tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63191098588297389102024-02-21T06:44:08.398-08:00Homeopathy For Women BlogLet Miracles Find You! Classical Homeopathy and Chronic Care for Women, Children and Families. Specialist in ADHD, Autism Spectrum, Autoimmune Disease, Homeoprophylaxis, Infer and, Vaccine Injury. This blog is published and sponsored by Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, Classical Homeopath, CEASE Practitioner, Certified Homeoprophylaxis Practitioner Website: www.HomeopathyForWomen.orgKari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comBlogger307125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-41599420987400137432019-11-25T14:04:00.000-08:002019-11-25T14:05:00.979-08:00PETITION ACTION ALERT! FDA Renews Attack on Homeopathy in the USA<div class=WordSection1><h1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FDA Renews Attack on Homeopathy <o:p></o:p></span></h1><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:yellow'>We need your help now – sign the petition here: <a href="https://secure3.convio.net/aahf/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3192">https://secure3.convio.net/aahf/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3192</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>November 21, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The agency is doubling down on a bad guidance that endangers access to important medicines. <a href="http://aahf.convio.net/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=3192" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Action Alert!</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Recently, the FDA <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/25/2019-23334/compliance-policy-guide-sec-400400-conditions-under-which-homeopathic-drugs-may-be-marketed" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>announced</span></strong></a> the withdrawal of Compliance Policy Guide 400.400, a document that had been in place since 1988 and which established the agency’s enforcement policies regarding homeopathic medicines. In its place, the FDA has issued a <a href="https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/drug-products-labeled-homeopathic-guidance-fda-staff-and-industry?utm_campaign=Recently%20Posted%20Guidance%20Documents%2010%2F25%2F2019&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>revised draft guidance</span></strong></a> declaring all homeopathic drugs are being marketed illegally. We must fight back against this attack on homeopathic medicine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As we’ve <a href="http://anh-usa.org/fda-all-homeopathic-drugs-illegal/" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>reported previously</span></strong></a>, the FDA’s guidance says:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Any homeopathic drug that has not been considered “generally recognized as safe and effective” (GRAS/E) is considered a new drug;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FDA has not determined that any homeopathic drugs are GRAS/E;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A new drug cannot be marketed unless it goes through the FDA’s approval process;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>No homeopathic drugs have gone through FDA approval nor can any producer afford to take them through the approval process.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:yellow'>This means, according to the FDA, all homeopathic medicines are being marketed illegally.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> The FDA explains that it will focus enforcement actions against specific categories of medicines with safety concerns: products with dangerous ingredients, products intended for vulnerable populations, etc. However, the FDA does reserve the right to take action against any homeopathic product: “This guidance is intended to provide notice that any homeopathic drug product that is being marketed illegally is subject to FDA enforcement action at any time.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>There is not much new in the revised guidance. The FDA does provide a definition of “homeopathic drug,” which was notably absent from the initial guidance, much to the confusion of the homeopathic industry and other stakeholders.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>It is somewhat encouraging that the agency did not issue a final guidance, but rather another draft. This is an indication that our voices are being heard and the FDA is engaging with the natural health community.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>There seems to be a lot of confusion about homeopathy. While opponents often say that there is not any evidence that homeopathy works, in fact several major meta-analyses have found homeopathic medicines to have an effect greater than placebo. We address these and some other common misconceptions <a href="https://anh-usa.org/the-verdict-on-homeopathy/" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>here</span></strong></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Unfortunately, it’s likely that the FDA’s antipathy towards homeopathy is fueled more by a desire to protect drug industry profits than ignorance about the data. The FDA continues to cite homeopathic teething tablets with belladonna as one of the concerns that prompted the agency to tighten control over homeopathic medicines. Specifically, the agency states that 99 adverse events were “possibly related” to homeopathic teething products. Yet, while the agency did find variable amounts of belladonna in some products, these amounts were well within safe limits, <a href="https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/03/06/regulation-on-homeopathic-medicines.aspx" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>even if an infant swallowed an entire bottle</span></strong></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>The FDA will not stop this attack on homeopathy unless it is forced to do so by engaged citizens. We must issue a strong response to the FDA and Congress, telling the government that these actions threaten the future of homeopathic medicine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Action Alert! </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Write to the FDA and Congress, telling them to protect consumer access to homeopathic medicines. <br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please send your message immediately.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:yellow'><a href="https://secure3.convio.net/aahf/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3192">https://secure3.convio.net/aahf/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3192</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>,___<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-60380602888634301512018-09-20T10:22:00.001-07:002018-09-20T10:22:25.853-07:00Important Vaccine Safety Project Video To Watch - 8 minutes<div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pFTLzmIciZM&feature=youtu.be">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pFTLzmIciZM&feature=youtu.be</a><br><br><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Please watch this important eight minute video. The "Vaccine Safety Project" is hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Who is with the newly formed Children's Health Defense organization.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">This is a current presentation about vaccine safety and its history, including how the FDA approvals actually work regarding vaccines and how there are truly no current safety studies showing vaccines can do more good, than harm.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Please share this video in social media and with friends and family who are not informed, confused or questioning vaccines for their children and families.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br></p></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="color: #fff; height: 0;">__,_._,___</div> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEnd|**|-~--> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEnd|**|-~--> <!-- end group email --> </blockquote></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-80116274687056594652018-09-19T12:44:00.001-07:002018-09-19T12:44:45.231-07:00Very important new research on Homeopathie about the Remedy Rhus Tox!<div>Perhaps the most important research on homeopathic medicine was just published at the website of the most respected scientific journal in the world -"Nature".</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">This vitally important group of studies have conclusively shown that homeopathic doses of Rhus toxicodendron (poison ivy) are significantly more effective than placebo in the treatment of neuropathy in rats. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Further, this research tested various doses of Rhux toxicodebndron. Each potency, including 30X, was found to have PROFOUND measurable effects on neuropathy. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Still further, this research shows that this homeopathic medicine had much of the same similar benefits as a conventional drug, Gabapentin but was found to be safer. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">There are presently over 300 clinical trials published in peer reivew medical journals, most of which show the efficacy of homeopathic treatment. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">This new study confirms that homeopathic medicine, what Dana Ullman calls "the original nanomedicine," have both biological effects and clinical efficacy. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Read more here! <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-31971-9">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-31971-9</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">__,_._,___</span></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-5874375999768878262018-09-12T10:42:00.001-07:002018-09-12T10:42:21.515-07:00Newborn screening for autism: in search of candidate biomarkers.<div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>This study points to as a marker for autism: <br><br><i>"GST [Glutathione S-transferase] is a metabolic biomarker directly associated with ASD. The human gene product for GST constitutes a candidate susceptibility protein due to its tissue distribution and role in oxidative stress and methionine metabolism, which results in neuronal injury and death."<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Read study here: </span></b><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23547820" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Newborn Screening for Autism: In search of candidate biomarkers</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt'><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23547820/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23547820/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Biomark Med. 2013 Apr;7(2):247-60. doi: 10.2217/bmm.12.108.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Mizejewski GJ1, Lindau-Shepard B, Pass KA.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Division of Translational Medicine, Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health, PO Box 509, Albany, NY 12201 0509, USA.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Abstract<br>BACKGROUND:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) represents a wide range of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by impairments in social interaction, language, communication and range of interests. Autism is usually diagnosed in children 3-5 years of age using behavioral characteristics; thus, diagnosis shortly after birth would be beneficial for early initiation of treatment.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>AIM:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>This retrospective study sought to identify newborns at risk for ASD utilizing bloodspot specimens in an immunoassay.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>MATERIALS & METHODS:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>The present study utilized stored frozen specimens from ASD children already diagnosed at 15-36 months of age. The newborn specimens and controls were analyzed by immunoassay in a multiplex system that included 90 serum biomarkers and subjected to statisical analysis.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>RESULTS:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>Three sets of five biomarkers associated with ASD were found that differed from control groups. The 15 candidate biomarkers were then discussed regarding their association with ASD.