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About Becky Hastings

I am a wife, a mom, a grandmother. I am passionate about Jesus and health - the two are intricately woven - and I am passionate about helping others who desire to learn more about both.

Dr Andrew Wakefield – Villain or Hero?

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Dr Andrew Wakefield is a name you might have heard. Maybe you heard something about his 1998 Lancet study which showed a connection between children with autism who also suffered from bowel disease. OR, if you only heard the ‘sound bites’ in a massive public relations campaign sponsored by forces who are eager to discredit him, you might have heard that his study was a fraud or even that he admitted his study was a fraud. That is a blatant lie designed to hide the truth from an unsuspecting public and repeated by many who are either ignorant, or blatantly deceptive themselves.

This is a quick 5 minute interview with Dr Wakefield, or Andy, as his many many friends, supporters and patients know him. He has spent the last 20 years tirelessly LISTENING TO PARENTS. Imagine that, a doctor that listens to his patients. A medical doctor trained as a specialist gastroenterologist, he published a paper, which has never been refuted, on a small group of autistic children who all had associated bowel disease and the presence of measles virus in the bowel. His study was asking why? And he intended to explore this connection further.

His research plunged him into the midst of strong political forces which did not want to acknowledge any connection between the new MMR vaccine, autism and bowel disease. The battle continues to rage to this day, despite multiple studies which corroborate his original theories. He is also achieving success in treating and healing the bowels of autistic children and seeing corresponding improvement in their neurological symptoms.

All new parents need the truth. Why is there such a strong public relations campaign to discredit this man when no charges have been brought against him? He is happy to openly discuss his science and to engage in a public debate with anyone in the vaccine community. Why won’t they?

Did you know:

  • Many states in the US are currently considering legislative bills that would remove vaccine exemption rights from parents. There is a strong push by pharmaceutical interests to pass these bills.
  • There are over 200 new vaccines in the pipeline. If vaccine exemptions for religious or philosophical reasons are removed, vaccines could be mandated to all but a very few and these new vaccines will be included. We do not know what the risks will be and we will have no choice on whether to accept them or not.
  • The medical freedom of our children and grandchildren is at risk.
  • Whether or not you think a particular vaccine is a good idea or not, now is the time to tell your state representatives that forced medical procedures are against the values and ethos of our country. The freedom of every citizen is at risk.

More information on the current work of Dr Wakefield in helping children suffering with autism. Autism Media Channel

Who Killed Alex Spourdalaki A powerful account of how ignorance, negligence, and indifference surround autism and the US healthcare system, produced by The Autism Media Channel Team.

 

13 Reasons Why Parents Resist Vaccines

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERATo begin with let’s back up a little. What is the purpose of a doctor and medicine in its purest form?  Is it not for the sick, the injured, or those who failed to exercise prevention?

Because medical personnel are trained to treat the sick, the wounded, and the seriously ill, their treatments carry some risk. They need to be highly trained individuals. They must carry heavy insurance policies. The thick manuals in their offices tell about the risks, interactions and side effects of medications and procedures. Obviously, the world of medicine can provide some amazing services that we cannot be without, but with that comes at least some risk.

DangerPrevention should generally not involve anything with a known risk factor. Thus you cannot truly mix “medical” and “prevention” since medical involves risk.

Under the guise of “prevention,” vaccines are given to the well, to babies whose health conditions are unknown, and to anyone who will submit. Vaccines are “unavoidably unsafe.” Congress and the Supreme Court have agreed on this. So why would a parent use a vaccine as a prevention when the vaccine is “unavoidably unsafe”? If you want prevention look elsewhere.

Anyone who has read the ingredient list of vaccines would have to say they carry risk at a bare minimum. The definition of poison is “a substance that in small amounts can cause illness or death.” No one person on earth knows the tolerance level for poison  (or risk) for another human being. It is truly a shot in the dark.

So here are some thoughts on why a parent would refuse:

