Good morning reader friends. It's almost 8:00 am Monday morning and I'm just now starting on this post, a little late today, but I'll see what I can pull together for you — I hope the kids sleep in a while!
First, I hate clichés, I really do, but still have to ask: Where the heck did June go?! It's been a roller coaster with Mom lately, good days and bad, in the hospital and out, but I'm just trusting God to see us through. I'm sure all of you who have been through this can relate to how crazy-difficult this is.
Here's what I've got for you this week…
I'm still in shock (happy shock) and wondering if I read this wrong:
I'm still in shock (happy shock) and wondering if I read this wrong:After nearly 40 years of federal and state court battles, after every mainstream news organization towing the establishment line participating in and promoting one propaganda campaign after another in an attempt to quash and marginalize this innovative technology in the public's eye, after a massive underground astro-turfing campaign attempting to do the same, and after the most recent 2013 FDA “inspection” effectively closed the pubic's ability to gain access to Antineoplastons (ANP)—science has once again prevailed.
It was announced last week that the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted all its previous sanctions against The Burzynski Research Institute, Inc. (BRI)—now encouraging BRI to commence with Phase 3 clinical trials to lead this therapy into the open market. BRI's stock jumped from $0.03 to $0.14 a share within days of this announcement.
The FDA is implicitly telling us that Antineoplastons are safe and effective by allowing this innovation to continue with its final approval process.” (Source) See my previous post on Dr. Burzynski: “Will the Real Quack Please Stand Up.”
If you've thought of implementing the GAPS Diet for yourself or your kids to seal the gut lining and HEAL digestive issues, behavior problems, learning issues, anxiety or depression, and many other related health concerns, Cara's GAPS intro e-book is on sale right now! Click that link to learn more.
- From Facebook last week: The many reasons why you cannot trust a factory to make your tuna salad!!!
- BTW, here's my little FB reminder: don’t forget to go to my page, and next to the ‘like’ button, click the drop down thingy and select “get notifications” otherwise FB plays games and doesn’t let you see my stuff!
- 14 Foods You Should Never Eat – I thought that was an interesting article. Which ones resonate with you? Which did you agree or disagree with?
The strawberry one made be reeeeally happy that I just bought and cleaned a bunch of organic strawberries to fill our freezer with. (Probably not enough to last me, I ran out of time with Mom being sick, but now I know that when we run out, we'll either not eat any in our superfood smoothies, OR I'll bite the bullet and get frozen organic strawberries from the health food store.) This will freak you out if you eat conventional strawberries: “While filming Food Inc., Kenner says he wanted to film strawberry farmers applying pesticides to their fields. “The workers wear these suits to protect themselves from the dozens and dozens of known dangerous pesticides applied to strawberries,” he says. “When I saw this, I thought to myself, if this is how berries are grown, I don't really want to eat them anymore. I haven't been able to eat a nonorganic strawberry ever since.” Unfortunately, for the food-concerned public, he wasn't able to get the shot of these farmers. “I guess they didn't think it looked too appetizing.“
- Buy one get one free sale! (A rare occurrence) This is what we take as a family because it tastes the best, plus it combines 4 nutrient-dense oils/fats, it's an awesome source of the fat soluble vitamins and healthy fats that are mostly lacking nowadays–the same vitamins that are also necessary for mineral absorption. I much, much prefer real food sources to isolated vitamins, as I believe the body uses it more efficiently and safely. Click here for the sale. Click here to read about our experience with it.
- I loved this article for moms: The choice I hope moms will make this summer. My favorite is taking the kids to Lake Michigan, I feel so blessed to only live about 40 minutes from such gorgeous beaches and clean water! THAT water I love to play in, as long as it's not too frigid. 🙂
Are you familiar with the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund? I love those guys because they are fighting to keep our right to garden, farm, or buy REAL local food intact. Funny that those rights even HAVE to be protected, but they DO. Hopefully you can help them, in a small or large way.
Are you familiar with the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund? I love those guys because they are fighting to keep our right to garden, farm, or buy REAL local food intact. Funny that those rights even HAVE to be protected, but they DO. Hopefully you can help them, in a small or large way.- Confused about olive oil? Read about my favorite kind here!
- Anyone need new breakfast inspiration? Here are my healthy breakfast ideas. 🙂
- This is also from Facebook recently, a sad topic: the damage the Gardasil vaccine can and DOES do to too many young girls.
- It may not be “soup weather”, but we always need to take in good broth, right? Have you seen Kimi Harris' beautiful book, Ladled?
- I'm including this link on how to make feta cheese from Melissa so I can find the recipe when I'm ready to try!
- Have a great week!
Andi says
Wendi, I’ve got the same situation. I left a voice message yesterday, June 30, asking if there’s a code to get the BOGO pricing or if it will automatically adjust my order once I submit it. Not very helpful that the only response was an email today about how they noticed I hadn’t completed my order and so they saved my shopping cart for me. And of course no one is answering the phone – probably because it’s a holiday week and they’re all on vacation. I’m okay with that; people are entitled to take vacation around a holiday if they want. But what if this sale ends before they get back and now we’re out of luck?
