Saturday, February 25, 2012

FDA Claims Walnuts to be Illegal Drugs | Government Lunacy at its Best


 

 

NaturalSociety

January 3, 2012
Well the Food and Drug Administration has really made a name for themselves this time. In response to claims by a company named Diamond Foods that walnuts possess health benefits, the FDA sent the company a letter informing them of their wrongdoing. What did Diamond Foods do wrong? According to the FDA, claims made by Diamond Foods that omega-3′s found in walnuts produce health benefits make their walnuts “drugs”. As far as the FDA is concerned, these “drugs” can not be legally marketed in the United States without an approved new drug application.

FDA Actions Portray Government Lunacy at its Best

It seems bureaucratic tyranny is really taking shape in America. Despite 35 peer-reviewed published papers showing that walnuts improve vascular health and promote heart function being held in the US National Library of Medicine database, the FDA refuses to allow Diamond Foods to make such claims. The evidence revolving around the benefits of walnuts evidently must be authorized by the FDA before those benefits can even be marketed.  A letter sent to the company from the FDA states:
“We have determined that your walnut products are promoted for conditions that cause them to be drugs because these products are intended for use in the prevention, mitigation, and treatment of disease.”
The FDA goes on to say that the products are also “misbranded” because they “are offered for conditions that are not amenable to self-diagnosis and treatment by individuals who are not medical practitioners; therefore, adequate directions for use cannot be written so that a layperson can use these drugs safely for their intended purposes.”
All the while, the FDA is more than happy to allow marketing of chemical-laden, diabetes-inducing foods such as Apple Jacks or Fruit Loops, often targeted at young children. Not only that, but they would much rather the population ‘treat’ their problems with harmful pharmaceuticals rather than with a healthy diet. The government’s actions against natural solutions are sickening to say the least, and saying that walnuts or pomegranates are drugs is an outright false claim. But why are they even making these crazy statements?
The truth is that the pharmaceutical industry, multi-national corporations, and government officials all have both indiscrete and blatant financial ties. Junk food manufacturers heavily lobby the federal government for favorable treatment in order to vacuum in greater profits. In response to the ingestion of massive amounts of junk foods, your body responds so negatively that various health-complications surface, causing you to search for a solution. It just so happens that the pharmaceutical industry has been pushing ‘solutions’ on you for years through mass advertising, making drug ingestion and medical devices the norm instead of healthy alternatives. As far as the government is concerned, there is absolutely no reason for you to live a healthy lifestyle, since many of the government officials would be losing out on a great sum of money.
The FDA simply does not have your best interest at heart. This kind of action truly reflects government lunacy at its best.
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Economic News – Friday Feb. 25th, 2012

 

 
Stocks rise at midday, erasing an early loss
Stocks are higher, erasing early loss; Safeway, Kohl’s report disappointing earnings
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/stocks-rise-midday-erasing-early-165549064.html


Natural gas price drops on supply report
With natural gas supplies still well above average, prices drop
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/natural-gas-price-drops-supply-181838562.html


False Recovery 2.0: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/false-recovery-2-0-beginning-153033417.html;_ylt=AjwOScwX2QtutzW40qUab6WiuYdG;_ylu=X3oDMTRiaDdwdDVhBG1pdANGUCBDb21tZW50YXJ5IGFuZCBBbmFseXNpcwRwa2cDNGEyMDVlZTktNWVjOC0zY2M5LWE0ODktMzYyNDdiYzZiNmUyBHBvcwMyBHNlYwNNZWRpYVNlY3Rpb25MaXN0BHZlcgMxNmIxNjRjMC01Y2ExLTExZTEtYmY5Yi1mMzc3ODlhOGM5NDE-;_ylg=X3oDMTFvdnRqYzJoBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25zBHRlc3QD;_ylv=3


Tired Of High Gas Prices? We Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
Today’s pump prices are nothing compared with what’s to come when Iran is backed into a corner.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2012/02/23/tired-of-high-gasoline-prices-already-we-aint-seen-nothing-yet/


Peak Oil is here, Crude Oil price to reach $150 by 2012 Year End
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article33300.html


Fatally Flawed Approaches to the U.S. Budget Deficit and Taxes…
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article33308.html


Forex Market Trading Insight: EUR/USD Rallies…Why?
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article33288.html


Stock Market and 2012 Presidential Elections
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article33310.html


S&P 500 posts highest close in nearly four years
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/24/us-markets-stocks-idUSTRE81K0CU20120224


Gold slips but notches largest gain in four weeks
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/24/us-markets-precious-idUSTRE80T1QZ20120224


