Food for Thought

The nineteenth century philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer observed that truth passes through three phases: first, it is ridiculed; second, it is fiercely and violently opposed; and third, it becomes self-evident.
Cancer is a disease that millions of Americans have come to fear. Since the health industry declared ‘war’ on the disease in the 1970’s, there has literally been no improvement in cancer survival rates. In fact, you have the same chance of dying from cancer today as you did in the 1950’s. Why? Because the health industry believes that the only cure for cancer can be found in an oil-based, synthetic drug. The methods for curing cancer are, in a word, draconian. One hundred years from now, people will look back on our health-care system today as barbaric. The methods of radiation, chemotherapy and surgery to remove cancerous organs of the body will be seen as ignorant as the early 19th and 20th century methods of bloodletting and mercury-therapy.
According to the conventional methods of medicine and diagnostics, cancer is an incurable disease. Hear me on this: cancer is NOT incurable. I am furious that the health-care industry has let millions of people die. I am furious that despite the billions of dollars of ‘research’ poured into finding a ‘cure,’ there has been absolutely no progress. Cancer has become an industry the health care industry relies on for a large portion of their income. If people didn’t have cancer anymore, what need would there be for the National Cancer Association? The American Cancer Society? The Cancer Research Institute? Thousands of people would be out of jobs.
Health care, defined as the treatment, prevention and diagnosis of disease, is the most profitable industry in the world. As long as people are sick, billions and billions of dollars in profit are made every year.
Big business will always make decisions based on profit, not what is good for the employees, what is good for the customer, what is good for the environment, what is good for society, or what is good for mankind.
Medical science has absolutely, 100 percent, failed in the curing and prevention of illness, sickness, and disease. Consider the following bits of data:
• More people get colds and flus than ever before
• More people get cancer than ever before
• More people have diabetes than ever before
• More people have heart disease than ever before
• More people have multiple sclerosis, lupus, muscular dystrophy, asthma, migraine headaches, joint, neck, and back pain that ever before
• More people have acid reflux, ulcers, and stomach problems than ever before
• More women have menopause problems than ever before
• More women have more frequent PMS and more severe PMS than ever before
• More kids have ADD and hyperactivity than ever before
• More people have chronic fatigue than ever before
• More people have insomnia than ever before
• More people have bad skin, acne, and dandruff than ever before
• More people suffer from depression, stress, and anxiety than ever before

Yet surprisingly enough..
• There are more people going to visit doctors than ever before
• There are more people getting diagnostic testing, such as blood tests and X-Rays than ever before
• More people are taking nonprescription and prescription drugs than ever before
• Not only are more people taking drugs, but each person is taking more drugs than ever before.
• There are more surgeries performed than ever before.
The percentage of Americans dying of cancer today is the same as it was in 1970 and even 1950. Over $200 billion has been spent since 1971 trying to prevent and cure cancer. Yet today you have a higher chance of getting cancer than ever before in history, and you have the same chance of dying as you did in 1950.
There are over 200,000 nonprescription drugs on the market and over 30,000 prescription medications.
Most people have no idea how good their body is designed to feel. We have been brainwashed into believing that it is natural for a human being to get colds and flus, have aches and pains, and have major medical problems like cancer, diabetes and heart disease. We are also brainwashed into believing that it’s natural to take drugs.
Being sick is not normal. It is abnormal.
The Western diet is proven to be the one diet in the world that will kill you, 100% of the time. Foreigners with virtually no ailments or history of disease or illness will come to America and will almost instantly contract some sort of illness.
Let me tell you something about the body.
God created an absolutely, without a doubt, one-hundred percent marvelous piece of machinery when he designed the human body. It has an astounding natural ability to heal itself. Our immune systems are so powerful in fact, that it can repel virtually every disease you can conceive. Including cancer.
“Nature is doing her best each moment to make us well. She exists for no other end. Do not resist. With the least inclination to be well, we should not be sick.” –Henry David Thoreau
As you go through your day, you and everyone around you in the world are being exposed to the same diseases and germs that cause illness. However, not everyone will contract the illness or the disease. So, the question is not whether you will pick up bacteria or virus, the real question is why do some people succumb to the bacteria and virus and get sick, and other people do not? The real question to ask is why your body does not do what it was designed to do: fight off and handle the bacteria or virus. Why did you succumb to the bacteria or virus? The answer: your body is out of balance and your immune system is weak.
“You do not get headaches because you have an aspirin deficiency.”
If we keep asking the question “What caused that…” we can then conclude that all illness comes from one or a combination of four things:
1. You have too many toxins in your body
2. You have nutritional deficiencies
3. You are exposed and negatively affected by electromagnetic chaos.
4. You have trapped mental and emotional stress

