In Defense of Allergies

Today I read an article on a psychology website that really hit a nerve. It discussed the anxiety that children can feel when they have food allergies and the overreactions of some of their parents. What bothered me is that the commentary seemed to downplay how serious and widespread food allergies are. It also addressed […]

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The Art of the Back Inverter

If you have decided to purchase a back inverter– congratulations! You are acquiring one of the greatest inventions in the history of our warmongering bipedal race. Back inverters rank right up there with the telephone, TV, and memory foam dog beds. Before using your back inverter, you must be sure to properly locate the device […]

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Prozac Perch

River fish loaded with Prozac: study. Ugh. Here is another story about how our use of pharmaceuticals is fouling up our wildlife and water supply. Most people are already familiar with how birth control hormones are causing sexual mutations in fish. Now the fish are getting Prozac-ed too. Thanks to WorldNetDaily for featuring this. ************************************************************************************* […]

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Honest Medicine

A comment on my blog has prompted me to mention Julia Schopick’s website, Honest Medicine, http://www.honestmedicine.com/. On her website, David Brownstein, MD says, “I recommend Honest Medicine to all who are open-minded and looking for safe, effective therapies that have a sound biochemical basis behind them. This book should be required reading for all physicians […]

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Low Dose Naltrexone

The name of this drug should be in every American’s medical lexicon, but it’s not. Ask someone what Low Dose Naltrexone is, more commonly referred to as LDN, and you might get a blank stare. Considering the wide range of serious health conditions that LDN can help, it is astounding that more doctors don’t familiarize […]

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FAAMA Becomes Law

Sandwiched into the Food Safety and Modernization Act, which I strongly opposed because of its boost to large corporations, potential damage to family farmers, increased federal control over our food supply, and inevitable effect of raising food costs, was one ray of sunshine. The president just signed this bill into law yesterday. FAAN is reporting […]

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FEMA & Food Allergies

In all my years of employment and volunteer work with government agencies, I don’t know that I’ve ever heard the words “food allergies” mentioned in disaster planning. Reality is, if there is a disaster and people with special dietary considerations need food, the government may not be able to help. I recently contacted FEMA about […]

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World Toilet Day

November 19th is World Toilet Day. For real. When someone forwarded an email to me about this, I thought it was a joke. I thought the link they gave me would go straight to The Onion or another goofy site. But this is serious business for some charities involved in bringing clean water and sanitation […]

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