U.S., Saudi maneuver to contain Iran oil market threat
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/25/us-usa-economy-geithner-idUSTRE81N12120120225
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Friday, February 24, 2012

Economy News for Thurs 23 Feb 2012

Wall Street Closes Lower On Banks


Gasoline Gas Spike Has Temporary Offset


Housing Dilemma:  There’s Not Enough To Buy


Some Greeks Might Have To Pay For Their Jobs


The Looming Threat To Gas Prices:  Straight Of Hormuz Explained
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/looming-threat-gas-pric…


Pawn Stars:  5 Household Items With Hidden Value
http://financiallyfit.yahoo.com/finance/article-113849-11791-2-pawn…


Oil Dips Below $106 Amid Greek Woes, Iran Tensions
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/oil-dips-below-106-amid-134242828.htm…


Iran Threatens To Extend Oil Embargo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/20/iran-threatens-extend-o…


Analysts Warn Oil Could Pass $200 On Iran Tensions
http://www.citywire.co.uk/wealth-manager/analysts-warn-oil-could-pa…


8 Reasons Why The Greek Debt Deal May Not Stop A Chaotic Greek Debt Default
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/8-reasons-why-the-greek…

Dow Flirts With 13,000 But Can’t Make It


Benchmark Oil Price Hits 9-Month High Near $108


False Recovery 2.0:  It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like 2011


Jim Rogers:  Gold To Rise Much Higher In This Decade, Do Not Sell It!


Latest Resignations From World Banks & Gov’ts


Gasoline Prices Are Not Rising, The Dollar Is Falling


Disability Fraud Holds Down US Unemployment Rate


Japan, China To Promote Yen-Yuan Currency Exchange
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Storage Tips and Tidbits


 
Canning, is one of the ways that many people are looking at how to solve the food storage and preservation issues.  It’s been used for some time now, it’s reliable and somewhat portable into a time when the social and manufacturing structure completely breaks down.
One of the ongoing issues with canning is that the lids are not reusable.  Many people try to solve this problem by purchasing extra supplies of lids for their canning jars. However, this is still a relatively short term solution to what may be a very long term dilemma. Eventually, we would run out of these lids.
Now, we have another option, reusable canning lids.  These reusable lids could last a lifetime, and perhaps be inherited by the following generations if they are cared for properly. For now, the one place I have found them manufactured is Tattler.  These lids are starting to pop up on places like Lehman’s, SurvivalBlog, and in some of the more commonly known online canning supply stores.
And they can be bought in bulk. I am very excited about this. Locally, we are talking with other people to see if we can go in together to buy these lids in bulk.
Here’s the site if you want to check it out for yourself: Tattler Canning Lids  Be sure to explore the site, read the reviews and blogs, you’ll learn a lot about canning if you do so.
Courtesy  of  Edina
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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Food Storage : Beverages Other Than Water