The most toxic thing you can put in your body, and the number one cause of virtually all illness and disease is prescription and nonprescription drugs. All drugs have negative side effects. The more prescription and nonprescription drugs a person takes, the sicker they are.
You might be thinking, “drugs can’t really be poison can they?” Then why don’t you take 30 of them right now and see what happens? You’ll probably die! If you eat 30 apples you’re not going to die. You might feel full, but you are not going to die. Think about it.
“In the United States, the medical establishment has created the conventional wisdom that drug-oriented medicine is the best form of medicine. Conventional medicine has also created a lack of personal accountability and a complete reliance on little pills to cure what ails us.” – Michael T. Murray, N.D.
Reactions to over-the-counter and prescription drugs are estimated to kill over 100,000 Americans a year, making these reactions the fourth-largest cause of death in the United States, behind cancer, heart disease and strokes. Over the last 20 years approximately 2 million people in the United States died from adverse drug reactions; these deaths included more than 300,000 caused by aspirin and other NSAIDs.
Drug companies spend twice as much money on marketing as on research and development. The United States uses more than 40 percent of all the drugs in the world but ranks only forty-second in life expectancy.

Now, let me make this clear: everyone is toxic. We can’t escape air pollution or steam from the shower. To some degree or another, we all have a certain amount of toxicity. The majority of Americans , however, are extremely toxic.
Heavy metals, toxic chemicals in pesticides, herbicides, food additives, bacteria and yeast in the gut, DRUGS,
Cholesterol lowering drugs, for example are a major contributor to illness and disease. All cholesterol lowering drugs have an adverse effect on the liver. When the liver is adversely affected you are prone to diabetes, acid reflux, constipation, colon cancer, heart disease, asthma, arthritis, and dozens of other illnesses and disease.

In general terms, the way to eradicate any and all illness and disease that you may have, prevent illness and disease from occurring in the future, and slow down or potentially reverse the aging process is to do the following:
1. Eliminate the toxins that have built up in your system. You are loaded with toxins. The only question is, how much. You absolutely must get these toxins out of your body if you want to cure and prevent illness and disease. Getting the toxins out of your body can immediately increase energy, help you lose weight, eliminate depression and anxiety, and potentially reverse most illness and disease. The basic cleanses that you should do are: (a) a colon cleanse, (b) a liver/gallbladder cleanse, (c) a kidney/bladder cleanse, (d) a heavy metal cleanse, (e) a parasite cleanse, (f) a Candida cleanse, and (g) a full-body fat tissue/lymphatic clease.
2. Stop, or at least reduce the toxins entering your body. In today’s world it is impossible to totally eliminate toxins from entering your body, but we can dramatically reduce the amount of toxins going in.
3. Make sure our elimination systems are clean and no longer sluggish, thus allowing the toxins that we do put into our body and the toxins that develop in our body naturally are getting eliminated quickly and not accumulating.
4. Make sure we are getting proper amounts of nutrition in the form of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, cofactors, and life-sustaining ‘energy’ and make sure our system can assimilate these vital nutrients.
5. Reduce and/or neutralize the electromagnetic energy that is attacking our body energy fields and cells.
6. Reduce stress
7. Use our minds and words to create a healthy alkaline body pH, and actually change geneticall defective DNA structures into normal healthy DNA structures.
If the cause of all disease is too many toxins, nutritional deficiencies, electromagnetic chaos, and/or stress, then if you did not have toxins in the body, if you did not have nutritional deficiencies, if you did not have exposure to electromagnetic chaos, and if you did not have stress, then you cannot have any disease.
The fact of the matter is the way to prevent and cure any disease is relatively simple and inexpensive. If we look at the four basic causes for all disease and try to punch holes in it no one can.

And so, lovelies, that's all I have in me today, but I will be back with more soon.

Take care.

Look Around.

Why do I always have to be DOING something? I wake up, I go to the mirror, get ready, check my phone. I'm driving, I'm looking for my exit, I'm parking. I'm walking towards work, I'm clocking in, I'm checking the computer for emails. I'm looking at a piece of paper. I'm studying a new book. I'm clocking out for my break. I'm driving again. I'm looking for a place to get food. I'm parking. I'm selecting food. I'm eating my food. I'm opening up my computer. I'm typing on my computer. I'm looking at my computer. Looking at my computer. Until..

