Vitamin B12 | Supplements Defying Sensible Thinking, Part 1/2

Food Fight #57

Vitamin B12, Nowhere To Be Found?

Many sources will say Vitamin B12 IS NOT made by animals, humans included. They also say Vitamin B12 IS NOT made by plants. Now right away, we should know something don't sound right, don't seem right, ain't right.

We know it's not right because our spirit discerner tells us so. By now we should know, if we need a nutrient, it will be widely and easily available to us. This is the Creator's way. The Creator does not play games that amount to difficult pursuits for health and survival. Basic needs, nutrition and living were never intended to be a struggle to obtain. Neither is it meant for us to struggle to comprehend what we should be doing. This is also true of Vitamin B12. Information that leads us to believe otherwise is yet another insult to common sense.

Microorganisms Make Vitamin B12

Per whfoods.com, “microorganisms such as bacteria, yeasts, mold, and algae” produce Vitamin B12.

Whfoods.com goes on to say the amount of Vitamin B12 in plants depends on microorganisms in the soil. I say, if it is true plants cannot make Vitamin B12, the real reason for plants not containing sufficient amounts of Vitamin B12 is due to the lack of Vitamin B12 producing microorganisms in the soil. In other words, the soil is deficient, unhealthy and out of balance. The system is broken – the food system we go along with. The system is broken – the ecosystem. Once we return to growing our own food in harmony with the ecosystem we will get plenty of Vitamin B12.

Rainwater Contains Vitamin B12

Here is another example of what was said in the first paragraph - “if we need a nutrient, it will be widely and easily available to us.”

Some say rainwater contains Vitamin B12, some say it does not.

Here's something to consider. If the Creator gives us Vitamin D via the sun even after providing it in foods, it is not far-fetched that a Vitamin would come from an abundant source such as rainwater, especially a Vitamin that is supposedly elusive but yet needed by animals and plants.

Follow The Leader, The Sensible Creator

Who needs a supplement when all you have to do is eat pure plants and drink water straight from the sky? I trust the Creator to do the sensible thing and put vitamins in accessible places. All I have to do is the sensible thing.

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Complete Protein | Plants Not Animals. A Sensible Approach Without Blood From A Turnip

Food Fight #56

Proteins Not Required

Humans do not need to eat meat to get protein. Humans need amino acids. Plants make all of the amino acids we need.

In a letter to the American Heart Association, John McDougall, MD, states: [paraphrased]

Any single one or combination of unprocessed complex carbohydrates provides amino acid intakes in excess of the recommended requirements. Therefore, a careful look at the founding scientific research and some simple math prove it is impossible to design an amino acid–deficient diet based on the amounts of unprocessed starches and vegetables sufficient to meet the calorie needs of humans. Furthermore, mixing foods to make a complementary amino acid composition is unnecessary [in order to obtain a complete protein].

Forget What The FDA Says

The FDA says yes you do need protein but it's really not that important so, no, it's not necessary to put the information on food labels except in a few limited special circumstances. Protein information is not required on food labels most of the time per Guidance for Industry: A Food Labeling Guide:

[paraphrased] The Percent Daily Value for protein is not required unless a protein claim is made for the product or if the product is to be used by infants or children under four years of age.

The FDA's reason for not making protein labelling mandatory is quoted as:

”Based on current scientific evidence that protein intake is not a public health concern for adults and children over 4 years of age, and because of the costs associated with a determination of the Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS), FDA has determined that declaration of the percent of the DRV for protein need not be provided when a claim is not made.”

So what's the fuss among all of us about making sure we get complete proteins and that we need to make sure we eat meat to get proteins? Thanks FDA for reminding us no matter how much sense something makes, dollars and cents always rule the day over knowledge and sense which is why the food system is screwed.

Don't take my word for it. Here are several more reasons to not listen to the American citizens who collectively are called the FDA but who are really just a bunch of people doing a morally-reprehensible job and on behalf of the public supposedly, and using taxpayer money to do so. See all the FDA article links found at, Arsenic & Rice | Ant Sense, Common Sense & More FDA Nonsense, Food Fight #54

Protein Intake Is Not A Problem

The adequacy of plant-based diets in developed and developing countries as sources of protein and amino acids for human subjects of all ages is examined. Protein quantity is shown not to be an issue.”

