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Good Company

Liz James · October 28, 2020 ·

Good morning friends! What a wonderful education filled weekend. šŸ˜There isn’t anything much better than getting your cup filled in a God honoring way, surrounded by like minded people whose focus is helping lead others to truth and healing! 

Enjoy your Monday, and if you haven’t already… seek out a circle of like minded folks who support you on your journey! Join usšŸ’–!

xoxo~ liz

#ThanksYL
#knowbetterdobetter
#goodcompanyisgreatmedicine

German Neurologist Warns Against Wearing Facemasks

Liz James · October 26, 2020 ·

Dr. Margarite Griesz- Brisson MD, Phd is a consultant neurologist and neurophysiologist with an additional PhD in pharmacology. She has a special focus in neurotoxicology, environmental medicine, neuroregeneration, and neuroplasticity. Those credentials certainly got my attention!Ā 
This video and transcript is both fascinating and sobering. Here are just a couple of tidbits if you don’t have time to read or watch:
* The human brain is very sensitive to oxygen deprivation… there are acute warning signs (headaches, drowsiness, dizziness, issues with concentration and cognition, and slowing down of reaction time). Over time, with chronic deprivation, those symptoms will disappear as the body adapts to “new normal”, but the damage continues to occur whether you feel the symptoms or not.Ā 
* Neurodegenerative diseases take years to decades to develop…. Dr. Griesz-Brisson is predicting an EXPONENTIAL INCREASE in dementia cases in the next decade thanks to #mandatorymaskingup.Ā 
Please friends, the numbers don’t lie. You have a greater chance of dying from a lightning strikeāš”ļø than the ‘rona . I watched my dad walk thru dementia before he passed away 7 years ago, and it is a heartbreaking way to live out the sunset years of a life.Ā  Is your brain function worth the oxygen deprivation? Medicine looks at something called risk versus benefit. If the risk of developing dementia does increase exponentially with #maskingup, is it worth it?
xoxo~ liz
www.goodmedicine.info
#sharingiscaring
#braverycomesinallforms
#thetruthisoutthereregardingtherona
#boostyourimmunesysteminstead
#Idlovetohelpyouhaveahealthywinterseason
#ThanksYL

oxygen deprivation causes permanent neurological damage

Power to Heal – part 3

Liz James · September 19, 2020 ·

Part III: The power of the mind!
Early in my pharmacy careeršŸ‘©ā€āš•ļø, I filled a prescription written by an older doctor. I was a young pharmacist, and incredulous at what I was about to fill…… sugar pills. No, they weren’t pills for diabetes. These were flat out simple white pills made of pressed sugar and probably some other inert ingredients. My older co-worker pharmacist told me this particular patient had been getting them for years to help with her anxiety. Oh really?Ā  I thought…. This gal must be crazy. (again, the young naive pharmacist waving her newbie flag). Turns out, she wasn’t crazy, and the doctor was brilliant.Ā 
The ā€œplacebo effectā€ isn’t a new thing. In fact, it’s been around since Methuselah. The mind is a powerful tool…. More effective than we give it credit for. Hundreds (if not thousands!) of studies confirm that our body responds to what we believe and what we tell ourselves…. Regardless if it’s that quiet mind chatter or if we outright talk to ourselves out loud…. our beliefs and our words (spoken or not) shape emotional and sensory perceptions. We truly ARE what we think we are.Ā 
Western medicine acknowledges this as a fact, but rarely utilizes it as a way to jump start the healing process. Migraines, pain, arthritis, asthma, allergies, ADHD,Ā  high blood pressure, IBS,Ā  and depression are just a few dis-eases that have been shown to be responsiveĀ  to the placebo effect.
Placebo’s aren’t just in pill form either. A 2014 study in Oxford University looked at 53 trials that compared surgical intervention to placebo. In 74% (39 out of 53) of the trials, there was improvement in the placebo surgery.
The placebo effect works in multiple ways. In addition to the psychological aspect of ā€œwe are what we think we areā€, “believing” also plays an active role within certain neurotransmitter functions…. Including the dopamine, opioid, serotonin, and endocannabinoid (think CBD) systems. In essence, merely believing that you will feel better activates the body into helping you do just that.Ā 
Our bodies WANT to heal, and perhaps our minds have just not been taught how to participate!Ā 
So if a certain degree of healing can occur simply by teaching someone how to use their own tools available to them (the power of self ā€œprescribedā€ positive vibes….ie: the physics and biology of frequency!!),Ā  why aren’t more western medicine doctors AND insurance companies educating their patients about this?Ā  Ā Certainly proper eating habits, hydration, and exercise should be added to this list as well. #chalkituptoprofitĀ 
The sad truth is this….. because we are an ā€œinstaā€ country, positivity, slow food, and exercise don’t generally fall into the ā€œinstaā€ bucket of western medicine. Positivity is cultivated by close friendships and/or family with a healthy portion of gratitude and kindness, and dare I say it… a faith that produces peace that passes all understanding.Ā  It is a learned character trait that ANYONE can master should they desire to do so.Ā 
Western medicine should be our safety net, not a quick fix.Ā  Ā Ā 
Mind over matter… matters.Ā Ā 
šŸ‘‰What’s next? Part IV…. Body, how do you heal thyself? šŸ‘ˆ
Xoxo~ liz

If you’d like to learn more about the power of our minds, I highly suggest Dr. Carolyn Leaf’s books (Who Switched off my Brain and others!)
#knowbetterdobetter
#sharingiscaring
#powerinthinking
#ThanksYL

