Archive for the ‘Current Health Issues’ Category

I was told that at this moment there are 48,000 videos loaded on you-tube a day! WOW

That’s a lot of ideas, information, and entertainment being shared.

Here is a video that stands out in the crowd of those reporting on the BP Gulf Oil Disaster…essentially it offers a brand new idea to this great issue at hand. It reminds us that if we remember the truth- that we are powerful and in charge of our reality. If we truly know this, then we are not victims to anything. We can and must unify in moments of great catastrophe and work together to find the solution. We can not solve the upcoming event of mass toxicity and ecosystem death for the entire southeastern United States and onto the Global community by blaming others.

If we sit back as armchair spectators and distract ourselves by pointing fingers or even just give the pointing fingers our attention, we lose precious time and we lose precious resources. We can not begin to fathom the ripple effect this is going to cause to our home…planet Earth.

Over time, massive death tolls are imminent for many species, including human life. Do not kid yourself that this is not affecting you who sit thousands of miles from ground zero. Now that I have said that, my point is this: the mind is our most powerful resource and technological tool…and we must all employ it, now!

If you want peace, you do not say -’stop the war’ you say ‘make peace’. In this way you are spreading the word of an action that aligns with the desired result…peace.

Be mindful of the things you watch and say, spread the messages that bear solutions and inspire us to behave according to the responsibility we have to our home. We call ourselves the dominant species - it is time we act accordingly. That action is an individual choice, not to be given to systems that lose heart and way in times of crisis.

We designed and agreed on the current Money system as well as the Political system, the education system, ect. Upon realizing the systems are not working - crashing in on all levels, all around us…

We stand up in Agreement and Stop all current systems beginning with the current money system, and we redesign it within an equal money system where all receive equal money from birth till death so that all can provide for themselves with food and water, and we begin from this point and move ourselves forward in Self Forgiveness and Self Honesty.

May you find passion and inspiration in your day and spread your joy to everyone around you.
Ramona and The Fountain of Wellness

We hope today finds you inspired, passionate, and well…and if not, we want you to consider something…

There are many elements to the extraordinary beings that we are. Each of us is a unique braid comprised of a physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual awareness. In this sense, we at the Fountain of Wellness, like to consider our Self as a hologram model of energy/light.

There is a harmonic frequency to our cells, our breath, our thoughts, our actions. And when disharmony occurs for one, it will transmit to all aspects.

As many of you may know, we have been involved in our own detox and recovery program ever since contracting Lyme disease many years ago and more recently part of our team battled and recovered from Morgellons.

A friend was in town and she was telling us about a doctor, Rick Malter PhD, that has researched and connected cellular toxicity with its affect on the mind/body connection.

It makes perfect sense!

Dr. Malter uses hair analysis to measure exposure to toxins as well as nutritional deficiencies to create a corrective/restorative program. In one section he states by simply detoxing the cells, many patients were relieved of many mental issues like depression, ADHD, mood swings, etc.

His book is titled “The Strands of Health”. There are apparently more than 1,500 scientific articles in the world medical literature that attest to the reliability and effectiveness of hair analysis as a means of evaluating tissue mineral levels.

Another must read if you haven’t already, “Mind of the Cells” by Satprem that documents Sri Aurobindo’s and Mother’s work and experiments in the cellular consciousness of the body. It may be out of print…this link is something we found on the web.

The Mind of the Cells takes the reader much deeper, or should we say ‘higher’ to a perspective beyond what most of us have considered as part of our health regime. It may be hard to find this book, but for those who sense there is much more to physical health than what the medical community can provide, this book will not disappoint.

Back to some solid, physical pointers (did you get the pun?):

Nutrition is one of the MAJOR keys:
1. We must stop feeding our bodies plastic, dead, preserved foods that are literally polluting us from the inside. These ingredients are NOT food and the body is having a heck of time getting rid of it.

2. We must clean the body of the toxic build up that has occurred over our life time starting with a program like a colon cleanse.

3. We must replenish the body with the proper amino acids and correct the ‘healthy state of chemistry’ in order to build an immune system that will function in the 21st Century.

