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Rotarix rotavirus vaccine contaminated, officials say

CNN) -- Federal health authorities recommended Monday that doctors suspend using Rotarix, one of two vaccines licensed in the United States against rotavirus, saying the vaccine is contaminated with material from a pig virus.

"There is no evidence at this time that this material poses a safety risk," Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg told reporters in a conference call.

Rotarix, made by GlaxoSmithKline, was approved by the FDA in 2008. The contaminant material is DNA from porcine circovirus 1, a virus from pigs that is not known to cause disease in humans or animals, Hamburg said.

Learn more about Porcine circovirus 1

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Pig Virus DNA Found in Rotavirus Vaccine

FDA: No Problems Seen in 1 Million U.S. Kids Who Got Rotarix Vaccine

By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News

Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD

March 22, 2010 -- GlaxoSmithKline's Rotarix rotavirus vaccine contains DNA from an apparently harmless pig virus, the company and the FDA today announced.

The FDA estimates that 1 million U.S. kids have received the Rotarix vaccine.

The contamination was discovered by researchers developing a new technique for detecting viral material. GlaxoSmithKline confirmed that the pig virus, porcine circovirus type 1 or PCV-1, has been in the vaccine since it was developed.

This means that pig virus DNA was in the vaccine throughout clinical trials. No safety issues emerged from these international studies with 90,000 participants or, GlaxoSmithKline says, in post-marketing surveillance covering more than 69 million doses of the vaccine. READ FULL REPORT HERE

" No safety issue" Yeah Right.... I don't TRUST them one bit!

Ten Tips for cats who are forced to relocate with their owners!

If you sense your owner plans to move, be on your best behavior. Revive those terminally cute poses you used to get yourself adopted. Let your owner sleep past 5 AM. Keep your paws out of your owner's hair. Use the litterbox religiously. If you must throw up, head for the bathroom and skip the windowsills. You do not want your owner to entertain thoughts like, "I don't want to ruin the beautiful floors in our new home," or, "You know, it's really hard to rent an apartment when you have a cat."

Here's a great game. Jump into an empty box, stick your head out and hold the pose while your owner runs around looking for a camera. As soon as she appears, finger on snap button, turn around and point your tail at the camera. You'll learn some new cuss words, guaranteed.

The arrival of the moving van is your cue to hide. You can have lots of fun with this one. Your owner will run around frantically, cursing the movers: "You idiots! You left the door open! Now little Furball is gone forever!" After they've wasted an hour running around the neighborhood, appear out of nowhere and begin to wash. When they shriek, "Oh there she is!" and try to hug you, summon an aloof glare and wash your face again. Bonus tip: If you really want to freak them out, hide in your cat carrier.

As you begin your twelve-hour drive, remember that your owners would rather listen to your yowling than to the latest tapes or the local weather and news. Keep it up!

Demand a sandbox break as soon as your owner begins driving on a road where it is absolutely impossible to pull over. A narrow bridge with bumper-to-bumper traffic is a good choice.

Motel etiquette calls for you to sit in the window, looking absolutely adorable. Encourage passers-by to tap on the glass at all hours, especially if your owner has forgotten to draw the curtains. If you suspect your owners have snuck you into the room without checking, begin yowling as soon as they try to move you to a more secluded spot.

When it's time to hit the road at 6 AM, you don't want to be found. If you can position yourself under the queensize bed, out of reach of your owner's arms, you can delay everyone's travel plans for a good half hour. The award for the most creative hiding place goes to the feline who wedged herself between mattress cover and springs. Caution: This only works if your owner really adores you. If you can't be found in twenty minutes, you might be looking for a new home.

Insist on being present when boxes are unpacked. Jump into each box to make sure the contents arrived safely. If your owners lock you into the bathroom "so kitty can't escape," use the opportunity to practice your singing. The movers need entertainment, too.

Demand to test each windowsill of the new home. If you still have claws, test the curtains to see if they'll hold your weight. Fifteen pounds? Should be no problem. Regardless, those miniblinds offer limitless opportunities for new versions of torture-the-owner. How many can you bend? How about breaking off a little hole for your head to peek through? Cute.

