Good morning readers, did you see it? My new site is up! You won't notice huge differences, but hopefully something new caught your eye. 🙂 The biggest part is that it now works well on mobile phones and tablets — will you go take a peek and let me know if it works okay for you? I've got new email opt-in options — live updates, monthly highlights, AND now also a weekly recap — the only problem (of course there's a problem, you know me, right?!) is that now I'm offering a quick-reference Real Food Ingredient Guide for those who sign up for one of those email choices, which is basically the whole first chapter of my soon-to-be-released book, BUT it's not quite done yet. So if you sign up, you'll get directed to a page where I ask for your patience, and I'll send it over to you soon! By the way, if you missed the monthly blog highlights that came out over the weekend, click here to catch those.
OH and another thing that has to be fixed yet is that my links aren't showing up like normal, so they may not look “clickable”, but you'll see that they are when you hover over them or if you click, keep that in mind especially in today's post with so many links. Hopefully that'll be working right soon.
Here's what I've found for you this week…
Have you seen this post from my archives? Don't give your loved ones Ensure “nutrition replacement” drinks!
- From my Facebook page rant recently: Buckle up for the “new and improved” Gardasil vaccine, whose dangers, which far exceed that of HPV, are brazenly admitted in the package inserts (beyond the double dose of aluminum it contains). From the article: “...for every 100,000 people using Gardasil 9 there would be 2,300 serious adverse events. The cervical cancer diagnosis rate in the United States is 7.9/100,000.” Did you catch that? Recipients of the new Gardasil vaccine are literally 291 times more likely to suffer from a serious adverse event from the vaccine than they are to be diagnosed with cervical cancer! The benefit to risk ratio of this vaccine couldn't lean any heavier in the “risk” direction, especially since it has never been proven to actually prevent cervical cancer. Read and join in on the Facebook conversation.
This is another shocker story… What are your thoughts on this? Honestly, it both enrages and frightens me that our government now has that much power (and the will to yield it) over its citizen's personal lives. What happened to informed consent, which carries with it the right of a patient to refuse treatment? In this case, the girl (and her parents) wanted to go a different route than chemotherapy to treat her lymphoma but were denied the opportunity: Mother and teen fight Connecticut over forced chemotherapy.
- I'm curious, do you agree with this list? 10 best and worst states to eat local.
Anyone read this book? For those who *want* to cook, but just don't have time to spend in the kitchen, here's a resource that could change all that with techniques, plans, equipment, and recipes that streamline and bend the rules to empower busy people to take charge of their food. How to Cook Everything Fast. Here's Mark Bittman's earlier classic, How To Cook Everything.
- Written by a pediatric occupational therapist in response to the exploding number of children diagnosed with ADHD and struggling to pay attention in school: “In order for children to learn, they need to be able to pay attention. In order to pay attention, we need to let them move.” Click here to read the rest of this simple but potent article here.
Is anyone in your life always limiting their salt consumption because they think salt is not good for them? Send them this post on the benefits of sea salt!
- Do you have daughters that you hope will become strong, confident women, who are ready and able to tackle any career path they might choose? (Whether it's in a technical field, in business, as a homemaker, a work-at-home Mom, or whatever it may be.) Click here to check out this new blog by my friend, Maureen.
Wouldn't you love one of these cool refrigerator magnets? (These are all links, just click if you want to look at them.)
- Count Chemicals Not Calories
- No GMO
- Pay the Farmer Now or the Doctor Later
- Gardening is Cheaper than Therapy
Wouldn't you love one of these - I thought this was a pretty good article that my friend, Amy, sent me: 36 Things I Know After 36 Years of Marriage.
- Need some tips for getting over the flu? Check out my Facebook page for some ideas from readers. Also click here if you need help dealing with colds or earache, and how to avoid colds, flu, ear infections, & antibiotics.
- Speaking of the flu, I certainly hope you all know that the flu shot is a NOT a safe or smart gamble to take. This Mom in NY is saying, “Take Your Flu Shot and Shove it!” And as explained by my friend, David, at this post on mandatory flu shots, the flu vaccine's 60% effectiveness mentioned in this article does *not* mean what you think it means!
