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Psoriasis Cure Group on Facebook! Join Now!

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Today I got involved in posting about psoriasis cures on the Facebook group “Psoriasis”. To my dismay I found out that this “group” has been hijacked by the “there is no cure for psoriasis” $$$ greed foundation. They were animals there constantly shouting “there is no cure for psoriasis”. What mindless hogwash. Of course they banned me from their no cure for psoriasis group.

So I started a Psoriasis Cure group on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_211006848920287

Click and join up. Let’s rid the world, at least Facebook, of psoriasis.

Announcing: Paleo Diet Cure Website

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I would like to announce the launch of my new website www.paleodietcure.com . This website is meant to stress that RAW paleo diet is the basis for curing all diseases. A diet of organic raw animal food, raw fruits and select raw vegetables is the diet humans evolved on. Raw Paleo Diet can be thought of as the zero allergy diet, most nutritious diet, the easiest to digest diet when eaten sequentially.

If you have been following my blogs you will notice over the years the diet I’ve settled on is raw paleo diet. The diet I use for healing people is also raw paleo diet. And the people I socialize with are raw paleo dieters.

Even for healing treatments elements of raw paleo diet are used for the diet resistant people. Raw oysters to cure inflammations or raise sperm counts. Lots of raw fat to cleanse livers or tone intestines. Lots of raw fat to heal kidneys. Raw honey to raise metabolism. Lots of raw fruit to detox the body. Raw green juices to instantly add iron and other life saving nutrients.

I will be adding pictures and will be writing a book to accompany the website. Visit http://paleodietcure.com

Vinegar vs Warts or Banana Peels vs Warts?

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Vinegar vs Warts or Banana Peels vs Warts? Pick your poison. One of them will work. I used to have a big wart on my middle finger when I was a kid, they burned it several times then did surgery. With today’s knowledge, we don’t need that. Plantar warts, genital warts, any kind of wart, who cares? Just do it. None of this is harmful, so there is nothing to lose:

For the Vinegar vs Warts tutorial video:

For the Banana Peel vs Warts tutorial video:

All you need is to get the inside of the banana peel. Tape it on the wart. Let it stay for 3 days. The wart will go away.

If you need a book to get rid of warts, you can buy: Get Rid of Warts Forever. Click here.

RH Bill Publicly Rejected in Live Debate

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Depopulation bill – absolutely everything to do with degrading the health of women by hoodwinking with the Orwellian title “Reproductive Health” Bill phrase – was very much rejected by the nationwide viewing audience in a much awaited live and public debate. 65% voted to JUNK the RH Bill. Diana Uichanco reports:

Pro-lifers demolish pro-RH arguments in TV debate

MANILA, May 10, 2011—It was a dynamic discussion on sex education, population and poverty, health issues and the beginning of life as representatives of different sectors debated on Sunday night’s “Harapan/ RH Bill: Ipasa o Ibasura” on ABS-CBN.

After the bill’s primary author, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, kicked off the debate with reasons why the measure ought to be approved, Paranaque Rep. Roilo Golez pointed out serious health factors that made the bill’s reproductive health measures objectionable.

Besides stressing the link between contraceptive use and breast cancer according to the World Health Organization and the US-based National Cancer Institute, Golez expressed concern over the perceived protective power of prophylactics against sexually transmitted diseases.

As an example he cited Thailand, where the high contraceptive prevalence rate has not curbed the incidence of AIDS, now numbered at some 600,000 cases.

“Bakit ganon? Kung totoong tama ang RH eh bakit ubod ng laki ang kanilang HIV cases?” he asked.

The solon also presented charts illustrating the downward trend of the country’s population growth rate. The Philippines does not need a reproductive health law as a means to arrest population growth, he said, because the growth rate of 3 percent in 1960 has decreased to 1.95 percent in 2010.

When life begins

The protection of unborn people as provided by the Philippine Constitution and the issue of when life begins came up several times, with a lawyer and the physicians from both sides tackling the matter.

“The State shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception,” said Alliance for the Family Inc. (ALFI) President Atty. Girlie Noche.

