. . . good for business; bad for kids Pediatric vaccines are big business. Valued at $14 billion in 2010, the industry is expected to generate $24.3 billion in 2017. Keep in mind that this is only one portion of the enormous profits being generated by the vaccine industry as a whole, and you will understand why vaccines are being pushed on the American public like yesterday’s junk bonds. Vaccines are great for business, but are they good for our children? There is a simple answer to that: no. Two articles on the Beyond Health website, one by Dr. Russell Blaylock and the other by myself, go into more detail, but fundamentally, our children are being bombarded with more and more vaccines, and these are having a devastating effect on their health, particularly on the immune system and the brain. A German website, impfshaden.info (its counterpart in the US is vaccineinjury.info) has been conducting an informal survey comparing the health of vaccinated to unvaccinated children.…

. . . flu shots are ineffective and dangerous I’m not a doctor and can’t advise you not to get a flu shot, but I am a scientist, and after studying this subject in depth, I’ve concluded that flu shots are a fraud. They’re not effective and can do serious harm. A hundred and forty-nine different kinds of adverse reactions to vaccines have been reported to the government Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). These include seizures, anaphylaxis, onset of autoimmune illness, and death. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Vaccines cause permanent damage to everyone who is subjected to them. Vaccines over stimulate the immune system, causing excessive inflammation and, paradoxically, overall immune suppression. They also trigger brain inflammation, leading to short term and long term brain damage. Renowned immunologist, Dr. H. Hugh Fudenberg found that adults who took flu shots five years in a row increased their risk of Alzheimer’s Disease by 1,000%. M…

. . . with an infrared sauna Toxins are often responsible for common complaints like lack of energy, achy joints, brain fog, nausea, headaches, poor immunity, allergies, vision problems, and PMS – complaints that can foreshadow more serious illnesses. Scientists estimate that everyone alive today carries within their bodies at least 700 chemical contaminants. Doris J. Rapp, MD, past president of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine and author of Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call, warned, “Everybody in this country needs to be detoxified because we’ve all become ‘toxic dumpsites.’” There are only two causes of disease:  nutrient deficiency and toxicity.  So it just makes sense to detox. The best way I’ve found is with an infrared sauna. Water-soluble toxins pass through the body relatively easily, but fat-soluble chemicals can persist and accumulate in our tissues for decades, doing more and more damage year after year. It’s difficult to get these fat-soluble toxins…

. . . this silly article will scare some people into injuring their health Every so often the otherwise commendable Consumer Reports (CR) goes on an uncharacteristic rant about vitamins that is marked by ignorance, extreme bias, distortion of the facts and downright mean-spiritedness. In the new “Vitamins and Supplements, 10 Dangers That May Surprise You,” they’re at it again. The first “surprising danger” they cite is that “supplements are not risk-free.”  Well, no surprise there. Few things are completely risk free. The supplement industry has more than its share of charlatans and amateurs. But CR lumps everyone together, blaming all supplements it seems for the 6,300 supplement-related reports to the government’s Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) in the last 4 years, including 115 deaths. Now, although half the US population takes supplements, there hasn’t been a single death from vitamins in the last 27 years. Many of these adverse events and deaths have had to do with…

. . .  while green tea reduces risk of flu in children by more than 40% Here’s a story the media seems to have conveniently missed: case histories of 261 children who were diagnosed with flu between 1996 and 2006 were reviewed to see if flu shots prevented hospitalizations. Not only did the flu shots fail to prevent hospitalizations, they apparently caused them: having a flu shot tripled a child’s risk of being hospitalized! The risk was significantly higher for children with asthma.  The problem is that vaccinations damage immunity and can even do permanent brain damage. Meanwhile, a study of 2,050 Japanese schoolchildren found that those who drank at least one cup of green tea 6 days a week during a particularly bad flu season reduced their risk of getting the flu by 40%. Those who consumed 3-5 cups a day had a 46% lower risk.  Other studies have confirmed the immune-enhancing and antiviral potency of green tea among adults. This was the first among children. In this Japanes…

. . . can hair loss that often accompanies aging be prevented? Normal hair loss occurs daily as individual strands reach the end of their life cycle, die and show up on your brush or in your shower drain. If your hair starts coming out in clumps, it’s time to see your health practitioner to find out why. A more gradual increase in hair loss can accompany aging in both men and women; for about 2/3 of all men and 2/5 of women, genetic factors combine with aging to cause significant, noticeable hair loss. The men develop “patterned baldness.” Baldness is rare in the women; commonly their hair thins out uniformly over the entire scalp, and individual strands become finer. This can start as early as a woman’s twenties, but usually doesn’t become evident until her forties. Can it be prevented? Even reversed? While you can’t change your genes, if you give them different signals, they will behave differently. Nutrition and toxins will always have an effect on how genes express; many p…

