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WHAT'S BEING MARKETED IN BC'S SCHOOLS?

7/13/2019

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​Back in June of 2017, it was announced that Health Canada would be taking aim at junk food ads that target kids.  It was good news!  Then just a couple of days later, news of this study hit the presses:  "Teaching Children About Immunization in a Digital Age."   It is a study which recommends advertising vaccines to school children, as if that would be so much better than advertising junk food.  It's an insidious plan to program children by using positive digital messages about vaccines so that the next generation of vaccinators will be immune to anti-vaccine ideas. 
To quote the study, here is what these Canadian researchers are 'strongly' recommending to our public health officials:
​“In the case of immunization, most children's experience with vaccination is negative, a shot in the arm. However, the opportunity exists to create positive, accurate “prejudices” in a fun and interactive way and mobile devices provide a way to deliver these messages to children. Having these available on mobile heath apps would enable parents to have their bored children learn about the immune system and vaccination while waiting to see their health care provider. These initiatives should complement efforts to introduce immunization education in school curricula. We strongly recommend that public health officials identify the most effective ways to deliver positive digital messages to children and protect the next generation of vaccinators from anti-vaccine ideas. And messaging that works on children just may also work on adults.”
Advertising is Advertising
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How is it widely understood that targeting children with advertisements is not OK, yet if it is for the business of vaccines, suddenly that's deemed acceptable?  And how can 'educating' children about vaccines be honest, if the reality of risks of harm, including death, are never covered?  

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LET'S TAKE A BREATH!

2/20/2019

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I think we all need a break from all the fear mongering and crazy media frenzy around vaccination.  Let's instead just look calmly and clearly at a couple of key things that all parents need to know.  Grab a cuppa and read on for some reassurance about how to
keep  your children healthy.
Building Natural Immunity With Food​
​Below is Sally Fallon Morell’s advice on how to build natural immunity that appears in the book Dare to Question - One Parent to Another, by Ted Kuntz, as well as in an article on her own blog.  
Sally is the bestselling author of Nourishing Traditions, and the President of the
Weston A. Price Foundation.
Read my positive book review of Dare to Question published in the WAPF quarterly Wise Traditions Journal, Fall 2018.
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Order Dare to Question ​or Download (free):  daretoquestionvaccination.com
“The decision not to vaccinate does not mean that parents can be careless about protecting their children from disease. While some of the illnesses we vaccinate for are extremely rare (tetanus, diphtheria), unlikely to cause harm to children (chicken pox, mumps, rubella) or not a threat to children (hepatitis B), others like measles or polio can have serious consequences in poorly nourished youngsters.
It’s up to parents to provide the kind of diet that will give their child robust natural immunity— that’s the same kind of diet that will give a child good health overall. It’s also a diet that can help your child recover from vaccination injuries.

Here’s a list of recommendations to keep your children healthy and strong:

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YOU SAID WHAT??

2/2/2019

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Moms are getting kicked out of Facebook groups for bringing up the V-word (and no, it's not vagina)!  I've heard from so many young moms lately who have been shamed and dumped from parenting support groups.

 Their crime?

They just want to discuss what WAPF rightly says is the most important decision they will ever make for their child: VACCINES. 

 Seriously!  How have we gotten to this place?  How have some young parents allowed themselves to be so programmed and lulled away from reality, to think that it is OK to censor each other as if they are obediently following some corporate edict or sales pitch?
Is this the modern day version of book burning when discussions about vaccines are NOT ALLOWED?
This discord is so extreme, it has even resulted in a British Columbia mother launching a petition to Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, demanding that vaccines be mandated in BC schools.  This uninformed mom is obviously unaware that because of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, vaccines cannot be mandated in Canada without changing our Constitution.  What she is naively demanding is essentially that medical tyranny be installed in place of informed consent and our right to bodily autonomy.   It's hard to fathom how one mother feels she can appoint herself as dictator of the personal health decisions of an entire province of other parents and their children.   And what is even harder to fathom, is that many people have jumped on board and signed her petition (almost 29,000 and counting).  It's really baffling that this petition is getting all kinds of press - well maybe not all that baffling.