Far infrared Technology is another major key to dealing with the strange mutations of pathogens and toxins that are in our environment. Here is a quick list of the benefits delivered by this extraordinary therapy and it has been one of our most effective recovery tools in our own personal journey back to health.

• Relieves muscle pain, spasms, and neuro-pathological conditions.

• Increases extensibility of collagen tissue. Use of far-infrared heat causes muscles to stretch more than ones with regular heat.

• Decreases joint stiffness. (There is a 20% decrease in rheumatoid finger joint stiffness at 112 degrees F as compared to 92 degrees F, which correlates perfectly to both subjective and objective observation of stiffness.)

• Increases blood flow. Heating muscles produces an increased blood flow level similar to that seen during exercise. Temperature elevation also produces an increased blood flow and dilation directly in capillaries, arterioles, and venules, probably through direct action on their smooth muscles.

• Assists in resolution of inflammatory infiltrates, edema, and exudates. Increased peripheral circulation provides the transport needed to help release edema, which can help inflammation, decrease pain, and help speed healing.

• More recently, infrared heat has been used in cancer therapy. This is a new experimental procedure that shows great promise in some cases.

• Coronary Artery Disease, Arteriosclerosis, and Hypertension have been reduced due to regular dilation and contraction after exposure to far-infrared therapy.

• It promotes quick recovery from fatigue and improves blood circulation.

• Environmental Toxin Overload – chemicals and toxins that have a lower melting point than the heat generated by the far-infrared will become dislodged and be flushed.

Symptoms of toxic overload include fatigue, headache, joint or muscle pain, frequent colds and flu, allergies, hormonal imbalance, chemical sensitivity, sinus congestion, psoriasis and other skin conditions, loss of dexterity, insomnia, and more. Psychological symptoms include poor concentration, memory loss, mood changes, mental confusion, and changes in behavior.

All of these symptoms are directly associated with Morgellons, MS, Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Lyme, etc. and all these diseases are the by-products of living in a world over run with toxins, GMOs, and advance nano materials.

It is fascinating that toxins can have such a long list of symptoms that cross-over so many different disease profiles. And now to add this connection with our mental health, wow. Fortunately there are inexpensive tests to identify these toxic build-ups so rather than flop down and drool on the couch for the rest of our days we can do something about it!

Once again, it is our pleasure to provide holistic, whole information to speed your journey through space and time!
The Fountain of Wellness Team

We just can’t even begin to keep up with the prolific and super valuable information that Dr. Mercola puts out in his newsletters.

Here is a tidbit of the latest headline from his most recent newsletter:
Big Pharma’s Bold-Faced Lies that can Destroy Your Health and Wealth in 2010

An excerpt from that article:

Not surprisingly, based on Dr. Golomb’s investigations into statin drug studies, ALL of the large randomized control trials of statin drugs have been funded by drug companies. And when you consider that the pharmaceutical industry makes about half a trillion dollars annually, it’s easy to see how statin drug research may have been clouded by conflict of interest.

So why is there not more independent research being done?

“It’s very expensive to do those studies,” Golomb explains. “The only other source of funding for reasonable sized studies is the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

We approached the NIH to conduct a study to see whether coenzyme Q10 might mitigate muscle side effects of statins, and we were told by NIH officers that they wouldn’t even consider to do the study unless we ask the drug company to supply the statin…

So I contacted the NIH and I said, “I’m really trying to have a career free of drug company conflict of interest, would it be such a problem to have one study that doesn’t have a drug company involved in it?”

And they said, somewhat reasonably, that their interest is in leveraging their funding and therefore, no, they would not consider an application unless we asked the drug company to supply the drug, which of course already set some level of conflict of interest.”

So, unfortunately, the need of the government to leverage their investment has the unfortunate side effect of also producing ties to industry. Clearly, a pharmaceutical company is not going to jump at the chance to give their drug to an independent researcher who may find that the drug has significant problems.

If they voluntarily supply the drug, they’re naturally going to want to have a say in what results are published at the end.

Please go join his newsletter, it is by far one of the best and self empowering things you can do for your health.
Thank you for all your efforts, Dr. Mercola.
The Fountain of Wellness Team

A fascinating fact is gaining interest today, ever since about 1980, children are now born with either one or two extra new genes. A study from the University of Chicago identified these as Microsephalin and ASPM and are thought to regulate brain growth; 30% of our kids show both genes within their DNA structure.