This information says when it comes to plant-based diets, nowhere in the world is protein intake a concern. Quit worrying people. Quit worrying vegetarians and vegans about what frigging fools say. This information comes from a May 1999 report by the U. S. National Institutes of Health titled, “The nutritional value of plant-based diets in relation to human amino acid and protein requirements.”

Fruits & Vegetables Have Complete Proteins

Per the McDougall Plan as quoted in the Vegetarian Guide, “common vegetables have much more protein than you need, and contrary to popular myth, they're complete proteins as well.”

Nuts, Seeds & Beans Have Complete Proteins

The United States Department of Agriculture states when it comes to making sure animals get their protein, the food of choice is soybeans. So why do humans turn to animals to get proteins when animals are given plants to get proteins? The USDA states, though poorly worded:

“Processed soybeans are the world’s largest source of animal protein feed [protein feed for animals] and the second largest source of vegetable oil.”

Read more at Food Fight With Seeds.

Why Animal Protein As A Requirement For Humans Makes Zero Sense

Many have been misled to believe since humans are animals and have muscles and those muscles are made of proteins then we must eat animal protein to build muscle. Let's test this theory. Human blood is also made of protein (hemoglobin), so therefore we need to drink animal blood in order to build human blood, especially since we all know you can't get blood from a turnip. Can you imagine right now those who still believe we need to eat meat to get protein are causing the price of animal blood to skyrocket?

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Family Relationships | Why Things Fall Apart And So Continues The Meaning Of Life & Existence (Part 8j)

Read Part 8i - Definition | Consciousness & Communal Family Values And So Continues The Meaning Of Life & Existence (Part 8i)

Values Keep Families Together

Part 8f reminds us learnderstanding is affected by all information we encounter. If we live amongst worldviews and values that conflict with ours AND our family's values have lost their cohesive and corrective nature, the only possible result is what's happening now - the foolish notion that each individual can pick and choose their own set of values and still achieve family Umoja, Ubuntu and Harmony. This is an impossible task, just as it is impossible for each person, community, county and state to choose their own set of values/laws and a nation remain united. Things must fall apart and be chaotic along the way simply because there is no harmonizing set of values.

Falling Further Apart, Moving Farther Apart

Without communal family values that come from the same worldview, Creator-given potentials and possibilities of individuals and families will be influenced towards altered paths and outcomes. Greatness will be based on human limitation. For individuals and families without a central identity of unifying values, things will fall apart and be chaotic.

Value of Religion

Views on spirituality, creation and religion are significant factors in relationships. Since the powerful influence religion has on decisions and learnderstanding is well known, religion has been and still is being used as servant/tool/weapon.

”The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.” - - From Things Fall Apart (1)

A la Carte Value Menu

This is why, “we all can't just get along,” not even in our families. Individuals have their own set of values that have been pieced together from several worldviews. For most individuals who take the scattered path and piece together their worldview from a menu, their list of values usually contains contradictory items. We pick our own poison. Under this scenario, since no two people have the same set of values, the genetic zipper that brings two people together, and allows them to work together for the greater good of themselves and all else, gets stuck and snagged in several places.

To solve this frustrating problem, that same ol' knife of separation offers itself again to cut, once and for all, the ties that bond us communally. The knife wielder's sharpness and swiftness of action slices away the principle thing which is awareness of the sensible thing - the necessity to repair the problem with unifying values, especially the welding iron of wisdom. (The reason this knife works so well to separate people is because it has already weakened the connection within individuals that unifies the four aspects of mind, spirit, body and emotion.) This has been accomplished by interfering with nutritional factors. It has nothing to do with cleverness and everything to do with deceptiveness due to spiritual weakness which then weakens the other three aspects of self.

