This is How the Urban Gardening Movement Will Replace Welfare

Natural Cures Not Medicine on Facebook: www.facebook.com/naturalcuresnotmedicine

A recent study was conducted, state by state, of the monetary value of welfare benefits for a mother with two children. They found that in New York benefits would be around $38,000, the seventh highest in the nation.

Image: Harvesting Earth Urban Garden

The study explains the comparison of such an amount, “While that might not sound overly generous, remember that welfare benefits aren’t taxed, while wages are. So someone in New York would have to earn more than $21 per hour to be better off than they would be on welfare. That’s more than the average statewide entry-level salary for a teacher.

Plus, going to work means added costs such as paying for child care, transportation and clothing. Not to mention that, even if it’s not a money-loser, a person moving from welfare to work will see some form of loss — namely, less time for leisure as opposed to work.”

Obviously people apply for welfare benefits because they have come across hard times. However the incentive created by this particular program has some daunting implications. It seems that this once generous program started in the 30’s has turned into an unsustainable model of redistribution. What is to happen when the state can no longer afford to pay out these benefits?  The terminal characteristics of the current system happen to be a mathematical certainty. What will the tens of millions of welfare recipients do when this unsustainable model reaches its precipice of total collapse?

It is evident that the current system is broken and rife with negative incentive. So what is the answer? Should we try to petition the government for welfare reform? Good luck with that! Taking a proactive approach in your community is far more effective than petitioning bureaucrats with the sole intention of re-election.

This proactive approach is starting to pop-up around the country. Once we look at what people actually need to survive the choice on how to help them is quite evident. People need two basic things and they are food and shelter. Community gardens are a particularly effective method of providing the former.

Urban gardening is spreading and with good reason. Not only are food deserts a large problem in urban areas, but there also happens to be large areas of wasted land with garden potential. A  recent article in The Smithsonian highlighted the ‘Guerrilla Gardening’ efforts of a man named Ron Finley.  About three years ago, South Los Angeles resident Finley got fed up with having to drive more than half an hour to find a ripe, pesticide-free tomato. So he decided to plant a vegetable garden in the space between the sidewalk and street outside of his home, located in the working-class neighborhood where he grew up, surrounded by fast food restaurants, liquor stores and other not-so-healthy options. This tactic is spreading, and fast.

A community effort to produce food is the first major step to reducing state dependency. A community coming together to grow their own food generates the opposite incentive that the current welfare system creates. Instead of stoking dependency, people are empowered. Tending to a productive garden has been shown to increase the sense of well-being, confidence, and overall health; not to mention that it feeds you too!
So, next time you hear people talking about how the Democrats want this or the Republicans want this, offer a real solution. Grow your own sustenance, and truly give the power back to the people!

by Matt Agorist

Source: RealFarmacy.com

Anti-inflammatory Ginger Peach Smoothie Benefits and Recipe

Natural Cures Not Medicine on Facebook: www.facebook.com/naturalcuresnotmedicine

Peach season is coming up, so what could possibly taste better than some fresh peaches? They have such a wonderful flavor I almost feel spoiled eating them. You can even freeze the peaches before hand if you please and make this smoothie have a colder touch to it.

Peaches are rich in many vital minerals such as potassium and iron. Iron is required for red blood cell formation. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids that help regulate heart rate and blood pressure.

Pineapples contain bromelain enzyme which is a powerful anti-inflammatory (read all about it here). This famous pain relieving enzyme has been synthesized and isolated into supplements to treat inflammation and pain naturally. Ginger contains very powerful anti-inflammatory compounds called gingerols. These substances are believed to explain why so many people with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis experience reductions in their pain levels and improvements in their mobility when they consume ginger regularly.

Ingredients:
- 2 cups ripe pineapple
- 1 large piece ginger (I use around 3-4 inches)
- 4 ripe peaches, pits removed
- 1 cup young thai coconut water (you can use the coconut meat too if you are using an actual coconut)

Put the ingredients into a blender and pulse blend for 15-30 seconds! Enjoy!

Source: Live Love Fruit

West Coast Getting Drilled with Radiation From Fukushima

Natural Cures Not Medicine on Facebook: www.facebook.com/naturalcuresnotmedicine

Image: Raw For Beauty

While many people assume that the ocean will dilute the Fukushima radiation, a previously-secret 1955 U.S. government report concluded that the ocean may not adequately dilute radiation from nuclear accidents, and there could be “pockets” and “streams” of highly-concentrated radiation.

