What does Switzerland know that we don’t? Use this time “alone but together” to become educated.
xoxo~ liz
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#sharingiscaring
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Liz James · ·
What does Switzerland know that we don’t? Use this time “alone but together” to become educated.
xoxo~ liz
#knowbetterdobetter
#sharingiscaring
#letsworktogethertokeepourbrainsandhealthintact
Liz James · ·
There’s hummus among us! I love me some good hummus, and y’all…. fresh made is soooooo much better than the store bought stuff! Give those chickpeas a whirl….
That’s what the world needs these days……. whirled peas đ.
Enjoy your weekend!
xoxo ~ liz
#worldpeacewhirledpeas
#Iloveagoodpunny
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Liz James · ·
âGuineas are flat out not the smartest bird on the planet, but they are devoted to their mates.
See that miserable male guinea standing out there in the pouring down rain looking into the bushes? His mate is in there sitting on eggs and he’s standing guard for her. đ …. in the rain.
Bless his heart. I’m not saying they love one another, but they certainly are devoted.
Do you have someone this devoted to you? Are you this devoted to someone? I do hope so…. we need each other. We need community. We need togetherness. We need closeness. We need to know we are cared about… in close proximity to one another.
This bird…. he doesn’t care that it’s raining cats and dogs. Companionship and togetherness are what herd and flock animals do. Without it, survival and thriving becomes compromised.
Happy Saturday friends.đ
xoxo~ Liz
#humansareherdanimalstoo
#togetherforgood
#standwithyourfriendsandrelatives
#domesticdedicationonthefarm
#farmlifemirrorsreallife
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Liz James · ·
đ For as long as I can remember, Iâve read before bedtime. It quiets my mind. I read and research nonstop these days, but thereâs a difference between reading for business and reading for pleasure (I love both!). Business reading puts my brain in high gear while pleasure reading slows it down đ´.
đI thought Iâd start sharing some of what Iâve been reading. I am a history buff so historical fiction is the genre I tend to gravitate towards. Historical fiction brings important moments to life for me in a way that I can easily remember them later. A good historical fiction writer will have done thorough research on their topic or time period and will have accurate facts and prominent figuresâŚ. Filling in the blanks of the story with characters. (I am a very picky reader and often fact check my historical fiction authors! đ )
đ At The Wolfâs Table (by Rosella Postorino) was originally written in Italian and has since been translated into English. Its protagonist is a young German bride (Rosa) whose husband goes off to fight during WWII for the Germans. She returns to live with her parents in Berlin until they are killed in air raid bombings, at which time she moves out to the country to live with her in-laws (whom she had not previously met).
đ Sheâs not there long before she is conscripted by the German govt to go to work as one of Hitlerâs food tasters. She, along with several other German women go to Hitlerâs headquarters twice a day to eat his meals before he does to ensure that what he eats has not been tainted or poisoned. Over time, friendships and alliances form between some of the women and the German guards that they spend hours each day with.
đ At the Wolfâs Table is such an interesting story as it is one told from the perspective of a German woman who has not entirely bought in to Hitlerâs teachings largely because of what her father taught her when she was younger. She seems to be neither for nor against Hitlerâs agenda as she is more mentally attuned towards grieving the loss of her parents and the absence of her new husband. Her life has been turned upside down by her own countryâs actions, and for a great part of the book, it seems as tho she is drifting thru all she is experiencing. No doubt…âŚ. she has been subjected to great loss and upheavalâŚ. and she risks her life daily performing a job she did not want. PTSD and emotional overload? Umm yes.
đ An incident finally shakes her awake when a friend turns out to be a Jew in hiding. Instead of turning her in, she awakens and starts fighting the system as best she can while still struggling to survive intact herself. It is so tragic to watch (or read in this case) how asleep the German people were. They were not bad people, but many years of subversive leadership and indoctrinating propaganda had led them to believe what they were doing was right. I wonder how long it took German citizens to wake up once they realized the truth of what had been happening under their noses on their own soil, and I wonder how many of them suffered mentally afterwards from the part they unwittingly played in the destruction of so many lives (including their own)?