Finding Lost Nutritional Values

Falling apart can be traced to a lack of many things such as intuition, wisdom, female elders, male elders, remembrance of ancestors, connection to our natural world family, historical context, nutrition, awareness of truth, self-study, good habits and other basics that contribute to knowledge of self. Finding lost values is as easy as replacing what we lack on this list. Finding lost values is as hard as lacking the will to go through the processes.

Just Say “No More” To Mis-Education

If our communal family is not self-determined/governed, we will encounter tons of information from different worldviews that is likely to go against communal values. This information will come from legally required school curricula, churches, media, entertainment, government, social customs, practices, traditions and from anyone who swallows along. We will be forced to cooperate with unhealthy values and abandon healthy values or else be subject to penalties for not drinking the juice that corrodes the insides of communal bodies.

In summary, whatever is not based on our communal values or does not blend harmoniously with them will work against us and work to separate us from our values, our family and ME. This is the mis-education Ancestor Dr. Carter Goodwin Woodson warned us about.

Related Proverbs:

It is unwise to expect unity, yet agree to disagree on core values.

Follow no one's advice unless you also follow their values. Fully consider the advice of anyone who shows love for you by their repeated actions and treats you as family.

Related Quotes:

A good home is a place where individuals are seeking their fullest selves and supporting each other in those pursuits. It is a foundational place based on knowledge of self which helps clarify self-worth and all else worth having.

If we do not develop a greater awareness of motion and resources, we will be limited by the illusions associated with time and money.

Illusion expects things to get better without applying resources towards the process to get better.

Read Part 8k - Definition | Mis-Education Discombobulation And So Continues The Meaning Of Life & Existence (Part 8k)

Notes: (1) Achebe, Chinua, Things Fall Apart, (Alfred A Knopf, Inc., New York, Toronto 1992), Seventh Printing, p. 152.

Health Information Simplification, Nutrition, Sunlight, Iron Deficiency & Comprehensive Approach Context And So Continues The Meaning Of Life & Existence (Part 7b)

Food Fight #49

Read Part 1 - ”All Ways To Communicate Begin With Definition & Context And So Begins The Meaning Of Life & Existence” (Part 1)

The Basics Of Health

Optimal health requires optimal awareness and attention. The basics is one thing composed of many inseparable things. It's not possible to do the minimum (like eating better and/or exercising) and get the maximum (like health). These are good places to start but there are other aspects to us and our health. The only way to achieve health is by giving attention to our four basic inseparable aspects: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.

These aspects are already integrated as parts of our total being. These aspects affect our health because what we are made of and what makes us who we are, affect health. Since we are always affected by anything and everything about us, a comprehensive approach to health is the only approach to health. Full attention to the full self is a non-negotiable requirement to achieve the one and the same - health/fulfillment. The following basic ideas and perspectives will be helpful:

1. Increase nutrition, reduce toxins and get adequate rest. If there is a child in our care, what are we giving them if we're not ensuring they receive these things daily?
2. For more specific ideas, review the list of ”Food Nutrition Health Information.”
3. ”Expanded Definitions: Reality, Illusion & Delusion For Everyone.”
4. Are you getting some sun? It is an overlooked nutrient that does multiple things. We are people of the sun. Sunlight is beneficial to all of our four basic aspects.
a) The Importance of Sun Exposure (1)
b) The Benefits of Responsible Sunbathing (2)
c) Benefits of Sunlight (3)
d) Benefits of Sunlight: A Bright Spot for Human Health (4)

By himself, the sun is powerful. Imagine the possibilities when we combine the entire nutrition family? This should be inspiration enough to avoid a reactive passive approach to health (neglecting our complete selves and then hoping someone else can improve our health without us having to do anything to improve in any of the four areas that constitute health).

The best advice we need to hear, health “experts” rarely give. What they should tell us are sensible things like, “Stop neglecting yourself.” or “Stop doing what got you into this mess,” or “Do the opposite of what you're doing now” or Take a right turn here and keep going until you get there.”

The question doctors and other professionals do love to ask is “What brings you here today?” (Now we're getting somewhere!)