Over the last years, my two youngest were tested at school and ‘tagged’. Meaning they showed advanced skills and higher intellect; a more active brain, if you will. It is called, ‘The talented and gifted’ TAG program and I was genuinely impressed that our charter school had adopted this awareness. They are actively working with kids and families to help navigate the difficulties that can occur for our youth today - these difficulties happen in large part because of the potential for misunderstanding and oversensitivity. I know personally that my girls are extremely sensitive and they use a lot of non verbal communication both as receivers and transmitters and unfortunately most of the rest of the world has shut this aspect of communication down.

At my ‘TAG’ support group, I was given some invaluable advise with regards to discipline and boundaries. My girls are always stretching outside the box! What worked for a time out or consequence last time very rarely works again. They are hundreds of steps ahead of me, but mostly they are feeling overwhelmed and I want to do my best to support them. So here is the book that was recommended to me…

What To Do When Your Kid Is Smarter Than You.

Below are a few support groups I found. I recommend checking this out, especially if you have kids that seem to get into trouble, may be demonstrating ADHD or ADD, or say they are ‘bored’ at school.

http://www.nsgt.org/
http://www.clubzona.com
http://www.arizonagifted.org/

I believe as this video states, it is very unwise to treat these ’sensitives’ with drugs and chemical alterations. This new gene is trying to activate something; why is it that so often, when we don’t understand something - we think it is wrong or bad and then try to control it with medication? We are poisoning ourselves and our children with these reactive strategies.

Another great resource for alternative or open minded thinking is TedTV. We have a great talk from Barry Schwartz on our Spiritual Health page that addresses the issues behind institutionalized thinking.

Let’s do ourselves a big favor and get out of the box of fearful and limited thinking or at the very least get out of the way of those who already are outside!

Food for thought,
The Fountain of Wellness Team

Dr. Ed Spencer has been fired by the hospital he was affiliated with for telling other doctors about the contaminated flu virus in Europe. He had to close his practice and further, the medical board is telling him he needs to undergo psychiatric testing. Apparently, Dr. Spencer has spoken the truth and has been tarred
and feathered by the medical profession.

After informing his colleagues of the dangers of the H1N1 vaccine and Baxter’s contaminated samples sent to an eastern European lab, Dr. Spencer was summarily fired and ordered to have a psychiatric exam. In this video he sets the record straight.

Here are the first of his 4-part videos listed under Dr. Edward Spencer at YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89DbP4PoySQ part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2hOkOY7Ji4 part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9phhSbufeck part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maOL4hJkfo0 part 4

A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reforms. It does not haggle over expenditures on armaments and military equipment. It pays without discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing for the syndicates of financiers and manufacturers for whom patriotic terrors are an abundant source of gain.
– Anatole France

May the truth set us free!
Thank you,
The Fountain of Wellness Team

First thing that comes to mind is u-n-i-t-y.
Unity. Through unity all things are possible, right?

I had the pleasure of a phone conversation with a lady named Betty Harmsen a few days ago. Another concerned mom like myself; asking questions about some health issues for her family and at the end of the call, we started talking about what she had been doing.

It was so very cool to hear her answer…
http://haitishare.org/

She has created a 501 non profit to fund getting relief supplies to a network of team members, Christian Haitian Outreach, and other local groups at their home base of operations located in a western suburb of Port-au-Prince.

This was both surprising and inspiring to me, as you can see from her picture on the website, she is a petite woman; and yet there is so much power in her ability to organize and unify with others to provide the things that for the earthquake victims of Haiti really do spell relief…

Food
Water
Medical supplies
Shelter

A hand that has reached out to say, “here let me help”, is one of the greatest qualities we have as Humans.
Reach out today, any way you can.

Thank you,
Ramona and the Fountain of Wellness Team

As I have mentioned before, Food Inc, is a must see documentary on the industrialized handling of our food industry. Not just fast food restaurants, but the food we have available to us in our corner grocery store. It distresses me to watch us be slowly boiled in a pot…unaware of the hazardous chemical toxins used in our foods. On top of this harsh reality is the fact that the FDA, USDA, and other gov. agencies allow these ingredients to come on the market AND then sign off on it being labeled as ‘food’. It is a huge ’sham’ but more importantly, it directly affects our health.