Power to Heal – part 2

Liz James · September 17, 2020 ·

Part II: But first…. A history lesson!Ā 
How can it be, that we… citizens of the USA šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡øā€¦., with practically unlimited access to western medicine, are currently among the sickest in the world? 😷😭  Study after study supports the same conclusion…
šŸ’°šŸ’°šŸ’°We spend more on healthcare for worse health outcomes than comparable countries around the world, regardless of age or income.šŸ’°šŸ’°šŸ’°
Part of the problem is the belief in the ā€œinstaā€ system, and how it applies to the healthcare industry.. Americans expect to go to a doctor and receive a prescription for ā€œsomethingā€, and they are dissatisfied if the doctor sends them away without one. (not all problems are solved by pills!)
It is no longer surprising to me when a patient can neither tell me the name of their medication or even what it’s for when I talk to them at the pharmacy. They just need a refill of their ā€œlittle yellow pillā€. #blindtrust 😳
When we have 20% of US citizens on 5 or more prescription medications a day (often written by more than one physician), the odds of drug interactions goes up considerably. The odds of side effects and deficiencies rises exponentially as well. #playingwithfire
Prescription drug errors kill more than 100,000 Americans a year, and medical error is the 3rd most leading cause of death in the United States (3rd only to heart disease and cancer… two largely ā€œpreventable by lifestyleā€ diseases). An estimated 1.5 million people die each year from these top 3 causes.Ā 
Now that’s a pandemic worthy of being called a pandemic!
#whereisthemedia
We forget that regardless of our heritage, our forefathers (and fore-mama’s) used tools from nature. 🌿 The most dangerous part of living was to make it from infancy to puberty. The dangers of infancy and childhood stemmed more from malnutrition and poor sanitation than anything else with the exception of actual childbirth (a high risk situation for both mother and child).
Our ancestors were not of the ā€œinstaā€ world, and they were loaded with practical knowledge, intelligence, and common sense. #theoriginalsurvivorsĀ  They understood that wounds and injuries (visible or not) took time to heal. They also passed down healing ā€œrecipesā€ from generation to generation. Scientific studies (thousands of them) now provide evidence of the mechanism of action of these herbal remedies. 🌿 Many cultures also understood that emotions were, more often than not, tied to specific illnesses. (ex: Grief is often a harbinger of lung dis-ease if not dealt with properly)….. not because of superstition but because of biology and physics.Ā 
So what happened? How did we manage to lose all of this very important information?Ā  We know we live in a ā€œneed it nowā€ world where ā€œfast medicineā€ is king. Where did ā€œslowā€ medicine go, and how and why did it nearly disappear?
Have you ever heard of a guy named John D Rockefeller? He was an oil tycoon in the early 1900’s who, at one time, controlled 90% of our country’s oil.
Rockefeller was arguably the wealthiest man in the world in his time. šŸ’°šŸ’°šŸ’°šŸ’°šŸ’°šŸ’°Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie (another tycoon of the era) had money, and they wanted more. These two men were well aware of the many healing modalities in existence in the very early 1900’s. Chiropractic care, naturopathy, homeopathy, holistic care (the most common of all) nurtured mind, body (using common to the area plants), and spirit (The USA was a strong Christian nation back then, and faith was infused into all aspects of life šŸ™).
Abraham Flexner (who was neither a physician or a medical scientist) was hired by Carnegie and Rockefeller. He was a former school teacher with specialized training in psychology.
Flexner produced a report (known as Carnegie Foundation Bulletin Number Four or “The Flexner Report”) that was submitted to Congress in 1910. The report concluded that (among other things) all the natural healing modalities (which have been around since before Jesus!) were unscientific quackery and should be outlawed.Ā  It also called for the standardization of medical education, allowing only allopathic (patented medicine and medicine practiced in a modern ā€œwesternizedā€ fashion) based medical licenses to be issued. It was a tremendous blow to naturally based medicine that is still felt to this day in the USA. 😭
Why would this be an important piece of history? Well, Rockefeller wanted more control of the medical world, and he wanted to sell the ā€œnew fangledā€ patented pharmaceutical drugs šŸ’Š(which coincidentally had a petroleum base). The problem was that nearly everyone was comfortable using their versions of ā€œslowā€ medicine all over the country. Plant based therapeutics are not patent-able, and Rockefeller knew that in order to control the pharmaceutical industry, he would need to put the kibosh on natural remedies.Ā  The Flexner Report achieved this purpose, and nearly overnight, people had no choice but to move from ā€œslowā€ medicine to ā€œfastā€ medicine, and doctors had no choice but to abide by the new rules or risk being jailed or losing their license. Sadly, this is still the case today. #controlfoodandhealthandyoucontrolthepeople
Most history books paint this eventĀ  in a different light. I remember reading about it in pharmacy school 30 years ago, and (in the naivety of my tender college years) thought it was quite an achievement to have so quickly modernized medicine. I just didn’t realize back then that most commonly published history is slanted towards the victors, and therefore doesn’t always reflect the entire truth.
This history is important as a segue to learning how to heal properly.
Stay tuned for Part III….. Mind over Medicine šŸ’Š.
xoxo~ liz
www.goodmedicine.info šŸ‘ˆ (ready to learn how to be the CEO of you? )
#historyisimportant
#everythinggoodtakestime
#ThanksYL

Movie Night

Liz James · September 10, 2020 ·

​I’m a big fan of Melissa Gilbert… I think we’re close to the same age. I cut my “reading teeth” on the Little House on the Prairie books and Melissa Gilbert brought them to life. We rarely watched TV when I was growing up, but this was one show we did watch regularly!Ā  Good, clean wholesome entertainment that the whole family can partake in….. I have seen this movie promoted recently. It looks like a good one!Ā 
https://www.whenwelastspokemovie.com/
Who is up for a good night at the movies?

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