Friday, February 8, 2008
Raw milk and raw cheese are important to health
Those of us who have access to truly raw unsalted cheese or can make it at home from raw milk have a huge health advantage. Anyone in the USA can have this by ordering from sources listed in a report by Aajonus. If you want to see how people who don't know or don't have access to raw unsalted cheese are being led one further step away from health with cheese made from "ultrafiltered milk" now approved by the FDA, click here. This link was sent to us by Bonnie S. of La Canada, California.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Emotional benefits from the raw food diet
I always looked at the psychological benefits people [on the Primal Diet] would report, sound mind and emotions and all of that and didn't really believe it was all that much more than placebo, which is positive enough even so. Well, recently I've had higher charisma like making easier conversation even though I haven't had much life change and actually I've had some bad things happen as far as negative confrontation and still keep a level head more easily than usual. So, thats been pretty amazing that I experience that without believing it. Just noticing those emotional benefits from the raw food diet. I think it's the raw fish on my brain and [raw]beef on the glands and [raw] milk just relaxing and being my favorite comfort food.
Also, I actually started the diet to reverse my ACL*, four months later, I feel great and do climbing in a rock wall on campus but for technicality's sake I haven't gotten an MRI** yet to prove that the impossible (ACL's don't heal [according to doctors]) has yet occurred.
~Michael D
Chapel Hill, NC
*Anterior Cruciate Ligament, one of the four major ligaments of the knee and one of the most reported locations for serious athletic injuries
**Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) a test primarily used in hospitals to visualize the structure and function of the body.
Also, I actually started the diet to reverse my ACL*, four months later, I feel great and do climbing in a rock wall on campus but for technicality's sake I haven't gotten an MRI** yet to prove that the impossible (ACL's don't heal [according to doctors]) has yet occurred.
~Michael D
Chapel Hill, NC
*Anterior Cruciate Ligament, one of the four major ligaments of the knee and one of the most reported locations for serious athletic injuries
**Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) a test primarily used in hospitals to visualize the structure and function of the body.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Aajonus explains what has been going on in Sacramento regarding our right to drink raw milk...
"Hi, raw-milk lovers,
Many of you have been waiting for the results of our January 16th demonstration at Sacramento's State Assembly regarding AB1735 that implemented unconstitutional and unscientific regulations on raw milk that would force our two main raw dairy producers out of business. It is a complicated matter. It depends on timing, action and many people. I waited for something in writing from the Assembly prior to updating you.
Although no one counted, people approximated that 600-700 raw-milk lovers attending the Assembly demonstration. About 400 people were able to attend the meeting (because of capacity limits) while others demonstrated outside. That was extraordinary and you are commended for taking your precious time and expense to make our statement heard loudly and clearly to governments everywhere.
The Assembly, headed by Rep. Nicole Parra, offered a bill submitted March 2007 to reverse the new milk regulations, AB1604. AB1604 had nothing to do with raw milk and was meant to regulate pesticides use. Why Assembly chose to use AB1604 as their device to placate us, is to me very obvious. Since the bill was introduced last year, the bill would have to pass Assembly by January 31st. However, because of tremendous pressure from CDFA, the bill has been stalled and is now null and void. It seems as though it was all a big dance to placate us. Another bill will have to be introduced to reverse AB1735 regulations.
Many people saw all of this as a big victory, but as you know how skeptical I am from experience with CDHS and CDFA, I saw it all as a facade. Regardless, any coliform limit at 50 instead of 10 is not a win for us because, basically, the CDHS and CDFA will have made raw milk more regulated under false pretense and nonscience. Therefore, ultimately, if any bill with coliform regulations passes, raw milk will be advanced as a dangerous food. That is exactly what I an trying to prevent. Some people see the change from 10 to 50 coliform as a win. Any greater regulation of raw milk is a disaster for all of us longterm; it says that raw milk is dangerous and needs more regulation. If such regulation passes, it saves raw-milk producers' businesses but is damaging to our health longterm because health departments got away with whittling our rights to raw milk. However, 1604 will never pass. There is good cop bad cop scenario going on in the Assembly. AB1604 has been pulled for research and cannot be passed before January 31st.
Although many assume our raw milk is safe, we cannot sit back and think the battle is over when it just began. Nothing is law except for AB1735 and when enforced will virtually put commercial dairy out of business sooner rather than later. If any coliform regulation passes, we will lose our milk later rather than sooner. Thank you for continuing the battle, and continuing to visit and donate at www.SaveRawMilk.org.
healthfully,
aajonus "
Many of you have been waiting for the results of our January 16th demonstration at Sacramento's State Assembly regarding AB1735 that implemented unconstitutional and unscientific regulations on raw milk that would force our two main raw dairy producers out of business. It is a complicated matter. It depends on timing, action and many people. I waited for something in writing from the Assembly prior to updating you.
