The Status Quo

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I just read of a fellow blogger in North Carolina that is being harassed by the NC Board of Dietetics / Nutrition because he writes about how he used the Paleo diet to cure his diabetes and he is not licensed by the state.

In what distorted world do we live in that bureaucrats would throw a blogger in jail for writing about how he changed the way he eats to cure himself of disease?

I got ahold of their email address ~ info@ncbdn.org ~ and sent them a quick note.

To whom it may concern,

I am appalled to hear that a fellow blogger is being forced into silence for writing about how he cured himself of diabetes. If the NC medical board is so ignorant and self righteous to criminalize someone for writing about his experiences using food to heal himself, then the United States is in a sorry state. Keep your grubby bureaucratic hands out of free speech and let those of us who want to trade information on health and food trade freely. The information that you preach is outdated and down right wrong and makes thousands upon thousands of people sick and prevents them from healing themselves. 

I hope Steve Cooksey fights for his right to free speech and continues to help people heal themselves. Maybe those of you at the NC medical board should start reading up on what really heals people and prevents disease- or are your heads so far up big pharma's ass that you can't tell the difference between right and wrong?

Thank you, 

I encourage any of you who feel strongly about being able to share information on the internet to write the the North Carolina Board of Dietetics / Nutrition and tell them that it is NOT okay to criminalize this man. This could very well trickle down the line and effect me one day, which is why I wrote to them. I know my one email probably won't make a difference, but if each of you who reads this writes just one sentence to them and floods their inbox maybe a difference will be made.

Feel free to copy what I wrote.

Thank you in advance to anyone who takes the 2 minutes to help this guy out!

The State of Cancer Research Today

I have thought for a while now that something must be wrong with the underlying research that leads everyone involved in the world of cancer in America to believe that the standard treatment protocol should be chemo, radiation, or surgery. When cancer is ultimately caused by a deficient immune system over a period of time, how then can a treatment that breaks your immune system down even more be a cure?

It's not for a lot of people.

Cancer industry total fraud exposed: Nearly all 'scientific' studies fail to be replicated

Thursday, April 19, 2012 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writer for Natural News (Original Source)

The vast majority of so-called scientific studies focused on cancer research are inaccurate and potentially fraudulent, suggests a new review published in the journal Nature. A shocking 88 percent of 53 "landmark" studies on cancer that have been published in reputable journals over the years cannot be reproduced, according to the review, which means that their conclusions are patently false.

C. Glenn Begley, a former head of global cancer research at drug giant Amgen and author of the review, was unable to replicate the findings of 47 of the 53 studies he examined. It appears as though researchers are simply fabricating findings that will garner attention and headlines rather than publishing what they actually discover, which helps them to maintain a steady stream of grant funding but deceives the public.

"These are the studies the pharmaceutical industry relies on to identify new targets for drug development," said Begley about the false studies. "But if you're going to place a $1 million or $2 million or $5 million bet on an observation, you need to be sure it's true. As we tried to reproduce these papers we became convinced you can't take anything at face value."

Begley says he cannot publish the names of the studies whose findings are false. But since it is now apparent that the vast majority of them are invalid, it only follows that the vast majority of modern approaches to cancer treatment are also invalid.

Back in 2009, researchers from the University of Michigan's Comprehensive Cancer Center also published an analysis that revealed many popular cancer studies to be false. As can be expected, one of the primary causes of false results was determined to be conflicts of interest that tended to favor "findings" that worked out best for drug companies rather than for the people (http://www.naturalnews.com/026314_cancer_research_studies.html).

Published research for other conditions also found to be invalid.

The Nature study also confirms what was previously uncovered by Dr. George Robertson from Dalhousie University, who found the same inconsistencies in published research studies on Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. Just like with cancer, it appears that the foundation upon which drugs for these conditions have been developed is fallacious as a result of phony research.

And scientists working for drug giant Bayer have run into similar problems in other areas as well, which they outlined in a 2011 paper entitled Believe it or not. According to their findings, much of the published data with which they were expected to develop new drugs could not be reproduced, either.

