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Natural Awakenings is your guide to a healthier, more balanced life. In each issue readers find cutting-edge information on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, green living, creative expression and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle.

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newsbriefs Action Alert

Sneak Attack on Dietary Supplements

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ccording to Scott Tips, president and legal counsel for the National Health Federation (NHF), global standards are enabling overall reduced vitamin and mineral levels in pill and food form. In February, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed changes to both the current Nutrition Facts panel on food labels and Supplement Facts panel on dietary supplement labels that prompt concern.

“While the food industry, media and general public focus on the proposed format changes, new wording and label design, there’s a danger to our health in the FDA harmonizing our Reference Daily Intake (RDI) of vitamin and mineral levels down to the extremely low levels of the Codex Alimentarius, which our organization has fought against for more than a decade,” advises Tips.

Although a few RDIs have been raised, if the proposed rulemaking is adopted, the NHF anticipates that the FDA will work to conform other recommended nutrient values to those of Codex. Support for this projection is based on an October 11, 1995, FDA pronouncement in the Federal Register to harmonize its food laws with those of the rest of the world.

The deadline for citizens to submit comments to the FDA ended on June 2, 2014, but we can still write the Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5360 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. Mention Docket No. FDA2012-N-1210 and insist that the FDA cease pushing its harmonization agenda.

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hanks to Fresh Access Bucks, a program developed by Florida Organic Growers, SNAP recipients can now increase their consumption of Florida-grown fruits and vegetables at participating farmers’ markets.

“The market is a godsend,” says a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipient (formerly the Food Stamp Program). “I often buy 10 bunches of kale to make kale chips for my kids to snack on during the week.

It’s very exciting to bring my kids to the market, and hear them say, ‘Mom, let’s get more carrots!’”

The program’s goals are to increase sales of Florida-grown fruits and vegetables to Florida consumers and increase access and affordability for low-income Florida residents.

Currently, there are 18 Florida farmers’ markets participating, including two in Alachua County: Alachua County Farmers Market on 441, 5920 NW 13th St., Gainesville, open Saturdays 8:30-1 (www.441market.com); and SWAG Market (http://mph.ufl. edu/2013/04/15/swag-oasis).

For more information and a farmers’ market application form for Fresh Access Bucks, visit www.foginfo.org/ our-programs/fresh-access-bucks or call 352-377-6355.

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r. Lemire is now offering The Kondrot Eye Program using natural therapies to improve your vision in as little as three days. This program combines ophthalmic, medical, homeopathic, and integrative medicine disciplines.

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healthbriefs Ginger and Turmeric Protect Skin from Sun

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cientists from Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University have found that extracts from ginger and turmeric may help prevent DNA damage caused by the sun’s ultraviolet B (UVB) rays, a leading cause of melanoma and other skin cancers.

Fifteen herbal extracts were created; each was applied to human keratinocytes, the predominant cell type in the outer layer of skin that can be damaged by the sun’s rays. The researchers measured the ability of each herb extract to absorb ultraviolet radiation and act as an antioxidant, neutralizing free radicals.

Turmeric and ginger extracts absorbed a significant amount of UVB rays before they could damage the skin, according to the results, published in Photochemistry and Photobiology. Each was found to stimulate the synthesis of thioredoxin 1, an antioxidant protein that appears to protect keratinocytes from DNA damage and toxicity to living cells.

Sun’s Rays May Help Heart Health

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n addition to triggering vitamin D production, the sun may have other health benefits. University of Edinburgh researchers studied 24 healthy volunteers who used lamps that produce ultraviolet A (UVA) light mimicking the sun’s UVA rays, compared with similar lamps that only produce heat.

Two sessions under the UVA lamps significantly lowered blood pressure and boosted nitric oxide levels in the blood.

The latter is linked to better circulation. The scientists concluded that the combined effect may help prevent heart disease.

Preterm Babies Grow Better with Supplements

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n a study published earlier this year in Pediatrics, researchers from Liverpool Women’s Hospital gave either a standard diet or that plus multivitamin and mineral supplementation intravenously to 150 preterm infants for 28 days after their birth. Supplemented babies had higher rates of growth, measured in weight, as well as head circumference sizes that were between five and eight millimeters greater. The differences in head circumference remained nine months after the supplementation period ended.

Fruits and Veggies Boost Kids’ Learning and Social Skills

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study published in the Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association finds that increased fruit and vegetable consumption among schoolage children may increase learning skills related to interacting with others, as identified in social cognitive theory.

Researchers divided 138 students into two groups, with one group consuming more fruits and vegetables than the other. After three months, the group on the healthier diet tested higher in social cognitive learning skills. They also scored better in selfefficacy (belief they could succeed) in difficult situations, social support, and observational learning.

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Dried Plums Prevent Bone Loss

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onsuming dried plums, Prunus domestica, appears to reduce bone loss and may increase bone mass. Studying 236 post-menopausal women for one year, Florida State University researchers gave half of the women 100 grams of dried plums per day, while the other group received 100 grams of dried apples. Bone scans done at three, six and 12 months found significantly greater bone mineral density among the group that ate dried plums.

A study from Oklahoma State University showed similar results with post-menopausal mice put on a diet supplemented with dried plums or other dried fruits for two months. Only the diet with dried plums prevented bone loss among the mice.

Another study, published in the Journal of Nutrition, found increased bone mass among both elderly and adult male mice that ate a diet comprising 25 percent dried plums, while those that did not eat dried plums lost bone mass.

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Garden Gunk Sewage Can Lurk in Bagged Fertilizers

Ashwagandha Mutes Bipolar Disorder B T he ancient ayurvedic herb ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) shows promise in reducing the symptoms of bipolar disorder, according to two recent studies.

For eight weeks, scientists from the University of Pittsburgh’s Western Psychiatric Institute gave 500 milligrams per day of ashwagandha extract or a placebo to 53 patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The researchers used a series of bipolar tests to gauge cognition, response time, social cognition response and other processes. After the eight weeks, the group given ashwagandha showed significant improvements in auditoryverbal working memory, reaction time and social cognition.

In a study published in the Indian Journal of Psychiatric Medicine, among a group of 64 men and women with chronic stress, after two months of ashwagandha treatment, standardized test scores revealed stress reduced by 44 percent, anxiety and insomnia by 68 percent and severe depression by 79 percent.

Depression and anxiety are hallmarks of bipolar disorder.

Essential Oils Fight Candida, MRSA

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ssential oils show promise in preventing infections from the fungi Candida albicans and the bacteria methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to several recent studies. Romania’s Polytechnic University of Bucharest researchers found that topical application of the essential oils from Salvia officinalis (sage) and Anethum graveolens (dill) provided significant inhibition against the C. albicans fungi when compared with a standard antiseptic dressing.

Scientists from England’s Manchester Metropolitan University compared the effects on three strains of MRSA in wound dressings containing the essential oils of patchouli, tea tree, geranium, lavender and grapefruit seed extract against a conventional antibacterial dressing of silver sulfadiazine cream. Each oil was applied independently and in combination with wound dressings. Grapefruit seed extract and geranium oil were found to most effectively inhibit the MRSA strains.