10. Encourage your owner to get a dog. You may never have to move again. "Honey, we can't move. We could never afford another place where Spot could have a yard."

Research Monkeys Cooked ALIVE

Research monkey deaths prompt calls for crackdown

SCOTT SONNER

Associated Press

SPARKS, Nevada — Workers at a Nevada research lab were checking on a primate room when they came across a ghastly sight: Thirty dead monkeys were essentially cooked alive after someone left the heater on. Two others were near death and had to be euthanized.

At a lab run by the same company, a monkey died last year after it was sent through an automatic cage washer. The temperatures were so scalding the monkey never had a chance.

The two cases have led to calls for greater oversight and enforcement of the animal research industry after an alarmingly high number of deaths in recent years.

Critics say fines for violations at animal research labs are so puny that they do nothing to deter violations. The lab where the monkeys died in Nevada was fined a mere $14,000 for the two incidents, according to records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. There is more to read CLICK HERE

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Carrie Feldman statement to teh Grand Jury of Iowa

I find this situation very interesting... it makes me question the constitutionality of the actions employed by the federal government. It seems basic rights are violated to incriminate people when there es a lack of evidence. I'm no lawyer but it just seams that government is over stepping. Holding US citizens, without charging them with anything??? Isn't that against all our civil rights.

Update From Local Grand Jury Resister Carrie Feldman

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/16/2009 - 15:48

Some info about federal grand juries in Iowa:

The federal grand jury in Iowa has sessions for two days at a time, once a month. They are convened for 12 months at a time. There is always a grand jury going on and they hear a variety of cases--they are not convened for any specific thing. They are secret, and even the public defenders working on those cases are kept very much in the dark. The current grand jury convened on October 14th.

Here’s the statement I read to the grand jury:

First of all, I would like to state, unequivocally and most certainly for the record, that I have no intention of testifying before this grand jury. Based on information from the prosecutor indicating that I may be a target of this investigation, I am invoking my Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. But beyond that, I am refusing to cooperate based on a sincere belief that to do so would run counter to my deeply held convictions and values.

Grand juries were originally created to prevent arbitrary indictments, but are now used as a tool of the prosecution to gather information. Grand juries undercut basic rights supposedly granted in the Constitution by denying access to counsel and coercing testimony. They are now, and have been for some time, used to investigate and intimidate those who would express dissent.

This is only effective when we are complicit, when we are frightened, when we are divided. Today my voice may waver, as I stand alone in this room. But I know I speak with the voice of every one of my friends, loved ones, and comrades when I say this: We will not be intimidated. We will not cooperate. I have nothing more to say to you.

Thanks to everyone for how much support I've gotten already. It means so much to me to know you have my back.

If you want to stay updated on my case, visit http://davenportgrandjury.wordpress.com/

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CAT needs rescue in Forest Park GA

UPDATE:

Thank you to everyone who responded to our email about the cat in a tree. We’re glad to report that it appears the cat was able to come down on her own. Our complainants will continue to monitor the area for concerns.

Thank you again for your compassion for animals!

Hello!

I’m one of PETA’s caseworkers. We’ve just gotten a call about a frightened cat in Forest Park, GA who’s been stuck in a tree for three days. We’re working to find a tree service to rescue her, but in the meantime we’d like to find somebody who would be willing to, with our advice, implement some basic strategies to encourage the cat to come down on her own. You will need a ladder (the taller the better--we won’t ask you to climb the tree, but rather to place food at the top of the ladder), some bait (tuna or mackerel), and a cat carrier in which to place the cat if she comes down (at which point we’d ask you to take her to the local shelter). You will need your own transportation, but we could reimburse for gas (save your receipts)!

If you think you can help us today (Tuesday 3/16), please email or call me right away and I will provide the address and work out a plan of action with you. Please only call or email if you can help. You may forward this message.

Thank you for your compassion for animals

Kristin DeJournett, Cruelty Caseworker

Emergency Response Team

Cruelty Investigations Department

PETA

901-405-4371 (phone and fax)

Please include all previous email exchanges when responding.

In these difficult times, we cannot forget animals. Please donate today.

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Grains, vegan, gluten-free, artisan meats and Africa: 10 foods for the future

Here are the 10 foods for the future, according to Canadian chefs.

