Maitake and Immunity

Obviously, those with a strong immune system are lucky...because others like me, we have to work at it.

A strong immune system helps:

1. helps protect against more serious chronic illnesses
2. helps you fly by cold and flu season
3. identifies and neutralizes harmful stuff like bacteria, viruses and environmental contaminants

I've recently started researching Maitake D-Fraction, which is the mushroom's bioactive extract which activates the innate immune system, strengthens body's bacterias. 

In a 2011 study, it was discovered that it also activates a specfic gene that promotes programmed cell death in breast cancer cells. More studies indicate that it promotes the destruction of cancerous renal cells and bladder cells. 

Ancient lore claims that when the Japanese found the mushrooms in the mountains, they began dancing for joy. So, maitake means "dancing mushroom". 

So, 200 mg twice a day, people. If you take with a dose of Vitamin C, it may enhance the maitake's absorpton!

love love love,

the globetrotting gamine

my story

^2010^

^2013^

^Christmas 2014^

i figured it's good to put it out there, and whoever wants to read it and use it, can.

i was never living the healthiest lifestyle.

though i was never a partier, and never did drugs, 

my diet was ew. 

cue all kinds of meats, gmo's, processed foods, cold cuts, caffeine, cakes, sweets, sushi, anything with sugar.

i was eating at home, and eating out A LOT!

I didn't know that what i was doing was going to have consequences, 

and in the depth of my soul i believe that the nutrition and stress factor

is what bought on my diagnosis of hodgkin's lymphoma, in oct. 2012.

commence: chemo, november 2012- april 2013. 

ice chemo- april 2013- june 2013

stem cell transplant- july 19 2013- aug 6 2013

so basically, i've died a few times (serious- NDE's galore, some i don't even remember, they had me so drugged up)

and i prayed and prayed and prayed some more...

and i knew, in october 2013, when my onc.'s were grasping at straws

that i wasn't going to deal with the medical b.s. anymore.

if they couldn't tell me where this dis-ease came from,

how were they going to cure me with poison?

i was NOT getting sick again,

i was NOT having people with hazmat suits inject nasty nasty goo into my poor body anymore.

so God, answered my prayers, and I've been detoxing ever since.

i have tried everything, 

and never have i felt this good before.

i know it's hard, but the thing with diagnosis is this:

mind, body and spirit keep you sick.

if one is, the others follow suit.

you can choose your path by following your soul and instincts:

NOT YOUR FEAR.

I had let fear dictate my life up until my prayers were answered,

and i don't anymore.

if any of you guys are out there, and want help,

message me, I am here!

love love love,

globetrotting gamine

ear candling, eew.

(top is left ear, bottom photo is right ear)

i can' tell you how frustrating it was
not being able to go to a doctor
and have the wax removed from my ears.

my doctors and oncologists didn't allow me...
then after my stem cell transplant,
i FINALLY went to the ear nose and throat doctor.

he didn't want to remove the wax from my ears, either!

so i thought, what the hell?
and complained to one of my dearest friends.

she recommended ear candling,
that she had done it
and it was not a big deal:
no pain, just some crackling.
the heat draws the wax out!!

so here's the deal:

• you put a hollowed out "candle" in your ear while your laying your head on one side on a flat surface.
• the person helping you light (matches, people) the top end of the "candle".
• there's a bowl of water waiting nearby.
• when it looks like the ash from the "candle" is about to fall, the person snips off the end with a scissor, into the bowl.
• the person helping you will tell you when your "candle" is close to the bottom, and inform you when it's done.

all the snap crackle and pop is worth it- it doesn't hurt at all!

so sorry to be gross, but that's what had come out of my ears (after 2 years of buildup...pretty damn yucky)

you are to repeat ear candling every 6 months :)

benefits of ear candling:

• include relieving tinnitus (ringing in the ears),
•  helping to relieve sinus pain and pressure, 
• assisting with headaches, 
• relieving severely itchy ears (often caused by yeast, mold or dairy allergies)
• improved lymphatic fluid flow through the body, 
• improved color perception
• Acts as a catalyst to clear nerve endings & promote healing

i've read different things, like the "powers that be" or the FDA, deem this illegal. 

um, why?

 

how can it be dangerous if someone is watching you while the candle is lit in your ear?

isn't it more dangerous to drink? to cross a busy street? to take prescription medicine?

how can something that's been around since biblical times be dangerous? crazy people.

maybe the "benefits" work! duh.

gotta love the people that say "wax will drip into your ears" (it doesn't-- it's not that kind of candle.), it won't work (HELLO, SEE ABOVE PHOTOS!).

maybe not everything is quackery. 

this DEFINITELY isn't!!

love me,

the globetrotting gamine

about breastfeeding

from this book!

a note:: i'm not a mama, but i have one. nonetheless, i found this tidbit interesting...