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agged garden fertilizers help plants grow, but store-bought brands can be a scary mix of sewage sludge—treated human, industrial and hospital waste. No federal or state regulations require that sewage sludge, also known as biosolids, be listed on the label. Sludge can also be blended with more natural fertilizers without listing it as an ingredient.

Today’s testing requirements for waste sludge cover only 10 elements and two indicator bacteria; all other contaminants, pharmaceuticals and toxic chemicals that go down the drain of every home and business go right into the fertilizer.

Terms like “organic” and “natural” only apply to some food products, not compost or fertilizer. Arsenic and lead are both considered natural ingredients.

Toxins and heavy metals don’t disappear when exposed to sun or rain; they enter the soil or travel by wind and water runoff into yards and communities and can be absorbed in vegetables, plants and livestock. When we consume foods grown in sludge, we consume whatever the plant takes up from the soil. Also, elements like heavy metals collect in the meat, milk and fat of animals that are fed crops grown in sewage sludge.

To protect the family garden, call the fertilizer manufacturer before purchasing a product to verify ingredients.

Ask the nursery or store for labeling that depicts which products are sludgefree and also insist on their use at area schools, parks and playgrounds.

For more information: USludgeFree.org.

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Training Programs Attract Young Farmers

Vermont Demands GMO Labeling

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ermont Senator David Zuckerman and Representative Carolyn Partridge spearheaded efforts for the state to pass the nation’s first unrestricted mandatory labeling bill for genetically modified organisms (GMO). The state legislature’s collective efforts, lasting more than a decade, led to an unprecedented, game-changing new law signed by Governor Peter Shumlin on April 23. The state expects legal challenges by big biotech manufacturers and marketers, and has proactively set aside $10 million for legal fees.

Starting July 1, 2016, products sold in Vermont that contain more than 0.9 percent GMO content contamination will require a statement on the label indicating that genetic engineering was used. Products that contain GMOs and are so labeled cannot also label their products as “natural.” The bill, however, does not apply to labels for milk, eggs and meat from animals fed GMOs.

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U.S. Organic Standards Under Siege

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ast September, without any public input, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), under pressure from corporations, changed the way the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) decides which non-organic materials are allowed in products labeled as Certified Organic, all but guaranteeing that when the NOSB meets every six months, the non-organic and synthetic materials allowed in organic items will increase.

Certain non-organic or synthetic materials can be used in up to 5 percent of a USDA Organic product, and in up to 30 percent of a Made with Organic Ingredients product. Look for the addition of carrageenan, synthetic nutrients such as DHA and ARA, sausage casings made from processed intestines, synthetic methionine, antibiotics and mutagens, among others.

Sign a petition in protest at Tinyurl.com/OrganicStandardsPetition.

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Monsanto Roundup Herbicide May Cause Gene-ocide

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he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ruled to allow Roundup herbicide residues in food at concentrations a million times higher than levels already shown to be carcinogenic in cell research. Now a new study published in Free Radical Medicine & Biology adds to a growing body of research implicating the herbicide’s main ingredient, glyphosate, at concentration ranges well within the EPA “safe level” for food, in inhibiting male infertility.

Noting the research revealing Roundup’s toxicity to the DNA of the germ line (sperm and egg) of animal species, the argument can be made that this chemical could be considered an instrument of mass destruction.

Minimally, the precautionary principle should be applied that any chemical with the potential to disrupt or destroy our species’ reproductive cells should be banned unless the manufacturer can prove its safety beyond a reasonable doubt.

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here’s little doubt that the nation needs more young farmers, because statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show the average American farmer is 58 years old. Hope lies in farm incubators that equip young agrarians with the technical skills and the business savvy needed to compete in the fierce, burgeoning market for locally grown produce.

At Kinsman Farm (KinsmanFarm. net), in Cleveland, the Ohio State University Extension gives would-be farmers quarter-acre starter plots and helps them develop business plans.

Financial support is available, too. “The city of Cleveland recently received private funds to expand its Gardening for Greenbacks Program,” advises spokesperson Marie Barni.

“Our urban farmers can now receive a $5,000 grant to help start their farming microenterprise.”

Some city planners have voiced considerable skepticism about whether urban farms are an effective tool for creating jobs and rebuilding economies like Cleveland’s, but advocates point to other farm incubators in North Carolina, Oregon, and Rhode Island, as well as in Kansas City, Kansas, Holyoke, Massachusetts, St. Louis, Missouri, and Seattle, Washington.

In Chicago, students at the role model Windy City Harvest, coordinated by the Chicago Botanic Garden and the Richard J. Daley City College (ChicagoBotanic.org/windycityharvest), engage in six months of hands-on horticulture training, and then a threemonth paid internship with a farm or food justice organization.

Source: Emagazine.com

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Eat PACO

by Nuris Lemire, MS, OTR/L, NC

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very day we hear of a new “magic” solution to look better, lose weight, eliminate wrinkles, etc. Billions of dollars are spent in this search. Usually, the results fall short of the expectations. How many items have you purchased that promised one thing or another? How many diets have you tried?

Diets do not work … lifestyle changes do. Here are some of the basic principles for lifestyle changes:

n Proper nutrition

n Exercise

n Healthy sleep patterns

n Stress management

n Detox

This article focuses on nutrition and the four principles of healthy eating.

1. Eat PRIMITIVE. Until about 150 years ago, humans were eating consistently fresh and simple foods. The main diet consisted of roots and fruits, greens and beans, seeds and weeds, and some fish or wild game.

The Industrial Revolution changed this with modern food processing: refining, stripping food of nutrients, and adding man-made fillers. As a result, the modern diet has become radically different: meats and sweets, pies and fries, chips and dips, cakes and shakes, genetically modified foods, chemical additives and more.

2. Eat ALKALINE.

Acid/alkaline balance is key to health. Studies are suggesting that for

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the best balance, we should consume about 80% alkaline (plant-based foods) and 20% acid (animal foods).

Dr. William Howard Hay, a physician who wrote the book How to Always Be Well nearly 100 years ago, said our intracellular pH should be about 7.3.

“Anything less and the body is moving towards disease and death.”

In his book The pH Miracle, microbiologist Dr. Robert Young says, “Striking the optimum 80/20 balance can result in dramatic healthy weight loss, rebuilt stamina … and vibrant health.”

Alkaline foods are usually fresh vegetables and some fresh fruits. The more they are cooked, the more acid they become. Foods that yield acidic conditions when digested include meat, dairy, pasta, sugar, and almost anything that comes out of a package.

Today, the Standard American Diet (S.A.D.) consists of nearly 100% acidic foods, resulting in inflammation, obesity and disease. According to a 2007 report from the World Health Organization:

n 50% of children born in 2000 will have Type 2 diabetes by age 30.

n 80% of U.S. deaths are hastened by bad diets.

n Up to 80% of coronary heart disease, and up to 90% of Type 2 diabetes, can be avoided by changing lifestyle factors.

And, according to the National Cancer Institute:

n 75% of all cancers are dietrelated.

n Cancer is a symptom of a breakdown of body chemistry.

3. Eat COLORFUL.

Eat loads of fresh fruits and

vegetables.

Fruits and vegetables get their color from carotenoids. These play two roles: first, they boost the immune function; second, packed with powerful antioxidants, they get rid of free radicals.