1. A parent can study risk vs. benefit. If there is risk in trying to prevent something my child may never have I cannot take that risk. Poison is a risk. Heavy metals are a risk. Viruses from cell lines of guinea pigs, dog kidneys and aborted fetuses injected into my child’s bloodstream? That’s risk.
2. A parent can get information. One can go online and read the package insert for every vaccine. Some are over 20 pages long.
3. A parent is suspicious. If vaccines are so safe why does the government pay out millions of dollars to parents whose kids have been damaged permanently or who have died? And why is it so hard to get that money? Is the government really reliable in looking out for the best interests of my child?
4. A parent can observe. Look at all the sicknesses going around … all the asthma, allergies, diabetes, obesity, autism, cancer, behavioral disorders and more. Real life trumps data every single time. School nurses are busy all day long, children’s hospitals are full and pediatric specialists of every stripe have waiting lists.
5. A parent knows that you can follow the money. Why is there such adamant defense of vaccines and no double-blind studies? Why does the government protect the vaccine manufacturer? Why are vaccines tied to the stock market? Why does the media protect the whistleblowers in the industry?
6. A parent can ask questions. If vaccines are so safe why are immune compromised children not vaccinated? Why is there a Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System?
7. A parent can use logic. If the vaccines are so wonderful why are they promoting herd immunity? Is it possible that some parents were willing to have their children injected with questionable and risky substances and still not be confident of protection from the disease?
8. A parent is reasonable. They know that measles and mumps and chickenpox are not life threatening … that childhood illnesses are okay and can build an immune system. Staying home and going to bed is not an impossibility.
Baby Dad silhouette9. A parent can find other ways for true prevention and cures. The doctor is for the sick not the well.
10. A parent is responsible to defend his own. He is not responsible for all the children in the world. He may even know that it is the vaccinated children who are spreading disease and putting his child at risk. The public health officials know.
11. A parent has seen the TV ads. Through this medium they know that big Pharma is willing to sacrifice health and lives for the sake of profit and that these same companies make the vaccines.
12. A parent has intuition. Parents can listen to their intuition … why do they hate taking their kids for vaccines? If it was so healthy and risk free it should be a joyful excursion. Unfortunately marketing often overrides a parent’s inner voice and promotes fear.
13. A parent may finally realize that true prevention involves (in part) avoiding vaccines!

Last week my grandson was unresponsive in ICU for three days from a vaccine reaction … a vaccine his parents did not want him to have. Once again real life trumps data. Instead of defending those who can defend themselves (big Pharma), let us listen to the mothers who weep over their once healthy children.

Connie Newcome CNHP

It wasn’t the Truck

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Truck accidentDoc: Your child can’t walk?

Mom: That’s right, he can’t walk. He was hit by a truck a couple of days ago. Could that be the cause?

Doc: Hmm, correlation does not mean causation so don’t jump to conclusions.

Mom: He was absolutely normal in every way before he got hit by the truck. He was walking, talking, learning new words everyday. He was such a happy delightful baby. Now he can’t walk.

Doc: Sometimes babies do that.

Truck warningMom: You don’t think getting hit by the truck was the cause? I did some research and I found out that getting hit by a truck has adversely affected many children.

Doc: Woman where did you get your info? From Google? That is ridiculous! A great source for all kinds of lies.

Mom: Well sir I checked on pub truck sites and they are reputable.

Doc: Nonsense, the peer reviewed literature is trustworthy and there is no evidence that trucks affect a child’s ability to walk.

Mom: Well my child can’t walk. What are you going to do?

Doc: Well he probably could walk if he tried. Has he walked before?

Mom: Oh yes he walked before he was hit by a truck.

Doc: Well the best thing I can do is run some tests. Sometimes these things are genetic and only appear to be caused by trucks. A truck could not cause this. Parents make unreasonable connections but we know.

Mom: What do you mean?

Doc: Trucks are one of the amazing inventions of all times… They do a lot of good. Children in Africa suffer for lack of trucks.

Mom: Do something. My child can’t walk.

Doc: We will have to wait for the blood work. I will let you know.

One week later

Doc: The tests came back. They were all clear.

Mom: But my baby can’t walk.

Doc: It looks like he has a bruise… Kind of purple.

Mom: Could that be caused by the truck?

Doc: Well I will call social services to investigate.

Mom: Why? Don’t you think the truck might be responsible?

Doc: I tell you I have spent thousands on medical school and you still don’t believe me. Why do you question me when you are uneducated?

Mom: Well I know he was hit by a truck driven by your partner down the hall.

Doc: This child has a bruise. The bruise is darker than last week. Research tells us a bruise occurs when blood vessels are broken.

Mom: Could it have been the truck?

Doc: It appears you may be responsible. Bruises can occur from striking or hitting. An investigation is warranted.

Mom: You are blaming me?

Doc: We need to look into this more. We know trucks do not cause bruises. There is nothing in all the literature that connects trucks and bruises. The blood tests showed nothing.

Mom: But I remember clearly he was hit by a truck and you keep telling me it’s got nothing to do with his condition. You are clueless. Regardless of your fancy education you cannot help me. I came to you for help and nothing has been accomplished. You are defending trucks! I think the truck industry can defend itself. What about my son who can’t walk?

Doc: How dare you challenge me? Your pompous demeanor betrays your possible guilt. I am reporting this.