Our food is making us sick and the government agencies that are supposed to protect us are allowing it to happen. UGH! I sound like a conspiracy theorist and the quote that comes to mind is…just because I am paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after me…grin.

Check for yourself, PLEASE.

Join OCA’s campaign to mobilize one million consumers to end Monsanto’s global corporate terrorism at http://www.purefood.org/monlink.html.

Here’s some more news…

Obama Appoints Monsanto Man as FDA Food Safety Czar…
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_20060.cfm

In 1994, Michael Taylor went to the U.S. Agriculture Department to run its food-safety program. He required meat and poultry producers to take measures to prevent bacterial contamination, despite strong opposition from those industries. Observers expect Taylor to impose those same kinds of preventive controls on all the foods regulated by the FDA.

“He is the quintessential revolving door,” said Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University. Taylor’s support for BGH and Monsanto’s other genetically modified products at the FDA was “questionable,” she said. “On the other hand, when he went to USDA, what he did there was absolutely heroic. He’s been very strong on food safety.”

This questionable incident that Ms. Nestle is referring to happened in 1991, when Taylor was deputy commissioner for policy, the FDA approved Monsanto’s bovine growth hormone, and Taylor was partly responsible for a controversial policy that said milk from BGH-treated cows did not have to be labeled as such.

After the USDA, Taylor went to work for Monsanto as a vice president for public policy…How can these statements be reconciled? Please, help me out here…we better get our butt going on educating ourselves about what we are eating!

One Mom has been on a campaign for over 9 years to raise the awareness of how hazardous our meat industry really is…

On August 11, 2001, (this is after Taylor’s tour of duty on food safety for meat and poultry) Barbara Kowalcyk’s 2 year old boy died after eating meat that was contaminated with E Coli. First the family filed a lawsuit against the companies accountable, they were unsuccessful, so in 2003 they turned their energy toward passing ‘Kevin’s Law’ in congress. It has stalled and to date they are still pushing for support to pass this law.

This is truly inconceivable! How can we possibly say this country is doing the right thing for its citizens?

I am NOT anti-American…I am 100% American- the kind of free thinking individual that helped found this country in the first place.

These are not facts or discussions that are happening in just one arena. If you are willing to do some research of your own, you too will begin to see a picture that smells rotten, or are we smelling the chronic illnesses that are multiplying at alarming rates across all the demographic populations of this once great nation? I saw a billboard the other day that stated that every 20 minutes a child is diagnosed with Autism.
If this is not an indication that we are in toxic times, then I guess I am just being an alarmist. cough cough.

To close, please check out this site…http://www.localharvest.org.

Through them, I found a small local organic farmer in my area that I purchase real food from.
The way food is supposed to be raised - in healthy soil, seeing the light of day, and being fed the food it likes to eat rather than trying to adjust to un-natural feeds and environments and needing antibiotics or toxic pesticides because otherwise it can not grow as anything but sickly.

Once you taste what a garden tomato (picked fresh, not just labeled as such) tastes like again, I promise you will not want to eat those plastic ones from the grocery store that are genetically modified. They have literally forgotten they are a tomato!

That’s my plug for wellness today!
From the Fountain of Wellness

Do you believe that it is your right to decide how to be a healthy individual?

Do you believe that you have the right to know about the science and medical research, including but not limited to the advancements in biotechnology and nanotechnology, being discovered AND employed today and tomorrow?

Biotechnology defined:
The use of microorganisms, such as bacteria or yeasts, or biological substances, such as enzymes, to perform specific industrial or manufacturing processes. Applications include the production of certain drugs, synthetic hormones, and bulk foodstuffs as well as the bioconversion of organic waste and the use of genetically altered bacteria in the cleanup of oil spills. IE: stem cell manipulation, GMO foods, pharmaceutical medicines.

Nanotechnology defined:
The science and technology of devices and materials, such as electronic circuits or drug delivery systems, constructed on extremely small scales, as small as individual atoms and molecules. IE: weather manipulation, smart dust, cosmetics.