The University of Hawaii’s International Pacific Research Center created a graphic showing the projected dispersion of debris from Japan:

Last year, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and 3 scientists from the GEOMAR Research Center for Marine Geosciences showed that radiation on the West Coast of North America could end up being 10 times higher than in Japan:

After 10 years the concentrations become nearly homogeneous over the whole Pacific, with higher values in the east, extending along the North American coast with a maximum (~1 × 10−4) off Baja California. 

***

With caution given to the various idealizations (unknown actual oceanic state during release, unknown release area, no biological effects included, see section 3.4), the following conclusions may be drawn. (i) Dilution due to swift horizontal and vertical dispersion in the vicinity of the energetic Kuroshio regime leads to a rapid decrease of radioactivity levels during the first 2 years, with a decline of near-surface peak concentrations to values around 10 Bq m−3 (based on a total input of 10 PBq). The strong lateral dispersion, related to the vigorous eddy fields in the mid-latitude western Pacific, appears significantly under-estimated in the non-eddying (0.5°) model version. (ii) The subsequent pace of dilution is strongly reduced, owing to the eastward advection of the main tracer cloud towards the much less energetic areas of the central and eastern North Pacific. (iii) The magnitude of additional peak radioactivity should drop to values comparable to the pre-Fukushima levels after 6–9 years (i.e. total peak concentrations would then have declined below twice pre-Fukushima levels). (iv) By then the tracer cloud will span almost the entire North Pacific, with peak concentrations off the North American coast an order-of-magnitude higher than in the western Pacific.

The half life of cesium-137 is so long that it produces more damage to human. Figure 4 gives the examples of the distribution of the impact strength of Cesium-137 at year 1.5 (panel (a)), year 3.5 (panel (b)), and year 4 (panel (c)).

***

It is worth noting that due to the current near the shore cannot be well reconstructed by the global ocean reanalysis, some nuclear pollutant particulate tracers may come to rest in near shore area, which may result in additional uncertainty in the estimation of the impact strength.

***

Since the major transport mechanism of nuclear pollutants for the west coast of America is the Kuroshio-extension currents, after four years, the impact strength of Cesium-137 in the west coast area of America is as high as 4%.

Source: Raw For Beauty

This is how you can tell if your food is GMO

Natural Cures Not Medicine on Facebook: www.facebook.com/naturalcuresnotmedicine


Non-GMO advocate Jeffrey Smith helps you figure out if the products you are buying are genetically modified or not. Few products are labeled so it’s hard to tell on your own.

Sources: IHEALTHTUBE.COM

Raw For Beauty

Patent confirms that aspartame is the excrement of GM bacteria

Natural Cures Not Medicine on Facebook: www.facebook.com/naturalcuresnotmedicine

Image: Awaken The Mind

(NaturalNews) In 1999, The Independent published an article entitled “World’s top sweetener is made with GM bacteria,” which revealed that Monsanto was knowingly adding aspartame to soft drinks in the United States – and that aspartame is made from GM bacteria. This report, which remains one of the earliest disclosures on aspartame in a mainstream newspaper, received little attention after its publication – possibly because its implications were underestimated at the time – and it has long been forgotten.

Since 1999, the world has become a little more attentive to Monsanto and aspartame, but ignorance still abounds about the latter’s genesis. While more and more people are starting to awaken to aspartame’s destructive effects on our health, do they know how it is actually made? Fortunately, a 1981 patent for aspartame production, once confined to the drawers of patent offices, is now available online for everyone to see – and it confirms everything that Monsanto was happy to tell us in 1999 before their meteoric growth necessitated greater prudence.

The patent, which is entitled Process for producing aspartame and is credited to Bahl, Rose, and White, summarizes the process as follows:

“The artificial sweetener aspartame, a dipeptide with the formula Asp-Phe-me, is produced using a cloned micrcorganism [sic]. A DNA which codes for a large stable peptide comprised of the repeating amino acid sequence (Asp-Phe)n is inserted into a cloning vehicle which in turn is introduced into a suitable host microorganism. The host microorganism is cultured and the large peptide containing the repeating Asp-Phe sequence is harvested therefrom. The free carboxyl group of the large peptide is benzylated and then hydrolysed to benzyl Asp-Phe dipeptides. This dipeptide is methylated and then debenzylated to form aspartame.”