“Sinasabi na po ng Constitution [na] may life—life of the unborn from conception. So I think there’s no question anymore. There’s already life at conception.” The lawyer added that her study of the proceedings of the 1986 Constitutional Commission revealed that the members of the body used the terms “conception” and “fertilization” interchangeably.

“So this is a non-issue. Life begins at conception,” Atty. Noche added.

The medical aspect was presented by bioethics and embryology professor Dr. Josephine Lomitao, reminding everyone that “the best evidence of the beginning of proof of life should be something objective, therefore scientific.”

The OB-Gyne then briefly explained the process of reproduction, ending with “once the fertilized egg or zygote has been formed, it starts to divide. What other proof of life do you want? This division is purposeful, coordinated, and [the zygote] will be unable to implant if it weren’t alive because implantation—which other groups claim to be the beginning of life—is a complex process.”

The advocates of the bill—titled The Responsible Parenthood, Reproductive Health and Population and Development Act of 2011—have been fighting for revised definitions of terms, specifically the move to make “conception” (thereby “fertilization” too, as per the Constitutional Commission’s definitions) synonymous with “implantation.”

Rise in population = poverty?

The debate became even more animated when talk shifted to population and poverty. “Mahirap ba tayo dahil marami tayo? That is the question,” said former senator and governor Joey Lina. What followed was a zealous exchange of ideas about overpopulation possibly leading to poverty.

After presenting a brief explanation of demographics and standard of living as regards the local scenario, Lina blasted the commonly used reasoning of attributing poverty to an increasing population.

“Tayo ay mahirap hindi dahil sa tao. Tayo ay mahirap dahil ninanakaw ang pera ng bayan. Iyan ang dahilan kung bakit tayo mahirap!” he declared.

“P200 billion [ang] nawawala, according to certain studies. Ang [University of the Philippines nag-conduct ng] study, 30-40 % of our budget is lost due to corruption. So kung ‘yung perang ninanakaw sa fertilizer scam, sa mga… NBN deal, diyan sa mga conversion, highways, katakot-takot na road users’ tax, kung yung daang bilyong piso na ninanakaw ng mga nanunungkulan ay nagagamit para mapabuti ang kalagayan ng bayan, napatataas ang antas ng edukasyon, nakapagtatayo ng maraming eskwelahan, nakapagtatayo ng maraming ospital at nakakabigay ng mataas na sweldo sa ating mga doktor at nurses, mawawala ang mga problemang ‘yan.”

School-based sex education

Another explosive topic in the nearly two-hour debate was that of sex education. House Bill 4244 mandates a six-year “Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education” program for all private and public schools.

The bone of contention was whether or not the rights and duties of parents were being undermined by this portion of the measure, which will integrate the said program in several subjects starting with Grade 5 students. Though she believes in the parents’ role as primary educators of their children, former legislator Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel asserted that some parents are not willing and able to tackle certain issues with their family, and this is where the school will come in.

Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines (DSWP) head Elizabeth Angsioco agreed, pointing out that the government’s program was being put in place merely as a support to parents.

Fr. Melvin Castro, Executive Secretary of the Episcopal Commission on Family and Life (ECFL), zeroed in on the RH advocates’ concurrence that mothers and fathers indeed have the primary duty to educate their young ones.

“Bakit hindi ‘yon ang tutukan ng gobyerno? Bakit didiretso ang gobyerno sa intervention sa mga kabataan? Precisely po, sapagka’t kung ang mga magulang ang ideal teachers then let’s [focus on] the ideal. Kaya ‘yun ang ating palakasin.

“‘Yung pinagpipilitang State intervention,” he added. “Itanong ko lamang po sa mga nagpo-propose ng bill na ito: Pinagdududahan po ba natin ang kakayahan ng mga magulang?”

Afterwards, the legal basis for shooting down the proposed bill was again brought up, as Noche underscored that the Constitution states clearly that “the parents have the primary right and duty to develop the moral character of their children. Ang gobyerno po ay supporting role lamang. Hindi gobyerno ang may karapatan na humubog sa moralidad ng mga bata,” the lawyer stressed.

