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HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY!!!

If truth be told, I do have a bit of the Irish in me ( Black Irish actually, and English, Czech, some rumored Scotch and American Indian as well, ) but I digress.

I found the following quotes on line and thought they summoned up the Irish quite nicely.

What Shall I Say About the Irish? The utterly impractical, never predictable,
Sometimes irascible, quite inexplicable, Irish.Strange blend of shyness,
pride and conceit,
And stubborn refusal to bow in defeat.
She's spoiling and ready to argue and fight,
Yet the smile of a child
fills her soul with delight.
Her eyes are the quickest to well up with tears,
Yet her strength is the strongest
to banish your fears.
Her hate is as fierce as her devotion is grand,
And there is no middle ground
on which she will stand.
She's wild and she's gentle,
she's good and she's bad.
She's proud and she's humble,
She's happy and sad.
She's in love with the ocean,
the earth and the skies,
She's enamoured with beauty wherever it lies.
She's victor and victim, a star and a clod,
But mostly she's Irish—
in love with her God.


Dance as if no one's watching, sing as if no one's listening, and live everyday as if it were your last.
Irish Saying

An té a bhíonn amuigh, fuarann a chuid
While a person is out, his food goes cold
(nothing does well, if neglected).
Irish Saying

Dá fheabhas é an t-ól is é an tart a dheireadh
Good as drink is, it ends in thirst.
Irish Saying

A little fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns.
Irish Saying

There is no tax on talk
Irish Saying

Enough and no waste is as good as a feast.
Irish Saying

On St. Patrick's Day Everyone is Irish!



As my grandmother Agnes Dillon Kunik used to say: On St. Patrick's Day, everyone is Irish!
I'm a mutt as far as nationalities are concerned and I think that's just ducky, but my grandmother Agnes was Irish (French Irish Brigade and Black Irish) to be exact.

I think of her every St Patrick's Day for several reasons.

1. She apparently used to do the Irish Jig every St Patrick's Day on top of the kitchen table every single year!
2. She always talked about the "luck of the Irish," and as of late-luck has had a whole new meaning for me~
3. The constant memory that stands out regarding my Grandmother was that every single time I'd walk into a room as a very small child she'd say to me: Ahhhh Kelly, my little Irish Beauty. Her saying that- or variations of that, are the most clear memories I have of her.


Today I'm wearing green (not so different than other days as it's one of my fav colors,) working hard, and I may or may not go out with friends after work.

Now for the Diabetes Angle: Below are links to carb and nutritional listings for traditional Irish fare. If your going out- BE SAFE, TEST OFTEN, and HAVE FUN!

What is the safest, most effective ConMed drug?

What is the safest, most effective ConMed drug?
"Antibiotics" - I hear many of you say.

Well, read Dana Ullman's blog, "Do antibiotics make people fat?".

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-ullman/do-antibiotics-make-peopl_b_491808.html

Dana's blog is full of research evidence on the impact of antibiotics. And it does not leave the reader without an alternative. Moreover, his argument for homeopathy is, as always, well referenced.

I urge everyone who is interested in safe medicine to read it.

Homeopathy. Amazing events in Cuba

Homeopathy. Amazing events in Cuba
Amazing things happen when homeopathy is used to treat disease! And yet, such is the block placed on 'good' health news by mainstream media organisations, the general public never get to hear about it. Just imagine the furore if recent events in Cuba were the result of a new, miracle conventional drug!

* In Cuba, every year, 100s of 1000s contract Leptospirosis, an infectious disease transmitted mainly by rats in flooded areas. In bad cases, it can cause kidney damage, meningitis, liver failure, and respiratory disease. And each year, many Cubans die from the disease.
* Annually, ConMed vaccines cost Cuba about US$3,000,000 (a lot of money for a poor country), and this to vaccinate about 773,000 of the most 'at risk' people, who live in areas most subject to the devastation of seasonal hurricanes.
* In 2008, a homeopathic nosode, Leptospira 200c was given to about 2.4 million people, at a cost of US$200,000 - both a significant increase in coverage, and a significant decrease in cost.
* The epidemiology surveillance that followed showed a dramatic decrease in morbidity, well below the levels predicted following what had been an exceptionally bad hurricane year. And there were no deaths.

(For more details, see Homeopathy in Practice, Autumn 2009).

Given such amazing events, any rational person might have been expected to be excited, and the Media might have been expected to fall over themselves to bring us the news. Certainly any scientist worthy of the name might have been interested in looking into this further. And science journals might be expected to jump at the chance of publishing the statistics produced, and made available, by the Finlay Institute in Cuba. But no, none of this has happened.

The deafening silence that has ensued stands testiment to the power of the Big Pharma companies, their influence and control over national governments, and their control of mainstream media. The world of medical 'science', and the main scientific journals themselves, have said little or nothing. Not really a surprise, I suppose, as they were 'bought' long ago by Big Pharma money.

The fact that a simple, cheaply produced, easily administered homeopathic remedy can produce stunning results is brilliant news for our health. But it is certainly not good news for the vested interests of the ConMed world, which after all is relying increasingly on new, expensive vaccines to support its profits.