Read the full report at NaturalNews.com

Source: RealFarmacy.com

Study Suggests Oregano Oil Works for Weight Loss and Inflammation

Natural Cures Not Medicine on Facebook: www.facebook.com/naturalcuresnotmedicine

A new animal study shows that carvacrol, the active component of oregano oil, can actually prevent diet-induced obesity by modulating genes as well as reducing inflammation in white adipose tissue. Carvacrol (2-methyl-5-isopropylphenol) is a monoterpene phenolic constituent of the essential oil produced by numerous aromatic plants and spices such as oregano oil.

Image: www.goldeneagleconstruct.com

The main objective of the study was to investigate effects of carvacrol in mice fed with a high-fat diet, which is an important model and cause of modern day obesity, and to study the potential underlying mechanisms focusing on the gene expression involved in adipogenesis, thermogenesis and inflammation.

Male mice were divided in three groups: 1) those who were fed a normal diet, 2) those fed a high-fat diet,  and 3) those fed with a 0.1% carvacrol-supplemented diet. Body weight, visceral fat-pads (known as organ fat or intra-abdominal fat) and biochemical parameters were determined. Adipose tissue (connective tissue which stores fat) genes and protein expression levels were also assessed.  The mice fed with the  carvacrol-supplemented diet exhibited significantly reduced body weight gain, visceral fat-pad weights and plasma lipid levels (trygliceride and cholesterol levels) compared with mice fed with a high-fat diet.  Furthermore, the high-fat-diet induced up-regulations of adipose tissue genes and protein associated with the signaling cascades that lead to adipogenesis and inflammation but were significantly reversed by dietary carvacrol supplementation.

In summary, under experimental conditions carvacrol prevented obesity in high fat-diet fed mice by decreasing body weight, visceral fat-pad weights and lowering plasma lipid levels. The evidence obtained in this study suggests that carvacrol appears to inhibit visceral adipogenesis most likely by suppressing bone morphogenic protein-, fibroblast growth factor 1- and galanin-mediated signaling, and it also attenuates the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines in visceral adipose tissues by inhibiting toll like receptor 2 (TLR2)- and TLR4-mediated signaling.

It is significant to note that the amount of carvacrol used in the study is a typical amount that one would use when supplementing with oregano oil.  A 1500 calorie diet would need approximately 1.5 calories of carvacrol and a 2000 calorie diet would need approximately 2 calories.  If one is consuming 1500 calories per day he or she would need 166 mgs of carvacrol, or 222 mgs for a 2000 calorie diet.

According Byron Richards, CCN, “a key part of the weight gain problem for any person is that immune cells start having an inflammatory party within white adipose tissue, attracting even more immune cells and causing progressive inflammation.  This problem locks in the dysfunction of white adipose tissue and contributes to stubborn weight issues.  This is the first study showing that carvacrol can directly improve this difficult problem, helping break a vicious cycle.”

Five Scientific Studies Demonstrating that Oregano Oil is Effective in Alleviating Inflammation

The first study, published in the journal Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology, discovered that oregano oil significantly improved rat colitis, or inflammation of the colon. When compared to the control group, the oregano-treated rats showed much greater success in terms of visual disease signs such as ulceration and swelling,

In a second study, reported in the journal Mediators of Inflammation, thyme and oregano oils were used in conjunction and found to benefit colitis in mice. The oils reduced the levels of cytokines, biochemical traditionally associated with inflammation. The results found oil treatment led to lower mortality and reduced tissue damage in the animals.

A third study an investigation reported in the journal Phytomedicine examined the effects of carvacrol on liver regeneration. Carvacrol is one of the key active ingredients in oregano oil. Rats with their livers surgically removed were assigned to two different groups. One group was treated with carvacrol and the other served as the control group. The carvacrol group experienced noticeably increased liver-weight gain.

A fourth study found in Phytomedicine discovered that carvacrol protected the livers of rats that also had blood supply restricted to those organs. The investigators found that carvacrol was nontoxic to rat livers used in the study.

In the fifth and final study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that an active ingredient in oregano can cure additional instances of inflammation. This ingredient, known as beta-carophyllin (E-BCP), was administered to mice with inflamed paws. In seven out of ten experiments, there was a subsequent improvement in inflammation symptoms. Researchers believe E-BCP might be of possible use in treating osteoporosis and arteriosclerosis.  Beta-carophyllin works by docking on specific receptor structures in the cell-membrane – the so-called cannabinoid-CB2 receptors. The result is a change in cell behavior, inhibiting the cell’s production of phlogogenic signal substances. According to investigator Dr. Jürg Gertsch, E-BCP has been used to treat mice with swollen paws due to inflammations. In 70 percent of cases where the treatment had been administered, the swelling subsequently subsided.

