10/29/12-Celebrity Approval

Over the last few years, I'm sure most have not heard much of anything that's positive about catching some rays and to me, that's pretty disappointing.  Summer has come and gone here in Michigan so that means, cold, dull weather...Gross.  For me personally, I know when the sun is out and I get exposure, I'm in a way better mood and I know that's probably the same situation for many others.  Some may think we are crazy but, there are many articles that agree with my theory!!  Here are a few if you're skeptical...

http://www.peakhealthadvocate.com/2592/the-sunshine-vitamin-could-brighten-your-mood/

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/11/09/weather-can-change-your-mood/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1294160/

What you see nowadays are celebrities endorsing some sort of product with SPF in it saying to put it on everyday and that you want to avoid sun exposure.  Since it's a famous person that said it, most believe it's true, that's a common theme among many different topics these days.  Well, I have some awesome news for those who find this disturbing!  A celebrity that believes in the power of vitamin D!  Most everyone loves her and I am in fact one of them but, this makes me love her even more now, Jennifer Aniston!  Now, don't judge me because I wasn't the one that found this wonderful interview but, it was a great friend of mine that did.  It was on Perez Hilton and they had an interview on Jennifer Aniston's secret to skinniness.  She explained:

"I stopped dieting when I figured out that you just have to eat regularly and properly within moderation. The fads are too much. I think it's really about - honestly, this is going to sound silly - going in the sun for 20 minutes a day is really important, vitamin D, because we are now having a vitamin D deficiency because of all the SPF. And I think being happy and smiling and laughing a lot."

That is one smart woman, if you ask me!  Here is the rest of the interview if interested...

http://fitperez.com/2012-10-23-jennifer-aniston-secret-to-being-skinny-is-sunlight-and-smiles/?from=PH#.UI6wp7S5dHg

It's tough to compete with articles in the media right now that talk about how people may not need to take as much vitamin D and how it may not be effective as people think.  But with studies and articles and interviews like Jen's that prove vitamin D can help reduce your chances of many different diseases and cancers and just to live an overall better life, hopefully the negative articles about vitamin D will go down the tubes.  If people believe this negative theory on D, I feel it will do more damage than good.  Here are some great studies and articles for you to read on vitamin D.  

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9e41IOY9CzkYzdCQWQwOVZ2TFU/edit

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/344866/The-sun-is-shining-and-it-will-help-you-beat-cancer

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22502819

Everyone have a great week and be sure you get your vitamin D! 

10/25/2012- Breast Cancer Awareness overkill

With 6 days left of October, we are wrapping up Breast Cancer Awareness month.  My big question is, why do we call it breast cancer awareness month?  Who doesn't know about breast cancer?  Are you not aware of what it is?  This month especially, people pour millions of dollars into "pink" products thinking their money is going toward a good cause, when most of the time about .1-.10 cents on the dollar actually go toward breast cancer treatments.  It's nice that some people are waking up and that a few of the breast cancer foundations have been exposed for what they really are; money hungry fools.  For so long people thought they were doing such a good thing, which they are to an extent but, why are you paying your executives so much money?  Why are you not using more of that money for treatments or investing it in ways to prevent?  Which brings me to my biggest concern of this whole breast cancer awareness month.  Why in the hell are we not finding ways to prevent it instead of just looking at ways to cure it!!!  Most of these foundations put in about 7% of the money toward prevention.  I'm not sure if you feel the same way as I do but, that makes me sick.  I don't want breast cancer, I want to know how I can prevent it naturally, not with some pharmaceutical company making tons of money off of my because I'm taking some chemical daily that is just not good for your body or cutting off my boobs because I may get cancer.  Your body is pure, so why put toxins in it? 

Since my Grandma had breast cancer in her twenties and survived, it's always concerned the women in our family that we have a chance of getting it as well.  I've always been passionate about this topic.  I want to make sure that I never get it or if one day I have a daughter that she doesn't either and so on.  So, I did some of my own research of course because I refuse to buy into all the crap from this whole month of October portrays.  With all the money that's been made on breast cancer, you'd think they would have a cure by now.  I really support foundations and groups that are more geared toward natural prevention and natural treatments.  I understand that sometimes these breast cancer treatments are needed but not always.  What I've come to find in my search is incredible that it's so simple to reduce your chances of getting breast cancer as well as hundreds of other cancers and diseases.  Eating right, exercise and sunlight can reduce your chances up to 70%...SAY WHAT!!!  I know it sounds silly because it's so simple but, it's true!  Here's a great study proving vitamin D is key... http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Nutrition/Vitamins/vitamin_d_breast_colon_lung_cancer_0828120653.html