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>CONCLUSION:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>This study determined that a statistically selected panel of 15 biomarkers successfully discriminated presumptive newborns at risk for ASD from those of nonaffected controls.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Exerpt:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>"GST [Glutathione S-transferase] is a metabolic biomarker directly associated with ASD. The human gene product for GST constitutes a candidate susceptibility protein due to its tissue distribution and role in oxidative stress and methionine metabolism, which results in neuronal injury and death."<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-86420959990080139272018-09-09T11:06:00.000-07:002018-09-09T11:07:05.238-07:00Important: FDA and Homeopathy - Please make your comments in support now at https://homeopathychoice.org/<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please share this petition with friends and family!<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><b>Please go now to the <a href="https://homeopathychoice.org/contact-fda/" target="_blank">Homeopathy Choice website</a> for easy-to-follow instructions on how you can help support the petition AND save homeopathy in the U.S. (Scroll down to the BIG red button). <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We need at least a thousand unique comments sent to the FDA. </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Our FDA petition seeks to protect homeopathy including non-HPUS remedies while we work toward a legislative solution.</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>The petition is a first line of defense that forces FDA to slow down and respond.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>BY PAOLA BROWN, PRESIDENT, AMERICANS FOR HOMEOPATHY CHOICE </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>August 30, 2018</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>We at Americans for Homeopathy Choice are a consumer group made up mostly of mothers who use homeopathy as the first line of health promotion for our families. This July we filed a </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://homeopathychoice.org/petition/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1C57A1;letter-spacing:.35pt'>Citizen Petition with the FDA</span></a><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'> as a first step in protecting consumer access to homeopathy including non-HPUS remedies. In our ongoing effort to be transparent with the homeopathy community, we’d like to provide additional insight into our petition.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>First, we support and are working towards developing broader legislation to advance homeopathy. This is a vital part of an overall strategy to protect homeopathy, and we invite all to collaborate with us in this effort. We also believe that filing a petition with the FDA strengthens this legislative strategy. In our view, developing a legislative strategy alone </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/americansforhomeopathychoice/videos/891965477681215/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1C57A1;letter-spacing:.35pt'>without a petition in place leaves homeopathy vulnerable</span></a><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>In offering an alternative to the FDA’s Draft Guidance on Drug Products Labeled as Homeopathic (issued December 2017), </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/americansforhomeopathychoice/videos/882536298624133/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1C57A1;letter-spacing:.35pt'>our petition seeks to maintain the status quo</span></a><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'> in which homeopathy is governed by the HPUS and quality and purity in the manufacture of homeopathic remedies is appropriately safeguarded through the FDA’s Compliance Policy Guide (CPG) 400.400. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>The petition directly addresses the FDA’s Draft Guidance which proposes to eliminate CPG 400.400. The new guidance would establish a precedent that all remedies in the </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.hpus.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1C57A1;letter-spacing:.35pt'>HPUS</span></a><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'> would technically be illegal unless they undergo the same approval process as pharmaceuticals. One estimate for this approval process puts the cost for a single remedy at more than $3 million. This is an immediate danger to the availability of current homeopathic remedies within the HPUS.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>Given the stakes, to wait for a legislative solution could be fatal to the future of homeopathy in America. <b>In any battle, you must first protect the home front, and that’s exactly what our Citizen Petition accomplishes. It forces the FDA to respond to all issues we list before it can legally begin to enforce any portion of the agency’s Draft Guidance.</b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>The FDA assured us in one of our meetings that it would be prudent in selecting which remedies it chooses to target, promising that the vast majority of homeopathic remedies will remain available. We have a hard time taking the FDA at its word when the agency is at the same time proposing to violate the law by shifting already approved homeopathic remedies listed in the HPUS into the unapproved category. Leaving this FDA threat unaddressed without a counter-proposal would place homeopathy in a defenseless position. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>In addition, the FDA currently has three anti-homeopathy petitions on its docket. Without our petition, all FDA’s regulatory energy would be directed towards petitions that are clearly trying to limit homeopathy. Our petition has shifted the playing field, requiring the FDA to put energy towards policies that support homeopathy. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>Our petition is the product of collaboration with practitioners, homeopathy-related organizations, manufacturers, consumers and others. We also used valuable insights gleaned from in-person meetings with the FDA.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>Here’s what the petition asks for:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";letter-spacing:.35pt'>We request the CPG 400.400 be converted into a regulation. This would accomplish two priorities: First, we would remove the FDA’s discretionary relationship with the CPG 400.400 so that it would be unable to modify or replace it, as currently proposed by the FDA’s Draft Guidance. Second, forcing the FDA to adhere to guidelines in the CPG 400.400 as a regulation sends a bold message: We are limiting the FDA’s authority and requiring compliance with the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>This is intentional. Bold requests like this get the attention of Congress. In order to advance our larger legislative agenda, we must have congressional attention. We object to an intrusive FDA that places over burdensome regulations on industry and commerce. However, we recognize that the CPG 400.400 has created a healthy and fair framework for FDA enforcement of the existing manufacturing and marketing guidelines for homeopathy over the past 30 years; in many ways it also places important restrictions on what the FDA can do.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>We share the concern that there are thousands of important homeopathic remedies that are currently being used, but which are not actually listed in the </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.hpus.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1C57A1;letter-spacing:.35pt'>HPUS</span></a><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>. First, know that the CPG 400.400 makes provision for these non-HPUS remedies saying that non-HPUS homeopathic medicines can be manufactured if documentation is provided.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>Second, while this provision is useful, we are fully aware of the critical need to include all these homeopathic medicines within the HPUS and will direct our broader legislative strategy to accomplish this objective. Again, the FDA’s proposed Draft Guidance will define all homeopathic medicines as technically illegal.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>Failing to file the petition would have left the homeopathy community open to actions that could devastate the homeopathy industry long before a legislative solution is achieved.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'> We plan to continue working to create strong legislation to protect homeopathy while also pursuing our petition with the FDA.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>If you have not read our petition yet, please </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://homeopathychoice.org/petition/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1C57A1;letter-spacing:.35pt'>read it</span></a><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>. We welcome all comments from individuals or groups that are constructive. The FDA has opened a comment </span><a href="https://homeopathychoice.org/petition/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#365F91;letter-spacing:.35pt'>docket for our petition</span></a><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'> and we encourage you to file your comments. Like the FDA, we read each comment and use that feedback to inform our overall strategy.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>As mothers, we aren’t afraid to act boldly when necessary, putting words and promises into action. And, we aren’t afraid of taking on the FDA. Since we formed in January of this year, we have:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.75pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>· <a href="https://www.facebook.com/americansforhomeopathychoice/videos/790872891123808/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1C57A1'>-personally visited over 100</span></a><span style='color:#7A7A7A'> </span>congressional offices.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.75pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>· -had in-person appointments with over a dozen congressional representatives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.75pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>· -been the only homeopathy organization in the United States to hold<span style='color:#7A7A7A'> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/americansforhomeopathychoice/videos/838490023028761/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1C57A1'>in-person meetings with the FDA</span></a><span style='color:#7A7A7A'> </span>regarding the Draft Guidance on homeopathy, including continued dialogue.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.75pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>· -submitted over<span style='color:#7A7A7A'> </span><a href="https://homeopathychoice.org/what-were-doing/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1C57A1'>62 pages</span></a><span style='color:#7A7A7A'> </span>of legal arguments and documents to the FDA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.75pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>· -produced<span style='color:#7A7A7A'> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/americansforhomeopathychoice/videos/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1C57A1'>dozens of videos</span></a>, keeping our members and followers informed with frequent updates.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.75pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>· -continuously managed over<span style='color:#7A7A7A'> </span><a href="https://homeopathychoice.org/volunteer/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1C57A1'>100 volunteer</span></a><span style='color:#7A7A7A'> </span>moms who are taking action to protect homeopathy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>We seek at all times to keep the homeopathy community united. We believe that we will only succeed as a community if we stick together. The key to our unity is consultation and collaboration that leads to consensus and then action. But, successful collaboration can only be based on accurate and complete information which is why we are circulating this piece to the homeopathy community.