What has brought us to this place at this time? We can answer this question without anyone's help. We must perform ongoing assessments of our health. We must avoid the false sense of health security from following and passing the standard list of medical checkups. The physical is only one of the four areas we should be checking on a regular basis.

When we must seek assistance, we should choose those who know health means comprehensive. If they practice this belief then nutrition and prevention will be discussed at each visit. Prevention is the best use of our time and other resources, Prevention is that proactive pound of cure we're looking for. Prevention is being proactive and being proactive is a prevent offense. Preventions can sometimes lessen the need for treatments and sometimes have healing effects.

The only way to experience life & existence as intended is to have health. The only way to have health is be whole. The only way to be whole is to address the whole. When we do not, we always unwittingly work against our health. We become efficient at being deficient.

Iron Deficiency

According to the World Health Organization, “iron deficiency is the most common and widespread nutritional disorder in the world. It is the only nutrient deficiency which is also significantly prevalent in industrialized countries.”

”The major health consequences include poor pregnancy outcome, impaired physical and cognitive development, increased risk of morbidity in children and reduced work productivity in adults. Anaemia [caused by iron poor blood] contributes to 20% of all maternal deaths.” (5)

According to a 2005 Duke University report, “the symptoms of iron deficiency range from anemia, fatigue, weakness, and cognitive deficits to serious heart complications and developmental disorders. Low iron levels can even influence the development of hereditary blood disorders, Parkinson’s disease, and certain cancers. More than 80 genes start to malfunction when people don’t get enough iron. All this comes from the lack of one nutrient. Some of these genes are known to be vital in generating energy, copying the cell’s genetic code, and protecting the cell from free radicals and aging. The effects of others are unknown, meaning iron deprivation may cause even more side effects than currently recognized.”

“Iron deprivation actually reprograms the metabolism of the entire cell. Without this nutrient, there is a complete reorganization of how cellular processes occur.” (6)

There is an abundance of iron in the natural world in plants. When plants are grown as intended and eaten as intended, we should not be deficient in such a fundamental and widely available nutrient. Viewed another way, many of our health problems are related to our lack of overall attention. This “attention deficient disorder” is something we can fix anytime we choose, choice by choice. These same choices are also essential and beneficial to mitigating and sometimes eliminating the more commonly known ADD.

Who Doesn't Know Nutrition Solves A Slew Of Problems?

Despite nutrition being the most fundamental of needs, nutrition is either absent or stated as a secondary consideration by many “experts.” Perhaps those questions on intake forms cover it. Rarely is nutrition discussed as the primary treatment consideration. When was the last time someone whose advice we followed discussed nutrition with us?

In reality, it's not their job. They didn't take us to raise. “Experts” are treatment-oriented - sick person in; still sick, but treated patient out and in and out... In addition to the side effects from these prescriptions, there is an overall lingering effect. The lack of extensive care eventually leads to the need for intensive care. Despite this crisis, many of us never receive care because our condition goes undiagnosed. If we took a good look at ourselves, we'd see it. This is why self-diagnostic care is a non-negotiable part of health. It is an individual responsibility to be nutrition-oriented. Who has anything better to do at any given moment?

We must study, listen and learn more about our entire self. When we do need to seek assistance, we must research information before, during and after any advice and treatment. We must also become more literate about our physiology, even down to the biochemical level. If we are anything at all, we are a bunch of elements and a bunch of cells. Learning more about these bits and pieces that build the blocks of health will improve our appreciation of what works for us or against us and how. We will hesitate and question before putting or allowing anything in. We will urgently seek what nourishes and, as we grow in awareness, we will remove and reject what doesn't. Improved understanding is achievable if this is the expectation. The natural outcome of this ongoing process is health.

Know thyself is more than just an intellectual mandate. It is also about the innerworkings, outerworkings, interconnections and outerconnections of bodies, minds, emotions and spirits. Maturing in this comprehensive point of view will not only improve our decisions, it will simplify them down to two words – nutrition and health.