I stop.

Take my hands off the table, put them beside me. I look out the window. And I breathe deeply.

I'm not doing anything. I am not engaging anything. I am simply allowing myself to be still.

And wow does it feel good.

Yes, I am alive.

I am alive - oh so alive. Just wanted you all to know :)Lots to catch you up on, I'll get back to you later.

Supporting Sustainable Living

Hey lovelies,

Would you mind taking a minute to vote online for The Phoenix Local Market to win a $25,000 grant? It would mean a lot to me. :)

http://sharingtheprizeseed.org/grant/more-information/community-food

Select the 4th option on the right hand side of the page.


P.S. I'm down 3 pounds! :)

Goal Setting - What's in it for me?

"Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I will give you a man who can make history. Give me a man without a goal, and I will give you a stock clerk." -J.C. Penny

Zig Zigler's formula for reaching your goals is this:

-Write it down.
-Put a date on it.
-Identify the obstacles.
-Identify the people/groups you need to work with.
-Develop a plan of action.
-Write down what's in it for you.


I was never one to make lists. My mother always encourage me to do so, but I would simply refuse to. Lists were bothersome and useless and they didn't work for me.

Then I started making lists. And it worked for me.

I'm making a fitness goal right now. I am identifying YOU my readers as part of the groups I am going to work with to keep me accountable!

My goal:

DEADLINE: 10 weeks from now. Wednesday, July 14th.

1 Be in the best health of my life and get in the best shape of my life. I don't want to set a weight because I want to build lean muscle. However, I would ideally like to be between 135-140. This is within the healthy range for my height. This means I need to lose about 15 pounds. Above all, I want to be healthy. I want a clean body, a strong immune system, stamina, flexibility, energy, and vivacity. I want to be able to share my story with others and be an inspiration.

2. The obstacles: I have self-discipline issues. I am currently doing the HCG protocol but I have been cheating a little bit here and there almost every day. This is a waste of my time and money. I see the quickest physical results when I exercise. I have not been able to because of school and work. This will change in about a week when school is out. So, my obstacles are:
-Lack of self-discipline
-Finding a way to exercise

3.I have already named you, my readers as part of my support system. My co-workers and I are also doing a 'Biggest Loser' contest so they are also keeping me accountable.

4.Plan of action:
-Complete HCG protocol
-Eat only organic fruits, veggies and meats.
-Do yoga at least 3 times a week
-Exercise at least 30 minutes a day (even if it's just walking)
-Get an exercise journal and write down exercises completed
-P90X?
-Continue studying and educating myself on natural health/anatomy/natural cures

5. What's in it for me? Confidence, health, an incredible feeling of satisfaction for FINALLY completing a long-overdue goal! Oh, also, a HUGE shopping spree! If I win the Biggest Loser contest, I'll get $100. I think I might allow myself a little bit more for reaching my goals. Can you say ANTHROPOLOGIE?!?


Well. There it is! Feels good to write it down.

Anybody else wanna share their goals? I'd love to be a part of your support team!!!

More Bookish Recommendations

Okay, folks. Here's the deal. If you're like me, you want to be healthy. You want to look great and feel great. You want to age well. You want to be in the best physical condition of your life. And you're sick and tired of the diet industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the self-help gurus, and the fitness instructors who never actually dealt with weight issues in their life.

After reading "Natural Cures they Don't Want You to Know About" I wanted to look around and see if other authors supported some of the claims made in the book. If you haven't read "Natural Cures" by the way I highly recommend it. I had heard that Kevin Trudeau was a conman and a fraud but uh, yeah that's not true. Seriously, read the book and you'll find out why the FDA is so scared oh him. He's had a huge impact on the pharmaceutical industry and is the biggest advocate for natural health.

And as it turns out, he is now being proven right.

Michael Pollan's two books "In Defense of Food" and "Food Rules" are each phenomenal books about eating and nutrition. Americans should be proud - we have created the only diet known to man that is proven to kill and destroy the body 100% of the time. Pollan's manifesto? Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. Perfect.


"The Hundred-Year Lie" is another phenomenal read written by an investigative reporter. It exposes the food industry and the dangerous chemicals that are found in virtually everything we eat and drink. It's an extremely well-written book that everyone in America needs to read.