Some scientists emphasize the need for caution in this technology development, particularly in attempts to create nanobots that can replicate themselves like living organisms.

If any of this matters to you, then there is a must attend webinar with a fantastic group of presenters addressing the real threat we are having to maintain our basic right for freedom of choice. Many of you may already know that new government regulations continue to literally attack our access to health information and education about the growing risks we face in the 21st century; but more importantly these regulations are aimed at shutting down the solutions that are being discovered by both the conventional and the non-conventional community of doctors, practitioners, therapists, and healers.

Natural Solutions Foundation Announces the 2010 Health Freedom USA War Council: Non-Violent, Effective Educational and Citizen Expressive Association Action to Counter the Attacks and Win the War for Health and Freedom!

The Foundation Trustees are pleased to announce a January 2 and 3, 2010 Weekend Intensive with Gen. Stubblebine and Dr. Laibow to elucidate the health freedom strategies of 2010 and beyond.

Joining them to present are a group of outstanding leading edge Advanced Health Care practitioners and International media personalities including Kevin Trudeau, Dr. Leonard Coldwell, Hildegard Staninger, PhD,
Patrick Flannigan, PhD, Alexander Benesch, Fred van Liew, Sharry Edwards, Med, Paul King,
PhD and Stephen Lendman. This unique event will focus on the serious threats to health
freedom the American public is facing and what we can be done to reverse this trend legally and
non-violently.

Attendance is both virtual (online) and live, at the Holiday Inn Suites in Newton, NJ
The event is hosted the Trustees of Natural Solutions Foundation: Maj. Gen. Albert Stubblebine
III (US Army Ret), Rima E. Laibow MD and Ralph Fucetola, JD.

More information at: http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=4183

Using the word ‘cure’ on our websites is apparently “illegal” and the FDA is shutting down anyone that offers this reality.
Cure defined:
1. a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
2. a method or course of remedial treatment, as for disease.
3. successful remedial treatment; restoration to health.
4. a means of correcting or relieving anything that is troublesome or detrimental: to seek a cure for inflation.

The Fountain of Wellness Team is dedicated to our health freedom and ask that you please spread the word on this event. As a unified voice we are strong and empowered but first we must be educated.

Educate, participate, and activate!
Thank you

Let’s talk this one out until it is heard!

The Senate next meets Nov 30, 2009, tomorrow; the House next meets Dec 1, 2009.

We have 3 bills submitted to Congress from Congressman Ron Paul that are worth us activating a social media conversation that rally’s our public voice to be heard and acted upon.  I realize this may not be new news to some but the point is that these three bills were submitted on July 29, 2009 with very little news coverage.

You know the old adage: the squeaky wheel gets the oil - so here’s my squeak!

HR 3394 is the Freedom of Health Speech Act, HR 3395 is the Health Freedom Act, and HR 3396 is the Congressional Responsibility Act.

At the present moment, this website is at risk of being shut down if we were to use terminology like ‘release your toxins with a colon cleanse’ or ‘this herb is our number one recommendation for Lyme disease.’

HR 3394 is simply re-stating our constitutional rights, directed specifically at the Federal Trade Commission to sit down and knock it off. The Fifth Amendment requires that the Federal Trade Commission bear the burden of proving advertising is deceptive. The First Amendment requires that the FTC not act against speech unless the speech is provably false. The FTC is responsible for proving guilt, just like any other group (or individual) would be who presses charges. If not, it is a witch hunt and we all know that it has felt more and more like this over the years.

HR 3395 is my favorite. This bill removes the FDA’s power of prior restraint over all nutrient-disease relationship claims. Under this bill, the FDA may not prohibit any statement concerning a nutrient affecting a disease (including treatment effects) from being made in the market and may only act against a statement if the agency possesses clear and convincing evidence that the statement is false.

The Team at The Fountain of Wellness have long been advocates of the idea that nutrition is your best medicine. Anyone who ever remembers being an athlete can attest to the direct correlation between food and performance. As nutritional coaches for decades now, we have hundreds of testimonials from clients that had a wonderful surprise side effect from their balanced weight loss program.

