sure there are no added flavors or GMO ingredients added to the tea leaves.
    • Many restaurants use tea brands that are known to be full of pesticides, so be careful about ordering tea while out to eat.
    • Know the correct brewing times for certain types of tea. Black or Pu-reh teas should be steeped for 3-5 minutes; white or green teas should be steeped for 2-3 minutes; Oolong teas should be steeped for 4-7 minutes; and herbal teas should be left to steep for five minutes at minimum, longer for a stronger tea.

    Here is a list of bagged tea that is safe!

    Watch the video below for a breakdown of different tea brands and how they measure up in terms of health:

    Sources:

    Sources:

    IS THE TEA YOU ARE DRINKING TOXIC AND THE TEA BAG IT IS IN …. https://www.bwellbhealthy.com/blog/2017/2/26/is-the-tea-you-are-drinking-toxic-and-the-tea-bag-it-is-in

    Most Brands of Tea Contain THESE Harmful Chemicals …. https://www.davidwolfe.com/tea-contain-harmful-chemicals/

    These Popular Tea Brands Possess Dangerously High Levels …. https://worldtruth.tv/these-popular-tea-brands-possess-dangerously-high-levels-of-pesticides/

    The hidden dangers of bagged tea | Body Unburdened. https://bodyunburdened.com/the-hidden-dangers-of-bagged-tea/

  • HPV vaccine linked to decrease fertility

    HPV vaccine linked to decrease fertility

    HPV is a devastating vaccine. The new reports from the United States VAERS database are in. The same report with active links to the search strings can be accessed via this link http://sanevax.org/vaers-report/ Even more disturbing a brand new paper just published by Gayle DeLong linking HPV vaccine to decreased fertility.
    “If 100% of females in this study had received the HPV vaccine, data suggest the number of women having ever conceived would have fallen by 2 million.”

    Over the years, a range of adverse reactions have been reported worldwide after the HPV vaccinations. However, the discovery that the HPV vaccine has been found to cause infertility in some women has only been publicized more recently.

    In 2012, the British Medical Journal published a paper by Dr. Deidrie Little titled Premature Ovarian Failure 3 Years After Menarche in a 16 Year-Old Girl Following Human Papillomavirus Vaccination, in which Dr. Little detailed the case of a sixteen year-old girl suffering from premature menopause after receiving the HPV vaccine Gardasil. The summary of the paper states:

    “Premature ovarian failure in a well adolescent is a rare event. Its occurrence raises important questions about causation, which may signal other systemic concerns. This patient presented with amenorrhoea after identifying a change from her regular cycle to irregular and scant periods following vaccinations against human papillomavirus. She declined the oral contraceptives initially prescribed for amenorrhoea. The diagnostic tasks were to determine the reason for her secondary amenorrhoea and then to investigate for possible causes of the premature ovarian failure identified.

    Although the cause is unknown in 90% of cases, the remaining chief identifiable causes of this condition were excluded. Premature ovarian failure was then notified as a possible adverse event following this vaccination. The young woman was counselled regarding preservation of bone density, reproductive implications and relevant follow-up. This event could hold potential implications for population health and prompts further inquiry.” [2]

    As the BMJ charges a fee to read their articles, interested readers can find a report about the case on the Weekly Briefing of the Population Research Institute’s website. The report states that Dr. Little said that before the sixteen year-old received the vaccine Gardasil during the fall of 2008, her menstrual cycle was perfectly normal. However, by January 2009, her cycle had become irregular, and over the course of the next two years, her menses (bleeds) had become increasingly irregular. By 2011, she had ceased menstruating altogether.

    The Weekly Briefing stated:

    “In the Australian case, after testing the levels of numerous hormones, and the function of various internal organs, the girl was diagnosed by Dr. Little as having “premature ovarian failure”, which is defined as “the presence of menopausal gonadotrophin levels in association with over 3 months of amenorrhoea or oligomenorrhoea before age 40 years.”

    Further testing confirmed that all of her eggs—every last one—were dead. She was and is totally and irrevocably infertile.”

    The Weekly Briefing article has since been removed, but a complete copy of the article can be found on several websites, including Population Research Institute. [3]

    Thousands of Women Are Now Infertile Because of Vaccines

    It is extremely unusual for a girl of this age to enter early menopause. So, we must ask ourselves, was it the vaccine that caused her symptoms or was it something else?

    I decided to research if there were any other reports or papers on the subject of vaccination and infertility. I was horrified by what I discovered.

