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Health Empowerment News with Croft Woodruff – Episode 15

“The Vitamin D Connection”

This week, Croft and Andrew talk about Vitamin D, food sources, supplementation and your health.

Show Notes:

Natural Health News

• Michael Schmidt wins his court case and is legally able to continue to produce and distribute RAW MILK in Ontario.
• Conservatives stack The Senate in order to make it easier to pass legislation such as Bill C-6 which was rejected last year.
• Senator McCain’s Dietary Supplement Safety Act is a proposed Bill in the United States that would severely restrict Natural Health Products in the USA.

Vitamin D

Croft talks about conditions that may be caused by inadequate levels of Vitamin D.
These conditions include: Retinitis Pigmentosis, Caroticonis, Optic Nueritis, and Alergic Conjuntivitis.

Types of Vitamin D:

Croft explains the differences between Natural Vitamin D3 and Synthetic Vitamin D2.
Listen to this episode to learn why Croft recommends avoiding synthetic vitamin D2!

Resources for this episode:

Croft talks a little about sunscreen and skin ointments such as ascorbal palmetate.

The Vitamin D Council is the best source of information about Vitamin D. Find everything you need to know about vitamin D here.

www.thevitamindcouncil.com

Croft talks about Dr. Johnathan V. Wright’s newsletter, “Nutrition and Healing”.
The link to subscribe is posted here.

http://wrightnewsletter.com/subscribe-to-nutrition-healing/

And much more… listen to find out!

Mike Adams Counter Think Cartoon from Natural News

Every week Croft will talk about the latest news and research in the Natural Health World.

• learn about your natural health options
• learn about drug induced nutrient depletion
• discover the latest natural remedies
• find out how to protect your health naturally
• what supplements are the most important?
• Natural remedies that should be well known but aren’t!

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Health Empowerment News with Croft Woodruff – Episode 12

“Raw Milk under attack in Canada”

This week, Croft and Andrew talk about the controversy over Raw Milk. Health officials say that the risks outweigh any potential benefits. Is this true? Listen now to find out!

Show Notes:

Jerry Brunetti – Food As Medicine Lecture Part 1

Jerry Brunetti – Food As Medicine Lecture

Resources for this episode:

Realmilk.org is a great site with loads of information on the benefits of raw milk.

http://www.realmilk.org

The Weston A. Price Foundation is strong supporter and advocate for Raw Milk.

http://www.westonaprice.org/

Glencolton Farms

Expert testimony regarding the safety and health benefits of consuming Raw Milk.

http://www.realmilk.com/documents/expert-testimony-0508.pdf

Raw Milk Australia

http://www.realmilkaustralia.com/index.php?page_id=9

Raw Milk.0rg

http://www.rawmilk.org/links.php

Eat Wild – Grass Fed Foods and Facts

http://eatwild.com/

Raw Milk Scientific References

http://www.raw-milk-facts.com/scientific_refs.html

Wild Things Organics

http://www.wildthingorganics.com/

Bovinity.com

http://bovinity.webs.com/

Every week Croft will talk about the latest news and research in the Natural Health World.

• learn about your natural health options
• learn about drug induced nutrient depletion
• discover the latest natural remedies
• find out how to protect your health naturally
• what supplements are the most important?
• Natural remedies that should be well known but aren’t!

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Health authorities in British Columbia have their sights set on a small Raw Milk Dairy in Chilliwack. The Home On The Range Dairy has been producing raw milk without incident for a number of years now.

BC’s top health officer, Dr. Perry Kendall warned consumers that a sample of products tested by the BC Centre for Disease Control including raw milk, yogurt, cream, butter and cream cheese were contaminated with fecal matter.

The BC Centre for Disease Control refused to give the samples back so they could be retested to prove that they contained pathogens. They destroyed the samples and are not releasing the lab results. Home On The Range is accusing the BC Centre for Disease control of obstructing justice.

Kendal says drinking unpasteurized milk can cause serious illness, long term diseases or death. He says raw milk products are epecially dangerous fro young children, seniors and those with weakened immune systems. Kendall says so called health benefits of drinking raw milk are offset by the many serious illnesses and that there is no scientific evidence that raw milk is healthier than pasteurized dairy products.

A good source of raw milk facts is a site associated with the Weston Price Foundation, www.realmilk.org

It has been well publicized by Health Canada and other public health authorities that unpasteurized milk has the potential to contain “bad bacteria” but what they are not publicizing is that it contains many “good bacteria” and many beneficial enzymes and nutrients which have documented health benefits.

This is a link to transcript of a trial where scientific data on the safety and health benefits of raw milk were presented by experts testifying in court. This is well worth the read!

http://www.realmilk.com/documents/expert-testimony-0508.pdf

Home On The Range Dairy was set up as a “cow share” program. This means that individuals purchase shares in a cow and drink their share of the cows milk. They have been operating legally without any problems until July 9, 2008 when the Fraser Health Authority served them with an Order to Cease and Desist “distributing” raw milk. On March 18th 2009 a second Cease and Desist order was given to their depot in Abbotsford. They are appealing to the Supreme Court of BC for both orders. Meanwhile, while being careful not to breach the cease and desist orders “Real Milk” is still flowing in BC.

In other countries Raw Milk can be sold at farmers markets or other distribution points with a warning on the label making consumers aware that Raw Milk may contain harmful bacteria. This kind of regulation makes sense and is used on tobacco and alcohol products which are far more dangerous to consumers than raw milk.