Mom: I am furious.  I am getting out of here. I came for help and now I have to hire a lawyer.

by Connie Newcome

_DSC1724Please investigate every medical procedure recommended for your child. Vaccines have caused many children to have permanent injury, a lifetime of auto-immune disease, disability and sometimes even death. Denial of vaccine injury and damage by a medical professional does not change the facts. Vaccines have been legally classified as “unavoidably unsafe” and all vaccine manufacturers are legally shielded from any and all liability if their products cause harm. Learn more about vaccine safety.

HPV & Me

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Happy ChildIs a HPV vaccine a good idea for me?

One doctor’s opinion after her detailed analysis of all the facts and science:

Giving HPV vaccines to 9 year olds is a true crime. I have personally witnessed numerous cases of highly successful students who get the vaccine and go down hill so fast, and you can’t get them back. I’d rather work with cancer cases. They are easier to cure. Dr Suzanne Humphries

I was going to write a post with all the questions a mom and teens have about HPV, Gardasil and Cervarix* and cervical cancer, complete with the well-researched answers. There is a lot of misinformation that abounds. There is also a HUGE multi million-dollar campaign to push you to get this shot. It is promoted extensively and often directly to teens, as a cure for cancer.

I wrote the list of questions, but realized most of the information has already been made available. So I offer the questions with links to show you where you can get the answers. I highly recommend the videos produced by The Truth About Gardasil which supplies detailed scientific information and explanations.

I decided to go ahead with just my list of very important questions for any parent and any teen or pre-teen who is thinking about getting this series of shots in the hopes of avoiding cancer. Please take some time to review actual stories of the serious injury that has resulted from this shot.

  1. What is HPV or human papillomavirus?
  2. Does HPV cause cancer?
  3. Who is most at risk?
  4. What is the HPV vaccine?
  5. Why is my school, my doctor, my government recommending this shot for me?
  6. How long has this shot been available?
  7. How does this shot prevent cancer?
  8. What is cancer?
  9. What causes cancer?
  10. What happens when you get the HPV or Gardasil vaccine?
  11. How does the HPV shot impact my body?
  12. What ingredients are in the Gardasil shot?
  13. Have there been any problems with these shots?
  14. Why are promoters of the vaccine targeting me and telling me I need to get this shot?
  15. How and where is this shot made?
  16. How was this shot tested for safety?
  17. What are the listed side effects admitted by the manufacturer for this shot?
  18. Who is most at risk for developing cervical cancer and are there safer ways of avoiding and preventing it?
  19. Just for kicks, how much is Merck making from their sales of Gardasil?

An honest look at the research and information available on HPV and Gardasil will give you confidence in your choice.

I was significantly surprised to learn of the high cost of this shot for those who have to pay for it out-of-pocket. I realize in some countries the government might be giving it for free, but there is still a cost, and it is in the region of $130 per dose, for a total of nearly $400.

Additionally, the manufacturer, the doctor, the government or anyone who has recommended that you receive these shots are 100% shielded from any and all liability if you happen to fall into the growing number of those having significant adverse events or vaccine injury. Due to the passing of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 even those vaccines are deemed “unavoidably unsafe” no manufacturer or anyone involved in the distribution of the vaccine can be directly held liable for injury or death.

You will find the answers to many of these questions here:

Truth About Gardasil, a website dedicated to the science and truth about Gardasil. “As you look at the faces on this page, remember that these are just some of the thousands of girls whose lives have been affected by Gardasil. Sadly, one of the girls pictured above, Jessie Ericzon, passed away just two days after her third Gardasil injection.”

7 part video series Global Parental Concerns about Gardasil and Cervarix Webinar.  This  (about 10 minutes each) is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. It was uploaded on March 12, 2010 and is based on a FDA Presentation on the dangers of the HPV Vaccines by Freda Birrell; Scotland, Leslie Carol Botha; Colorado, Cynthia Janak; Illinois, Karen Maynor; New Mexico, Rosemary Mathis; North Carolina and Janny Stokvis; Netherlands. Truth About Gardasil. Narrated by Leslie Carol Botha and Cynthia Janak. These women are the force of truth behind the Truth about Gardasil website (linked above).

HPV dataNational Vaccine Information Center/HPV

Merck Gardasil Product Sheet

Cervarix Product Sheet

Components of Gardasil Vaccine

Urgent Warning About Gardasil (7 minute Video)

[Update] this is the latest data on adverse events following the HPV vaccine (see chart to the right):

ADDENDUM

  • If you, or anyone you know has been negatively impacted by the Gardasil or Cervarix vaccine, you might want to check out this Treatment Manual for HPV Vaccine Injured.
  • Check out this chart which shows the number of Adverse Events reported for HPV compared to ALL OTHER vaccines. Notice how many adverse events reported for HPV.

HPV-vax-AE-comparison

Dr Suzanne Humphries spends 10 minutes addressing the HPV vaccine in this video.