    I found a total of 56 research papers listed on PubMed relating to contraceptive vaccines, dating as far back as 1977. No doubt a researcher entering a range of different search terms could come up with many more. [4]

    This led me to question whether or not vaccines were being manufactured deliberately to cause infertility. One paper in particular, published in 1989, written by G.P. Talwar and R. Raghupathy titled Anti-Fertility Vaccines appears to suggest that they are. The authors stated:

    “Vaccines are under development for the control of fertility in males and females. This review discusses developments in anti-fertility vaccines at the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India.

    A single injection procedure for the sterilization or castration of male animals depending on the site at which the injection is given, has passed through field testing and is expected to be on the market in the near future.” [5]

    It is difficult to judge from this abstract whether these vaccines were being developed for use on humans or animals. However, further research has led me to believe that these vaccines were being developed for humans, because not long after this paper was published, vaccines were administered to women and children in a number of countries, including Nicaragua, Mexico, and the Philippines, causing many of them to become infertile.

    Girls and Women as Fertility Control Guinea Pigs

    In 1997, another paper by G.P. Talwar titled Vaccines for Control of Fertility and Hormone Dependent Cancers was published by Immunology and Cell Biology. The author stated in the introduction:

    “The twentieth century is marked by an unprecedented rise in the population. Four billion people will be added to the world population in 73 years of this century, whereas the global population attained the two billion mark only in 1927. In India, the population increases by 18 million per year, equivalent to the entire population of Australia.

    Although a number of methods are available for contraception, they are not suited to many people in economically developing countries and according to the World Health Organization (WHO), the contraceptive needs of 350 million couples are unmet.” [7]

    At first glance, it appears that the scientists were trying to develop a vaccine to use as an alternative method of contraception, to be offered at fertility clinics; that is, until you read deeper into the paper.

    On page 185 in the section titled Operational Strategy, the author stated:

    “Both hCG and LHRH are self hormones in humans and are poor antigens. To improve their immunogenicity, they are derivatized with haptenic groups as followed by Stevens ct al. in their initial studies or they are chemically linked to carriers to enlist T helper cell activity. We used carriers, first tetanus toxoid (TT) and later diphtheria toxoid (DT) or cholera toxin chain B (CTB). Tetanus accounts a large mortality of women at the time of delivery, which in developing countries, often occurs in places other than maternity homes/clinics. TT conjugates conferred immunoprophylactic benefit against tetanus, besides overcoming immunological tolerance to the self hormone. Diversification of carriers on repeat immunization avoided hyperimmunization against a given carrier and carrier-induced immunosuppression.”

    Reading on, the section titled Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, reads as follows:

    “Human chorionic gonadotropin was a preferred choice as a target for a contraceptive vaccine of three groups of investigators. Although the existence of’ leaky genes making small amounts of hCG in the non-pregnant state has been observed by William Odell. the hormone thus made is not conspicuous in its bioactivity nor appreciable in amount, hCG is a definite marker of pregnancy, when trophoblastic and other tumours are excluded. Its synthesis and secretion begins at the pre-implantation stage, as observed in the vitro-fertilized human embryo. It is involved in implantation since marmoset (south or central American monkey) embryos exposed to anti-phCG antibodies do not implant.’”

    The author continued by adding:

    “Interception of conception by anti-hCG antibodies is also supported by phase II clinical trials where no lengthening of the luteal phase was observed in women who were protected from becoming pregnant. As pregnancy is deemed to begin only after implantation of the embryo to the endometrium. hCG vaccine by preventing it is not an abortifacient but a contraceptive vaccine. hCG is also required for corpus luteum support and production of progesterone during the first 7 weeks until the placenta takes over. It thus has a role in both establishing and supporting pregnancy. Its chemistry was known by the early 1970s and it could be purified from pregnancy urine.”

    These vaccines appear to be strikingly similar to the vaccines that were given to the women in developing countries for tetanus in 1994, just three years earlier, which were also found to contain the hormone hCG.

    So, were the women and children living in developing countries in 1994 deliberately experimented on?

    It certainly appears that they were, as the vaccine trials using the tetanus vaccine on women and girls of childbearing age took place three years before this paper was written. Another point that should be mentioned here is the fact that these trials were unethical, and yet there is no mention of an ethics committee. Were members of an ethics committee ever consulted before any of these vaccines were administered?

    Conclusion

    What I have discovered, I am sure that many would agree, is absolutely horrific. It appears that many of the recommended vaccinations are known by the governments and pharmaceutical industries to cause infertility. Many of these vaccines are mandatory. We need to ask ourselves why our governments are deliberately force-vaccinating us with vaccines known to cause infertility.

    Another question we need to ask is why are so many studies being funded to study the subject area surrounding vaccines and infertility.

    Many leading professionals believe that these vaccines are being offered as part of a global depopulation plan. We need to ask ourselves whether or not our governments have the right to play God with our lives without our knowledge or consent.

