accepting the chemical sweetener as natural and safe despite evidence to the contrary.

This is a terrible blow to those who are desperately trying to avoid this toxin that was accidentally discovered in a lab and pushed for human consumption just because it was sweet. For those who are terribly allergic to aspartame don’t take it personally…it’s just business. However, there comes a time when you have got to be about the business of doing what is right, not just what is for money. This latest ploy is no different that the manufacturers of MSG have pulled in putting MSG in other products and saying that it contains no MSG!

May I encourage you to be fastidious about reading the labels on EVERYthing you eat. Protect yourself. Protect your family.

Read the detailed account:
http://blogs.healthfreedomalliance.org/blog/2010/02/15/aspartame-has-been-renamed-and-is-now-being-marketed-as-a-natural-sweetener/

2 glasses of water after waking up –  helps activate internal organs

1 glass of water  30 minutes before a meal – helps digestion

1 glass of water before taking a bath – helps lower blood pressure

1 glass of water before going to bed – avoids stroke or heart attack

With a headline like this hopefully now parents will listen. The number one reason why young adults are not being admitted into the military is because they are too heavy. Health care providers everywhere – mainstream, holistic, and even school nurses – have been screaming,

“Your child is too fat!” Parents have not been listening.

When schools sent home letters to the parents about their children tipping the scales toward dangerous numbers, instead of curbing their child’s eating habits they wanted to sue school districts for calling their children fat. Putting the brakes on a child’s bad eating habits is going to be better for everyone in the long run. Childhood obesity is rampant and it sets into motion diseases that were once reserved for the elderly.

I am personally seeing teenagers presenting with the health issues of 30 year olds! So, what can we do:

1. The very FIRST thing that has to go is the idiot box…the television.
2. Insist that your child get exercise outside of school hours. Enroll them in karate, dance, horseback riding, or even a walking club.
3. Take away the Game Boy, X-Box, PlayStation, and anything else that promotes sedentary behavior.
4. Make sure that there is a fresh cooked meal every night at home readily available.

While this is a challenge, it is better for the health of EVERYone in the household.
5. Always have plenty of fruit and fruit salad to snack on instead of junk food.
6. Stop feeding the child a bowl of sugar that is masquerading as cereal. Use only real food.

Not only does this obesity issue threaten National Security but it also threatens the life of the children we love.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/02/23/obesity-threatens-national-security.aspx

their new organic eco-friendly bread. One stated, “If advertising malpractice was such a thing, this would be it.” To that I say…Amen!

I have firmly held the opinion that when it comes to making choices in grocery stores to purchase the brands that have ALWAYS been organic. I do not want an organic bread from Sara Lee, nor an organic cracker from Keebler, nor organic cereal from Kellogg’s, nor organic chicken from Tyson. My theory is that if Tyson could have grown organic chickens before ‘going organic’ was a billion dollar industry, why didn’t they?

Sometimes it just boils down to a little common sense.

Read the full story here:
http://blogs.healthfreedomalliance.org/blog/2010/02/23/sara-lees-false-organic-claims/

The esteemed Dr. Ben Kim out of Canada composed this most insightful view of cholesterol and what you probably will never hear from your doctor. To take the edge off — your medical doctor probably does not even know most of the information here because they are largely educated by the pharmaceutical companies on this topic.

Dr. Kim also calls out that over the years pharmaceutical companies have slowly moved the markers on the numbers of what is considered “high cholesterol”, thereby increasing their profitability. Once again I emphasize…if the pharmaceutical company wants to make a few million dollars quickly, we can go to sleep without a problem and due to them so easily moving health markers, wake up to hear the news and find we now have one.

Mainly Dr. Kim has sorted through the rhetoric of the cholesterol pandemic and presented this must-read information concisely here:
http://www.drbenkim.com/articles-cholesterol.html

If you are still on the fence about vaccinations being dangerous for us and our children, here is your proof. The fact that a young girl has been BLINDED is enough to make me open my eyes even wider on vaccination devastations.

At issue for me is the fact that we are giving young girls -and their parents- a false sense of security with a shot-in-the-arm that has proved to be dangerous. All vaccinations are potentially lethal but the HPV has proved over and over its dangers ranging from paralysis (both permanent and temporary), convulsions, death, and now blindness.

Health Freedom Alliance has the full story here:
http://blogs.healthfreedomalliance.org/blog/2010/03/03/hpv-vaccination-blinds-16-year-old-girl/

I am often laughed at for having habits like checking emails infrequently, leaving the cell phone off in my house, making lunch and laying out clothes at night, and above all else going to bed early. It turns out that Dr. Mercola has these things -and 39 others- listed to simplify your life thereby reducing stress. These four things alone that I do faithfully, decrease the potential of stress occurring in my life daily.

So, if 43 things seem too stressful to attempt choose 3 from the list.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/03/04/43-simple-ways-to-simplify-your-life.aspx