One carotene is Lycopene, found in red foods like tomatoes and beets. These pack a punch against prostate cancer. They also are rich in fiber, which binds up and escorts out cancer-producing hormones and chemicals. Ideally each person should consume about 50 grams of fiber daily.

Most people consume less than 5 grams.

Dr. Richard Dubois, M.D., Chief of Internal Medicine at Atlanta Med. Center and top authority on infectious diseases, after 4,500 studies says that whole fruits and vegetables specifically prevent cancer. Andrew Weil, M.D., says, “A diet high in fruits and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of 15 types of cancer including colon, breast, cervix, and lung cancer.”

4. Eat ORGANIC.

“Organic” means more than what is left out, such as pesticides. It also means what is left in, especially minerals. To give one example, one organic tomato contains 1,938 parts per million of iron vs. a conventional tomato which has a paltry 1 part per million.

Using these four nutritional principles will help you prevent cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and many other illnesses; they will help you maintain a healthy weight and feel vibrant and alive into your golden years.

Nuris Lemire is certified in Neuromechanical Acupuncture, Lymphatic Drainage, Craniosacral and Heart Center Therapy; she is also a Reiki Master Practitioner, Wudang China External Qi Healer, and a practitioner of the Maya Abdominal Technique. She and Dr. James Lemire, M.D. can be reached at Lemire Clinic, 352-291-9459.

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STEWARDS OF EARTH’S BOUNTY Organic Farmers Sow Seeds of Change

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of the current crop of heroes providing inspiration and hope. They are changing America’s landscape and the way we think about the ability of good food to feed future generations well.

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rom epidemic childhood obesity, rising rates of autism and food allergies, to the growing risks of pesticides and climate change, we have many reasons to be concerned about the American food system. Fortunately, many heroes among us—family farmers, community gardeners, visionaries and activists—are striving to create a safer and healthier environment now that will benefit future generations. Recognizing and celebrating their stellar Earth stewardship in this 2014 International Year of Family Farmers, Natural Awakenings is spotlighting examples

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Doug Crabtree and Anna Jones-Crabtree, of Vilicus Farms, in Havre, Montana, are reviving crop biodiversity and pollinator habitat on their organic farm in northern Montana. “We strive to farm in a manner that works in concert with nature,” Doug explains.

The couple’s actions live up to their farm’s Latin name, which means “steward.” They grow 15 nourishing crops on 1,200 acres, including flax, buckwheat, sunflower, safflower, spelt, oats, barley and lentils, without pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers.

By imitating natural systems, planting diverse crops, and avoiding damaging chemical inputs, they are attracting diverse native pollinators, he notes. Their approach to farming helps protect area groundwater, streams, rivers, and even oceans for future generations.

Dick and Diana Dyer, of Dyer Family Organic Farm, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, finally realized their lifelong

Diana and Dick Dyer dream to farm in 2009, each at the age of 59. The couple grows more than 40 varieties of garlic on 15 acres; they also grow hops and care for honeybees. In addition, they provide hands-in-the-soil training to a new generation of dietetic interns across the country through their School to Farm program, in association with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Diana, a registered dietitian, teaches her students to take the “We are what we eat” adage a step further. She believes, we are what we grow.

“Like nearly everyone else, most dietetic students are disconnected from Mother Earth, the source of the food they eat. They don’t learn the vital connections between soil, food and health,” says Diana. During a stay on the Dyer farm, she explains, “The students begin to understand how their food and nutrition recommendations to others can help drive an entire agricultural system that promotes and protects our soil and water, natural resources and public health.” It all aligns with practicing their family farm motto: Shaping our future from the ground up.

Mary Jo and Luverne Forbord, of Prairie Horizons Farm, in Starbuck, Minnesota, raise Black Angus cattle, grazed on certified organic, restored, native prairie pastures. Mary Jo, a registered dietitian, welcomes dietetic students to the 480-acre farm to learn where food comes from and how to grow it without the pesticides that contribute to farmers’ higher risk for certain cancers. “We must know the true cost of cheap food,” she insists.

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Most recently, they first urban planted an organic orteaching chard in memory of their farm and son, Joraan, who died community of cancer in 2010 at the resource age of 23. Joraan’s orcenter. “The chard is home to thrivfarm will ing, health-supporting serve as an apple, apricot, cherry onsite exand plum trees, plus perience for native aronia berries. children to It also injects fresh life learn where into the community. their food Luverne and Mary Jo Forbord Each spring, the Forcomes from bords celebrate their son’s birthand the readay by “waking up” his orchard. His sons fresh, organically grown food remother explains: “People of all ages ally matters to our health,” says Lanier. gather—an assortment of our friends, However, “This is just the tip of the Joraan’s friends and their growing famiceberg for us. Ultimately, we’d like to ilies, neighbors, relatives, co-workers, be a chemical-free community through advocating for reduction and elimination of pesticide and chemical use in schools, hospitals, households and local parks and ball fields.”

Lanier aims to help improve on Alabama’s low national ranking in the health of its residents. “I love our Tarrant Lanier, gardening with children at the little piece of the Center for Family and Community Development world, and I want students and others—to keep his legacy future generations to enjoy it withgrowing. The incredible community out fearing that it’s making us sick,” support keeps us going.” she says. “We are intent on having a school garden in every school, and Tarrant Lanier, of the Center for Family we want to see area hospitals estaband Community Development (CFCD) lish organic food gardens that support and Victory Teaching Farm, in Mobile, efforts to make people healthier withAlabama, wants all children to grow out the use of heavy medications.” up in safe communities with access to

Lanier further explains: “We see plenty of wholesome food. After workour victory as reducing hunger and ining for nearly two decades with some creasing health and wellness, environof South Alabama’s most vulnerable mental sustainability and repair, comfamilies, Lanier wanted to “provide munity development and beautification, more than a crutch.” In 2009, she eseconomic development, and access to tablished the nonprofit CFCD organizalocally grown food, by promoting and tion, dedicated to healthy living. Within creating a local food system.” five years, she had assembled a small but hard-working staff that began buildDon Lareau and Daphne Yannakakis, of ing community and school gardens and Zephyros Farm and Garden, in Paocreating collaborative partnerships. nia, Colorado, grow exquisite organic

Recently, the group established flowers and vegetables for farmers’ the Victory Teaching Farm, the region’s markets and community supported

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Don Lareau

“Kids are shocked when they learn that carrots grow underground and surprised that milk comes from an udder, not a store shelf.” ~ Don Lareau agriculture members in Telluride and the Roaring Fork Valley. Recently, the couple decided to take fewer trips away from their children and homestead, and instead bring more people to their 35-acre family farm to learn from the land and develop a refreshed sense of community.

From earthy farm dinners and elegant weddings to creative exploration camps for children and adults and an educational internship program, these family farmers are raising a new crop of consumers that value the land, their food and the people producing it.

The couple hopes to help people learn how to grow and prepare their own food, plus gain a greater appreciation for organic farming.

“The people who come here fall into a farming lifestyle in tune with the sun and moon, the seasons and their inner clock—something valuable that has been lost in modern lifestyles,” notes Lareau, who especially loves sharing the magic of their farm with children. “Kids are shocked when they learn that carrots grow underground and surprised that milk comes from an udder, not a store shelf.”