    I believe it is high time that we took back the control of our own lives and researched all vaccinations thoroughly before we agree to be vaccinated. Ultimately, it is each person’s decision whether or not they should be vaccinated, and the only way that we can make an informed choice about vaccinations is to be fully informed of the facts before agreeing to be vaccinated.

    I have proven, by referencing documents, articles and scientific papers, that a series of vaccines are being developed that are known to cause infertility. These vaccines have been and still are being administered to innocent people without their knowledge or consent. Surely, this practice is not only unethical, it is criminal.

    Christina England, BA Hons

    1. http://www.naturalnews.com/041099_gardasil_side_effect_japan_infertility.html

    2. http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2012/bcr-2012-006879.abstract

    3. http://pop.org/content/teenage-girl-becomes-infertile-after-gardasil-vaccination

    4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?orig_db=PubMed…

    5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2665354

    6. http://thinktwice.com/birthcon.htm

    7. http://www.nature.com/icb/journal/v75/n2/abs/icb199726a.html

    8. http://www.infowars.com/polysorbate-80-in-swine-flu-vaccines-infertility-in-humans/

    9. http://preventdisease.com/news/pdf/FLUARIX_2009LatestPackageInsert_us_fluarix.pdf

    10. http://vactruth.com/2012/11/23/flu-shot-spikes-fetal-death/#sthash.eg67UXq2.dpuf

    11. http://tinyurl.com/HPVdecreasesfertility

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  • #1 Children’s Vitamin in US Contains: Aspartame, GMOs and Hazardous Chemicals

    #1 Children’s Vitamin in US Contains: Aspartame, GMOs and Hazardous Chemicals

    Children vitamin #1 Children’s Vitamin in US Contains: Aspartame, GMOs and Hazardous Chemicals

    upposed to be healthy, right? Well then, what’s going on with Flintstones Vitamins, which proudly claims to be “Pediatricians’ #1 Choice”? Produced by the global pharmaceutical corporation Bayer, this wildly successful brand features a shocking list of unhealthy ingredients, including:

    On Bayer Health Science’s Flintstones product page designed for healthcare professionals they lead into the product description with the following tidbit of information:

    “82% of kids aren’t eating all of their veggies*1. Without enough vegetables, kids may not be getting all of the nutrients they need.”

    References: *1. Lorson BA, Melgar-Quinonez HR, Taylor CA. Correlates of fruit and vegetable intakes in US children. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009;109(3):474-478.

    The implication? That Flintstones vitamins somehow fill this nutritional void. But let’s look a little closer at some of these presumably healthy ingredients…

    ASPARTAME

    Aspartame is a synthetic combination of the amino acids aspartic acid and l-phenylalanine, and is known to convert into highly toxic methanol and formaldehyde in the body. Aspartame has been linked to over 40 adverse health effects in the biomedical literature, and has been shown to exhibit both neurotoxicity and carcinogenicity. [1]

    What business does a chemical like this have doing in a children’s vitamin, especially when non-toxic, non-synthetic non-nutritive sweeteners like stevia already exist?

    CUPRIC OXIDE

    Next, let’s look closer at Cupric Oxide, 2mg of which is included in each serving of Flinstone’s Complete chewable vitamins as a presumably ‘nutritional’ source of ‘copper,’ supplying “100% of the Daily Value (Ages 4+), according to Flintstones Vitamins Web site’s Nutritional Info. [2]

    But what is Cupric Oxide? A nutrient or a chemical?

    According to the European Union’s Dangerous Substance Directive, one of the main EU laws concerning chemical safety, Cupric Oxide is listed as a Hazardous substance, classified as both “Harmful (XN)” and “Dangerous for the environment” (N).

    Consider that it has industrial applications as a pigment in ceramics, and as a chemical in the production of rayon fabric and dry cell batteries. In may be technically correct to call it a mineral, but should it be listed as a nutrient in a children’s vitamin? We think not.

    COAL TAR ARTIFICIAL COLORING AGENTS

    A well-known side effect of using synthetic dyes is attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. For direct access to study abstracts on this topic view our Food Coloring research page.

    There is also indication that the neurotoxicity of artificial food coloring agents increase when combined with aspartame, [3] making the combination of ingredients in Flintstones even more concerning.

    FOOD DYES & KIDS: A Rainbow of Risk

    ZINC OXIDE

    Each serving of Flinstones Complete Chewable vitamins contain 12 mg of zinc oxide, which the manufacturer claims delivers 75% of the Daily Value to children 2 & 3 years of age. Widely used as a sun protection factor (SPF) in sunscreens, The EU’s Dangerous Substance Directive classifies it as an environmental Hazard, “Dangerous for the environment (N).”