If that didn't help change your opinion on vitamin D and the sun, here's another great article... http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/344866/The-sun-is-shining-and-it-will-help-you-beat-cancer

Lastly, a friend of mine that knows how strong my opinion on natural lifestyles and how I do my research, she suggested this website to me and I can't thank her enough for it now!  Preventbc.org is a great site to read up more on natural, healthy lifestyles and how big of an impact it can have on your life.  I want to be here to see my kids grow up and be one that has beaten the risk of breast cancer.  I hope all of you who read this can do the same thing!  It's a beautiful day in Michigan, so go get some sun!!  :)

10/14/2012

A life without vaccinations

These days, the older I get, the more I realize that people are like a herd of cattle.  They read or see something on TV that tells them that they need to lather on sunscreen and stay inside, you need to get your flu shots or else, you shouldn't eat this kind of food you need to eat this.  The sad part is, people actually listen!!  Instead of doing their own research before they make the decision to believe the crap they hear they just take the easy route and believe some horrible study, or a doctor or something from a friend of a friend.  The point I'm really trying to get at is, to be or not to be vaccinated, that is the question?

I am one of the few that goes against the crowd and have never been vaccinated.  Although the number of unvaccinated children is rising, it's still much less than those who have been vaccinated.  I can't speak for others but, I am so glad people are finally realizing that vaccinations are not immunizations and how harmful they are to the human body.  I'm still in limbo on a couple of things, is the FDA and even some doctors really concerned about what's best for people these days or do they just do it because it's a $10 billion industry?  With the side effects and the possible outcomes after receiving your shots is just downright scary to me and many others.  I've done much research on some cites including, vactruth.com, thinktwice.com, naturalnews.com and the information I've discovered has just made me set on never having my son vaccinated.  So many people tell me I'm crazy if I don't have Nolan get his shots and that he will get sick and basically I'm being selfish if I don't.  I was never vaccinated and I turned out just fine.  I've taken antibiotics only a hand full of times in my 27 years and never have really been sick EXCEPT for after receiving the whooping cough vaccination when I was an infant and it put me in the hospital for two weeks.  I'd have to say Dr. Lawrence B Palevsky MD has it right, "Children must experience their symptoms and illnesses as a necessary rite of passage, thus allowing their immune and nervous systems to grow, mature, and develop appropriately."

Since Nolan has been born, we have to take him to the doctors every month to check on his progress and then you're supposed to start the routine of your child receiving his shots.  In the first year of your child's life, he/she is supposed to receive 24 different shots and by the age of six, your child is supposed to receive a total of 81 shots.  Now I'm not sure if everyone knows what a vaccination consists of but, here is what it is; A vaccination injects bacteria, viruses, genetic material and many other biological and toxic chemicals into the child's body. What's worse is, your child is not guaranteed to eliminate these sicknesses, a doctor cannot even tell you that the side effects if you do get sick will be mild because they really do not know.  If that doesn't get you thinking, maybe if you saw the list of possible side effects of each shot, that would make you second guess your decision.  One study between vaccinated and unvaccinated children done known at the Cal-Oregon project sponsored by Generation Rescue surveyed parents of vaccinated vs. unvaccinated U.S. children.  Of the 17,674 children included in the surgery, the results showed:
- Vaccinated children had 120% more asthma.
-Vaccinated boys had 317% more ADHD.
-Vaccinated boys had 185% more neurologic disorders.
-Vaccinated boys had 146% more autism.
Girls represented only 20% of the total number of children in the survey.  To find more information similar to this study go to www.generationrescue.org/pdf/survey.pdf.

The last thing I want to put in perspective are some conflicts of interest.  These are listed on the International Medical Council on Vaccination website are these:
-The same people who make rules and recommendations about vaccination profit from vaccine sales.  For example, Dr. Julie Gerberding, who was in charge of the CDC for eight years, is now the President of Merck Vaccines.  Dr. Paul Offit, a member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP), developed and petented his own vaccine.
-According to the CDC, the average U.S. 10-doctor pediatric group has over $100,000 of vaccine inventory in their office to sell.  These doctors make money from office visits and from giving your child vaccines, and also from follow up office visits for assessing reactions.
-U.S. pediatricians reportedly make quarterly bonuses from the HMOs they work for by maintaining high vaccination rates in their practices and have reportedly been reprimanded by insurance companies if they vaccination rates fall.