"The scientific community assumes that the claims in a preclinical study can be taken at face value," add Begley and his colleague Dr. Lee Ellis in their review. This published research also assumes that "the main message of [papers] can be relied on [...] Unfortunately, this is not always the case."

Ironically, the only thing all these scientists have been able to successfully reproduce over the years is research showing that much of modern science is unsound. Whether it is funded by drug companies or by agenda-driven federal grants, the so-called "gold standard" of science has been debunked as a greed-driven myth.

I am sure there are many many cases of people who went through the standard course of treatment and came out on the other end cancer-free, but how many of those never had cancer return? I would bet money that it was a small percent of those cancer survivors.

If you look at the statistics of survival (depending on which cancer you are looking at) when using the standard treatment of chemo, radiation, and/or surgery, most often they are not good. Three to six months to 5 years. That's not survival to me. Survival means cancer never comes back and I die at the ripe old age of 97.

What we have here in America is a huge group of people relying on scientifically bogus findings to push the drugs that make pharmaceuticals more money than you and I could fathom each year, while patients are poisoned. It's disgusting really.

So what's the solution? Well, in my humble opinion, prevention, and if I am unfortunate enough to develop cancer, then I would be on the first plane down to the Gerson Institute in Mexico. You may think that 13 fresh pressed juices and coffee enemas every day are extreme. I think sitting in a chair in an Oncologist's office getting pumped with poison and being sent home with no instructions on how I can change my lifestyle to help my situation is extreme.

What do you think? 

CONTEST: Name that juice

So, May 1st is right around the corner. That was the self-imposed launch date for Raw Generation. Ahh how time flies and the to-do list never gets any shorter. Well, here's an update...

• The website is pretty solid with a few minor details that I need to work out. 
• Our 1st recipe is (do I dare say it?) soooo close to being finalized
• We still don't have our packaging/bottles figured out yet
• Because we don't have our packaging figured out yet, we don't have our shipping materials figured out yet.

This brings me to tonight's topic. WE NEED A NAME FOR OUR SIGNATURE JUICE! 

The base of each of our signature juices is going to be dark green leafy vegetables: kale, collards, spinach, Swiss chard, & wheat grass. We are going to sell the stuff straight up 100% concentrated, 75% green w/ fruit juice mix, and 50% green with fruit juice mix. 

We are looking for the "Coco Puffs" of fresh pressed juice. This means we need a name that will become our signature juice brand and convey that it's green, healthy, vitamin packed, fresh, raw. It can be as creative as you are and artwork is welcome, although not necessary. Also, it should be flexible as we plan on growing the line of juices with different flavor combinations.

$100 TO THE WINNER

We will send you a check if we use your idea, and if there are two that we combine, both people will split the $100. 

Please leave a comment below, or email me at jessicageier@gmail.com with any ideas you have. Also, we are asking everyone to like our Facebook page here and/or follow us on Twitter @RawGeneration here for information on raw foods, healthy lifestyles, and updates on Raw Generation. 

THANK YOU!

MINT: The finale

MINT BURGERS!!! I forget who told me about this recently, but it stuck with me. I had some ground beef from the farm, I was craving meat, and voila!

All you do is mix an egg with the ground beef, sprinkle a little salt and pepper, chop some Vidalia onions and mint and form into patties.

So fresh!!!! And you really taste the mint. It's a nice cooling compliment to the beef. I served it with avocado and black beans. I feel like when you eat burgers with buns it's too much. First the bread is usually garbage- read the label next time. High fructose corn syrup, white flour, and hydrogenated oils are common. This is a nice healthy option.

This is the last mint recipe for the foreseeable future. I think :)

MINT: Part 3

Are you sick of mint yet? I'm sure as hell not :)

I tried mint in my salad, and salad dressing. So good! I just chopped it up and mixed it in with the salad, and then chopped some more up and used my magic bullet to blend it all together.