    How it can be dangerous to the environment, but not for humans ingesting it, escapes me. One thing is for sure, if one is to ingest supplemental zinc, or market it for use by children, it makes much more sense using a form that is organically bound (i.e. ‘chelated’) to an amino acid like glycine, as it will be more bioavailable and less toxic.

    SORBITOL

    Sorbitol is a synthetic sugar substitute which is classified as a sugar alcohol. It can be argued that it has no place in the human diet, much less in a child’s. The ingestion of higher amounts have been linked to gastrointestinal disturbances from abdominal pain to more serious conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome. [4]

    FERROUS FUMARATE

    The one clear warning on the Flinstone’s Web site concerns this chemical. While it is impossible to die from consuming iron from food, e.g. spinach, ferrous fumarate is an industrial mineral and not found in nature as food. In fact, ferrous fumarate is so toxic that accidental overdose of products containing this form is “a leading cause of fatal poisoning in children under 6.”

    The manufacturer further warns:“Keep this product out of reach of children. In case of accidental overdose, call a doctor or poison control center immediately.”

    HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL

    Finding hydrogenated oil in anything marketed to children is absolutely unacceptable. These semi-synthetic fatty acids incorporate into our tissues and have been linked to over a dozen adverse health effects, from coronary artery disease to cancer, violent behavior to fatty liver disease. [5]

    GMO CORN STARCH

    While it can be argued that the amount of GMO corn starch in this product is negligible, even irrelevant, we disagree. It is important to hold accountable brands that refuse to label their products honestly, especially when they contain ingredients that have been produced through genetic modification.

    The ‘vitamin C’ listed as ascorbic acid in Flintstones is likely also produced from GMO corn. Let’s remember that Bayer’s Ag-biotech division, Bayer CropScience, poured $381,600 of cash into defeating the proposition 37 GMO labeling bill in California.

    Parents have a right to protect their children against the well-known dangers of genetically modified foods and the agrichemicals that contaminate them, don’t they? GMO corn starch is GMO, plain and simple. We’d appreciate it if Bayer would label their “vitamins” accordingly.

    In summary, Bayer’s Flintstone’s vitamin brand is far from a natural product, and the consumer should be aware of the unintended, adverse health effects that may occur as a result of using it.

    By Sayer Ji, Green Med Info; |

  • When the Sign Says “No Parents Allowed”

    When the Sign Says “No Parents Allowed”

    Beware of doctors that won’t let you as a parent accompany your child to the clinical area. Bullying, coercion, or force are all ruthless attempts to not empower us as patients. Not allowing a parent to accompany their child, under the guise of the HIPPA Act, or any other horrific or lame reason- is sending a message that parents DON’T MAKE MEDICAL DECISIONS FOR THEIR CHILDREN ONLY THE ALMIGHTY, ARROGANT DOCTORS DO.

    What makes this sign/policy even more disturbing is that the HIPPA Privacy Act is suppose to PROTECT US FROM TYRANNY OR ANY UNETHICAL DEEDS done by doctors and any other outside parties. It is absurd to think that a child’s privacy is being violated by having THEIR OWN PARENT WITH THEM.

    Children need their parents- who are their strongest advocates for their well being.

    Children can not make medical decisions on their own. No parent should ever support doctors that prescribe to the model of “no parent with child”. These doctors are dangerous to families and can not be trusted alone with children. If every parent knew how important their role is in their child’s medical history and treatments, they could not support such a medical practice. Such doctors would either go out of business or change their policies very quickly. They can not afford to lose their patients.

    Go only to doctors who are not only respectful of your presence but VALUE it.

    Some practices really do fail to respect the special role parents play in a young patient’s life. But most professionals understand and appreciate what parents bring to the table. If you see a sign like this one, ask them about it. If it is truly their intention to stand between you and your child, find a new doctor. If it is not, you might graciously suggest they fix their sign. Either way, both your children and our cause will be served best by a polite and civil discourse for as long as that is possible.(And as another commented, it is often not the doctor but overreaching government that is pushing them to “police” you anyway. The doctor may well be on your side!)

    The 1996 HIPAA Privacy Rule for the first time creates national standards to protect individuals’ medical records and other personal health information. It gives patients more control over their health information. It sets boundaries on the use and release of health records.

    HIPAA: Acronym that stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a US law designed to provide privacy standards to protect patients’ medical records and other health information provided to health plans, doctors, hospitals and other health care providers.

    #medicalfreedom #parentalrights #physiciansforinformedconsent#HealthFreedom #HFI

    Read More:

    HIPPA: your medical privacy does not apply

    Safeguarding Parental Authority