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YOU and Vaccines

I do not know anyone who believes there should be no vaccines.

But, there are more and more Doctors and researchers who

believe it should be limited to a few very good non-threatening

vaccines.

But there is a vaccine injury compensation program for a reason.

Very difficult to even get a hearing before the court.

Dr. Blaylock has talked about vaccines and their side-effects and

also about excitotoxins in processed foods but today I will be

talking about the interview between Dr. Blaylock, a neurosurgeon

and expert on excitotoxins and the brain.

Dr. Blaylock’s books are:

Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills

Natural Strategies for Cancer Patients.

And Dr. Blaylock wrote an introduction to Neil Z. Miller’s “The

Vaccine Safety Manual.”

MMR vaccines can be split into the 3 separate shots for babies.

When my grandson was born I suggested that to my daughter-in-

law at the time and thank goodness she did see that the doctor

gave my only grandson 3 separate shots that are the 3 in 1 MMR.

The CDC states on its website that the MMR and pertussis

vaccines can cause permanent brain damage.

The flu vaccine is what most of the people have in this country as

they age. I have not had a flu vaccine for almost 30 years – and

never have a bad bout of the flu in those years either.

Some flu shot formulations contain brain-destroying toxins.

Here are some of the substances that may be added to flu

vaccines:

Aluminum

Antibiotics

Egg protein

Formaldehyde

Monosodium glutamate

Mercury

CDC says that these are necessary to keep vaccines safe and

effective

All vaccines carry a risk of provoking an acute adverse reaction.

Vaccines are immune suppressive-they suppress the immune

systems.

Some components in vaccines are neurotoxic and may cause

immune and brain dysfunction, particularly heavy metals such as

mercury preservatives and aluminum adjuvants.

Vaccines may alter your t-cell function and lead you to become

chronically ill.

The flu shot is an individual choice. I do not believe anything

medically should be mandatory and especially shots. It should be

up to the individual.

I work on a daily basis to take care of my own health and work on

my nutrition and exercise to keep me healthy.

Here is Dr. Mercola recipe for staying away from flu and staying in

a healthy state:

Optimize your Vitamin D levels

Avoid sugar, fructose and processed foods

Get enough rest

Have effective tools to address stress

Exercise

Good source of Omega-3 fats

Wash your hands-I use natural bar soap.

Use natural antibiotics: colloidal silver, oil of oregano, and garlic.

Avoid hospitals.

Hope all the above has helped in making a wise decision for

getting the flu vaccines over the years.

Stay healthy

Age healthy

Aspartame, MSG, and Excitotoxins

Mike Adams, The Health Ranger as I know him, has an interview with Dr. Russell Blaylock.

Dr. Blaylock is a retired Neurosurgeon and I have listened to his

lectures, interviews, and his research for years now and believe

his views on many medical topics to be correct.

Today we are going to see some of those views but from other

researchers also what Aspartame, MSG and any other

excitotoxins can do to our bodies and health.

In today’s food world we almost cannot have used the pink, blue

or yellow packaged sugar. I still enjoy real sugar at times, and try

to use it when I am out at restaurants.

Listed below are some of the effects if those items:

Related to cancer, obesity, neurodegenerative diseases and metabolic disorder

MSG is hiding on food labels under “innocent-sounding” ingredients

Yellow packaged sugar may suppress immune system

Dangers of products are suppressed

American Diabetes Association does not speak out against aspartame

Yeast extract is not good for you

There is a link between soy and dementia

Aspartame can both cause and accelerate cancer

Listed below is some foods that have (excitotoxins) in them:

Diet soda

Canned soups

Frozen pizza

Baby food

Gravy mixes and dip mixes

Breakfast sausage

Salad dressings

And hundreds of other grocery products and restaurant foods.

Excitotoxins are known to cause:

Migraines

Seizures

Increased appetite

Infertility and reproductive disorders

Impaired brain function

Cancer/brain tumors

Heart damage can cardiovascular harm

I try to limit intake of any aspartame, MSG, or excitotoxins

But I cannot eliminate all of it 100% in today’s environment.