Wendi says
Thank you for sharing your information with me, Andi! It’s good to know I’m not the only who can’t figure it out (I felt a little silly asking, because I feared it was glaringly obvious how to get the BOGO price). I’m glad in good company! And, it’s true, there’s no date for when the sale ends, is there? 🙂
Andi says
I just received a phone call from Radiant Life. The BOGO sale ended even before Kelly announced it here. They sold out really quickly and the sale ended “the weekend before last”. I’m not sure she was really listening when I kept mentioning that they still had a webpage showing BOGO (not trying to get them to honor the pricing; just wanted to let them know they need to clean up the website); she just kept repeating that the sale had already ended and “that’s why it’s not reflected on the site”.
Wendi says
Thank you for letting us know, Andi, I appreciate it! Have a blessed afternoon. 🙂
KitchenKop says
I apologize for not realizing it had already ended when I posted it, I know how frustrating that is.
Kelly
Wendi says
No worries, Kelly! I still love you and I understand you have a lot on your mind these days. 🙂 Bless you!
KitchenKop says
Wendi, you’re a big sweetheart.
xoxo,
Kel
Andi says
Not to worry… So I wasn’t able to try the product at a great deal; I’ll still get around to trying it. I’m glad to know they occasionally have the stuff on sale.
KitchenKop says
I’ll try to be more prompt next time! 🙂
KitchenKop says
I’m sorry you’re having trouble guys!! I’m with my Mom and unable to look into it more right now. If you figure it out, please let us know. (Again, I apologize for the trouble!)
Kel
Wendi says
Kelly, how do I get the “BOGO”? Do I order what I want and it automatically takes off the lesser price or is there a promo code I enter or do I enter my one item and it asks me upon checkout what my free item is or what? I can’t find any information and I don’t want to order two of them only to find out after I’m done that I didn’t get one free and have to fix it.
Thank you!
Lori Alexander says
We go to Lake Michigan every summer and spend 2 weeks. I LOVE the water…no stingrays or sharks! We live 1 mile from the beach in San Diego but my sister just told me she will never go in the water again because of all the people she is seeing stung by stingrays! /:
Sara R says
Hi, I’d not seen the infused coconut oil before and I’m excited about it (especially the sale!). I read your other review but I’m wondering about the flavors. Is the cinnamon a spicy cinnamon flavor or more subtle. My kids like cinnamon in applesauce but not to the point of being spicy, if that makes sense. I’m worried about the caramel and carob banana being gross but cinnamon seems maybe not as gross. Anyway, thanks!
PS I’m not sure I’ve ever commented before and I can’t say I read here all the time but when I do I find it really helpful! 🙂
Jennifer says
Sara – as a mom of 4 I wanted to comment on the flavor. We get the cinnamon. I’ve tried a few other flavones over the years, but it seems the cinnamon is the best at masking the fishy flavor without being too strong for my little kids. I have one older kid with a VERY sensitive gag reflex, and a little one with a strong aversion to anything spicy, and both are able to “stomach” the cinnamon version. I found that making this a daily supplement (not optional) was the key. I do allow a small “sweet” chaser – like a homemade marshmallow or something – to help with the after taste. So to answer, I don’t think. The cinnamon is too strong, but don’t be fooled into thinking it will taste “yummy”. It’s tolerable, and much more so if you chase it with something better tasting immediately after taking. I did start purchasing the capsules for my kids that are able to swallows pills, even though they’re significantly more $$$. I truly believe in the value of using this daily supplement, but not so much that I feel it necessary to continue swallowing a spoonful of it when you can do a few capsules instead! My kids and I all found the best way to get it in is to put the spoonful in the mouth, wait a few seconds for it to warm around the outside, then swallow the entire “lump”. It slides right down. And much better than trying to liquefy the entire amount in the mouth. (Hope I didn’t scare you off! It really is worth the slightly less-than-great flavor.)
Sara R says
Thanks so much for the recommendation. We have some FCLO in the peppermint but that was too strong for my kids. But they don’t like minty things generally speaking. I’ve had non fermented oils that I’ve disguised in juice and that always worked. I’ll have to work up a way to sweeten the deal with this. 🙂 I read somewhere a reviewer that said she sort of cut up a little blob into small pieces and swallowed those. That might be a good method too.
KitchenKop says
Hi Sara,
Glad to have you pop in whenever you can!
I think it’s even more subtle tasting than the regular fclo. But as was said already, don’t expect it to be yummy or anything, it’s just tolerable, & that’s good enough for me. 🙂
Kel
Julie S says
Kelly, if it come to buying frozen and you have a Costco nearby, they have an awesome organic fruit blend of strawberries, cherries, raspberries and blueberries. I somehow missed freezing strawberries this year, but this is my go-to smoothie addition when my home frozen stock runs out. It certainly has to be cheaper than the health food store.
Julie S says
“comes”