Read Part 7c - Family Planning Developments, Self-Esteem And Abuse & Neglect Context And So Continues The Meaning Of Life & Existence (Part 7c)

Notes:
(1) enjoying-the-spirit-filled-life.com, The Importance of Sun Exposure, Enjoying The Spirit-Filled Life, Accessed 3/28/13.
(2) Shults, Laura, The Benefits of Responsible Sunbathing, gentleworld.org, Accessed 3/28/13.
(3) NaturalHealthRestored.com, Benefits of Sunlight, Accessed 3/29/13.
(4) Environmental Health Perspectives, Benefits of Sunlight: A Bright Spot for Human Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Center For Biotechnology Information, U. S. National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health, Accessed 3/29/13.
(5) World Health Organization, Micronutrient deficiencies, Iron deficiency anaemia, Accessed 3/29/13.
(6) Lung Cancer, Cracking the code of the deadliest disease in oncology, DukeMed Magazine (Spring/Summer 2005) Volume 5, Issue 4, Accessed 3/29/13. p. 14.

Food Nutrition Health Information Directory – List Of Food Fight Articles

Updated As of November 9, 2014

Food Fight #1: Fixing The Fight!
Food Fight #2: The Fight System
Food Fight #3: The Weigh-In
Food Fight #4: The Fight Plan
Food Fight #5: Raw v Cooked Undercard
Food Fight #6: The Quick Fix
Food Fight #7: I'm Not Fat Trap
Food Fight #8: The Fight Doctor
Food Fight #9: Spiritual Nutrition
Food Fight #10: Eating Healthy Is Expensive!?
Food Fight #11: Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010
Food Fight #12: Running For Health Coverage
Defeating Difficult Days & Temptation: Food Fight #13:
Food Fight #14: Information Misinformation
Food Fight in the Garden #15
10 Easy Gardening Tips. Food Fight #16
Fluoride, Aspartame, BPA, Polysorbate 80 - Food Fight #17
Food Fight #18 – A Cellvolution!
Killing Me Softly, Killing Me Sweetly. Food Fight #19 – Another Approved Weapon of Mass Destruction
Curb My Appetite – What For? Food Fight #20
Fiber: Fact & Feeling - Food Fight #21 (Originally posted 5/12/11)
Bees Dying: Malnutrition & Colony Collapse Disorder. Food Fight #22
Food Fight With Seeds. Food Fight #23
Health & Nutrition: Information Stupid. Food Fight #24 – The TKO
Eat Okra Uncooked Not Raw. Food Fight #25
Healthy Food Tastes Like Fresh Outdoors. Food Fight #26
Craving Sweets, A Heavenly Addiction. Food Fight #27
Eat Corn Uncooked Not Raw. Food Fight #28
Deficiencies – Get Rid Of Yours and Be Healthy! Food Fight #29
In Registered Dieticians Not Trust. Food Fight #30
School Lunch Program Politics: Food Fight #31
Winter Gardening Harvest Pictures. Food Fight #32: It Takes Two To Fight
Gift Giving Food. Food Fight #33 - Messing With Tradition
Bees & Colony Collapse Disorder: CCD Revisited. Food Fight #34
Sweet Corn, Neonicotinoids, Allergies, Informed Consent, Occupy Movement & Patriotism. Food Fight #35
Carbohydrates: Treat Yourself Right To Plants.Food Fight #36
Food Definition: FDA, Nutrition, Alcohol, Wrigley's Chewing Gum. Food Fight #37
Nutrition Labeling Inconsistencies, FDA & USDA Breaking The Law Consistently. Food Fight #38
Living Instinctively, Pollination, Nectar, Pollen. Food Fight #39
Reading, Eating, Stream Of Consciousness. Food Fight #40
Temples Built With Cellular Nutrition. Food Fight #41
Self-Maintaining Plants & Gardens. Food Fight #42
Mental Preparation & The Basics Of Performance. Food Fight #43
Herbivores, Pollen & Complete Protein: Omnivore & Carnivore Behavior Not Required. Food Fight #44
Unbreakable Evolution: Higher Purpose Coming Out. Food Fight #45
Meat Additives: Carbon Monoxide Injected. Food Fight #46
Nutrient Content: Organic versus Unconventional. Food Fight #47
77 Mini Self-Assessments For Better Nutrition & Health. Food Fight #48
Health Information Simplification, Nutrition, Sunlight, Iron Deficiency & Comprehensive Approach Context And So Continues The Meaning Of Life & Existence (Part 7b) Food Fight #49
Family Planning Developments, Self-Esteem And Abuse & Neglect Context And So Continues The Meaning Of Life & Existence (Part 7c) Food Fight #50
Growing Food: Green Thumb Not Required But Three Things Are. Food Fight #51 – Another Grown-Folks Misconception
Fulfilled Yet? Are Men Necessary? Masculine & Feminine Energy. Food Fight #52
Food | About Eating Plants For Life, Food Fight #53
Arsenic & Rice | Ant Sense, Common Sense & More FDA Nonsense, Food Fight #54
Nutrition | Powerful Nutrients Self-Heal Body & More, Food Fight #55
Complete Protein | Plants Not Animals. A Sensible Approach Without Blood From A Turnip Food Fight #56
Vitamin B12 | Supplements Defying Sensible Thinking, Part 1/2, Food Fight #57
Simple Nutrition & Nutrients | Food Fight #58
Simple Nutrition | Natural Sources of Nutrients, Food Fight #59
Simple Nutrition Notes | Meat Eaters & Carnivores, Food Fight #60
Simple Nutrition Notes | Eat From The Field, Food Fight #61
Simple Nutrition Notes | Consider The Source Of Information, Food Fight #62