1 Ancient grains: We're talking kamut, spelt, amaranth, teff and other grains that haven't been altered by plant science for commercial purposes like bigger yields and pest resistance. Proponents say ancient grains are more flavourful and richer in nutrients.

2 Gluten-free beer: Gluten intolerance or allergies sometimes extends to hordein, the gluten in barley. Buckwheat and sorghum are the most common no-gluten substitutes for barley in North America but rice, maize, amaranth, flax, millet, teff and soybean have also been used to make beer.

3 Vegan entrées: That means no meat, fish, poultry, dairy, eggs or for that matter, honey or gelatin. The term "vegan" was first used by Donald Watson, an American, in 1944. He used the first three and last two letters from the word vegetarian. He said it was the "beginning and end of vegetarian."

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They Have One Week To Live... The Murder of Baby Seals Continues!

” I would like to see the 6 million seals, or whatever number is out there, killed and sold, or destroyed or burned. I do not care what happens to them...the more they kill the better I will love it. John Efford, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Newfoundland and Labrador.
4 May 1998.

Help to save Seals... The average age of a bludgeoned baby seals is less then 12 weeks.

Humanity can not stand for this.
We are better then that!!!

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Make your voice heard HERE



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There are many myths associated with Canada's annual seal slaughter which are spoken by some of the people of Newfoundland and Labrador. Below is a list of a few of the most popular myths and the truth behind the statements.

1. We don’t kill white coats: unclear

The commercial hunting of infant harp seals (whitecoats), and infant hooded seals (bluebacks), was banned in Canada in 1987, under pressure from animal rights groups. Now, seals may only be killed legally once they have started moulting (from 12 to 15 days of age for harp seals), as this coincides with the time when they are abandoned by their mothers. These pups, who have not yet completely moulted are known as "ragged-jackets". Once the pups have completely moulted, they are called "beaters". However, there is confusion as to when a baby seal leaves the whitecoat stage, and there is little enforcement....just because it's illegal doesn't mean it's not happening.

Seals may be killed once they begin to moult their fluffy white coats at just 12 days old. Fully 95 percent of the seals killed in the hunt are under three months of age.

2. Animal protection organizations use the seal hunt as a way to make money: False

1. If it were true, then animal rights groups would want the abuse to continue so they could continue making money. Animal rights campaigns against the seal hunt are anything but supportive of the abuse, and the funds are funneled into trying to end the hunt.

2. Sadly, it takes money to create campaigns to end the cruelty. If the abusers take issue with animal rights groups generating funds for these campaigns, they would have nothing to complain about if they would just stopped the killing.

3. The large sums of money generated to end the seal hunt demonstrate how loud the global voice is to end the largest marine mammal slaughter on earth.

4. There is far more money in cruelty that can ever be imagined. If the animal protection movement had even one percent of the power, wealth, and subsidies of the industries that torture animals for profit, there would be no necessity for fundraising campaigns to end the cruelty.

3. The seals are overpopulating and eating all the fish: False

Sealing nations such as the Norway, Russia, and Canada have repeatedly claimed that to maintain commercial fishing populations they must cull seal herds.

This deception displays scant understanding of marine ecology. For several millennia to the 18th century, some 30 million Harp seals lived in the North Atlantic teeming with cod, capelin, herring, and so forth. If 30 million seals did not deplete the fish stocks back then, it is inconceivable that 5.8 million seals would deplete the fish stocks in this era.

Unsustainable harvesting by humans has caused the decline of fish and seal populations. At the peak of the seal hunt, in the 1830s, hunters killed 700,000 Harp seals per year, devastating the herds. Poor fisheries management led to the depletion of the cod throughout the North Atlantic. In truth, seals, like all marine mammals, are a vital part of the ecosystem of the Northwest Atlantic. Harp seals, which are the primary target of the hunt, are opportunistic feeders, meaning they eat many different species. So while approximately 3% of a harp seal's diet may be commercially fished cod, harp seals also eat many significant predators of cod, such as squid. That is why some scientists are concerned that culling harp seals could further inhibit recovery of commercially valuable fish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic.

