More dangers of GMO foods

This is an excerpt from Dr. Joseph Mercola's newsletter (www.Mercola.com.) I thought it apropos because of the vote in California on November 6th to label GMOs statewide.  If this vote to label GM foods passes in California, many other states will eventually follow suit, and people tend not to buy GM foods when they are labeled---so this is a huge vote for the health of this country.  Mercola gave a lot of money to the campaign to label GMOs in California, and I have also given some money as well.  If this vote passes, the general public will finally be privy to the real dangers of these genetically modified foods. 

"Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Monsanto's herbicide Roundup, which is sprayed in large quantities on genetically engineered, so-called "Roundup Ready," crops. Such crops are genetically engineered to withstand otherwise lethal applications of the herbicide.

According to the German journal Ithaka,¹ every single urine sample collected from city dwellers around Berlin tested positive for glyphosate, with values ranging from 0.5 to 2 nanograms per milliliter (ng/ml) – that's between five and 20 times the permissible upper limit for glyphosate in German drinking water, which is set at 0.1 ng/ml. According to the featured article:²

'Glyphosate probably entered human populations over the past 10 years through its increasing presence in daily foods such as meat and dairy products, vegetable and fruit produce and grains products. Glyphosate-laced genetically modified Roundup soya which enters the animal food chain, is only one of the risk factors.
Even more dangerous now is the increasing use of herbicides in the EU over the past several years for the desiccation of entire stocks of harvestable crop.
'Spraying crops to death,' as desiccation should be more aptly called, means that herbicides are being sprayed directly on the crops shortly before they are to be harvested to facilitate the harvest by uniformly killing off all living plants (including the crops) on the field.
If crops cannot fully mature due to excessive rain, as was the case in the summer of 2011, herbicides are used to bring the crops to maturity by means of a 'death-spray.' The method facilitates the drying of the crops as well as removing all weeds for the next sowing period, and has become common for the harvest of potatoes, cereals, canola and pulses.
For potatoes, spraying herbicides on the field immediately before harvest (2.5 l / ha), hardens the skin and reduces its susceptibility to late blight and germination, which improved the potatoes shelf life. Active compounds of the herbicide directly enter the potato through the leaves; however, decomposition of the poison takes place in the body of the consumer.'"
 

A Votre Sante (Here's to Your Health), Alix

Adrenal Fatigue Update with great links

The ongoing protocol for adrenal fatigue/estrogen dominance has me frustrated.  After 2 years of bio identical hormones, supplements, eating basically a paleo diet (actually the metabolic typing protein type diet) of all organic foods, I am still sleeping 10+ hours a night.  Some nights 11-12 hours.  I am totally exhausted.  This is definitely not something I would wish on anyone, as Western Medicine all but denies the existence of  these conditions--however, Dr. Oz and Christine Northrup did a show on estrogen dominance, so this condition (which often occurs in tandem with adrenal fatigue) is becoming more widely known.  

I really try to hold back on telling very many people about the exhaustion because past responses from non-professionals have not been very helpful.  Common remarks are, "well you probably sleep too much so you're tired,"  "yeah, I'm really tired too, but I tough it out," "it's all in your head," "you're lazy," and "all you do is sleep on weekends."  I discovered a lot of ignorance basically because our culture is based on the "plow-through-it" sleep-deprivation model.  Americans used to make fun of the Japanese for working so hard, but now we are the most workaholic country.  Elaine Aaron in her books about high sensitivity explains that many people are not in touch with/sensitive to their bodies, so this results in a culture of "burning the candle at both ends."

I had a series of acupuncture treatments and was supposed to be sleeping around 9 hours now.  However, I am still exhausted.  I intend to talk to another acupuncturist, and explore more options--possibly more supplements or seeing a naturopath.  I am currently on the Kalish method doing natural hormone replacement--many women, especially those over 35, are estrogen dominant and don't know it.  Each holistic specialist has a slightly different take on how to treat the body, but what I like is that, in the holistic field, all these natural treatments tend to mesh well together.  So looking for more solutions is always an option to add onto my current protocol, which I have discussed in prior posts.

Dr. Bob Marshall specializes in supplements and recommends healthy digestion.  There are free recordings of his health radio show at www.healthline.cc

The wonderful Norm Shealy has free protocols for different diseases on his website, including acupuncture points regimens that one can do on their own.  www.normshealy.com

A Votre Sante (Here's to Your Health), Alix