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>We invite you to collaborate with us and to communicate your ideas and concerns. We look forward to working with all of you in the homeopathy community to reach a solution that will protect homeopathy for the long term.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.75pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7A7A7A'>1. <i>Compliance Policy Guide, sec. 400.400 under “LABELING” reads: “Documentation must be provided to support that those products or ingredients which are not recognized officially in the HPUS, an addendum to it, or its supplements are generally recognized as homeopathic products or ingredients.”</i></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.fda.gov/iceci/compliancemanuals/compliancepolicyguidancemanual/ucm074360.htm" target="_blank"><i><span style='color:#1C57A1'>https://www.fda.gov/iceci/compliancemanuals/compliancepolicyguidancemanual/ucm074360.htm</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-91875683706267018312018-08-09T15:23:00.001-07:002018-08-09T15:23:18.286-07:00Testimonial: Birth Control Pill Detoxification Over 12 Weeks by Mom, Age 36<div class=WordSection1><p><a name="Birth_Control_Pill_Detoxification_Over_1"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Birth Control Pill Detoxification Over 12 Weeks by Mom, Age 36</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#461667'><a href="http://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/testimonials.htm">www.homeopathyforwomen.org/testimonials.htm</a><b><i> </i></b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>"From January 2004 to January 2011, I took the <a href="http://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/birth_control_pill_detox.htm">birth control pill</a>. <b>By mid-2007, migraines, constant sinus pressure, acid reflux, and insomnia were the norm</b>. I attributed these to the stress of law school/practice. After stopping the birth control pill I felt better, but the aforementioned ailments remained. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>In July 2011, we learned we were pregnant. Much prayer and tears over our autistic son led us to the blessing who is <a href="http://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/kari_kindem.htm">Kari J. Kindem</a>. Not only did </span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/kari_kindem.htm"><i>Kari</i></a><i> initiate a holistic healing process for our joy of a boy, she cleaned up my exhausted, birth control poisoned body through detox. </i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Since the birth of our son, I've experienced <b>recurrent sore throats, ongoing sinus pressure and headaches, migraines, severe left jaw pain, left shoulder/arm/hand pain with the loss of some fine motor skills in the hand, chronic fatigue, and anxiety.</b> Menses were scanty and painful. Sleep was intermittent. I sweated profusely - and sometimes it smelled quite unladylike. Skin was dull. Allergies to food and cosmetics were skyrocketing. A mental fog kept me bogged down. Everything felt overwhelming. I told myself this was all from the stress of our son's difficulties. <a href="http://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/kari_kindem.htm">Kari</a> explained that these <a href="http://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/birth_control_pill_detox.htm">ill effects were the birth control pill still wreaking internal havoc</a>. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The <a href="http://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/birth_control_pill_detox.htm">10 week birth control detox</a> changed my life: No more migraines, no more chronic sinus pressure, a healthy GI system, regular menses, deep sleep, drastically less and infrequent joint pain, mental clarity, and no more fatigue - but plenty of energy. The tell-tale sign the detox is working is the reliving of symptoms, but for a short time - and sometimes the last. Around one month into the detox, I had a <a href="http://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/hair_testing.htm">HTMA hair test</a> performed and began the prescribed supplements and diet. This turbo-boosted my well-being. <b>And, hello, bright skin and some weight loss. </b></span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I didn't realize how horribly I felt on a daily basis until this detox eliminated the perpetual aches, exhaustion, and general malaise. Today's energy level reminds me more of how I felt in high school - which was great. </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>My husband has never known me without chronic stress, migraines, and fatigue. </span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <b>My son has never had a mother not riddled with anxiety, joint pain, and the drain of constant sinus issues. Now, they have someone more joyful, affectionate, patient, and engaged. Our lives are much happier.</b> We thank God every day for <a href="http://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/kari_kindem.htm">Kari J. Kindem</a> and her amazing, life-changing practice."</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Mother and Attorney, Alabama, USA, August 201</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><span style='color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'>_,___<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-60140604455546156592018-07-30T13:07:00.001-07:002018-07-30T13:07:48.455-07:00Sign petition to support Vaccine Attorney Alan Phillips<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>The North Carolina State Bar wants to investigate Vaccine attorney Alan Phillips, J.D. <br><br>Alan is the author of one of the best guides for parents who are dealing with mandatory vaccine state laws, <a href="https://vaxxter.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1049ce0612ab3624d26aaceb&id=5fe860838a&e=9af4a0ccfe" target="_blank">The Authoritative Guide To Vaccine Legal Exemptions</a>. His book has helped thousands of parents better understand how they can navigate draconian immunization laws in their home states. <br><br>But now, he's under fire from the state of North Carolina where they are moving to remove his ability to practice law. This is his life, this is how he feeds his family, this is the way he helps parents everywhere deal with the stress of confusing vaccine laws.<br><br>Please help by signing the <a href="http://change.org/">Change.org</a> petition and buying a copy of his top-selling book. <br><br><a href="https://vaxxter.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1049ce0612ab3624d26aaceb&id=ba36110411&e=9af4a0ccfe" target="_blank">Sign the petition here</a> <br><br><a href="https://vaxxter.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1049ce0612ab3624d26aaceb&id=1d6c3517a4&e=9af4a0ccfe" target="_blank">Buy The Authoritative Guide To Vaccine Legal Exemptions </a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-74279589496089944242018-03-21T17:59:00.001-07:002018-03-21T17:59:11.991-07:00Molecular Mimicry-Understanding the Link between Vaccines and Autoimmune Disease<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>March 20, 2018</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://worldmercuryproject.org/news/molecular-mimicry-understanding-the-link-between-vaccines-and-autoimmune-disease/?utm_source=mailchimp">https://worldmercuryproject.org/news/molecular-mimicry-understanding-the-link-between-vaccines-and-autoimmune-disease/?utm_source=mailchimp</a> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Molecular Mimicry—Understanding the Link between Vaccines and Autoimmune Disease</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><h5><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>By the <a href="https://worldmercuryproject.org/news/molecular-mimicry-understanding-the-link-between-vaccines-and-autoimmune-disease/">World Mercury Project</a> Team<o:p></o:p></span></h5><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Autoimmune diseases have become increasingly common in the United States and other high-income countries over the <a href="http://pubs.sciepub.com/ijcd/3/4/8/" target="_blank">past several decades</a> and now affect an estimated <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3151593/" target="_blank">5%-10%</a> of the population in those countries. The broad category of “autoimmune disease” comprises over 100 different rheumatic, endocrinological, gastrointestinal and neurological conditions that ensue when the body’s immune responses get misdirected against itself. Researchers generally agree that <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29503968" target="_blank">environmental factors</a> (including drugs and chemicals) are strongly to blame for the rise in autoimmune disorders, possibly in conjunction with <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29503444" target="_blank">genetic and epigenetic influences</a>—and studies dating back to the mid-1990s indicate that <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5607155/" target="_blank">vaccines</a>, with their unique configuration of viral or bacterial antigens and adjuvants, are a biologically plausible trigger.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The pathogenic hallmark of autoimmune disease is the production of proteins called <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893015300642?via%3Dihub" target="_blank">autoantibodies</a>, whereby the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s own organs, tissues and cells instead of fighting external pathogens. Vaccines can prompt autoantibody production through a mechanism called “molecular mimicry.” As explained by Israeli researchers in a new review <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29503439" target="_blank">article</a> in <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cellular & Molecular Immunology</span></em>, significant similarities between the pathogenic antigens contained in a vaccine and human proteins in the person receiving the vaccine can lead to immune “cross-reactivity” and “evolve into an autoimmune process targeting the…self-proteins.”</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>…studies dating back to the mid-1990s indicate that <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5607155/" target="_blank">vaccines</a>, with their unique configuration of viral or bacterial antigens and adjuvants, are a biologically plausible trigger.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h4><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Three examples</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Israeli researchers reviewed three examples of probable molecular mimicry, considering the evidence linking the influenza, hepatitis B and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines to vaccine-induced autoimmunity.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Influenza</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: In 2009, tens of millions of Europeans and North Americans received an H1N1 influenza vaccine containing a novel adjuvant called AS03 (made up of alpha-tocopherol, squalene and polysorbate 80). Soon thereafter, reports began surfacing of sharp increases in two autoimmune conditions, narcolepsy and Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS)—including a two- to three-fold increased risk of GBS in the 42 days following vaccination. In the case of individuals with narcolepsy, research explaining the development of cross-reactivity and autoimmunity identified a <a href="http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/7/294/294ra105" target="_blank">similarity</a> between an influenza vaccine nucleoprotein and a human receptor for the HCRT neurotransmitter (which helps regulate sleep-wake states). Molecular mimicry likewise has been posited as a potential mechanism linking <a href="https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/198/2/226/809446" target="_blank">influenza vaccine and GBS</a>.