"What the Drug Companies Won't Tell You and Your Doctor Doesn't Know" is another fantastic book exposing the drug/pharmaceutical industry lies and myths. Written by a Michael T. Murray, N.D., I highly recommend reading it. You'll get mad and you'll get upset and you'll be better off after having read it. Murray explains the natural alternatives to synthetic drugs - many of which resound with Kevin Trudeau's book "Natural Cures."


I can't say it enough. If you're serious about your health - do something about it! Read, educate yourself, don't believe the ads on television. And always remember this: the only legal obligation of a publicly traded corporation is to increase profits. They don't give a damn about your health.

The health industry has totally and completely failed America. There are now more people on drugs than ever before, more people getting cancer, diabetes, heart disease than ever before, and yet we are spending more money on health care than ever before. You have just as much of a chance of dying from cancer today as you did in the 1950's. There has literally been no improvement. In fact, it's only gotten worse. The billions and billions of dollars sunk into 'cancer research organizations' has literally done nothing at all. The FDA firmly believes and states that 'the only cure for an illness or disease can be a drug.' So, rather than trying to find the cause of cancer and treating it naturally by cleansing the body of toxins that made it susceptible to disease in the first place, the health care industry spends billions of dollars trying to find a synthetic, oil-based drug 'cure.' Chemotherapy kills more people than it saves. Why? Because it is a deadly procedure. It radiates the body with poison - obliterating the immune system and virtually paralyzing the body of any ability to heal itself. WHY are we not addressing the CAUSE of cancer?

We think we can drink half-gallon buckets of diet soda, eat artificially grown produce, hormone-injected, diseased meat, sugary cereals and 'reduced-fat' treats and still be healthy.

It is not normal to get sick. It is not normal to be fat. It is not normal to have diabetes, heart problems, fibromyalgia and cancer.

Be healthy, America. Fight back. Eat well.


I apologize for my heated rants. I just can't help it sometimes. Sigh.

Be well today, lovelies. Take 5 deep breaths in a row. It's incredibly refreshing.

Fashion Prediction - The Return of the Edwardian Era/1920's.

Hello lovelies!

As we all know, the 80's are back (heaven knows why). There is literally nothing cute about 80's fashion and I still don't get it (the above pictures are NOT from the 80's.) Fashion in the 80's was really inspired by Princess Di's wedding dress - a gorgeous Victorian princess gown with puffy sleeves, smothered in lace and fitted in all the right places. Fashion designers then took this as their cue to make a mockery and a sham of Victorian patterns, introducing neon pink to a tulle, puff-sleeved frock, resulting in one of the greatest fashion aberrations in history. Thus, the 80's were born. I thought the return of the 80's was a joke at first. The only good thing about 80's fashion to me were Ray Ban sunglasses. Needless to say, the big fashion moguls of the day jumped on the 80's bandwagon and thought it would be a good idea to bring back the jumpsuit, exposed zipper, awkwardly placed pockets, neon tights, horrid wallpaper-like prints and patterns, ill-fitting cuts, and space-age color pallets. I just don't get it. Can we move on please? Like say to...The Edwardian era? I do realize there are many similarities between 1980's fashion and 1900 fashion, but the main difference I think is femininity, thoughtful ensembles that flattered the figure, didn't reveal too much, and were made of good quality, durable materials.

Personally, it's one of my favorites and I wouldn't be surprised if we all start seeing more waistcoats, elegant blouses, and layered, complex, put-together outfits. Think Jane Seymour in "Somewhere in Time" and Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady."



Femininity is back, modesty is back, romantic fashion is back, and there is hardly an era in fashion I quite adore so much as the Edwardian era.


Here are my predictions:

We will see more Edwardian-inspired blazers, more full-length dresses, more riding jackets, more skirts, more blouses, more buttons, more laces, more waistcoats, more corsets, more Oxfords, more silks and more tailored, feminine cuts. It's already happening on the runways and I am, needless to say, really excited.

Here are some pictures from Christian Dior's Fall 2010 runway show:

















Isn't that fabulous?? I can honestly say I LOVED everything about this collection. What's really cool is I didn't know about this collection before I did this post - I was curious to see what the trends actually were and it turns out I was right! :)

What's great about picking a time period like the Edwardian era and into the 1920's is that there were so many layers to the clothing, we can, as a modern society, implement just one Edwardian-inspired layer in our wardrobe and it will look fantastic (ex. pairing a waistcoat with a high necked silk blouse and jeans or wearing lace-up, knee high leather riding boots with a simple dress). Fashion today is so flexible. Anything goes. We have all of fashion history to play with and play dress-up. What could be more fun than that? I love being a girl.