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BlondeyeLaurie wrote: *Nods* in agreement about the aforementioned topics: re: pesticides, growth hormones and the like. As to milk…I drank goat’s milk and also have a general lactose intolerance…I breastfed all of my 5 and they prefer Soy milk but it is getting more “trendy” and costly…as are the organic fruits and veggies but, on the upside, there are a few local farmer’s stands that I have visited. I made all of my kid’s baby food from scratch using organics and refrained from meat in their diets until at least 2 or 3…having read years ago that teh chemicals in commercially produced foods are not tolerated by their immature neurological systems. I always have grown chemical free strawberries because I also knew that they were the one fruit that you just cannot clean effectively when grown with chemicals. If I had more space int he yard I’d surely grown more organics but alas…there are more available at local stores but they do coem at a heavy price.

As to family diseases…the ONE thta is just ridiculously common in my maternal line is Cerebral Hemmorhages….associated with Migraines , High Blood Pressure and Berry Aneurysms…very devastating, sudden and most often fatal. My mother…her mother…grandmother and at least 65 other people in my maternal tree died from this cause…and this is not just a recent occurence…I have seen countless death certificates with this as a cause of death and I just wonder what in the world could have precipitated that!? It is a very frightening prospect and as to prevention…the best we can try to do is to keep our BP at bay and have brain scans occasionally to determine if there is any blockage…try paying for THAT through your insurance company…assuming you have insurance!

On a lighter note….we also have alot of the skin discolorations as well…I used to think it was because teh women in particular used birth control pills and then I realized that gramma’s and then mom’s spots became my older sister’s spots…and now that I have hit that post-40 age…VWALAH!…they foudn me too….some are light brown…others are pale white…mostly on the face, hands and arms….dang, I’m getting old now.

We have ALOT of family allergies….I mean oodles…I was allergic to somethign like 84 things as a child…and all of my children have allergies to varying degrees…my youngest son was just diagnosed with Asthma too so now we carry his “puffer” along wherever we go. As a sidenote…I am not a big advocate of early and often giving children injections….for the same neurological reasoning aforementioned….I mean think about it….they expect us to inject our babies with scads of virals in one fell swoop and expect them NOT to be reactive or even worse….at teh typical 6 month checkup they wish to administer the following: DTaP (diptheria, tetany & Petussis), MMR (measles, mumps & Rubeola), OPV (polio), and Hepatitus…and sometimes they toss the Chicken Pox injection in the mix….it is insane! I staggere them out markedly and even have refused a few…which requires a note when they get to school….and many stares and even arguments from the staff. For a very eye-opening look at Vaccinations…go to URL:

http://www.vaccinetruth.org/

For a general overview of Cerebral Hemorrhages go to URL:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000796.htm

Mayo Clinic article about organically grown foods:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/organic-food/NU00255

The Organic Consumer Assoc. has info about Bovine Growth Hormone’s usage in milk and more at URL:

http://www.purefood.org/rbghlink.html

“Liver Spots”…skin discolorations can be read about at URL:

http://skin-care.health-cares.net/liver-spots.php

Blessings to all…thanks for the thread~~~Laurie

Laurie,

Thanks for the links…Mayo.com has a lot of health info on just about everything. I go there for my check ups…not far for me:) Hope you and family are well:) Blessings,

Shirley

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collins wrote: Since I posted this three years ago I have taken Anatomy and Physiology I and am in the last weeks of my Anatomy and Physiology II class. I have discovered some interesting things during these courses.

Your both completly right. Our food supply is very much tainted with all kinds of dangerous chemicals and hormons. Some of the preservatives that are used are neurotransmitters which means they could possibly have an effect on the brain and the nervous system. Many of the preservatives that we see in food only began being used some time around the 1970’s and 1980’s. Same with the newer pesticides, which some are being linked as part of the cause of Bee Colony Collapse Syndrom. Last year the Bee industry lost 24% of their colonies and this year its 35%. So honey will go up in price again as well as fruits and veggies.

Milk is an interesting subject. I never have been able to drink milk in great quantities nor ice cream or cheese. Having said that when I was growing up my uncle ran a dairy farm and often we would go and get fresh unpasteurized milk. The milk in the grocery store just doesn’t hold a candle to fresh milk in flavor. Also in America we do not have system in place to test all our cattle and dairy cows for bovine leukemia which is caused by a virus. It has been theorized that a dairy cow with this virus could pass it on in the milk. Whether or not it could cause leukemia in humans, I’m not sure.

I know that all my dad’s siblings have had cancer and died from it along with diabeties complications. I did find out that 100% of men will get prostate cancer if they live long enough. Luckily breast cancer rates have been dropping by about 2% every year for the last few years. Hopfully some day the FDA will wake up and do something about all the preservatives and pesticides, but I will not hold my breath.

Hey Scott,

It seems that cancer is very common among a lot of Indians. Both of my grandparents died of it–Nanni of stomach cancer and Granpa of prostate.

My father had gout, celiac disease, and hypertension. His family–well, the men at least but not his father and at least one male cousin, struggled with alcoholism something fierce.

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Cancer and alcoholism in my families as well. Many with depression and anxiety problems, myself included. My grandmother’s mother died in her 30s. The doctors didn’t diagnose it then, but later her daughters all suspected cancer. My grandfather struggled with alcoholism most of his life and this was common to his family. They were bootleggers during Prohibition era. I am a carrier for Cystic Fibrosis and so is my daughter. Not sure if it comes from Saponi or German side though.

I think part of the depression and anxiety comes from not knowing ancestors. A story from my partners side always struck me. One of her family members in the 1800s was adopted young and did not know his people. Everyone said it weighed heavily on him, especially once he had children and wanted to pass on family tradition. He hung himself from a tree in the front yard in his twenties leaving five children. I think about his story when I consider if the time I spend on genealogy research is worthwhile.

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Interviewing family members this weekend I found that the cystic fibrosis gene is thought to have come from our Potter line. My mother recently discovered she has the gene as well as myself and one of my two daughters. Stomach problems can also be tied to cystic fibrosis. Which plagued my Potter g-grandfather.

The family health report also identifies us at risk for Alzheimers. A condition my Potter grandmother had acutely in her 80s.

Hearing more family history also revealed yet more ancestors who struggled with serious alcoholism. It seems to be a problem in our Saponi-related lines more than the German-Bavarian ones. Growing up my mother did not drink at all and cautioned me against it due to these problems. My body is not good at handling alcohol and I’ve avoided it completely for long periods of my life.

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