Homstead Health

03/09/2026

Read labels

Maltodextrin is the WORST ingredient hiding in your food!

It’s a refined starchy carbohydrate made by artificially bonding a cluster of sugar molecules. It’s highly processed and typically used as a filler in a wide range of packaged and processed foods.

Manufacturers use maltodextrin as a sweetener without having to list it as sugar on nutrition labels, allowing them to claim that a food is sugar-free despite significantly impacting blood sugar levels.

03/09/2026

Ever hear someone say, "I believe in cars", or "I believe in tools"? I cannot recall ever hearing anyone say they believe in a certain product.. But I hear people say, " I believe in vaccines" all the time, especially in response to evidence regarding vaccines.

The expression "I believe in vaccines" carries a truism. The properties often attributed to vaccines require faith. Belief. This is because most claims about vaccines are not grounded in evidence.
They are beliefs. It is why challenging claims about vaccines-meaning challenging beliefs-often results in an emotional, not logical, reaction. (Like up and out of your seat with fists clenched)

This is also why wading into this topic is not for the faint of heart. Nor, is it for anyone seeking to avoid controversy. Just the "word "vaccines" evokes emotions for many. Aaron Siri, in Vaccines, Amen
The Religion of Vaccines, Introduction)

07/31/2025

https://imahealth.org/dr-kirk-moore-and-the-ethics-of-mandates/

Dr. Kirk Moore shares his incredible story of facing 35 years in federal prison for refusing COVID vaccine mandates—and his stunning vindication when all charges were dropped mid-trial. Join host Dr. Kat Lindley for a powerful discussion on medical freedom and standing for principle.

07/08/2025

https://imahealth.org/hospital-covid-protocols-grace.../

The tragic death of 19-year-old Grace Schara during the COVID pandemic sparked the first COVID-era hospital negligence trial in America. Discover the shocking communication failures, medication errors, and lessons about patient advocacy from leading critical care doctors.

07/08/2025

Here is the thought, the link will follow, skill set is still navigating...for some reason the link keeps disappearing. Here is the back story: This is shocking, however not isolated. I hesitated about posting this and think the procedures outlined should be heeded by all of us, and done for each family. Our distrust is warranted and it is up to us to be prepared and vigilant, including 24/7 advocates on scene. Now the link with the speakers pictures shows up above this.

07/03/2025

After the news that a school banned a child with autism from attending a field trip, I feel the need to write this. There are boys and girls that no one invites to birthdays for example. There are kids that want to be a part of a team, but don't get selected because it's more important to win than include those kids. Kids with special needs are not rare or weird, they just want what everyone wants: to be accepted!! ❤️ Can I ask a question?? Is anyone willing to copy and paste this post to their wall without sharing, like I did?? 🧩from Louise Homstead

06/14/2025

here is a small study that frames what is going on with humans. All mammals are pretty similar. Don't dismiss it. We are seeing dramatic increases in unfortunate health issues...https://www.thefocalpoints.com/.../breaking-covid-19-mrna...

04/23/2025

"chronic diseases aren't random biochemical malfunctions requiring technological and pharmacological fixes, but, predictable consequences of violating our fundamental biological needs... (Ari Whitten)

03/29/2025

As Susan Jacoby so well remarked, "the new anti-intellectualism...owes its existence...to renewed religious fundamentalism...(and) the widespread failings of American public education and the scientific illiteracy of much of the media."
In the 16 years since Jacoby's book was published, it seems that we can not simply brush aside the deterioration of our ability to read and speak well. Nor can we easily defend the idea that humans evolved and mated with other early hominids.
[(The Age of American Unreason, Susan Jacoby. Revised edition, 2009) from an op ed by Susan Wozniak, in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA, 28 March 2025]
I would add that this has been festering for a long time, generations, perhaps Centuries. I would also ask to discuss, clarify, the mating idea... Thank you Susan.

03/16/2025

Bill of Rights Reader, #5:

“The reader will find in this book close to four score cases, all but several decided by the Supreme Court. They deal with different aspects of the Bill of rights (by which we mean bit only the first eight or ten amendments, but also the Civil War Amendments and some of the provisions of the original Constitution, like those prohibiting bills of attainder and test oaths—in brief, all provisions incorporating civil and political liberties wherever they may appear in the Constitution).
..the opinions of Justices Murphy, Rutledge, Black, and Douglas that speak with a special urgency and relevance. With this experience before us, we may anticipate that the next generation will select the opinions of Justices not yet named to the Court Yet there is continuity; but it is the continuity of the living: men stand upon the shoulders of their forefathers, and see further; and if not further, at least differently—but being men, stand upon the shoulders of their forefathers they must.”

(from: the Bill of Rights Reader, Milton Konvitz. Cornell University Press. Preface to the First Edition, June 18, 1954. 2nd ed. 1960) We need his strength now.)
Sidebar # 1—Justice Douglas wrote several excellent books that are worth reading.
# 2-- the vernacular of gender may be bothersome to some readers, which is not uncommon for the era in which written. Another great book guilty of that is Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich. Modernizing it changes it, think of the difference with the King James vs. modern Bibles—way different. Moral of the story is keep reading. There is so much value in a book, which I discovered at the end of a semester when I chose not to read my texts.

03/15/2025

Bill of Rights Reader, part 4:
"We can take our choice which side to believe. Even in the Supreme Court sides are being taken: Justices Black and Douglas, as will be seen from their dissenting opinions in this volume, have repeatedly cried out against what they consider a whittling down process to which the Bill of Rights has been subjected; and Justice Jackson has noted a constriction of freedom as congenial to the temper of the times.
But to use the Constitution, as a sword or as a shield, one must know what it contains--and what it lacks. There is much evidence that only a small fraction of American citizens have any knowledge of the Bill of Rights--what our constitutional freedoms are, why we have them, why they are important to us. More often than not, our minds are filled with slogans and with ragtags of fact and sentiment.
As a contribution to the education of that mythical character, the average, educated American who is interested in the great issues and the great debates of his day, this book of leading constitutional cases on the Bill of Rights has been prepared." (The Bill of Rights Reader, 2nd ed. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, NY. 1960. Excerpts from the Preface to the First Edition)

Right.!!! And he thought they had problems then. The stats on how smart and educated we are these days are shockingly bitter to acknowledge even tho the signs have been very obvious for a long time. Electronic devices may have a huge contribution to this, akin to willful planning and engineering. I talked a bit with the hostess of the 110 Grille tonight. She is a senior studying political science. we talked about her studies of the Constitution, BOR, and other materials, and the huge case at hand. What an example--for life. I was impressed with her awareness and her future...It is really a failure of our education system that this material is not studied in depth. Perhaps if it was we would not be in the deep yogurt that we are in now.

03/15/2025

A PSA is on my mind, for a change-found in the City Clerk's Office: "Did you know that there are about 47,000 dogs in the Pioneer Valley, and that together, they produce about 17.5 tons of animal waste each day?

Dog waste does not act as an effective fertilizer. Stormwater runoff can wash dog waste into ponds, lakes, streams and drinking water supplies, causing outbreaks of E.coli and other bacteria harmful to both people and wildlife. It can contaminate parks, athletic fields and places where children play.

We all need to pick up and properly dispose of our pet's waste in the trash can. Join all the dog owners in your neighborhood who are showing they care and take the PUP (Pick up P**p) Pledge at:

PUP Pledge Help ensure that your pet’s waste does not wash with the next storm into drain pipes that flow to a nearby stream, river, or lake. Take the PUP (pick up p**p) pledge! By taking this pledge, you agree to join others in your community to help keep waters Blue. I pledge to: clean up after ...