A Florida Court Sets Atheist Holy Day!

A Florida Court Sets Atheist Holy Day!
Gotta love this Judge!

You must read this......
A proper decision by the courts...
for a change.

A FLORIDA COURT SETS
ATHEIST HOLY DAY
In Florida , an atheist created a case against Easter and Passover Holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians and Jews and observances of their holy days. The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days.

The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring, "Case dismissed!"

The lawyer immediately stood and objecting to the ruling saying,
"Your honor, How can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and others.
The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, yet my client and all other atheists have no such holidays..."
The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you do. Your client, counselor, is woefully ignorant."
The lawyer said," Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance or holiday for atheists."
The judge said, "The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day. Psalm 14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.' Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that, if your client says there is no God, then he is a fool. Therefore,
April 1st is his day.

Court is adjourned..."
You gotta love a Judge that knows his scripture!

This is too good not to forward! 

Message about Nutrition from Dr. Steve Chaney

Here's an fantastic message from Dr. Steve Chaney. Very well worth reading ..

The two biggest misconceptions that people have about supplementation;

#1: Supplementation can cure disease.

I don't know how many times I've been asked "I have
"disease X". What supplements should I take? - as if
supplements were drugs that can be taken to cure a
disease.

We shouldn't think of supplements as drugs that cure
diseases. We should think of them as providing the
nutrients that are the building blocks of health - or
perhaps the ammunition that the body uses to fight
diseases.

Diseases, after all, are an abnormal state of being,
and our bodies have an amazing capacity to fight those
diseases.

When we have infections or cancer our body activates
its immune system to fight it.

When we have inflammation our body tries to put out the
fire.

When we have damage to our DNA - our genetic
information - our body tries to repair it. The list is
almost endless. Our bodies are wondrously designed!

Our immune systems require nutrients like protein, B
vitamins, antioxidants, zinc and iron.

The omega-3 fatty acids, anti-oxidants and polyphenols
like resveratrol are anti-inflammatory.

Nutrients like antioxidants and polyphenols support DNA
repair.

So proper diet and supplementation are not "magic
bullets" that cure diseases. They are simply the
building blocks that allow the body to do what it does
best. And because no two of us are alike the nutrients
that we need the most to allow our bodies to do their
job efficiently may be different for each one of us.

So while there is no magic food or supplement that will
cure a specific disease, a healthy diet and a holistic
approach to supplementation can often work wonders.

#2) It doesn't matter what you eat.

This is the flip side of the coin. I often come across
people who have been told by the "experts" that the
cause of their disease was not related to diet so they
shouldn't worry about what they eat and supplementation
will not do any good.

Let's take the most extreme example - genetically
caused diseases or serious degenerative diseases like
multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's for which the causes
are still not fully understood.

It is generally true that these diseases were not
caused by poor diet (MS may be the exception because
there is some evidence that it can be caused by
inadequate vitamin D during childhood). And I know many
people who take the "expert's" advice to heart and eat
whatever they like and consider supplementation a waste
of money.

Is that a sound approach? Let's consider.

Any nutritionist will tell you that an inadequate diet
can lead to malaise, low energy, inflammation, weakened
immune system and impaired wound healing - just to name
a few maladies. Even if you don't end up with the
symptoms of a nutritional deficiency a poor diet can
rob you of energy and vitality.

If you layer the consequences of a poor diet on top of
the underlying disease, your chances of being able to
cope with the disease and function optimally are
greatly diminished.

I have come across many people with very serious
diseases who are able to function at a very high level
through proper diet and a holistic approach to
supplementation.

Diet and supplementation did not cure their disease as
they quickly discover if they stop supplementing and go
back to the way they used to eat, but in many cases you
would consider them to be perfectly healthy as long as
they keep doing what they have been doing.

So what is the bottom line for you?

1) There is no perfect food or supplement that is
capable of curing disease, but if you give your body
the nutrients that it needs it often has the ability to
cure itself.

2) Proper diet and supplementation can make a
difference even if the disease was not caused by poor
nutrition.

3) Each of us have unique nutritional needs so in both
cases a holistic approach to diet and supplementation
is best.

Traveling and need a place to eat or something to do?

Here's some recommendations for places to eat if you are traveling around the country.
I will be adding to this.

Recent reviews by Doug G.

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A BATTLE WITH FIBROMYALGIA

I found a story with a very happy ending about someone who goes by Healthy Oates who had a fight with fybromyalgia.  Please read!