Dr. Edward Group has the following to say about excitotoxins:

They make food seem more flavorful than it really is. Food

companies spend millions on research and development on what

will make food take good so we will go back for more. And yet

excitotoxins has been linked to brain cell death, infertility,

problems with sexual development, violent behaviors and

hormonal disorders so be careful in eating the following in YOUR

foods:

MSG

Aspartate

Dominic Acid

L—BOAA

Cysteine

Casein

When I eat out at restaurants I eat the food on the menu and

knowing that there are all kinds of processed items on the menu I

do not make an issue of it. At home, I try to never buy boxed,

canned, bagged, or frozen meals/food.

Protect YOUR mind, body, and spirit with what YOU eat –

because there is a saying, “YOU are what YOU eat”.

Choose to be healthy as YOU age

Choose the farmer’s markets

Choose the fresh, organic vegetables

Chose the good food to feed YOUR body – in 30 years it will make a difference on YOUR aging.

YOU and The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal

Freedom

Don Miguel Ruiz

YOUR spirituality is the foundation for YOUR everything.

I have a strong spiritual life- and I am sure you do also but today’s

the blog is about accepting YOURself and others as we are and

“letting go of the rest”.

Mr. Ruiz shares the first four Toltec Words of Wisdom. Core

beliefs that either run or ruin your life and the ancient Toltec’s

understood this part of human nature well.

This book is spiritual in the way that, not only the Toltec’s lived by

these philosophies but it is wonderful today to live by the 4

agreements:

Be impeccable to your word

Do not take anything personally

Do not make assumptions

Always do your best

I try to live by those 4 agreements or statements and appreciate

Mr. Ruiz’s book so I can pick it up and read it over and over.

For myself, I will add one more statement that I try to live by, and

that is Jesus basic tenant of: Do unto others as you would have

them do unto you.

One of the things most important is not to let other people drama

and chaos wear on your psyche and cause you to behave

negatively as a result.

Re-Wire YOUR thoughts into just WHO you want to Be-I believe

when my childhood family died within 2-1/2 years I allowed my

mind and thoughts to become depressed and it took me 10 years

to re-wire back to my normal thoughts.

Be stronger on a daily basis

Do not be passive on issues important to you

Be courageous

Step out in your faith to fulfill your life

Have JOY

Do not accept anything less

Pray/Meditate

Take time to be at one with the universal GOD

Exercise all that your have

Body, Spirit and Mind

Encourage/Empower SELF

YOU will do it best only by Self talk, reading and learning

Eckhart Tolle wrote a book: “Stillness Speaks”

I love the stillness I can find each day. I am quiet, have

everything electronic away from me. I usually go out on my deck

and sit and meditate/pray.

Here are some quotes from the book:

“True intelligence operates silently: Stillness is where creativity

and solutions to problems are found.”

“Every though pretends that it matters so much.”

“Is life every ‘not this moment’?”

“sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and

becoming comfortable with not knowing.

“Love does not want or fear anything.”

Build YOUR library, so you can pass it down, to your

grandchildren. They will not appreciate all these wonderful

authors until their later years but it is YOUR legacy to them a

library for them and their children

Oh, how we love to talk about our emotions. But, I believe you

may need to know about what researchers in Finland have

compiled and the first authoritative atlas of “body maps” that

detail where we feel emotions. You can now know that happiness

actually makes us feel tingly all over, that sadness is felt in the

heart, and that depression is characterized by an all-over

numbness. It would seem idioms such as a chest puffed with

pride, or cold feet, are very much seated in physiological reality.

YOU know that emotions are linked to physiological changes –

nervousness and sweaty palms, shame and a hot head/cheeks,

fear and a racing heart – but this study, carried out by Lauri

Nummenmaa and friends are exciting because it uses a very large

the pool of participants – 700 people from Finland, Sweden, and

Taiwan – and is controlled by nationality and language, in other

words, despite differences in language and culture, it seems that

all humans have a very similar, genetically idiom tells us to pride

really does make your face and torso feel good.

The researchers hope that, with continued study, these maps may

help with diagnosing and treating emotional disorders.
Each emotion triggers a very specific and unique physiological

response. Happiness and love are the only emotions that

increase sensation below the waist. That is interesting and we all

know that is true from our loves over our lifetimes. Sadness

decreases the feeling of everything, except for the heart and parts

of the fee. Depression is an all-over lack of sensation. It is

starting to see shame’s intense increase of sensation in the head

and cheeks, fluttering heart and stomach, and numbness of legs

so accurately depicted. Now we just need to work out WHY and

HOW each emotion triggers such a physiological response?