Many of the oils available in today’s market are derived from non-oregano species, such as various types of marjoram as well as species of thyme. Julia Lawless, author of The Encyclopedia of Essential Oils, says that the vast majority of oregano oil is not labeled correctly, because it is derived from thyme, that is Spanish thyme.  I  highly suggest using a cold-pressed pharmaceutical grade formula of Wild Organic Mediterranean Oregano with at least 79-80% carvacrol content such as  Oregasil.  This is the oregano oil that I suggest to clients as well as the one that our family uses.

Source: oawhealth.com

Orange Juice May Soon Contain Pig DNA

Natural Cures Not Medicine on Facebook: www.facebook.com/naturalcuresnotmedicine

The future of orange crops are at risk and pig genes may be considered part of the solution. (I’m not kidding)

On July 27, the New York Times (NYT) officially staked its flag into Big Ag’s garden and into the soil of the GMO camp with its wildly controversial piece, “A Race to Save the Orange by Altering Its DNA.”
The feature highlights the story of a highly influential orange grower and his undying quest to stave off Asian jumping lice and the bacteria that they carry, which has been devastating Florida’s orange crop since 2005.
Committed to engineering the world’s first genetically modified orange tree, the article centers on Ricke Kress, the president of Southern Gardens Citrus who is in charge of two and a half million orange trees and a factory that squeezes juice for Tropicana and Florida’s Best. According to NYT, Kress’s GMO savior would fight C. liberibacter and citrus psyllids through whatever means science determines necessary. As for public acceptance, Kress told his industry colleagues, “We can’t think about that right now.”

Rick Kress’ mission to save oranges by whatever means necessary

Kress’ crusade has led him along a path, the past several years, widely out of public view. His work has tested potential DNA donors from two vegetables, a virus, a pig, and a synthetic gene manufactured in a laboratory. Unbeknownst to the world, the NYT reports that later this summer Kress “will plant several hundred more young trees with the spinach gene, in a new house.

In two years, if he wins regulatory approval, they will be ready to go into the ground. The trees could be the first to produce juice for sale in five years or so.”

According to the NYT, whether it is his transgenic tree or someone else’s, Kress insists, “Florida growers will soon have trees that could produce juice without fear of its being sour, or in short supply.”

What is the danger of the “Greening” disease?

C. liberibacter, the bacterium that has all but annihilated Florida’s citrus crop, chokes off the flow of nutrients and are spread by Asian citrus psyllids that can carry the germ a mile without stopping, and the females can lay up to 800 eggs in their one-month life. It was first detected more than a century ago in China and has earned a place, along with anthrax and the Ebola virus, on the Agriculture Department’s list of potential agents of bioterrorism.

When it first hit, Florida growers attempted to subdue the contagion known as “Greening” by chopping down hundreds of thousands of infected trees and by spraying a broad spectrum of pesticides on the lice that carries it. However, the disease could not be contained. It has thus been determined by University of Florida agricultural analysts that the Asian bug and bacteria has cost Florida $4.5 billion and 8,000 jobs between 2006 and 2012.

Presently, there is no known cure for Greening disease. “In all of cultivated citrus, there is no evidence of immunity,” the plant pathologist heading a National Research Council task force on the disease said.

Does the New York Times really care about the health of its readers?

Although our hearts break for the thousands of people who have lost their jobs and for the unknown impact this orange crop devastation will have on the world as it continues to spread, our tempers boil against the New York Times for their highly biased representation of GMOs to their readers, of whom many are ignorant to the harmful realities related to GMOs.

Astoundingly, the NYT attempts to compare genetically modifying oranges to ancient breeding practices, something that they call “genetic merging.”

Because oranges themselves are hybrids and most seeds are clones of the mother, new varieties cannot easily be produced by crossbreeding – unlike, say, apples, which breeders have remixed into favorites like Fuji and Gala. But the vast majority of oranges in commercial groves are the product of a type of genetic merging that predates the Romans, in which a slender shoot of a favored fruit variety is grafted onto the sturdier roots of other species: lemon, for instance, or sour orange. And a seedless midseason orange recently adopted by Florida growers emerged after breeders bombarded a seedy variety with radiation to disrupt its DNA, a technique for accelerating evolution that has yielded new varieties in dozens of crops, including barley and rice.