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hepatitis B</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: A number of case reports have suggested a role of hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccines in the development of autoimmunity, particularly with regard to demyelinating diseases (conditions that damage the protective sheath surrounding nerve fibers in the brain, optic nerves and spinal cord). Demyelinating neuropathies include multiple sclerosis (MS), acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, transverse myelitis and others. A 2005 <a href="http://www.direct-ms.org/sites/default/files/hepatitis%20myelinMol%20Mimic.pdf" target="_blank">study</a> established an initial “proof of concept for the theory of molecular mimicry leading to autoimmunity among HBV-vaccinated subjects.” The study looked at similarities between the recombinant (genetically engineered) small HBV surface antigen contained in the HBV vaccine and two human proteins often associated with myelin damage in MS (myelin basic protein and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein) and identified significantly more cross-reactivity in vaccinated subjects versus controls.<b><i><span style='color:#1F497D'><br><br></span></i></b></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>HPV</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Research has suggested a link between HPV vaccination and at least two autoimmune conditions: systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)—an abnormal heart rate condition that frequently overlaps with chronic fatigue syndrome. In the case of SLE, the Israeli researchers have called attention in other publications to the “<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28394823" target="_blank">homology</a>” (correspondence) between several of the viral peptides in the vaccine and the human peptides known to be dysregulated in SLE, as well as the <a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0961203316629558" target="_blank">molecular mimicry</a> between specific HPV vaccine peptides and human proteins potentially associated with cardiac arrhythmias.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>…most vaccine experts ignore the aluminum adjuvants as a potentially significant environmental trigger for autoimmunity.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h4><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Autoantibodies in autism</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Aluminum adjuvants are present in the majority of vaccines. The Israeli researchers point out that even though aluminum adjuvants are “applied…with the sole purpose of impairing immune tolerance” and potentiating immune response, most vaccine experts ignore the adjuvants as a potentially significant environmental trigger for autoimmunity.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The willingness to overlook aluminum is somewhat surprising in light of other research linking neurotoxic metals—including <a href="https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/the-possible-association-between-elevated-levels-of-blood-mercury-and-the-increased-frequency-of-serum-antimyelin-basic-protein-autoantibodies-in-autistic-children-2155-9899-1000310.php?aid=51825" target="_blank">mercury</a> and <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27250967" target="_blank">lead</a>—to the emergence of brain autoantibodies in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Mercury is still prevalent in many vaccines worldwide and in some vaccines in the U.S. In a study published in <a href="https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/the-possible-association-between-elevated-levels-of-blood-mercury-and-the-increased-frequency-of-serum-antimyelin-basic-protein-autoantibodies-in-autistic-children-2155-9899-1000310.php?aid=51825" target="_blank">2015</a>, Egyptian investigators described the presence of anti-myelin basic protein (anti-MBP) autoantibodies in autistic children who had elevated blood mercury levels. Characterizing mercury as “one of the main candidate environmental triggers for autoimmunity in autism,” these researchers hypothesized that exposure to “mercury, dietary proteins and microbial antigens” (such as the antigens in vaccines) can launch a chain of autoimmune reactions that begins with molecular mimicry and generation of homologous autoantigens.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Some researchers <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5373490/" target="_blank">hypothesize</a> that autoimmune brain pathology (such as is observed in ASD) requires an “event that increases barrier permeability allowing antibodies to traverse blood-brain barrier and gain access to brain tissue to inhibit and alter neuronal processes.” Both <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27978854" target="_blank">mercury</a> and <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23557144" target="_blank">aluminum</a> can damage the blood-brain barrier and enable vaccine antigens to enter the brain.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h4><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Taking autoimmunity seriously</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Given the proliferation of over 100 autoimmune disorders since the mid-1940s, it is concerning that the three examples presented by the Israeli researchers are, by the authors’ own admission, still subject to “significant debate.” As they go on to explain, there is an unacceptable lack of high-quality scientific data on vaccine-related adverse events. Some of the many reasons why vaccine safety monitoring is flawed include variable diagnostic classification of cases, manipulation of the post-vaccination risk interval, inability to assess underreporting of adverse events (which the U.S. government acknowledges to be widespread), and “substantial publication bias favoring studies that support vaccine safety.” Instead of trying to bury adverse events as inconvenient to the monolithic vaccine safety narrative, we should be paying attention to the “red flags” that adverse reactions clearly represent.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h5><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://worldmercuryproject.org">Sign up</a> for free news and updates from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the World Mercury Project. Your <a href="https://worldmercuryproject.org/about-us/donate/">donation</a> will help to support us in our efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></h5><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-16716263993025987342017-11-30T16:40:00.001-08:002017-11-30T16:40:14.871-08:00Vaccine Study: Pilot comparative study on the health of vaccinated and unvaccinated children<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Here is an interesting new and very important study recently done on vaccinated compared to unvaccinated children. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Conclusions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Assessment of the long-term effects of the vaccination schedule on morbidity and mortality has been limited [71]. In this pilot study of vaccinated and unvaccinated homeschool children, reduced odds of chickenpox and whooping cough were found among the vaccinated, as expected, but unexpectedly increased odds were found for many other physician-diagnosed conditions. Although the cross-sectional design of the study limits causal interpretation, the strength and consistency of the findings, the apparent “dose-response” relationship between vaccination status and several forms of chronic illness, and the significant association between vaccination and NDDs all support the possibility that some aspect of the current vaccination program could be contributing to risks of childhood morbidity. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Vaccination also remained significantly associated with NDD after controlling for other factors, whereas preterm birth, long considered a major risk factor for NDD, was not associated with NDD after controlling for the interaction between preterm birth and vaccination. In addition, preterm birth coupled with vaccination was associated with an apparent synergistic increase in the odds of NDD above that of vaccination alone. Nevertheless, the study findings should be interpreted with caution. First, additional research is needed to replicate the findings in studies with larger samples and stronger research designs. Second, subject to replication, potentially detrimental factors associated with the vaccination schedule should be identified and addressed and underlying mechanisms better understood. Such studies are essential in order to optimize the impact of vaccination of children’s health. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-27656996025438963602017-11-29T16:18:00.001-08:002017-11-29T16:18:55.180-08:00ARTICLE: Discovery of "Shockingly High" Levels of Aluminum in Brains of Individuals with Autism Suggests Link with Aluminum-Containing Vaccines<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0946672X17308763">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0946672X17308763</a>
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<br>Discovery of "Shockingly High" Levels of Aluminum in Brains of Individuals with Autism Suggests Link with Aluminum-Containing Vaccines
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<br>STAFFORDSHIRE, UK (November 28, 2017) - A new study published in the Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology provides the strongest indication yet that aluminum is an etiological agent in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to researchers at Keele University in England.
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<br>The study used transversely heated graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry to measure, for the first time, the aluminum content of brain tissue from five donors who had died with diagnoses of ASD. The results showed the donors to have had some of the highest values of aluminum yet measured in human brain tissue.
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<br>The mean (standard deviation) aluminum content across all five individuals for each lobe were 3.82(5.42), 2.30(2.00), 2.79(4.05) and 3.82(5.17) mg/g dry wt. for the occipital, frontal, temporal and parietal lobes respectively. Previous measurements of 60 brains from humans not diagnosed with ASD showed an average content of 1 mg/g dry wt. of brain tissue.
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<br>"One has to wonder why aluminum in the occipital lobe of a 15-year-old boy with autism would be a value that is at least 10 times higher than what might be considered acceptable for an elderly adult?" said Christopher Exley PhD, Professor in Bioinorganic Chemistry and author of the study. Another ground-breaking study by Exley and his team, published earlier in the year, identified similarly high levels of aluminum in the brains of individuals who died of familial Alzheimer's disease.
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<br>While the aluminum content of each of the five brains was extraordinarily high, it was the location of the aluminum in the brain tissue that served as the standout observation. The majority of aluminum was identified inside non-neuronal cells including microglia and astrocytes. Aluminum was also found in lymphocytes in the meninges and in similar inflammatory cells in the vasculature. According to the researchers, there was clear evidence of inflammatory cells heavily loaded with aluminum entering the brain via the meningeal membranes and the blood-brain-barrier.
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<br>Aluminum-selective fluorescence microscopy was used to identify aluminum in the brain tissue of 10 donors. The results strongly suggest that aluminum is entering the brain in ASD via pro-inflammatory cells which have become loaded up with aluminum in the blood and/or lymph, much as has been demonstrated for monocytes at injection sites for vaccines including aluminum adjuvants.
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<br>The fact that the majority of aluminum found in brain tissues in ASD was intracellular and associated with non-neuronal cells is, at least for now, unique to ASD and may begin to explain why young adolescents had so much aluminum in their brains.
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<br>"The research does not infer that Al is a cause of autism, "said Exley, who also authored Human Exposure to Aluminum. "But these very high concentrations of a neurotoxin in brain tissue are not going to be benign and will contribute to neurodegeneration in affected tissues."
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<br>This study was funded by the Children's Medical Safety Research Institute, a 502(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to funding independent research into the causal factors behind today's epidemic of childhood chronic illness and disability.