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Klaas and Mary-Howell Conscientious food Because the Martens work Martens, of Lakeview Orin alliance with nature, producers are ganic Grain, in Penn Yan, they’ve learned to ask a teachers, innovators, unique set of questions.

New York, grow a variety of environmental grains, including wheat, spelt, For example, when Klaas stewards and sees a weed, he doesn’t barley, oats and triticale, plus peas, dark red kidney beans change-makers ask, “What can we spray and edamame soybeans, creating a brighter to kill it?” but, “What was the environment that alalong with raising livestock future for us all. lowed the weed to grow?” on about 1,400 acres. Their family farm philosophy Anne Mosness, in Bellingham, Washentails looking at the world through a ington, began fishing for wild salmon lens of abundance, rather than scarcity, with her father during one summer and working in cooperation with their after college. The experience ignited a neighbors instead of in competition. The sense of adventure that led her back to result has been a groundswell of thriving Alaska for nearly three decades, as a organic farmers and a renewed sense of community and economic strength crew member and then a captain in the throughout their region.

Copper River and Bristol Bay fisheries. During that time, Mosness became

The Martens switched to ora passionate advocate for protecting ganic farming after Klaas experienced coastal communities and ecosystems. partial paralysis due to exposure to “Like farm families on land, fishing pesticides, compounded by concern families face many risks and uncertainfor the health of their three children.

ties,” but she believes “political forces may be even more damaging to our livelihoods and wild fish.”

For example, “We are replicating some of the worst practices of factory farming on land in our marine environment with diseases, parasites and voluminous amounts of pollution flushing into our coastal waters,” she explains.

She’s also concerned about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s potential approval of genetically engineered (GMO) fish without adequate health and environmental assessments, and she works to support GMO labeling so consumers can make informed choices.

Melinda Hemmelgarn, aka the “food sleuth”, is a registered dietitian and award-winning writer and radio host at KOPN.org, in Columbia, MO (FoodSleuth@gmail.com). She advocates for organic farmers at Enduring-Image.blogspot.com.

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Living Off the Land Low- and No-Cost Ways to Feed a Family

by Avery Mack

Whether it’s membership in a food co-op, tending a backyard garden or balcony tomato plant or foraging in the woods for edibles, living off the land means cleaner, fresher and more nutritious food on the table.

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o switch from running to the market to stepping into a home garden for fresh produce, it’s best to start small. Smart gardeners know it’s easy to be overwhelmed by a big plot, so they plan ahead with like-minded friends to swap beans for tomatoes or zucchini for okra to add variety. If one household is more suited to freezing excess harvests while another cans or dehydrates, more trades are in the offing. Start kids by having them plant radishes, a crop that will give even the most impatient child quick results.

“You can’t do everything yourself,” counsels Kathie Lapcevic, a farmer, freelance writer and teacher in Columbia Falls, Montana. “I have a huge garden, expanded now into about 7,000 square feet, that provides 65 percent of what our family eats,” she says. “On the other hand, I can’t imagine life without nut butter and found I can’t grow Brussels sprouts. A few trips to the store are inevitable.”

Lapcevic plants non-GMO, heirloom varieties of seeds in her chemical-free garden. She adds a new variety or two each year and reminds

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peers that it takes a while to build good soil. Three years ago, she also added pollinator beehives on the property. Their honey reduces the amount of processed sugar the family uses.

From Libby, Montana, Chaya Foedus blogs on her store website PantryParatus.com about kitchen self-sufficiency. “Foraging is a good way to give children a full sensory experience,” she remarks. “We turn a hike into a mission to find and learn about specific foods, where they come from, and what to do with them.” To start, select one easily identifiable item for the kids to pick.

“In Libby, that’s huckleberries,” says Foedus. “Similar to blueberries, they grow on a bush, so they’re easy to see and pick. Huckleberries don’t grow in captivity—it’s a completely foraged economy.”

Michelle Boatright, a graphic designer and hunter of wild plants in Bristol, Tennessee, learned eco-friendly ways to forage from a game warden friend. Five years later, her bookcase holds 30 books on edible plants—she brings two with her on excursions.

“When in doubt, leave a plant alone.

It’s too easy to make a mistake,” she advises. “Know how to harvest, too—take only about 10 percent of what’s there and leave the roots, so it can grow back.

“For example, ramps, a wild leek, take seven years to cultivate,” says Boatright. “Overharvesting can wipe out years’ worth of growth. In Tennessee, it’s illegal to harvest ramps in state parks. Mushrooms are more apt to regrow, but leave the small ones.”

As for meat, “I was raised to never shoot a gun, but to make my own bows and arrows,” recalls Bennett Rea, a writer and survivalist in Los Angeles, California. “Dad used Native American skills, tools and viewpoints when he hunted. Bow hunting kept our family from going hungry for a few lean years and was always done with reverence.

It’s wise to take only what you need, use what you take, and remember an animal gave its life to sustain yours.”

Rea uses several methods for obtaining local foods. “Living here makes it easier due to the year-round growing season. For produce, I volunteer for a local CSA [community supported agriculture] collective.

One hour of volunteering earns 11 pounds of free, sustainably farmed, organic produce—everything from kale to tangerines to cilantro.

“Bartering is also an increasingly popular trend,” he notes. “I make my own hot sauce and trade it for highend foods and coffee from friends and neighbors. Several of us have now rented a plot in a community garden to grow more of our own vegetables. I only buy from stores the items I can’t trade for or make myself—usually oats, milk, cheese and olive oil.”

Truly good food is thoughtfully, sustainably grown or harvested.

It travels fewer miles; hasn’t been sprayed with toxins or been chemically fertilized; is fresh; ripens on the plant, not in a truck or the store; and doesn’t come from a factory farm. The old saying applies here: “If you want something done right, do it yourself.”

Avery Mack is a freelance writer in St. Louis, MO. Connect via AveryMack@mindspring.com.

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Foraging 101 Cooking with Wild Foods

by Chaya Foedus 4 Start small.

4 Get permission before picking on private property.

4 Make sure no chemical fertilizers or pesticides were used.

4 It’s easy to mistake a poisonous lookalike for an edible plant. Learn to identify both before picking.

4 Skip the mushrooms at first—learn from an experienced mushroomer before going solo.

4 Always taste-test at home; the woods are not the place to cope with a surprise allergic reaction.

4 Make a day of it. Enjoy the outdoors, learn more about native plants and invite kindred spirits along on the hunt.

Source: Adapted from PantryParatus.com.

by Avery Mack

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hristopher Nyerges, of Pasadena, California, author of Guide to Wild Food and Useful Plants and Foraging California, has spent 40 years teaching others to find free food safely as part of an ongoing curriculum (SchoolOfSelf-Reliance.com). He knows, “Wherever you live, common weeds and native plants can supplement food on the table.”

He particularly likes to use acorns as a food extender, grinding them into a powder and mixing it 50/50 with flour to make bread and pancakes. For greens, he likes lamb’s quarters (Chenopodium album), a weed that crowds out native plants, but is easily found, nutritious and versatile. He uses the leaves like spinach and adds the seeds to soup or bread batter. He likens it to quinoa.

