theherblady's journal

Calcium is required at 2000 mg daily. The body will not absorb metalic minerals like calcium citrate or calcium gluconate. It needs to be a plant derived, organic, colloidal form of calcium. The gut is negatively charged as are metalic mineral ions. Organic, plant derived molecules are positively charged. They are attracted to the walls of the gut where they can be absorbed in larger amounts.

Several days ago, my husband called me at work. He said that he had just put on the news, Democracy Now!, that he watches every morning as he gets our children ready for school, and that something had happened to Amy Goodman.

Every year more and more people are diagnosed with allergies. The TV is forever showing ads for prescription only medicines to treat allergies - indoor allergies, outdoor allergies, seasonal allergies, etc. An allergic reaction is a histamine mediated overreaction of the immune system.

Cancer is probably one of the most frightening diagnoses that a patient can hear. In 1997 the U.S. government decided to finance the mapping of the human genome. After many years and 30 million dollars the project was completed. It was hailed as a huge step forward in the fight against all kinds of diseases, including cancer. So far, not one cure has been found for a single disease and no strides have been made in the search for a cure for cancer. Genetic diseases do not vary and their incidence is not affected by drugs.

When they were working on the Constitution, George Washington's personal physician asked that they include the right to freely choose one's provider of health care and type of health care. He suggested that one type of provider might eventually push to the top of the heap of medicine and force the others out and use government regulations to outlaw all others and allow only for one type of provider to legally practice.