. . .  especially coconut oil   As everyone is all too aware, Americans continue to get fatter and fatter despite our national obsession with low-fat diets and diet foods. Heavy people are particularly fearful of fat. Yet eating more fat can actually help in an effort to lose excess weight. Fats provide satiety, so even though fat is high in calories, you may wind up eating fewer calories overall. Fats also help to stabilize blood sugar. As fat consumption has decreased in the American diet, carbohydrate consumption has gone up, especially sugar and other refined carbohydrates. Perhaps the leading cause of obesity and overweight is blood-sugar disregulation caused by excessive and refined carbohydrate consumption. Sources for healthy fats include real olive oil, fish and fish oils, flax oil, Udo’s choice, ghee (clarified butter), nuts, seeds, avocados, and coconut oil. Coconut oil in particular helps to maintain a healthy weight and lose excess fat. In fact in 2002…

. . .  It outperforms all of the major blood pressure-lowering drugs In a blood pressure reading like 120/80, which is not good to exceed, the first number is systolic blood pressure (SBP). It is taken when the heart contracts to pump blood out into the body. The second number is diastolic blood pressure (DBP), taken between beats when the heart relaxes. A 2003 review in the British Medical Journal found that you can expect roughly the same results from any of the 5 major categories of blood pressure-lowering drugs: a 9-point average reduction in SBP and a 5.5-point average reduction in DBP. But what if a drug came along that lowered SBP by an average of 16-17 points, and DBP by 8-12 points? Well, you don't need a drug to do this. These results are typical in studies using 100-120 mg a day of CoQ10. While most of these studies were small, and a larger, multicenter study has been recommended to validate the results, they certainly are impressive. Exactly why CoQ10 lowers…

. . .  Used by traditional Japanese beauties For at least a thousand years, Japanese women have known a secret for keeping their skin wrinkle-free and firm as they age: it’s a combination of drinking green tea and bathing in green tea! These days a great deal of scientific research is being done to learn why green tea is so very good for skin. One answer is its antioxidant effect. Newsclip readers know that antioxidants are crucial for staying youthful as we age. One antioxidant in particular, glutathione, diminishes with age. Unfortunately it’s the most important antioxidant made in the body, and it’s difficult to replace with oral supplements. What we can do, however, is take glutathione precursors in oral supplement form (See Thiodox) to encourage its production. We can also eat lots of antioxidant-containing fresh fruits and vegetables and take an array of antioxidant supplements, including green tea and white tea (white tea is a more antioxidant-rich form of green tea), to b…

. . .  spinach makes you strong A study just in from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden has proven cartoon character Popeye, who downed a can of spinach whenever he needed extra strength, knew what he was doing. In tests with mice, nitrates, which are found in vegetables like spinach, beets (root), chard and lettuce, had a powerful effect on boosting muscle strength. The particular muscles strengthened, the so-called “fast-twitch muscles,” are those used in lifting weights or sprinting up a steep hill. The researchers discovered that nitrates stimulate production of two proteins which release calcium into muscle. Calcium is used in muscle contraction, and the more calcium that is available, the stronger the contraction will be. Stronger contractions build muscle strength; when muscles are stronger, they don’t need to contract as frequently and don’t fatigue as quickly. The amount of nitrate needed was what you could expect to find in either half a pound of spinach or 2-3 beets…

In a commendable effort to avoid dairy, many people have turned to commercially available rice, soy, coconut, hemp and almond milks. Unfortunately we haven’t found a single one of these that we can recommend. They either contain questionable ingredients, like carrageenan, or come in plastic-lined cans that contain Bisphenol A or toxic Bisphenol A replacements. An alternative is to make your own coconut milk, or nut or seed milk.  Although making coconut milk is quite labor intensive, the results are well worth it, as it is truly a delicious treat. Instructions are available on the internet; there is even a way to culture coconut milk to make it into a kefir. However making nut or seed milks is a breeze. You’ll need a nut milk bag, but these aren’t expensive, last forever, and are easy to find on the internet. In addition, you’ll need a powerful blender, and a source of pure water (see our RO Home Water Treatment System). Soak 1-1/2 to 1/-3/4 cups of raw nuts or raw seeds overnigh…

. . .  detoxification is no longer optional  “Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk,” a report made by the President’s Cancer Panel (PCP) in 2010, estimated that almost half of all Americans will get cancer at some point during their lives. Over the age of 50, 40% of men now develop prostate cancer, while 40% of women develop breast cancer. These are pretty alarming statistics. But you don’t have to be a statistic. Contrary to popular belief, the knowledge necessary to prevent this devastating disease already exists. You can learn all about it in my book, Never Fear Cancer Again.  But today I want to focus on why taking specific measures to detoxify your body are no longer optional but necessary if you want to insure that you remain cancer-free for life. The human body has never before in history been subjected to the onslaught of toxins that assails us daily. In the 19th century, cancer was a rare disease, affecting 0.1% of the population. Today virtually every man, woman a…