Nyerges characterizes himself as a lazy gardener. “Forget having a tra-

ditional lawn. Grow food, not grass,” he says. “I like plants that take care of themselves and then of me.”

Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) and New Zealand spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides) are good edible ground covers. Purslane leaves add a lemonpepper crunch. “If the neighbors complain, plant some nasturtiums—they’re pretty and good to eat, too,” he notes.

Varieties of cactus, like the prickly pear, are also edible; remove the thorns and cook the pads with tofu or eggs.

“I’m all for using technology, but know how to get by without it, too,” Nyerges advises. “There’s no such thing as total self-sufficiency. What we can be is self-reliant and knowledgeable users. Begin by learning and applying one thing.” He’s found, “There aren’t directions to follow; the path to selfreliance is different for each person.”

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Good-Bye Lawn, Hello Eden!

by David Y. Goodman

“Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food.”

—Genesis 2:8-9

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hat is up with lawns? Did you ever consider how wasteful and unnatural they

are?

In nature, grasslands are usually the result of either grazing animals or frequent fire. Animals manure the grass, feeding it—and they graze it, keeping it healthy. Since we don’t have grazing animals in our neighborhoods, we’re forced to do all the maintenance of our artificial grasslands. We manure it with fertilizer and then graze it with a lawnmower. Both poison the environment and consume resources.

This last week I overheard a woman in line complaining to a clerk about how the rain was making her have to mow her acre of lawn every week.

Cry me a river.

At the same time she’s out mowing, I’m picking mulberries, blackberries, and black cherries from my unmown front yard food forest.

I even dug a few potatoes out of the front lawn a week ago. Later in the year I’ll be picking sweet Japanese persimmons, jujubes, and figs, plus digging yacon, sweet potato, and cassava roots for the dinner table.

Your lawn can’t do that.

Here’s a way to look at a lawn.

It’s like a super needy “friend.” No matter how much you invest in the relationship, no matter how many

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gifts you give it, no matter how many weeds you pull, or how much time you spend, that lawn is never going to give you anything back. It will sit there and just demand more, constantly complaining about its problems and then sulking if you don’t give it more of your time and money. Ick.

Perennial food-bearing plants are like healthy relationships. You nurture them, they grow tall and lovely—and they feed you delicious fruit, nuts, or leaves in return for your kindness.

Over the years as your relationship matures, they’ll give you more and more, even if you don’t do much more than say “hi” every once in a while.

Meanwhile, your lawn is obsessed with chemicals and cutting. Does that sound healthy to you?

Look around north/central Florida.

The “resting” state of our local ecosystem is forest (trees and shrubs!), not grass.

You can use this truth to feed your family. Plant a little “forest” of perennial edibles, and it will take less work than a lawn and feed you at the same time.

Your Challenge (And You Should Choose To Accept It!)

Get yourself some cardboard and a pile of mulch, then mark out a patch of lawn you can convert to a lovely island of long-term organic food production. I use a garden hose to determine my boundaries since it’s easy to move around as a temporary line. You don’t have to start big— even a roughly 10-foot by 10-foot island will give you plenty to eat. I like rounded shapes since nature is a flowing and organic place, but you can make a perfect square if that’s your preference.

Now do this: plant a tree (or two) in your island, then surround them with lovely edibles and flowers.

Cover the remaining grass in between your new plants with cardboard, wet the cardboard, then cover with at least 6 inches of mulch and water again. That layer of mulch and cardboard will kill the grass beneath and save you a lot of effort in the process.

Your trees and plants could look like this:

n Nice easy-to-grow edible tree: Persimmon, fig, mulberry, moringa or loquat

n Smaller perennial edible shrubs: Cranberry hibiscus (great tart salad green!), Simpson stopper (native with edible fruit), thornless blackberries, milkweed (for butterflies and bugs), blueberries, chaya (great cooked green!), rosemary, prickly pear cactus, arrow root

n Groundcover layer: Purple oxalis (tart edible leaves), canna lilies (edible flowers and roots), malanga (a lovely elephant ear with edible roots), Okinawa spinach (edible creeping plant that tastes wonderful), Cuban oregano/Italian oregano, sweet potatoes

n Throw in a stepping stone path, an Adirondack chair, or whatever other décor suits your fancy.

Congratulations! You now have a little piece of Eden where you used to have barren and unproductive grass.

If you’re worried about our food supply, our health and our environment, stop worrying and do something. Grass is part of the problem—you can be part of the solution, and eat berries in the process.

Sounds like paradise to me.

Would you like to find easy-to-grow edible plants for your neighborhood?

Or get answers to your gardening questions? Visit David’s Florida Food Forests nursery booth at the 326 Community Market in Ocala every Thursday from 3-7pm. Address: 2250 NE 70th St, Ocala, Florida. You can also learn more Florida gardening at www.floridasurvivalgardening.com.

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“I Just Want My Teeth Cleaned!”

by Perry Ekstrand, DDS, LVIF, The Swedish Dentist

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ountless patients over the years have called into our practice to become a new patient and say “I just want my teeth cleaned, and I don’t want X-rays or a doctor exam.”

Some of those patients might be in great shape, but some definitely are not. If you are one of those patients and want a good dentist and office team, I would use this as a way to decide if this is the practice I would choose. A dental office that does not take the responsible diagnostic approach to your health which includes a complete oral exam, cancer screening, and periodontal probing using diagnostic X-rays, is not an office I would go to or recommend to anyone else.

Many people we see who think they are in perfect oral health are in fact in poor dental health. What the patients do not always understand is that the doctor is responsible and needs to diagnose and prescribe treatment for that patient. After that visit, then the hygienist executes the prescribed treatment recommended by the doctor. It is not a good standard of practice for a new patient to come into the office and not see the doctor.

This long-winded introduction is a precursor to introduce the staggering statistic that some 80% of the American population is affected by periodontal disease, also known as gum disease and pyorrhea. If you break it down, periodontitis means peri- (around) odont- (tooth) itis (infection). Around-the-tooth infection!

This is an insidious disease and most people are not aware they even have it until the dentist, using X-rays and special probing techniques, identifies the condition. Sometimes it results in devastating news to the patient that bone loss and infection has taken

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over their mouth, often migrating to other places in the body (more on this below). These patients usually don’t even have pain or cavities.

When we as dentists look in the mouth of a patient with gum problems, we can often see pus coming out of the pocket around the tooth. It doesn’t hurt, so it isn’t perceived as a problem until the patient gets a full-blown abscess and is in pain. Now, if you as a patient had a spot on your arm or leg that was leaking pus on a regular basis, my guess is you would seek medical attention. This is the same thing, you just don’t see it or, most often, taste it, because it comes out of the periodontal pocket around the tooth when you eat and food “massages” the gums.

Gum problems are not anything that should be ignored. These are focal infections sitting in your body and, according to the American Academy of Periodontology, people with periodontal disease are almost twice as likely to have heart disease.

One study found that the presence of common problems in the mouth, including gum disease (gingivitis), cavities, and missing teeth were as good at predicting heart disease as cholesterol levels. We are not just

talking teeth, here, folks—we are talking heart problems.

The notion that we inherited teeth problems from our parents who lost their teeth young or had “soft” teeth is another myth we need to squelch.

