Re: New Member Here

[Guest guest]

Hi Reba, and welcome to the group. I'm a newbie as well. In fact, I don't know if I posted an intro. I didn't start drinking raw milk for any particular illness although I've got asthma (and Sally Fallon mentioned on today's WAMU radio segment that raw milk is good for prevention of asthma in children!). I've got a 2 month old baby and want to provide the best I can for her and now am following Nourishing Traditions/WAPF style diet.

It warms my heart to see that you rescue and rehabilitate injured and sick cows, then provide them to families. I've been telling my husband how I want to produce most of our food in some way when we move out of the DC area and can afford the land to do so. It's good to know there are people out there trying to help out the greater good!

Welcome again!Janelle

OK, I am not sure how I should introduce myself without boring people,

but here I go.

I quit truck driving last year due to my Multiple Sclerosis. My

husband and I set out to manage my disease through diet. The only

economical way we could find to do this was to produce our own food.

We are now producing %90 of what we eat.

We started with a herd of 14 dairy goats, then got our first Jersey

cow, which launched us into the business of raising calves and

rescuing injured/sick cows from large dairies in order to restore them

to a productive life, and training them to be family milk cows so that

others may have the opportunity to produce their own raw dairy as we do.

My husband and I are both strong advocates of raw whole foods,

especially dairy. We are still wanting to learn how to make cheese.

I guess we will all get to know each other better with time.

Reba

[Guest guest]

Hi and Welcome!I'd love to hear more about how the benefits of your diet have affected your MS, overall health. Do you see differences? Great intro!Sharon On 8/13/07,

reba wrote:

I quit truck driving last year due to my Multiple Sclerosis. My

husband and I set out to manage my disease through diet. The only

economical way we could find to do this was to produce our own food.

We are now producing %90 of what we eat....

My husband and I are both strong advocates of raw whole foods,

especially dairy. We are still wanting to learn how to make cheese.

I guess we will all get to know each other better with time.

Reba

-- Deut 11:14 He will put grass in the fields for your cattle, and you will have plenty to eat.

[Guest guest]

Sharon,

The core of my diet is to avoid all chemicals. We grind our own

flour, grow and wither can or freeze our own vegetables, raise our own

chicken, goat, and beef. All of our livestock is also fed organically

raised feed to prevent chemicals leaching through in their products. I

also quit eating pork (per Mosaic law, which I have chosen to follow),

and have added in raw juices from our own garden.

The benefits astounded me. I went from falling 3-5 times per week

EVERY week last August, to rarely falling at all. My last fall was in

January. I rarely suffer from MS related pain anymore (which used to

be a daily constant) and I feel great.

Reba

[Guest guest]

That's what I expected to hear. We began following the same type of diet, following Nourishing Traditions, for the most part - fermenting veggies, goat milk into kefir, only raw grass-fed dairy products as well as meats. It made a huge difference for our Autistic son. The rest of us feel so much better with a healthy real-food diet. Kudos to you and yours. Sounds like a fascinating, full, blessed life.

Sharon

Sharon,

The core of my diet is to avoid all chemicals. We grind our own

flour, grow and wither can or freeze our own vegetables, raise our own

chicken, goat, and beef. All of our livestock is also fed organically

raised feed to prevent chemicals leaching through in their products. I

also quit eating pork (per Mosaic law, which I have chosen to follow),

and have added in raw juices from our own garden.

The benefits astounded me. I went from falling 3-5 times per week

EVERY week last August, to rarely falling at all. My last fall was in

January. I rarely suffer from MS related pain anymore (which used to

be a daily constant) and I feel great.

Reba

-- Deut 11:14 He will put grass in the fields for your cattle, and you will have plenty to eat.

[Guest guest]

Sharon,

Have you ever listened to Gordon? He has a one hour radio show

every day, and his archives go back for years. His topics range from

politics, religion, and my favorite, health. I cannot remember which

program, (natural remedies, maybe?) he addressed things one can do to

help autism right after it sets in. He also just did a 7 part program

on autism.