Completely ignoring the inherent dangers of GMOs and confusing the process with conventional crossbreeding, the NYT states,

Even in the heyday of frozen concentrate, the popularity of orange juice rested largely on its image as the ultimate natural beverage, fresh-squeezed from a primordial fruit. But the reality is that human intervention has modified the orange for millenniums, as it has almost everything people eat.

In addition, the NYT times argues that, “Even conventional crossbreeding has occasionally produced toxic varieties of some vegetables.” The famed news source even insists that,

Oranges are not the only crop that might benefit from genetically engineered resistance to diseases for which standard treatments have proven elusive. And advocates of the technology say it could also help provide food for a fast-growing population on a warming planet by endowing crops with more nutrients, or the ability to thrive in drought, or to resist pests. Leading scientific organizations have concluded that shuttling DNA between species carries no intrinsic risk to human health or the environment, and that such alterations can be reliably tested.

Sources: RawForBeauty.com

 NATURALHEALTH365.COM

Whooping Cough Vaccine Can Cause Brain Damage And Death

Natural Cures Not Medicine on Facebook: www.facebook.com/naturalcuresnotmedicine

(NaturalNews) In July, the state of Missouri began offering for free a vaccine aimed at preventing, among other ailments, whooping cough. According to officials, the TDap vaccine, which reportedly prevents tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, was necessary because “of the rising incidence of whooping cough is reported to be related to the vaccine wearing off if given more than ten years earlier,” says an online report.
Citing a St. Louis Post Dispatch article, Michelle Goldstein of VacTruth.com says some 41,000 cases of pertussis occurred in the U.S. in 2012, compared to less than 19,000 cases in the previous year – thus the need for the new vaccine.

“The news story emphasized that whooping cough is highly dangerous and can lead to vomiting and death, especially in children. The report indicates that diphtheria is a bacterial disease that is highly contagious and can also lead to death,” Goldstein writes, adding that tetanus can cause severe muscle spasms.

Natural remedies, treatments can work without risk

What the paper failed to report, however, is that there are serious health risks associated with the Tdap vaccines. Also, there are relatively benign health implications that are commonly associated with the diseases the vaccine is intended to prevent – “along with the important fact that vaccines have never been proven to prevent any disease,” Goldstein said.

She adds:
The risks that WHOOPING COUGH, diphtheria and tetanus pose to health are low compared to the potential, serious dangers reported as a result of this vaccine. Whooping cough can be treated successfully through a vitamin C protocol developed by Dr. Suzanne Humphries which has been shown to greatly reduce symptoms. In contrast, antibiotic treatments, given routinely by conventional, allopathic physicians to treat whooping COUGH, have never been shown to positively impact the course of the illness.
Whatever the standard medical treatments, most people fully recover from whooping cough, which then gives them lifetime immunity from it. If they should become re-infected, Goldstein writes, subsequent episodes are generally “quite mild.”

Meanwhile, tetanus can be prevented in a number of ways without ever receiving a VACCINE. For instance, simply thoroughly washing and cleaning cuts can prevent the disease. And in actuality, contracting the disease in the first place is rare; just “233 cases of tetanus were reported to the Center for Disease Control between 2001 and 2008,” Goldstein points out, citing the federal agency’s own figures. “The incidence of tetanus declined by more than 95% between 1947 and 2008.”

Finally, diphtheria is also a low-risk disease, and one that is not seen widely in the U.S. since an outbreak in the 1970s. Over the 30-year period between 1980 and 2010, just 55 cases of the disease were reported to the CDC.

Vaccine dangers outweigh risk of actually getting the disease

The dangers of getting a Tdap vaccine can also be significant. According to Goldstein:

Health consequences resulting from the Tdap vaccine include encephalitis, BRAIN DAMAGE and death. A comprehensive report made by the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) documents clearly the widespread health dangers associated with the Tdap vaccine. Tdap and DTap vaccines are currently used in the United States, replacing the DTP vaccine in 1996, but all three vaccines contain the dangerous pertussis toxin with unsafe additives.

Furthermore, experts note, the fact that whooping cough even occurs in “vaccinated” populations is a sign that vaccines are not effective at preventing the disease.