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BC'S MINISTERS OF HEALTH - KEPT IN THE DARK ABOUT RAW MILK

12/3/2018

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Through freedom of information requests, it has been revealed that British Columbia's current Minister of Health, the Honourable Adrian Dix, and all the Ministers of Health that precede him going back to Minister George Abbott in 2008, have not received complete and updated briefing notes on the topic of unpasteurized milk - FOR TEN YEARS.  
What?!?  ​How can this be?
Omitted is the vast volume of information which has been provided to Ministry staff by the public about the health benefits of raw milk, the two types of raw milk, the Raw Milk Institute (est. 2011), and on-farm training programs for safe raw milk production.​   ​
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LET'S FIX CANADA'S DIETARY GUIDELINES

8/23/2018

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do canada's dietary guidelines need fixing?

Oh, yes, in fact they should have been fixed over thirty-five years ago!  Over that time, there has been a sharp increase in chronic disease with ever rising rates of diabetes and obesity.  Children are suffering in epidemic numbers with food allergies, asthma, diabetes, obesity, cancer, chronic bowel disorders, and autism spectrum disorders.  Drastic change is needed to restore the Canadian diet to the traditional healing foods of our ancestors - clean, nutrient-dense real foods that sustain health and protect from disease.

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IF WE DON'T CHANGE DIRECTION SOON, WE'LL END UP WHERE WE'RE GOING

4/28/2018

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Did you catch the recent mainstream media circus around Victoria BC's Naturopathic Physician, Dr. Anke Zimmermann, who prescribed a federally approved homeopathic remedy for a child - which resulted in the child's recovery? 
One wouldn't think that this would be big news.  The use of homeopathic medications results in safe healing every minute of everyday all over the world.
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However, BC's Provincial Health Officer (Dr. Bonnie Henry) appears to have little knowledge about homeopathy and because the remedy that Dr. Zimmermann used is derived from rabid dog saliva  (Lyssinum), nothing short of a media shit storm of rabid commentary followed.   Note that Lyssinum has been used safely in homeopathy for nearly 200 years.
Dr. Henry's stated "grave concerns" around the use of the remedy and her call for Health Canada to investigate caused a feeding frenzy in mainstream newswires including the CBC, Global News, the Washington Post, the Seattle Times among many others around the world.  
As a result of this widely publicized media attack on homeopathy and alternative healing therapies, letters of complaint have been sent to BC's Minister of Health, Adrian Dix.  What follows are three such letters.  

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WHAT ARE THE GOOD FOLKS AT HEALTH CANADA THINKING?

3/17/2018

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UPDATED to include new Parliamentary Petition!
Let's tell PARLIAMENT that our dietary guidelines are NOT evidence based.  SIGN and share this new parliamentary petition on 'Front of Package' warnings for salt and saturated fat, and the need for an external scientific review of the evidence base. ​  Sign here:  ​https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-1597
What are the Good Folks at Health Canada Thinking?
The sad truth is that Canada's Food Guide has quite simply been wrong for decades.  With reams of evidence that support that statement, it is confounding that Health Canada seems bent on keeping it that way.
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What's Wrong with our Guidelines?
Canada's Food Guide has historically relied upon the US Dietary Guidelines which have recently been found to lack scientific rigour by the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine.
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Thanks to a large group of dedicated physicians and allied health professionals -Canadian Clinicians for Therapeutic Nutrition (CCTN), a strong campaign is underway to convince Health Canada to base our guidelines on sound evidence-based nutritional policy, rather than upon food industry influence.  
Sign their petition here:  ​www.changethefoodguide.ca/
Health Canada's Proposed Front of Package Warning Labels
A new proposal from Health Canada is to mandate front of package warning labels for products high in saturated fat and salt, and sugar.  
Background for Health Canada front of package labelling:
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www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/programs/consultation-front-of-package-nutrition-labelling-cgi.html
It's easy to see the justification for the warning about sugar, of course, but health professionals have grave concerns over this move to restrict health-giving saturated fats and salt.

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WESTON WHO?