However, the RH bill makes sexuality education mandatory—and in both private and public schools, Noche pointed out. In addition, it is the government—not the parents—who formulate and finalize the program’s curriculum. “Gobyerno. Hindi po dito kasama ang mga magulang…”

“At ang hindi ko maintindihan dito, bakit kinakailangang sampung taon pa lamang ay mag-aral na ng sexuality education. From grade 5 to 4th year, so anim na taon. Ano po ito? Kailangan po ba ng PhD para sa sex education?,” Noche asked.

Dubious values formation

Among the other protests to the mandated sex education portion of the bill is the absence of values formation that put the lessons in the context of deeply held Filipino family values.

Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin, one of the bill’s co-authors, was quick to point out that among the topics in the sex education program was “values formation.” However, one of the long-time technical experts involved in monitoring the government’s population education/sex education programs asserted otherwise.

Bioethics professor Dr. Angelita Aguirre related that very few are aware that this method-based, values-free kind of sex education has been making its way into school curricula for nearly 40 years, since the late President Marcos’ Presidential Decree 79 resulted in the formulation of the “pop ed/sex ed modules” that have been carried out since 1972.

As for specifics when it comes to the proposed bill’s program, “Ang tinuturo po ay hindi values education. Nakita po namin ang modules, binasa po namin ito. Wala pong sinasabi doon na mag-asawa ka muna bago ka mag-relasyon. Kung hindi ka na makapagpigil, basta hindi ka magbuntis at hindi ka magkasakit, puwede,” Aguirre described.

The doctor explained that it’s the content that she and other pro-life groups object to. If the goal is really to help children learn about the reproductive system, it should be taught in Biology, in a scientific context, she said. The emotional, social and spiritual dimensions, she added, should be made part of Character Education. This was her group’s recommendation to the Department of Education at a previous time.

“Bakit kailangan mong ituro ng anim na taon? At sa lahat ng subjects—math science literature and everything. And you know, this was patterned after the Sex Information and Education Council in the US, [translated to Tagalog] lang. We saw it. Kung ano yung nasa Amerika, [ginawang Tagalog] lang ‘yon,” Aguirre pointed out.

Toward the end of the debate, Lina summed up what he had picked up so far, based on the arguments brought out by those in favor of a reproductive health law as a solution to poverty:

“The RH proponents, ang gusto nila, ang solusyon sa kahirapan is to reduce the population growth rate. All your statements are bolstering the argument that we are poor because we are many. That is the premise. That’s why we are saying, we are poor not because we are many; we are poor because of the mismanagement of our economy. We are poor because of graft and corruption. If there is proper management of resources just like what’s being done in other countries, we will not suffer the fate that we are suffering now. The solution you are offering is not the solution.”

Foreign concept
Fr. Castro summed up his position on the RH bill by saying why the country has no need for such a legislative measure.

“Palagi nating reference ang ibang bansa sa reproductive health. Iyan ay pag-amin din na isang banyagang konsepto ang RH. Bakit nating pinaggigiitan na yakapin ‘yan ng Sambayanang Pilipino [samantalang] nakakubli nga diyan ang.access to ‘safe’ and legal abortion. Bakit natin pinagpipilitan ang isang banyagang konsepto sa isang bansa na tulad natin na likas na maka-pamilya at likas na maka-buhay. We reject the RH bill at huwag nang ipasa ‘yang batas na ‘yan dahil hindi kailangan ng Sambayanan.”

The other speakers for the anti-RH side were George Balagtas of the Pro-Life Coalition of the Philippines, and Dr. Johnrob Bantang, spokesperson of a position paper against the RH bill by individual UP faculty, students and alumni.

Other members of the pro-RH panel were former Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral, Bishop Rodrigo Tano, Chairman of Interfaith Partnership for the Promotion of Responsible Parenthood, UP Center for Women’s Studies Director Dr. Sylvia Estrada Claudio, and tour guide and RH supporter Carlos Celdran.