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<br>Access to the full article here: <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0946672X17308763">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0946672X17308763</a>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-71222451140633781742017-11-13T13:45:00.001-08:002017-11-13T13:45:31.618-08:00Prevent Flu with Influenzinum 200CK - No Toxic Flu Shot Is Needed!<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Do you want to help prevent the flu this year in your loved ones? <span style='background:yellow'>You can, with homeopathic <b>INFLUENZINUM</b></span>.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>No toxic flu shot is needed! </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In fact, the most recent findings published by our government for flu shots is that the flu vaccine is the HIGHEST compensated and most OFTEN reported type of vaccine injury in the vaccine court with millions of dollars awarded in the last year for flu vaccine injury cases.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What we recommend for flu prevention is <b>homeoprophylaxis, the homeopathic immunization</b> for the flu using <b>INFLUENZINUM 200CK for the 2017-2018</b> flu season. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Buy this remedy for short term Homeoprophylaxis for flu prevention for all ages. 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For most areas this is November through February.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Buy Influenzinum 200CK here for $12 at</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <b><a href="https://www.homeopathicremediesonline.com/product/influenzinum-2017-2018-200ck/">https://www.homeopathicremediesonline.com/product/influenzinum-2017-2018-200ck/</a></b> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-17380896059222858442017-11-08T13:53:00.001-08:002017-11-08T13:53:59.046-08:00Please Download and Read: Products with Aluminum to Avoid!<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Aluminum is a toxin present in many types dental products, cosmetics, personal care products.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Download this list of <b>common products that are high in aluminum</b> - and avoid them! </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://info.cmsri.org/full-disclosure-a-guide-to-aluminum-tainted-everyday-products?hsCtaTracking=60bf9eea-f0f3-49d8-aebd-6397fad0cdcf%7C6782204f-1b19-48d2-90f2-de52469366e1">http://info.cmsri.org/full-disclosure-a-guide-to-aluminum-tainted-everyday-products?hsCtaTracking=60bf9eea-f0f3-49d8-aebd-6397fad0cdcf%7C6782204f-1b19-48d2-90f2-de52469366e1</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-30480118277050993452017-10-16T16:08:00.001-07:002017-10-16T16:08:13.501-07:00Excellent short video on the Symptoms off Mercury Poisoning<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Please watch this<b><i><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></i></b>11 minute video when time, it is very good and discusses the <b>key symptoms of mercury toxicity.</b></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Link: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqkjU5f5KcI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqkjU5f5KcI</a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Learn more about mercury toxicity which comes from vaccines, food, water, air and of course <b>silver dental amalgams</b> which are 50% mercury by weight.</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>For <b>vaccine injured children with autism and others with vaccine injury</b>, the connection of vaccines to mercury and aluminum toxicity has been demonstrated in clinical studies.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Read more about these toxicity metals here:<br><a href="http://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/mercury_toxicity.htm">www.homeopathyforwomen.org/mercury_toxicity.htm</a><span style='color:#1F497D'> and </span><a href="http://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/aluminum_toxicity.htm">www.homeopathyforwomen.org/aluminum_toxicity.htm</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'>__,_._,___<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-39370229304695132122017-10-02T15:15:00.001-07:002017-10-02T15:15:04.030-07:00Take Action: House Resolution 327 denies vaccine injuries occur!<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Vaccines absolutely cause significant and sometimes irreparable harm or death.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Please share this information with your networks of like-minded people who understand the dangers of vaccinations and the importance that our government take responsibility for protecting the lives of millions of children and adults.<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=622 style='width:373.2pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div id=bodyContent><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>US Take Action: House Resolution 327 denies vaccine injuries occur</b><o:p></o:p></p></td><td rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=actionlink><a href="http://capwiz.com/a-champ/utr/1/MWSABAJOGPL/OCXWBAJOGPP/11570811986" target="_new">Take Action!</a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Contact your Representative<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:6.0pt'><td colspan=2 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:6.0pt'></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p>Please click on the Take Action Link to send a message to your member of the House asking him or her to oppose this Resolution, and to remove their name as a co-sponsor if they have already signed-on.<o:p></o:p></p><p>House Resolution 327 reads like a press release from a vaccine company. See it here:<o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="http://capwiz.com/a-champ/utr/1/MWSABAJOGPL/NPMYBAJOGPR/11570811986">https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/327/text?q=%7B"search"%3A%5B"vaccine"%5D%7D&r=2</a><o:p></o:p></p><p>Rep. Schiff and the co-sponsors appear unfamiliar with the most basic facts about vaccines and vaccine policy. Every package insert for every vaccine in America contains information about the possible injuries the Federal government admits could occur to healthy adults and children. Schiff and colleagues also seem to be unaware of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, the "vaccine court," that considers thousands of cases of vaccine injury every year and has paid out more than $3 billion in damages. One also has to wonder if vaccines are as safe as Schiff claims why does the vaccine industry and pediatricians demand completely liability protection from any injury caused by a vaccine?<o:p></o:p></p><p>Schiff's Resolution states, "Whereas vaccines in the United States undergo exhaustive safety testing before they are licensed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are monitored for adverse events after health care providers begin administering them to patients" If vaccines are as safe as Schiff asserts why the need to monitor adverse events that he claims do not occur?<o:p></o:p></p><p>Schiff also condemns, without being specific, criticism of vacine safety, "the dissemination of unfounded, and debunked, theories about the dangers of vaccinations pose a great risk to public health," but we all know what he means.<o:p></o:p></p><p>House Resolutions, if passed, do not go to the Senate or the President for consideration and adoption as a law. They are statements of the consensus understanding and preferred policy positions of the members of the House of Representatives. Nonetheless, House Resolution 327 enshrines as preferred US House of Representatives policy demonstrably incorrect assertions that can and will be easily refuted by those who are better informed than Schiff, and who are aware and concerned about the growing number of documented vaccine injuries in the United States.<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr style='height:6.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:6.0pt'></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-58412698181459270052017-09-12T21:21:00.001-07:002017-09-12T21:21:43.503-07:00Effective Homeopathic Remedies For Treating Smoke Inhalation<div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#461667'>If you know someone suffering from <b>smoke exposure with the many forest fires in several states</b>, please feel free to share this important information about homeopathy for treating smoke inhalation.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#461667;background:yellow'>Remedies can be purchased at </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:yellow'><a href="http://www.HomeopathicRemediesOnline.com">www.HomeopathicRemediesOnline.com</a></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#461667'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#461667'>Smoke Inhalation and Homeopathy</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#461667'><br>Homeopathic remedies will provide an effective, natural treatment for smoke inhalation from fires and other smoke exposures.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#461667'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOg4ejy4uGRwZ6xNpzFC7PytFrVWoEFbRTNpGnCWbFBxD4blHhMdVpkrHwdNVNnxvvfryF2GkSX9pfUYV7kxYYWXuOLGaw4iDLurHYdEwqDB8LWV9YpkTbH0TBZ4lEdl28PIxBUPO-9iY/s1600/image002-703504.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOg4ejy4uGRwZ6xNpzFC7PytFrVWoEFbRTNpGnCWbFBxD4blHhMdVpkrHwdNVNnxvvfryF2GkSX9pfUYV7kxYYWXuOLGaw4iDLurHYdEwqDB8LWV9YpkTbH0TBZ4lEdl28PIxBUPO-9iY/s320/image002-703504.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6465113359974525122" /></a></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Here are the common homeopathic remedies for smoke inhalation</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Agate / Botswana (Gemmo)<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Aids in reoxygenation of lungs, red corpuscles, skin tissue and the ductless glands. Use this elixir as an emergency remedy when there is excessive smoke inhalation in a fire.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/arsenicum_album_remedy.htm">Arsenicum </a><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For smoke exposure with anxiety. Eyes burn and stream. Nose burns and streams. Cough is dry and worse at night. Tremendous anxiety especially about what is going to happen—and restlessness.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/bryonia.htm">Bryonia </a><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Soreness in larynx and trachea. Hoarseness, Worse in open air. Dry, hacking cough from irritation in upper trachea. Cough, dry at night, must sit up. Worse after eating or drinking. Frequent desire to take long breath; must expand lungs. Difficult, quick respiration. Heaviness beneath the sternum extending towards the right shoulder. Worse going into warm room.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/calcarea_carbonicum_remedy.htm">Calcarea carbonica</a><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tickling cough, troublesome at night. Painless hoarseness; worse in the morning. Suffocating spells; tightness, burning and soreness in chest. Chest sensitive to touch or pressure. Longing for fresh air.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:yellow'><a href="https://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/carbo_vegetabilis.htm">Carbo Vegetabilis – most commonly used</a><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wheezing, cough with burning in chest. Short of breath. Oxygen starvation. Must be fanned. Hoarseness. Cough with itching in larynx. Sore and raw chest. Rattling of mucus in chest. Exhausted, weak. Cold clammy skin, cold breath. Better: cool air. Worse: evenings, open air, warm damp weather.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/causticum.htm">Causticum</a><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hoarseness with pain in chest. Larynx sore. Cough with raw soreness of chest. Cough with pain in hip. Better drinking cold water. Pain in chest with palpitation. Cannot lie down at night.