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Comments (44)1. Sun. Everybody needs to get some sun exposure in order absorb enough vitamin D. This is a medical fact if you want to avoid serious osteoporosis. Don't overdo it but don't be afraid of it , and wear a good pair of sunglasses to protect your eyes. 2.The newest sprays are far less dangerous than the old ones and one uses a very little amount of them. We consume far more of the sane when we buy veggies and fruit in the supermarket than when we spray them in the garden in an entire year. This is also a fact. The most reliable chemist on the forum, Mark Rivers once posted and exact calculation about the proportion of propiconazole or tebucazonazole and alike used for food preservation as opposed to garden spraying of the same substances and the comparison was frightening; nevertheless I believe him without any doubt. 3. Although this debate comes up every year on the forum ad nauseam, needles to say, mostly people living in the west coast are the most judgmental (my utmost respect to the exceptions), since they live in a blessed climate and they lecturing those who live in less fortunate parts of the US while most of the rose breeders still hybridize modern roses in California. 4. Organics. Not all organics are good, some are straight deadly. Just think about Cyanide, Arsenic, Strychnine, Digitalis and so on. I think a much more complex, multifaceted and deeper approach is needed from the 'greenies". To repeat talking points is easy but that that does not make it true it just makes the repetition irritable. I say this despite the fact that because of my health I plant more and more no-spray roses, especially climbers. To avoid any misunderstanding, I am not worried about the hazard of the chemicals I used but I because my back problems I cannot carry the equipment I used to push-roll any longer. When I sprayed (and I still have to spray some roses) I use eye protection, chemical gloves and long sleeve blouse or sweater. We have to use use far more serious protection for the organic product, the winter spraying of lime sulfur; then we use a serious respirator. Isn't it ironic?...See MoreHypothyroidism
Comments (30)Earthclinic.com is a great site. That's where I get the info. to treat my own eczema when doctor's prescribed medications failed. Here's some excerpts on treating one's hypothyroid: http://www.earthclinic.com/cures/hypothyroidism.html Posted by Mari (California) on 04/23/2014 "I've had an goiter for several years, but lab tests were always within normal. The right side of my thyroid is definitely larger than the left. Finally, one doctor did an antibody test and determined I have a diagnoses of Thyroiditis. I was always able to manage without meds, but a few months ago I started having trouble breathing at night and a couple of times had laryngospasms that were pretty frightening. I was pretty desperate to find something that would help with my symptoms and read quite a bit about Lugol's solution. I sent away for a bottle and began adding 1-2 drops to water once a day. I have been taking it for several weeks now and have noticed my goiter is shrinking and getting softer. I also have no more trouble breathing at night or laryngospasms. Lately, I've increased to 3 drops/day without difficulty. I've also noticed my skin problems have cleared up and I attribute that to the Lugol's too." Mari (California) From StrawChicago: Doctors often resort to surgical removal of thyroid, without consideration for long-term effects. After my niece got 1/2 of her thyroid removed, she became severely depressed and has to be on medications for the rest of her life. Here's more excerpts from earthclinic.com: Posted by Harley_girl_1000 (Mt. Dora, Fl) on 09/19/2010 [NAY] 10 years ago I developed goiter on both sides of the thyroid. Each side was as large as a golf ball and multi-nodular. The doctors said that my thyroid blood work was normal. One side spontaneously shrunk and the other continued to grow. I opted for surgical removal of the larger side and kept half of the thyroid. Although I am on natural dessicated thyroid, my life has never been the same. The day after surgery I felt strangely different. A month later I was impotent. My energy levels have never been what they were. It has affected my whole life and I've had to give up many dreams. Despite a careful diet and exercise, nothing was as good as my old thyroid. Not one of 4 endocrinologists mentioned iodine to me. Now I take several drops of Lugol's a week. I have heard that painting the goiter with iodine can help. China is injecting young brides with iodine to prevent cretinism. I know it is possible to shrink a goiter since the half that I kept was at one time larger than the half that was removed. This post is to emphasize NAY to surgical removal of the goiter." http://www.earthclinic.com/cures/goiter.html Replied by Lisa Rabat, Morocco 02/06/2012 Are you also taking Vitamin C, magnesium, selenium and unrefined sea salt? These are recommended to take with iodine. I also was diagnosed with a goiter (by ultrasound) and after being on iodine for several months I no longer have one. You need very large doses of iodine if you have breast cancer, somewhere in the range of 50-300 mg/day. In any case, DON'T let them remove your thyroid. You will be on meds for life." Tchamers (North Carolina) on 10/22/2013 [YEA] I had hypothyroid issues and started eating 3 Brazil nuts a day that have high selenium in them and my thyroid is normal. Selenium regulates the endocrine system. Replied by Mama To Many Tennessee, Usa 12/02/2013 Glad to hear that the ACV (apple cider vinegar) and coconut oil are helping. I find them helpful, too. Regarding kelp versus potassium iodide....well, I have tried both in my family. The thing is that if you are truly deficient in iodine, which so many of us are, you would need a lot of kelp to get the amount needed. I don't personally notice much difference when I take kelp. But some do. