More on Adrenal fatigue

Here are two links with information about adrenal fatigue.  I have been being treated for two years for severe adrenal fatigue with an eating plan (eating enough protein and fats, and keeping my blood sugar normalized.) I've also been taking bio identical hormones (the Kalish Method), since adrenal fatigue leads to female hormone imbalance.  After seeing an acupuncturist from time to time, I am still very tired, so I am always searching for new ideas.  My friend Claudia is a holistic health professional who is helping me with more ideas--check out her website at www.livingmindfully.net

She talked to some of her friends in the holistic health field and sent me the following link:

http://naturalanxietytherapy.com/category/adrenal-fatigue/

Also, I also found Norm Shealy's acupressure points that are helpful for adrenal fatigue:

https://www.normshealy.com/?page=118&title=The%20Sacred%20Rings

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

Invest Organic

For those of you who want to invest in stores selling organic foods, check out Hain, Sun Opta, United Natural Foods, and Whole Foods Market.  Grocery stores usually do well in recessions, and data shows that more people will be buying organic foods in the future.

www.nasdaq.com/article/organic-food-stocks-health-trends-may-boost-these-stocks-cm87319
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A Votre Sante (Here's To Your Health), Alix

GMO Fact Check

The publication Natural Awakenings did a GMO fact check in their January 2013 issue.  The article talks about how the Union of Concerned Scientists are questioning the safety of GM foods.  The article also mentions that the Center for Food Safety has concerns about allergens and toxins from herbicides and pesticides that are used on and implanted into the GM foods. 

This article also speaks about research that tracks the 527 million pound increase in pesticide use on GM crops.  Also in this writeup according to Warren Porter, Ph. D., a biologist is concerned that glyphosate (in Roundup) is an endocrine disruptor.  This material also sites a Canadian study showing that Bt toxins from GMO corn (fed to animals, coming from meat, and now being put on the market for human consumption) is showing up in umbilical cord blood and the blood of pregnant women. 

I'm glad this national publication is covering the dangers of GMO foods.  And although the initiative to label GMs in California didn't pass, several other states are attempting to pass labeling legislation this year.  Check out Melinda Hemmelgarn's website--she wrote the article for Natural Awakenings--she is known as "the food sleuth."  kopn.org and enduring-image.blogspot.com.

By the way, "Hello," to my readers in Canada and Europe.  BPA is banned in the lining of tin cans in Canada (but not America), and of course, GMOs are banned in 25 countries--many of them in Europe.  I hope America can catch up to the rest of the the Western world soon!

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

Good News for Labeling GMOs in 2013

According to the Organic Consumers Association:  "We may have narrowly lost the GMO labeling fight in California this past November, but there’s good reason to believe we’ll win in at least two or three states in 2013.

Today, activists in Washington State will deliver approximately 350,000 signatures to the state legislature, guaranteeing that when voters show up at the polls in November, they’ll get the chance to pass I-522, a statewide GMO labeling initiative.

On the other side of the country, Vermont is picking up where it left off last year after the governor caved in to Monsanto’s threats to sue the state if it passed a GMO labeling law. Undaunted, and buoyed by stronger-than-ever support from consumers and lawmakers, Vermont legislators will reintroduce GMO labeling legislation in early January. Connecticut is moving forward, too, with plans to introduce a similarly popular GMO labeling bill early this year.

All signs point to an uphill battle for Monsanto and friends to defeat I-522 in Washington State. I-522 proponents have a full nine months to raise awareness and money, compared with the YES on 37 (California Right to Know Genetically GMO Labeling) Campaign which had only six months to reach voters and raise money. Plus we had to raise a lot more money in California, which has five times as many voters as Washington."

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