*(Gardasil is manufactured by Merck and Cervarix is manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline)

Emily Reid kindly shared this information with me: I have seen first hand the effects of the HPV vaccine. 2 teenage girls (with their concerned mums) having nervous system disfunction weeks after this shot. They came to our clinic as their GP had dismissed their symptoms as just ‘nervous stress from school…and in no way related to their vaccine .’…The HPV vaccine has higher levels of aluminium than most other vaccines and coincidently (or rather not!) has a disturbingly high level of side effects and connected reactions including permanent paralysis and death which have been recorded in the US.

See this article: When Vaccine Ingredients Cross the Blood Brain Barrier – A Formula for Disaster:

“As of June, 2013, 30,352 adverse reactions to HPV vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix have been reported to VAERS, the U.S. vaccine adverse events reporting system. Adverse reactions include 10,557 ER visits, 6,032 who failed to recover, 952 disabled, 64 cases of cervical cancer and 140 deaths. Consider this the tip of the iceberg as only 1 to 10% of vaccine reactions and injuries are reported to the U.S. government data base.”

An additional presentation on the absurdity of the HPV push by Merck by Megan Heimer of Living Whole.

An informative presentation by expert scientific researcher, Dr Suzanne Humphries, as she addresses Gardasil and Cervarix vaccines against HPV at a lecture given in Sweden in autumn 2014.

More valuable information here: Are aluminium adjuvants plus Gardasil a uniquely damaging neuroinflammatory cocktail? Children’s Medical Safety Research Institute. http://info.cmsri.org/the-driven-researcher-blog/are-aluminum-adjuvants-plus-gardasil-a-uniquely-damaging-neuroinflammatory-cocktail

DSC_0062Becky Hastings, wife, mother, grandmother, passionate follower of Jesus, seeker of truth and health. Facing a world quite different from the one in which I grew up, I seek to research and understand the very real dangers threatening the health and freedom of today’s parents, providing information to navigate towards joyful family living!

A Spiritual Battle Rages

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chess winAre those who have power in our society seeking our best interests? Are they passing just laws and seeking our protection? Can we trust that the political and societal leadership has our best interests at heart?

Jesus warned his followers, “Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod.” Mark 8:15

The Pharisees were responsible for law and order in their community. Herod was the official political ruler, but he engaged the Pharisees to help in controlling the people, keeping order, and settling disputes. They were living under Roman rule and were required to pay taxes and submit to Caesar’s laws and decrees. It was a difficult life for the common people, but the Pharisees were an elite group with wealth and privilege.

What was the “yeast” Jesus spoke about?

Jesus didn’t explain so we must interpret and figure it out ourselves! What do we know the Pharisees and Herod were guilty of through our understanding of other passages of Scripture?

  1. Personal characteristics. Pride. Self-importance. Close mindedness. Protecting their authority. Know-it-all attitude. They had a position in society and they wanted to keep it. They carried out their role of serving the people only so far as it served them and furthered their role in the community.

Sound like any politicians today? Sound like any significant members of society and business?

  1. Powerful Ideas. The Pharisees were in charge of perpetuating teaching that would impact everyone. They had the power to hold hearts captive with their ideas.

Jesus was saying that there is a spiritual battle and there is far more to fear than the physical realities they were facing. The reality was that the Pharisees and Herod were actually acting as Satan’s agents on earth, cooperating with his plans and purposes. It was Satan’s plan to kill Jesus, thinking that would be the end of His influence and power. He used the religious leaders as his agents. They were able to infiltrate the hearts of the people at the time of Jesus’ trial before Pilate, the Roman Governor, so that the people demanded for Jesus’ crucifixion even though Pilate was hoping to release Jesus.

Jesus rebukes and chastises His disciples with strong words:

“Why are you arguing about having no bread?”

“Don’t you know or understand?”

“Are your hearts too hard to take in [truth]”

“You have eyes – can’t you see?”

“You have ears – can’t you hear?”

“Don’t you remember anything at all?”

After reminding them of the two miraculous picnics,

“Don’t you understand yet?”

Do you think He might have equally strong words for His followers today?

You might call me crazy, but I believe all people fall somewhere into these broad categories:

  1. People who discern the spiritual realities and forces at work in the world around us and wholeheartedly follow Jesus and seek His answers.
  2. People who discern many of the truths of what is happening in the world but want to leave Jesus out of their lives and their understanding.
  3. People who claim to follow Jesus but are mostly vague about any of the spiritual battles waging around them. They seek the blessings Christ has to offer but don’t want to acknowledge anything that would shake their comfortable reality.
  4. People who have no idea of current realities and no understanding of Jesus’ power and purposes on earth.
  5. People, like the Pharisees and Herod, who are actively involved in promoting an evil agenda on the masses, knowingly or unknowingly, cooperating with Satan’s plans.

