Saturday, January 2, 2010

Coconut Oil - healthy, who knew?

Over the past year or so, I have found myself being drawn to this kind of information.  Information that seems oxymoronic and counter cultural.  The more I read and learn, the more I realize that the information we get from our governmental agencies more often than not is not true.  This is a very interesting article about the health effects of coconut oil.  I will be switching over to this oil in my own life, and I'm excited about the effects I should see.  I'll keep you posted.

Coconut Oil

Monday, November 16, 2009

Vaccine Truth

Article

This is a great article about vaccines from another perspective.  I've been trying to broaden my knowledge base on vaccines.   I'm trying to keep an open mind and look at the information objectively, but I keep finding that my hypothesis that vaccines are at the very least not efficacious keeps getting reinforced.

Monday, November 2, 2009

OPEN HOUSE EVENT

FREE Seminar and Open House
Please forward to anyone you might want to attend.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

How our eyes "see"

Video

A wonderful TED talk about the subjectivity of sight and sensory perception.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Is Dirt the new Prozac?

Article

Extremely interesting article about how microorganisms can help increase levels of serotonin and may treat depression.  I find this extremely interesting.  Scientists have speculated for a long time that living in a cleaner environment has increased the incidence of allergies, but here is some real proof as to why.  Occupational Therapists have used gardening for decades as a practical way to help people with depression, and now there is scientific proof that this is real.

The takeaway:  Play in the dirt to improve your mood, and let your kids make mud pies to prevent allergies!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

High Fructose Corn Syrup contains MERCURY!

Article

Check out this article.  When I first was told that HFCS had mercury, I was skeptical.  I've done some research, and now know this is true.  Admittedly, US producers of HFCS state they no longer use mercury in the production of HFCS.  However, large companies of refined food in this country get HFCS from foreign sources (namely China).  I'm SURE these foreign governments have American's safety in mind when they produce products for export (nudge, nudge, wink, wink).

Monday, September 28, 2009

Picky Eaters

Picky Eaters

Click on the link above for an article about how to implement a diet with a picky eater.

When I first starting working with children on the Autism spectrum about 8 years ago, I thought that the diet was a good extra step parents could take to help their kids. Now I realize that diet should be the FIRST intervention a parent starts on their road to recovery. Proper nutrition is the backbone of all other metabolic processes in the body. If the gut isn't happy, you aren't happy.