What we really inherit from our parents are habits. If they have good teeth, it’s because they learned to take care of them and taught that to their children. I often see patients who grew up on a farm, money was tight, and dental visits were always associated with pain. As they grew up, they decided to do the necessary activities to care for their teeth and are now in excellent dental health. For 99% of the population, the genes play a very small role in their dental health. You, as a patient, are in charge!

I just do not think we need to stack the deck against ourselves as we are growing older. If anything, we should try to eliminate anything that can be a potential problem. So next time you go to your dentist, make sure they measure the pockets around your teeth, which is an indicator of gum problems.

And ask the doctor or hygienist how you are doing, and also how to improve. Then go home and practice.

Be true to your teeth or they will be “false” to you!

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Sexual and Reproductive Health

by Paula Koger, BSN, MA, DOM

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here are 600,000 hysterectomies and 128,000 prostatectomies performed each year in the U.S. We have come to accept this as normal.

Most of them are preventable.

During the 25 years I was a nurse, counselor, and professor, and the 20 years of practicing acupuncture as a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, I have seen many men and women lose their sexual desires, reproductive function, and organs due to the disease processes affecting their reproductive systems. It is common to remove these organs, as the healing options are few.

In fact, I saw a patient who had both breasts removed to prevent breast cancer, which she did not have. That kind of choice probably arises out of deep-seated fears and the limitations we put on our abilities to heal ourselves. We don’t yet accept we can even change our DNA.

We are not taught the reasons for and prevention of breast, uterine and prostate diseases. Dr. Derk Hammer the creator of German New Medicine says all cancers arise out of a conflict.

He has found the conflicts that lead to cancer cause identifiable change in the brain CT scan. According to Dr. Hammer’s successful treatment of 31,000 cancer patients, if we resolve the conflict by releasing it, the brain scan normalizes and the cancer is easy to treat. By addressing the precipitating factors of disease, we avoid further problems. The woman with both breasts removed now has scars all over

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her body resulting from the plastic surgery to rebuild her breast. It is not commonly understood how many problems scars and multiple surgeries can create, but they do block the flow of energy in, through, and around the body. These scars which create blocks can be treated with homeopathy.

The treatable reasons for reproductive and sexual dysfunction are like the reasons for all disease.

If we deal with the foundation and attracting issues, we have gained valuable benefit from the symptoms.

The body’s intelligence can then take over and restore balance and health even if surgery is still necessary. If we ignore the causes and messages of any disease, other problems can show up because the body is persistent in seeking to establish and maintain homeostasis and energy flow. If we don’t, we may then have to deal with the price of suppression and avoidance as it ultimately may affect other organs and tissues. The good news is, healing the issues opens up wonderful new energy to us and is rewarding and empowering.

Of course, everything that happens in the body, good or bad, is an indicator of health or disease.

It is important to maintain a positive view of what it happening and search for the messages our body is giving us when we have a symptom show up. I have witnessed repeatedly how we can benefit from disease and symptoms by understanding what

they are telling us. They are gifts to guide us through the journey of life. I have seen thousands of patients who healed impossible things by identifying and clearing the hidden messages the body was masking to protect us from the truth. I find the sickness is created in our attempt to offer us a defense against the truth or protect us from what we don’t know how to integrate.

Homeopathy, voice printing, gem therapy, and attractor field therapy can release traumas and blocks.

Reasons for reproductive and sexual distress include sexual traumas, sexual fears and taboos, toxins in the reproductive system, poor digestive function, poor diet, chakra blocks, unfulfilling relationships, drugs, esteem issues, fears of intimacy, hormone imbalance, low energy, infection, depression, or neurotransmitter blocks.

Sexual traumas contribute greatly to the conditions that developed in the male and female reproductive systems. I have successfully treated multiple deep patterns of sexual abuse including one whose father was killed in the military. Her mother was distraught and got involved with a man whom she allowed to molest the child for 10 years. This rapist threatened, bribed, and played/preyed on the loss of her father.

All of these contributing factors need to be healed to allow the body a chance to restore itself and let the other treatments work. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, one in four women and one in six men will be sexually assaulted.

I understand how much faith it takes to take charge of what has happened and is happening to all parts of you and your body and not let anything pull you in to deterioration and degeneration. You can do it.

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James Gormley Takes On the FDA

Why the Natural Health Movement Must Protect Itself

by Kathleen Barnes

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ames Gormley, a leader of the natural health movement in the U.S. and an award-winning health journalist, is a passionate advocate for natural health. For more than 20 years, he’s been at the forefront in the fight against government restriction of dietary supplements and for transparency in the food industry, and has twice participated in America’s trade delegation to the United Nations Codex Alimentarius Commission, advocating for health freedom.

Gormley’s editorial positions have included editor-in-chief of Better Nutrition and editorial director for the Vitamin Retailer Magazine Group.

He now serves as both vice president and senior policy advisor for Citizens for Health and as a scientific advisory board member with the Natural Health Research Institute.

His latest book, Health at Gunpoint: The FDA’s Silent War Against Health Freedom, poses a strong stance against government interference in our rights to information about and access to healthy food and supplements.

Why do you believe that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are tainted by special interests, particularly big companies in the pharmaceutical and food industries?

The FDA was created to address issues of food and drug contamination and adulteration. Dr. Harvey Wiley, the courageous first leader of its predecessor, the Bureau of Chemistry, expressed his disgust with the unintended consequences in his 1929 book, The History of a Crime Against the Food Law: The www.GoNaturalAwakenings.com

Amazing Story of the National Food and Drugs Law Intended to Protect the Health of the People, Perverted to Protect Adulteration of Foods and Drugs.

The FDA has been beholden to drug companies for decades. Making the situation worse, a 2012 law loosened conflict of interest restrictions for FDA advisory panels. That has further weakened the agency’s review system and likely allowed more drugs with safety problems to gain marketing approval, according to an analysis published in the journal Science in 2013. In addition, 40 percent of the FDA’s last budget increase came from user fees on prescription drugs paid by the pharmaceutical giants.

The USDA has the potential to do much good, but is bogged down with politics and mandates to push questionable biotechnology.

With regard to the controversy over genetically modified organisms (GMO), are certain companies being given undue influence in national policy making?

Yes. A perfect example was the ability of Monsanto to block initiatives requiring labeling of food products that contain GMOs in California and Washington state. Monsanto and the food industry continue to leverage their considerable influence in the U.S. Congress to block such legislation on a national level, despite the massive outcry from consumers demanding to know the identity and origin of the food we eat.

Did the FDA declare war on the natural products industry in the 1990s?

The FDA conducted numerous and illegal raids on health food stores, supplement makers and practitioners. In an infamous barbaric raid on the clinic of integrative physician Dr. Jonathan Wright, in Tahoma, Washington, in 1992, agents and deputized officers converged with guns drawn, terrorizing patients and staff because Wright was giving his patients legal L-tryptophan supplements to help with sleep and mood. It was dubbed the “vitamin Bbust.” A federal grand jury declined to indict Wright on the charges stemming from the raid.

Current European Union and international codex policies maintain that most necessary nutrients can and should be obtained from foods, so they have dramatically limited the availability of many supplements. Do you expect such a policy to become part of U.S. law?

