Wednesday, November 16, 2011

5 Simple Ways to Eat Like a Human


What could be more important than what we put into our bodies? Yeah, yeah that's how all these preachy "health" posts begin. But really, stop and think about what you eat and absorb, and ask yourself on the most basic level if it is fit for a human being.

How many levels of processing is required from the food's raw materials to get it to the form that you call it food? Does it have engineered chemicals designed to glue it together? What do these chemicals do to the human body? Ask why do you eat what you eat? Is it for comfort, convenience, conformity, value, or genuine nutrition?

If we're honest with ourselves, we all have food vices or desires that may push us outside the realm of human food. It's also the nature of our society of unlimited colorful packaging and intense marketing -- not to mention the addictive quality of Doritos and Diet Coke.

Then there are genetically engineered crops that replace raw human food substances with laboratory manipulated strains, now proven to have harmful health effects on lab animals. These GMOs are said to already represent around 70% of the average American diet with not much thought about whether they are safe for human consumption.

Indeed, it is an increasingly difficult to eat like a human in our society . . . but it is possible. Clearly, one must want to eat healthier in order to make changes, but that simply entails giving profound thought to the questions outlined above. The fantastic reality is that it is empowering to determine your own diet based on health, and you don't have to make dramatic changes overnight.

Here are simple ways to begin eating more like a human:

1. Cook more with raw materials: Load up on flour, rice and beans, fruits and vegetables, and trusted meat or fish (preferably from local sources). Bake a couple loaves of bread and prepare bulk meals and snacks from these foodstuffs at least once a week. It's easy and makes the week of eating more convenient and healthy.

2. Limit processed foods: Really, who doesn't love Doritos? But when you examine the ingredients, there is a dramatically small amount of human food in them. And the so-called "corn" is genetically modified to begin with. Do your best to limit food purchases to items with minimal processing and chemical additives. Simple organic potato chips usually only have three ingredients, making them a better choice for a treat.

3. Read labels: If you can't pronounce it, it probably was not meant for human consumption. If you use your smart phone to Google many of the chemical additives while in the grocery store you'll find many that should be represented by a skull and crossbones. Part of reading labels is getting more informed about what exactly you're ingesting.

4. Avoid fast food like the Plague: From admitted meat glue at Taco Bell and silly putty in McNuggets, does anyone believe that fast food is not pure poison? One blogger Mom took a meal from McDonald's and filmed it over several months. It did not decay one bit or become infested with bugs -- even mold didn't want to eat that crap. It is NOT human food. Avoid it at all costs.

5. Drink more naturally: Drinks are the most underestimated culprits of bad health. Again, the less processing and chemicals in your drinks the better. In moderation, even beer and wine is healthier than Coke or Gatorade as they are made more naturally. Drink more water and test the quality of your tap water. Fresh juices are cheap and easy to make when fruit is in season.

The hardest part to all of this is simply remembering that you're a human being that requires nutrients, not chemicals. You have the ability to choose real food over poison, and it can be just as enjoyable and infinitely more rewarding.
You're a human, start eating like one.

Source: Activist Post

Bill Gates in global push to vaccinate every child on the planet

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 by Jonathan Benson
NaturalNews - Microsoft guru Bill Gates is busy rallying the troops to bring about what he calls "vaccine equity," which is his plan to vaccinate every single child in the world. Manipulating the heart strings of his listening audience, Gates stated at a recent Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) conference that "rich" kids take for granted the vaccines they receive, and that now is the time to provide the same vaccines for the world's poorest children.

"It's now that we're gonna start to get the last two vaccines that rich kids take for granted, the pneumococcal and rotavirus, and over these next five years, get them out to every child everywhere," said Gates. "That means for the first time ever that we have equity in vaccines."

By structuring his statements this way, Gates first implies that vaccines are some type of precious commodity that "rich kids" take for granted, and that need to get into the hands of "poor kids" to create health care equality. He then beckons the nations of the world to use taxpayer dollars to fund this massive, multi-billion-dollar dream to "save the children" by injecting them with various mixtures of toxic chemicals.

We have heard it all before, especially from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has been pushing for the whole world to be vaccinated for many years now (http://www.naturalnews.com/Bill_Gat...). It is clear that Gates and his supporters will stop at nothing until every nation in the world is funding his vaccine campaigns, despite the fact that many of the vaccines being pushed come with a whole slew of devastating side effects, and do not necessarily provide any proven benefit.