However, and this is the key point to understand, when fish eat fish, or when seals eat fish, the nutrients remain in the ocean. They are recycled. When humans remove fish from the ocean, the nutrients are removed. Fisheries scientists generally ignore this fact. Seals and fish clearly coexisted for millennia. Embarrassed fisheries officers have simply used seals as a scapegoat for poor management.

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World markets for seal products now appear to be saturated, with 2008 prices plummeting again by about half. Processors report that
sales of seal pelts all but stopped at the end of 2007; in early 2009 they still do not appear to have recovered.38 The international
fur auction in Copenhagen did not sell a single seal skin in 2008, and Greenland (the second largest sealing country), now reports
stockpiles of some 140,000 pelts.39
Economically Unnecessary
Is it worth it?
2008 prices .... Beater pelt $6 – $33 .... Blubber (per kg.) $0.07 /kg .... Flipper $1 .... Penis (adult) $2

” I would like to see the 6 million seals, or whatever number is out there, killed
and sold, or destroyed or burned. I do not care what happens to
them...the more they kill the better I will love it.
John Efford, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Newfoundland and Labrador.
4 May 1998.

In My Medicine Cabinet

Hydrastis or Goldenseal is a staple in my medicine cabinet. I have the one with Elderberry from http://www.organipharm.com/default.aspx

I take a tablespoon maybe 2 to 3 times a week. I can't remember the last time I had a cold or the flu!

Elderberry & Goldenseal Pictures

Description	Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis), is a member of the Ranunculaceae family. Goldenseal is a perennial that grows in the wild from Georgia to Canada. The plant grows from a yellowish root and forms a hairy stem with five-parted leaves, green white flowers with no petal and a fruit that resembles a raspberry. In the 19th century, the expansion of farming lands and the popularity of its medicinal properties among the early settlers and Native American Indians led the plant to become an endangered species. It is now cultivated and its high price and demand may result in adulterated products. As a result of the endangered status of goldenseal, a handful of environmentally conscious supplement companies have taken the position of substituting other berberine-containing herbs for goldenseal in their immune support formulas. Other plants that contain relatively high concentrations of Berberine (the alkaloid thought to contribute to the immune-stimulating effect of Goldenseal) include Goldenthread (Coptis chinensis), Oregon Grape (Berberis aquifolium), Barberry (Berberis vulgaris), and Tree Turmeric (Berberis aristata).
Claims	Immune system support (immunostimulant, antimicrobial) Anti-cancer effects (colon cancer) Antioxidant Treats/prevents urinary tract infections

http://www.life-enthusiast.com/index/Ingredients/Plants/Goldenseal

Elderberries

The berries have few calories and lots of nutrition. They provide very large amounts of potassium and beta-carotene, as well as sugar and fruit acids, calcium, phosphorous and vitamin C.

Looking at or even thinking about the elderberry bush evokes a flood of magical associations and images of the pastóEuropean ladies dousing their white skin with elder flower water, and crystal goblets filled with elderberry wine. In European folklore, fairies and elves would appear if you sat underneath an elder bush on midsummer night. The lovely elder possessed potent magic, with the ability to drive away witches, and kill serpents. Carrying the twigs in your pocket was a charm against certain diseases. One of these tales bears some truth: Sleeping under the elder supposedly produces a drugged, dream-filled sleepóthe fragrance is actually a mildly sedative. Perhaps the visions of fairies and elves resulted from dreaming under an elder bush.

My experience with the elder indicates that much of its charmed reputation among Europeans and Native Americans comes from its ability to heal. The flowers and fruit are medicinal. Hippocrates already recognized this in 400 B.C. (He used a smaller European species with similar properties, that doesnít grow in America.)

Due to their diuretic and detoxifying properties, people eat elderberries to lose weight. The flowers have been used in cosmetics since ancient times. Distilled elder flower water softens, tone and restores the skin. Elder flower infusion cleanses the skin, lightens freckles, and soothes sunburn. Its Bioflavinoids promote circulation and strengthen the capillaries.

http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Elderberry.html

Stop Whaling !!!