BreadJesus repeatedly showed His disciples and followers that His power transcended physical realities. He could produce food out of nothing, give sight to the blind, make the deaf to hear, give speech to those who could not speak, and even raise the dead to life.

Yet his disciples were arguing about bread. How often is our focus on our physical realities and our physical needs rather than on God’s purposes and advancement of His kingdom on earth? What might Jesus say to us today?

Are we heeding His warning to “Watch out and beware”? Paul reminds us that our battle is a spiritual battle and the weapons we need are spiritual protection (Ephesians 6). The reality is that there are currently dark evil spiritual forces influencing nearly every aspect of our society. Just as Satan hijacked the religious and political systems at the time of Jesus, he continues to be at work to thwart the purposes of God today. The religious system designed by God to bring people to knowledge, worship and relationship with Himself became the very vehicle for putting Jesus to death. Our own political system has been hijacked for evil purposes. Satan is busy trying to foil God’s redemptive plan in the world. The biggest issue Christ followers face today is not so much the physical realities and dangers we face – although those are often very real – the real issue is the battle for hearts and souls.

When Peter reprimanded Jesus for predicting his suffering, arrest and death, Jesus strongly rebukes him:

“Get behind me Satan. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”

How about us? Do we see our current world and personal reality simply from our own point of view, or do we see it from God’s? It’s not really popular to remind people of the reality of God’s work in the world. Some don’t want to hear about a future judgment. Many don’t want to acknowledge the evil rampant even in the “good” systems in our world.

It is far more comfortable to interpret the world, or at least our country, as a kind and gentle place; believe that those who make laws are just; believe that everything we see on the news is true; think that all modern scientific discoveries are for our benefit; think that all medicine is good for us and all doctors want us to be healthy; believe that all history showing our country as the good guy is true; think that all wars we’ve been involved in have been for the righteous protection of the disadvantaged; to believe the public school system is not so bad.

What we believe. What we think. That is the yeast. That is what Jesus warned us about. Where do we get our ideas? What influences our thinking?

“You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”

We need God’s point of view to reign supreme in every area of our life. Does God have guidance to give me? How can I be sure I allow Him to influence my thinking and overcome the powerful yeast prevalent in our world today?

Mark 8 ends with Jesus explaining the very high cost of following Him:

Then, calling the crowd to join His disciples, He said:

“If any of you wants to be my follower you must

turn from your selfish ways

take up your cross and

follow Me.

If you try to hang on to your life you will lose it.

But if you give up your life for my sake and the sake of the Good News you will save it.

And what can you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?

Is anything worth more than your soul?

If anyone is ashamed of Me and My message in these adulterous and sinful days, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when He returns in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.

Truth Shall Make You FreeJesus came to set us free. Satan seeks to keep us in bondage. Following Jesus means we need to “Watch out and Beware.” The Pharisees did not look like “the bad guys.” They were respectable. They held prominent positions. They were wealthy and important; celebrities of their day.

I choose to seek Jesus wholeheartedly, He wants to save and preserve life for today and eternity. The nature of deception is that you do not know you are being deceived. We are all deceived to some extent. We need to continuously seek the truth in every area of life. We are in a spiritual battle. A battle to influence our heart and mind.

“Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.” 2 Timothy 2:25-26

Becky on stageAuthor: Becky Hastings, wife, mother, grandmother, passionate follower of Jesus and truth. As a breastfeeding counselor for over 23 years Becky is devoted to helping parents make wise decisions for the long-term health and wellbeing of their babies. As a member of a Vaccine Safety Education Coalition, Becky writes and speaks on the topic of vaccine safety.

Don’t Accept Sickness

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so cute!How do we stay healthy in our sin sick world?

Christians understand the cause of sin in the world. What we don’t often connect is the role of sickness. It seems every day I hear about some Christian who is sick, or their kids are sick, so they can’t attend something or they are asking for prayer. Everyone knows someone recently diagnosed with a life-threatening condition like cancer, diabetes, etc. And we commonly hear people describing everything from ulcers to rare and serious auto-immune disorders.

I would like to boldly propose that sickness does not have to be your normal experience. We will all die one day – we know that. But we don’t have to live out our life in sickness until that day comes. We don’t have to expect a complete decline of health as part and parcel of the aging process. While there may be a few things outside of our ability to control, like our parents and where and how we spent our childhood, there are many ways we influence our health, or lack of it, every day.

God wants His people to be robustly strong and healthy. We are fighting a spiritual battle and we need to be armed, strong and ready. Our enemy is real and is trying to deceive us in every sphere of life.

As Christians we need to keep in mind two principles which provide the means to conquer sickness.