Beverages such as powdered milk, cocoa mix, a fortified fruit drink mix, evaporated milk, and some bottled juice.  In a winter emergency, having cocoa mix around is a blessing.  The  milk  will come in handy for many  things  including  cooking.  However,  one important  thing  you  must keep in  mind is  palate  fatigue.  If you  have the  same foods  over  and over  again  palate  fatigue  will set  in and in a survival  situation  it is  not a good idea  to  go  without  food.  Children  especially  can  suffer  from palate  fatigue  and it is  important  that  these situations  be  taken into account  when  building a  food  storage for  future   use.
You  have the choice of purchasing powdered drink  mixes to  have on  hand when someone  gets that urge  to have  something   different  or  sweet. You  can  purchase  frozen  fruit  concentrate  and  dehydrate the juices just  as   is  shown in my  previous post on  dehydrating and  storing  foods.  Or  you  can purchase  freeze dried  juice  powders  from companies that  sell them already  packed in  #10 cans.  The  same  can  be  said  for  milk.
The thing  you  need to  remember  is that in a  survival  situation  everyone  will already  have to  deal with doing  without.  It  will be  hard enough  living   day  to  day with all the  things  you  cannot have  or do.  Why  make  things harder  or  more  unpleasant  than they  have to be.  When a  simple  treat  now and  then  can  serve  to lift  one’s spirits.  Cocoa , chocolate  milk, fruit  juice, a fruit  smoothie or milk  shake,  etc.  All these things can be  accomplished as  long as you have the  necessary  ingredients.  With the proper preparation and  forethought  you  can have all of this .
Powdered milk, chocolate  or powdered  cocoa and sugar   will make chocolate milk  or hot  cocoa.
Powdered fruit  juice, powdered milk and rehydrated fruit  pieces run through a food  mill or meat  grinder  can  be used  to make a  nice  fruit  smoothie.
Rehydrated fruit juice  and  water  will make a  nice  juice for children and  adults  alike.
Add a  bit of rehydrated veggies  of  your  choice and  you  have a vitamin  rich health smoothie where none  could have  been  had otherwise.
Powdered milk, powdered eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon , cloves sugar will make  eggnog.
Coffee and  tea  are  always  a nice  change of  pace .  Add  some creamer or powdered milk and  sugar  and  you are  set.
Strong  cold  coffee,  powdered  milk,  sugar will give  you a cool coffee drink  reminiscent of the  frappuccinos  and  iced  coffees  they  sell at the  market  (only  without the  ice).  However, still a nice  change of  pace.
Cold  oatmeal,  peanut  butter, powdered milk,  cocoa powder, sugar and  water processed  with a hand  blender  will  give you  a  nice  thick breakfast shake.  The  oatmeal can  be  substituted  by  any  soft  cooked  grain
Milks  can  be  made  of  rice,  almonds,  cashews, soy beans or oats.  For those  who are  lactose intolerant  this can  be a  welcomed change.  They are  mild  tasting  , nutritious  and  light to the  palate.
The varieties are limited only  by  your imagination.  But  remember  the  key  here  is having the  ingredients  , the  equipment  and the  understanding  to accomplish all of  this.  That is  why  storage and planning is the  key.
In  future posts  I  will be  going  into the  hand operated  equipment  you  should  be  thinking  about and  where to possibly   find  them.  Along  with   some  videos  on  how they  can be  used, Hopefully ( if I  can  find  what  I  am  looking  for in the  way   of  videos ).
***There are also hand operated  juicers  that  can  be  purchased for making   juices  from  vegetables,  fruits and even  nut  butters without  need  for  electricity.
***  Please  remember  that  without  a  blender you  could  achieve  very  similar results with  items such as a  food  mill or a  sturdy  stainless steel  sieve to mash the  fruits ,  cooked grains and veggies.  With a bit of preparation it  would not be as  time  or  toil intensive  as  you  would think.  Dried  fruits and  veggies  can  be ground to  make a  powder to  facilitate  preparation.
***  Milk  in  any  of the  recipes  can  be  substituted f or  grain or  nut  milk


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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

2012: A Remote-Viewing Study Of Upcoming Events


 

Monday, February 06, 2012 5:17
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/1727/100/NL/2012:_A_Remote-Viewing_S…
A Global Climate Change Remote-Viewing Study
Multiple Realities, Timelines, and Events
Introduction:We at The Farsight Institute are currently engaged in a fascinating study using remote viewing to study climate and planetary change between the years 2008 and 2013. The initial results appear dramatic on a global scale, and our research does indeed suggest that major global change is a possibility between now and 2013. However, web site visitors are reminded that this is research, not certitude. Remember what Albert Einstein once said, “If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn’t be called research, would it?” Web site visitors are encouraged to examine all of our results carefully, and learn with us as we complete this experiment in mid-2013. We will not fully understand these remote-viewing data until the experiment is completed at that time.
How we obtain these results is a bit complicated, but it is worth the effort to understand our methods. The actual types of global change is discussed in the second part of the video presentation below, but the first part of this presentation is absolutely essential to understand how these results were obtained. Web site visitors should watch both parts of the video presentation. This presentation was given during the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Scientific Explorationin Boulder, Colorado in June 2010.
This is the most carefully collected set of professional-grade remote-viewing data involving this time span that currently exists. This experiment is potentially one of the most significant experiments ever attempted using remote viewing as a data-collection platform.




Principal Investigator: Courtney Brown
Remote Viewers: HRVG viewers led by Glenn Wheaton and CRV viewers led by Lyn Buchanan.
Initial Results:
This project describes change between the years 2008 and 2013 across nine geographical locations with a global spread. The locations are
  1. Vaitupu, Tuvalu
  2. Fort Jesus, Mombasa Kenya
  3. Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
  4. Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
  5. United States Congress Building, Washington, D.C.
  6. Malé International Airport, Malé, Maldives
  7. KITV Building, Honolulu, Hawaii
  8. The Vehicle Assembly Building at Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida
  9. Key West, Florida
In general, these remote-viewing data suggest the following types of physical changes across many of the above geographical locations by mid-2013:
  1. Impacts from what appear to be large meteors leading to tsunamis and possible volcanism
  2. Extensive and forceful flooding of coastal areas
  3. Excessive solar radiation
  4. Storms and other severe weather
In terms of the effects of these changes on humans, these data also suggest:
  1. Massive self-organized relocation from coastal areas (refugees)
  2. The breakdown of rescue or other notable governmental functioning
  3. The breakdown of the food supply system
  4. The breakdown of the vehicular transport system
  5. Extensive loss of buildings near coastsmore here
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Food Storage: MREs (Meals Ready To Eat) Freeze Dried and Dehydrated Foods