Sources: Raw For Beauty

NaturalNews.com

The Most Inspirational Speech You Have Never Seen

Natural Cures Not Medicine on Facebook: www.facebook.com/naturalcuresnotmedicine

This will blow your mind and inspire you beyond words. Much love and respects for all that share this.



If you know of other videos that can uplift humanities spirit you should share them with your friends and family. The world needs hope in humanity and the will to succeed in order to proceed. :)

Five GMO Myths Busted

Natural Cures Not Medicine on Facebook: www.facebook.com/naturalcuresnotmedicine

Monsanto and its GMO conspirators such as the Grocery Manufacturers Association are ramping up the the lies and propaganda as momentum builds for labeling GMO food products.  Despite the biotech industry’s best efforts to shackle scientific inquiry, and despite the FDA’s blatant lack of interest in testing GMO products, information and awareness are growing exponentially about the dangers that GMOs pose to public health, the environment, and the food system.


Source: realfarmacy.com

A History of Fluoride Use in America

Natural Cures Not Medicine on Facebook: www.facebook.com/naturalcuresnotmedicine

1909
Colorado Springs dentist Frederic K. McKay asks the US dental community to help him find an explanation for the "Colorado brown stain," a discoloring of teeth common to the Pikes Peak area. Though residents' teeth are mottled, they have fewer cavities than is typical.

Image: ybertaud9.wordpress.com/water

1927
A dentist in Bauxite, AR, reports extensive staining of residents' teeth. The town gets its water from a deep well near the site of an aluminum mine; fluoride is a waste by-product of aluminum mining.

1931
Using a new analysis on the Bauxite well water, a chemist finds high concentrations of fluoride. McKay hears about the test and sends water samples from other cities. McKay and others eventually determine that fluoride causes the staining.

1937
Danish fluoride researcher Kaj E. Roholm, MD, Copenhagen's deputy health commissioner, publishes a 364-page report titled Fluorine Intoxication. In it, he details the bone disease, skin lesions, and mortality that result from long-term exposure to fluoride. He also questions its ability to protect teeth.

1939
Researcher Gerald J. Cox at the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh releases results from a rat study (showing healthier teeth) to support his recommendation that water be fluoridated.

1942
A National Institutes of Health study of 7,000 children shows that fluoride at 1 part per million (ppm) in water is enough to minimize tooth decay without causing discoloration--or dental fluorosis, as it's now called.

1945
Federal scientists choose four pairs of cities for a 13- to 15-year study of fluoridation: Grand Rapids and Muskegon, MI; Newburgh and Kingston, NY; Evanston and Oak Park, IL; and Brantford and Sarnia, Ontario. Grand Rapids becomes the first city in the world to have fluoridated water.

1951
Muskegon, the comparison city for Grand Rapids, begins fluoridating its own water supply. Communities across the country join in, well in advance of any published results of the four-cities studies.

1955
Procter & Gamble introduces Crest, the first fluoride toothpaste endorsed by the American Dental Association.

1962
Results from the Grand Rapids study are published. The findings are called into question because the control was dropped 6 years into the study.

1964
The movie Dr. Strangelove or: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb is released. In it, an insane general, Jack D. Ripper, attributes fluoridation to a communist plot.

1977
A federal report finds evidence that Americans' consumption of fluoride from food and water has increased significantly. At these levels, the report states, bone damage is a risk.

1990
As part of its "Healthy People 2000" plan, the CDC sets a goal of getting fluoridated water to 75% of Americans. Then, as now, roughly two-thirds have treated water.

1993
A government review board, the National Research Council, issues a report indicating that the variety of fluoride sources in the United States could make limiting fluoride exposure necessary, and "reduction of fluoride concentrations in drinking water would be easier to administer, monitor, and evaluate" than alternative cutbacks.

1997
The FDA requires toothpaste manufacturers to place a poison control label on tubes and boxes reading: If more than used for brushing is accidentally swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.

2001
The CDC issues new guidelines saying that fluoride supplements should only be given to children in nonfluoridated communities who are also at high risk of cavities.

2006
The NRC releases a report suggesting that the current upper limit for fluoride in water could cause tooth damage, bone fractures, and neurological problems and may be connected to certain cancers. It recommends the EPA lower the safe exposure limit.

