Label Genetically Engineered Foods

Please sign the petition Tell the FDA: Label Genetically Engineered Foods!  For your "Good Health, Naturally"

http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-the-fda-label-genetically-engineered-foods

Please click the link above - and sign the petition!

Information about Genetically Engineered Foods:

There is less/no nutritional value in Genetically Modified foods. It hinders the immune systems in test animals. It contains viruses and bacteria toxic to humans. Ecoli or other viruses must be used to guarantee infusion and connection of engineered gene.

Continuously purging these toxins from the body stresses the immune system eventually weakening it to the point of contracting disease. Could GM food be the culprit of childhood diabetes? Label it or stop modifying it!

Additional information see:  http://thehealthalert.blogspot.com/2012/01/bio-technology-you.html

Rx Metformin vs Tonic Herbs for Diabetes

Prescription Information  

GLUCOPHAGE and GLUCOPHAGE XR are used to treat type 2 diabetes. This is also known as non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. People with type 2 diabetes are not able to make enough insulin or respond normally to the insulin their bodies make. When this happens, sugar (glucose) builds up in the blood. This can lead to serious medical problems including kidney damage, amputations, and blindness. Diabetes is also closely linked to heart disease. The main goal of treating diabetes is to lower your blood sugar to a normal level.

High blood sugar can be lowered by diet and exercise, by a number of medicines taken by mouth, and by insulin shots. Before you take GLUCOPHAGE or GLUCOPHAGE XR, try to control your diabetes by exercise and weight loss. While you take your diabetes medicine, continue to exercise and follow the diet advised for your diabetes. No matter what your recommended diabetes management plan is, studies have shown that maintaining good blood sugar control can prevent or delay complications of diabetes, such as blindness. http://www.diabetesmonitor.com/metf-qa.htm  

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Garlic for Diabetes

Garlic (Allium Sativum) Supplementation with Standard Anti-diabetic Agent

Provides Better Diabetic Control in Type 2 Diabetic Patients,

Pak. J. Pharm. Sci., Vol.24, No.4, October 2011, pp. 565-570

Although garlic was assumed safe and recommended for many common ailments since ancient times, too much utilization of garlic can cause problems. Garlic breath and infrequent allergic response are predictable adverse effects. Reports have also revealed gastrointestinal side effects like nausea and diarrhea associated with raw garlic and garlic powder preparations. In the present study, garlic did not produce any considerable problem in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and only one patient has complained of gastric discomfort.

Abstract: Garlic has been used safely since ancient times as both food and medicine in human populations, but studies of its efficacy in the management of diabetes have yielded conflicting results. This study has evaluated the potential hypoglycemic effects of garlic in type 2 diabetic patients. The study was conducted in diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients (n=60) with fasting blood sugar level above 126 mg/dl to evaluate the effects of adding garlic tablets with standard antidiabetic therapy on blood sugar.

Conclusion: The present study has demonstrated significant hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effects of garlic when added with standard antidiabetic agent. Comprehensive clinical studies are desirable to verify the effectiveness of garlic either alone or in combination with other antidiabetic or antihyperlipidemic agents in the treatment and prevention of diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors. http://www.pjps.pk/CD-PJPS-24-4-11/Paper-24.pdf

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Lemons, a fruit that belongs with the list of super-foods  http://www.livestrong.com/article/462927-lemons-diabetes/#ixzz1jY8XUxRK

Apple Cider Vinegar & Diabetes

Professor Carol Johnston PhD, Department of Nutrition, Arizona State University, have published results on the following three studies: Apple cider vinegar before meals, during meals and before bedtime.

Abstract: According to recent academic studies, vinegar slows the rise of blood sugar levels after you have eaten a meal and when taken at bed time, vinegar lowers morning blood sugar levels.

Conclusion: Based on the results Dr Johnston thinks that the vinegar tonic interferes with the absorption of high-carbohydrate foods which reduces the blood sugar rise that normally occurs after a meal. In her words, "The acetic acid in vinegar may inhibit enzymes that digest starch so that carbohydrate molecules aren't available for absorption and are eliminated as fecal matter."