Firstly, we need to understand the power of the resurrected Jesus Christ to heal our bodies. Many Christians today have trouble believing in Jesus’ healing power for today and will give many explanations on why we don’t see healing happening around us. I choose to believe in the power of God vibrantly alive and well today just as it was when Jesus walked on earth and when the early disciples travelled around sharing the news of Jesus’ resurrection and the hope of eternal life accompanied by the power to heal the sick. Today, Jesus uses many means to bring healing, light and life in the midst of our dark world.

Secondly, we need common sense. If we see animals drinking from a dirty water hole and we know it is being fed from a toxic source up-stream, then we notice the same animals getting sick, we conclude the water is causing the problem and we figure out a way to give the animals better water and prevent the animals from drinking the polluted water.

Cows waterOur country, and world, is filled with sick people, who continue to drink from polluted water and wonder why there is so much sickness and disease among them. This is true in the most wealthy populations as well as among the poor – it crosses all socio-economic classifications.

We are doing something wrong. The source of our food, water and medical treatment is making us sick.

My heart is grieved every time I hear about a new diagnosis of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, arthritis or other chronic debilitating condition. It is especially troubling to hear of these illnesses in children. So many Christians think a yearly bout with flu is normal, aging brings dementia and ill-health, and having several colds or ‘tummy bugs’  per year is normal. Basically, we are all just victims in this sin sick world.

Not true. I believe our life-style, habits, and our go-to medical care choices are causing our illness. It is not our portion to be sick. We are choosing sickness when we ignore God’s natural laws and pollute our body with toxic food, water and drugs. When we get symptoms, we pollute our body even more with more drugs or over-the-counter medications because we want a simple quick fix. We don’t want to have to change anything or do a serious analysis and assessment of the polluted water we are daily drinking from. We want to continue everything we’ve always done – we don’t want to change water holes. It is too much work; too much trouble.

I want to encourage you that it doesn’t have to be that hard, and that the wellness that results is MORE than worth any effort it may take to choose the ‘clean water source’ and shut down the ‘toxic watering hole.’

Pray for wisdom. Your heavenly Father knows exactly what you need and He desires for you to take some time to seek His answers. He can guide you to sources of wisdom as you begin to apply common sense.

Many wise people have been on the road before you. They are eager to share the natural ways God has used to cure them from many serious illnesses.

Don’t settle for the sickness system. Don’t reach for the quick fix or take the course chosen by other sick people.

Begin a journey to a healthier future. It is never too late to stop drinking from the poisoned watering hole. You will feel much better when you seek the life-giving water Jesus guides you to.

Christians,

Have we made an idol of Western Medicine?

Do we seek God’s solution to our sickness or rush to our doctor for his diagnosis of our symptoms and embrace the usual drug oriented treatment?

 

Natural ways to boost your immune system

 

How Safe is Acetaminophen?

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PillsMost of my life I thought acetaminophen was a rather harmless pain reliever. We grow to accept something that we hear advertisements about since forever. Turns out, acetaminophen could be causing havoc with babies – and can harm people of all ages.

Please read the research before you take any drug when pregnant, or before giving any drug to a baby. Acetaminophen included.

Shiny BrainAcetaminophen should NEVER be given after a vaccine. It can cause a synergistic effect with the chemicals in the vaccine which can result in significant harm to baby’s brain.

Why is so little known or discussed about this? That is a great question. If you want to learn more about Acetaminophen here is a collection of articles to help you.

Acetaminophen (Tylenol) linked to Autism? 

By Dr. Anke Zimmermann, BSc, ND, FCAH, a naturopathic physician specializing in naturopathic pediatrics with an emphasis on homeopathy. She offers 20 years of clinical experience and a warm, comfortable, child-friendly practice.

What Depletes Glutathione Levels in Your Body 

By Raymond and Olga Klein who promote a proactive approach to understanding what fuels our immune system.

Acetaminophen (paracetamol) use, measles-mumps-rubella vaccination, and autistic disorder: the results of a parent survey. 

A study on Acetaminophen use and the MMR vaccine published in 2008 in Autism journal.  This preliminary study found that acetaminophen use after measles-mumps-rubella vaccination was associated with autistic disorder.

Acetaminophen and/or antibiotic use in early life and the development of childhood allergic diseases.

A study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology.

“Acetaminophen Use and the Symptoms of Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis and Eczema in Children “

Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 2006.

“Our findings suggest that taking more acetaminophen may be associated with increasing allergic symptoms in children.”

Prenatal Acetaminophen Linked to Behavioral Problems in Kids,

“Prenatal exposure to acetaminophen ― a drug considered safe in pregnancy ― may raise the risk for behavioral problems in children, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and hyperkinetic disorder (HKD), a severe form of ADHD, new research suggests.”

