the story of bottled water
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Doctors denying…
Doctors denying Vaccine Risks An American Tragedy, April 25, 2011
Local & Fresh
We started a rooftop garden at our place in downtown San Francisco. No insecticides, herbicides, or pesticides… just local homegrown goodness. Pepper Cress, Water Cress, Coriander, Arugula, Sugar Snap Peas, Baby Carrots, Strawberries, Parsley, Kale, Swiss Chard, Scallions, and Sage, Rosemary & Thyme. Yum!
Cancer is not…
pretty or pink. It’s time to move beyond pink ribbons and messages of “breast cancer awareness”, and start agitating for real and meaningful action in the fight to eradicate this disease for good. – The Cancer Culture Chronicles Today’s a great day to donate to Breast Cancer Action, the only national breast cancer organization that […]
A physician to himself
He who lives by rule and wholesome diet is a physician to himself. – Concise Directions on the Nature of our Common Foodso far as it tends to Promote or Injure Health. Published by Swords of London: 1790, p 7.
Children behaving badly…
The kids don’t know better.
an idea from the beginning…
An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents. What does happen is that its opponents gradually die out and the growing generation is familiar with the idea from the beginning. – Max Planck
Kale Salad (yum!)
INGREDIENTS – 1 bunch kale – 1/4 purple onion (thinly sliced) – 1/4 bunch fresh dill – goat cheese (crumbled) – olive oil, balsamic vinegar, lemon, s & p (all VERY lightly)
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Is cancer likely a man-made disease caused primarily by toxic overload?
become
You become what you think about. – Earl Nightingale
Chicken Soup (awesome!)
INGREDIENTS – 1 yellow onion (sliced) – 2” fresh ginger (sliced) – 1/4 habanero chile (sliced) – 6 shiitake mushrooms (sliced) – 2 organic chicken breasts (bone-in, skin on) – 32 oz organic chicken stock – 1/2 cup water – 1/2 cup dried goji berries (soaked) – 5 cloves of fresh garlic (finely chopped) – […]
what the person is able to do…
The world cares very little about what a person knows; it is what the person is able to do that counts. – Booker T. Washington
the dirty dozen
If you can’t buy all organic… buy organic of the dirty dozen listed here; 12 Most Contaminated peaches celery apples grapes nectarines (imported) sweet bell peppers white potatoes lettuce spinach blueberries (domestic) strawberries cucumbers
Attention to Health
Without health there is no happiness. An attention to health, then, should take the place of every other object. – Thomas Jefferson, 1787
three great tips…
one) WHOLE FOODS – unprocessed, unrefined, no added ingredients two) LOCAL – produced locally by independent farmers vs large agribusiness three) ORGANIC – produced w/out pesticides, chemical fertilizers, genetically modified organisms, additives
Urban Homestead
This is a bit extreme for most… but awesome! The Dervaes Family click here for a short video & here for their site
Live!
Get busy living or get busy dying. – Shawshank Redemption
Best doctor
The best doctor gives the least medicines. – Benjamin Franklin
Grow your own drugs…
Another Food Matters film, this one on wild harvesting of fruits and berries. He then shows a fantastic flu fighting winter chicken soup recipe loaded with medicinal foods (we made this… YUM!!!!! i’ll post it too under “recipes”) … here’s a snipit… Grow Your Own Drugs
Example
Not only is example the best way to teach, it is the only way. – Albert Schweitzer, M.D.
Healthy Child Healthy World
healthychild.org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit inspiring parents to protect young children from harmful chemicals. Check out A Wake Up Story, also click the image above to enter their site.
The Tapping World Summit
19 of the World’s Leading EFT and Meridian Tapping Experts Having different is possible! EFT and Meridian Tapping is an amazing resource tool used to re-wire our brains and deactivate old conditioned thoughts of stress or trauma – and help with health, emotional, and financial challenges. This online event started yesterday, February 21st and goes […]
The Great Health Debate
14 of the world’s top diet experts Wow! This is really enjoyable. So many different perspectives on diet. Very thought provoking. Check it out… it takes some time but well worth it. UPDATE: This link was for the Feb 2011 event, hopefully they’ll have another soon. Really great.
Vaccine Report
Vaccines: GET THE FULL STORY International Medical Council on Vaccination Read about why vaccines have never been proven safe or effective, some of the serious health side effects, the autism/vaccine association, the profit motivation behind the pharmaceutical industry’s big vaccine push, the shocking truth about what’s in vaccines, why vaccinated children have far worse health […]
Doubt?
When in doubt, try nutrition first. – Roger Williams, PhD in Nutrition Against Disease
Knockout
Knockout by Suzanne Somers Very interesting and compelling reading as she interviews doctors and medical professionals that are using everything from alternative to integrative to conventional methods to combat cancer. You can find it on Amazon or I’ll let you borrow mine!
Work of a Doctor
The work of the doctor will, in the future, be ever more that of an educator, and ever less that of a man who treats ailments. – Lord Horder
Desiderata
Desiderata by Max Ehrmann (1920s) Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have […]
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra A practical guide to the fulfillment of your dreams. It really is practical! And he also has a book for parents to help kids build a happy life from the beginning by teaching… Everything is possible. We all have the gift of creating absolutely anything. There’s […]
Breast Cancer Action
BCA fights for a lot of what Val believed – including complacency of scientists (and doctors), true prevention, environmental causes, politics, and universal access to high quality, effective treatment. And BCA is the only national breast cancer organization that does not accept funding from the pharmaceutical industry or from any corporations profiting from or contributing […]
The Doctor of the Future
—– Original Message —– From: Brenda Eckles To: Val Skene Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:27 PM Subject: Dr. Pony1 The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease. – Thomas Edison (& […]
Hippocrates
Let thy Food be thy Medicine and thy Medicine be thy Food – Hippocrates