Among his many speeches, however, Gates has given conflicting information concerning the agenda behind his vaccination push. In his most recent speech, he claims vaccines will save lives. But in a speech he gave at a TED conference last year, Gates clearly stated that vaccines and health care were part of an equation to reduce the world's population by 15 percent (http://www.naturalnews.com/029911_v...).

"The world today has 6.8 billion people ... that's headed up to about nine billion," he said to his audience. "Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps ten or 15 percent."

You can watch the actual clip of Gates saying this at the following link:
http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=A...

So which is it? Do vaccines help to save lives or end lives? When considering that vaccines are loaded with toxic adjuvants and chemical preservatives, many of which are known to cause serious health problems, sterility, and even death, the latter conclusion makes a lot more sense (http://www.naturalnews.com/031820_v...).

"Why are we lining the pockets of Big Pharma like this?" asked Daniel Berman, a vaccines expert from Doctors Without Borders, concerning the several developed nations that have already pledged billions to Gates' agenda. "That just screams conflict of interest and corporate welfare to us."

Sources for this story include:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13...

http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyl...

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/032900_Bill_Gates_vaccinations.html#ixzz...

Proof of new Unity Consciousness emerges in "mostly straight" men & women

What happens when the hemispheres of the brain evolve into the next stages of evolution? What happens when consciousness, and not mind, is wired to your brain?

Coming soon, to a brain near you...


The Imzaia.com editorial team recently came across the following article on Alternet.com and found it 'emerging proof' of what many channelings - such as the Mastering the Grand Illusions series - have been saying about 'gender identification' all along: that masculine/feminine division is a finite syndrome of duality-based, linear thinking generated mostly from the 'reptilian brain' which forces us into 'survival of the fittest' and 'social peer pressure' expressions only... at least when we're not behind closed doors.

But the trend is changing, and even the Imzaia team receives messages from Imzaia globally who are indicating a change in their sexual & gender-based perceptions of reality... and in anything else for that matter! (have you noticed perhaps?)

According to beings such as Ekara, this has to do with the two hemispheres of the brain that are undergoing a process of 're-wiring' - or, in other words, the 'sylvian fissure', which divides the brain in two and contains the 'corpus callosum' (a massive tract of nerve fibres or 'axons' that connect the two hemispheres, at least in dualistic reality) will slowly but surely be taken over by the 'pineal gland' evolving back to the 'pineal lobe' and leading to a re-unification of the two hemispheres. This process is in line with the exact same evolution taking place on a galactic, universal and even holographic level.


Everything is changing, and that includes how humans look at themselves and their experience of the world and other humans around them. This article indicates the beginnings of a new type of 'Unity Consciousness' human being that knows that parameters that separate and define us are better left behind on the way to True Freedom of Self. It marks the motion of our race from 'homo sapiens' (the human that thinks like the gods) to 'homo dilato' (the expanding human).

If there is one thing this articles does for you, then we hope it is this: may it broaden - and one day erase - the limitations, parameters and restrictions you place upon yourself because of social and peer pressure in the hopes of the surfacing of understanding that you are more than what you ever could have thought.

There is an entire universe out there waiting for you to be explored, and given your 'personality and identity restrictions' that have been building up all your life, think about how small your world has truly been. It's time to come out of the personality closet and show the true and total colours of your soul.

Quan Yin



Can Men Have Sex With Men and Still Call Themselves Straight?

"I'm not sure there's a name for what I am,' says Dillon, a college hockey player. Welcome to the world of the mostly straights.

November 16, 2010 | Dillon, a college varsity hockey goalie, is an eager volunteer for our interview. In fact, he so loves telling his story that he stays beyond the 90 minutes he believes it will take, and offers to come back for the chance to talk some more. When we reschedule, he’s thrilled, and shakes my hand and thanks me four times in the process of leaving.

Besides being remarkably polite, Dillon is talkative, self-aware, and reflective, with an engaging smile and an at-ease quality. Nothing he says feels rehearsed. It’s as if each topic brings forth another triumph, as if he’s discovering his life as he reflects on the questions.

When eventually asked about his sexuality, Dillon isn’t fazed. Though he wants to “fuck lots of girls” before graduation, he’s not entirely heterosexual. “I’m not sure there’s a name for what I am,” he says. He wants this process, this interview, to help him figure it out.

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By his own admission, Dillon says he resides in the “Sexual Netherlands” (his words), a place that exists between heterosexuality and bisexuality. In previous generations, such individuals might have been described as “straight but not narrow,” “bending a little,” and “heteroflexible.”