2/6/2018

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This is a question that I get quite often here in Victoria BC, Canada.  
I mention that I volunteer for the Weston A. Price Foundation, and I am met with a puzzled look, followed by the somewhat amusing question, "Weston Who?"  
It occurs to me that it is a shame that we Canadians generally don't know much about one of our native sons who is truly a Canadian hero.  In our circles as real food advocates and supporters of local farmers, many of us have come across Dr. Price's seminal book, 'Nutrition and Physical Degeneration' first published in 1939.  But outside of these circles, it seems that most Canadians have never heard of Dr. Price. 
Who was this man that many refer to as the Charles Darwin of Nutrition?
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THE ELEVENTH HOUR

1/30/2018

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When the British Columbia Herdshare Association (BCHA) asked me to write an article about the recent workshop that the Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF) founding president, Sally Fallon Morell presented at Victoria's Pacific Rim College, I was especially happy about how the request was worded.  They didn't ask for an article on raw milk, they asked for an article about the whole workshop!
Sally's two day workshop, "Achieving Optimal Health Through Nourishing Traditional Diets" is based upon the  research of Dr. Weston A. Price, author of the book, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration.
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My hope is that this recap accomplishes two things.  One is that it offers a clear, evidence-based overview of why WAPF recommends a Wise Traditions diet, and two is that it reveals, with little uncertainty the reason for the title, "The Eleventh Hour." 

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The B.C. Fresh Milk Project

1/17/2018

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​Sponsored by the British Columbia Herdshare Association (BCHA)

Introduction: ​

Canadian laws prohibiting the sale and distribution of farm-fresh, unprocessed milk are based the assumption that this product invariably contains pathogens which cause disease outbreaks.  However, this assumption could be based on “old data” which no longer reflects current production practices. 
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 The California-based Raw Milk Institute. (est.  2011) has developed an on-farm food safety (OFFS) program called the "Risk Analysis and Management Planning" (RAMP) system, which train farmers in production methods that prevent contamination and preserve quality.  The BCHA (est. 2014) provides this training to farmers in British Columbia. ​

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Raw Milk in British Columbia

1/14/2018

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Do you think our local farmers have the right to produce raw milk, and do British Columbia consumers have the right to buy it?
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Why do canadian consumers want raw milk?

​Aside from the superior taste differences, there is mounting evidence that probiotic-rich raw milk is a health-enhancing food and that its vital elements are destroyed by pasteurization and processing. 
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ALUMINUM IN OUR BRAINS

7/15/2017

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**UPDATED**  Are you ready for the push to comply with the Adult Immunization Schedule?  Ready or not, it is here.
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Vaccines were designed to protect us from epidemics of infectious disease.  The only epidemic we see in Canada, is one of chronic illness and autoimmune disease.  As sadly ironic as it is, evidence builds everyday that adjuvants in vaccines are implicated in this unprecedented epidemic of illness.
Aluminum in Vaccines - A Cause for Concern
Here are the vaccines Health Canada has listed on its Adult Immunization Schedule: Diphtheria, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Herpes zoster (shingles), Human papillomavirus (HPV), Influenza, Measles, Mumps, Meningococcal, Pertussis (whooping cough), Pneumococcal, Polio, Rubella, Tetanus and Varicella (chicken pox).  The grand total of aluminum present in these injections (it is not present in the live virus vaccines) equals approximately 2,729mcg.  The 'safe' level of injected aluminum in adults is ... well, that has not been established.  Aluminum is assumed to be safe without any testing to prove that it is in fact safe to be injected as an adjuvant. To this day aluminum has not been tested for safety in vaccines.  It is well known that aluminum accumulates in bone and brain, and that it causes neurological damage. 

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GREAT GRANDMA WOULDN'T BELIEVE THIS

7/4/2017

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The other day I was asked to fill out a questionnaire in order to establish what programs for seniors would be most beneficial in our community.  I have to admit to what felt like a severe spike in my blood pressure when I read, included along with the normally expected boxes to tick (things like Falls Prevention, Financial Advice, Housing) was an item called, "Supporting Grandchildren Diagnosed with Autism."  It's become such a widespread diagnosis that it is just included there like it is normal!  I shudder to think of how many grandparents have a need for that program.

How did this happen?

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No one (certainly not this concerned grandmother) can claim to have all the answers as to why we are experiencing this devastating health crisis.  Historical and scientifically backed evidence provided by the Weston A. Price Foundation points to food that doesn't nourish and to environmental and pharmaceutical toxins.  