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Eucalyptus (Tincture)<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For people who do not breathe well for any cause, individuals who almost drown and people who suffer from smoke inhalation in a fire. Eucalyptus oxygenates the system and improves the lungs.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Euphorbium officarium<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Breathing oppressed, as if chest were not wide enough. Spasmodic dry cough, day and night, with asthma. Violent, fluent coryza, with burning cough. Constant cough, with stitches from pit of stomach to sides of chest. Dry, hollow cough. Warm feeling in chest.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#1F497D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><a href="https://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/euphrasia.htm">Euphrasia</a><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>For simple smoke exposure with irritation to eyes and possibly nose and no other symptoms. Eyes stream and burn—lids are red, swollen, and sensitive. Nose streams but does not burn. There may be a little daytime cough. The eyes stream on coughing.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/kali_bichromicum.htm">Kali bichromicum</a><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more serious smoke exposure with irritated sinuses and/or lungs. Nose is blocked—nasal discharge is dry or comes out in sticky or stringy “plugs.” Sinuses are sore, raw, irritated, and painful. Cough is painful, and chest is sore. Mucus is coughed up with difficulty and is scanty, sticky, or stringy.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Natrum arsenicum<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Great sensitivity to smoke. Useful when the indicated remedies haven’t helped much or at all. Eyes dry and painful. They stream and smart on going out into the smoky air. Sinuses feel blocked and are painful. Racking cough. Lungs feel full of smoke. Headache from the smoke.<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/silicea_remedy.htm">Silicea</a><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To help the body eject inhaled particles. Nose dry and blocked—no sense of smell or taste. Sinuses stuffed up and painful. Dry, irritating cough from inhaled particles. With lumpy, yellow mucus.<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-81935999000096991692017-04-04T11:02:00.001-07:002017-04-04T11:02:34.845-07:00Vaccine Calculator<div class=WordSection1><div id=ygrp-mlmsg><div id=ygrp-msg><div id=ygrp-text><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Vaccine Calculator (VIC) – New Version Now Available!</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Find out the actual exposure to what vaccines were injected using this new NVIC tool at <a href="http://new.vaxcalc.org/">http://new.vaxcalc.org/</a> <br><br>What is the VIC? Informed Vaccination Decision-making. The purpose of this tool is to enable the public to make informed vaccination decisions for themselves and their children. The VIC computes ingredient exposures for multiple vaccinations to be received at a single office visit, covering 65 ingredients contained in the vaccines recommended by the CDC in its immunization schedule. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><span style='color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-79436326110988512062017-03-28T11:47:00.001-07:002017-03-28T11:47:13.504-07:00GREAT NEWS! You can now watch the entire VACCINES REVEALED docu-series for FREE!<div class=WordSection1><div id=ygrp-mlmsg><div id=ygrp-msg><div id=ygrp-text><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>GREAT NEWS! You can now watch the entire VACCINES REVEALED docu-series </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>for FREE! </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><span style='color:black'>This explosive 9-part series featuring over two dozen experts is a must watch series for every parent, medical professional, elected official and concerned citizen. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In this series you'll hear multiple experts share how and why vaccines are dangerous, why they don't offer the "protection" claimed and why our children are better off without them. Once you register you'll have 24 hours to watch each episode. It's easy! </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:yellow'>Just </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#606060;background:yellow'><a href="http://stopmandatoryvaccination.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=710b7b0c981668d53142f5e5e&id=2593c01de1&e=952df5b561" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO REGISTER</a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:yellow'> and you are in!</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#606060'><br><br></span></b><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>EPISODE 1: </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Andrew Wakefield, Gary Goldman, Toni Bark<br><i>The Autism/Vaccine Connection, Chickenpox, Unknown Dangers of Vaccines</i></span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#606060'><br></span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#606060'><br></span><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>EPISODE 2: </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Suzanne Humphries, Sayer Ji, Mary Holland<br><i>The overview of vaccines and the history of vaccine use, General Vaccine information, Legal Vaccine Overview, The Vaccine Court<br></i> <br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EPISODE 3:</span></strong> Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Scott and Melissa Miller<br><i>The Anthrax Vaccine and its devastation on our military, Mercury in Vaccines – Thimerosal<br></i> <br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EPISODE 4:</span></strong> Brian Hooker, Dawn Loughborough, Sara Bridges<br><i>Autism, Vaccine Injury, Political Activism, CDC Fraud<br></i> <br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EPISODE 5:</span></strong> James Chestnut, Kelly Brogan, Sayer Ji, Gary Goldman, Stephanie Seneff<br><i>Aluminum, Gardasil, Flu Vaccine, Vaccine and Big Pharma Fraud<br></i> <br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EPISODE 6:</span></strong> Brian Hooker<br><i>Vaccine Injury, Fraud, Aluminum & Mercury, Autism Epidemic<br></i> <br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EPISODE 7:</span></strong> Sherri Tenpenny, Patrick Gentempo, Gayle DeLong<br><i>Fraud/Corruption, Flu Vaccine, Vaccine Safety, Financial Conflict of Interest, National Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Program<br></i> <br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EPISODE 8:</span></strong> Brian Hooker<br><i>CDC guidelines and cover-ups, Vaccine Science and Realities, Vaccine Schedule, Autism Connection<br></i> <br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EPISODE 9:</span></strong> Sayer Ji, Brian Hooker, Jack and Heather Wolfson, Dan Pompa<br><i>Vaccine Solutions<br></i><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EPISODE 10: 3-hour bonus</span></strong><br>• <i>The Gardasil Vaccine<br>• The status of “non-vaccinators” and herd immunity<br>• The “Virus of Fear”<br>• The National Vaccine Information Center & “Informed Consent”<br>• What a Professor discovered about the immune system<br>• The unintended experiment caused by vaccines<br>• Creating vaccines for diseases that are NOT fatal, but merely inconvenient<br>• The importance of Motherly Instinct - and vaccine exemptions<br>• Your Legal rights, due process and the human rights issue</i></span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#606060'><br><br></span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-32471027857403088142017-03-06T15:14:00.001-08:002017-03-06T15:14:57.262-08:00MTHFR and Risk of Depression<div class=WordSection1><div><div><div style='margin-left:-9.0pt;margin-right:-9.0pt;box-sizing: border-box'><div><p class=lead style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://livewello.com/health-reports/mthfr-and-risk-of-depression">https://livewello.com/health-reports/mthfr-and-risk-of-depression</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=lead style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The MTHFR gene provides instructions for making an enzyme called "methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase" - a key enzyme in the folate metabolism pathway which regulates DNA methylation, synthesis, and repair. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=lead style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Polymorphisms in the MTHFR gene have been studied as possible risk factors for a variety of common conditions. These include heart disease, stroke, hypertension, high blood pressure during pregnancy, glaucoma, psychiatric disorders, and certain types of cancer. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=lead style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Low plasma folate and its derivatives have been linked with depressive disorders in studies dating back over 30 years. A recent study showed that the T variant of MTHFR C677T was significantly more common in people with a history of depressive disorder, even with normal levels of folate, homocysteine and vitamin B12. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-41676213054816255182017-01-25T12:17:00.001-08:002017-01-25T12:17:13.788-08:00About the Herb Ginger (Zingiber officinale)<div class=WordSection1><div id=ygrp-mlmsg><div id=ygrp-msg><div id=ygrp-text><div><h2 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>About the Herb Ginger (Zingiber officinale)</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.thorne.com/education/health-lifestyle/ART-20267062/what-is-ginger">https://www.thorne.com/education/health-lifestyle/ART-20267062/what-is-ginger</a> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ginger is a leafy plant that is native to warmer parts of Asia and is cultivated in many countries, including India, China, Nepal, Nigeria, Thailand and Indonesia. The plant's root is used widely for both medicinal and culinary purposes. Although it's used most frequently to treat digestive issues, such as nausea, vomiting, gas and indigestion, ginger has also been shown to provide muscle and joint support.*</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What are the dietary sources of ginger?</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ginger, either the fresh root or powdered, is a common ingredient in Asian cooking, including stir-fries and marinades. Teas can be made from the powder or fresh root. Ginger is often added to desserts, along with other spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg, while candied ginger can be added to ginger cookies. Although ginger ale carries the name “ginger,” the soda typically contains only ginger flavoring and not a significant amount of the actual herb. Ginger can also be taken as a dietary supplement.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Should I consider taking a ginger dietary supplement?</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ginger is best known for helping to curb nausea. In the form of teas or capsules, ginger can help relieve occasional nausea, vomiting, gas and indigestion.* A lesser known benefit of ginger, according to several studies, is that it can help ease muscle soreness after exercise, as well as occasional achy joints.*</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>How can ginger affect my health?</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As a dietary supplement, ginger can support your health in several ways:</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Relieves occasional joint aches*</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Protects muscles from soreness after exercise*</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Relieves nausea and vomiting associated with pregnancy or morning sickness*</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Relieves pain from menstrual cramps*</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Relieves nausea from carsickness, seasickness and other motion-related nausea*</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Provides relief from nausea after surgery*</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Protects the gastrointestinal tract from irritation caused by medications such as aspirin and other NSAIDs*</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Curbs nausea associated with chemotherapy medications*</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Relieves occasional gas or indigestion*</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><h2 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>How much ginger should I take?