Bill Gates Population Control?

I just read a disturbing article on naturalnews.com about Bill Gates and his vaccine campaign. I'm not trying to go all conspiracy theorist on you but it certainly feels like rocky territory. Check it out and let me know what you think...

http://www.naturalnews.com/029911_vaccines_Bill_Gates.html

Pancreatic Enzymes

I don't know if any of you receive the daily emails from naturalnews.com but they are having an audio series called the healing cancer summit featuring various doctors and experts in the cancer field. I was listening to it tonight and there was a Dr. Nicolas Gonzalez on and he was talking about some of his treatment plans, including pancreatic enzymes. I had never heard of it so I Googled it and it looks pretty interesting. He said that you can't overdose per se on the amount, however if you took too much your stomach may be a little upset. I found a pretty cool article on another site that I thought was worth sharing. One of the things that caught my eye was this statement: "Another indicator of pancreatic insufficiency is the intestinal overgrowth of the yeast Candida albicans". So here is the link for this article and also the link for that doctor. Happy researching!!

http://www.myhealthmybody.com/trellis/ADM1745_Pancreatic_Enzymes

http://www.dr-gonzalez.com/index.htm

Big Companies Taking Advantage of their Customers

So my last post was about the GMO's being found in some "natural" products, including Whole Foods and Barbara's Bakery brands. It made me so ill that I had to reach out to at least one of those companies to look for an explanation (please understand that I realize I am talking to a money hungry corporation). So below is my conversation I posted on Barbara's Bakery's Facebook page...

ME:
I just saw an article on Naturalnews.com that said several of your cereals contain GMO "• Barbara's Bakery Puffins cereal was also shown to contain more than 50% genetically engineered corn." Please explain [I posted the link to the  article on the naturalnews.com website from my previous post] THEY DELETED MY POST WITHIN AN HOUR!!!!!!

THEIR RESPONSE:

Barbara's Bakery

Hi Morgan - Thank you for the post. We continually strive to source Non-GMO ingredients through our supplier relationships and our participation in the Non-GMO Project. Our experience with North American farming today is that there is a very limited supply of GMO-free corn and soy grain available, so it's a challenge to bring affordable, entirely GMO-free products to the marketplace. This is an important issue for us, and we will continue to search for innovative solutions. -Sarina

ME:

Morgan Harlan hmmm, I feel like when a company advertises itself as a "natural" company then stands behind the Non-GMO project then puts GMO's in its product is DEFINITELY misleading its customers (myself included). I understand it may be difficult to find Non GMO suppliers, but in my mind, you either change the recipe to include whatever Non-GMO's you can find, or campaign yourself differently. People will go out of their way to purchase a Non-GMO product (again, myself included), and are willing to pay the price to do such. I feel as if you have covered yourself under the "natural" veil and are reaping the benefits at the cost of your customers. I will not be buying your products any longer as I feel taken advantage of.

 WE SHALL SEE WHAT THEY SAY...STAY TUNED...

GMO's in natural cereals...UGH!!

So I opened up my email today and there is an email from Naturalnews.com about how the "natural" companies are loading their cereal (and I'm sure other products) with GMO's (genetically modified organisms). Among those listed were Kashi, Whole Foods 365 brand corn flakes, Mother's brand and Barbara's Bakery. I am so tired of big corporations taking advantage of people. When I shop at Whole Foods aren't I under the assumption that there are no GMO products to step foot in that store?? Well, all those products I just listed are sold there. It makes me sick. Maybe I will read that this was all a mistake....RIGHT....

Here is the article I read. Please read it and pass it along.

http://www.naturalnews.com/033838_breakfast_cereals_GMOs.html

A new book by Joel Salatin, Folks, This Ain't Normal in bookstores on October 10

I got an email from the leader of my WAPF (Weston A. Price Foundation) http://www.westonaprice.org/ and thought it was worth sharing. It definitely looks like something I would enjoy reading...

FOLKS, THIS AIN'T NORMAL
By Joel Salatin

We live in abnormal times. Really abnormal times. Times when most people think Twinkies, Cocoa-puffs, and Mountain Dew are safe but raw milk, compost grown tomatoes, and Aunt Matilda's homemade pickles are unsafe. The average morsel of food travels fifteen hundred miles between point of production and point of consumption. Indeed, the average T-bone steak sees more of America than the farmer that grew the cow.

Never in the history of civilization has a culture eaten foods it can't pronounce, foods that can't be made in a domestic kitchen, or foods that won't rot. Living foods mold, rot, and decompose. How long can an M&M remain on your counter without altering its appearance?

Until extremely recent days, people had to think about energy, whether it was providing for draft animals for transportation and power, or accumulating firewood to keep the stove burning in the winter
We are the first culture to abdicate domestic culinary arts in favor of microwavable boxes of processed, stabilized, extruded, reconstituted, dye-colored, amalgamated, irradiated, nutrient-compromised, transgenic modified, prostituted pseudo-food. Modern America now has the highest rate in history of chronic, debilitating diseases, and leads the world in unhealthiness.

We're the first culture to invent supermarkets and to universally equate children's chores with abuse. We're the first culture to confine animals in factories, use pharmaceuticals on our food, and break the soil-building carbon cycle on a massive scale.

These themes, discussed in historical context, conventional modern-day thinking, and future response, position Joel Salatin's new book FOLKS, THIS AIN'T NORMAL as a must read for Weston A. Price members. Indeed, he even uses the book to acquaint the world with WAPF as well as the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund.

"When a major publisher (CenterStreet, an imprint of the Hachette Book Group) decided to put their weight behind this project, I decided that part of my objective would be to let the world know about all these wonderful groups and thinkers who really have all the answers to people's fears. I get tired of seeing the media wringing their hands as if solutions don't exist, when in fact, they do. I hope this book draws thousands and thousands into the WAPF camp--just mentioning the organization should drive people to the website."

Never one to allow victimhood excuses, Salatin ends each chapter with a bulleted list of "things you can do." This broad book addresses issues as varied as food police, soil development, Disneyfication of the culture, and scientific findings proving pasture-based livestock is far more nutrient dense than factory-farmed counterparts. It will warm your soul.

If you've ever wondered how to articulate how ridiculous many modern assumptions are, this book will give some sound bites. Filled with stories, satire, and humor, FOLKS, THIS AIN'T NORMAL is due for release Oct. 10 in hardback, Kindle, and audio-book.

http://www.amazon.com/Folks-This-Aint-Normal-Healthier/dp/0892968192/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318206009&sr=8-1

Ginger Mint Cookies

I found this recipe for these ginger mint cookies and they are AMAZING! Let me know what you think.

1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp dried mint (I used spearmint)
2 Tbsp finely chopped crystalized ginger
1 Tbsp lemon zest
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar
pinch of salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg yolk, room temperature
1/4 cup sugar for rolling

Preheat oven 350 degrees. In a medium bowl mix flour, mint, ginger, lemon zest and baking soda. With an electric mixer, mix butter, sugars, vanilla and egg yolk until light and fluffy. Mix in flour slowly at a low speed just until combined. Roll dough in small balls and roll in sugar. Place on cookie sheet about an inch apart. Bake until bottom is slightly brown (about 15 minutes). Yummo!!