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Socialism Is Really Being Social

Socialism scares a lot of people. I'm not sure why. What is the meaning of socialism?

Socialism is social + ism. It is the act, state or condition of being social.
Social means friendliness, united and living with others.
Friend(liness) means to love and to favor.

Based on these three definitions, if we are truly the social creatures we say we are, whenever we are being social, we are showing love and favor for others. This is a principle of most religions. Still, many who follow a religion are scared of socialism. Has religion simply become a bathrobe for private use to cover the naked truth but never to be worn in public?

More Definitions

Common means belonging to all, public and shared by all or many. The word “common” forms the basis for many words such as “community,” “commune,” “communion,” and “communication.” The concept of “common” is also the foundation for the words “friend,” “companion,” “partner” and “fellowship.” Without a doubt, there can be no common ground or common good without these definitions in daily use. We already move through life seeking those with common interests and someone we have a lot in common with to share everything with. All that's left is to back up and pay attention to the common existence we have with everyone.

Semi-Sweet Pieces of Socialism

What is socialism really but sharing resources, helping others and fair treatment? Socialism is love thy neighbor as thyself. It is the primary lesson in the story of feeding the multitude with fish & loaves. Today we have certain aspects of socialism such as social programs, volunteering, donating to charity, lending a hand, helping animals, insects, plants and the planet. Despite some benefit, these are pieces of socialism and nothing close to really being social. In fact, the need for many of these pieces are caused by the inner workings of greed/capitalism, which is the main force against sharing/socialism.

Not realizing that anything other than socialism is incompatible with peace and human progress, will keep us spinning wheels that are out of round. Many people with good intentions will continue to run around trying to ease or fix social problems by putting fingers in dikes instead of removing the dike. Also, time, talent and tithes given to religious organizations are supposed to be social currency. According to religious principle, resources of religious groups are supposed to be for the furtherance of religious principles, thus social purposes.

To be scared of socialism is to be scared of sharing, helping and fairness. To be scared of socialism is to be comfortable with greed, suffering and injustice.

Socialism is the Supreme vision for the universe. Socialism is the principle of ecosystems and there is plenty of evidence to expose capitalism as an antagonistic ideology. Socialism seeks harmony.

In sound, sensible, sustainable societies, people treat each other as friends. Commonality is the bonding agent and love is the active ingredient. There is recognition of a shared existence with all things and that, what is common to support existence, belongs to all.

The next time we're being social, are we really?

Related: “Separation of Church & State: No Escape.”