Let me list the Primary, secondary and tertiary emotions that are

Categorized into a short tree structure

Love

Affection – adoration, love, caring, sentimentality

Lust – arousal, desire, lust, passion

Longing – longing

Joy

Cheerfulness – amusement, bliss, joy, ecstasy

Zest – zeal, excitement, thrill

Contentment – pleasure

Pride – triumph

Optimism – hope, optimism

Relief – relief

Surprise

Surprise – astonishment

Anger

Irritation – annoyance

Exasperation – frustration

Rage – resentment, dislike

Envy – jealousy

Torment – torment

Sadness

Suffering – hurt

Sadness – depression

Disappointment – displeasure

Shame – remorse, regret

Neglect – isolation, neglect

Sympathy – pity, sympathy

Fear

Horror – shock, horror, terror, panic

Nervousness – anxiety, worry, tenseness

There is new research from the Institute of Neuroscience and

Psychology at the University of Glasgow that says the range of

human emotion may be a little closer to a teaspoon than

previously thought.

Four basic emotions, according to this study; happy, sad,

afraid/surprised, and angry/disgusted.

From these 2 research that is above – can group as seen into

smaller groups,

One of my favorite authors is Gerald G. Jampolsky who wrote

“Love is Letting go of Fear” which is an amazing book – little as it

is but had a profound effect on my when I read it in the 1980s.

So, to get down to the basics of our emotions –Love is letting go

of Fear is probably a great little book to read. The research

above is always good to know and understand also.

MSM is a very critical nutrient for your body to remain youthful

and energetic. As we age, along with diet deficient in essential

nutrients, our bodies become stiff, our cells become rigid, and our

overall energy begins to rapidly decelerate.

MSM (methysulfonylmethane) is an organic sulfur compound that

is naturally derived during the earth’s rain cycle. Sulfur is present

in many natural unprocessed foods, but it is quickly lost during the

cooking process. MSM is gaining a lot of attention due to the

recent focus on longevity and anti-aging technologies.

Here is a list of 7 benefits from MSM:

Improves skin health and complexion

Necessary for collagen production. MSM can normalize collagen formation and radically improve skin health

improves flexibility

MSM is highly effective in improving joint flexibility. Increase in overall flexibility due to a restoration of the “juices” in the tissues

Detoxifies the body

MSM make your cells more permeable. Allows toxin and metabolic waste products to easily be moved out of the cells, while essential nutrients and hydration can be moved in. It is a calcium phosphate dissolver, breaks up the bad calcium that at the root of degenerative diseases.

Strengthens hair and nails

Collagen and keratin are both critical for the production of healthy hair and nails. It is a “beauty mineral” that provides the sulfur needed to produce collagen and keratin.

Accelerates healing

Lactic acid and other byproducts cause pin and soreness in the body. MSM increases the ability of the body to eliminate waste products at the cellular level. Speeds recovery and frees up more energy for rebuilding

Naturally, increases energy

Due to the increased permeability of the cells, less energy is required to deal with the accumulation of toxins. This results in more energy being redirected towards activity and necessary healing. Digestion is the biggest energy requirement of the body. Approximately 70-80% of your energy is spent on digestion each day). MSM increases the absorption of nutrients so that the energy expenditure on digestion is vastly reduced

Anti-inflammatory

MSM is a powerful anti-inflammatory due to its ability to allow metabolic wastes to be removed from the cells. Excess weight on the body is actually inflammation. The cells of the body are chronically inflamed and retaining the byproducts of metabolic process. Sulfur needs to be present in order for these toxins and wastes to be removed from the body. When these byproducts can be removed from the system, then the cells can also dispose of excess fluids that were being stored in a buffer.

I use to buy at People’s Pharmacy but it was very expensive-then

I found organic PC Network that sold 5 lbs. at a time that was

reasonable.

YOUR body needs MSM

Work your way up from ½ tsp a day until 3 tablespoons a day to see real benefit.