 Just a couple short years ago, I went through one of the darkest times in my life.  I’ve never really written about it in full detail, but I feel like there are many other people out there who struggle with this that need to know there IS Hope!  It doesn’t have to be this way forever.
After losing our son Hosea, experiencing a couple job losses, a move, and another pregnancy and birth, my body said, “All done!”   It was bad enough to be walking through the deepest loss I could ever imagine when I found our one month old baby boy’s lifeless body in his baby bed, but now my body was manifesting all sorts of symptoms that left me pretty much dysfunctional in normal, daily life.  With three other children to care for, a business to run, and a husband to love, I felt desperate for something to change!
It was immediately following the birth of our 4th child, Asher, that I started to experience unbelievable pain.  I had pain from head to toe…so bad my hair even hurt.  Light hurt.  It was like the light penetrated through my body and would send shooting pain down my spine and through my skull.  The pain was so intense that I lived in a constant state of nauseousness. I dreaded going to sleep at night because the sheets hurt and my pillow hurt.   I would wake up in worse pain then when I laid down  I felt so bad for my husband who patiently loved me through every morning episode of tears and working my feet to the floor to take the first painful step.  The worst was waking up with a migraine after a full night’s sleep. I had somewhere between 15-20 days with a migraine every month.  I would get one and it would last sometimes for 4-5 days.  Nathan had to come pick me up from stores at times because I would have a migraine so bad that I couldn’t see straight.

I couldn’t believe what was happening.  I was only 28. How in the world was I going to be able to take care of an infant, play with him on the floor as he got older, play basketball with him as he grew up?  I lived scared to death that I would never be normal again. I braced myself every time the girls ran to hug me. The pain shot through my body as their little arms wrapped around my neck.  What in the world was happening to me and would I ever feel better?  I was 28 and felt like I was 90!  Doing normal, every day things were impossible.  Physically I was a wreck, and this wreaked havoc on me emotionally and mentally.

The label I received for all the pain was “Fibromyalgia.”  This is basically what they tell you that you have when they can’t figure out what in the world is going on in your body.

It was at this all time low in my life, physically, emotionally, and mentally, that I started to ask God if He was a healer. Does He still really heal people today? This was  a question I was desperate to have answered….and I needed a “yes.”  I knew if He didn’t heal me, I wouldn’t make it much longer. I really and truly felt at times like I would die from the pain.

This was an important discovery for me on my journey with fibromyalgia: Fibromyalgia is really nothing more than a physical response of the body when you have had internal trauma (oftentimes suppressed) or intense stress or a long period of time. This is why a doctor can not just give you a pill to make it all go away. They can give you pills to MASK the pain but you will have to stay on it for the rest of your life. It doesn’t HEAL it or take it away because so much of this illness is an internal issue, I really believe.  Others may have different experiences, but this is what my own personal experience was.

In my case, my physical body literally held on to the stress and trauma at the cellular level and it manifested in my body through pain, fatigue, and migraines.  We are 3 part beings…body, soul, and spirit. And what is happening in one part most often effects the other two parts.  We can’t separate or compartmentalize our lives.  It all functions together as one.  It’s like if you have a stressful day at work…what does your physical body do?  It may respond with a headache or exhaustion. What does your spirit do? You tend to be on edge, easily explode, ect.  It all works together.

Below is how God personally DID heal me.  I’m not saying it will be this way for everyone!  This is simply my story and the steps that I took toward healing of something that I never thought I’d recover from.

HEALING FOR ME WAS 3-FOLD

1. Physical

If you struggle with fibromyalgia, start doing what you can in the physical immediately!  This is the easiest one to attach because it simply involves adding in high powered nutrients that will combat the stress, fatigue, and pain.   The other two parts may take more time to work through, so my philosophy was, “While I’m working out the stuff in my head and heart, I’m going to start feeding my body the right things so I can get somewhere!”  My “magic” concoction was actually very simple and surprisingly effective!!  I was desperate and would have eaten a cow if you told me that would help me.  Thankfully, it was way easier than eating a cow.

My daily regimen included:

• Vitalizer (the foundational nutrients EVERYONE needs in a handy 30 day pack)
• Protein (I used Cinch)
• Vivix (This was big for me!  Reverses aging at the cellular level. This disease causes cell deterioration and pre-mature aging of cells, causing all the symptoms.  Vivix is proven to reverse the 4 key mechanisms of cellular aging. I noticed a huge difference)

As I learned more, I discovered that B and C are the Stress Vitamins (they help protect your body from Stress reactions, but are used up quickly under stress). I was VERY deficient in both due to lots of stress and major trauma. Some may not need this extra boost, but I did.  I started taking 15 Sustained Release C (3, 5 x a day) and 10 B Complex (2, 5 x a day) and that was it.  I became a NEW person!!  The solution for me was SO simple!!! My body just wasn’t getting enough of the vitamins that would protect me from the terrible effects of stress (stress releases cortisol which is highly destructive to the body).