"As president, I will ensure that the U.S. provides leadership in enforcing international wildlife protection agreements, including strengthening the international moratorium on commercial whaling. Allowing Japan to continue commercial whaling is unacceptable." - Senator Obama responding to a Greenpeace questionnaire on March 16, 2008 . Support the whales now. . Have we been betrayed? Earlier this week Japan's Fisheries minister announced that Japan wants to resume commercial whaling and called on the U.S. to work together to make this happen. Media reports that a proposal to throw out the ban on commercial whaling was discussed at the meeting of International Whaling Commission currently underway at St. Pete's Beach, Florida. A vote to resume commercial whaling could take place at the IWC Annual General Meeting in Morocco in June. The U.S. delegation to the IWC, hand-picked by President Obama, has given no commitment to vote against the resumption of commercial whaling. Refusal to stand up against the resumption of commercial whaling would be a total betrayal of the President’s commitment to us. Greenpeace is mounting a massive effort to protect the whales and we need your most generous support - please donate now. This is the most serious threat to the moratorium on commercial whaling that we've seen since Greenpeace fought for and won the moratorium in the 1980's. If President Obama is serious about his commitment to protecting whales, he must make sure his delegation opposes any deal that would legitimize commercial whaling. The president and his representatives at the IWC should instead support a proposal recently made by Australia, which would leave the moratorium intact and finally put an end to Japan's bogus “scientific” whaling in the Southern Ocean. We cannot reward the illegal actions of countries like Japan, Norway and Iceland by legalizing hunting - that's not a compromise; it's giving in for political expediency. Your gift of any amount will help - $5 or $500 - whatever you can afford will enable Greenpeace to continue what we've successfully done for over 30 years - save the whales. Please donate now. Thank you, on behalf of the whales, John Hocevar Oceans Campaign Director P.S. Thank you so much to the hundreds of you who have already given. Now I urge you to go one step further, forward this message to your friends and ask them to take action too there is power in numbers!

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I Got A Kick Out Of This Performance.

I Got A Kick Out Of This Performance. Isn't she weird and cute at the same time. Singing Aretha Franklin "Think"!

Almond Milk & Steel Cut Oats for Breakfast

WOW! I bought this new milk from Silk, it's ALMOND milk. http://www.silkpurealmond.com
I now have Soy, Rice and Almond Milk to chose from for various dishes. This milk is loaded with vitamins and antioxidants. Here is a link to their website so you can learn more about it.
http://www.silkpurealmond.com/# I bought the Vanilla Flavored only because my store did NOT have the plain one, something I hope they will remedy soon!!!

Anyway I used it for the first time today to make a creamy and crunchy breakfast. I used Steel Cut Oats (have more tooth after cooking) about 1/3 cup, 1 cup of almond milk, I added a pinch of salt and about a tablespoon of raw sugar that I store in a jar with used up vanilla beans. (after I use the beans I don't throw them away, I place them in a jar and add sugar, it makes a great vanilla flavored sugar that can be used per tabls in baking and as I did here in breakfasts.)

I brought the almond milk to a boil and then simmered the oats and milk for about 20 minutes string frequently. After t he oats are cooked i add about a 1/3 cup of shredded wheat stir it all up and it's ready to serve. About 1/2 a cup with some fruit will fill you up nicely. No dairy and it's just as rich tasting and creamy as you would not imagine.
ZERO CHOLESTEROL.
Try it You'll ENJOY!

The misinformation and Nutritional INSANITY is taking to a new level.

This move borders on criminal. If we ever make a dent in the continuing Obesity problem and growing health problems in the United States, it certainly isn't by promoting the consumption of more fast, processed foods high in animals protein.
As a matter of fact, this is in my opinion criminal. Considering how we regulated tobacco (for good reasons) yet tobacco consumption was less a cause of illness disease and premature death, then the combined health damage that is being done by what many refer to as food.

Just because it tastes good and people WANT to eat it, does not make if nutrition or healthy.

This is irresponsible. It's once again all about MONEY and Greed and the power of the unhealthy food lobby. Dressing up junk as healthy. They could just as well hand cigarettes to people with a label saying approved by the American Heart Association it's that big of a lie! Weight Watchers should be ashamed!!!