These European policies fly in the face of reality and every major food study conducted since World War II. The super-refined, overly processed Western diet does not and cannot fully supply optimal levels of daily nutrients. The U.S. has made minor efforts to tread this dangerous path and been met with tremendous consumer outrage. Potential related laws and policies would have to make it past an avalanche of public comments.

What is the current status of the fight for health freedom, and what is your prognosis for the future?

Substantial threats to our health freedom still exist, but I am optimistic.

Three highly credible nonprofit organizations are leading the way: the Alliance for Natural Health, Citizens for Health, and the National Health Federation. If consumers remain vigilant and stay informed on the issues identified by these advocates, we will be able to tackle and defeat threats to Americans’ health freedoms as they emerge.

Kathleen Barnes has authored many natural health books. Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.

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Summertime, and the Sippin’ is Easy

Quick and Cool Vegan Smoothies

by Judith Fertig

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moothies offer big nutrition in a small package. Based on a vegan source of lean protein such as coconut milk or yogurt, soy, chia seeds, or a vegan protein powder made from dried beans or hemp, they can energize us for a full day of summer activities.

Other ingredients follow the peak of summer crops. Berries, greens, melon, tomatoes, avocado, cucumber, celery, carrots and stone fruits like peaches and mangoes add antioxidants, fiber, vitamins and minerals.

A tablespoon or two of milled flax seeds, hemp or nut butter adds richness to the flavor, while providing omega-3 fatty acids necessary for complete nutrition. For the finale, add a touch of sweetness from fruits, maple syrup, agave nectar or stevia.

The best way to mix a smoothie is to start with either a liquid or an

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ingredient with a thicker consistency, like yogurt, placed in a standard or high-speed performance blender. Next, add the desired fruits or vegetables and flavorings, followed by ice. Start on a slower speed, holding down the lid tightly, before increasing the speed to achieve a velvety texture. If the smoothie is too thin, add more frozen fruit or ice. Freezing the fruits first and then blending them into a smoothie can substitute for ice. Peeling bananas before freezing them makes smoothiemaking easier. Freezing the fruits in recipe-size portions also simplifies the process.

Smooth-fleshed fruits like mangoes, papayas, bananas, ripe peaches and nectarines blend more easily to a silky finish than do fresh berries. Tender, baby greens such as spinach, kale or chard virtually disappear within a smoothie; if using mature, rather than

baby greens, cut out the stems unless the blender is extremely powerful.

Blending enough ingredients for two smoothies can yield a leftover serving to store in a reusable glass jar in the refrigerator. To reactivate the full taste later, just turn over the jar and give it a good shake to re-blend the ingredients.

Spirulina (made from a microsaltwater plant) and wheatgrass juice and powder are some popular smoothie additions. Milled flax seeds add healthy fat, but their water-soluble fiber also adds a little bulk; although the texture difference isn’t noticeable if the smoothie is enjoyed right away, it will be apparent if it sits for 20 minutes or more.

With the whir of a blender—and no cooking—summer’s tastiest bounty transforms into at-home or on-the-go beverages to revive, replenish and renew us so we’re ready for our next adventure.

Judith Fertig blogs at AlfrescoFoodAnd Lifestyle.blogspot.com from Overland Park, KS.

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¼ cup cranberry juice 1 cup pitted sweet black cherries ½ cup raspberries 1 /3 cup plain soy or coconut yogurt 4 ice cubes Combine all ingredients and blend from low to high speed until smooth.

Mango Lassi Yields 2 servings ¾ cup vanilla soy, almond or coconut milk ¼ cup vanilla soy, almond or coconut milk yogurt ¾ tsp vanilla extract 1½ cups chopped fresh mango, frozen ½ tsp ground cardamom Agave nectar to taste Ground pistachios for garnish Combine the milk, yogurt, vanilla extract, mango and cardamom and blend using low to high speeds until smooth. Add agave nectar to taste and blend again. Sprinkle ground pistachios over each serving.

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How the Physical Is Related to Emotional/Mental Health

by Dr. Michael J. Badanek, DC, BS, CNS, DACBN, DCBCN, DM(P)

D

uring my 34 years of clinical practice in alternative and functional medicine, I’ve noticed a dramatic increase in the rate of psychological (emotional) conditions that are directly proportionate with physical disease(s) and dysfunction. The current medical literature states that the number one financial burden as far as cost factors are concerned in medicine is mental disease. This far exceeds cancer and heart disease in the scope of financial drain on our medical monetary resources.

But why is this growing pandemic issue taking center stage in the field of medicine?

We are going to very briefly examine some major issues which are many of the triggering mechanisms to these ever-expanding health challenges.

We are briefly going to focus on three of the many causes of physiological disease directly related to physical issues and toxicity today in the U.S. 1. Gut dysbiosis 2. Heavy metal toxicity 3. Electromagnetic radiation GUT DYSBIOSIS, also called dysbacteriosis, refers to microbial imbalance. Gut dysbiosis, with associated increased permeability (Leaky Gut Syndrome), is a major factor associated with documented peer review medical literature and abstracts on psychological disease. Conditions such as ADD/ADHD, autism, dyslexia, depression, schizophrenia, dyspraxia, poor mental development, and behavioral problems have their root causes in gut dysbiosis.

Gut dysbiosis can stem from issues in fetal development while in the womb with exposure to toxicity issues directly from the mother and father. Just after birth, within the first 24 hours of life, when the lining of the gut is in a sterile state of development, issues immediately arise with routine vaccinations. These are laden with toxic additives, causing defects in the gut wall for increased permeability of proteins, resulting in autoimmune reactions mentally and physically. Food for the newborn, high in undigestible proteins, will cause insult to the gut.

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Unnecessary medications to the newborn and adult causes issues with the gut, liver, kidneys, and finally brain.

Hormonal replacement therapy or birth control therapy has a direct bearing on the gut and endocrine system resulting in mental disease.

Unfortunately, when a patient presents with issues of gut dysbiosis, traditional medical health care providers don’t even address issues or the past which created (caused) the problem.

HEAVY METAL TOXICITY is another major attributing factor in mental issues. Toxic heavy metals such as mercury, lead, cadmium, nickel, arsenic, tin, aluminum, cobalt and cesium are just a few of the major toxic metals plaguing the world population resulting in physical and psychological diseases. Heavy metals derived from foods, air, water, dentistry, power production, and manufacturing are ever increasing in these toxic wastes which are absorbed by humans and have a direct influence on physical, mental, and emotional behaviors.

When the body is deficient from essential elements, it will then take up and replace essential elements with toxic metals to drive the enzymatic chemical reactions occurring in each one of our one hundred trillion cells making up our body. Coupled with hormones, these toxic heavy metals will cause issues which will affect the brain and rest of the body from functioning normally. It has been documented in the legal arena on many occasions that mercury is, without a doubt, directly involved with autism. Coupled with testosterone, mercury becomes a very severe neurotoxin, thus resulting in neurological dysfunction (autism and learning spectrum disorders). As a matter of fact, if we look at 10 children with autism, eight to nine or more of these children will be males. We know that mercury is greatly increased in virulence with testosterone while estrogen suppresses mercury’s virulence.

The remaining toxic metals also cause many physical and psychological disorders; hundreds if not thousands of peer reviewed medical articles and books have been written.