The “Junk the RH bill” side garnered more votes, based on the results of the online and text survey held during the debate. As for 12:40am of May 9, the result was—Ipasa: 34.62% ; Ibasura—65.38%. (Diana Uichanco)

Source: http://www.cbcpnews.com/?q=node%2F15473

Related blog posts:

http://www.myhealthblog.org/2010/11/23/rh-bill-2010-statistics-population-growth-graphs-per-decade/

and

I’m a fully qualified healer (see my website credentials and the people I have helped) and this RH Bill has nothing to do with addressing women’s health. That is the ruse they play “women”… in fact, all the contraceptive promotion they promote is DETRIMENTAL to women’s health.

http://www.myhealthblog.org/2010/10/01/health-freaks-on-informed-choice-of-birth-control/

and

http://www.myhealthblog.org/2011/03/09/womens-day-nothing-record-infertilities-celebrating-the-poisoning-of-women-through-birth-control/

and the status of RH Bills in Congress and Senate at http://alfi.org.ph/2011/category/congress-watch/

Raw Wild Honey in Ifugao: Rare and Expensive

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I’m just back from my 2nd trip to Ifugao province and I visit their markets. I’m lucky enough to get raw wild honey by chance and buy as much as I can afford and I’m keeping these in storage as medicine. I now have different colors: brown, orange and yellow. All taste different. All are expensive.

Raw wild honey is expensive because it is wild. The supply is limited and erratic. You are lucky if the tribes people sell you some from their mountains. They consume and keep what they need and sell to us low landers their excess, which is not much. It’s good that most low land people are not too aware of just how crazily medicinal raw honey is.

The Ifugao know how medicinal raw wild honey is. It is well known that raw wild honey is snapped up in the market when it gets there. I’m lucky because I keep looking for raw wild honey and keep asking for it.

The value of honey for the Ifugao was stressed when I was at the central provincial souvenir building and I chanced upon the display of eight small bottles of raw wild honey from hucbong. I decided to buy 5. I left some for other customers.

The two male Ifugao staff were both giggling. I asked what was funny. They said they had bought up with their own money a good amount of the raw wild honey that arrived yesterday. They were scrounging for more money to buy the rest of the raw wild honey, but I arrived and bought up almost all that was left. I did leave 3.

They both knew raw wild honey was superior and they did not care for the plentiful farmed honey in the lower shelves. They knew where Hucbong was, the source of the honey. And they actually met the natives who brought the honey to the center. They know it’s the real deal. If they had enough money, they would have bought all of the raw wild honey for themselves.

The staff said raw wild honey is used plain given to children who are sick with colds and coughs. They also give it to their fighting cocks when their fighting cocks have colds. No need for calamansi they said. Yeah, I’ve heard that story before that raw wild honey was basically medicine for their children.

Come to think of it, I should have bought the last 3 bottles as well.

raw wild honey from hucbong, ifugao

Raw Wild Honey from Hucbong, Ifugao

10 Day Road Trip Finished: Bayombong, Banaue, Tuguegarao, Pagudpud, Vigan, Manila

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We are back in Manila from our 10 day road trip! Family road trip was fun. Nothing to be homesick about for me, I’m traveling with the family so wherever we are is home. Our route was from Manila to Bayombong, to Banaue Rice Terraces, then Tuguegarao, then Pagudpud beach, then back to Manila.

Our original plan was to sleep in a hotel in a town prior to Bayombong, but we couldn’t find it. We wound up in a town just after Bayombong in Balay Gloria. A recommended restaurant in Bayombong was Mrs. Bakers. I had a wonderful rare lamb. This restaurant was the restaurant food I liked in the entire trip.

We got to Banaue Rice Terraces and proceeded immediately to Native Inn in Uhaj. It was totally scary driving up the mountain to Uhaj as the road was a single lane slippery muddy road where a mistake will make you fall of the cliff. We arrived up to Native Inn after some “piss in your pants” scary driving. Our SUV did not have off road tires and was not a 4 wheel drive so I was scared to the point I said to the family to take off their seat belts and unlocked the doors and if we make a mistake and start to fall off the cliff, everyone jump out the doors.