 

With these you will have a nice hot meal without having to cook. As they  are  all equipped with a disposable MRE heater which  provides a chemical reaction to heat the food.
They are  easy to  carry  making it a  definite plus.  Small and easy to store, they are perfect ifyou  need  to leave for any  reason.  They are  also  excellent  for storing in your  car kit. They  can , however, be  rather  expensive  and they do not provide n  adequate amount of  roughage.  We  all know that  roughage ( fiber) is necessary for proper digestive  function.  Therefore it would not be  advisable to eat only  MRE’s for an  extended  period of  time.  However,  if you  supplement  with  grains , vegetables and fruit you  will be  fine.
There  are  many  companies out there  that  sell  MRE’s.  You can  also  look into  freeze dried  foods.  The varieties of individual  cans  of  freeze dried  foods  is incredible.  There are  companies  that  sell anything  from   freeze  dried milk and  butter  to  tropical  fruit and meats.  These  companies  generally  sell their products in  #10cans, although some  may  be available in  Mylar  pouches. The  choice  is clearly  up to  you.  They  are  available  by the  case as  single  item purchases  or in  complete sets which  can  provide  the  ingredients  for  full meals for one  person  anywhere  from  3  months  to one  year.
These  complete sets are  good  for those  who do not  know or  do  not  want  to  worry  about  what to  store.  They take the  guess  work  out  as  they provide a pertinent  amount  of  meat, vegetable,  fruit , even  milk and  simple  baking  items (depending on the company).  Even some of the  membership  warehouse  outlets have their  own  brand of  freeze dried  packaged  foods  available.  Both  in  single  #10  cans and the complete  sets  we  have  already  discussed.
If  you  want to  save money  and  take  advantage of  sales  then you could  venture  into the  food  dehydrator.  I  purchased 3  in  Big Lots for  $25.00 each  last year.  I  dehydrate  anything  and  everything  I can.  I have  dehydrated fish,  fruits, herbs ,  spices, veggies and  even snacks like fruit leather.  It  takes some  practice to  get the hang of  dehydrating  properly.  Once  you  get the  hang  of  it  you  can  dehydrate  almost  anything. You  can  even  make  jerky  with the   right   dehydrator.
The  most  important thing to  remember  is to  reduce  the  moisture in the  foods  you are  dehydrating  as  much  as  possible before  placing  in the  dehydrator.  This  will speed  up the  process and insure that  your  foods  do not mold  over due  to  excess moisture.  If you are  going to use   frozen vegetables  then you  must  thoroughly  defrost them.  Once  defrosted you  must  either  place  them on a  towel for about  30 minutes or so to absorb the excess  moisture.  Or  you  must  place  them on a  cookie  sheet  and  into a  warm  oven  until all traces  of  outer  moisture  has  disappeared.  Once the  vegetables  or the fruit is dry to the  touch you  can  proceed with the  dehydration.  Follow the  instructions in the manual on the tray  rotation as this is  crucial  for proper moisture removal  of  all the  food  in the  dehydrator.  Some   dehydrators  will have  only a heat  source to accomplish the process .  Other  more  expensive  models  will have a  fan that circulates  the  warm  air  around the  food to accomplish  the  dehydration process.  Please  follow  the  manufacturers instructions  on  how  to  properly  use  your   dehydrator.
Once  you have  learned to properly  use  your  dehydrator  you  can  start experimenting  with the  foods  that  you  want to  dry and store.  It is  amazing  how many things you  can  actually dehydrate  successfully.
Storage of the dehydrated  foods  is as  important  as  all the other  foods  you   store .  You  must  keep it  safe  from  light,  heat , moisture and  air.  Properly stored  dehydrated  foods  could last for 5 years or  more  depending on the food and the it’s fat content.  Fats  tend to  go  rancid when  stored  for too  long, so please  keep that  in  mind  when  making  jerky and drying meat  products.
Here are two  playlists that  I have  put together to give  you  some ideas  on  how  to  dehydrate  foods, what  foods  you can  dehydrate  and   also on making  your own  MRE’s.  These  will help  you  get a  feel  for  the processes.  I hope it  helps.
How to dehydrate and store food

 http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0BB88C2BB3D15B0E&feature=view_all





Make your own MRE’s
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL00ABA2F91DC07421&feature=view_all

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