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YIPPEE! I’m thrilled to announce that the KINDLE version of my latest book, Raw Awakening, is on sale for only $2.99! This is for a limited time so grab a copy here while you can. :)
Sunday, December 2nd, 2012
Raw Awakening (KINDLE) Book SALE – Limited Time Only!
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We are in Monsoon season here in Arizona. A time of true beauty to be sure. Gorgeous sunsets, cleansing rains, and…. the occasional dust storm. I wouldn’t call a dust storm a thing of beauty, but they are kind of crazy cool. My mom wrote about one last year and I had to share it on my blog because it cracked me up. She’s a funny lady – warning… she doesn’t mince words. Enjoy the post. (You can follow her on twitter here.)
Arizona’s 2011 Wind Storm – The BLOB?
by Sunny Larson
Weather in Arizona is mostly predictable. Sun…Sun…Sun. While other areas of the country worry about snow storms, flooding, hurricanes or tornadoes, we have more sun. BUT, we have monsoons. Monsoons bring rain and wind usually in July and August. The day can be full of sun….and then at 4:00pm the clouds roll in… the wind starts… followed by rain if we are lucky. We are in the desert so rain is at a premium.
If you were watching the news the other day… a 7000 foot dust wall that was miles long was rolling across Phoenix and surrounding cities. It was so dense you could not see one foot in front of you. It reminded me of an old movie called, “THE BLOB.” It was described as a massive event native Arizonians have not seen in 30 years. When I saw it filmed on TV, I called my daughter, Kristen, immediately. She was about to go to Whole Foods.
“Hell no you’re not going! A huge dust storm is heading your way. They’ve closed the airport. Don’t leave. Take cover.” Only a mother in panic would yell. She went to her balcony and saw it rolling in the city. It was engulfing Camelback Mountain.
I called everyone I knew. This BLOB was rolling in at 60-70 miles an hour. Some people thought I was joking.
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I get asked all the time about how we clean our teeth in this household. Check out my video for the details. Below the video are links to the specific products mentioned.
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Saturday, October 15th, 2011
Vitamin E Attacked – Here’s Another Perspective
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I recently read on NPR’s iPhone app (national public radio) about vitamin E being attacked, which focused on prostate cancer risk and links to vitamin e supplementation. However, after reading it, I was emailed the following newsletter from Orthomolecular Medicine News that gives another perspective. It’s very interesting. (You can read more articles here and subscribe to their newsletter here.)
Vitamin E Attacked Again
Of Course. Because It Works.
by Andrew W. Saul
Editor, Orthomolecular Medicine News Service
(OMNS, Oct 14, 2011) The very first Orthomolecular Medicine News Service release was on the clinical benefits of vitamin E. That was seven years ago. (1) In fact, the battle over vitamin E has been going full-tilt for over 60 years. (2)
Well, you can say one thing for vitamin critics: at least they are consistent. Consistently wrong, but consistent.
A recent accusation against vitamin E is that somehow it increases risk of prostate cancer. (3) That is nonsense. If you take close look at the numbers, you will see that “Compared with placebo, the absolute increase in risk of prostate cancer per 1000 person-years was 1.6 for vitamin E, 0.8 for selenium, and 0.4 for the combination.” That works out to be a claimed 0.63% increase risk with vitamin E alone, 0.24% increase in risk with vitamin E and selenium, and 0.15% increase in risk for selenium alone.
Note the decimal points: these are very small figures. But more importantly, note that the combination of selenium with vitamin E resulted in a much smaller number of deaths. If vitamin E were really the problem, vitamin E with selenium would have been a worse problem. Selenium recharges vitamin E, recycling it and effectively rendering it more potent. Something is wrong here, and it isn’t the vitamin E. Indeed, a higher dose of vitamin E might work as well as E with selenium, and be more protective.
And, in fact, this study did show that supplementation was beneficial. Vitamin E and selenium reduced risk of all-cause mortality by about 0.2%., and also reduced the risk of serious cardiovascular events by 0.3%. Vitamin E reduced risk of serious cardiovascular events by 0.7%. But what you were told, and just about all you were told, was “Vitamin E causes cancer!”
