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ronz28

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  1. United we stand divided we fall back into the super rich using prejudice etc. to sway the populace to vote for them or as in the case of Texas, flat out stealing elections using gerrymandering etc. to get their way at the expense of the rest of us.

    It's past time to put the confederate flags in the museums and learn from the lessons of the past rather than offering up the confederate flag as a symbol for our youth to follow when they need a moral compass to lead them through troubled times. Yes, slavery and racism is immoral.

  2. U.S. Civil War was fought over states rights. I have ancestors who fought for the confederacy, etc. but I wish the US would be more United than it is. There are too many little laws that vary by state and even city and the more consistent we get the better off most of us will be as we share the same moral compass.

    I hate racism and any belief system that doesn't appreciate strength in diversity (ISIS) ! However, I see no value in having a confederate flag as a representation of a moral compass for people to believe in because the primary states right that led the confederate south against the north was the use of slavery that made the rich richer at the expense of their fellow human beings.

  3. I've adjusted my weight goal to current weight, because I have plateaued there and am currently a little under optimal BMI for adults over 65 per research indicating the lowest risk of death for that age group being between 27.0 and 27.9. However, younger folks appear to be most healthy at a little lower BMI. I will adjust if future research improves optimal weight assessments.

    http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/GeneralEndocrinology/44843

  4. Methyl Bromide is used in US non-organic agriculture, etc. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/poisoned-paradise-pesticide-methyl-bromide/story?id=30119220

    Long term effects may kill if one survives the original exposure.

    http://www.aol.co.uk/video/survivor-describes-impact-of-methyl-bromide-poisoning/518753070/

    With several inadequately explained cases like this topic, I wonder if Methyl Bromide is used much in Thailand?

  5. Health Ranger is now disclosing heavy metal content of some Cacao products, but you have to give up your e-mail address to reveal some results of a limited number of products.

    http://labs.naturalnews.com/heavy-metals-chart-Superfoods-Cacao.html

    Based on my review of other test results at consumerlab.com on chocolate for high flavanols and very low cadmium levels, I am eating a couple of pieces of Baker's 100% Cacao Unsweetened Baking Chocolate Bar and I am in hog heaven.

  6. I am giving up black tea for now, but love organic green tea for its many benefits like antioxidants, etc. This morning I am having a breakfast of oatmeal & berries and later hope to have a dinner like oil free sweet potatoes+ broccoli, or rice & beans, etc. Whole food complex starches are a good thing but not the refined carbs in processed foods. Good tips on this from Dr. McDougall:

  7. Research documented at nutritionfacts.org indicates spices substantially boost the antioxidant value of most foods. I always find ways to add a little of the following to many meals: Cloves, All spice, Dried Lemonbalm, Cinnamon,Turmeric, Peppermint, Marjoram, Oregano, Ginger, Rosemary, Thyme, Cardamon, Black Pepper, Mustard Seed, Sage, etc. Black pepper makes Turmeric more bio-available. Black pepper combines with cardamon and blueberries as a cancer cell killer as does mustard seed powder with broccoli.

    Although spice is easy to overlook, just a little added spice from those listed with meals can really boost the nutritional value of fruits & vegetables to exceed recommended daily levels of antioxidants, etc. Some tests rank certain spices a little higher than others but they are in the ballpark and here is one example: http://oracvalues.com/sort/orac-value

    Or eat 1000 mg Vitamin C tablet and you have antioxidants like a bucket full of spices

    I also take 1000 mg daily via two 500 mg of the ascorbate form of Vitamin C (not ascorbic acid, the cheaper but less absorb-able form). I still like the variety of fruits, vegetables and spices that provide many more nutrients than vitamin c plus fiber. Dr. Blaylock mentions the Ascorbate form of Vit C in the following podcast and elsewhere in his series.

    This podcast interests me because it discusses how to avoid getting aluminum in your brain that is associated with dementia, Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, etc. One thing he mentions is that black tea takes in aluminum from the ground and green tea & white tea take in very little. Also that mixing lemon in tea makes any aluminum in tea 7 times more absorb-able which is to be avoided. So, I have taken black tea off my menu, but still drink green & white tea, but not with any lemon or other citrates.

    "One thing he mentions is that black tea takes in aluminum from the ground and green tea & white tea take in very little."

    Can you check again? I though black tea is merely green tea that has been dried in a certain way.

    Good tea/ Bad tea!

    You are right. Dr Blaylock implies its two different tea plants but it appears black tea usually comes from the same plant but is just further processed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_tea

    Since there are so many choices in food and drink, for now, I will eliminate the aluminum from tea risk by avoiding black tea because the aluminum found in some black tea may come from the processing instead of the plant. It may be like chocolate where some products have cadmium or lead and some don't. Also, because lemon or other citrates enhances the bodies absorption of any aluminum from tea, I probably won't be using lemon in any type of tea.

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