- Check it out: What fast food looks like after 2 years. It's so gross that it's NOT so gross.
Again, bone broth makes the news! I guess us traditional foodies aren't in the “fringe” anymore. I loooooooove it! Click here for 3 ways to make bone broth, and you'll for sure want this book: Nourishing Broth (the “broth Bible”).
- Did you catch all of last week’s posts? Here they are in case you missed them:
- Demand GMO-Free Foods! How I Almost Got Into a Fistfight with the Organic Valley Rep. – It's pretty sad when we can't even buy some organic foods in good conscience now… I guess they're counting on most of us being in the dark about this stuff.
- The Two Biggest Lies of Type II Diabetes { Reversing Diabetes Naturally! } – PLEASE share this with anyone you know who has diabetes, we have to get the truth out!
Have a great week!
Jennifer says
Hey Kelly, great Monday roundup! Everything looks good on my iPad (which was okay before, but now I don’t have to enlarge the text). The link for “36 Things I Know After 36 Years of Marriage” is broken…thought you’d want to know.
On ADHD – this “disease” and the medicating of it really makes my blood boil. Years ago, I was exposed to the work of Dr. Leonard Sax (Why Gender Matters, Boys Adrift, Girls on the Edge – all great reads). He noticed a huge increase of parents bringing kids into his office with notes from the kid’s school saying “We think this child has ADHD. Please evaluate and provide medication.” He’d examine the kids, find no such thing, and tell the parents it wasn’t necessary. Within a few weeks, the parent would be back with another note: “We really really REALLY think this child has ADHD. Please medicate.” Long story short, Dr. Sax founded the National Association for Single Sex Public Education, advocating educating all the boys in one room and all the girls in another. While there is some cross-over, Sax found in research and experience that most boys need a colder room, a louder, more boisterous teacher, and a more visually stimulating environment, while girls need a warmer room, a softer-voiced and more mellow teacher, and the visual environment is not as critical. The single-sex schools and classrooms that have followed his advice do much better than their mixed-gender counterparts, and much fewer kids being medicated for ADHD.
My own experience with a child who was “diagnosed ADHD” but never medicated makes a strong case for homeschooling (we were able to make some dietary changes that helped, but mostly just give him an environment where he was able to learn well without being required to sit quietly for 7 hours a day), especially when contrasted with my teacher sister-in-law’s experiences with her medicated students, and my friends’ experiences with their medicated kids. I have one friend whose child doesn’t/won’t/can’t eat when he’s medicated, so they have to stuff him on the weekends and during breaks (when he goes unmedicated), and sometimes take random days off from school to keep him from dropping below a certain weight!
On top of all that, we have millions of children using medications long-term that haven’t been (in my opinion) adequately studied. We don’t know how long-term use affects the brain (but we know it does), and we certainly don’t know what kind of health risks there are with long-term use. We are essentially sacrificing these kids’ minds and bodies on the altar of one-size-fits-all education models!
KitchenKop says
Jennifer, thanks for the heads up on that link, I fixed it. It’s a cute article.
And yes, things have gotten WAY twisted with so many kids on the drugs in the name of “helping them learn”. Some may need it, but certainly not all.
Kelly
Sofia says
I am just speechless here after watching the interview for the girl refusing chemo. May be I am naive and I don’t understand state laws, but can the state force us to go through medical treatments and procedures against our wish?
For me , it is scary that they control our lives so much. So, tomorrow, can they force us to take statins or tamiflu as well?
I understand she is a minor, but since the mother is supporting her, how can the state put her in protective custody? I doubt that the state is doing it out of love and concern for its resident because if that is the case, do they force and provide chemo for families who cant afford it as well?
Sofia.
KitchenKop says
Sofia,
I know… I just don’t get it. All the more it makes me want to try to keep our family healthy so we can stay OUT of the system.
Kelly