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy, Behavioral Problems, and Hyperkinetic Disorders 

Published in JAMA Pediatrics in 2014.

“Maternal acetaminophen use during pregnancy is associated with a higher risk for HKDs and ADHD-like behaviors in children. Because the exposure and outcome are frequent, these results are of public health relevance but further investigations are needed.”

Evidence that Increased Acetaminophen use in Genetically Vulnerable Children Appears to be a Major Cause of the Epidemics of Autism, Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity, and Asthma

Journal of Restorative Medicine, 2013.

“It appears that the marked increase in the rate of autism, asthma, and attention deficit with hyperactivity throughout much of the world may be largely caused by the marked increase in the use of acetaminophen in genetically and/or metabolically susceptible children, and the use of acetaminophen by pregnant women. Toxicity of acetaminophen may cause autism by overloading the defective sulfating pathway…”

Risk factors for eczema in infants born in Cuba: a population-based cross-sectional study.

Did Acetaminophen provoke the Autism epidemic? by Peter Good. Published in the Alternative Medicine Review. A 9 page article which states:

Acetaminophen taken during pregnancy may provoke autism present at birth; acetaminophen given after birth (e.g., for vaccine reactions) may provoke autistic regression.

Please share any links you have that help give more understanding to the harmful potential of Acetaminophen.

 

What’s a Parent with a Teenager to Do?

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Parenting teens can be challenging. There are no rules, no easy answers. Most of us figure it out as we go. Books and information can be helpful, but mostly we need God’s wisdom to mature us, so we can be the mature parent our teen needs.

All Glory to GodSo what do you say when your teenager storms out of the kitchen after a frantic look into a limited selection of food, saying “There’s nothing for me to eat in this house. If there are no bananas, you know I can’t have breakfast.”

Most of us moms, as the procurement officers in the household, would take that as a personal attack, assault, and an extremely rude, definitely ‘correctable’ behavior.

As a parent I need to be very aware of my own feelings. Am I seeking to defend myself? Do I take the teen’s assaulting words personally as a punch to the gut? Do I immediately want to ‘put them in their place’ and let them know I will NOT tolerate that sort of outburst? Do I fly into a tailspin trying to prepare something for their breakfast in order to ‘make them happy’? Do I allow their strong emotions to control me?

Teenagers, by no fault of their own, are immature. They are developing. They are learning. It is important as parents to recognize that they are a work in progress and reflect on our desired outcome. What is my hope and dream for this teen?

Having my overarching goal in mind will help me respond wisely in the moment.

My overarching goal is that my teen will grow in maturity and develop self-control which comes from a heart which puts Jesus first. Of course, I expect that along the way to learning socially acceptable methods of communication, they will fail. What do I do with the failure?

If I berate them for their failure I am preventing them from learning and understanding. If I punish them for their immaturity I may alienate them from me and push them towards exasperation and rejecting all the values I hold dear. As a child of God I am urged to treat others in the way that I would like to be treated – to love them as I love myself. My teen is, after all, part of the group Jesus called “my neighbor.”

So what’s a mom to do?

I’m not sure this is a prescription for everyone, but this is what I did. I just went on with my task and allowed the teen to have that moment of ‘tantrum’ without it piercing my heart in any way. I chose not to respond. I chose not to be angry or offended. I knew there were a few foods that could be eaten – albeit the selection was extremely limited – but I didn’t accept any guilt. Sometimes life just doesn’t serve us what we desire, and I knew this is a lesson we all need to learn. I’m sure it is a lesson I haven’t fully perfected.

So what happened?

The teen finished preparing for school, returned to the kitchen and quickly fixed something to take for a breakfast on the run. I asked the teen to please keep my negligence in not having food for breakfast quiet as I didn’t want anyone at school reporting me to CPS. I got a smile. All was well.

Handling Pro Vaccine Pressure

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Conflict stick figuresNo doubt, making medical decisions is one of the most important things we can do as new parents. AND we are often bombarded by advice.

Advice from total strangers, advice from mainstream media, advice from friends, advice from medical professionals whom we want to trust, etc. Probably the most challenging advice to deal with is the advice that keeps getting repeated to us from those we are sure LOVE and care for our children as much as we do: our family. Our family can try many different tactics to “help us understand the danger we are exposing our child to by refusing vaccines.” They truly think we have been influenced by crazy people and are on the verge of becoming crazy ourselves.

The thing is, they CARE. They truly wish no harm to come to our children. They are fully confident that all the information coming from the CDC and our really really nice doctor, is 100% reliable. They believe that vaccines are safe and effective and if we would just give them to our babies, we will all live happily ever after.