đ This book is based on the life of Margot Wolk, Hitlerâs last living food taster who died in 2014. It was a compelling read, and one I recommend. History can so easily repeat itself, and its best that we know it well lest we find ourselves repeating it.
Info on Margot Wolk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_W%C3%B6lk
A short video on Ms. Wolk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNcZyBqJCzk
Tell me….. What are you reading these days?Â
xoxo~ liz
#somanybookssolittletime
#bibliophilesunite
#justgivemeagoodbookandImahappygirl
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Liz James · ·
Eleven days ago, I unpacked some surprising information about chickenpox and I pray someone found it helpful. Whenever I seek information on a deeper level, itâs a rare day that I donât learn something myself and a rarer day still that I donât end up down some rabbit hole that fascinates (and sometimes disturbs me ? ).
âShingles (aka herpes zoster) is also caused by the varicella zoster virus and is the âadult thug versionâ of chickenpoxâŚ.
….Bigger and badder than it was in the kiddie version.
With shingles, there is nearly always a rash of some sort, but the hallmark is nerve pain (neuropathy). The pain can be debilitating and is often described as burning, stabbing, throbbing, and/or a shooting pain. Neuropathic pain from an outbreak can last days to months (at which point it is diagnosed as postherpetic nauralgia – PHN). Other symptoms may include (but not limited to) fever, headache, upset stomach and muscle weakness.
While a shingles event is not contagious (meaning, you canât âcatchâ shingles), someone with active shingles CAN pass chickenpox on to a child ?? or adult ? who has never had chickenpox or received the chickenpox vaccine. Itâs far better to have chickenpox as a child, than it is as an adultâŚ. Hence, the importance of getting this childhood disease as a child. Remember those chickenpox parties I was telling you about in Part I? ?
Shingles is the same virus that will have been lying dormant in the body of someone who had chickenpox OR, in some cases, in those who had the chickenpox vaccine.
WAIT! âŚâŚ I thought we wouldnât get shingles later in life if we got the chickenpox vaccine ?
I believe that was the plan, but sometimes messing with what God has laid out for us isnât all itâs cracked up to be.
Despite the advent of the chickenpox vaccine (1995) and the shingles vaccine (2006), the incidence of shingles has only continued to rise ?. Take a look at the graph Iâve attached. Notice that as the incidence of chickenpox decreases? , the incidence of shingles has increased ? dramatically. Additionally, while shingles used to be an affliction of the elderly and immunocompromised, it has become much more common in younger and younger people.
Prior to both vaccinations, the incidence of shingles appeared to have been pretty uncommon. According to the article below, shingles was rare enough that only two US studies had been found to report data (in study format) on the incidence of shingles circa 1960. . I have searched for hours and have not been able to find solid numbers on shingles cases prior to the early 1980âs. (Please do comment if you can find anything relating to this)
So why are shingles so prevalent now? âŚ.And how prevalent are they?
âĄď¸ An estimated one million cases occur annually in the USA
âĄď¸ 4 cases per 1000 people in the USA
âĄď¸ 1 case per 100 among people 60 years and older
Are you familiar with herd immunity?
Herd immunity by definition is a form of indirect protection from an infectious disease that occurs when a large percentage of a population has become immune to an infection (by developing antibodies) thru a previous infection (NOT by means of vaccination ? ).
In short, herd immunity is one of Godâs (many) health gifts to us. Herd immunity helps us take care of each other as a whole. #herdimmunitycommunity
Why canât we achieve herd immunity thru vaccination? It would seem easy to do that, wouldnât it?
Well, youâd think soâŚ. But God and (His) nature have a plan, and His ways are not our waysâŚ. They are better! Viruses are constantly changing⌠(heck, weâve learned this with the ârona virus ) and vaccines cannot keep up with the mutations.
(ex: The flu vaccine is a crap shoot every year, and often the projected guestimate misses the projected virus strains chosen based on the previous year’s worldwide flu).