• lettuce: bibb, red leafy, green leafy, spinach, & escarole
• red onion
• gala apple
• cucumber
• mint

• olive oil
• apple cider vinegar (just a little bit)
• honey
• salt & pepper
• thyme
• mint

Don't you wish I made all of your salads? Haha, this was really light and refreshing. A perfect summer salad. And you know how when you are out to dinner or out on a date and you don't want to order a salad because they are so awkward to eat. Like you have a giant leaf in your tooth, or you slurp salad dressing all over the place. Well, if you chop the lettuce up really small it's so much easier to get in your mouth!

Aren't you jealous of the photo shoot I had with lettuce? 

MINT: Part Deux

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Let's talk about drinks. I know you are thinking mojitos, which I love if made on the not-so-sweet side. But I'm going to talk about drinks that you can drink all day every day with mint. If I drank mojitos all day everyday I wouldn't have much in the way of cancer prevention to write about now would I?

First, a client of mine asked me the other day 'is there anything other than water that I can drink?' I said, 'well, tea or organic soda which is still sugary but at least it's not high fructose corn syrup.' But I completely forgot about iced tea! Like the kind you make from real tea bags, not the powdered S-H-I-T you buy in a can. (I could drink that sugar water all day everyday, but then I'd have nothing to write about and I'd be 400 lbs.)

Iced Tea = a pitcher w/ a few teabags, boiling water, and MINT! 

It's that simple. Just stick it in the refrigerator and drink when cool, or you can pour it into a large cup with ice and it's instant. So refreshing!

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Another thing you can do is juice mint! Here is my #1 refreshing juice that still has the dark greens in it so you are getting a ton of vitamins and minerals.

• 2 apples
• 3 mint sprigs
• 3 handfuls spinach
• 1 head kale
• 1/2 cucumber

AMAZEBALLS! If you have a juicer I highly recommend you try this recipe. The apple, cucumber, and mint will cover up the bitter taste of the kale.

Enjoy!

5 Weeks til Memorial Day Weekend!

So I just realized it's 5 weeks until Memorial Day weekend!!!! This is by far my favorite weekend of the year because it's the start of the summer and you have months of warm weather ahead of you. I wanted to make a point of sharing one of my long-term goals with all of you because I think it's an important one that everyone can relate to.

Being comfortable in your own skin. 

This has been an ongoing struggle for me for years. Growing up I would always compare myself to others and wishing I had what they did. I'm talking specifically about being thin, which looking back I was, but in my mind I was bigger than my friends. This is actually ridiculous because looking at pictures of myself, I was a toothpick.

In high school I ran track and life guarded. I was still a toothpick, and still thought I needed to be thinner, although I do remember at certain points feeling really good about myself and knowing that I was thin. There were always things to improve though. Looking back at pictures, I was COMPLETELY ridiculous feeling this way about myself. I was in the best shape of my life!!!

Enter college, learning to cook, drinking a lot, and becoming "comfortable" in a long term relationship. Looking back I can't believe I let myself go like that. I mean I didn't gain 100 lbs or anything, but I was dealing with some serious chub- for the first time in my life.

I didn't really start to lose it until about 2 years ago when I started changing my diet and working out consistently. Before I would binge workout, lose a few lbs, and then go right back to what had made me gain weight in the first place. It's a vicious cycle. But really I think the working out had much less to do with it  than the food did mainly because the weeks I had great results were the ones that I drastically changed what I ate while keeping my workouts the same.

I feel better about myself than I have in a long time, however those feelings of being uncomfortable still creep in. I still have "problem" areas that just aren't going away fast enough (haha nothing ever happens fast enough for me). But what is different now is I know how ridiculous I was, I know that I have a lot of things going for me, and I know that I am on the right path to making sure my body is healthy and my mind is happy. I want to be comfortable in my own skin.

So why does Memorial Day have to do with any of this?