Start small and work up, or go all in like I did if you’re desperate. You are guaranteed to feel better!

2. Spiritual

During this journey, I really began to understand that the “tongue has the power of life and death."   I’d spent a lifetime speaking, believing, and thinking so many negative thoughts that my brain (and body) were toxic as a result.  I’d been speaking death over myself…almost literally.  This little truth was so freeing to me and as I changed my speech, thoughts, and beliefs, I began to see the positive results even in my physical body!

Another aspect that brought much healing to me was that I started to choose to believe God DID actually heal people. I grew up in an environment that really didn’t believe these things, but I had seen a friend healed of Muscular Dystrophy, a deaf man’s ears opened, and enough other occurrences with my own two eyes that I’d be crazy not to believe!  (looking back, I believe the reason I’d never seen this before was because I didn’t believe. I’d made up my mind about what God does and doesn’t do and therefore missed out on a huge part of who He is!!)

3. Emotional

The body oftentimes will manifest the state of the soul. Ever heard the old proverb, “Bitterness rots the bones.” ??  Bitterness and unforgiveness have been scientifically proven to cause diseases such as arthritis and even cancer.  Unforgiveness is a poison that corrodes the person who holds onto it, not the one whom we are angry with. I’m sure most of us know that our bitterness always hurts us more than it hurts the other person.

This was so true in my own life. I had much anger that I’d held on to for years from childhood stuff that had happened out of my control. And, I hate to say, I had a lot of anger and unforgiveness towards God that I also had to work through.

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I am so happy to say that I have been healed completely of Fibromyalgia.  I traveled to Bora Bora,  NYC, Atlantis, Bahamas, California twice, Philadelphia, Florida, Dallas, St. Louis, and other places this year.  Traveling used to kick my butt and take me out of the game for days.  But this past year I traveled 25 out of the 52 weekends of the year and lived to tell about it pain free!

I still take my daily Vitalizer, Vivix, and Protein.  If I’m speaking, have a stressful day at work or with kids, or just am running out of steam, I increase the amount of B-Complex and Sustained Release C that I have to combat the effects of the stress. It works every time!   I’ve learned to carry B and C in my purse at all times. 

I’m not sure if this will help anyone else who is walking through something similar, or if this was just for my own good to get all this out tonight, but I pray that someone can find Hope that life doesn’t have to be full of chronic pain. DON’T receive the Doctor’s diagnosis.  YOU can change the situation with the 3 steps I listed above.  It’s amazing how much of a role each one of us plays in our own healing and well-being.

I heard a disturbing, but true statistic from the Surgeon General: 93% of hospitalizations are self-induced.  Stress being the number one reason for sickness and disease.

I’ve personally experienced this and have a strong desire to see people set free from the awful grip that stress , trauma, and other self-destructive behaviors can have on us.

I hope this helps someone else find natural relief for what Drs say has no solution and for what I thought I’d never see gone from my life!!!  I’m happy to say IT’S GONE!    Please let me know if you or someone you know struggles with this! I’d love to hear from you.

Side Note:

As I mentioned, my fibromyalgia caused me to have terrible migraines. The B and C helped tremendously with my migraines, but if I ever get a migraine, I’ve learned a great “trick” to take the migraine away immediately. I take another Vitalizer strip, drink a huge glass of water, stop what I’m doing completely for a few minutes to close my eyes, and it works like magic within 10-15  minutes!!!  It has worked every time!!!  So take your Vitalizerin the morning, and then carry an additional strip!!  It’s a couple buck “fix”, but SO worth it rather than popping Excedrin or some other prescription drug for migraines that, for me, were typically stress related, causing my body to deplete vital nutrients, leaving me feeling horrible.  I’ve learned how to stop the cycle.

Healthy Oates

What do I do with my outdated calenders?

That's a good question but here's an idea from Friends of Nevada Wilderness.  I can't think of any reason why the same thing couldn't be done with other calendars.  Check it out.
http://nevadawild.blogspot.com/2012/01/start-year-off-green-by-repurposing.html