The oldest political trick in the book is to create doubt, then fear, and then conformity of action. The pharmaceutical industry knows this full well. One does not waste time and money attacking something that does not work. Vitamin E works, and the evidence is abundant.
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Thursday, October 6th, 2011
My Recipe on Huffington Post -and- Orthomolecular Medicine News – An Interesting Article
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I’m quite excited and proud to announce that my recipe for Raw Harvest Soup made its way in the line up of recommended recipes on Huffington Post!!
I found this article interesting from Orthomolecular Medicine News Service… you can read more articles here and subscribe to their newsletter here.
Free, Peer-Reviewed Nutritional Medicine Information Online
No Evidence, Eh?
(OMNS, Oct 3, 2011) Many of our readers have written to say that when they try to talk to their physician about using nutritional medicine, the subject is promptly dismissed. Furthermore, such dismissal is often accompanied with doctor statements such as, “I have not seen any good research showing that vitamins work therapeutically.”
That your doctor has not seen the research is probably true. However, the research has been there all along. The problem is that many health practitioners are often too busy, and sometimes too complacent, to look for it.
It is time to change that. Here are some highly-reliable orthomolecular resources online, for free access.
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I get asked a lot about posting my workouts… so here is what I did Tuesday. I kept it moving and did not rest between sets. The workout was about 45 minutes.
- 20 push ups (no, I don’t do the girly kind)
- Jumping jacks for 60 seconds
- 20 push ups
- 15 jumping squats (have you ever done these? They’re intense!)
- 20 push ups
- 15 jumping squats
- Flat bench dumb bell press
- 60 second wall squat
- Flat bench dumb bell press
- 30 sumo squats with 25 pound weight
- Bench dips (feet elevated)
- Hammer curls
- 20 step ups on bench
- Hammer curls
- Flat bench dumb bell flies
- Walking lunges
- Bench dips (feet elevated)
- Jumping jacks for 60 seconds
- Tricep kick backs
- Roman chair for abs, 2 sets
- 5 minutes to cool down and relax on the Precor
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We had some crazy weather here in Arizona this week. Here is my mom’s take on it – good ol’ mom… Read More Here.
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A commenter brought to my attention that she misses my regular blog posts outside of the weight loss series. I do, too! In fact, I had a long talk with my husband on my birthday this past week about how I’m stretched too thin regarding work with my books, blogs, running my business, and writing guest posts on other blogs. As much as I enjoy the work, it’s taking its toll on my family and I need to rebalance. It’s time to scale back on work. So! Good news to those missing my usual blog posts. Over the next week, I’m transitioning my work life back to focusing more on my blog and less on other projects, thereby giving me more mommy time, too! Thanks for your patience and understanding as I navigate motherhood and learn the best way to balance things.
XOXO,
Kristen
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I was emailed the following and figured the best way to help spread the word is by putting this on my blog.
My name is Emily and I am a new AmeriCorps member working for the littlest Tumor Foundation in Appleton, WI. The Littlest Tumor Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to finding a preventative therapy and treatment for tumor growth in children and providing wellness scholarships to families dealing with Neurofibromatosis (NF). We believe everyone can contribute a little. Our Three main areas of focus are awareness, wellness, and raising money for research.
NF affects 1 in 3,000 children and causes tumors to grow anywhere in the body including the brain and spine and can cause a series of other significant health issues. They range from serious skeletal abnormalities to endocrine issues to difficult to treat cancers. Much is not understood. The Littlest Tumor Foundation (LTF) is dedicated to increasing understanding and empowering families.
This year the foundation is kicking off their national 30 day campaign, which leads up to our wellness retreat in Bjorklunden Door County, WI. We are very excited about this retreat because Kris Carr is doing a live Skype in, specialized doctors in the NF field will be there, along with yoga, meditation, a personalized real foods chef, and much more.
Our 30 day campaign is extremely important because it will be dropped nationally and provide awareness. The campaign is taking a holistic approach this year, with the theme “Mind, body, Soul, Solution”. The Littlest Tumor Foundation was wondering if you would be willing to write a short blog, or post something to contribute to one of our days. Your contribution would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your consideration. Please feel free to contact me with any questions at ewagner03@gamil.com.