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Make raw milk legal in canada

6/2/2017

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WHY DO CANADIAN CONSUMERS WANT RAW MILK?

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There is plenty of evidence that probiotic-rich raw milk is a health-enhancing food and that its vital elements are destroyed by pasteurization and processing. Raw milk therapy is currently a well-used protocol in German hospitals, just as it was in the early 1900’s at the then named Mayo Foundation when the ‘raw milk cure’ was used as successful therapy for hopeless cases. 
Raw milk can truly be a life-saving food and has been shown to help with asthma, allergies and many other conditions.  And the taste - delicious!  In most countries of the world, this traditional, real and unprocessed food is widely available.  Why not in Canada?

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Let’s Change Canada’s Food Guide

5/19/2017

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When I first learned that a large group of Canadian physicians had signed on to a petition to change Canada’s food guide what really grabbed my attention was a reference to this book in the open letter attached to the petition:  ​​“Price, Weston. Nutrition and Physical Degeneration:  A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects.”
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​The book, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Dr. Weston A. Price was first published in 1939.  It is THE book that should be compulsory reading for anyone involved with policy-making for health and nutrition.  It was wonderful to see that this book was cited in support of the petition.
​I’m a chapter leader for the Victoria Weston A. Price Foundation® (WAPF).  I contacted the physician who started the petition, Dr. Barbra Allen Bradshaw, and asked her if WAPF could assist in her efforts to promote the petition.  She was happy to accept the offer of help.

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BE DISOBEDIENT: MAKE SAUERKRAUT!

3/2/2017

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BE DISOBEDIENT:
MAKE SAUERKRAUT!

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​I had the most interesting conversation with a very elderly lady from Germany the other day. Of course, we got talking food. I guess I made an assumption when I asked her for advice about making authentic sauerkraut. To my surprise this 96 year woman from the home of sauerkraut had never once made it. She said she recalled going to the cellar as a child to bring some up for her mother, but she never learned how to make it herself.
She went on to say that she knows just how much we have lost. She recalled being told by her physician in the 1940's when she was having her first baby that she should not breast feed – formula was proven to be much healthier for baby! She said, as she shook her head in dismay, that she and all of her friends just wanted to be good mothers and they automatically obeyed doctor's orders.

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LET'S TURN THIS AROUND

2/26/2017

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​What's 70 Years? In the big scheme of things, seventy years of human existence is nothing.

Except if it has been the last seventy years.​​​

LET'S TURN THIS AROUND

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The end of the Second World War saw ​the beginning of the Baby Boomer years (1946 - 1964).  Everyone was having babies, and the vast majority of children in North America were doing very well. 

They certainly had better health than what is seen in children today. Things like childhood cancer, asthma, adult onset diabetes in children, obesity, life-threatening food allergies, autism and that whole spectrum of disorders were rarely seen.  
It's astonishing how things have changed in just 70 years.  

we are in the midst of an epidemic of childhood illness

It's almost impossible to believe, in our modern world with every convenience and plenty of food, that the health of our children is in extreme peril.
The reality is that there is a crisis in children's health as never before seen.  Researchers predict that in 15 years, half of all children in N. America will have autism (80% of boys).

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VAXXED Shown in a school - oh my!

2/21/2017

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I saw the movie Vaxxed for the second time the other day. That's not so unusual, but what is different is where I saw it this time. It was screened in the community theatre at a local school here on Vancouver Island, and that has done more than raise a few eyebrows. 

In the community of Sooke, just outside of Victoria, Awareness Film Night's announcement of plans to show Vaxxed in a local school's community theatre, caused a bit of a stir. AFN's mandate for the past 22 years has been to invite our community's film-goers to question what they see, hear and read via the mainstream media.  They have done a fantastic job of showing many excellent, controversial films. Vaxxed could be considered the most controversial of them all. Unfortunately though, several school trustees have now
voiced their concern that by showing the film on school premises, the reputation of the School Board has been tarnished.


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    Linda Morken, WAPFTM Volunteer Chapter Leader in Sooke, British Columbia, Canada
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