Milk is Nature's Most Naturally Perfect Food?

They say that cow's milk is nature's most naturally perfect food.

If indeed that is true, then why must they skim, homogenize, pasteurize and fortify it with extra vitamins before selling it to us?

I was very amused by Lewis Black's observations about milk in a video that is now available on YouTube. Caution: Mr. Black uses language some would describe as vulgar.

Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXS5GBuk-GQ

Thanksgiving Weekend Sedona Tour for Singles Announced

The Thanksgiving time is primarily a weekend for families to get together, but not everybody has a family they can or want to share the holiday with. That is why we are applauding an event for singles that has been planned for the 2011 Thanksgiving long weekend. It is a tour of Sedona, Arizona specifically designed for single men and women who are spiritually minded. The tour focuses on the energy vortexes that long have made Sedona popular with New Age, artistic, and people of a similar mindset.

For the sort of individual who enjoys meditation, walks in labyrinths, exploring earth energies and discovering more about Native American spirituality, this tour would be right up your alley. The tour host, Mr. Clint Frakes, lives in Sedona and has long been involved with both energy work and the native peoples of the Southwest. He is particularly well qualified to lead the tour group into Hopi territory to see Prophecy Rock and explain how it is believed to hold the answers to the ultimate fate of humanity on earth.

Body Mind Spirit Journeys is the tour company who has organized the event, scheduled for November 23 through 27, 2011. A complete itinerary of the Spiritual Sedona Tour for Singles is available at http://bodymindspiritjourneys.com. The BMSJ company is a division the the well-respected RMC Travel, leaders of the tour and travel industry for more than 60 years.

Asthma Caused by Thunderstorms?

Summer thunderstorms are great theater—sky-spanning fireworks followed by crackling, crashing booms. But thunderstorms are also linked to some negative effects on health, from breathing disturbances to heart problems, reports the August 2010 issue of the Harvard Health Letter.

Lightning. Getting hit by lightning isn't as deadly as you might think. In fact, many people survive this rare event, although their injuries can be serious. Direct strikes aren't the only danger. The current from lightning can travel through the ground to a person standing nearby. Lightning can also “splash” from one person to another or from a tree to a person. Lightning can even be dangerous to people inside a building who touch lightning-charged plumbing or telephone wiring. Survivors of lightning-related injuries may end up with neurological and eye problems.

Thunderstorm asthma. Some thunderstorms trigger an increase in the number of people seeking medical attention for asthma. These occasional episodes of “thunderstorm asthma” have been correlated with high pollen and spore counts. How might thunderstorms increase pollen and spores in the air? According to one theory, the gusts of wind that signal the approach of a thunderstorm storm whip pollen off of grass and trees.
Sleep apnea. Falling atmospheric pressure is a common feature of most thunderstorms. People with sleep apnea—periods during which they briefly stop breathing while they sleep—have more apnea “events” on nights when atmospheric pressure is lower.

Read the full-length article: “Storm’s a-comin (http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Health_Letter/2010/August/storms-a-comin?utm_source=mental&utm_medium=pressrelease&utm_campaign=health0810)’”