Dillon is part of a growing trend of young men who are secure in their heterosexuality and yet remain aware of their potential to experience far more—sexual attractions, sexual interactions, crushes, and, occasionally romantic relationships with other guys. Dillon lives these contradictions—seemingly hetero guys who now reject that label, sexual description, and identity.


And he is not alone. National surveys in the U.S. and Canada show that 3 to 4 percent of male teenagers, when given the choice to select a term that best describes their sexual feelings, desires, and behaviors, opt not for heterosexual, bisexual, or gay, but for “mostly” or “predominantly” heterosexual.

An even higher percentage of post-high-school young-adult men in the U.S. and in a handful of other countries (including New Zealand and Norway) make the same choice. There are now more young men who feel they are “mostly straight” than who say they are bisexual or gay.

To the uninitiated, “mostly straight” is a paradox. These young men fracture the heterosexual agenda—or do we call it a lifestyle? If a guy is not exclusively into girls, he can’t be totally straight. Aren’t you supposed to pick a side?

If a guy is not straight, not bisexual, and not gay—and yet still falls in love and gets an erection—what the hell is he?

It’s a common misconception that the “mostly straight” phenomenon is nothing more than an adolescent foray into sexual experimentation, possibly due to excessive hormones and sexual confusion.

Sizable numbers of young men maintain their “mostly straight” status—not just as adolescents or college students, but as adults. Of the 160 guys we interviewed for a study in 2008 and 2009, nearly one in eight reported same-sex attractions, fantasies, and crushes. The majority had these feelings since high school; a few others developed them more recently. And in a national sample of young men whose average age was 22, the “mostly straight” proportion increased when they completed the same survey six years later.

These men aren’t bisexuals in disguise. They’re not closeted gay men seeking the privileges afforded to heterosexuals in society. They’re not simply tired of sex with women. With the words “mostly straight,” they’re describing a unique sexual identity, their complete romantic self.

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Among the “mostly straights” we surveyed, a few subtypes stood out.

First is the guy whose progressive political leanings lead him to feel constrained by traditional heterosexuality and masculinity, an outdated and unnecessary burden. “I might have been gay if I’d been raised differently,” one said. “Aren’t we all born bisexual and culture pushes us one way or another?” He challenges homophobic customs and assumptions. One such young man sings in a gay chorus; another marches in pride parades as an ally; a third intends to “come out” as mostly straight in the military to test the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. He wants to know, how gay does one have to be to count?


Second is the guy who finds guys physically attractive. One interviewee pleaded, “I mean, come on, tell me some guys aren’t hot!” If he finds himself staring at men in the gym, on the sports field, around the neighborhood, and inDetails, Instinct, and Vman, then how can he say to himself that he is totally straight? He notices guys in the buff and who are buff, visually appealing, and pleasurable to be around. He wonders if he only desires the toned body, stylistic appearance, and athletic facility—and not the sexuality.

A third guy may admit that he’s a little sexually attracted to guys. It may not be his top priority, but he’ll acknowledge that men occasionally pop up in his masturbatory fantasies. He doesn’t expect to have sex with a man, but he isn’t ruling it out; he has a willingness to experiment. He’s into sexual pleasure without strings, without meaning. Anything is possible, given the right circumstances with the right person.

A fourth guy is a guy like Dillon: he grants that he’s not totally straight, and that his feelings for guys are more than just sexual—they’re romantic. He can imagine experiencing emotional, intimate relationships with other young men. It just seems natural. He’s into cuddling without the pressure of sex, and he could spend countless hours with “special buddies.” He’s been infatuated with best friends, teammates, and videogame partners.

All four guys have one thing in common: unlike their totally straight brothers, they’re not averse to sexual or romantic feelings, encounters, or relationships with other males.

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It’s unlikely that mostly straight youth are limited to just four types. As additional young men recognize and reveal their sexual breadth, they assist all of us to understand previously unrecognized sexual and romantic possibilities. How many of us have these feelings and are clamoring to “come out” as mostly straight?

Indeed, throughout his life, Dillon has had boy chums, boy crushes, and boy infatuations with teammates and best friends. He makes lingering, intense, frequent references to his core group of high-school buddies and to the male companionship he habitually seeks. He readily hugs and even cuddles with male friends while watching a movie and eating popcorn, especially if they are “on the same wavelength.”


Dillon could see himself meeting a guy and together developing a “partnership.” They wouldn’t act on it sexually, but they’d be physically affectionate. Dillon imagines that their relationship would be difficult for others to understand. They’d think it was a gay relationship because of the time he and his partner spent together, the secrets they shared, and the knowing glances, nods, and code words they exchanged. This is the “homosexual thing” that most interests him.