. . .  but is their commitment to safety more than skin deep? Bodycare products are a significant source of toxins in modern life. Many people will use as many as 8 different bodycare products in the course of a normal day, each one laden with several toxins which penetrate our tissues and readily enter the bloodstream. Since the industry is essentially unregulated, toxins like formaldehyde and 1,4 dioxane can be unlisted on product labels because they’re not technically considered ingredients. While unwilling to say that ingredients they’ve been using in their personal care and baby care products are unsafe, Johnson & Johnson is yielding to consumer discomfort with ingredients like phthalates, triclosan, parabens, 1,4 dioxane, fragrances and formaldehyde with a mix of empathetic public relations (“we hear your concerns”) and changes in product formulations But are they truly committed to safety, or merely engaged in placating the public? Their new website, www.safetyandc…

. . .  minimize toxins coming in; maximize toxins going out You may ingest only small amounts of toxins when you use conventional toothpaste, drink tap water, or eat inorganic food, but at the end of the day, these small amounts can add up to an alarming total. The liver is our main organ for detoxification; it processes toxins for elimination. Once your liver’s capacity is exceeded, you begin storing toxins in your tissues. Some toxins can accumulate in fat cells for decades, doing more and more damage year after year, causing fatigue, diminishing resilience in dealing with stress, and causing, contributing to and exacerbating all types of disease. Scientists estimate that everyone alive today carries within their bodies at least 700 chemical contaminants, leading Doris J. Rapp, MD, past president of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, to observe, “We’ve all become toxic waste dumps!” You can learn about sources of environmental toxins and how to reduce or eli…

High quality ingredients make these simple soups gourmet delicious! SPLIT PEA SOUP Ingredients: 3 cups dry split peas (green, yellow or both) 5 cups of purified water 1 bay leaf 2-3 tablespoons coconut oil Raymond’s Roasted Salted Flaxseeds and/or Celtic Sea Salt to taste Makes 6 servings Split peas are a rich source of fiber at over 16 grams per cup, cooked.  Soak 3 cups of dry split peas overnight, or longer if you prefer.  If soaked longer, change the water twice a day.  Foods that are high in insoluble fiber, like grains, beans, seeds and nuts, also tend of be high in phytates. Phytates combine with minerals and chelate them unused out of the body.  While phytates are hard to avoid altogether, they can be minimized by soaking, which removes them. Rinse the soaked split peas and put them in a pot with 5 cups of pure water and 1 bay leaf. Bring to a boil and then simmer until the water has been absorbed. Remove the bay leaf, mix in 2-3 table…

. . .  flaxseed supplies both soluble and insoluble fiber, and more Another outstanding source of fiber is the fabulous flaxseed. All nuts and seeds provide fiber, but none compare to flax, which supplies 9 grams an ounce. That’s almost 3 times as much fiber as the next highest nut/seed, almonds, at 3.3 grams an ounce. There are two kinds of fiber, and flaxseed supplies generous amounts of each. Insoluble fiber doesn’t dissolve in water, while soluble fiber does.  Both slow down glucose absorption, which keeps blood sugar and insulin levels low (and helps to prevent diabetes). Both, but especially insoluble fiber, add bulk and softness to the stool, helping to move it along and making elimination easier. Both dilute carcinogens and other toxins so they have less contact with the intestinal mucosa and less chance of being reabsorbed. Both provide a feeling of fullness and satisfaction that may prevent obesity and help weight loss. Soluble fiber has been shown to lower cholesterol;…

. . .  one for your juicer, another for your blender Consuming lots of green vegetables is one of the best ways to alkalize and detoxify your body, and green vegetable drinks are highly recommended. But how can you make them palatable without adding a lot of fruit, which raises blood sugar and insulin levels? Here are some tips for delicious, low-glycemic green drinks. Adding the juice from a lemon, lime or grapefruit goes a long way to improve the taste of many green drinks. Avocados create a creamy texture as well as making the drink filling and sustaining.  Coconut meat is another addition that can add richness and satisfaction. Although they’re not included in the following recipes, tomatoes, moderate amounts of the sweet vegetables like carrots and beets, green apples and any of the good oils along with a sprinkle of Celtic sea salt can all add appeal to a green drink while maintaining a relatively low glycemic index.  You can also have your green drink with a handful of raw…

. . .  Stanford study claims no difference between conventional and organic – but don’t believe it! Do you fork over your hard-earned cash for organic versus conventional produce because you believe it’s healthier?  If so, you may have been dismayed by headlines announcing that a Stanford University review of almost 300 scientific studies found no difference between conventional and organic food in terms of either safety or nutrient value. Well, I’m here to tell you that there IS a difference: organic produce is higher in nutrients, much lower in toxins and well worth the added expense. The Stanford scientists’ findings are very much at odds with a growing consensus that pesticides in conventional agriculture are harmful, and that organic foods are far healthier. Even the President’s Cancer Panel, which is part of the National Cancer Institute, recommends eating organic food as one step to take in preventing cancer. Besides cancer, many other degenerative diseases, such as heart…