Here we go sticking our neck out…we have years of professional experience that demonstrates that processed foods will directly affect how stiff and achy your joints function and feel.

Once our clients started on a diet that was say even 25% raw and cut out the processed and preserve laden bread, crackers and foods out of a box, they noticed their arthritis pain subsiding… YES. YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT AND DRINK.

The next time you get a tummy ache, rather than reach for an anti-acid product to band aid the issue, make a much healthier choice and to stop eating the plasticized food substances whose shelf life is potentially longer than yours!

Now HR 3396 is one of those bills directed at closing a loop hole within our present system. Under Article I of the Constitution, our elected representatives are the ones given the exclusive power to make laws. However the regulatory agencies have been passing regulations without actually taking them to Congress to be passed into law. Very nice move Ron Paul…may the force be with you.

We have long discussed the slow decay of our ability to be free, choose wisely for ourselves, and share viable health and wellness information with out a physician’s license. Now is the time to use the incredible tour de force media platform called the “Internet” to make our vote actually count, make our voice be unified for a healthy change, and put self empowerment back in our stride.

I know I’m tired of the ‘false advertising’ being pushed at my family through all the major media channels. I say these are false advertising agendas because they are sponsored by companies with economic interests in my sickness, not my healing. We are constantly being imprinted with ideas of lack and insecurity about our body image, and pushed into this weird need to consume in order to feel excited about something. And almost all these types of products have a list of side effects that will kill you!

The other day I saw a billboard that read: “Learn the early signs for autism so you can watch for them.”  What??? Wait a minute, why isn’t this reading “Learn the latest medical research into autism and it’s connection to mercury poisoning and other toxins.”  Or “Learn the number one risk factor for autism and why the pharmaceutical companies changed the ingredients on the 18 month MMR shot for infants.”

Although once considered rare, during the last two decades the chance of a child being diagnosed with autism has skyrocketed from one in 10,000 to one in 150. This is simply uncalled for and because our sickness is the money maker and not our health we are NOT getting the information that matters most for us.

It is obvious when we look right at all this, politics should not have ‘buy money’ in it and pharmaceutical companies should be held accountable for their products. On Sept 2, 2009, this can over the wire; American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. (hereinafter together “Pfizer”) have agreed to pay $2.3 billion, the largest health care fraud settlement in the history of the Department of Justice…Pharmacia & Upjohn Company has agreed to plead guilty to a felony violation of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act for misbranding Bextra with the intent to defraud or mislead.

These folks are not our friends, to say the very least…

Please be sure to do your own research before just popping a pill from your doctor. (Or even worse, because you just watched an ad for the product on TV) It’s easy enough to say thank you to the doc and then go home and do some googling. The better informed you are, the better a patient you become for your self!

What we really hope for is that you discover the alternative! Being healthy is our natural state of being and bringing your own health awareness back to this natural state starts with questioning everything.

How fun is that! Now go have a big glass of water and start feeling better right away.

Ramona and the Fountain of Wellness Team.

Last night I treated myself to a movie.
The most I expected on this evening’s event was a few hours to lose myself in some ‘light entertainment’.

I had no idea that the documentary for Michael Jackson, called “This Is It”, would touch me so deeply.
I thought I knew already - he was an extraordinary artist, a tortured soul, and a misfit in society. Whereas these statements may be true to some degree, they are extremely shallow compared to the story that unfolded on the screen.

Several times during the movie, I was taken through an incredible range of emotions. There were very personally mine own, not manipulated but activated by the magic, art, and science Michael was living by just being himself.
He touched those around him in such a profound way. I sound like a fan, but it goes way beyond that.

I walked out of that movie remembering once again to follow my passion and heart; to be gentle with those around me and that no matter what I do - do it with EVERYTHING I can give in that moment, as if it were my last.

I doubt he was thinking this as he rehearsed for his concert series, but the fact is, these are his last moments- recorded and lovingly released for all of us to experience.

Thank you MJ for your magical moments, I am grateful they are captured on film.

I think it is so cool that a message as powerful as “Live An Inspired Life” can be found in the most surprising of places.

Have a fantastic day, as if it were…

Ramona and the fountain of wellness team