</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The amount of ginger to take depends on the form being consumed. For powdered ginger capsules, a typical dose is 500 to 1,000 milligrams (mg) once or twice daily. A more concentrated ginger capsule is available, which is usually standardized to contain active ingredients called gingerols and shogoals. For this type of ginger, a typical dose is 40 mg of a 25-percent extract, which provides about 10 mg of gingerols/shogoals, and can be taken once or twice daily.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To make a tea from powdered ginger, add one-eighth to one-quarter teaspoon to one cup of hot water. To make a tea from fresh ginger root, place one or two half-inch slices of fresh ginger in a pot with two cups of water, bring the water to a boil, then turn off the heat, cover and let steep for 15 minutes.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>How long should ginger be taken for it to be effective?</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To relieve nausea, ginger can be taken as needed, although taking it before the circumstance that causes the nausea can be helpful also. For joint and muscle support, you might need to take ginger for a longer period of time to see results. For instance, in one study, female athletes who took three grams of ginger for six weeks experienced decreased muscle soreness compared to the group who took a placebo.* Taking ginger before exercising has been found to provide benefit in some studies.*</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Are there side effects from taking a ginger dietary supplement?</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ginger is generally recognized as safe by the Food and Drug Administration. However, ginger can decrease the stickiness of platelets, which might contribute to a blood-thinning effect, particularly when used in medicinal amounts. Although known for its benefits for the digestive system, ginger can cause heartburn in some people.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Is ginger safe to take with medications?</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Because ginger can have a blood-thinning effect, if you are taking a blood-thinning medication, you should avoid ginger or use it with caution. Talk to your health care professional about using ginger if you take one of these medications or if you are planning to have surgery.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Note: If you are considering taking a ginger dietary supplement, check with your health care professional first, especially if you are pregnant or have a health condition.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-1797446976047592302016-12-16T11:34:00.000-08:002016-12-16T11:36:35.170-08:00Christmas from Heaven: The Candy Bomber Story (Narrated by Tom Brokaw)<div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal>This 12 minute video which I saw today was such an inspiration to me that I wanted to share it with everyone. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This US pilot changed the lives of so many at Christmas, in post-war Germany, with a generous and giving heart!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://youtu.be/Hjz8yu5MWC0">https://youtu.be/Hjz8yu5MWC0</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>May each of you receive blessings, renewed hope, health and JOY during the Christmas season and in the New Year<span style='color:#1F497D'>!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-86418102386082339242016-12-01T12:46:00.001-08:002016-12-01T12:46:38.769-08:00FTC Issues Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding Marketing Claims for Over-the-Counter Homeopathic Drugs<div class=WordSection1><div id=ygrp-mlmsg><div id=ygrp-msg><div id=ygrp-text><div><h1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FTC Issues Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding Marketing Claims for Over-the-Counter Homeopathic Drugs<span style='color:#1F497D'><br></span>Efficacy and Safety Claims Are Held to Same Standard as Other OTC Drug Claims <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2016/11/ftc-issues-enforcement-policy-statement-regarding-marketing">https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2016/11/ftc-issues-enforcement-policy-statement-regarding-marketing</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span class=date><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>November 15, 2016</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Federal Trade Commission today announced a new “Enforcement Policy Statement on Marketing Claims for Over-the-Counter (OTC) Homeopathic Drugs.” The <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/public_statements/996984/p114505_otc_homeopathic_drug_enforcement_policy_statement.pdf">policy statement</a> was informed by an FTC workshop held last year to examine how such drugs are marketed to consumers. The FTC also released its <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/reports/federal-trade-commission-staff-report-homeopathic-medicine-advertising-workshop/p114505_otc_homeopathic_medicine_and_advertising_workshop_report.pdf">staff report on the workshop</a>, which summarizes the panel presentations and related public comments in addition to describing consumer research commissioned by the FTC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The policy statement explains that the FTC will hold efficacy and safety claims for OTC homeopathic drugs to the same standard as other products making similar claims. That is, companies must have competent and reliable scientific evidence for health-related claims, including claims that a product can treat specific conditions. The statement describes the type of scientific evidence that the Commission requires of companies making such claims for their products.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Homeopathy, which dates back to the 1700s, is based on the theory that disease symptoms can be treated by minute doses of substances that produce similar symptoms when provided in larger doses to healthy people. Many homeopathic products are diluted to such an extent that they no longer contain detectable levels of the initial substance. According to the policy statement, homeopathic theories are not accepted by most modern medical experts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For the vast majority of OTC homeopathic drugs, the policy statement notes, “the case for efficacy is based solely on traditional homeopathic theories and there are no valid studies using current scientific methods showing the product’s efficacy.” As such, the marketing claims for these products are likely misleading, in violation of the FTC Act.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>However, the policy statement also notes that “the FTC has long recognized that marketing claims may include additional explanatory information to prevent the claims from being misleading. Accordingly, it recognizes that an OTC homeopathic drug claim that is not substantiated by competent and reliable scientific evidence might not be deceptive if the advertisement or label where it appears effectively communicates that: 1) there is no scientific evidence that the product works; and 2) the product’s claims are based only on theories of homeopathy from the 1700s that are not accepted by most modern medical experts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The policy statement notes that any such disclosures should stand out and be in close proximity to the product’s efficacy message and might need to be incorporated into that message. It also warns marketers not to undercut a disclosure with additional positive statements or consumer endorsements reinforcing a product’s efficacy. The statement warns that the FTC will carefully scrutinize the net impression of OTC homeopathic marketing claims and that if an ad conveys more substantiation than a marketer has, it will violate the FTC Act. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Commission vote approving the enforcement policy statement and issuance of the staff report on the Homeopathic Medicine & Advertising Workshop was 3-0.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Federal Trade Commission works to promote competition, and <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/bureaus-offices/bureau-consumer-protection">protect and educate consumers</a>. You can <a href="https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/">learn more about consumer topics</a> and file a <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/complaint">consumer complaint online</a> or by calling 1-877-FTC-HELP (382-4357). 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Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-89512362749966864532016-11-10T14:38:00.001-08:002016-11-10T14:38:13.581-08:00Spiritual Homeopathy <div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Spiritual <span style='color:#1F497D'>H</span>omeopathy<i> </i>by Celia Hastings</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=ygrp-mlmsg><div id=ygrp-msg><div id=ygrp-text><div><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>November 3, 2016</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.petoskeynews.com/news/opinion/celia-hastings-spiritual-homeopathy/article_9faa547e-aca0-535b-807f-c170440fee7d.html">http://www.petoskeynews.com/news/opinion/celia-hastings-spiritual-homeopathy/article_9faa547e-aca0-535b-807f-c170440fee7d.html</a> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“Through your wounds we are healed.”<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>Isaiah 53:5 The Inclusive Bible</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As the Thanksgiving and Christmas season approaches, some may find it difficult to celebrate. Those with recent or impending or unhealed losses may not look forward to the season. Wherever one may be on the journey of faith, “spiritual homeopathy” has something to offer.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What is spiritual homeopathy? It is based on the principle that “like cures like” and “wounds heal wounds” — the underlying wisdom of support groups. A Biblical story which illustrates this principle takes place on the ancient shepherding people’s journey through the desert. When they grew impatient and complained bitterly to Moses, God sent venomous snakes to bite the people. Many died. When the people confessed their sin, God told Moses to put a bronze snake on a pole. Those who were bitten and focused on the bronze snake did not die; they looked and lived.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Many years later Jesus said of his mission, “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so the Chosen One must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes on the Chosen One might have eternal life.” Jesus’ disciple Peter wrote, “By Christ’s wounds you are healed.” In “The Angel that Troubled the Waters,” Thornton Wilder wrote: “Without your wound where would your power be? ... In love’s service only the wounded can serve.”</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As the Thanksgiving and Christmas season approaches, spiritual homeopathy offers healing to all – because the Babe in the Manger is also the Wounded Healer.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Rev. Celia M. Hastings has a master’s degree in religious education from Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Mich. She is author of “The Wisdom Series” and “The Undertaker’s Wife.”</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-44197225488787101892016-11-09T15:55:00.001-08:002016-11-09T15:55:10.881-08:00Copper IUDs: What your doctor doesn't know may be harming you<div class=WordSection1><div id=ygrp-mlmsg><div id=ygrp-msg><div id=ygrp-text><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Copper IUDs: What your doctor doesn’t know may be harming you.