So how does this pertain to shingles?…. And chickenpox? Studies show that before routine use of the chickenpox vaccine, children who recovered from chickenpox later experienced recurrent asymptomatic boosting of immunity by coming into contact with others who were actively infected with chickenpoxâŚ.. It is Godâs way of keeping us safe.
#Helovesusso
Parents and grandparents who interacted with their kids and grandkids were then less likely to develop shingles because they had the opportunity to reinforce their immunity thru periodic exposure to âwildâ chickenpox.
??IMPORTANTâźď¸Without this periodic asymptomatic exposure to the âwild chickenpoxâ, the dormant varicella-zoster virus can re emerge as shingles, especially in the elderly and in those with a weakened immune system.
Now the puzzle pieces are falling into place.
As âwildâ chickenpox exposure becomes more of a rarity, no natural immune boosting can occur.
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?ââď¸ What I say next is my opinion and observation. ?ââď¸
I have family members and loved ones that have regular occurrences of shingles.
I fill prescriptions regularly for medications that are for long term treatment of postherpetic neuralgia. The prescriptions are often neither cheap and none are without substantial side effects….. side effects that are damaging at the cellular level.
#protectyourmitochondria
Some of these shingles patients are in their 20âs and 30âsâŚ. Adults who got the chickenpox vaccine back in the 90âs onward. Itâs no longer an aged or infirmed affliction.
I have listened to family, friends, and pharmacy clients lament the pain and the quality of life decline as a result of shingles… especially those who have recurrent flares. Many of them get shingles over and over againâŚ. (And many of these in the older generation have also gotten the shingles vaccine).
I donât know. It seems to me that God had it under control. His ways insured us and kept us safer as we aged. I would much rather be exposed thru periodic herd immunity (in its correctly defined state).
I leave you with this quote from another study Iâll attach below. Anything in ( ) are my comments or thoughts:
âIn the prelicensure era, 95% of adults experienced natural chickenpox (usually as children ?? )âthese cases were usually benign and resulted in long-term immunity. Varicella vaccination (the chickenpox vaccine) is less effective than the natural immunity that existed in prevaccine communities. Universal varicella (chickenpox) vaccination has not proven to be cost-effective as increased HZ (shingles) morbidity (pain, suffering, and medicating) has disproportionately offset cost savings associated with reductions in varicella disease (Was chickenpox such a bad thing after all? #notreally ) . Universal (chickenpox) varicella vaccination has failed to provide long-term protection from (shingles)VZV disease.â
(excerpt from linked article below)
Someone, please tell me why we are vaccinating against chickenpox? I donât know about you, but Iâd much rather continue down the path God pre-designed for us than rely on manâŚ. Chickenpox is looking pretty good. #CommunityImmunity
#wildchickenpoxforthewinforyouthandelderly
#GodknowswhatHesdoing
What we CAN do….. what we ought to be doing….. what I hope ALL of you are doing is this:Â
? Eating quality (unprocessed, nonGMO’d) food and drinking “clean” water
? Exercising regularly (improve muscle mass, help your heart, improve your balance, and decrease stress!)
? De-stress daily. This is sooo important. Use your Lavender, your StressAway (my fave), Tranquil, Peace & Calming, or RutaVala (and that’s just a few!)
? Get 7-8 hours of sleep a night. Use your Immupro or Sleep Essence along with a sleepy time diffuser blend (the aroma options are endless to help you get your ??. )Â
? Remove your known toxin load and replace those things with non-toxic alternatives (please visit with me if you are not yet a Young Living member, or reach out to your bestie who is and one of us will hook you up! ) … Young Living has non toxic alternatives to everything from housecleaning , to vitamins, to makeup and beyond. Importantly…. their essential oils are pure, safe, and effective.Â
Nothing does more for boosting immunity than the self care I just mentioned above. #loveyourselfenoughtocareforyourself
Have a beautiful day! I learned something in my digging and I hope you did too.
xoxo~ liz
#knowbetterdobetter
#sharingiscaring
#ThanksYL
PS: the links below are to a couple other studies and articles for those who like to dig deeper . Enjoy!
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