Although no one counted, people approximated that 600-700 raw-milk lovers attending the Assembly demonstration. About 400 people were able to attend the meeting (because of capacity limits) while others demonstrated outside. That was extraordinary and you are commended for taking your precious time and expense to make our statement heard loudly and clearly to governments everywhere.
The Assembly, headed by Rep. Nicole Parra, offered a bill submitted March 2007 to reverse the new milk regulations, AB1604. AB1604 had nothing to do with raw milk and was meant to regulate pesticides use. Why Assembly chose to use AB1604 as their device to placate us, is to me very obvious. Since the bill was introduced last year, the bill would have to pass Assembly by January 31st. However, because of tremendous pressure from CDFA, the bill has been stalled and is now null and void. It seems as though it was all a big dance to placate us. Another bill will have to be introduced to reverse AB1735 regulations.
Many people saw all of this as a big victory, but as you know how skeptical I am from experience with CDHS and CDFA, I saw it all as a facade. Regardless, any coliform limit at 50 instead of 10 is not a win for us because, basically, the CDHS and CDFA will have made raw milk more regulated under false pretense and nonscience. Therefore, ultimately, if any bill with coliform regulations passes, raw milk will be advanced as a dangerous food. That is exactly what I an trying to prevent. Some people see the change from 10 to 50 coliform as a win. Any greater regulation of raw milk is a disaster for all of us longterm; it says that raw milk is dangerous and needs more regulation. If such regulation passes, it saves raw-milk producers' businesses but is damaging to our health longterm because health departments got away with whittling our rights to raw milk. However, 1604 will never pass. There is good cop bad cop scenario going on in the Assembly. AB1604 has been pulled for research and cannot be passed before January 31st.
Although many assume our raw milk is safe, we cannot sit back and think the battle is over when it just began. Nothing is law except for AB1735 and when enforced will virtually put commercial dairy out of business sooner rather than later. If any coliform regulation passes, we will lose our milk later rather than sooner. Thank you for continuing the battle, and continuing to visit and donate at www.SaveRawMilk.org.
healthfully,
aajonus "
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Raw milk consumers, please take action
"No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session."
-- Judge Gideon J. Tucker (1826-1899)
-- Judge Gideon J. Tucker (1826-1899)
Emergency Action Needed Immediately
to Save AB 1604 it is under attack!!!
Raw milk consumers please call all of the appropriations committee members and demand passage of AB 1604.
Our raw milk protecting AB 1604 bill has been sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. We believe this to be an action to kill AB 1604. AB 1604 was to be a non appropriations committee bill and was supposed to go directly to the floor of the assembly for a vote. This did not happen and we believe that CDFA and Big Dairy interests have become involved in a very dirty back room political game to kill AB 1604 in a friendly committee.
The appropriations committee is very friendly to Big Dairy and CDFA. This is their way of stopping AB 1604. It is another zero notice sneak attack on our raw milk availability. We did know of this committee vote until today [Jan. 23rd].
More importantly, it is critical that you call all of the assembly members (click on the link and scroll to the bottom for names, phone numbers and email addresses) that sit on the appropriations committee; demand that AB 1604 pass the committee.
Here is the message;
AB 1604 is not supposed to be an appropriations bill!!
AB 1604 secures raw milk for Californians. We demand it!!
AB 1604 passed the Assembly Ag Committee with a unanimous vote
AB1604 Ag committee hearings were attended by 700 people all demanding raw milk be protected as a matter of personal choice and medical necessity.
Asthma and allergies are healed by raw milk and many of the raw milk drinkers asthma will return if raw milk is not protected.
Other medical diseases will also return to raw milk consumers including Crohns, IBS, osteoporosis and celiac disease. Testimony was heard from doctors and scientists during the AB 1604 Assembly Ag Committee hearings about the strength of raw milk as a natural pro-biotic food.
AB 1604 must pass: it is a citizen's right to choose foods that are not processed.
CURRENT BILL STATUS
MEASURE : A.B. No. 1604
AUTHOR(S) : Parra (Principal coauthors: Nunez and Villines).
TOPIC : Market milk: raw milk: standards.
HOUSE LOCATION : ASM
+LAST AMENDED DATE : 01/22/2008
TYPE OF BILL :
Active
Urgency
Non-Appropriations
2/3 Vote Required
Non-State-Mandated Local Program
Fiscal
Non-Tax Levy
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 01/23/2008
LAST HIST. ACTION : Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to
Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.
COMM. LOCATION : ASM APPROPRIATIONS
TITLE : An act to amend Sections 35781, 35861, and 35891 of the
Food and Agricultural Code, relating to milk, and
declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The details regarding raw milk in California, from a main news article...
See the Sacramento Bee for the article giving the details of the Assembly Agriculture Committee meeting and vote. This raw milk article appeared in the main news section last Saturday.
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