You might have done your research when pregnant. You’ve spent hours combing the science and the opinions about vaccines. You feel strong and confident in your decision to avoid or delay vaccines most of the time, but other times the pressure from family starts to get to you. You begin to questions yourself. How could sooooo many people be wrong? How could my own family be wrong?

Before you completely cave in to the pressure from family who are saying things like ‘We all vaccinated and we don’t have any problems’ or ‘Why do you want your baby to die from a disease that could have been avoided?’, etc, please at least do a couple of things:

1. Build your own confidence in your own thinking skills:

“The Professor” is particularly brilliant and has an understanding of science far beyond mine. She also has experience working in a scientific field and unfortunately, due to her child’s vaccine injury she has been forced to become an expert on all aspects of vaccine science. She has some great insight into why there is so much debate and why scientists disagree so strongly on the topic.

Moral of the story? There are lots of ways you can dampen a strong signal if that’s what you’re trying to do. And if you read the available “vaccine science,” you will get a crash course in them. When analyzing the science, you need to ask yourself the all-important question, “Is this study designed in the best possible way to reveal a ‘signal’ if there is one?” And if not, why not? Often you will find when it comes to “vaccine science,” like its correlate “tobacco science,” that not only is the answer to the first question no, the study has actually been designed in the worst possible way to reveal a ‘signal.” Why are these studies so badly designed? Can it be that no one at the CDC understands science or even logic? Hardly. The real answer is painfully obvious: a study designed in the worst possible way to reveal a signal, is often the one designed the best possible way to hide one.
  • Continue looking for valid scientific support for your decision to boost your confidence. Read vaccine inserts and look for true scientific sources. Dr Sheri Tenpenny has many great videos which provide detailed information from CDC and all published scientific literature. She is a trained and experienced medical doctor and has personally devoted over 18,000 hours to understanding the subject of vaccines.
    • Are Vaccines Really Safe? A 5 minute video for a quick overview of some very important questions regarding the safety of vaccines for newborns. She also touches on routine Vitamin K shots and Hepatitis B shots for infants in the first hours of life.
    • Vaccine Safety. A 15 minute video which takes a quick look at the issue of vaccine safety. What does it actually mean when a vaccine is said to be “safe and effective”?
    • The Risks, the Benefits, the Choices. A nearly 3 hour video in which Dr Tenpenny focuses on the individual vaccines and the illnesses for which they are purported to protect, using conventional medical journals. This is a comprehensive overview guiding you step by step through vaccination history, conflicts of interest and the lack of scientific data to support the current vaccine protocol. Dr. Tenpenny clearly communicates detailed science in a way parents can understand.
    • Vaccines, What the CDC Documents and Science Reveal by Dr Sherri Tenpenny 2003 part 1 of 2). This 1 Hour video published to YouTube on 14 May 2013 is an essential presentation for all those looking for scientific evidence to support their investigation into vaccine questions. Dr Tenpenny is very familiar with every single medical paper published in journals on the topic of vaccines and with all the CDC documentation. She calmly and rationally explains what she has learned over years of research into the science behind the vaccine debate. She goes through each vaccine recommended, gives the history and explains the science involved.
    • What the CDC Documents and Science Reveal 2003 part 2 of 2. This continuation starts with hepatitis B and continues through Chicken Pox.
  • Read Navigating the Information, a post I wrote to help you think through some important questions regarding vaccine safety and science.

2. Establish Boundaries by graciously asking some significant questions to those well-meaning family members. Be prepared to challenge them with an approach something like this next time they bring up the topic of vaccines:

Vaccine Questions

Vaccine questions (PDF version for you to print out)

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power (Ephesians 6). Lies and delusion are powerful. The battle for truth is a spiritual battle. People might have the best of intentions but are completely deceived by other ‘professionals’ who are themselves completely deceived (Colossians 2). When you have believed lies for decades it can take time to realize the truth. Allow the Spirit of God to guide you into all truth and have confidence in how He does so. God did not give us a spirit that makes us a slave to fear (Romans 8:15; . He wants to bring light and life to every subject. In Jesus are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Colossians 2). The early disciples were brilliant beyond their education because they had spent time with Jesus. You too can become confident and bold as you prioritize spending time with Jesus and building your faith.

Vaccine wars in families are usually not fun. It can be difficult navigating loving those who care about us and standing strong in the truth we have come to know. I pray these thoughts will be helpful if you are experiencing conflict in your family regarding vaccines. And don’t forget to pray.

I would love to pray with you. The truth needs to make headway in our crazy world.

 

Influencing Those We Love

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New baby heldBabies are so small, so vulnerable, so precious. I have met many parents and grandparents who have spent a lot of time researching and exploring vaccine science and passionately want to influence someone they love in this important decision, whether it is their spouse, their parents, or their adult children.

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