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism a few years ago. I took a very small dose of levothyroxine and it made me feel much worse. Well, I ended up going off the medication and trying natural stuff. It took some time but I did find things that helped me. ACV and coconut oil being some of them. But potassium iodide made the biggest difference for me. I take Iodoral (the pill form of Lugol's.) I take 1 12.5 mg tablet a day (12.5 iodine/potassium iodide.) Iodine supplements should be taken with Selenium and B-complex. Some also include vitamin C. You may find that you need less of your thyroid medicine if you supplement with iodine. It might be helpful to try Lugol's iodine (the liquid form) as it is easier to take less and build up to more.) Replied by Bill San Fernando, Philippines 12/03/2013 Hi Dee...If you have a hypothyroid condition, then this is a condition that occurs when you have low iodine levels in the body and perhaps a lack of certain critical minerals in your body as well. Most people are low thyroid these days but if you lack certain mineral anti-oxidants in your body -- like magnesium, zinc or glutathione peroxidase -- this can even cause or aggravate hypothyroid and thyroiditis problems. The protocol that you should be using is the full Lugol's Iodine Protocol with Companion Nutrients. Never take Lugol's Iodine just on it's own for reasons that are all explained here in this link. http://www.earthclinic.com/cures/hypothyroidism.html...See MoreRethinking Cholesterol and Statins
Comments (30)I don't normally post here but I just had to chime in on this one. I hope no one minds. I was put on Lipitor several years ago for high cholesterol. No one bothered to tell me that when statins are combined with grapefruit, their strength is multiplied about 17 times. I woke up one morning and couldn't get up out of bed without searing pain in my lower back, running down one leg. I started doing research and found the information about the grapefruit. I stopped both the grapefruit AND the statins. I now live with pain in my lower back that they now tell me is spondylolisthesis, but that I never had before taking statins. About once a year, I have severe muscle spasms in my lower back that cause me to have to go to bed for days. Even though I hate pain medication and prednisolone, I take it then because it's the only thing that dulls the pain and stops the spasms. After the spasms are over, I am still in quite a lot of pain that decreases somewhat with time but never leaves me entirely. My doctor tells me statins do not cause the kind of pain I have. Another doctor told me that, though it's possible the statins caused the initial muscle spasm, all that would've gone away once I discontinued the drug. They continue to try to convince me to begin statins again. I am 62 now, having had this problem for the last 6 years. I am convinced this was brought on by the statins and I am angry that the medical community is in denial about it. We are nothing but guinea pigs to the drug industry and it's like the doctors are less informed about the drug side effects than we are! It reminds me of when I was in my early 40's and going into menopause. Several doctors tried to get me to go on estrogen replacement therapy -- it was the only way, they told me, to avoid osteoporosis and heart problems(which I don't have today). I'm glad I didn't stay on that very long. DH's doctor had him on Baycol for awhile. He started having back pain so the doctor took him off it and his pain went away. Not long after that, they recalled that drug. Scarey, huh? My confidence in my doctor, and any other doctor, is now totally destroyed. I won't take any medication on a regular basis. I would rather die of what's really wrong with me rather than die from the side-effects of a drug that, by the way, costs over $100 for a month's supply. The mere fact that they have to check your liver function so often while you are on statins should be a red flag. I never knew of anyone in my family that had this. It has changed my life and caused me to have to give up many things I enjoyed. My parents, by the way, lived to be 93. Thanks for letting me rant....See MoreWhat do you take for high cholesterol?
Comments (36)Shirley, I read your post just now while eating oat bran. LOL Usually I cook it in a bowl in the microwave, sometimes adding raisins before cooking. Sometimes I add a sprinkle of cinnamon. Occasionally I stir in some applesauce after cooking. Tonight I was eating it uncooked, mixed with wheat germ and some raisins and walnuts, and sweetened slightly with one drop of stevia. Cooked or uncooked, I eat it with soymilk. Actually, oat bran is very much on my mind right now because I have to launder a shirt and shorts that are covered with it. I fell down my porch steps this evening while holding a bowl of cooked oat bran and soymilk, and it got all over me--hair, arms, clothes. What a mess. I don't know how it happened. My DS was right there, and he doesn't know how it happened either. I'm just glad I didn't reinjure my bad knee. Anyway, I didn't get to eat any of it, so that's why I was eating it uncooked a little later....See Morecaflowerluver
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