Acarbose or Metformin

" Vinegar appears to have effects similar to some of the most popular medications for diabetes" (Acarbose or Metformin) continues professor Johnston and "Further investigations to examine the efficacy of vinegar as an anti-diabetic therapy are warranted."

1. Apple cider vinegar before meals.
2. Apple cider vinegar before bedtime.
3. Apple cider vinegar during meals for healthy adults.               

Questions & Comments:

1. How long taking Metformin and what effect on heart, liver kidneys?

2. If garlic and other tonic herbs work with prescription drugs to lower blood sugar, (Acarbose or Metformin) is it possible to wean off meds entirely?

The TONIC Nutritional Garlic Supplement is made from a centuries-old recipe originally taken seasonally to prevent colds and flu. The combination of organic ingredients contains the power of raw garlic and no unpleasant residue formulated to help maintain Good Health, Naturally.

This is not medicine or medical advice. Supplements may react adversely with synthetic drugs.

Consult doctor for all health concerns.

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Elixirs - Snake Oils - Tonics

Tonic Is

Elixir, a liquid that people believe has magic powers, for example the ability to make you live for ever. Snake oil, something useless that someone tries to sell you or make you believe is good. Tonic is a medicine that claims to make patients feel stronger more energetic and generally healthier.

Tonic Herbs Are

Tonics herbs are the highest and most sought-after herbal remedies in many traditional systems of healing, such as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Ayurveda. These herbs nourish specific cells, tissues, organs, and the whole individual, and are often used for long periods of time.

These remedies help focus and call forth the biogenetic potential or vitality of the individual for use such as supporting the immune system, nerve function or hormonal system. Tonics are very gentle and slow stimulants, and they provide nutrients that the body can use, such as vitamins, minerals, and many other constituents like plant pigments, such as anthocyanins or flavonoids. Large quantities can be given without harm of overstressing cells, tissues, organs or body systems. - Christopher Hobbs Master Herbalist http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/amazonherbs.htm

Bidirectional and multidirectional herbs are called tonics; they are capable of both increasing and decreasing the activity of body systems, thus restoring and maintaining balance, naturally. Tonics do not over-stimulate the body.  

The medical community is aware of the fact that many [I believe all] diseases are preventable by simply maintaining optimum health in all body systems. The emphasis must shift from *treating disease to increasing the body’s natural defense and restorative abilities. The “business of disease” is extremely profitable; the medical community is neither ready nor willing to consider change.

Herbal Tonics should be able to:

1. Restore and maintain balance, throughout all of the body systems.
2. Able to increase energy through normal metabolic means, not artificially.
3. Increase general, overall resistance to infections of all kinds fortifying immune system.
4. Decrease effects of stress and anxiety enhancing ability to perform, to rest and sleep.
5. Protect from free-radical damage; good antioxidant activity.
6. Increase the body's ability to build muscle and/or lose weight through burning calories.
7. Regulate digestion processes.
8. Ability to strengthen the heart; to reduce cholesterol, blood pressure; blood’s ability to clot in balance.
9. Target the liver, kidneys, and other glands related to blood-purifying.
10. Address the lower bowel; run more if constipated/ less if diarrhea.  It’s hard to imagine something that fight’s both at once, there are tonic herbs that do that, naturally. http://www.jctonic.com/include/whatistonicherb.htm

This is not medicine or medical advice. Consult your health-care provider for the diagnosis and treatment of all medical concerns and before taking nutritional supplements. Nutritional supplements may react adversely with over-the-counter and prescription drugs.

The TONIC Nutritional Garlic Supplement is made from the original centuries-old recipe first given to prevent colds and flu. Containing concentrated amounts of garlic formulated to deliver maximum benefits with absolutely no unpleasantness. Garlic is a scientifically proven panacea for the human body.

For Good Health, Naturally The TONIC Nutritional Garlic Supplement

Post Excerpted from: Barks Herbs Roots Twigs-The Earth Pharmacy©