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.samanthagilbert.com/copperiud-copper-toxicity/">https://www.samanthagilbert.com/copperiud-copper-toxicity/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Copper IUDs have soared in popularity as a hormone-free birth control choice for females. What your doctor doesn’t know about the harmful side-effects of copper could significantly harm you. If you have a copper IUD and are experiencing adverse symptoms, then this post is for you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h5><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What is a Copper IUD and How Does it Work?<o:p></o:p></span></h5><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Per the Mayo Clinic’s definition, a copper IUD is an intrauterine device (IUD) that’s inserted into the uterus for long-term birth control (up to 10 years). It is a T-shaped plastic frame with copper wire coiled around the stem and two copper sleeves along the arms that continuously release copper into the lining of the uterus. This process produces an inflammatory reaction in the uterus that is toxic to sperm, which helps prevent fertilization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h5><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Copper IUD Claims<o:p></o:p></span></h5><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Proponents of the copper IUD make a lot of claims that it is a better and safer form of birth control, even citing studies that copper ion levels released by IUDs are too tiny to impair human health. The two main claims that I will debunk that are completely false are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Decreases the risk of endometrial cancer and possibly cervical cancer.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Doesn’t carry the risk of side effects related to hormonal birth control methods.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>These claims couldn’t be further from the truth, with many females painfully finding this out the hard way. In fact, I have yet to work with a single female in my practice that hasn’t been adversely affected by the copper IUD.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h5><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Copper IUD Side-effects and Myths<o:p></o:p></span></h5><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Commonly disclosed side-effects include: cramping, bleeding between periods, and severe menstrual pain, but this only a very small part of the overall story when it comes to copper and females.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The overarching narrative to this story is that copper and estrogen share a very intimate relationship with one another because estrogen increases copper retention in the body. It has been estimated that almost 85% of females (of all age ranges) are adversely affected by a common, yet little known condition called copper overload or copper toxicity, and have no idea it’s the cause of their distress. This makes implantation of a copper IUD in a female that is already (and usually unknowingly) overloaded in copper a recipe for disaster.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To make matters worse, few doctors are aware of this condition, thus unintentionally prescribing hormones and/or devices that could negatively impact your health and well-being.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h5><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What is Copper Overload/Copper Toxicity?<o:p></o:p></span></h5><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Copper overload, often hereditary, is an inability to effectively eliminate excess copper. It is not the same as Wilson’s Disease, a life threatening and rare genetic disorder where copper accumulates in vital organs and glands.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Copper has the ability to profoundly affect every system in the body especially the reproductive, nervous, and glandular systems, and it has a devastating effect on mental health. This explains why common, yet undisclosed side-effects of the copper IUD include severe anxiety and panic attacks, depression, hair loss, anemia, increased anger and rage, brain fog, spaciness, paranoia, fatigue, and increased infections (yeast being the most common) to name a few.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As a metal, copper is a great conductor of energy, (you know how that energizer bunny keeps going and going) which gives credence to symptoms of insomnia, racing thoughts, heart palpitations, and dizziness after a copper IUD is inserted, symptoms all of my female clients have complained about after trying this method of birth control.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h5><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Copper and Cancer<o:p></o:p></span></h5><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As I mentioned previously, estrogen increases copper retention in the body. We live in an estrogen dominant world and it is well documented that <a href="http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-physiol-030212-183708?journalCode=physiol" target="_blank">estrogen dominance plays a direct role in the development of many cancers</a> including those of the breast, ovaries, and cervix.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Additionally, <a href="https://www.samanthagilbert.com/methylation/">impaired methylation synthesis</a> is also a major factor in today’s soaring cancer rates. <a href="http://www.nature.com/nrclinonc/journal/v2/n12s/full/ncponc0354.html" target="_blank">You can view the research here.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>With copper high, zinc becomes imbalanced. Zinc is an essential nutrient in the healthy functioning of all our bodily processes. It enhances resistance to stress, maintains intellectual function, memory, and mood levels, and is an important component in the creation of all hormones. Zinc is also a major player in the creation of our bodies master antioxidants, metallothionein and glutathione, both of which are needed for every body system to function optimally and protect us from disease.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Without adequate zinc, we become prone to pathogenic infections as well as diseases caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells. <o:p></o:p></span></p><h5><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Other Things to Consider With a Copper IUD<o:p></o:p></span></h5><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Practitioners are often told to inform patients that adverse menstrual irregularities will eventually subside after insertion of a copper IUD, but I have found the opposite to be true. Disorders such as endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), and premenstrual syndrome (PMS) actually tend to increase in severity and duration after a copper IUD is implanted.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17317521" target="_blank">Postpartum depression (PPD) and psychosis are directly connected to elevated levels of copper</a>, especially</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> with multiple births because copper levels increase with each pregnancy (copper is needed to make blood vessels) and do not go back to normal post-birth. When I hear about women drowning their children, committing suicide, or shooting their husbands, I wonder if monitoring their copper levels would have helped prevent such sad stories.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Copper overload has a strong heritable component, which means that it is often passed down from generation to generation, something we call Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance (TEI). If all the females in your family share similar symptoms like mine do, copper toxicity may be the underlying cause.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Additionally, copper is a major player in ADHD/ADD, Alzheimer’s disease, autism, hyperactivity (especially in children) bipolar disorders, fibromyalgia, and paranoid schizophrenia.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>_,___<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div>Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-78527727939516751682016-09-27T10:43:00.001-07:002016-09-27T10:45:02.244-07:00Vitamin D Impacts Exercise Performance, Cortisol, and Heart Health<div class="WordSection1">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Vitamin D supplementation reduces cardiovascular risk factors and cortisol levels and improves exercise performance, according to a randomized, placebo-controlled, single-blind, parallel trial published in August 2016.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In this study, 15 healthy subjects were given 2,000 IU of vitamin D<sub>3</sub> daily or a placebo for 14 days. Researchers assessed body composition, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and arterial elasticity (as measured by pulse wave velocity, PWV) at baseline, after 1 week, and on day 14 of the study. Cortisol and cortisone levels were measured using two 24-hour urine samples. The study authors evaluated the participants' performances on a bike ergometer and noted the distance cycled in 20 minutes and the Borg Scale rate of perceived exertion (RPE).</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">After 2 weeks, vitamin D supplementation resulted in a pronounced reduction from baseline in resting SBP (115.8 ± 17.1 to 106.3 ± 10.9 mm Hg) and DBP (75.4 ± 10.3 to 68.5 ± 10.1 mm Hg). Arterial stiffness, urinary free cortisol levels, and the cortisol/cortisone ratio also significantly declined in the vitamin D group. The reduction in cortisol was thought to be due to inhibition of 11 β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β-HSD1), the enzyme responsible for converting cortisone to active cortisol. Exercise-induced increases in SBP and DBP were markedly attenuated by vitamin D supplementation. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Furthermore, subjects taking vitamin D significantly increased their distance cycled in 20 minutes and the Borg Scale RPE declined. Participants taking placebo did not experience any of these beneficial effects.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">According to the study authors, "These results suggest that daily vitamin D supplementation may ameliorate CVD risk factors including a decrease in 11β-HSD1 activity, as evidenced by the decrease in the cortisol/cortisone ratio, and improve exercise performance in healthy individuals."</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kari J. Kindem, CFHom, CEASE Practitioner, Classical Homeopathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445155209359490057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319109858829738910.post-15549992915586533092016-08-23T13:03:00.001-07:002016-08-23T13:03:33.456-07:00NOW ON DVD! 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In his ongoing effort to advocate for children's health, Wakefield directs this documentary examining the evidence behind an appalling cover-up committed by the government agency charged with protecting the health of American citizens.<br><br>Interviews with pharmaceutical insiders, doctors, politicians, and parents of vaccine-injured children reveal an alarming deception that has contributed to the skyrocketing increase of autism and potentially the most catastrophic epidemic of our lifetime.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#606060'><br><br><a href="http://stopmandatoryvaccination.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=710b7b0c981668d53142f5e5e&id=51894d66c6&e=952df5b561" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> to <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>pre-order</span></strong> (September 13 ship date).</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#606060'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=ygrp-mlmsg><div id=ygrp-msg><div id=ygrp-text><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:5.4pt 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:5.0in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>Kari J. 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