Native Inn in Uhaj is what it claims to be, heaven. You live in the clouds, you have the most majestic view of the Uhaj rice terraces, you live in authentic Ifugao houses. Paleo dieters need to bring their own meats as the resort owner is of the belief system that fat is bad for you and the pork they serve has been trimmed of all fat.

We got a guide / driver to go up Uhaj and fetch us and guide us down the mountain back to Banaue town proper. We stayed at the Banaue Hotel grandest suite. There was a nice cultural presentation show in the evening. We went around several view points in Banaue. We also explored their market. We also went down to an authentic Tam An village. We bought more than 30 kilos of authentic Banaue rice terraces rice. Most of it red because it was cheaper. We had it bused to Manila along with some big handicrafts.

Banaue was cool, calming, relaxing. I vow to come back to Banaue. Next time by bus. No more driving.

We were supposed to go to Sagada from Banaue but 4 days prior, a landslide in Bontoc has made the roads impassable so we decided to abandon our original route of Banaue Sagada Cervantes Ilocos Sur and instead back tracked and went up to Tuguegarao.

In Tuguegarao we slept overnight at the Hotel Roma. Good hotel. In hotel parking which was important in Tuguegarao as lately carnapping was rampant.

We then drove on up to Pagudpud beach. Prior to that we saw the beached North Korean ship being torn apart piece by piece. Will probably be sold for metal scrap. Pagudpud beach we stayed at the Kapuluan. Pagudpud was windy, non-stop, great for surfers. We immediately found the time to check out the hillside for escape from possible tsunamis. Pagudpud is a nice, natural, alive beach. With living creatures on the beach, shells, and all, nothing fake. There is a small dynamic community. And best was I discovered where to buy fresh fish and other food so we can have our superior home made meals… which are always better than restaurant fair.

We drove down to Ilocos Sur to Vigan and stayed at our new friend Marsha of Marsha’s fame. Wow, her home was her castle, non stop improvements and artistic to boot, it’s her hobby. Super thank you to Marsha. Vigan was a nice historic place to visit. The Burgos museum made my day and the zoo visit was great too.

On the last day we drove from 7am to 6pm from Vigan to Manila. We had a lunch stop and a fruit buying stop.

Lots more stories and details to tell in more blog posts. This trip was just so good I want more trips.

Medicinal Raw Honey Hunting in Ifugao and Ilocos

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One of the goals of our 10 day Luzon road trip was to hunt for wild honey in the far flung provincial markets. My usual suppliers of honey have dried up. Even the bees in the farm in Alaminos are on honey strike when I visited last month.

Our first leg through Nueva Ecija, to Bayombong, to Ifugao netted 2 big quattro kantos bottles in Lagawe costing a lot each.

Later in Bangui, Ilocos Norte we were able to buy up 10 bottles of wild honey, of course they tasted different from the Ifugao wild honey. But this was much cheaper per quattro kantos. They also sold en mass some farmed honey which was obvious to my taste buds, they cost less, but still I only bought 1 farmed honey bottle.

Later on in Vigan, we met up with my sister in law who just went honey hunting in the wild mountains with native honey gatherers and she brought back 30 bottles (tasted different too)! And she’s asking us to pack this big box in our car! And she gave us the story of how they got the honey and with pictures too.

Of course we will find a way to accommodate this new honey stash. We will be sending our used clothes in our big maleta by bus. Then we can stuff the big honey box in the car! Hooray for honey.

I’ve learned how hard it is to have to go out of your way to collect true wild honey. And found out from Ifugao that the people there just buy up all the wild honey immediately… it is medicine… medicine primarily for children.

I give raw honey for myself and my children as a digestive aid. Raw honey with raw calamansi is also a remedy for coughs. I’m valuing these raw wild honey so much I’m keeping a good amount of stash in the hidden cupboards for medication emergencies. Must never run out of raw wild honey ever again.

Will make a write up of my sister in law’s adventure in wild honey gathering. Awesome story coming up!