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Saturday, June 18th, 2011
No Deaths from Vitamins – None at All in 27 Years
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The following article is reprinted with permission. It’s from Orthomolecular Medicine News Service… here is their free subscription link http://orthomolecular.org/subscribe.html and also the OMNS archive link http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/index.shtml
I first heard Andrew Saul in the Food Matters documentary (a must see doc if you haven’t already – read my review of it here).
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, June 14, 2011
No Deaths from Vitamins – None at All in 27 Years
Commentary by Andrew W. Saul and Jagan N. Vaman, M.D.
(OMNS, June 14, 2011) Over a twenty-seven year period, vitamin supplements have been alleged to have caused the deaths of a total of eleven people in the United States. A new analysis of US poison control center annual report data indicates that there have, in fact, been no deaths whatsoever from vitamins . . . none at all, in the 27 years that such reports have been available.
The American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) attributes annual deaths to vitamins as:
| 2009: zero 2008: zero 2007: zero 2006: one 2005: zero 2004: two 2003: two 2002: one 2001: zero |
2000: zero 1999: zero 1998: zero 1997: zero 1996: zero 1995: zero 1994: zero 1993: one 1992: zero |
1991: two 1990: one 1989: zero 1988: zero 1987: one 1986: zero 1985: zero 1984: zero 1983: zero |
Even if these figures are taken as correct, and even if they include intentional and accidental misuse, the number of alleged vitamin fatalities is strikingly low, averaging less than one death per year for over two and a half decades. In 19 of those 27 years, AAPCC reports that there was not one single death due to vitamins. [1]
Still, the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service Editorial Board was curious: Did eleven people really die from vitamins? And if so, how?
Vitamins Not THE Cause of Death
In determining cause of death, AAPCC uses a four-point scale called Relative Contribution to Fatality (RCF). A rating of 1 means “Undoubtedly Responsible”; 2 means “Probably Responsible”; 3 means “Contributory”; and 4 means “Probably Not Responsible.” In examining poison control data for the year 2006, listing one vitamin death, it was seen that the vitamin’s Relative Contribution to Fatality (RCF) was a 4. Since a score of “4″ means “Probably Not Responsible,” it quite negates the claim that a person died from a vitamin in 2006.
Vitamins Not A Cause of Death
In the other seven years reporting one or more of the remaining ten alleged vitamin fatalities, studying the AAPCC reports reveals an absence of any RCF rating for vitamins in any of those years. If there is no Relative Contribution to Fatality at all, then the substance did not contribute to death at all.
Furthermore, in each of those remaining seven years, there is no substantiation provided to demonstrate that any vitamin was a cause of death.
If there is insufficient information about the cause of death to make a clear-cut declaration of cause, then subsequent assertions that vitamins cause deaths are not evidence-based. Although vitamin supplements have often been blamed for causing fatalities, there is no evidence to back up this allegation.
References:
1. Download any Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers from 1983-2009 free of charge at http://www.aapcc.org/dnn/NPDSPoisonData/NPDSAnnualReports.aspxThe “Vitamin” category is usually near the very end of the report.
Most recent year: Bronstein AC, Spyker DA, Cantilena LR Jr, Green JL, Rumack BH, Giffin SL. 2009 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers’ National Poison Data System (NPDS): 27th Annual Report. Clinical Toxicology (2010). 48, 979-1178. The full text article is available for free download at http://www.aapcc.org/dnn/Portals/0/2009%20AR.pdf
The vitamin data mentioned above will be found in Table 22B.
Nutritional Medicine is Orthomolecular Medicine
Orthomolecular medicine uses safe, effective nutritional therapy to fight illness. For more information: http://www.orthomolecular.org The peer-reviewed Orthomolecular Medicine News Service is a non-profit and non-commercial informational resource.
So… what do you think?!
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I'm Kristen, and welcome to my blog. I'm a wife, mom, author, and I love to eat so food is usually the topic of my blog posts. I'm a former (almost decade long) vegan turned back omnivore who enjoys reading, rebounding, coffee, and dark chocolate. 