Source: oasisadvancedwellness.com

Woman Refuses Chemo and Double Mastectomy and Heals Cancer Naturally

Natural Cures Not Medicine on Facebook: www.facebook.com/naturalcuresnotmedicine

Here is another case of a woman with breast cancer taking the natural route and over coming this ever more common cancer. This is her story:

Another Organic Farm Raided Under False Accusations Of Marijuana Growing

Natural Cures Not Medicine on Facebook: www.facebook.com/naturalcuresnotmedicine

Police in Arlington, Texas are being criticized for their tactics during a drug raid on a local farm that came up empty while allegedly damaging both the property and the crops.


“They can’t even tell the difference between tomato plants and a marijuana drug cartel,” farm resident Quinn Eaker told KXAS-TV. “That’s just really bad intel.”

Eaker said to KXAS that he and several residents at the “Garden of Eden” sustainability garden were handcuffed at gunpoint by officers during the Aug. 2 raid, which also involved a SWAT team, after an undercover officer and helicopter surveillance allegedly gave authorities probable cause to believe there was marijuana being grown on the premises.

“They came here under the guise that we were doing a drug trafficking, marijuana-growing operation,” owner Shellie Smith told WFAA-TV. “They destroyed everything.”

The Dallas Morning News reported that the farm’s account of the raid, which accuses police of destroying plants and removing needed materials from the farm, has spread online, while police counter that they conducted themselves professionally during the action.

“Yes, they were initially handcuffed,” police spokesperson Christopher Cook told the Morning News. “However, once it was determined it was secure they were taken out of handcuffs. Typically we wouldn’t do that, but they were compliant.”

Source: Raw For Beauty

State by State Seasonal Fruits And Vegetables

Natural Cures Not Medicine on Facebook: www.facebook.com/naturalcuresnotmedicine

Here are all the states in alphabetical order. Find your state and you can find what and when you can grow it. We hope you enjoy this and share with your friends.

Alabama Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
See what's in season when in Alabama.

Alaskan Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables
Find Alaskan-grown fruits and vegetables--and when to look for them at markets--to make the most of the short-but-sweet growing season.

Arizona Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
Find what's in season when in Arizona with this straight-forward guide.

Arkansas Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables
Find produce seasons for Arkansas.

California Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables
See what's in season when in California, the state that grows 80% of the fruits and vegetables in the U.S.

Colorado Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
See what fruits and vegetables are in season when in Colorado - from the state's famous peaches to delicate salad mix.

Connecticut Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
See what's in season in the Nutmeg State -- seasonal fruits and vegetables in Connecticut.

Delaware Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
Find out what's in season when in Delaware with this simple guide.

Florida Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
See what's in season in Florida - from avocados and mangos to limes and lychees to tangerines and tomatoes.

Georgia Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
What's in season in Georgia? See what fruits and vegetables grow when in the state of Georgia.

Hawaiian Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
The Hawaiian growing season is so long and steady, most items are available year-round. See what grows in Hawaii with this guide.

Idaho Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
Find what's in season when in Idaho - from apples and apricots to the state's famed huckleberries and sweet summer tomatoes.

Illinois Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
What's in season in Illinois? Find what's in season in Illinois with this quick list of seasonal fruits and vegetables.

Indiana Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
Find what's in season in Indiana with this quick guide to seasonal fruits and vegetables in Indiana.

Iowa Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
Find fruits and vegetables in season Iowa with this handy guide.

Kansas Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
See what's in season when in Kansas with this handy guide to seasonal fruits and vegetables.

Kentucky Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
Find out what's in season when in Kentucky with this guide to Kentucky seasonal fruits and vegetables.

Louisiana Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
Find out what's in season in Louisiana with this guide to seasonal fruits and vegetables in Louisiana.

Maine Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
See what's in season when in the great state of Maine.

Maryland Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
What fruits and vegetables are in season in Maryland? Find out here.

Massachusetts Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
What's in season in Massachusetts? Find here with this simply seasonality guide (and links to great seasonal recipes!).

Michigan Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
See what's in season when in Michigan, from spring beets to summer cherries and fall squash.

Minnesota Fruits & Vegetables
See what's in season when during Minnesota's short but oh-so-sweet growing season.

Mississippi Fruits & Vegetables
Find out what's in season when in Mississippi with this guide to seasonal fruits and vegetables in Mississippi.

Missouri Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
What's in season when in Missouri? Find out with this handy guide.

Montana Fruits and Vegetables
What's in season in Montana? See when to expect local fruits and vegetables at farmers markets and co-ops near you.

Nebraska Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
Find what's in season when in Nebraska with this simple guide.

