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Take care, 2) A $20K Vaccine Offer
The Following Offer is made to U.S.-licensed medical doctors who
routinely administer childhood vaccinations and to pharmaceutical
company CEOs worldwide.
Jock Doubleday, president of the California nonprofit corporation
Natural Woman, Natural Man, Inc., hereby offers $20,000.00 (U.S.) to the
first medical doctor or pharmaceutical company CEO who publicly drinks a
mixture of standard vaccine additive ingredients in the same amount as a
six-year-old child is recommended to receive under the year-2000
guidelines of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The mixture will not contain viruses or bacteria dead or alive, but
will contain standard vaccine additive ingredients in their usual forms and
proportions. The mixture will include, but will not be limited to:
thimerosal (a mercury derivative), ethylene glycol (antifreeze), phenol
(a disinfectant dye), benzethonium chloride (a disinfectant), formaldehyde
(a preservative and disinfectant), and aluminum.
The mixture will be prepared by Jock Doubleday, three medical
professionals that he names, and three medical professionals that the
participant names. The mixture will be body weight calibrated.
The participant agrees, and any and all agents and associates of the
participant agree, to indemnify and hold harmless in perpetuity any and all
persons, organizations, or entities associated with the event for any
harm caused, or alleged to be caused, directly or indirectly, to the
participant or indirectly to the participant's heirs, relations, employers, employees,
colleagues, associates, or other persons, organizations, or entities
claiming association with, or representation of, the participant, by the
participant's participation in the event.
Because the participant is either a professional caregiver who
routinely administers childhood vaccinations, or a pharmaceutical company
CEO whose business is, in part, the sale of childhood vaccines, it is
understood by all parties that the participant considers all vaccine
additive ingredients to be safe and that the participant considers any
mixture containing these ingredients to be safe.
The event will be held within six months of the participant's
written agreement to the above and further elaborated terms. This offer, dated
January 29, 2001, has no expiration date unless superceded by a similar
offer of higher remuneration.
Contact Jock Doubleday at jockdoubleday@aol.com.
3) Easing Pubic Pain in Pregnancy--The Symphysis Pubis
*Homeopathic Sepia 30c 4) Nutrition in Pregnancy Excerpted from Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide,
by The Burton Goldberg Group, 1995.
It is important to the health of both mother and fetus that
the mother eats a well-balanced and varied diet. Fresh
fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes, beans, and
fish are essential. Limit refined sugars, processed foods,
and saturated fats. Organically grown produce, meats, and
poultry are preferable. However, if produce is not organic,
it should be washed to remove as much of the agricultural
chemicals as possible.
Most physicians recommend eating plenty of dairy products
during pregnancy, due to their calcium and protein content.
Other doctors are more wary about suggesting dairy as a
mainstay of a pregnant woman's diet. Lendon Smith, MD, a
pediatrician and author of several books on children's
nutrition, explains, "Many babies will develop a milk
sensitivity before they are born because the mother followed
the obstetrician dictum: 'Drink a quart of milk every day so
the baby will get the calcium.' If a mother is already
sensitive to dairy products and takes in milk, cheese, and
ice cream, she may not be absorbing the calcium from those
foods she is ingesting." Foods such as nuts, soybean
products, such as tofu and soy milk, and goat milk products
provide alternative sources of protein. Seaweed, green
vegetables, and a mixture of sunflower, sesame, and pumpkin
seeds are alternatives for calcium. No one food, including
dairy, should be eaten on a daily basis, says Dr. Smith, as
this practice increases an individual's chance of developing
a food sensitivity. Contrary to popular belief, a
well-chosen vegetarian diet is healthy for a pregnant woman.
Vegetarians who consume no animal products at all, including
dairy and eggs, should use a B12 supplement.
Eating five to six small, nutrient-dense meals a day is a
sensible idea. Restricting weight gain, which was very
popular twenty years ago, was thought to ease a woman's
labor. We now know that this is not necessarily so. New
guidelines, issued in June 1990 by the Institute of Medicine
in Washington, D.C. recommend increased weight gains for
healthy pregnant women. The range of optimal weight gains
depends on the weight of the mother early in pregnancy:
twenty-eight to forty pounds for "underweight women",
fifteen to twenty-five pounds for "overweight women", and a
minimum of fifteen pounds for "obese women". These new
guidelines, "reflect current interests in preventing
low-birth weight babies and thus reduce the incidence of
infant mortality and mental and physical retardation.
Pregnancy is not the time to diet. Dr. Linton offers a
simple formula."If you are eating a whole foods diet,
drinking plenty of water, and getting adequate exercise such
as walking or swimming, then the weight you gain in your
pregnancy is appropriate."
Opinions vary on the amount of protein that is needed during
pregnancy. Some experts advocate consuming even more protein
than the Recommended Daily Allowance: "I think that dietary
protein," says Dr. Birdsall, "is probably the most common
nutrient deficiency in pregnancy." Pregnant women need
seventy to one hundred grams of protein daily, which most
people will not get with a normal diet. "These levels of
protein," adds Birdsall, "help feed increasing blood volume
and guard against complications during pregnancy, such as
preeclampsia, a potentially dangerous condition
characterized by high blood pressure, swelling and or
protein spilling into the urine."
Sodium is needed to maintain fluid balance and blood volume.
For this reason, salt restriction is one common nutritional
advisement that does not apply during pregnancy. Restricting
sodium and using diuretics, once routine treatments to
prevent preclampsia and swelling, are not only unnecessary,
but potentially harmful. It is best to use salt to taste.
Burton Goldberg Group 1995.
Nutrition
Do not go on any calorie-reduced eating program while you
are pregnant. The single most important thing you can do for
your baby is to make sure you are eating well and eating
often.
A change in the food you purchase can make a vast difference
in the health of your baby. If possible, purchase your
fruits and vegetables organically. An organic tomato has
2,000 times more iron than a regular tomato. Organic lettuce
has 60 times more calcium that regular lettuce.
Reduce the amount of sugar in your eating habits.
Chocolate, pop, candy, ice cream and the like will stick to
your thighs like gum. Junk food fills you up so that there
is no room for good nutritious food.
Ask for water instead of pop with your food.
Ask for herbal non-caffeinated tea instead of coffee. Some
of the best teas during pregnancy are red raspberry leaf
tea, peppermint and ginger.
Wean yourself from regular coffee to half and half and then
to decaffeinated coffee.
At parties, bring along a bottle of club soda without
sodium, or try some non-alcoholic wine or beer. Or ask for a
glass of water with a twist of lime or lemon.
This pregnancy tip from "Pregnancy & Childbirth Tips" by
Gail J. Dahl, The Online Birth Center News is copyright 2000 by Donna Zelzer.
Brought to you from Mother's Nature's Pregnancy Community.
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