Because summer is the time to wear little dresses and bathing suits. It's when I've tended to feel down on myself more because I haven't been comfortable in my body and I couldn't cover up in a sweater and jeans. I always felt like I was stuck with the weight and didn't know why it wasn't coming off.

I'm glad to say I don't feel like that anymore and I am actively working on it. And if you feel this way about yourself, there are very simple things you can do to make changes so you feel better about yourself. I think most of us have a comfortable weight we would like to be at. Whether we are there or not depends on a lot of things. But I promise you that being happy in your skin is one of the best things you can do for yourself and your long-term health.

If you feel that you need some help to get back on track in time for summer check out my breakthrough programs.

Love you all!

MINT: Part 1

Let me start by saying that I'm not sure where this need for mint-in-everything-that-I-eat is coming from. It may be that I just figured out that I really like it, or it may be that my body needs it and is telling me by making me want to put it in everything.

And the best part is.... it can literally be put in everything!

And it grows like a weed so running out is not a problem if you plant a pot of it. Mint is one of the few things that you actually should put in a pot because it keeps it contained and from taking over your garden.

Health & Nutrition Benefits of Eating Mint 

• Dried mint leaves, boiled in water, form a strong concoction that helps in soothing the digestive tract and easing the severity of stomachaches.
• Drinking herbal mint tea reduces irritated bowel syndromes and cleanses the stomach.
• Mint is a strong diuretic and therefore, helps in eliminating toxins from the body.
• When included in the diet on a regular basis, mint reduces the growth of bacteria and fungus in the body.
• The anti-fungal properties associated with mint help in curing asthma and other allergic conditions.
• Crushed mint leaves helps in whitening teeth.
• Mint helps in getting rid of headaches and migraines.
• Inhaling mint gives relief from congestion problems, like sinus infections and common cold.
• Inhaling essential oil of mint provides a sense of calm and thus, helps one relax the mind.
• Menthol present in mint makes it an important component of many medicines and drugs.
• Mint has antipruritic or anti-itch properties. When added with camphor, it helps to cure insect stings and bites.
• Various researches indicate mint as having anti-cancer properties. The phytonutrient, called perillyl alcohol, in mint is believed to prevent colon, skin and lung cancer. (Source)

What are your feelings about mint? 

Insane Cravings

If only Gaga was around this week with that crazy meat dress of hers. I could have eaten the entire thing. Out of no where I got these intense cravings for meat. I haven't really eaten much of it (including eggs) in the past month and all of a sudden I was like "EGGS, BACON, HAMBURGERS, STEAK!"

So I've been eating eggs just about every day, and I ate Italian sausage the other night, and I made crazy awesome burgers last night (which I will be elaborating on in another post).

I'm feeling pretty good otherwise. I'm still drinking dark green leafy vegetable juice just about every day, and started making smoothies again. I think I'm about to begin my lady episode soon, which might explain the cravings for meat. I say I think because for the past 15 years I have not been successful at tracking it. I figure I've gotten along this far without knowing when it would hit.

I used to crave salty carbs all day, everyday. Specifically potato chips. Since I started with the dark green leafy vegetable juice they have pretty much gone away. I have read that when you crave salty carbs it's because you have a mineral deficiency. Guess what is LOADED with minerals? Dark green leafy vegetables. Who'da thunk it?

What do you guys crave? Salty, sweet, crunchy, creamy?

A Lucky Break

Yesterday was one of those days when you realize how lucky you really are, and all the S-H-I-T that you worry about really doesn't matter. My sister was horseback riding and fell off when her horse tripped. Luckily she only broke her shoulder. We all realize it could have turned out so much worse which made me think about how lucky we all are to be here and be healthy. That the little things that often consume us don't really matter. That family is the most important thing in the world. And that the people that are in your life should enrich it, not take your time and energy.

I have often thought that my sister and I were "lucky" (if you believe in luck). With all of the stupid things we've done, and all of the situations we got ourselves into that could have turned out so much worse. Yesterday was another one of those "We are so lucky!" moments.

I love you Julie!!!!!