I can't believe that summer solstice is already upon us (in just 2 days!) and that it's been so long since the last entry. D'oH! Actually, a LOT has happened, and I've made many "mental blog entries," but I guess it doesn't count unless it's POSTED. Lately, I've been amazed (in a good way) that the truth really does ultimately win, and that maybe, just maybe we are on the brink of a new era of health care. Could it be that corporate "health care" is really on the outs??? One can only hope. But there have been some interesting proclamations from the Government that I never really expected to see any time soon. First of all, there's the whole VACCINE / AUTISM connection/controversy. For years and years and years, the government denied the link. No matter how many distraught parents testified that their normal happy kids suddenly turned autistic after receiving a vaccine, the government always denied it. Impossible, they said. But guess what? They finally admitted a connection between vaccines and autism. True, they conceded this connection in just this one case, but with around 4,900 cases still pending, who knows what this really means?
And then there's the whole thing about "silver" fillings (amalgam) being toxic due to the mercury used in them. For years and years and years, the government declared them to be safe. Most dentists claimed they were totally safe -- again, despite the direct experience of many many patients who'd suffered from mercury toxicity as a result of the fillings. Just more "alternative health urban legend" ? Nope.
The FDA finally admitted that amalgam fillings "may be" toxic. WOW! They have to announce this officially by July 2009. I guess people have had enough of being bullied around and lied to by the giant entities (government, insurance companies, etc.). They can brush off one or two individuals as "anomalies" or "crazy," but when thousands of people are suffering adverse health effects as a direct result of widespread "health" practices? The lies can't go on forever. So what does this mean for us "alternative" folk? Sure, it's nice to be vindicated. But really the most important thing is to remember is that YOUR BODY has its own incredible innate intelligence within it, and that it knows a thing or two about healing, etc., and that it's USUALLY A BAD IDEA to introduce a foreign potentially toxic substance into the body on the assumption that this human-made product is somehow smarter than Mother Nature. When approaching your own health and well-being, you want to work WITH your body - not against it. Just because the government says that something is safe, it doesn't mean that it is. Vaccines are serious business. I know it's a controversial topic, so we don't harp on it much, but think long and hard before you get one for yourself or for your kids. I don't get them, I don't let my kid get them, and I don't even let my cat get them. OK, now I'm rambling... hm, just like a blog... 'Til next time...
-DK