They are selling their clients down the river just to get more clients. What sounds better to an obese person then the idea that they will lose weight and still can eat junk food like McDonald. That will bring WW a new line of clients. They don't seem to care about the long term effects.
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Anger over Weight Watchers' endorsement of McDonald's

• 'Diet-friendly' menu to roll out in New Zealand
• Nutritionists says tie-up does not promote healthy eating

Anger over Weight Watchers' endorsement of McDonald's

• 'Diet-friendly' menu to roll out in New Zealand
• Nutritionists says tie-up does not promote healthy eating

Weight Watchers has defended putting its logo on several McDonald's products. Photograph: Jeff Roberson/AP

McDonald's is hardly an ideal dining location for anyone struggling to stay slim. But the fast food chain scored a PR coup today when Weight Watchers agreed to endorse some of its products in New Zealand – a move met with outrage by nutritionists and obesity experts.

As part of the deal, which the company says is the first of its kind in the world, McDonald's will use the Weight Watchers logo on its menu boards and Weight Watchers will promote McDonald's to dieters.

The link-up is the fast-food chain's latest attempt to improve its reputation by securing endorsements. In January, to the horror of gastronomes, Italy's agriculture minister, Luca Zaia, helped launch the McItaly range of burgers. For a representative of one of the world's greatest culinary nations to do such a thing was "a sign of the moral bankruptcy of Silvio Berlusconi's government", wrote Matthew Fort in the Guardian.

Several items on the fast food giant's menu – the Filet-O-Fish, Chicken McNuggets and Sweet Chilli Seared Chicken Wrap – have been approved for the Weight Watchers diet in McDonald's 150 New Zealand restaurants. Each meal is worth 6.5 points on the programme, which assigns points to food items and allows dieters to consume 18 to 40 points each day to achieve their goal weight.

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Your Health and Kindness go Hand in Heart

Living this new life of kindness toward all living beigns is a real marvelous experience. When you change how you eat and take all aspects in to consideration you end up not only being kind to animals but kind to yourself as well. That is really something that is giving me a wonderful feeling.Just as our neurons continue to connect in our brains after birth, when making these lifestyle changes we connect to an invisible web that connects us to the whole universe in a magical way. We are rewarded with physical and spiritual health that leads to happiness.

When making lifestyle changes, one of the issues is of course "Food".

We all love food and we need food. We eat it if it tastes good. Taste & texture is what we respond to immediately. Nutrition we can't really see but we know it's important but many of us don't know much about it. I am lucky in the sense that nutrition has always been a subjects I was interested in and I try to learn as much about it as I could. After coming to the US I did however fall in to a more unhealthy way of eating. Eating what everyone else ate. I recall the first time I had a Donut and how I practically spit it out, because it was so sweet, like nothing I ever had before.

I never drank sodas until I came to the Unites States but even then I drank it rarely, again, too sweet.
I rarely ate more then one piece of cake or pastry, but I did start to over eat sweets after coming to the States.
I never had a steak in my life until coming to the US.
Beef is expensive in Germany and we rarely ate any.
Fast food restaurants did not come along until late and I moved to the US just about the same time.

I did however eat meats, lots of cheese my whole life. My combination of French and German heritage meant I ate both cultural diets. I loved Camembert cheese, pork roast, pork chops, liverwurst, frankfurters and so on.

The bread I was used to is the dark crusty German what is sometimes called here Farmers Bread.

The white box shaped bread that is common here, I tried and found it to be awful.

After two decades in the United States, I had gained 50 pounds, was overweight for the first time in my life and at the final end a few years back, was diagnosed with high blood pressure, at times 190/115 = very dangerous. Then I started to have heart palpitations which finally prompted me to see a doctor. I had High Cholesterol and started to have joint pains, swollen feet and other pesky problems. I always had stomach problems as long as I can remember, constipation and pains.

Long story short... I have now normal blood pressure which I measure every day. I do still take some blood pressure medication but at times I simply don't for days and my pressure is just fine. If I take it about three times a week I am fine. My goal is to totally eliminate blood pressure medication. My cholesterol is better then average now. As a matter of fact my good cholesterol which I was told would be great if it where 50 its actually 62 (which I was told was marvelous) my bad cholesterol is 104. I accomplished this with going Vegan and no medication.

OK I can hear it now... where do you get your protein, what are you eating?