In early 2000 – I lost my childhood family-all to different cancers. In that same time period, I had both my hips replaced. I now take Lithium Orate daily and all the B vitamins and healthy brain food so I do not have depression anymore.

Do not dwell on the negatives or not in your control issues. Our brains are wired so that when we do think/dwell the more we think/dwell on these things.

Get out of that pattern – break those thought patterns.

It is not easy but for a peaceful/harmony of thought it is necessary

Life is never perfect – but our thoughts have to be good thoughts, peaceful thoughts as possible.

Are you giving out good energy and thoughts?

Whatever YOU give out YOU will get back.

As we know, everything is DAILY – working daily, thinking daily, being daily.

These daily thoughts – good, healthy, peaceful and harmony thoughts help to keep YOUR brain functioning at the level YOU need to accomplish the PLAN YOU have for SELF.

As energy flows through our bodies it energises us so that we can be at the top of our game on a daily basis.

Of course, 365 days of the year SELF is not going to be on top – but it is working on it daily that keep SELF looking great, working great and walking tall above the fray.

I became hypothyroid when I was in my late 40’s. At that time, there was no standard test you take if one was gaining weight, exhausted all the time among other things. Type O positive has characteristics for hypothyroidism.

So I have found in my own research what works best for SELF: swimming, rebounder, and having a CD with little fast paced jazzercise. I use everything I can to keep my Body working in high performance.

To enjoy a healthy lifespan, everyday work on your Mind, Body, and Spirit so there is Balance.

Coronary calcium is a good indicator of heart attack risk since it

measures the amount of calcium, one of the components that can

build up in plaques that narrow heart vessels and can rupture and

cause heart attacks.

Plaque builds up can cause terrible effects on your health but

Eating healthy from a young age – and can slow your energy

Down, cause heart attacks.

Those eating 7 – 9 servings of vegetables and fruit a day on average were 25 % less to have coronary calcium in their arteries

There are several things that I have done over the years that have

Helped clean plaque out of my vessels and that is:

I have flossed my teeth for 35 years now once a day

I have taken L-arginine

L-arginine is a type of amino acid, and as we know, amino acids are the “building blocks” of proteins.

L-arginine is considered somewhat essential because it is highly important for many functions and I will list the benefits of L-arginine:

Stimulates growth hormones and insulin that help usher glucose into cells to be used for growth and energy output.

Enhances physical performance, stamina, and strength

Fight inflammation

Lowering risk for arteriosclerosis and heart attack

Repairing blood vessels

Fighting congestive heart failure

Help lower high blood pressure

Improving athletic performance

Increase immune function

Improve kidney function

Reduce muscle pains

Improve mental capacity

Fighting dementia

Preventing common cold

Correcting impotence

L-arginine is needed by the endothelial cells in order to form enough nitric oxide to keep blood flowing freely.

Listed below are 5 ways L-arginine helps the body:

improves heart health

Lowers inflammation and fights the effects of aging.

Boosts exercise performance

improves immunity. Helps prevent infections and speeds up

healing

helps treat erectile dysfunction and infertility

Some of the best natural sources of L-arginine includes:

Cage-free eggs

Dairy products-cultured yogurt, kefir, raw organic cheese

Grass fed beef

Liver and organ meats

Wild caught fish

Sesame seeds

Pumpkin seeds

Sunflower seeds

Seaweed and sea vegetables

Spirulina

Brazil nuts

Walnuts

Almonds

Coconut meat

Everything about YOU – your mind, body, and spirit are

interacting every minute of every day of your life. The more

You know about all YOU – the more you will age healthy and

live life until you die.

Each of us had our own childhood – whatever our socioeconomic

Status was.

My mother always had:

Meat

Potatoes

Salad

Desert

I grew up on that food-mother never had a vegetable garden

because we lived in a city.

I do believe strongly that people who were raised on farms and

had gardens and chickens or pigs or beef are probably in better

health than my family and aged healthy.

For 35 years I have been doing preventive for SELFhood.

Everything I talk about on this website I have probably done over

these 35 years to age healthily.