Breastfeeding lowers Lymphoma Risk::

Breast feeding can reduce the risk of certain cancers for both mother and child. Researchers from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Bethesda, Md. found that infants breast fed for less than 6 months had approximately twice the risk of getting some childhood cancers by age 15 as those breast fed for longer than 6 months. They also had 5 times the risk of getting lymphoma.

"Mothers milk contains substantial antimicrobial benefits for infants, increasing their resistance to many infections and possibly protecting them from many diseases, including lymphomas." Researchers reported.


The book also states that breast feeding promotes mental development, lowers breast cancer risk for the mother, the children are smarter, and less of a chance of getting ADD or ADHD.

cool.

you go, mama's!

love me,
the globetrotting gamine

new book info!

from this book, page 20--

Was HIV Genetically Engineered?

Investigating the possibility that AIDS< Ebola, and other new diseases are the result of biological weapons experiments, Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz, a dentist and medical researcher who has served on the faculties of Harvard and Tufts universities, researched the US biological warfare program at Fort Detrick, Maryland, which received a $10 million authorization in the early 1970s to develop a genetically altered retrovirus that would destroy the human system as part of the "Special Virus Cancer Program".

He quotes Dr. MacArthur, deputy director of the U.S. Department of Defense, who stated in classified Congressional testimony in 1970: "Within the next 5 to 10 years, t would probably be possible to make a new infective microorganism which could differ in certain important aspects from any known disease-causing organisms. Most important of these is that it might be refractory to the immunological and therapeutic processes upon which we depend to maintain our relative freedom from infectious disease."

The secret biological warfare program was overseen by Dr. Henry Kissinger, National Security Advise and later Secretary of State in the Nixon and Ford administrations carried out by the National Cancer Institute, Merck, Sharp and Dohme, the world's largest pharmaceutical company, and Litton Bionetics, the nation's largest bioweapons contactor; and involved Dr. Robert Gallo, the cancer virus researcher who went on to become the co-discoverer of HIV over a decade later.

Clandestine reseach, Horowitz theorizes, date back even further. In 1967, a lethal virus broke out in Germany and Yugoslavia among vaccine researchers. The epidemic, known as Marburg disease, was attributed to infected monkeys that had been brought to Europe from Africa. Horowitz traces the monkeys that had been brought to EUrope from Africa. Horowitz traces the monkeys to a Litton medical research laboratory in Africa.........

Horowitz speculates that fear of communism, black nationalism, and overpopulation (especially in neighboring Angola...) fueled these medical experiments. (Ebola also broke out in South Africa whose apartheid-era government was committed to overthrowing Angola.) Through the late 1970s, USAID vaccination teams immunized more than 20 million people in Central Africa. In 1978-79, several years before AIDS appeared in America, Horowitz claims that the New York City Blood Center introduced experimental hepatitis B vaccine in the gay male community which may have contained HIV or a monkey virus that mutated into HIV.

Dr. W. John Martin, director of the Center for Complex Infectious Diseases in Rosemead, Calif., and former director of the Viral Oncology Branch of the FDA's Bureau of Biologics, the governments principal agency in charge of vaccines, also suspects a contaminated vaccine of human origin gave rise to AIDS. "The mixing of vaccine viruses with others found in the cells and tissues used to develop the vaccine can potentially lead to the development of new recombinant mutants that are more adaptive and have wider host range than either of the original viruses," he explains.

heaven and happiness

 one of my favorite travel memories is dominica.
everything, anything about dominica was beautiful, from the earth itself straight down to each cell in every person.

we toured around the island and were introduced to an incredibly kind man
who had a 'gratis' farm-stand on the side of the road where he prepared fresh and local fruits and veggie fare for everyone (if you wanted to leave a small donation, you could, but it was not required!)

this is LML having a freshly picked banana with cocoa-roasted coconut on top.

you have no idea. that banana could fill you up for the whole day.

it was seriously one of the most amazing things i've ever eaten.

the guy running the stand was awesome

and knew a lot of stuff.

i can't wait to visit him and dominica again!

views from the farmstand.

my happy LML and our happy friend explaining everything to the group!

love this sign <3

can't wait to see you again, dominica!!

love me,
the globetrotting gamine

juicing queen.

 my favorite juices ALWAYS include:
-carrots
- green apples
-ginger

i always variate depending on what i find at whole foods and farmers markets!

what do you put in your juice?

love me,
the globetrotting gamine