I eat plants. Anything plants related. The choices out there are endless and are growing and YES plants have plenty of protein and other great nutrition. I am going to share over time, all the things I eat or goods I find that I like.

I eat plenty of food, don't have to "diet" to lose weight. I have lost 20 pounds so far and it keeps going, slowly but surely. No starvation, no constipation, no more swollen feet, no more joint pain, no more high cholesterol, and my blood pressure is going in the right direction which is down. I have to watch stress and try not to upset myself about things.
Other improvements I have noticed is softer skin, the white in my eyes are whiter (they started to yellow before), my occasional itchy skin problem is history, I am more alert, and have more energy.

If someone asked me what can I do to lose weight and be healthy I would categorically say
"Go Vegan". It is easier then you have been made to believe.

This is from a mere health standpoint and does not even include the fact that not consuming animal products of any kind is good for your soul as well. That is of course if you are a spiritual person. Those that say they love animals should really try to go Vegan it's the only way to realize that statement of "I Love Animals". After all you can't eat and wear what you love because it has to be killed first. Should we really kill what we love? It's inherently illogical.

I want to share this good news. That is all I want. I am sad that the main stream media, the food industry to a large extend, our government is saying so little about the truth about food. Instead they all perpetuate the problem with the status quo. It is really a complex problem, involving politics, money and old ingrained myths and believes.

If you want to learn more about it I highly recommended reading the "China Study"!

Here is also a product I want tp praise. I do not get paid to recommend anything.
I try it out and if I like it I say so if I don't I say so. I am beholden to nobody but my own Conscience. Sometimes I may have links to a product. I am an Amazon affiliate so if you buy through those links I get a small commission. OK so you buy a jar of mayo and I get, what 20 cents. I don't recommend nothing that I don't like.

I really love Vegenaise Vegan mayo. When I first bought the jar I was leery. I was wondering, will it be creamy? Will it taste like mayo? Can this no egg, no dairy, no preservatives, no fillers, healthy claim, be to to good to be true. I was a skeptic.

But it was a great buy. I use it with sandwiches and making tartar sauce or creamy relishes. Yesterday I had Ruben sandwiches for dinner and used Vegenaise instead of thousand Island (did not have a vegan one handy). I also omitted the Sauerkraut not a big fan of it. Those sandwiches were fantastic and loaded with fiber,antioxidants,vitamins and flavor but lo win fat and ZERO cholesterol. Remember if you don't eat any animal products you will not add cholesterol. Cholesterol is only found in the bodies of animals, which includes humans. We make it ourselves just as animals make it. Plants do NOT have cholesterol.

I used to be a big fan of Butter, actually I could not imagine going without the TASTE of butter, that buttery taste. Now it's vegan margarine or oils, it is possible to reeducate your taste buds if you give it some time and find other flavorful things like I found these nutty oils. I just received my gourmet oils and I love all the great flavor and nutritional value. Using it sparingly is no problem since the flavors are strong. Less is more!
So I will end this for today by saying, try some Vegan. Even if you don't do all Vegan all the time. Give it a start.

Maybe just breakfast and lunch. Maybe just dinner. Whatever reason you may have had to say no to Vegan, give it some new thoughts.

Two years ago I was a full fledged card carrying Carnivore. Now I am Vegan and my only regret is that this has not happened to be sooner, but hey better late then never! :-)

My best wishes!




Learn how to make Wheat Meat especially the "Corned Vegan Beef" HERE

Wheat Meat

Seitan is another versatile protein meat replacement.
This video shows how to grill it and inspired me to make my own Seitan. Yesterday I ordered yeast to make my own tempeh but until the yeast arrives and until I have Tempeh, I will make some Seitan today. That is one of the simpler meats to make.

I think I will use it to bake and braise them in the oven as I normally would chicken breasts. First I marinade them them in my own Provence style marinade and then I'll bake them. The fun part will be to shape them like chicken breasts.

I shall let you know how it tuned out and take some photos to.

II love the video can't wait till spring to do some grilling.



In this video you see how to make Seitan Corned "Beef" without the beef. To make Ruben Sandwiches.

This sounds so great. I think I will make this first.



I made this a couple of hours ago and it tastes great.
A Keeper!