The end product of YOUR life is JOY for all the:

Years

Chapters

Experiences

Good

Bad

Trauma

Loss

Friendships

Loves

Children

Family

Not in that order necessarily but JOY comes

From:

KNOW & GROW

There is known a base of how to cultivate the “eight pillars of joy”:

Perspective

Humility,

Humor

Acceptance

Forgiveness

Gratitude

Compassion

Generosity

JOY comes as a combination of the above pillars of joy but

Also from:

Love

Forgiveness

JOY is different for each of us. But this blog is here to help you

Find YOUR JOY.

Again, you can find JOY from someone else, what ever anyone says

Finding YOUR JOY

Only when YOU know SELFhood and all YOUR characteristics

Well you be of JOY

Forgiving SELF and everyone else

Loving SELF and everyone else

You need to have an honest reflection of YOUR life and recognize

how fragile we are, the pain, the suffering as well as the JOY that

YOU can have when YOU let go of all the negatives and embrace

the positives of SELF

Living a better life

Search for a meaningful life

Having a purpose

What Does Life Expect from YOU?

JOY comes from YOUR own insights into SELF and accepting

LOVE and FORGIVENESS which will give YOU JOY

But, it does take self-reflection to SELF and all our

Characteristics

Chapters

Relationships

Family

Friends

Trauma

Love

Loss

To know JOY is to know SELF with everything gone before

JOY comes from:

YOUR actions

Feeling the thoughts that make your feel good

Doing a spring cleaning on YOUR belief system

Get Happy

Be grateful and thankful

Take a leap of faith

Let go as much as possible of negatives and pain

Re-create YOUR LIFE into what YOU want and need.

Here is a list of different ways to get YOUR JOY:

Learn something new

Get out in nature

Volunteer

Count your blessings

Travel

Nurture SELF

Laugh

Smile

Sing out loud

Read a GREAT book

Exercise

Meditate and enjoy silence

Have a mission each day

Get rid of stuff

Watch a sunrise or sunset

Create something

Take a walk in the rain

Let Go and Let GOD

Here are a couple of quotes from my wonderful people:

Find a place inside where there is joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

Joseph Campbell

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative afford

Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken JOY in creative expression and knowledge

Albert Einstein

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves

Buddha

A thing of beauty is a joy forever; it is loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness’

John Keats

Joy is prayer; joy is strength; joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Mother Teresa

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

Helen Keller

YOUR joy will be different from anyone else’s JOY because of YOUR uniqueness

Love and Forgiveness = JOY

Love SELF

Forgive SELF

Have JOY

Love Dr. Leo Buscaglia

Today, this blog will be about Dr. Buscaglia and what wonderful

work he did in making it ok to internalize and externalize LOVE

And how important it is in each of us and to extend to our

the outer world of family, friends and to everyone we come in

contact with.

I never met the man but came across his Book LOVE in the

The 1980s when I was starting to develop to see who I was

because until then I had been controlled by parents, husband, and

society and the environment. I needed to know ME – SELFhood.

Dr. Buscaglis/’s theory is that love is learned and that everyone

can and should learn to love. Love SELF first and then out into

the universe. But, there are people with negative energy and

needy, dramatic and chaos people you need to stay away from.

Below are some wonderful quotes from Dr. Buscaglia:

Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your

Gift back to GOD.

Now, that is what my podcast and book are about:

“What Does Life expect from YOU?”

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the Strong.

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate-

It is apathy. It is not giving a damn.

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.

Biologically and physiologically, we are not equal. Some of us learn better at different times of the day. Some learn best visually, some auditorially, some tactilely, by touching.

If I don’t have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.

Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.

Do not brood. Get on with living and loving. You do not have forever.

What love we are given, we will have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.

One of my favorites:

The easiest thing to be in the world is YOU. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Do not let them put you in that position.

From ME: SELFhood is what he is talking about. YOUR uniqueness.

Change is the end result of all true learning.

I love reading reviews of books and reading the reviews of Dr.

Buscaglia’s books are uplifting and motivational in their own

right.

One reviewer talks about his anger which has haunted him his

Whole life and that this one little book has helped him so much.

He still has anger issues but it is helping him in his daily life.

To me, this book is about loving firstly SELF-so you can go out

Into the world and love others not intimately always – but letting

People know you love them by your speech, actions, and loving

attitude

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