Please, if you or your family member suffers with mental disease(s) or chronic physical conditions which have had little to no success with conventional medical treatment, get the proper evaluation by a licensed physician practicing alternative/functional medicine and get these metals out immediately.

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION. Lastly, let’s touch on the effect of EMFs (Electromagnetic fields) on human beings. With the advent of the

cell phone in the early 1990s, there has been a great increase in mental and physical disease states affecting everyone on this planet. The WHO (World Health Organization) in 1995 stated that man is now de-evolving vs. evolving, due to electromagnetic smog/exposure.

The body, composed primarily of water and minerals, is directly insulted with electromagnetic radiation. The toxic metals in our bodies are acting like antennae, bringing in this increased electrical energy, thus disrupting our total cellular well-being. We are destroying ourselves with radiation from cell phones, cordless phones, microwave devices, living close to electric substations, electric power lines, computers and computer screens, and particularly smart meters attached to buildings and homes to monitor electric usage.

Since the mid-1990s, pioneers in electromagnetic radiation exposure have repeatedly stressed the severe consequences of exposure to the human body with this toxic destruction of the physical and emotional wellbeing of humanity.

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hat are we to do? We know that these three issues discussed ever so briefly are some of the major contributing factors to sickness and disease, both physical and emotional.

There are other factors too, which we can address in another article.

If you or someone you know is plagued with psychological issues or chronic physical ailments, consider seeking a qualified licensed health care provider who deals exclusively in alternative/functional medicine to take a detailed history, evaluation and accurate working diagnosis for their health challenge. We know today in our current medical environment that traditional medical and osteopathic physicians do not delve into these critical issues and, in most instances, treat symptoms and not the real underlying causes of these emotional/ mental and physical health challenges. You cannot block a receptor site or shut down an enzymatic reaction with prescription medication and expect positive results. As a matter of fact, most medicines used today for mental illness result in greater side effects, with other problems and conditions and even suicide, than if nothing was taken for the condition in the first place.

Contact Dr. Michael Badanek at 352-622-1151 for a courtesy consultation, or visit his web site at: www.alternativewholistichealth.com to read his published articles and to explore what the facility has to offer in alternative/functional medicine.

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by Melody Murphy

This, Too, Shall Pass

I

went out to lunch recently this summer and forgot to take my umbrella.

This is a bad habit of mine. I know better. I know that no matter what the weather forecast says, in summer in Florida there is an excellent chance that it will rain at some point each day, if only for a few minutes.

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There is, in fact, almost no point in looking at the weather forecast in summer in Florida. You know it’s going to be hot. You know it’s going to rain. The only reason we keep meteorologists around in summer, instead of sending them all off to camp to make Doppler radar replicas out of macaroni and glitter glue, is because of hurricane season. We need them to tell us if there’s a swirling mass of badness out in the Atlantic, and just who it is gunning for this time.

I am a native Floridian and have

never lived anywhere else. These days, you have almost as much of a chance of tripping over a pixie in an orange grove as you do running into one of me. Good luck finding an orange grove, for that matter; they’re buried under miles of hideous cookie-cutter developments of soulless stucco houses which are all much too close together on tiny lots.

But I digress. The point is that as a native, I am well aware of the weather habits of my environment. And yet, I am bad to forget my umbrella.

So that afternoon, by the time I got back to work, it was pouring rain. And I sat in my car thinking, Melody ... you know better than this. Your umbrella should go everywhere with you, like red lipstick or hot sauce in your purse.

But moments later, the expected thing happened: It stopped raining.

And I calmly got out of the car and went back to work.

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forget our umbrellas? Because it is the hallmark of our native wisdom and the one thing we as a people know to be true: This, too, shall pass.

Whether a summer shower or a fierce thunderstorm, we know: This too. Orange blossoms, the ripeness of guavas, blooming jacarandas: Shall pass. Adversity or loveliness, it’s all fleeting and transitory. We know to make the most of what is best and pay as little mind as possible to what is worst, if there’s nothing we can do to

improve it. (See: hurricane parties.)

We enjoy the stories that are our consolation prize for bouts of adversity. Scratch a Floridian in hurricane season, and you’ll find that we’ll tell you about 2004. I look forward to being old so I can refer to it as “aught-four” and hold young people hostage to tell them tales about my week without electricity.

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awareness of time and tides is in our bloodstream, which is surely saltwater or at least brackish.

A native Floridian is pretty chill.

We’ll kill you over the last conch fritter, but we don’t get too much in a het over the heat. We don’t complain about it as much as the introduced species do.

It’s hot, yes, but we’re accustomed to it, and we know that this too shall pass, and there’s no sense in griping.

Saying “It’s so hot” in summer is like saying “I breathe air” or “Swamps can be dangerous” or “Surely there is no one over 60 left in New York, for I believe they all live here now.” Stating the obvious, folks.

Also, we have better sense than to get out too much in the heat, which is why many of the natives are pale.

Florida was rendered inhabitable by air-conditioning, and we avail ourselves of such.

It is true that Florida has a reputation for living large, which extends to our level of crazy, but Floridians find joy in the smallest things. We have to. We are trained to sniff out subtleties. We don’t get much in the way of glorious fall foliage, so I have to keep an eye out for when the leaves of mulberry trees start turning bronze as my autumnal auspices.

We get really excited for daytime temperatures below 70, and we will call that winter if we want to. We put a scarf around our necks when the temperature hits 58 degrees not because we are so cold, but when else do we get to do it.

In short, we natives are a joyous, mulish, resilient, raconteurish, observant, laid-back, hot-tempered, philosophical, proud, clannish, contrary, crazy, and contradictory mess of a people, and we are wise. And if, in spite of all our wisdom, we still forget our umbrellas, and don’t have time to wait for This, too, shall pass to come to pass, we also know this to be true: There are worse things than running in the rain.

Melody Murphy is a writer and one of the last few native Floridians living in the Sunshine State.

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Green Smoothies class. 6pm, free. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352-291-9459, www.LemireClinic. com.

Friday, July 11

Dances of Universal Peace: Friendship Across Continents, with Guest Leader Taj Loreto from Chile and Diana Kanoy. 7pm, $5-10 suggested donation.

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* Psychic/Medium Spiritual Development Class, 2-4:30pm. $25 includes meditation, lesson, practice. Held at Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave. Int’l Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge, www.ifsk.org, 407-673-9776. * Savoring Summer Event, 11am-2pm. Refreshments; find out how to cool down at all of your favorite summer activities with Aura Cacia Aromatherapy Mists; more.

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Thursday, July 17

Workshop: What is the truth about cancer? 6pm, $10. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com.

July 17-20 Stansted-in-Florida™ 4-day Intensive Psychic/Mediumship Development Seminar in British style mediumship. Held at Marywood Retreat and Conference Center, St. John’s, FL. Int’l Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge, www.ifsk.org, 407-6739776 or 407-247-7823.

Saturday, July 19

Creating a Crystal Garden Workshop with Sharron Britton. Use sand (included in workshop price) from the Lemurian Seed Crystal mine to make a beautiful garden of colorful crystals. 2-4pm, $20. Call to sign up.

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Potluck lunch on first Sundays. Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave., Gainesville, FL 32606, 352-373-1030, www.unitygainesville.org.

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