Are you Roundup Ready?

Take ten minutes to watch this video about Monsanto. I thought I had a good understanding about the "State of Our Food" until I took the time to watch this film. Now, I hesitate as I prepare my grocery list....

One thing, of many, which caused me to pause began about 1:43 in the video...Roundup Ready? At 2:35, food registered as an insecticide?....

Please watch and feel free to comment.

Saved By The Yoga....

Yoga and Prison....maybe not a good mix...unless you are ready to heal some broken folks

It appears this small little prison study witnessed the unleashing of emotions related to the detoxifying release of stored emotions attributable to this unique environment.

So here is how this translates in real life:

The one thing I did not expect from signing up for Bikram Yoga at Bikram Yoga Richardson was the emotional rollercoaster I would experience as I began to release stored emotions, experiences, beliefs and toxins through the grueling 90 minute sessions under 105 degree heat and 40 % humidity. Never crossed my mind that anyone or anything could crack my inpenetrable shell.

Then first crack - my first Bikram experience , April 7th, in the hands of the venerable Denise Deniger. 30 seconds in - I was toast.
Second crack was somewhere around session 7 to 9 (I need to find my notes) where due to overwhelming suppressed emotions (which I will not detail tonight)...I silently sobbed my way through class, in child's pose, and unwittingly several others in the room began to shed tears as well...not due to physical pain, but due to a deep unspoken phenomenon related to emotional release.

How can monkey twisting make this happen...I have NO IDEA! But, hmmm, it has me wondering. It also had me skipping class for awhile!! And then again lately when I was blindsided with the addition of a new toxic inlaw issue, including a new resident of Hotel Thomas....and I went undercover from Bikram, Yassi Maige, owner of Bikram Yoga Richardson kept checking in and encouraging me to return to the mat.


But now, instead of reaching for a bottle of pills, a bottle of wine, television, the internet, over-obsession with career, or any other popular way of disconnecting from life...I am meeting and learning form others who JUST SHOW UP, and SWEAT, and RELEASE, and HEAL.

What is funny is that if someone told me that Bikram Yoga would put me in touch with my buried emotions I would RUN, RUN, RUN away.... good thing they didn't warn me.

(Thank you Dawnette Brady, Denise Deniger, Yassi Maige and Lisa Brooks...)

In Memoriam: Dr. Abram Hoffer, Health Pioneer

With a sad heart I have to share that the well know Dr. Abram Hoffer passed away after a brief illness this week.

A link to Dr. Hoffer's obituary and guest book can be found here.

The youtube video above shares with viewers Dr. Hoffer's personal vitamin regime in his last year of life.

As publicized by the well respected American Association of Health Freedom:

In Memoriam: Dr. Abram Hoffer, Vitamin Pioneer

Dr. Abram Hoffer died this week at the age of 91. A renowned Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Hoffer was instrumental in discovering the importance of megadoses of vitamins in the treatment of psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and was a pioneer in the field of orthomolecular medicine.

The term "orthomolecular" was coined by Nobel laureate Linus Pauling to mean "the right molecules in the right amounts" (ortho is Greek for "right"). Pauling theorized that "substances that are normally present in the human body" are necessarily good and can be used at high doses to treat disease.

Dr. Hoffer said that orthomolecular medicine does not purport to treat all diseases, nor is it "a replacement for standard treatment. A proportion of patients will require orthodox treatment, a proportion will do much better on orthomolecular treatment, and the rest will need a skillful blend of both." That is the very definition of integrative medicine.

From his work with patients in a Canadian mental institution, he hypothesized that schizophrenics lack the ability to remove an hallucinogenic metabolite called adrenochrome from their brains. He found that he could decrease the concentration of adrenochrome in the brain by using high doses of vitamin C.

Observing biochemical abnormalities and serendipitous cancer recoveries among his psychiatric patients, Hoffer worked for several years on the potential anticancer effects of nutrients, particularly the B vitamins, selenium, and ascorbate. He says this included treating hundreds of cancer patients with nutrients, with reported success.

In the mid-1960s, mainstream psychiatry was emphasizing the use of neuroleptic drugs, and Hoffer reported that he and like-minded researchers were snubbed and became the victims of a conspiracy, with their reports rejected by scientific journals. In 1967, Hoffer resigned his academic and administrative positions, entered into private psychiatric practice Canada, and created the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine.

In a 2006 interview, Hoffer stated that while he felt that current mainstream psychiatric care was "terrible," his theories and treatments were starting to become more accepted. "[W]e’re at a transition point. If I live another four or five years, I’ll see it."


To learn more about how you can help the American Association for Health Freedom continue to be the leading advocates of alternative medicine and dietary supplements at the federal and state level, or to find a health practitioner in your area, click here.

Feelgoodz: A funny thing happened on the way to the market

Fridays are always fabulous..but this Friday, a funny thing happened on the way to the market...




Arriving at Whole Foods Market, and cutting through the back to pick up sushi and spring water, I crossed paths with Kyle Berner and Martin Roth of Feelgoodz.






Let me tell you right here and now....I am quite sure I stumbled on something big.

Feelgoodz Road Trip Prep montage from Kyle Berner on Vimeo.

Feelgoodz Road trip Day 1 from Kyle Berner on Vimeo.

Here's the scoop - these eco-flops are:

GREEN

Made from all natural latex
Recyclable
Dyed Naturally

COMFORTABLE
Mold to your feet
Pillow-soft and squishy
Breathable and cool

ETHICAL
Certified B Corporation

Member of Ashoka, changemakers and social entrepreneurs
3% of revenues donated to Ashoka.org to support
social entrepreneurs working in areas of:
Environmentalism - 1% for the Planet
Fair Trade - 1% for the People
Micro-Finance - 1% for Phitsanulok, Thailand

and man, do I love these flops. seriously. Good for me, good for the environment, and good for the people of Thailand.

And instead of those cheapo Chinese flip flops that are loud and obnoxious (flip flop flip flop....) These are soft, plaint and don't make that obnoxious noise!

Kyle, Martin and their Feelgoodz posse are the real deal folks. Feelgoodz may just be the next Toms or Crocs.

There product roll out just started this week. To buy your eco-flops you can go online to www.feelgoodz.com or help spread the world and ask your local Whole Foods Market and shoe retailers to carry Feelgoodz.

Whole Food Diet includes coffee, beer, lunchmeat and pasta? Only in Texas.

Texas Tech University thinks they have the answer to mild to severe obesity, elevated triglycerides, high blood pressure and glucose intolerance. They have titled their diet plan "The Whole Food Diet". Click here to see their recommendations.

Hmmm.

I am glad that they are encouraging fresh fruits and vegetables, *yay*....but I am unsure how unlimited coffee, diet sodas, 2 cups of milk, 5 carbohydrate servings (beer, wine, pasta...), and 6 servings of fat will affect the "whole food" claim, or the results.

Maybe it is a good first step....

What do you think?

B-12 for Weight Loss

I know there alot of raw vegans that read this blog. Thank you. But, being the motherly chick I am, I want to remind you how important it is that you get your B vitamins. Without these vitamins most available from eggs, fish, red meat, you may be at a disadvantage. It will take you 7 years to feel the effect of a B deficiency - but by that time it is usually too late because unreversible damage may have occurred.. You may wish to consider B vitamin shots, at least B12. I am high raw but I have my weekly salmon sashimi that gets me what my mind and body need....

It is something to consider....

REAL FOOD: Out of the Mouths of Babes

Jenna Norwood, of the fascinating documentary Supercharge Me posted this video on Facebook. This is a young cancer survivor who is spreading the word about Real Food.