Happy Holidays!
May This Year be the Year of Change for the Better!
Probably one of the least understood and the most influencial item that will directly influence every single American's health is the Genetic Engineering of food.
Putting it in the simplest terms, Genetic Engineering technology allows man to crossbreed plants with animals, fungus, various herbicides, pesticides, hormones, and fertilizers. The messing with the genes and resplicing them is beyond the wildest science fiction of a disaster waiting to happen. Yet, I have observed today that over 90% of Americans do not eat certified organic food and most importantly, they are oblivious about Genetically Modified Organisms, also known as GMOs.
I am extremely concerned about your health and your family's health. GMOs are no longer plants and their proteins, sugars, starches, enzymes are all considered "funny". In other words, they have strange and unusual arrangements, making these new compounds totally alien to any and all life on Earth.
It is important that you understand the politics behind the scene. The following web link is a very good read.
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-smith/obamas-team-includes-dang_b_147188.html
Biotech "Yes Men" on Obama's team threaten to expand the use of dangerous genetically modified (GM) foods in our diets. Instead of giving us change and hope, they may prolong the hypnotic "group think" that has been prevalent over three previous administrations--where critical analysis was abandoned in favor of irrational devotion to this risky new technology.
Clinton's agriculture secretary Dan Glickman saw it first hand:
"It was almost immoral to say that [biotechnology] wasn't good, because it was going to solve the problems of the human race and feed the hungry and clothe the naked. . . . If you're against it, you're Luddites, you're stupid. That, frankly, was the side our government was on. . . . You felt like you were almost an alien, disloyal, by trying to present an open-minded view."
When Glickman dared to question the lax regulations on GM food, he said he "got slapped around a little bit by not only the industry, but also some of the people in the administration."
Because of suppression of dissent, deceptive myths about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) persist.
The industry boasts that GMOs reduce herbicide use; USDA data show that the opposite is true.
We hear that GMOs increase yield and farmer profit; but USDA and independent studies show an average reduction in yield and no improved bottom line for farmers.
George H. W. Bush fast-tracked GMOs to increase US exports; now the government spends an additional $3-$5 billion per year to prop up prices of the GM crops no one wants.
Advocates continue to repeat that GMOs are needed to feed the world; now the prestigious International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development has joined a long list of experts who flatly reject GMOs as the answer to hunger.
Food Safety Lies
Of all the myths about GMOs, the most dangerous is that they are safe. This formed the hollow basis of the FDA's 1992 GMO policy, which stated:
"The agency is not aware of any information showing that foods derived by these new methods differ from other foods in any meaningful or uniform way."
This is a complete fiction. At the time it was written, there was overwhelming consensus among the FDA's own scientists that GM foods were substantially different, and could create unpredictable, unsafe, and hard-to-detect allergens, toxins, diseases, and nutritional problems. They had urged the political appointees in charge to require long-term safety studies, including human studies, to protect the public.
Their concerns stayed hidden until 1999, when 44,000 pages of internal FDA memos and reports were made public due to a lawsuit. According to public interest attorney Steven Druker, the documents showed how their warnings and "references to the unintended negative effects" of genetic engineering "were progressively deleted from drafts of the policy statement," in spite of scientists' protests.
"What has happened to the scientific elements of this document?" wrote FDA microbiologist Louis Pribyl, after reviewing the latest rewrite of the policy. "It will look like and probably be just a political document. . . . It reads very pro-industry, especially in the area of unintended effects."
Who flooded the market with dangerous GMOs
Thanks to the FDA's "promote biotech" policy, perilously few safety studies and investigations have been conducted on GMOs. Those that have, including two government studies from Austria and Italy published just last month, demonstrate that the concerns by FDA scientists should have been heeded. GMOs have been linked to toxic and allergic reactions in humans, sick, sterile, and dead livestock, and damage to virtually every organ studied in lab animals. GMOs are unsafe.
At the highest level, the responsibility for this disregard of science and consumer safety lies with the first Bush Administration, which had ordered the FDA to promote the biotechnology industry and get GM foods on the market quickly. To accomplish this White House directive, the FDA created a position for Michael Taylor. As the FDA's new Deputy Commissioner of Policy, he oversaw the creation of GMO policy.
Taylor was formerly the outside attorney for the biotech giant Monsanto, and later became their vice president. He had also been the counsel for the International Food Biotechnology Council (IFBC), for whom he drafted a model of government policy designed to rush GMOs onto the market with no significant regulations. The final FDA policy that he oversaw, which did not require any safety tests or labeling, closely resembled the model he had drafted for the IFBC.
Mandatory labeling of GMOs is Something That Will Have to be Forced into Existence.
Favored by 9 out of 10 Americans, labeling is long overdue and is certainly cause for a shoulder to shoulder effort to make it happen.
Please sign a petition asking President Obama to make his GMO labeling plan comprehensive and meaningful.
Jeffrey M. Smith is the author of Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies About the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You're Eating and Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods from Chelsea Green Publishing. Smith worked at a GMO detection laboratory, founded the Institute for Responsible Technology, and currently lives in Iowa-surrounded by genetically modified corn and soybeans. For more information, visit Chelsea Green.
Follow Jeffrey Smith on Twitter: www.twitter.com/JeffreyMSmith
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-smith/obamas-team-includes-dang_b_147188.html
Rest Easy™
Turmeric is one of the world's best antioxidants, and fermenting brings out much more of these antioxidant properties. Rest Easy™ is designed to help build one's immune system.
However, it is reported that it has other side benefits:
--Some people have claimed that it helps induce a better sleep.
--Helped a few people to get over viral infections (most of them caused from mold infections or mold toxicity).
--Some people claim to feel a little bit stronger and a have little bit more energy than usual. Rest Easy™ Brew
--Turmeric (the main ingredient) is one of the world's oldest & best antioxidants & liver support. We ferment the turmeric to make it more bioavailable.
--Rest Easy™ is a tonic designed to build the immune system. Because it works on balancing the body, it can help in sleep and give more energy! It seems to help in balancing hormones for either males or females.
--It is anti-inflammatory and seems to help those with allergies.
Trouble Sleeping? [When taken at night]
Most consumers get a better night sleep!
Low Energy?
[When taken in the morning or afternoon]
Feel stronger. Have a boost of energy especially around the afternoon "energy-slump" time.
Viral or Mold Infections? [1-4 oz. 3-4 times/day]
A stronger immune system helps one get better faster.
Menstrual Issues? [2-4 oz. as needed or 1-4 times/day]
Wow! For females, this can really bring fast relief!
In about 10-20 minutes! [It majorly helps if one gets off artificial/diet sweeteners
Well, we have arrived to the front door of the year of 2010 where the Dawn of the New Millennium officially begins. The old regime is madly trying to end itself and with all the new hopes, heightened spirituality awareness, heightened responsibility for the environment and for one's fellow man.
2010 is truly a year to behold! So, let's all flourish and prosper and create the new Millennium where righteous men have rights and where men can live free without war, without poverty, where all have a right to pursue their goals in life.
Flourish and Prosper and Let's Create a Better Tomorrow Together!
Life is in us today, and we make our tomorrows. So let's flourish and prosper together!
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