Far more than we realize, young males wait to be released from their heterosexual straightjackets.

Dillon might just show us the way.


This article taken from Alternet.com

Kenneth M. Cohen, Ph.D., is a licensed Clinical Psychologist at Cornell University’s Counseling and Psychological Services, and Lecturer in Cornell’s Department of Human Development.

Ritch C. Savin-Williams, Ph.D., is Professor of Developmental Psychology and Director of Sex and Gender Lab at Cornell University. He is currently investigating the spectrum of sexual development among straight-identified and sexually fluid young men.

We've become silent - freedom of health

"We Become Silent" is a 28-minute documentary film, written and produced by Kevin P. Miller that exposes the dangers to health freedom. "We are here today to defend the most basic of all human rights; the right to health and the right to life."

The opening quote from the film sets the tone for a compelling insight into the dangers to health freedom. Narrated by Dame Judi Dench with with original music by Richard C Aylsworth Uploaded by the Alliance for Natural Health team.

The Alliance for Natural health is a non-profit organisation that is comitted to protecting and promoting natural health through good science and good law.

This is the entire documentary in two parts:

PART 1

PART 2

Look to nature - Overcome depression with St. John's wort


St. Johns Wort
(NaturalNews) Numerous studies and years of extensive research suggest a natural herb known as St. John's wort not only treats the symptoms of depression, but also can chase those blues (and anti-depressants) away for good, with little to no side-effects.

Depression is one of the fastest growing health issues in the United States with more than 18.8 million sufferers. That's at least one in eleven people who currently have depression. Like all diseases, there is no pharmaceutical "cure" for depression. Treatment consists of drug therapies that have devastating side-effects including sexual problems, drowsiness, nausea, adrenal exhaustion, hormone imbalance, bone loss, tremors, constipation, headaches, anxiety, and suicide.

In addition, recent figures suggest that fewer than 30% of people become symptom-free on anti-depressants and those who do respond often slip back into major depression. With these less than promising statistics, people with depression are left with little hope of restoring the chemical imbalance that could lead them back to emotional happiness.

St. John's wort, a wild yellow flower regarded as a weed throughout most of the United States, has been used for centuries as a remedy for depression and anxiety, and its medicinal use was first recorded in ancient Greek texts. According to the American Journal of Natural Medicine and extensive German research, St. John's wort contains hyperforin; this natural substance inhibits the re-uptake of serotonin much like conventional anti-depressants which explains much of its success. St. John's wort has since been the subject of numerous peer reviewed studies:

In 1996, the British Medical Journal conducted 23 controlled trials involving over 1,750 outpatients with mild to moderately-severe depressive disorders. The results showed that St. John's wort was just as effective as prescribed anti depressants, and it had far fewer side effects.

Another British Medical Journal study testing 3,250 patients showed that only 2.4% experienced any side effects. The side effects (restlessness, sleeplessness, and allergic reaction) were so mild that they were declared clinically insignificant. In addition, unlike anti depressants, which are associated with thousands of deaths each year, there have never been any reported deaths from taking St. John's wort.

A Cochrane Systematic Review of 29 trials, which included 5,489 patients with symptoms of major depression, showed that St. John's wort extract was superior to placebos and was just as effective as standard antidepressants.

Other studies have shown that St. John's wort enhances positive emotions, elevates the mood, restores neurotransmitters to normal levels, and also shows promise in treating fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, sleep problems, and pain.

Critics of natural medicine would like people to believe that St. John's wort is of little or no benefit to those with depression, is no more effective than a placebo at treating depression, can be dangerous, and has not been studied enough.

However, the vast amount of un-biased research would say otherwise. St. John's wort is the oldest known remedy for treating depression, has been subjected to more studies than any other anti-depressant, has fewer side effects (if any), has a higher success rate, is inexpensive, and is non-toxic to the body.

Depression is a devastating condition, whether mild or severe. Fortunately, there are alternatives to the anti-depressants, whose effects on the body are often more devastating than the condition itself. There's a reason why this simple plant is prescribed 20 times more than Prozac in Germany...because it works.

St. Johns Wort
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About the author
Megan Heimer is a lawyer, natural health therapist, registered yoga teacher, has a bachelor's degree in political science, and will soon complete her doctorate in naturopathic medicine. She has extensive knowledge in holistic nutrition, natural health, and alternative medicine. Megan is currently conducting research on various natural health topics, writing a book, and counsels clients in natural healing all over the world.