If you are interested you can check him out at www.georgegordon.org

go to archives. You can listen for free. He also puts on several

different classes (schools) on various topics.

Reba

[Guest guest]

Hi, Reba. You probably already know about these factors, but I have to

ask, do you have amalgams in your mouth? And any problems with Candida

(yeast infections)? Both of these contribute, from what I've read, to

MS.

Your steps to improving your disease through diet are very wise. Has it

helped? Your life sounds very interesting, and rewarding, and

definitely not boring!

Elaine

> OK, I am not sure how I should introduce myself without boring people,

but here I go.

> I quit truck driving last year due to my Multiple Sclerosis. My

husband and I set out to manage my disease through diet. The only

economical way we could find to do this was to produce our own food. We

are now producing %90 of what we eat.

> We started with a herd of 14 dairy goats, then got our first Jersey

cow, which launched us into the business of raising calves and rescuing

injured/sick cows from large dairies in order to restore them to a

productive life, and training them to be family milk cows so that others

may have the opportunity to produce their own raw dairy as we do.

> My husband and I are both strong advocates of raw whole foods,

especially dairy. We are still wanting to learn how to make cheese.

> I guess we will all get to know each other better with time.

> Reba

[Guest guest]

Elaine,

No amalgams, and no issues with yeast. One of the beautiful things

about following the Mosaic law is that it is nearly impossible to

suffer from Candida. Every year in April there is a holy day called

the feast of unleavened bread, and those who follow the Mosaic law eat

no yeast for an entire week, not alcohol, and no yeast containing

products. It is proven that if you do not eat any form of yeast for a

week, the good bacteria in your body can overrun and conquer the

Candida, and therefor eliminating the risk of suffering from its many

symptoms, unless of course you expose yourself to antibiotics, in

which case I would avoid yeast again and work to get the good bacteria

back in my body. I would also drink colostrum, eat raw garlic, and

take probiotics for this purpose as well.

Thank you for asking though, just your concern and knowledge speaks

volumes about the kind of people here in this group, it makes me very

happy that I chose to join.

Reba

[Guest guest]

reba

what is the mozaic law? is it a jewish thing?

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Re: New Member Here

Elaine,No amalgams, and no issues with yeast. One of the beautiful thingsabout following the Mosaic law is that it is nearly impossible tosuffer from Candida. Every year in April there is a holy day calledthe feast of unleavened bread, and those who follow the Mosaic law eatno yeast for an entire week, not alcohol, and no yeast containingproducts. It is proven that if you do not eat any form of yeast for aweek, the good bacteria in your body can overrun and conquer theCandida, and therefor eliminating the risk of suffering from its manysymptoms, unless of course you expose yourself to antibiotics, inwhich case I would avoid yeast again and work to get the good bacteriaback in my body. I would also drink colostrum, eat raw garlic, andtake probiotics for this purpose as well.Thank you for asking though, just your concern and knowledge speaksvolumes about the kind of people here in this group, it makes me veryhappy that I chose to join.Reba

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[Guest guest]

The Mosaic law is followed by some Jews, but it is not Jewish per say.

It is nothing more than the law that Moses handed to Gods people in

the Old Testament. Some people say these laws were " hung on the cross

with Jesus " or that they do not apply today for some reason or

another. Personally I follow them. I do not care if they " apply " to

modern times or not, they simply make common sense to me.

Some examples of the Mosaic laws are, you cannot eat any animal that

does not chew its cud and is cloven footed (pork and horse are

definitely out). You cannot eat anything of the sea that does not have

fins and scales (shellfish and catfish are out). You observe holidays

such as the feast of weeks, the feast of trumpets, the feast of

tabernacles, the feast of unleavened bread, and the passover.

There are just over 750 statutes in the Mosaic law. Whether or not

someone follows them can truly be considered a " religious preference " ,

I would never tell anyone that they should or should not follow any

particular religious doctrine.

I believe what I believe because I believe that it is right, Just as

the Jew, the Muslim, the Catholic, the Lutheran, the Buddhist, and

members of every other religion believe that they are right.

Reba