In closing, remember that you DO have a right to refuse!  This is just the beginning of this topic, as I could go on and on.  I hoped this helped with making your decision when it comes to vaccinating yourself or even your children.  Remember to always do your own research and be sure to look into who has put on the study because, a lot of the time the ones who held the study is pro vaccination so they show you what they want you to see.  Use some of the websites that I provided to do some of your on research and I hope you make the decision that's best for you!

10/4/2012

Good evening everyone!  Tonight I'm writing about something that I've been passionate about for a long time now.  These last couple of days, heck who am I kidding, the last few years, I've seen a lot of these articles about how tanning beds are so bad for you and how you can get skin cancer and how it should be banned for anyone under 18 years old.  It really hits a soft spot for me because, first of all, exposing yourself to the sun (without sun screen) or going into a tanning bed as an alternative since many people work during the prime hours to get your vitamin D, or maybe because the weather permits 3-9 months out of the year is OK in moderation.  It seems that people don't understand that.  Everyone feels the need to slather on sunscreen  and cover up at all times and wouldn't dare step foot into a tanning bed because they read some article somewhere or heard about a friend of a friend who had a scare with skin cancer.

My biggest issue with this is most people have not done their own research and they are truly hurting themselves because of this.  The sun and a tanning bed are your two best sources of vitamin D and the great thing is you could be preventing and curing over 100 different diseases and cancers just by having an adequate vitamin D level.  It sounds so simple, but to put it in perspective, more than 90% of the population is vitamin D deficient.  It wasn't always like this... deficiency increased greatly just about the time sunscreen use really started to take off. The even crazier part about this is when sunscreens started booming, so did skin cancer.  What kills me is nobody realizes this or cares to even look into it because they had a doctor or a TV show to stay out of the sun or read some article that says how it causes cancer.  WRONG!  God made the sun, we need the sun to live, as do many other things, including, animals and plants.  Yes, too much can be overkill but like I said, moderation people!

The reason why this all sort of hits a soft spot with me is because, like I said previously, I recently had a beautiful baby boy.  For the Government to tell me that my child can't tan before the age of 18 would really upset me.  I'm not saying I would let me child just go whenever he wants, but once he gets old enough and we decide to go on vacation to somewhere warmer or summer is coming, I would rather have his skin somewhat prepared with a base tan rather than just throw him out there all pale with a bunch of chemicals on his skin.  What if he has bad acne?  I'd rather him treat it by drying it out from the sun or in a tanning bed a few minutes a week instead of him digesting some sort of pill or a topical cream that will make his skin extremely sensitive to light.  This is what the world has come to, everything is cured with a pill or a cream.  You're telling me you're OK with ingesting all these things with this list of side effects that are 5 pages long, but you're so against getting a little bit of sun a couple times a week or using a tanning bed moderately.

Anyway, to finally get to my story...I recently ran in the warrior dash in Michigan -- it was awesome!  My dad and I ran it together while my mom watched my son.  It was in the 60s that day and sunny, but not a high UV index.  As we were out there, everyone seemed to have some sort of opinion or felt they needed to check with us to see if we put sunscreen on him and ask "where is his hat?"  I ignored the first few people, then I finally had it.  Someone else asked me if he had sunscreen on....NOPE!  He sure doesn't. Anyone who feels the need to put sunscreen on an infant is a nut job for one, and for two, mind your own business. We had his sun shade on him on his stroller and yes, at times the sun was on him but, to me, that is perfectly OK. A couple minutes here and there isn't going to hurt him, if anything, it's helping him.  That's the problem with this world today...how dare you tell me that my kid needs sunscreen. Do your research before you start putting these sunscreens on your children.  There were stories not too long ago about how sunscreen chemicals are killing the great barrier reef and altering the sex of fish....and you're telling me it's OK to put on my baby boy...You must've lost your mind.  Like I said before, moderation is key.  I know an infant's skin is much more sensitive -- that's what you definitely limit the time,  it's better to let him get a little rather than none at all.  I'm proud to say that I will not use sunscreen on my child unless it is absolutely positively my only option.  They now make clothing that protects you: hats, shade...the alternatives are endless.

So, on that note, please do your own research before you share what you read in an article or saw on TV or heard from a friend of a friend! You could be doing yourself and your family a huge favor and will be thankful later on!