Nevada Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables
Find out what's in season in Nevada with this guide to Nevada seasonal fruits and vegetables.

New Hampshire Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables
Find great produce in New Mexico with this Guide to New Mexico Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables

New Jersey Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
Jersey tomatoes and sweet corn are famously good. See what else grows in New Jersey with this guide.

New Mexico Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
Find great produce in New Mexico with this Guide to New Mexico Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables.

New York Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
What's in season in New York? Find out here with a simple guide to New York seasonal fruits and vegetables.

North Carolina Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables
Find great produce with this Guide to North Carolina Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables.

North Dakota Fruits & Vegetables
Find out what's in season when during North Dakota's painfully short growing season!

Ohio Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
Find what's in season in Ohio with this quick guide to seasonal fruits and vegetables in Ohio.

Oklahoma Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
What's in season in Oklahoma? Find out with this Guide to Oklahoma Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables.

Oregon Fruits & Vegetables
See what fruits and vegetables are in season when in the state of Oregon.

Pennsylvania Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
What's in season in Pennsylvania? Find out here with a simple guide.

Rhode Island Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
See what's in season when in Rhode Island with this Guide to Rhode Island Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables.

South Carolina Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables
Find great produce in South Carolina with this guide to South Carolina Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables.

South Dakota Fruits and Vegetables
See what's in season during South Dakota's short but sweet growing season.

Tennessee Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables
Find excellent fresh produce in season in Tennessee with this Guide to Tennessee Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables.

Texas Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables
Find out what's in season when in the great state of Texas.

Utah Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
See what's in season in Utah with this Guide to Utah Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables.

Vermont Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
Find great produce in Vermont with this Guide to Vermont Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables.

Virginia Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
Find great produce in Virginia with this Guide to Virginia Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables.

See what fruits and vegetables are in season when in the state of Washington.
See what fruits and vegetables are in season when in the state of Washington.

West Virginia Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables
Find excellent local produce in West Virginia with this Guide to West Virginia Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables.

See what's in season when during Wisconsin's all too short growing season!
See what's in season when during Wisconsin's all too short growing season!

Wyoming Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
What's in season in Wyoming? Find out with this Guide to Wyoming Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables.

Source: http://localfoods.about.com/od/searchbystate/State_Seasonal_Produce_Guides.htm

The Best Vegetables To Grow In Fall

Want to know what you can grow in the fall and winter?

Here are the vegetables to grow in fall:

Try our new facebook page --> www.facebook.com/IwantToBeOrganic

Planting a fall vegetable crop is a great idea. Without a cold frame or greenhouse, you can grow winter vegetables until the first hard frost, and that's often long enough to bring in a plentiful harvest. A good way to keep on top of it is to identify the approximate date when you can expect the first killing frost in your area, and count backward the number of days needed for your vegetables to fully mature. Use that date as your planting date. Most plant seed packets will give dates to maturity that will help you put together a schedule.

The following 13 vegetables make good autumn and winter crops: 

• Broccoli --> http://www.naturalcuresnotmedicine.com/2013/04/the-power-of-broccoli_27.html
• Cabbage --> http://www.naturalcuresnotmedicine.com/2013/03/cruciferous-vegetables-boost-immunity.html
• Carrots  --> http://www.naturalcuresnotmedicine.com/2013/03/why-you-should-start-juicing-carrots.html
• Cauliflower 
• Kohlrabi 
• Beets --> http://www.naturalcuresnotmedicine.com/2013/03/beets-protect-body.html
• Leaf Lettuce 
• Leek 
• Mustard 
• Onions --> http://www.naturalcuresnotmedicine.com/2013/03/health-benefits-of-onions.html
• Spinach --> http://www.naturalcuresnotmedicine.com/2013/07/glutathione-most-powerful-antioxidant.html
• Swiss Chard --> http://www.naturalcuresnotmedicine.com/2013/05/health-benefits-of-swiss-chard.html
• Turnip 

Fewer pests are around in the fall, and if you have a long fall season, you may be able to plant successive autumn crops. Each winter vegetable is different in shape, size, color and zone to grow. Check your region on the USDA Hardiness Zone map to see if these vegetable will thrive in your backyard.

Tips and Tricks: Need to buy a little more time to get the best yield from your vegetable patch? Plant near a south-facing wall or other windbreak and take advantage of the protection and higher temperatures to extend the growing season by a couple of weeks.

Natural Cures Not Medicine on Facebook: www.facebook.com/naturalcuresnotmedicine